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Speaker 1: Oh wet Blanket seventy seven in there said we should

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Speaker 1: go to Stillwater and interview Eric Morris for the Speaker Series.

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Speaker 1: We had two big commitments for the Speaker Series today. Hoops.

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Speaker 1: downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on this Thursday, March fifth, the year

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Speaker 1: over our Lord twenty twenty six. I have, well, I

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Speaker 1: in front of me. He was very suspicious that our

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Speaker 1: came out with Theirs a little while earlier, even right

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Speaker 1: revealed that we were going to talk about That's not

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Speaker 1: an allegation, you know, it's just a coincidence. How many

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Speaker 1: Lou Holtz. Lou Holtz passed away yesterday. I'll just give

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Speaker 1: about all that tonight. They're watching us in Murphysboro, Tennessee, Reno, Nevada,

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Speaker 1: Saint Augustine, Florida, Joplin, Missouri. You might be asking yourself, Hey,

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Speaker 1: in March? Yes, we do it year round. What else

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Speaker 1: college football all year here. Do me a favor. The

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Speaker 1: show's free. It just helps us if you subscribe to

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Speaker 1: the channel and then that's it for you. It doesn't

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Speaker 1: Bradley's table is something that we're in favor of around here.

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Speaker 1: Let's dive into the show. It's that time of year.

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Speaker 1: This happens, Don'd know, Jesse about once a year so

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Speaker 1: someone asks us for this, and this year it was

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Speaker 1: Elliott from beautiful Longview, Texas. Elliott, Longview, Texas. He said,

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Speaker 1: I've seen people ask you about the biggest or your

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Speaker 1: You're in luck? Elliott. I had free time on my

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Speaker 1: I've got Sandford Stadium Athens, Georgia as the tenth toughest

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Speaker 1: is just gonna let Clemson beat it over the head

427
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Speaker 1: every single year. There's no way they're just gonna get

428
00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,960
Speaker 1: collectively body bagged every single year and not put up

429
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Speaker 1: a fight. And guess what happened. They zipped the bag

430
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:59,200
Speaker 1: up for Clemson every year and never put up a fight, which,

431
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,720
Speaker 1: in a weird, twisted sort of way, was the most

432
00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,840
Speaker 1: impressive thing about what Dabo and Clemson did because if

433
00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:10,320
Speaker 1: you think about the run they went on, who was

434
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:14,240
Speaker 1: the great foil? Like, who was the great one A

435
00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,960
Speaker 1: or one B to their one A? Who was pushing back?

436
00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:22,560
Speaker 1: Who'd they have to go through? They just laid waste

437
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,840
Speaker 1: to the acc and then they'd run up against Ohio

438
00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,600
Speaker 1: State or they'd run up against Alabama and they'd beat them,

439
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,080
Speaker 1: and it flew in the face of what history had

440
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Speaker 1: taught us. History had taught us. Boy, if you're facing

441
00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,360
Speaker 1: the team like Bama that's been battle tested in the

442
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:42,120
Speaker 1: SEC and you just cake walked your way through your conference,

443
00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,159
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to ultimately pay the price when you

444
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:48,960
Speaker 1: face them. Clemson was so razor sharp despite not getting

445
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,359
Speaker 1: battle tested. That was a huge testament to the way

446
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,000
Speaker 1: Dabbo ran Clemson. Now this sounds like a Dabo LoveFest.

447
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:59,480
Speaker 1: It's about to take a very sharp downward turn. I

448
00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,040
Speaker 1: don't know that it's that way anymore. Like that's kind

449
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:06,680
Speaker 1: of what's exposing the acc even further. Thank the Lord

450
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,679
Speaker 1: from Miami right now, because Florida State's falling off and

451
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,560
Speaker 1: it doesn't feel like they're coming back. Clemson has fallen

452
00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:16,199
Speaker 1: off and it doesn't feel like they're coming back. And

453
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,199
Speaker 1: I had like a strange amount of you ask me

454
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Speaker 1: if I heard what Fornelly said the other day about Clemson. Now,

455
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,600
Speaker 1: we don't typically just play sound bites from other college

456
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,359
Speaker 1: football shows on here. I don't really know why, so

457
00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,639
Speaker 1: I said earlier today, well let's do it. So Forurnelly's

458
00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,600
Speaker 1: on cover three the other day, I think it was

459
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,600
Speaker 1: him and Chip who were talking about Clemson. And Fornelly

460
00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,400
Speaker 1: was tired of beating around the bush. You know, Tom,

461
00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,200
Speaker 1: at a certain point, it's time to go. It's time

462
00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,600
Speaker 1: to wrap this thing. So he just kind of cut

463
00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,800
Speaker 1: to the quick, and I'll play what he said for

464
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:51,280
Speaker 1: you and then I'll react to it because it hurts.

465
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,520
Speaker 1: But I think we need to hear it.

466
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Speaker 2: Clemson is dead. It's dead. It's not coming back. There's

467
00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,520
Speaker 2: no like they will be. As the offseason goes on,

468
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,760
Speaker 2: you will start seeing people, you know, like saying, maybe

469
00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,200
Speaker 2: all Clemson, Clemson, maybe this is the year they Nope.

470
00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,760
Speaker 1: I told you it would hurt. I don't think he's wrong.

471
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,119
Speaker 1: I really don't think he's wrong. I can't poke holes

472
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,200
Speaker 1: in that. This is the time of year where traffic's

473
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,359
Speaker 1: a little down, and you know, there may be someone

474
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:21,600
Speaker 1: out there in the creator sphere that wants to say

475
00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:25,040
Speaker 1: stuff for shot value. And you could say anything you

476
00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,320
Speaker 1: want in March, because even if you don't mean it,

477
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,199
Speaker 1: you just take it back in May or June, and

478
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,760
Speaker 1: then you make your predictions in July and everyone's forgotten

479
00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,399
Speaker 1: about it. That's not what he's doing there. He's just

480
00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:37,040
Speaker 1: kind of calling it like he sees it. And I

481
00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:40,120
Speaker 1: think he's seeing it right. Twenty twenty five was supposed

482
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,679
Speaker 1: to be the year for Clemson. Twenty twenty five. If

483
00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:47,000
Speaker 1: you'll recall this time last year, we were pointing to

484
00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,280
Speaker 1: the upcoming season, saying, this has got to be the

485
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,960
Speaker 1: year for Clemson. Forget about twenty six. Don't even look

486
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,119
Speaker 1: past twenty five. There's an edge of a cliff behind

487
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. The reason I was saying that is

488
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,280
Speaker 1: because I knew twenty twenty six did not shape up well,

489
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,200
Speaker 1: it did not look very promising on the horizon. Well,

490
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:06,760
Speaker 1: the problem is Clemson didn't even get it done in

491
00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:10,160
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. So now going into twenty twenty six,

492
00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,560
Speaker 1: the talent level has fallen off. The players aren't there.

493
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,159
Speaker 1: The players are not there. They have finished outside the

494
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,879
Speaker 1: top twenty in the rivals team rankings the last two seasons.

