1 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: Mike Gullick Junior is with us. How you feeling today, Gojo? 2 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: The first person I thought. 3 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,119 Speaker 2: Of when Notre Dame didn't make it to the. 4 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 1: College football playoff, of course, was well, I thought of 5 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: your family. Okay, I thought of you and your entire family. 6 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 1: So how you hanging in today? 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 2: Mike? 8 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:32,599 Speaker 3: I am exhausted? But you know what it is. 9 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 4: It's the cumulative body blows of the last month. Really 10 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 4: of having your team, you know, you're alma mater, the 11 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:45,319 Speaker 4: team that you root for as a fan, like when 12 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 4: I'm not doing the job, Like having your team be 13 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 4: at the center of the discussion around anything, is like 14 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 4: having your team being a very close game like everyone 15 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 4: else enjoys. Like when you watch a close game between 16 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 4: two teams you don't care about, it's exhilarating, it's the best. 17 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 4: And when you watch a close game where your team 18 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 4: is actually in the balance, you feel like you're dying 19 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 4: and also experiencing the greatest joy ever known at the 20 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 4: same time. 21 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 3: So it's been that for a month. 22 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 4: We're like, I can't turn on a game broadcast, not 23 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 4: even for Notre Dame, without hearing about the Notre Dame 24 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 4: Miami debate and I can't, you know, look at clips 25 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 4: online without hearing something about that. And then it goes 26 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 4: all the way through, and then I get the relief of, like, 27 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 4: all right, at least there's a decision made about this. 28 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 4: I didn't love the decision, but I understood it. I 29 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 4: always knew what was possible. I had in some ways 30 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 4: prepared for it, and so I'm like, all right, now 31 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 4: we're at least done. And then the bull opped out 32 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 4: decisions happened, and I got a whole new round of 33 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 4: people winded up in my to say some new shit. 34 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,559 Speaker 2: So it just never ends or something. 35 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I tell her, why don't you tell Gojo? 36 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: But you want the new sign to be at No. 37 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: Notre Dame Stadium when they walk out onto the field 38 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: to play a football game. 39 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 5: So if you don't play in the Pop Tar Bowl, golig, 40 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 5: you can't have played like a champion. The sign has 41 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 5: to say opt out like a coward until until your 42 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 5: next bowl game, and you just have that sign on 43 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 5: the way up. 44 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 3: Listen. 45 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 4: While I do appreciate the uh, the you know, internet's 46 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 4: meme worthiness of that, and I even that's come with it, 47 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 4: like and I love the Pop Tarts Bowl, the People's 48 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 4: National Championship. Last time I checked, they don't award the 49 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 4: big gold trophy in that game, So like this is 50 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 4: this is Honestly, I still got to feels great talking 51 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 4: to you about this because there's a big purveyor of 52 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 4: rings plus minus. This is kind of the spot where 53 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 4: detractors always talk out of both sides of their mouths. 54 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 4: Like I had to listen for years, As you know, 55 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 4: I was a part of teams that won Bowl games 56 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 4: that were outside of the New Year six, weren't considered 57 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 4: big enough games, and no one gave a shit about those. 58 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 4: When Notre Dame one and they said, well, you haven't 59 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 4: won any games worth value since nineteen ninety three. 60 00:02:58,520 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 3: You can't win the big games. 61 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,239 Speaker 4: And now all of a sudden, Notre Dame says, well, yeah, 62 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 4: we want to win the big game, so obviously we 63 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 4: want to care about Now everyone's like, you've killed bull season. 64 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 4: You've done the worst thing ever to all of us. 65 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 4: How dare you apparently force every other team to opt 66 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 4: out of a ball game and kill the rest of 67 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 4: it because we have that power apparently, And all this 68 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 4: it's just been amazing to watch this kind of seesaw 69 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 4: both ways. 70 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 2: But you would agree it's just a bad look. 71 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:26,359 Speaker 1: Like the optics of it are bad, Like you didn't 72 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: get your way, and so now you're gonna you know, 73 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: you're not gonna show up and play anyone because it's 74 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 1: a lesser game and by he's not a tough enough 75 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: about it for you. 76 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 2: It's a bad look, coach. 77 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 3: I don't get a shit. 78 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 4: Like, Okay, you know what, honestly, you know what this is, 79 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 4: and it's a it's a it's a symptom of the 80 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 4: same thing that comes up in every conversation around Notre 81 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 4: Dame football, and like it's the the people are always 82 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 4: going to feel something. But like all this did was 83 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 4: give people who already felt a certain way about Notre 84 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 4: Dame the it's used to feel that way stronger because 85 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 4: Notre Dame is different, Like Notre Dame's into pendant. Notre 86 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 4: Dame has its own different full agreements. The you know, 87 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 4: the thing about Notre Dame being automatically into the top 88 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 4: twelve is going to piss people off. And like, now 89 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 4: Notre Dame doing this because they don't have a conference 90 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 4: that's going to find them five hundred thousand dollars, like 91 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 4: the big twelve teams did. They're not contractually obligated to 92 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 4: do any of this. Like, people don't like the fact 93 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 4: that Notre Dame can operate in a way that's different 94 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 4: from the way that their favorite team can, and so 95 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 4: when they do, it upsets them and people start bringing 96 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 4: up nonsense. Go Like, the amount of reasons and justifications 97 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 4: I've heard from people wailing and matching teeth about this 98 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 4: decision that aren't grounded in any reality is to me 99 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 4: just indicative of this is about something else. 100 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 3: Usually the way it always is. 101 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: Do you feel like the committee was just fucking with 102 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: you when the Notre Dame fan base the entire time? 103 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 2: Because if so, I'm here for that kind of committee. 