495
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:26,080
Speaker 1: They're not a major portal player at all. The players

496
00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:30,240
Speaker 1: just aren't there. They don't match rosters with Miami. They're

497
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:34,560
Speaker 1: not even close anymore. So Clemson's not going to be

498
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,240
Speaker 1: the one that pulls the sled for you anymore. Maybe

499
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,280
Speaker 1: it's Miami, but behind them, I'm looking and I don't

500
00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,040
Speaker 1: know that I can count on Clemson. I don't know

501
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 1: that I can count on Florida State at all. We'll

502
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:48,240
Speaker 1: see what James Franklin does at Virginia Tech. Sm USED

503
00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:50,399
Speaker 1: the one to watch. Really, I don't have confidence in

504
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,440
Speaker 1: Belichick at North Carolina. There are a lot of places

505
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,720
Speaker 1: that I wish they'd get their act together, but they haven't.

506
00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 1: Smused the one. They bought their way into this conference.

507
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:04,399
Speaker 1: They got a totally different financial situation than the rest

508
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,919
Speaker 1: of the league, and they saw fit to do that

509
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:10,480
Speaker 1: because they have a plan. They beat Miami. We were

510
00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,200
Speaker 1: at this game last year. They beat Miami at home

511
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,199
Speaker 1: last year. But I've been out there and I know

512
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,639
Speaker 1: that staff pretty well. It's kind of like, Hey, if

513
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 1: no one else is gonna take it, we'll take the opportunity.

514
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:24,520
Speaker 1: And I think they are and I think they'll continue

515
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,920
Speaker 1: to do so. So if you're kind of searching the landscape,

516
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,680
Speaker 1: my needle doesn't stop on Clemson of Florida State right now.

517
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 1: My needle stops on Virginia Tech because at least I

518
00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,639
Speaker 1: know they're going to be all in on trying to

519
00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 1: get something done. And SMU for the same reasons. Georgia Tech.

520
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 1: I think I could describe that way for the same reasons.

521
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,880
Speaker 1: But Tech hasn't done anything yet, so it's we're still

522
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,199
Speaker 1: in sort of the remains to be seen camp with

523
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:53,280
Speaker 1: Brent Keith. I know it sounds a little harsh, but

524
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,240
Speaker 1: I mean for it to sound harsh. The Big think

525
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,719
Speaker 1: about the Big Twelve in the ACC, so they are

526
00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:02,159
Speaker 1: viewed as a diss three and four behind the SEC

527
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 1: in the Big Ten in terms of quality. The Big

528
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,680
Speaker 1: Twelve got robbed of their top two programs not too

529
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:14,240
Speaker 1: long ago. Texas and Oklahoma left. They left. The ACC

530
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,399
Speaker 1: hasn't had anything. Who they lose Maryland, The ACC hasn't

531
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 1: lost anything, and yet they're still sitting there and it's

532
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:24,240
Speaker 1: still like an afterthought of a conference. It. I can't

533
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:28,160
Speaker 1: I can't. I can't explain it you. I would say,

534
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,280
Speaker 1: you've got to have someone that lights a fire under

535
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:33,280
Speaker 1: the rest of the league. Dabbo tried for like a decade.

536
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 1: Dabbo and Clemson did their job, and everyone just kind

537
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 1: of sat there watched Clemson like it was a fireworks

538
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:44,280
Speaker 1: show and they were children just whoa And no one

539
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:50,440
Speaker 1: sought to duplicate it. No one. I don't know, I

540
00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,080
Speaker 1: don't know. We do not have any ACC merch in

541
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 1: the store right now. But we do have some good

542
00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,760
Speaker 1: shirts in the store right now. Peytstatematerial dot com if

543
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 1: you want to go there. And I made some comments

544
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:05,080
Speaker 1: the other day about how we had new items in

545
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 1: the store and then there was some new stuff that

546
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:08,960
Speaker 1: I didn't know about. We'll come to find out there

547
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 1: was some new stuff since then that I didn't know

548
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:13,920
Speaker 1: about it until this morning, which is why I'm telling

549
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,480
Speaker 1: you about it right now. Long sleeves, short sleeves, all

550
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 1: kinds of different accessories. Peytstatematerial dot com the place to go.

551
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,960
Speaker 1: And Alex would appreciate if you filled out a comment

552
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:26,720
Speaker 1: card and said hey to her on your way to

553
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 1: check out. Not mandatory, certainly, but it's appreciated. Let's continue

554
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,120
Speaker 1: a lot of good questions in the mailbag, a lot

555
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:38,400
Speaker 1: of good questions. I feel like we could do a

556
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:45,640
Speaker 1: three hour show tonight. Allan in bens Pennsylvania. Where's that, Jesse, Bensalem,

557
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,360
Speaker 1: not Bethlehem. We know where that is, Bensalem. Bradley cut

558
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,480
Speaker 1: all that out. Allan up in Pennsylvania, probably rural PA.

559
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 1: If I had to guess by the town over under

560
00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,360
Speaker 1: six and a half teams who made the playoff last

561
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:03,320
Speaker 1: year making the playoff this year. I like it because

562
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,600
Speaker 1: FanDuel's not even offering me this yet. Maybe they will tomorrow,

563
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,120
Speaker 1: but they're not offering me that yet. So obviously, twelve

564
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,560
Speaker 1: teams made the playoff last year. There are the teams there.

565
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,040
Speaker 1: Do you have them memorized if you're listening on podcast?

566
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 1: If you don't, really quick? Indiana, Ohio, State, Georgia, Texas Tech,

567
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 1: those where your top four? Oregon, Ole, miss A and

568
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:25,320
Speaker 1: m Oklahoma, Bama, Miami, and then Tulane and JMU both

569
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,880
Speaker 1: made it. So we're asking over under six and a

570
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,960
Speaker 1: half of those teams making it back to the playoff. Okay, Now,

571
00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:37,560
Speaker 1: per FanDuel paper Popper of a stat, ten of the

572
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,760
Speaker 1: top thirteen teams to win the title this upcoming year

573
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,880
Speaker 1: made the playoff last year, so FanDuel thinks it's an over.

574
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,840
Speaker 1: FanDuel's clearly leaning towards the over. But FanDuel doesn't make

575
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 1: the bets, They just take the bets, So who knows,

576
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,160
Speaker 1: who knows? Maybe we can find some hidden value here.

577
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: My first thought, if I'm trying to nail this over under,

578
00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:01,440
Speaker 1: is who are the best bets to make the playoff

579
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,200
Speaker 1: this year. That got left out last year. So Notre

580
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 1: Dame immediately comes to mind, like I would be shocked,

581
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,560
Speaker 1: really stunned to shocked if Notre Dame doesn't make the

582
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 1: playoff this upcoming season. Well, that's one because they didn't

583
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:20,160
Speaker 1: make it last year. Texas tough schedule now, but Texas,

584
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 1: there's no excuse for them not to make the playoff

585
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 1: this upcoming year. That'd be two. LSU has the ninth

586
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 1: best odds to win it all. I'm gonna say, LS,

587
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 1: you should expect to make the playoff. I'm gonna put

588
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:32,520
Speaker 1: that on lane right here, in front of God and

589
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 1: everybody before they even start spring practice. So that'd be three. USC. No,

590
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,400
Speaker 1: I won't go as far as to say they should

591
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,520
Speaker 1: expect to make it, but I think they've got a

592
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,960
Speaker 1: reasonable shot to make it. I just have my fingers

593
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: here counting. That'd be four. I'm not saying we're gonna

594
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 1: go four for four there. But if you think about

595
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:57,520
Speaker 1: the G five element of this, the G five put

596
00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 1: two teams in the playoff last year because it's expected

597
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 1: that these conferences are gonna fix their tiebreaker systems. I

598
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 1: don't think we're getting two G five teams in the

599
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,320
Speaker 1: playoff period this upcoming year. And if it sounds complicated,

600
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 1: it is. It's mainly stupid that the ACC tiebreaker situation

601
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 1: was such that they allowed a second G five team

602
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,440
Speaker 1: to get the playoff last year. Anyway, we think that's

603
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:22,640
Speaker 1: gonna be fixed, So kind of a moot point on

604
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:24,959
Speaker 1: whether you think two G fives should make it or not.

605
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:27,840
Speaker 1: I don't think either of the G fives that made

606
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 1: it last year are gonna make it this upcoming year.

607
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:33,360
Speaker 1: Tulane and JMU made it. They both lost their coaching staffs.

608
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:35,760
Speaker 1: They'll be good programs, but I don't think they're gonna

609
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,360
Speaker 1: make the playoff this upcoming year. So that's gonna open

610
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,320
Speaker 1: in the aggregate a spot for at least one new

611
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:45,320
Speaker 1: team to make it, maybe two. We'll see the most

612
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:49,440
Speaker 1: vulnerable teams out of the twelve that made it last year.

613
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 1: Let's just think about it. First off, the SEC had five,

614
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 1: the Big Ten had three. Maybe we see a shift there.

615
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 1: Maybe the Big ten is a little deeper but less

616
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:06,240
Speaker 1: top heavy. Maybe there's some separation in the SEC. Maybe

617
00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 1: it looks like the Big Ten where there's three solid

618
00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:10,720
Speaker 1: top tier teams. Then there's a little bit of a

619
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Speaker 1: drop off, So maybe they're five Big Tens and three

620
00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 1: secs this year. Who knows. Michigan, Penn State, USC, I'm

621
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 1: looking at you. You're the ones who have to provide

622
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 1: the depth in the Big Ten. So that could happen.

623
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Speaker 1: And then obviously you could have Alabama not make it,

624
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,239
Speaker 1: you could have Oklahoma not make it. You could have

625
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 1: any of a number of teams in the Big Ten,

626
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Speaker 1: like I just mentioned that didn't make it last year

627
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Speaker 1: make it this year. What's the ACC gonna do? What's

628
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 1: the Big twelve gonna do? Each of those were one

629
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 1: bid leagues last year. Miami and that's it from the ACC,

630
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 1: Texas Tech and that's it from the Big twelve. So

631
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Speaker 1: do either of those send more than one team? My

632
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 1: guess is out of the ACC and the Big Twelve,

633
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 1: they will combine to send three teams, so someone will

634
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 1: be a two bid league. I think I think the

635
00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: G five is just gonna get one team in. Here's

636
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,880
Speaker 1: the bottom line. Can I find four more? If I

637
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,320
Speaker 1: think the Big twelve and the ACC will combine to

638
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,080
Speaker 1: get three in. If I think the G five is

639
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:10,240
Speaker 1: going to get one team in, can I just find

640
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:15,640
Speaker 1: four more somewhere Notre Dame. Yes, Texas. Yes, I'm struggling,

641
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 1: though I'm struggling, And obviously it's March fifth, so we're

642
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 1: just on the record forever here with my over under.

643
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:25,400
Speaker 1: So if I had to bet this right now, I

644
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:31,240
Speaker 1: would say very slightly under. Six and a half teams

645
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:36,479
Speaker 1: repeat as playoff participants. That's where I'm going, right, Jesse

646
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,879
Speaker 1: went over, You went over right, You think over six

647
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,359
Speaker 1: and a half. I'm saying under. I'm landing on six,

648
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,799
Speaker 1: you're landing on seven. Is basically what we're saying. So

649
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,440
Speaker 1: I think half the playoff field this upcoming year and

650
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:49,480
Speaker 1: no more will be made up of repeat playoff teams.

651
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 1: I very well can change my mind on this. FanDuel

652
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:54,640
Speaker 1: clearly thinks I'm out of my mind, so I very

653
00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 1: well can change my mind on that. Let's continue. By

654
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 1: the way, I appreciate you guys watching live. If you're watching,

655
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 1: make sure you subscribe to the channel and like the video.

656
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 1: Oh this was a really really good one. Let me

657
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,240
Speaker 1: take a sip of water. I need to be hydrated

658
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 1: for this. Oh. Before I take the sip, here's a

659
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,520
Speaker 1: little tease. How well do you remember Texas A and

660
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:22,919
Speaker 1: m's twenty twenty two signing class. Yeah, well I ask

661
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 1: you that because Anthony asked us this, Anthony from Dallas, Texas.

662
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,840
Speaker 1: Can we officially call the Texas A and M number

663
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 1: one class in twenty twenty two a bust? Yes? Yes,

664
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:41,040
Speaker 1: I think we've mostly arrived at that conclusion. Yeah, it's

665
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:44,279
Speaker 1: a bust, historic bust. What do you remember about this?

666
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 1: Even people who don't follow recruiting remember this. This was

667
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:52,000
Speaker 1: the beginning of the NIL feeding frenzy. This was when

668
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,960
Speaker 1: we kind of knew what the acronym stood for, and

669
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 1: we knew that it was coming. It was sort of

670
00:35:58,239 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 1: on the horizon, and then all of a sudden it

671
00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:02,880
Speaker 1: was in our face. And then I had Jimbo Fisher

672
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 1: being called out by Nick Saban, and then Saban apologizing,

673
00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:09,239
Speaker 1: and then Jimbo wearing jeans to a press conference and

674
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:14,040
Speaker 1: just excoriating Nick Saban publicly called him a narcissist, called

675
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:17,600
Speaker 1: him the devil again. This was this was on live TV.

676
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:23,160
Speaker 1: And so then we have Jimbo on signing day, call out,

677
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,359
Speaker 1: bro Bible, call out, sliced bread did it on air?

678
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:28,200
Speaker 1: We had him on air right Jesse, So I was

679
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 1: hosting the signing day show for CBS in Fort Lauderdale.

680
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,840
Speaker 1: We had Jimbo on live. It was it was like,

681
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 1: it feels like one hundred years ago, but it wasn't.

682
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 1: So why was that happening? Well, it was because Texas

683
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:44,959
Speaker 1: A and M signed the highest rated class ever. Okay,

684
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 1: according to rivals, that class had nine five star rated players.