104 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 4: You know, I I don't buy into that as much 105 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 4: like it's you know, a nice you know, crazy. 106 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 1: You didn't do anything, Miami didn't do anything, and you're 107 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: no longer in the playoff. 108 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 4: I mean, I just think that, And I mean I'm 109 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 4: not the only one with this opinion. I mean, Kirk 110 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 4: kurb Street works for the network still and is actively like, hey, 111 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 4: we probably shouldn't do these Tuesday shows anymore because, like 112 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 4: you guys, this sport is big, dumb and untenable. It's 113 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 4: hard to get your arms around because nothing's uniform across 114 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 4: the board. 115 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 3: Things continue to change in mats. 116 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 4: Like all at once, like the same way nil and 117 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 4: the portal affected roster construction along with the COVID year. 118 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 4: At the same time, we had college football playoff expansion, 119 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 4: massive conference expansion, and did away with divisions all at 120 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 4: the same time in a way that all kind of 121 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 4: reared its head when this came up. And so this 122 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 4: committee is supposed to make sense of that on a 123 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,919 Speaker 4: week to week basis that then applies to the next 124 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 4: week and explain it to a group of people all 125 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 4: waiting to try and draw conclusions from a sport that's 126 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 4: never made sense and a committee that's had a really 127 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 4: hard time trying to filter that down into something that 128 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 4: does so. Like again, if they had just had the 129 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 4: final rankings release and this had been the result, right, 130 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 4: a little bit more understandable. 131 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 3: But they boxed themselves into a corner because they were 132 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 3: forced to. 133 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 6: Well, let's further you're so right about that, but they 134 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 6: fuck with you and I love that. Go ahead, he 135 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 6: let's further prove it. They have no idea what they're doing. 136 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 6: Let's just say hypothetically, Notre Dame in Miami hadn't played 137 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 6: this season, but their resumes were the same, right, Miami 138 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 6: beat some other top ten team in the first week, 139 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 6: and Notre Dame lost on the road by three to 140 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 6: some other top five team, them Notre Dame or Miami, 141 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 6: Notre Dame, Alabama. Who makes it from those three? Which 142 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 6: two if they hadn't played each other? Because I think 143 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 6: if you take out the head to head, which was 144 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 6: Miami's calling card, then Alabama just really looks bad. Like 145 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 6: Alabama's resume looks bad. Losing that way to Georgia the 146 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 6: last week looks bad. I think if Notre Dame and 147 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 6: Miami had not played, I think it's Alabama that's out instead. 148 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 2: Because of the head to head, it was. 149 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 6: An easy way to keep one of the to keep 150 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 6: Notre Dame out, And somehow, some way, Alabama looks like 151 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 6: a somehow of princess there sitting at number nine, even 152 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,679 Speaker 6: though they had the worst loss of the conference championships. 153 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think the Alabama one is really interesting because 154 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:11,679 Speaker 4: you looked at like the precedents that were at stake, 155 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 4: and the head to head one with Notre Dame in 156 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 4: Miami was one off talked about, but I think it 157 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 4: might have been the coolharbock that tweeted it. Like with Alabama, 158 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 4: it is the question of, hey, we've seen other teams, 159 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 4: you know, in the fourteen playoffs, like Georgia lost big 160 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 4: or lost in the conference championship week and it was 161 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 4: not out of the top four. But that's a different 162 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 4: calculus altogether. We saw other teams drop spots BYU wasn't 163 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 4: in the playoff field at eleven. We knew eleven and 164 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 4: twelve were going to be replaced by the other conference 165 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 4: champions not ranked inside the top twelve, And so the 166 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:45,239 Speaker 4: question still remains would the committee be willing to knock 167 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 4: a conference championship participant out of the field based off 168 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 4: the results of a game that is technically supposed to 169 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 4: be the goal for everyone to play in. So I 170 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 4: even understand to an extent how muddy that is for 171 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 4: the committee, But you're right if you were to just 172 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 4: do resumes, now, Alabama's got a really good resume overall 173 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 4: by nature of the SEC's competition being viewed by the computers. 174 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 3: But I don't think totally in the public is better. 175 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 2: They left the semino that was horrible yes, I get. 176 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 4: It, I get it completely, But no, to your point, 177 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 4: I do think the head to head nature of it 178 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 4: all changed a lot of the way this discussion happened understandably. 179 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 2: So yeah, Gojo, Let's be honest. 180 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: The problem is we feel some sort of need to 181 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: let James Madison and to Lane into a tournament they 182 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: have no business being in and no chance of winning. 183 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 2: That's the problem right there. 184 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 4: Right So I've thought a lot about this too, because like, 185 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 4: the easy place for me to go is, you know, 186 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 4: playoff scorned right now, would be to. 187 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 3: Say, like, they don't belong in that. 188 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 4: But like, I don't know, this is already a sport 189 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 4: that wants to kind of saw off the other parts 190 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 4: of this sport in a way that like I don't like, 191 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 4: I like the group of five. 192 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 3: There's good teams in there. This is like, you know, 193 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 3: we've seen in the past. 194 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 4: Boise from last year, who had a Heisman candidate Cincinnati 195 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 4: before they joined the Big Twelve, made it into the 196 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 4: fourteen playoff years ago. 197 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 3: By nature of some big wins. 198 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 4: Like I think this is just one of those cases 199 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 4: in a way that we're dealing with a small sample size. 200 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 4: The second year of the twelve team playoff. Some things 201 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 4: broke differently, like the ACC's championship tiebreaker format needs a 202 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 4: major rework. I think that's probably one of the bigger, 203 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 4: if not the biggest culprits in this that. 204 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 3: Allowed for that to happen. 205 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 4: Like, I don't want to punish, like the group of 206 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 4: five is already gonna have a tough time the next 207 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:26,439 Speaker 4: time college football reorbs hanging on and being a part 208 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 4: of this. I'm not going to be a part of 209 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 4: ushering them out any sooner than it's gonna already happen. 210 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: All right, let me do it on your behalf, James Madison, Tulane, 211 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: get the fuck out of my college football playoff anyway, Taylor, 212 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: go ahead. 213 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 5: I would have had a problem with any of the 214 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 5: two of Alabama, Miami Notre Dame getting into the playoffs. 215 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 5: My problem comes with the people who are arguing on 216 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 5: behalf of those fan bases that there was a clear answer, 217 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 5: like we're leaving out like Reggie. 218 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 7: Bush's USC team out. 219 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 5: Of the playoffs, when it's like, no, all the teams 220 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 5: on the bubble, they all have some major flaws. 221 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I mean listen, the bottom line for Notre 222 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 3: Dame is you knew. 223 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 4: I'm sure if you go back and play me and 224 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 4: Jess's pod from the beginning of the season, it's like, yeah, 225 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 4: you know, with this schedule, you kind of had to 226 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 4: split between Texas A and m and Miami and you didn't, 227 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 4: and so you open yourself up to what happens after that. 228 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 4: But you're right, Taylor, that's the same thing I said 229 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 4: after last year. Like the fact that the SEC wanted 230 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,239 Speaker 4: to burn down the playoff structure for last year's Alabama 231 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 4: team was wild to me. Like now, the other part 232 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 4: of this argument that gets interesting going forward is what 233 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:31,359 Speaker 4: do we all talk about. 234 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 3: Flattening of the curve? 235 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 4: Like there seems to be more teams now maybe this 236 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 4: year it feels like there's an upper crust again where 237 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 4: you look at the way George is playing what Ohio 238 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 4: State in Indiana looked like in that championship and say, hey, 239 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 4: maybe the top four really are a little bit better 240 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 4: than everyone else. But by and large, it seems like 241 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 4: there's a lot more teams now capable of winning the 242 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 4: championship for all the reasons that we've talked about to 243 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 4: change the sport. But I'm with you still like and 244 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 4: this is what's going to happen. Like I loved everyone 245 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 4: arguing this is why we need to expand it to sixteen. 246 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 4: Why so we could do this for team seventeen, eighteen, 247 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 4: and nineteen in a way that's gonna make me feel 248 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 4: even more insane. 249 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 6: I really hope like the top seeds just absolutely dominate 250 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 6: this tournament, so everybody can be like, shut up next year, 251 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:11,959 Speaker 6: just shut up twelve thirty. 252 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 3: They will. 253 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 7: They will never shut up. 254 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: They'll never shut up, and they'll never stop airing that 255 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: Tuesday night show. 256 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 2: I promise you. 257 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 3: Okay, ever ever, so Gojo. 258 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 5: I'm on on three and I see the headline that 259 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 5: says Pete Bevoqua Warren's accedd permanent damage to relationship by 260 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 5: campaigning against Notre Dame in the college football playoffs. My 261 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 5: biggest takeaway if I could change my last name, I 262 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 5: think I would change it in bev Aqua. 263 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 2: I'm with you. 264 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: Bavaquah, Yes, Kurt Pavaquah. Yes, that was an old baseball 265 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: player anywhere really? 266 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 3: Yes? Wow? 267 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 2: Yeah? 268 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 4: Novaqua great a great name, a great guy, big fan 269 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 4: of big fan, and I mean listen, I've seen him 270 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 4: on the media tour. We had you know, an interview 271 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 4: with him coming out in the Echoes Me and Jess's podcast, 272 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 4: it'll drop on Tuesday. Like he's making the rounds right now, 273 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 4: he's and I can understand it. Like, you know, Notreame 274 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 4: is not a full fledged ACC member. I understand that. 275 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 4: So there obviously wouldn't expect the ACC to come out 276 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 4: here and publicly campaign for Notreame or anything like that, 277 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 4: but months long putting them in the crossairs instead of 278 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 4: like Alabama and by you who are right there and 279 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 4: you have no working relationship when like Notre names in 280 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 4: the conference for everything but football, they do have the 281 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 4: football relationship that is regardless of what ACC people say, 282 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 4: beneficial to both sides or else they wouldn't be doing it. 283 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:29,679 Speaker 3: Like the Notre Dame. 284 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 4: Gays draw eyes, especially the big time matchups like we 285 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 4: saw early in the season. So to see that, like 286 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:37,839 Speaker 4: I can understand why he's mythed but as he said 287 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 4: multiple times today, like it's not going to net you 288 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 4: anything in the here and now, but I'm sure it 289 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:44,959 Speaker 4: gives Notre Dame something to think about in terms of 290 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 4: you know. 291 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 3: And this is this is just my intuition. This is 292 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,719 Speaker 3: not based off anything. Pete Levaqua said today, but like, if. 293 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 4: You're notre Nome now, it's like, all right, maybe we 294 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 4: do need to look around and start planning for the 295 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 4: future if maybe it's not at some point best for 296 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 4: us to be involved with the ACC and the way 297 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 4: that we are right now. 298 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,439 Speaker 1: Taylor, you're checking out Kurt's baseball career because I mean 299 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: that man had fourteen seasons, fourteen glorious seasons and a 300 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 1: great mustache. 