685
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:55,840
Speaker 1: To give you an idea, Bama and Georgia combined to

686
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,279
Speaker 1: have less five star players than A and M had

687
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:00,919
Speaker 1: and Bama and Georgia were the number two and number

688
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 1: three classes. So it was A and M. And then

689
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 1: there was a canyon, and then there was everyone else,

690
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 1: and it went off the rails. It went totally off

691
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 1: the rails for all kinds of different reasons. This is

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00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:17,799
Speaker 1: one of those situations where in retrospect everyone said, oh,

693
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 1: a blind man could have seen that coming. Well, let

694
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 1: me just put it this way. Not everyone was that

695
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 1: vocal when A and M signed the class. People were

696
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 1: terrified when A and M signed the class. As it

697
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,760
Speaker 1: turns out, A and M fans should have been terrified

698
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:34,360
Speaker 1: when A and M sound signed the class. Shocking numbers

699
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:38,160
Speaker 1: here out of the thirty players in that Texas A

700
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:42,000
Speaker 1: and M signing class. Only four of them finished their

701
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 1: career with Texas A and M. I have a list,

702
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 1: I can't even read it all. Walter Nolan ends up

703
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:52,239
Speaker 1: transferring to Ole, Miss, Evan Stewart heads to Oregon LT

704
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:57,360
Speaker 1: Overton at Bama, Gabriel brownlow Dindee, he was South Carolina right,

705
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 1: Jesse Yeah, Denver Harris half a dozen teams. We think

706
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:06,879
Speaker 1: he's at UNLV now, Chris Marshall, Ole Miss Arkansas, Boise Connor,

707
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 1: Wegman's at Houston still. Jacobe Matthews went to Auburn in

708
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:15,160
Speaker 1: I White, Penn State, Oklahoma State, Anthony Lucas USC cam

709
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 1: Duberry Alabama. I'm not even a third of the way

710
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:21,840
Speaker 1: through the signing class. Four of them finished their career

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00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:24,360
Speaker 1: at Texas A and M. And it was a classic

712
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:28,000
Speaker 1: example of basically, one day Jimbo just walked into the

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00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 1: office and said, we're going to sign the number one class.

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00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: Don't care how we're going to sign the number one class.

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00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 1: You're telling us that we can legally go pay players now, well,

716
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:38,960
Speaker 1: we're going to go sign the number one class. And

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00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,359
Speaker 1: they did. There was this grocery store game show back

718
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:44,879
Speaker 1: in the day. I was a very very young young,

719
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 1: impressionable youth, and it was called Supermarket Sweep. I don't

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00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 1: even know what the format of the game was. All

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00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 1: I know is there was a part of the show

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00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:57,480
Speaker 1: where you got a shopping cart and they put you

723
00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 1: in a grocery store and you just got to run

724
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:01,440
Speaker 1: up and down the aisles and put as much as

725
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:03,960
Speaker 1: you could in the shopping cart in like sixty seconds.

726
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:07,320
Speaker 1: Well that was essentially Texas A and M's recruiting strategy

727
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two. And they put a bunch of

728
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 1: five stars in the shopping cart. Now did they properly

729
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:19,760
Speaker 1: evaluate these players? No? Did they properly evaluate character? Who cares?

730
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,000
Speaker 1: They're five stars? Just load them up, we'll figure it out.

731
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:26,399
Speaker 1: Did they care about any kind of core philosophy? Did

732
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:30,319
Speaker 1: they even have a philosophy? Did they adhere to it? No? No, no, no,

733
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:33,200
Speaker 1: and no. We's got a bunch of five stars. They'll win.

734
00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:37,360
Speaker 1: We got a bunch of parts that'll create the machine.

735
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 1: We got a house. We're just going to go buy

736
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:42,719
Speaker 1: the most expensive furniture from fifteen different stores and throw

737
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:45,279
Speaker 1: it in there, and then a designer is going to

738
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 1: walk in and say, what happened in this house? What

739
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,920
Speaker 1: do you mean what happened? We got the best furniture

740
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 1: that money can buy. Yeah. Yeah, but there's no design,

741
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:58,359
Speaker 1: there's no FUNCTIONUEI, as Memo would talk about, and I

742
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,920
Speaker 1: never do. But I do remember the early fear, Like

743
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 1: when A and M first signed this class, Folks were

744
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:07,320
Speaker 1: worried that this was the new way of college football.

745
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:10,759
Speaker 1: Saban was worried enough about it to start speaking publicly

746
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 1: on it. Yeah, Kirby, I can guarantee you did not

747
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 1: enjoy this still does not really enjoy this era. And

748
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:21,480
Speaker 1: it's because they did not fundamentally shift how they do things.

749
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 1: What happened was it took what would be a solid,

750
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:30,480
Speaker 1: effective recruiting strategy from Georgia and it threw a wrench

751
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:34,600
Speaker 1: into the blender, and it threw this element of well,

752
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:37,880
Speaker 1: now it really is a bidding war. Now people always

753
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,759
Speaker 1: run around and say, oh, it always was a bidding war.

754
00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:43,399
Speaker 1: Oh it was always like this. No it wasn't. You're

755
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,600
Speaker 1: foolish if you say that. No it wasn't. No it wasn't.

756
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:49,719
Speaker 1: There are two truths in the room. It can be

757
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:54,560
Speaker 1: true that money always exchanged hands. That can be true,

758
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 1: while it's also insane to say money changed hands at

759
00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:01,240
Speaker 1: the level and degree it did starting in like twenty

760
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:05,359
Speaker 1: twenty two. No, this is a whole new ballgame. I'm

761
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:07,359
Speaker 1: not even here to say it's right or wrong. Well,

762
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 1: obviously it was wrong strategically. I'm not even here to say,

763
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 1: I'm just here to call balls and strikes on it.

764
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:15,399
Speaker 1: Like this fundamentally changed the approach, or it fundamentally changed

765
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:18,200
Speaker 1: the truth of other programs that it existed for a

766
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:21,799
Speaker 1: long time doing it the older school way atop the

767
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:24,839
Speaker 1: recruiting rankings. But there was this thought that, oh, this

768
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:26,879
Speaker 1: is what college football is going to be now, Oh,

769
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:28,600
Speaker 1: the highest bidder's just going to be the one that

770
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:32,399
Speaker 1: wins all the time. Then people chuckle cause people will say,

771
00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 1: you mean, you mean, like the highest bidder already was

772
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 1: winning all the time. And then you get into the

773
00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:41,919
Speaker 1: aforementioned debate about whether it really was always that way

774
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:45,759
Speaker 1: or not. But Jimbo's obviously not the head coach at

775
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:51,400
Speaker 1: Texas A and M anymore. This experience is what necessitated

776
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:54,839
Speaker 1: the Mike Elko hire, because Elko was there, and then

777
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 1: Elko moved on and got his head coaching shot at Duke,

778
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:04,880
Speaker 1: and Mike Elko is a supreme example of someone who

779
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:09,040
Speaker 1: is a plus in the areas they lacked during this area.

780
00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:13,200
Speaker 1: You need an evaluator, you need a developer. You need

781
00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:18,360
Speaker 1: someone who understands core philosophies and principles and values of

782
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:22,200
Speaker 1: a program and how to recruit congruent to those. That's

783
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:24,920
Speaker 1: Mike Elko. And I don't know that they get to

784
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 1: where they're ready to hire Elko or they need to

785
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:33,279
Speaker 1: hire Elco if they don't experience this. So yes, it

786
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:37,480
Speaker 1: is the pound for pound probably the biggest busted recruiting

787
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:40,600
Speaker 1: class that we've ever seen in the history of recruiting rankings.