301 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 2: I believe he had twenty nine homers in those fourteen seasons. 302 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:12,439 Speaker 7: So he was born in Miami Beach. 303 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 2: Woo the. 304 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 7: Well, this's bavaqua h. 305 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 2: All right, Gojo, how's dad doing? How's he holding up? 306 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 2: We'll talk to him tomorrow. But how's he doing? 307 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 3: He's good. 308 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 4: I mean, he takes this stuff a lot less hard 309 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 4: than I do, in terms of like the fandom like 310 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 4: aspect of it, Like when I was allowed myself to 311 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 4: be a fan on Sunday when that happened, and I 312 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 4: was real sad, Like you know, Dad's a lot more 313 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 4: divorced from that than I am. In terms of it, 314 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,319 Speaker 4: Like he still, you know, sees the parts that were 315 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,439 Speaker 4: logically inconsistent, but overall he's good. 316 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 3: I mean, he's a grandpa. 317 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 4: Now he's give a shit about everything south of my 318 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 4: brother's kids, brother and sisters kids is pretty low. 319 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:50,679 Speaker 2: Throw me some grand kids. I'll get rid of him 320 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 2: in an hour and a half and I'll go back 321 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 2: to sleep. That's all he cares about. 322 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 1: Sure, my mom is outraged at the ACC and everyone right, 323 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: Mom outraged? 324 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 2: Definitely, No, oh, yeah, for sure, Yeah, for sure. She's 325 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 2: a real sportsman. Gojo. Signetti's got some crazy in his eyes, 326 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 2: does he not. 327 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 4: He's got that Saban crazy in his eyes. Man, Like 328 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 4: everyone always talks about it. But like of all the 329 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 4: people that have come out, you know, walked on the 330 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 4: other side of being a part of Nick Saban's program, 331 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 4: you know, Kirby Smart certainly sits on the mountaintop in 332 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 4: terms of what he's built at Georgia. But I do 333 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 4: think that, like, if you're looking after that, and Rees 334 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 4: Davis said this, it was absolutely correct. Kurt Signetti has 335 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 4: usurped Bill Snyder as the most impressive and improbable turnaround 336 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 4: in college sports coaching history. Like what Bill Snyder did 337 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 4: for years at Kansas State, one of the most under 338 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 4: talked about and under respected coaching. 339 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 2: Jobs the history of ball there. 340 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 4: I mean, it's gonna be interesting now, Colin Klein. I 341 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 4: but you know, I can go off on that. I 342 00:14:57,840 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 4: thought Chris Climon did a really good job at that program. 343 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 4: I'm buying large and people forget how hard it is 344 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 4: to win at Kansas State consistently. And so, Colin Kline, 345 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 4: the most powerful force south of a billionaire booster at 346 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 4: your school coming into a ton of money is having 347 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 4: the prodigal sun return home. 348 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 3: Like having a bona fide coaching candidate. 349 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 4: Who called your alma mater their home is the most 350 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 4: powerful force in the sport outside of money. 351 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 3: So that certainly helped them there. 352 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 4: But again, what Kirtzamedi has done in two years into 353 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 4: turning that Indiana program into something that he was comfortable saying, no, 354 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 4: Penn State, I'm good, They'll drop the bank here. We've 355 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 4: got donor support, and I believe I've got a team 356 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 4: that can compete right now and in the coming years. 357 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 4: That he improved upon from last year when everyone looked 358 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 4: at them and said we conference schedule played off the 359 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 4: field against Notre Dame in Ohio State, he said, all right, 360 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 4: sure and went out and addressed all those areas and 361 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 4: then some and as a legitimate national championship contender and 362 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 4: the team now in Indiana. 363 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: He's on my mount Rushmore football coaches, which I'll get 364 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: to uh in just a second. 365 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 2: Signette is he's replaced somewhere them. I'm not Rushmore of 366 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 2: football coaches. 367 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: But since you brought up Rhys Davis, did you notice 368 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: we were laughing earlier that we think Rhys Davis thought 369 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: the college football playoff unveiling was done after he announced. 370 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 2: The University of Miami. Did you have the same feeling? 371 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 4: Yes, I mean it had become the only conversation every week, 372 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 4: like with a brief pause for oh Lane Kiffin left 373 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 4: the legitimate national championship contender in the midst of the 374 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 4: title run to go coach at LSU. 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Did you see the one from after the 406 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 6: game against Ohio State. 407 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 2: That's too many? 408 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 3: If you did, I did well. 409 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 4: I had thought that there was going to be nothing 410 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 4: that topped the Fernando Mendoza interview from last year where 411 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 4: the ninety eight yards with my Boys interview that became 412 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:25,879 Speaker 4: you know, has kind of famous calling card when he 413 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 4: was at Cal. 414 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 3: But this one. 415 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 4: I saw this interview and I was like, I need 416 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 4: the paternity test to find out if Jim Harbaugh's got 417 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:37,639 Speaker 4: more kids, because this is such Harbaugh energy in just 418 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 4: see like unwore lenting zest for his team and for 419 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:46,120 Speaker 4: football in general. Like NFL draft people in a meeting room, 420 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 4: I feel like, are gonna love this guy because he 421 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 4: just ooses that like ball is life, mentality and natural 422 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 4: joy from this that they craved. 423 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 6: Yeah, Like Patrick Mahomes has that like it's a little 424 00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:59,399 Speaker 6: lower key, but he is just a football dork and 425 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 6: I I'll he's like some combination of like Tom Brady 426 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 6: and Patrick Mahomes is just super enthusiastic, but it's it's 427 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 6: so over the top enthusiastic and kind of corny that 428 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,719 Speaker 6: you know it's genuine, Like this guy's like legitimately so ridiculous. 429 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:20,119 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, yes, I mean who could act like that? 430 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 2: Who would try to act like that? Right? 431 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,400 Speaker 4: It was also like one of those the first interviews 432 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 4: where it's like, oh, this guy' sound crazy adrenaline high, 433 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 4: Like I'm always amazed how athletes compose themselves, either after 434 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 4: playing a whole game or I'd be grossly out of 435 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 4: breath or just coming up. You were literally like the 436 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 4: first fight of the game, got smoked and thought he 437 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:42,239 Speaker 4: was done, like you're in the Gladiators for it, And 438 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 4: he comes off that and is clearly like coasting off 439 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 4: of this smelling salt laden high and just let it 440 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 4: run right into the interview. 441 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 2: It was gold. Are you concerned it all? 442 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: What do you make of the rumors that Marcus Freeman 443 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:57,680 Speaker 1: might be the next New York Giants head coach? 444 00:19:57,880 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 2: You're really trying to get him in a bad mood here. 445 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:01,879 Speaker 1: I I have to ask him the questions why we 446 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: have him on. 447 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 2: He's okay, He's good with it. 448 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 4: Oh no, I understand, And I mean Mike's been trying 449 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 4: to do that for weeks now and just plant that 450 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 4: and mess with us. So Marcus is always going to 451 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 4: draw interest from I'm sure teams at that level because 452 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,399 Speaker 4: of the job that he's done, like the same reason 453 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 4: his name came up and then simultaneously turned down a 454 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 4: lot of the overtures from like Florida and Penn State 455 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,199 Speaker 4: during the cycle that we went through during the season. 456 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 4: So I would say, like, I can never fall to 457 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 4: coaching college for a wanting to, you know, give up 458 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 4: recruiting and all the crazy things that come with this 459 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 4: in favor of the NFL. That's a comparatively, I'd say 460 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,120 Speaker 4: more like it's not a simpler job because it comes 461 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 4: with its own challenges, but it's the highest level of 462 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 4: competition in the sport, and so wanting to challenge yourself 463 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 4: in that way, I'd always understand. And it does have 464 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 4: things that are markedly less complicated, as evidence by the 465 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 4: whole last month of the season than what we deal 466 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 4: with in college. So I'm not overly worried about it 467 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 4: right now. But it's really like with Marcus, it's if 468 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 4: the Ohio stage job ever comes open, and if the 469 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 4: right NFL team comes along, could he jump. 470 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 3: I don't know the answer. 471 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,119 Speaker 4: I've never spoken to him directly about what his goals 472 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 4: and ambitions are, but it's something that kind of like 473 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 4: what Brian Kelly we got used to most years when 474 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 4: it was good, there were going to be overtures. 475 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,640 Speaker 3: From the outside, and he eventually took one. 476 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 4: So I'm sure that's planning in the mind of a 477 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 4: lot of you know, the back of the mind of 478 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 4: a lot of Notre Dame fans, and that it's possible. 479 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 3: But at this point, right now, I'm not bracing for that. 480 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 1: You are a kind man, you are a good soul, 481 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: You're a lover, You're not a fighter. But if I 482 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: told you you could punch one Canes fan in the 483 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: face today, would it be Mike Ryan. 484 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 3: No, I don't want to. I don't want to hit 485 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 3: any of the Canes fans. Man. They you know, it 486 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 3: is what it is. It's it's it's been. 487 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 4: Interesting, quite honestly, Like it'll be fun after all this 488 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 4: is done. Like you tell, I've had about mute for 489 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 4: a while, like it has bothered me because like Mike 490 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 4: Bryan Selika, like I'm neuted the Levatard Show account the 491 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 4: other day, like I just didn't need it on my timeline. 492 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 4: So it's nothing against those guys, like they're gonna do 493 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 4: what they do. I understand all this has been the conversation. 494 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 4: I just didn't want to see it. So like, I'm 495 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 4: sure they hadn't been tweeting at me and haven't missed 496 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 4: it at all, But it was just, you know, kind 497 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 4: of one of those decisions. I was like, oh, I 498 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 4: see this is going to be every day. Yeah, it 499 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:18,160 Speaker 4: doesn't bring me any joy. 500 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 3: In my timeline, so I'm just gonna I have it 501 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 3: there right now. 502 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 2: Right. But that particular Canes fan is the worst guy 503 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 2: to Canes fan. 504 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: The Kines fan who doesn't shut the fuck up and 505 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 1: never went to school at the University of Miami. 506 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 2: I mean, that guy, come on with that. 507 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 3: All I mean, listen, it's everywhere. 508 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 4: Is if there is one fan base that can't give 509 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 4: anybody else shit about rooting for a team and a 510 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 4: place they didn't go to, it is Notre Dame maybe 511 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 4: like the I mean we call them Subway alumni, like 512 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 4: the ones that didn't go to school, that were root 513 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:44,440 Speaker 4: of the team. 514 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:45,920 Speaker 3: Like that's a ton of them, you know. 515 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 4: It's basically every Irish Catholic who grew up in the 516 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 4: eighties and nineties when only one thing was on in 517 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,120 Speaker 4: the house on the weekend. 518 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 3: So we love those stands no beef with That is 519 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 3: the connection point. 