788
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:42,759
Speaker 1: I don't even know who number two would be, but

789
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:46,160
Speaker 1: that's number one. Ah memories. I'm just telling you. We

790
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 1: had Jimbo on on National Signing Day and I don't

791
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,600
Speaker 1: even remember what question it was. I wish we could

792
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:53,319
Speaker 1: pull the We don't own the footage, but I wish

793
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,239
Speaker 1: we could have pulled the footage. Called Stanko, see if

794
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:57,640
Speaker 1: we could pull the footage, just send it to us.

795
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:02,040
Speaker 1: But man, and he asked me to repeat a question,

796
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:04,400
Speaker 1: and it was like he thought I was throwing an

797
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 1: allegation at him. I wasn't, and then he just goes

798
00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,520
Speaker 1: off about all the things that people were alleging that

799
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:13,239
Speaker 1: they were doing. I love Jimbo Fisher, by the way.

800
00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:14,960
Speaker 1: I think we should get him on the Speaker series.

801
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,960
Speaker 1: I worked with him in the National title game. I

802
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,279
Speaker 1: stood next to him for the Miami A and M game.

803
00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:25,360
Speaker 1: I wish you guys could experience watching a game with

804
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,800
Speaker 1: Jimbo Fisher. You would think Jimbo Fisher is the smartest

805
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:31,319
Speaker 1: person on the face of the earth. You would think

806
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 1: that he has the spoilers, like he has already seen

807
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 1: the game script with how he can call a game

808
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:40,840
Speaker 1: one in two plays ahead. Boggling, boggling of the mind.

809
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:51,839
Speaker 1: That's what that experience is like. Let's move on. This

810
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:56,080
Speaker 1: one was from John John from Beautiful Gulfport, Mississippi. He said,

811
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:58,840
Speaker 1: who are some dark horses that could end up in

812
00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:02,719
Speaker 1: conference title games this year? Who? He said? Who would have?

813
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:06,040
Speaker 1: I think he means hoompstead of thunk that UVA was

814
00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:11,440
Speaker 1: the ACC dark horse last year. Jesse. I got to

815
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:13,960
Speaker 1: give us some credit. Didn't we talk about Virginia's schedule

816
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:16,040
Speaker 1: and how they could be a dark horse. I guess

817
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:20,279
Speaker 1: outside of us, nobody would have expected it. Yeah, could

818
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:24,040
Speaker 1: we stay in the state but go to Blacksburg, because

819
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:26,160
Speaker 1: I'll start with the ACC. I got one for every

820
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:29,600
Speaker 1: conference here. I think Virginia Tech would be my preseason

821
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:32,560
Speaker 1: dark horse, my pre spring dark horse in the ACC.

822
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:36,319
Speaker 1: James Franklin just landed a top ten portal class. Let's

823
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:40,640
Speaker 1: not just overlook that Brent Prye is still there. Now.

824
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:43,759
Speaker 1: I know that's old hat. Everyone knows that at Virginia Tech.

825
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:46,920
Speaker 1: I don't think America has quite realized what just happened.

826
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,920
Speaker 1: So Brent Prye was fired as the head coach at

827
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:54,359
Speaker 1: Virginia Tech, James Franklin was hired. James Franklin looked and said,

828
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:56,920
Speaker 1: wait a second. Brent hasn't even moved out of town yet,

829
00:44:57,239 --> 00:45:00,080
Speaker 1: and he's my old defensive coordinator. I wonder if if

830
00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:02,600
Speaker 1: he wants to stick around and I don't know, be

831
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:07,040
Speaker 1: my defensive coordinator. And then Brent Price said okay, So

832
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 1: Brent probably went from being the head coach to the

833
00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:13,239
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator in the same program. I don't think many

834
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:15,799
Speaker 1: people realize that happened yet. Anyway, So you've got that,

835
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,359
Speaker 1: so there's a lot of familiarity with the roster they're

836
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:19,800
Speaker 1: going to have. I don't know if it's going to

837
00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:21,239
Speaker 1: be number one, but they're going to be one of

838
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:26,399
Speaker 1: the highest returning production teams in the conference. The transfers

839
00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:29,200
Speaker 1: are upgrades. It's a very important thing to note because

840
00:45:29,239 --> 00:45:32,840
Speaker 1: sometimes schools take a ton of transfers, but they're trying

841
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:36,080
Speaker 1: to backfill good players that left with average players. That's

842
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:39,000
Speaker 1: not what Virginia Tech's doing. So I would say Virginia

843
00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:43,400
Speaker 1: Tech and the ACC in the SEC, it's kind of tough.

844
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:45,040
Speaker 1: SEC and Big Ten are a little bit tougher. But

845
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:46,759
Speaker 1: if we're trying to pick a dark horse team to

846
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:50,960
Speaker 1: make the conference title game, I'd say Missouri would qualify.

847
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,080
Speaker 1: I think Missouri would be my dark horse team in

848
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:56,040
Speaker 1: the SEC to make the conference title game. Obviously, this

849
00:45:56,239 --> 00:46:00,400
Speaker 1: is just me betting on Austin Simmons at quarterback because

850
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:04,080
Speaker 1: once upon a time, Lane Kiffin and Old miss were

851
00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:09,319
Speaker 1: extremely sold on Austin Simmons being the guy. And then

852
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:11,400
Speaker 1: it started off a little shaky and he got hurt

853
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:15,239
Speaker 1: and then Trinidad Shambliss happened and everyone forgot about Austin Simmons. Well,

854
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:19,240
Speaker 1: here's the thing about Lane Kiffin's feel for the quarterback position.

855
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:24,319
Speaker 1: He didn't missed very often, so maybe the gratification for

856
00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:26,680
Speaker 1: the way Lane felt about Austin Simmons will just be

857
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:32,759
Speaker 1: delayed and ultimately realized in Columbia Missouri by Eli Drinkwitz.

858
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:36,240
Speaker 1: Now here's what they need. They need that to pan out,

859
00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:41,000
Speaker 1: and they need defensive transfers to pan out. But you

860
00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:44,360
Speaker 1: know as well as I do, every year someone in

861
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:48,080
Speaker 1: college football is like plus four in one possession games.

862
00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:52,439
Speaker 1: And if Austin Simmons becomes a superstar quarterback and they

863
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:56,719
Speaker 1: stay relatively healthy and they just catch lightning in a

864
00:46:56,719 --> 00:47:00,319
Speaker 1: bottle winning close games, yeah, I could see Missouri being

865
00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:02,800
Speaker 1: that team. What about the Big Ten? Big Ten's the

866
00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:05,800
Speaker 1: same way. It's tough. You got a core of top teams.

867
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:08,239
Speaker 1: I think it's pretty obvious if you're looking for a

868
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:10,200
Speaker 1: dark horse contender in the Big Ten, who it is.

869
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:15,279
Speaker 1: It's Washington, Jedfish and Washington I think have to be

870
00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:18,279
Speaker 1: the dark horse in the Big Ten. They were top

871
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:21,799
Speaker 1: twenty last year offense and defense. Now you'd get some

872
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:24,640
Speaker 1: pushback on people saying, oh, well, you need more context

873
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:26,920
Speaker 1: on that because when they faced the good teams, they

874
00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:29,880
Speaker 1: were really really inferior. Then they loaded up whatever. Okay,

875
00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:32,760
Speaker 1: I'm looking at this year and I'm trying to figure

876
00:47:32,760 --> 00:47:36,000
Speaker 1: out demon Williams. Okay, he tried to leave, the door

877
00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:38,000
Speaker 1: was locked, he couldn't get out, So he's still there.