520 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 7: You're the only parent here. 521 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 5: And what I want to to equate this too, is 522 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:06,159 Speaker 5: your kid has been having a temper tantrum for a 523 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,119 Speaker 5: month now, and then you reward him with the toy, 524 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 5: and now you're like, shoot, the next time he throws 525 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 5: a temper tantrum, he's gonna be like, hey, we have 526 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 5: to reward him and again, yeah, yeah, right, what. 527 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:22,400 Speaker 3: Us I mean? 528 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 4: This is what I'd say, is like I do think 529 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 4: like that was the one thing I worried about, perception wise, 530 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 4: was would it look like the media push was being 531 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,439 Speaker 4: rewarded by the committee, And like, I want to make 532 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 4: it clear, like the Miami players and coaches earned this. 533 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 4: I'm sure it felt good to say, but what they 534 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 4: did on the field is the reason that this all 535 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 4: happened full stop. So it's like, you know, it is 536 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 4: what it is. I understand. Like I'm a fan like 537 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 4: everybody else. Now, I'm a fan of the media member 538 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 4: and so you know, when my team plays, I walk 539 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 4: around and if we score long in the bathroom, I 540 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 4: kind of stick in there for probably longer than I 541 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 4: should out of like a weird too fristitious fealty that 542 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 4: falls me from my childhood because ultimately the reality is 543 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 4: you can't affect shit on the outside, buy and large, 544 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 4: and that's a tough thing to cope with, and it's 545 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 4: why we're all so vocal when we get the opportunity. 546 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,159 Speaker 4: So maybe it had some effect, and maybe it's just 547 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 4: my athlete brain trying to still go back to like, hey, 548 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 4: I understand that'll be the perception. I want to give 549 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 4: credit to the players and coaches like Mario, that staff 550 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 4: and the players for going out and handling their businesses 551 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,239 Speaker 4: and getting this opportunity based on what they did at 552 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 4: the field. 553 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 1: Right, That's that's very diplomatic and fair and kind of you. 554 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 1: Miami Hurricane fans would object. They think they did this 555 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 1: all by themselves. Okay, so it's like they're throwing a 556 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 1: parade today, Gojo, they are. 557 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 2: I mean, they want a champion, Jim Hagan a banner, 558 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 2: I mean. 559 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:44,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, that's that's kind of why I'm saying 560 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 3: it to undercut that. 561 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 2: Nobody ever stops when they say full stop. They keep 562 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 2: doing it right tail the ball will stop me keep going, just. 563 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 4: Like it's like written on the speed bump of converse, 564 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 4: We'll stop. If you're just going to kind of glide 565 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:03,640 Speaker 4: over at a comfortable pace. 566 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 2: You seem like you're in a good place right now. 567 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,360 Speaker 2: I have to be honest with you. It's too well adjusted. 568 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 6: He's too well adjusted to be a sports fan, right 569 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 6: It's crazy You're you're to calm. 570 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 4: I've had like, I feel like I have lived this 571 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:20,439 Speaker 4: conversation like fifty times in the last twenty four hours. 572 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 3: So if you guys. 573 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 4: Would have caught me immediately after all this, when I'm 574 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 4: fired away in every group chat that I'm in with 575 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 4: Notre Dame people, probably a different story. Maybe the you know, 576 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 4: last couple of years of therapy have also helped even 577 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:32,959 Speaker 4: be out a little bit. 578 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 3: Who knows gojo on? 579 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 5: In this group Here, you're looking at two of the 580 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 5: biggest Texas Tech doubters this country has easy and stugatts. 581 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 5: I'm looking on FanDuel right now. Texas Tech has a 582 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 5: plus nine hundred chance to win the title, the fifth 583 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 5: best odds among teams in the field. What what would 584 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 5: your argument be for Texas Tech being able to win 585 00:25:58,720 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 5: the title? 586 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 6: In my defense, that is based entirely on ignorance. I 587 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 6: just don't want to think about Texas Tech, No, I 588 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 6: don't think they have a chance. 589 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 4: Did a Taylor What I would say for Texas Tech? 590 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 4: Like I had a chance to cover them real early 591 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 4: in the year they were playing you know, Kent State 592 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 4: in the route at conference, and we knew that game 593 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 4: was going to go the way that it did. Like 594 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 4: Kent State kind of famous for the pay games they 595 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 4: have on their schedule and coming out surviving and having 596 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 4: the season they did. Whole separate conversation, But for Texas Tech, 597 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,359 Speaker 4: like getting peak under the hood there Ohio State in 598 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:37,159 Speaker 4: Indiana awesome, like Georgia incredible. Texas Tech is right in 599 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 4: there as far as like the best defenses in college football, 600 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,360 Speaker 4: and it's sort of like we're in a conversation right 601 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 4: now in the NFL. Like I don't know if you 602 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 4: guys saw that chart about NFL defenses and the ones 603 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 4: that you know, the rate at which they disguised coverage, 604 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 4: the way at which they spend pressure. And then there's 605 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 4: the Houston Texans all the way in the bottom left, 606 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 4: who are like, we are going to rush for You're 607 00:26:57,359 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 4: going to know exactly who we're covering, and we're going 608 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 4: to beat the ever loving shit out of you ever. 609 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,199 Speaker 4: I love people calling them the ball up top Texans, like, hey, 610 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 4: just roll it out there, We're going to go. That's 611 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:11,159 Speaker 4: Texas Tech during anything. Fancy to it like it is. 612 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,640 Speaker 4: We have four of the best defensive linemen in college football. 613 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 4: We have the best linebacker in college football. We got 614 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 4: a secondary that's going to hit you in the mouth 615 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 4: and they get the opportunity. And this offense, like it's inconsistent, 616 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 4: especially in the red zone. It showed up again against 617 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 4: BYU in the same way it showed up in the 618 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 4: first game with BYU and at different points in this 619 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 4: year against high level competition, but especially in the first 620 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,120 Speaker 4: half of the season. That'll be my concern for them 621 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,919 Speaker 4: going forward. The problem is the defense is such a weapon. 622 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 4: It's going to continue to give that offense opportunities to 623 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 4: make plays. And there's guys on that offense that can 624 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 4: make plays. Everyone's talked about. Their loan loss came when Barrymoreton, 625 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 4: their quarterback, was hurt against Arizona State, and like, I 626 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 4: understand that, but the defense alone is probably worth a 627 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 4: win in the playoff, at least like in this initial round. 628 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,479 Speaker 4: Once the competition jumps up, we'll see if the offense 629 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:02,400 Speaker 4: can keep pace. But that is a a college football playoff, 630 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 4: national championship defense in loveick. 631 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:06,880 Speaker 1: Just don't they isn't their best linebacker a guy who 632 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:08,120 Speaker 1: played quarterback at Virginia? 633 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 4: I mean yeah, Jacob Rodriguez started off as a quarterback 634 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 4: in Virginia. Wife's an army helicopter pilot, like just a 635 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 4: badass and like I think Will Compton pointed this out, 636 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 4: like he's like a Madden created a linebacker, big thick neck, 637 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 4: massive quads, mustache, like tat it up, like he's he's 638 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,840 Speaker 4: a motter and like less people think like because he was, 639 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 4: he's been a Heisman candidate like all that stuff. This 640 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 4: isn't like a one year wonder. He was their leading 641 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 4: tackler in first team All Big twelve performer last year 642 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 4: before any of these guys in the D line got 643 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,239 Speaker 4: their upfront. He just now happens to have, you know, 644 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 4: a guy who's a future NFL and those tackle two 645 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 4: future NFL ed rushers, including a guy who's probably a 646 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 4: top five pick and David Dailey at this point, so 647 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 4: that certainly helps us. 648 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 3: He would even say make life a lot easier. 649 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 6: Why do linebackers need the thicker neck. That's the only 650 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 6: position that a thick neck is really associated with, right. 651 00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 4: Man, because coming I would say lineback and safety just 652 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 4: because like oline d line, like people talk about like 653 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 4: subconcussive blows, like you're at the line of scrimmage, but 654 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 4: you're right here. 655 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 3: You're next to each other, so you're hitting each other hard. 656 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 4: You're big guys, and it sucks when you got to 657 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,479 Speaker 4: come down from that second and third level, Like I 658 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 4: still have in my head so. 659 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 3: Clearly the sound the look of. 660 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 4: The first real contact I saw between a full back 661 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 4: and a safety in college camp. God rest the soul 662 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 4: Asat Schwapp, who is our full back, and then Kyle 663 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,480 Speaker 4: McCarthy was one of our senior captain safeties. 664 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 3: They there was like a full back lead. 665 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,080 Speaker 4: Play on the perimeter and I heard the two of 666 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:37,200 Speaker 4: them collide and I thought, I don't know if I'm 667 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 4: built for this. I don't know if this was like 668 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 4: it was one of those that made you question shit. 669 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 4: It was so violent, and so for linebackers and safeties 670 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:46,960 Speaker 4: where you've got to come down and you have more 671 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 4: time and momentum, you need all the screws in that 672 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 4: neck ready to hold on if you're not, your head 673 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 4: might pop clean off. 674 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 2: I mean, is he like that Tom? 675 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,280 Speaker 6: It looks like he has no neck, but that little 676 00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 6: bit of neck that he does have super wide. 677 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 2: Yeah. By the way, I. 678 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 4: See him every week. He's on the Big twelve studio crew. 679 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 4: One of the greatest necks of all time. 680 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 6: No, that's where you were going. There is this person 681 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 6: died from this hit. But fortunately that's not happened. 682 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 3: Okay, No, man like I almost died hearing that hit. 683 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 3: It was insane. 684 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 2: He almost quit football. 685 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 1: Mike Lennon would also be on the list of the 686 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:21,960 Speaker 1: best necks long neck, not thick. 687 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:25,920 Speaker 6: Right now, the Merton Hanks Neck Hall of Fame, it's 688 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 6: do it. 689 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 5: When Jacob Rodriguez was at Virginia, he went there as 690 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:34,120 Speaker 5: a quarterback, but on the roster, on the bio, it's 691 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 5: a quarterback slash football player. 692 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 6: I love that I do, not just an athlete. I'm 693 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 6: getting behind the Red Raiders hurt his team, Go Joe. 694 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 1: How many of the teams in the playoff can actually 695 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:48,240 Speaker 1: win the National Championship meeting? 696 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 2: I want to see how far I could push this. 697 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: If Alabama wins the National Championship, are you going to 698 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:53,880 Speaker 1: be surprised. 699 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,760 Speaker 4: At this point based on the way Alabama's played recently, 700 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 4: I would be a little prize just given that like 701 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 4: right now, like well, and I mean really for them, 702 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 4: the consistent through line you saw, like it got highlighted 703 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 4: obviously that in terms of net rushing yards they were 704 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 4: in the negative in that game against Georgia, but like 705 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 4: they've been able to run the ball very well all year, 706 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 4: and I just feel like against a lot of these defenses, 707 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 4: like you saw the Big Ten title game is a 708 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 4: perfect example, Like both offenses had trouble moving the football, 709 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 4: but Indiana and winning that game still understood our identities 710 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:29,960 Speaker 4: on the ground. We're going to have to turn out 711 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,239 Speaker 4: tough yards at different spots, and they were able to, 712 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 4: Like Alabama just wasn't really able to for a lot 713 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,440 Speaker 4: of this season in key games, and it certainly showed 714 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 4: up the most against Georgia. So obviously in terms of 715 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:45,400 Speaker 4: namesake and what they've been in college football in the 716 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 4: last decade and a half, sure, but Alabama would be 717 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 4: a little bit further down the wrong like if I'm 718 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 4: looking at it now, like to me, you know, Indiana, 719 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:57,120 Speaker 4: Ohio State, Georgia, Like yes, very clearly Texas Tech with 720 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 4: the defense. 