878
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:40,319
Speaker 1: It's just the way it went down. Everyone could talk

879
00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:44,040
Speaker 1: about kind of shining that situation up all you want to. No,

880
00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:47,960
Speaker 1: he wanted to leave, and you figured out a way

881
00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:50,319
Speaker 1: legally not to let him leave. Good for you, by

882
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:52,959
Speaker 1: the way, I was pro Washington in that whole deal,

883
00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:57,479
Speaker 1: and now he's still there. Now. Generation ago he would

884
00:47:57,520 --> 00:48:02,680
Speaker 1: be like persona non grata in the locker room. These days,

885
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:04,759
Speaker 1: it just kind of is what it is. So he'll

886
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:07,319
Speaker 1: probably be an All Big ten caliber player this year

887
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:09,200
Speaker 1: for all I know. But here's what I do know.

888
00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:14,719
Speaker 1: They did a good job of closing wounds in the

889
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:18,120
Speaker 1: transfer portal. They didn't kill it. They didn't go and

890
00:48:18,440 --> 00:48:22,439
Speaker 1: do like LSU did and just transform everything and become

891
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:25,640
Speaker 1: an instant national title contender. What they did is they said,

892
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 1: we've got bona fide weaknesses here, here, and here, let's

893
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:31,479
Speaker 1: cover those up with the portal. That's good. That's good

894
00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:35,120
Speaker 1: because they're not a long ways off and Jedfish is

895
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,440
Speaker 1: a proven guy. He can win. I think they can win.

896
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:39,359
Speaker 1: Look at the schedule late in the year. Penn State

897
00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:41,840
Speaker 1: and Indiana come in there in the last month of

898
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:44,280
Speaker 1: the season, so they really need home field to matter.

899
00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:46,640
Speaker 1: In the last month of the season. They don't make

900
00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:49,840
Speaker 1: a single East Coast trip. I mean, their road games

901
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:54,400
Speaker 1: in Big Ten terms are pretty manageable. Manageable. They go

902
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:57,120
Speaker 1: to Purdue, they go to Nebraska, Michigan State, and they

903
00:48:57,120 --> 00:48:58,480
Speaker 1: go to Oregon at the end of the year. That's

904
00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:00,759
Speaker 1: a really really tough draw. They go to Southern cal

905
00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:04,359
Speaker 1: earlier in the year. There is no you know, at

906
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:06,560
Speaker 1: Indiana at least, there's no at Ohio State. There's no

907
00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:09,120
Speaker 1: at Michigan there. So I'd say Washington and the Big Ten,

908
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:12,239
Speaker 1: the Big Twelve, two different directions we could go. I

909
00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:19,359
Speaker 1: chose one, brave, very brave Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State as

910
00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:23,360
Speaker 1: of March is my dark horse contender in the Big twelve.

911
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:27,480
Speaker 1: Oklahoma State. Don't they suck? No? They did did? I

912
00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:30,600
Speaker 1: don't think they will This year. Eric Morris drove up

913
00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:33,799
Speaker 1: from North Texas. He's now the head coach there. He

914
00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:37,000
Speaker 1: did not drive up alone. He brought like a huge

915
00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:39,239
Speaker 1: chunk of his team with him, and not the least

916
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:43,640
Speaker 1: of hoopst were mess to maker, some say the best

917
00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:45,560
Speaker 1: arm of any quarterback that was in the portal this

918
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:49,560
Speaker 1: past year. Caleb Hawkins, great tailback. They got fifty four

919
00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:52,759
Speaker 1: new faces in the portal. Seventeen of those were from

920
00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:57,359
Speaker 1: that North Texas team. Understand, this is the Big twelve

921
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:00,279
Speaker 1: we're talking about. Now, Texas Tech may have a zoom

922
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:03,880
Speaker 1: the lead dog role in that conference. It is still

923
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:08,000
Speaker 1: wildly volatile any given year. And I have a sneaking

924
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:12,520
Speaker 1: suspicion that Texas Tech activities have lit a fire under

925
00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:15,759
Speaker 1: Oklahoma State. Now that's just a suspicion. They have to

926
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:20,640
Speaker 1: prove me right on that. But yeah, question, just as

927
00:50:20,719 --> 00:50:25,120
Speaker 1: I was writing notes here, you know, Miami hasn't even

928
00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:28,920
Speaker 1: played for the conference title under Mario yet they almost

929
00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:31,680
Speaker 1: won the national title last year, still haven't played in Charlotte.

930
00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:35,719
Speaker 1: So that's a domino we need to knock down Ohio

931
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:40,560
Speaker 1: State Big Ten championship game. Like I'm asking myself in

932
00:50:40,640 --> 00:50:44,160
Speaker 1: conferences like the ACC, how does Miami not make the

933
00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:46,400
Speaker 1: conference title game this year? How does how does OHI?

934
00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:48,239
Speaker 1: I guess this one's a little easier to answer. How

935
00:50:48,239 --> 00:50:50,799
Speaker 1: does Ohio State not make the conference title game? It's

936
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:57,200
Speaker 1: just tough to see those teams not in Charlotte and Indianapolis, respectively,

937
00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:00,840
Speaker 1: But that's only part. We have another open slot in

938
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:06,040
Speaker 1: those conference championship games. Let's move on, good brisk pace tonight.

939
00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:08,200
Speaker 1: Who is this?

940
00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:08,880
Speaker 3: Okay?

941
00:51:09,480 --> 00:51:11,319
Speaker 1: Pres did you text me during the show? When did

942
00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:15,480
Speaker 1: he send me? Oh a graphic? Okay? All right, I'll

943
00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:21,600
Speaker 1: post it afterwards. Who is this from? Henry in Slocum, Alabama?

944
00:51:21,719 --> 00:51:24,440
Speaker 1: Bradley knows it. Well, what are you thinking on the

945
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:28,239
Speaker 1: quarterback battle at Alabama? Well? I think it's a legit

946
00:51:28,360 --> 00:51:31,239
Speaker 1: quarterback battle. It feels very old school. It feels like

947
00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:34,160
Speaker 1: years gone by. It used to be that we were

948
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:37,040
Speaker 1: like a dozen programs every year where you had legit

949
00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:42,040
Speaker 1: who's gonna take the starting job? Spring quarterback battles. Doesn't

950
00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:44,520
Speaker 1: feel that way anymore. Most of the time, you've got

951
00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:47,680
Speaker 1: one QB one candidate, and everyone who knows they're not

952
00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:50,880
Speaker 1: gonna win the job has already transferred out. And at

953
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:53,399
Speaker 1: Alabama that's just not the case. They got probably two

954
00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:56,000
Speaker 1: of them they can win with. They've got two of

955
00:51:56,040 --> 00:51:58,799
Speaker 1: them that would be an ultra ultra high demand if

956
00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:00,919
Speaker 1: they ever were to have hit the poor, but neither

957
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:03,160
Speaker 1: one of them did. I think that surprised a lot

958
00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:05,839
Speaker 1: of people. I don't know how surprised Alabama was about it,

959
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:07,920
Speaker 1: but I think a lot of people nationally were surprised,

960
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:11,799
Speaker 1: especially if you were watching the Rose Bowl. In the

961
00:52:11,840 --> 00:52:15,200
Speaker 1: process of them getting splattered all over Pasadena by Indiana.

962
00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:18,520
Speaker 1: You notice when Ty Simpson went down, Austin Mack came in,

963
00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:22,399
Speaker 1: made some impressive throws, showed off enough to where I'm

964
00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:25,319
Speaker 1: watching it and I'm thinking, this is his this is

965
00:52:25,360 --> 00:52:28,160
Speaker 1: his portal audition. And I know good and well. I

966
00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:32,000
Speaker 1: had coaches texting me during the game saying he's making

967
00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:33,920
Speaker 1: himself a lot of money right now. Well what the

968
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:36,440
Speaker 1: translation was is, Hey, they're about to get blown out.

969
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:38,680
Speaker 1: Their season's going to end, but people are just gonna

970
00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:42,200
Speaker 1: get their appetite wetted. I guess is the past tense

971
00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:46,200
Speaker 1: version of that. By watching him, he is a monster.

972
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:49,239
Speaker 1: By the way, he is six six, two thirty five.

973
00:52:49,360 --> 00:52:53,040
Speaker 1: So Austin Mack was their backup last year. Keelan Russell

974
00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:58,479
Speaker 1: ran with the threes last year, so let's talk about

975
00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:02,440
Speaker 1: this year. Not all quarterback battles are as they appear.

976
00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:04,759
Speaker 1: A lot of them are cosmetic, and I think we

977
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:08,200
Speaker 1: all understand why This is not that this is a

978
00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:11,279
Speaker 1: legitimate quarterback battle now. Just because Austin Mack was the

979
00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:14,279
Speaker 1: backup at Alabama last year, in no shape, form or

980
00:53:14,280 --> 00:53:16,799
Speaker 1: fashion means that he would be the starter this year.

981
00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:19,360
Speaker 1: I had a working theory last year, and this is

982
00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:23,000
Speaker 1: just an in house working theory. Let me be clear

983
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:26,360
Speaker 1: that if ty Simpson got hurt at any point in

984
00:53:26,360 --> 00:53:28,719
Speaker 1: the year last year and someone had to come in

985
00:53:28,719 --> 00:53:33,040
Speaker 1: in a pinch, it'd be Austin Mack. My theory was,

986
00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:36,920
Speaker 1: if it were week seven and ty Simpson were to

987
00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:40,839
Speaker 1: miss extended time, I thought Keelan Russell would have been

988
00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:44,040
Speaker 1: the guy. That was my feel on things. I can't

989
00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:47,600
Speaker 1: prove that, but both of them are really big. Like

990
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:53,799
Speaker 1: Austin Mack's a monster. Keelan Russell's very big too. I

991
00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:57,279
Speaker 1: can't remember where we were, what game. It was on

992
00:53:57,320 --> 00:53:59,200
Speaker 1: the road last year, maybe in the Oklahoma game, actually,

993
00:53:59,239 --> 00:54:02,320
Speaker 1: maybe in the playoff game, and I saw Keelan Russell

994
00:54:02,360 --> 00:54:05,919
Speaker 1: walk by, I thought he was Djon Lee. Djon Lee

995
00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:09,320
Speaker 1: is a huge corner that plays at Alabama, like six',

996
00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:13,279
Speaker 1: four really abnormally large for a. Corner the fact THAT

997
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:17,440
Speaker 1: i Mistook Keelan russell For Djon lee should let you

998
00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:20,080
Speaker 1: know physically What Keilan russell looks like. Too now he's

999
00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:22,759
Speaker 1: gonna look small compared To. Mac both of them are.

1000
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:25,400
Speaker 1: Big both of them are really big. Players so my

1001
00:54:25,560 --> 00:54:29,680
Speaker 1: feel on this Is Keilan russell will be too good

1002
00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:31,719
Speaker 1: to keep off the. Field that's my feel on. It

1003
00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:34,480
Speaker 1: SO i think he's gonna win the. JOB i Think

1004
00:54:34,520 --> 00:54:37,680
Speaker 1: Austin mack's a really good. PLAYER i think it really

1005
00:54:37,719 --> 00:54:40,279
Speaker 1: to a certain, extent doesn't matter what my opinion or

1006
00:54:40,280 --> 00:54:43,320
Speaker 1: anyone else's opinion on this. Is it doesn't even matter

1007
00:54:43,360 --> 00:54:46,120
Speaker 1: What kaylan De boor's opinion on it. Is, LIKE i

1008
00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:48,960
Speaker 1: see this a, lot and the difference in maybe the

1009
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:51,600
Speaker 1: way a fan thinks versus the way a coach and

1010
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:56,560
Speaker 1: a staff, thinks, because like, you a head coach may

1011
00:54:56,600 --> 00:54:59,560
Speaker 1: have his feel on who's gonna win a starting. POSITION

1012
00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:03,000
Speaker 1: a coordinator may have a really good. FEEL a coordinator

1013
00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:06,600
Speaker 1: may even confide in you in, Private, hey this is

1014
00:55:06,640 --> 00:55:09,120
Speaker 1: probably so and so's job to. Lose but here's the.

1015
00:55:09,160 --> 00:55:13,960
Speaker 1: Difference it doesn't matter even what they. Think it matters

1016
00:55:14,320 --> 00:55:17,680
Speaker 1: who takes the. Job you can think a guy is

1017
00:55:17,760 --> 00:55:20,560
Speaker 1: the best for the job all you want, to but

1018
00:55:20,600 --> 00:55:22,600
Speaker 1: if he doesn't take the, job you don't just hand

1019
00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:24,560
Speaker 1: it to. Him you don't just give it to. Him

1020
00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:27,520
Speaker 1: so With Keilan, RUSSELL i could sit here In, march

1021
00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:29,600
Speaker 1: OR i could see it here In august and have

1022
00:55:29,680 --> 00:55:32,520
Speaker 1: the opinion ALL i want THAT i think he's going

1023
00:55:32,600 --> 00:55:34,360
Speaker 1: to be the. BEST i think he's gonna win the.

1024
00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:36,200
Speaker 1: Job if he doesn't take the, job it doesn't. Matter

1025
00:55:36,560 --> 00:55:39,200
Speaker 1: it doesn't. Matter, plus people are wrong about their gut

1026
00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:40,880
Speaker 1: feels on who's going to start at quarterback all the.