721 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:00,160 Speaker 3: I think Eileen. 722 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 4: Asked Oregon if they get hot, especially with the quarterback 723 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 4: play there, and if their lines healthy like they were 724 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 4: banged up towards the end of the year up the middle. 725 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,720 Speaker 3: I don't know if almost got the offense to do it. 726 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:16,560 Speaker 1: How about the winner of Miami Texas A and M boy. 727 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 4: I saw some questions for both, like the offenses for 728 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 4: both teams in weird spots this season have kind of 729 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:25,240 Speaker 4: been undone, obviously for Miami most famously, and they're you know, 730 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,680 Speaker 4: two losses where Carson Beck had a bit of a 731 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:30,480 Speaker 4: turnover problem and then yeah, you saw the Texas game 732 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 4: with Marcel Reed in some different spots, like Texas A 733 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 4: and m had to win games a lot of different ways. 734 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 4: So I think both of those teams would be right 735 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 4: on the bubble, but I would probably lean like yes, 736 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 4: given the talent and overall makeup that if like Ohio State, hey, 737 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 4: it clicks in the gear at the right time, you've 738 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 4: got the parts necessary to do it. 739 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 6: As somebody who just said he doesn't know shit about 740 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,560 Speaker 6: Texas Tech, I don't know why my opinion matters, but 741 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:54,720 Speaker 6: I do think it cuts off right after five like 742 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 6: six through twelve aren't winning anything. 743 00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 2: They're not well. 744 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 1: I mean, listen, four teams is the right number, seriously, 745 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 1: that's that's It was. 746 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,080 Speaker 6: Four for me, but then Gojo told me five, So five, 747 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 6: Now you want. 748 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:06,600 Speaker 1: To go five and have the one seed, have a 749 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:08,360 Speaker 1: you know, have a buy and you know, have the 750 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,280 Speaker 1: two versus two, verses five, three versus four. I'm good 751 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:13,600 Speaker 1: with that, but like, this is nonsense the fact, and 752 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 1: we're about to expand it, Gojo. 753 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,880 Speaker 3: That's the funny thing about it. 754 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 4: It's it's, uh, it's a more. I mean, football in 755 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,560 Speaker 4: general is a more is better sport. So I will 756 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:26,080 Speaker 4: never be surprised when the people in charge decide they 757 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:26,680 Speaker 4: want more. 758 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,640 Speaker 1: But people don't realize the difference between one and fifteen. 759 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 1: It's like when we play like a women's lacrosse right 760 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:36,320 Speaker 1: when Northwestern is playing like the fifteenth right team, and 761 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 1: everyone's like, oh, there's gonna be a close game, Like, no. 762 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:38,480 Speaker 3: It's not. 763 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 1: Do you know much better the top four are than 764 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:42,960 Speaker 1: the rest of the top twenty five. 765 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:44,600 Speaker 2: And we're talking in college football. 766 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 6: We're talking to a guy who was ready to do 767 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 6: a full separate segment on Kent State. So obviously the 768 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 6: more football, the better. 769 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 4: It's well, I will I will say this two gots. 770 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,400 Speaker 4: I think that is less true than. 771 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:57,560 Speaker 3: It was five years ago. 772 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,280 Speaker 4: You're right right, and we were doing the fourteen player off, 773 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 4: there were barely four. 774 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 3: Teams that were that great. 775 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,440 Speaker 4: And now, between Saban retiring and all the other changes 776 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,560 Speaker 4: that we've talked about financially and organizationally in the sport, like, 777 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:14,720 Speaker 4: I do truly believe that this expanded playoff came along 778 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,759 Speaker 4: at a time where there finally are a few more 779 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,879 Speaker 4: teams that are capable than there were during the four 780 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:23,040 Speaker 4: team era. But I think every once in a while 781 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:24,560 Speaker 4: we're going to run into years like this where it 782 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,520 Speaker 4: does look like that upper crust kind of calcifies again. 783 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:32,400 Speaker 1: All right, here's my my Mount Rushmore of great coaches. 784 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:33,000 Speaker 2: You ready for this? 785 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 1: All before we get you out of here, this is 786 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:41,680 Speaker 1: my Mount Rushmore of football coaches. Auth Lombardy, Nick Saban, 787 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 1: Don Shula. I had to scratch out I did this. 788 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:50,000 Speaker 1: It's an official list. I scratched out Bill Belichick and 789 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:51,680 Speaker 1: I replaced him with Kurt Signetti. 790 00:34:52,520 --> 00:35:01,480 Speaker 6: Wow Wownetti. Pelajack coached himself the Mount Rushmore. 791 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 2: Hey, I got coached himself in in fairness of signating. 792 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,920 Speaker 6: You know he did yeah one season versus a whole dynasty. 793 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 2: You're right, it's about the same. 794 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:15,680 Speaker 4: Lately scratched it right off the mountain. 795 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,640 Speaker 3: Who's who's played themselves off harder? 796 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,359 Speaker 4: Bill Belichick or Russell Wilson in terms of their Hall 797 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:22,720 Speaker 4: of Fame credential career. 798 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:24,600 Speaker 2: Wow, it's got to be Russell. 799 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,880 Speaker 1: Russell was firmly entrenched in the Hall of Fame and 800 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:32,440 Speaker 1: then played himself out of it. Belichick, he's won so 801 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:34,680 Speaker 1: many Super Bowls that he can't. 802 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,320 Speaker 2: Coach himself out of six Super Bowl rings. 803 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,160 Speaker 1: But Russ can absolutely play himself out of one super 804 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:40,680 Speaker 1: Bowl break. 805 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,120 Speaker 2: Had Russ one, that second one would be interesting. 806 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:47,360 Speaker 6: One yard makes the difference, is what you're saying. 807 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:49,000 Speaker 3: Belichick. 808 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,799 Speaker 4: Now also in your boyfriend Hall of Fame showing up 809 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:56,880 Speaker 4: to those adult adult cheerlady tournaments like that guy's committed well. 810 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:58,920 Speaker 2: As the biggest outset of the season, he's committed to 811 00:35:58,960 --> 00:35:59,520 Speaker 2: the wrong. 812 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:03,160 Speaker 7: Thing I wanted. 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