1027
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:43,440
Speaker 1: Time and to take it a step, further a lot

1028
00:55:43,480 --> 00:55:45,879
Speaker 1: of times a guy will win a starting, job Think

1029
00:55:45,920 --> 00:55:48,480
Speaker 1: Austin simmons last year At Old, miss and then go

1030
00:55:48,600 --> 00:55:51,480
Speaker 1: down and then the backup comes in and the backup

1031
00:55:51,560 --> 00:55:53,680
Speaker 1: was better all. Along this happened To mullen down At

1032
00:55:53,680 --> 00:55:57,360
Speaker 1: florida one, year and LIKE i supremely Trust Dan mullen's

1033
00:55:57,400 --> 00:56:00,799
Speaker 1: opinion on quarterback ev ows it's just you don't know

1034
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:03,000
Speaker 1: until you. Know sometimes you don't know until the lights

1035
00:56:03,040 --> 00:56:06,120
Speaker 1: come on. Sometimes But Austin mack's not going to be

1036
00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:09,200
Speaker 1: easy to beat. Out the evidence of that should be

1037
00:56:09,719 --> 00:56:13,200
Speaker 1: That grubbin And caitlyn De moore had him At washington

1038
00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:15,359
Speaker 1: and then one of their first acts when they got

1039
00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:18,000
Speaker 1: To Tusk lewisia was convince him to come down From

1040
00:56:18,120 --> 00:56:21,239
Speaker 1: washington and let me promise you. Something Austin mack came

1041
00:56:21,320 --> 00:56:24,839
Speaker 1: down not expected to start At, alabama AND i can

1042
00:56:25,080 --> 00:56:30,520
Speaker 1: assure you there were some major league programs that offered

1043
00:56:30,560 --> 00:56:33,560
Speaker 1: major league money For austin or Not Austin, simmons For

1044
00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:37,080
Speaker 1: Austin mack to come start for, him and he Chose,

1045
00:56:37,080 --> 00:56:42,560
Speaker 1: alabama and thus far he has remained At alabama despite

1046
00:56:42,560 --> 00:56:45,640
Speaker 1: there being opportunities out. There SO i can assure You

1047
00:56:45,719 --> 00:56:48,400
Speaker 1: Austin mack's not sticking around because he enjoys BEING qb.

1048
00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:51,640
Speaker 1: Two so it's going to be a, very very hard

1049
00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:54,600
Speaker 1: fought battle. THERE i doubt we exit spring with an.

1050
00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:58,560
Speaker 1: ANNOUNCEMENT i don't. KNOW i doubt that THOUGH i think

1051
00:56:58,600 --> 00:57:01,600
Speaker 1: they can win with either one of. Them let's move

1052
00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:07,719
Speaker 1: on before we have watched a single, practice uh it

1053
00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:12,400
Speaker 1: Says leroy. Starts this is From. Jesse jesse from the

1054
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:16,200
Speaker 1: control room In nashville, Said i've never been in the,

1055
00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:18,920
Speaker 1: gym BUT i want to. Start what are some tips

1056
00:57:18,920 --> 00:57:21,080
Speaker 1: you would give me to help me be successful in the? Gym,

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Speaker 1: OKAY i don't want to joke about. This jesse just

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Speaker 1: told me someone hit us up for gym. Advice, now,

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Speaker 1: Notoriously jesse works out at a place that loosely profiles

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Speaker 1: as a, gym and it's not really a. Gem but

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00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:35,920
Speaker 1: if you're someone leroy who really has not worked out

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00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:37,840
Speaker 1: and you're looking for, advice let me give it to.

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Speaker 1: You first piece of, advice most important one by a.

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Speaker 1: Mile just, go just. Start don't worry about how sore

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00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:46,919
Speaker 1: you're going to. Be you will be. Sore don't worry

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Speaker 1: about how bad your form's going to, be Although i'll

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Speaker 1: get to that in a. Second don't worry about what

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00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:53,280
Speaker 1: anyone's gonna think of. You anyone who's judging you in

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00:57:53,320 --> 00:57:57,440
Speaker 1: the gym is a, loser so don't worry about. Them go. Go.

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Speaker 1: Go number, two you need to understand, technique and you

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Speaker 1: need to understand how to attack a muscle, group and

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00:58:04,840 --> 00:58:07,400
Speaker 1: you need to understand how to. Eat so those are

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Speaker 1: things that that's what the internet's. For that's What god

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Speaker 1: And Arnold swartzenegger gave us the internet. For so there

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Speaker 1: are limitless amounts of. Information some of it's, crap but

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00:58:16,040 --> 00:58:17,960
Speaker 1: you'll notice there are a lot of folks who understand

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Speaker 1: what they're talking. ABOUT i was lucky enough slash blessed

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Speaker 1: enough to work out with someone very early in my

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Speaker 1: life who understood the proper way to work, out the

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Speaker 1: proper way to get after, it but the proper technique

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Speaker 1: form of the way to structure a, workout the way

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00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:36,439
Speaker 1: to target a muscle group number. Three AND i get

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Speaker 1: asked this all the, time what about, Splits like what's your?

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Speaker 1: Split mine's not right or. Wrong i'll tell you WHAT i.

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Speaker 1: Do WHAT i do Is i'll do like a six day,

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Speaker 1: on one day off sort of. Thing So i'll do, back, chest, legs, shoulders, arms,

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Speaker 1: Legs SO i prefer to do legs every seventy two

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Speaker 1: hours to ninety six, hours so like two leg workouts

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Speaker 1: for every one workout of any other muscle. Group LIKE i,

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Speaker 1: said you got to, eat, man learn how to eat.

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Speaker 1: Properly my philosophy on partners IS i don't like. ONE

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Speaker 1: i don't like workout. Partners but if you're gonna have

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Speaker 1: me all the, time either get the right partner or

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Speaker 1: have no. Partner and the right partner is not someone

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Speaker 1: who merely shows up at the same time you do

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Speaker 1: and who you have a lot in common. With in,

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Speaker 1: fact you shouldn't be talking a whole lot at. All

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Speaker 1: so if that person's not bringing the best out in,

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Speaker 1: to be working out with. ANYONE i hate working out with.

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Speaker 1: FOLKS i hardly ever work out with, anyone Even. BRADLEY

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Speaker 1: i never work out with. Him now'll trash talk him

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Speaker 1: in the, office and we do have a weight rack

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Speaker 1: two twenty five and to this Point bradley can't so, far, Right,

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Speaker 1: yeah so. Far i'm not a big partner. Guy that's

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Speaker 1: okay to each his. Own but, understand if it would

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Speaker 1: normally take you an hour fifteen to work out and

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Speaker 1: it's taking an hour forty five cars you're working out

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Speaker 1: LIKE i just, said there's no excuse for you to

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Speaker 1: be in the gym over two. Hours if you're really

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Speaker 1: hitting it, hard there's no excuse for you to be

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Speaker 1: in there over two. Hours so it should be short

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Speaker 1: but also intense, immunity and you should really understand that

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Speaker 1: if you're working out the right. Way it should be

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Speaker 1: a cardio. Workout when you strink train to a certain,

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Speaker 1: extent you should be getting after it that. Intense and

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Speaker 1: if you, can't then you could still. Go but you're

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Speaker 1: going to look the same in the mirror three years

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Speaker 1: that but you understand what your physical potential, is what

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Speaker 1: YORK i wanted to wrap up the show by talking

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Speaker 1: About Lou. Holtz Lou holtz passed away yesterday at the

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Speaker 1: age of eighty, Nine College Foot hall Of, famer a

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Speaker 1: man of very strong, faith very vocal about his. Faith

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Speaker 1: SO i appreciated both of those things about Lou. Holtz

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Speaker 1: BUT i think the thing THAT i always, REALIZED i,

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Speaker 1: guess like the THING i would always say About Lou,

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Speaker 1: holtz especially, lately Is Lou holtz was one of those

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Speaker 1: rare individuals that was a legend or an icon to

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Speaker 1: multiple generations for different. Reasons so if you think about

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Speaker 1: my dad's, generation for, example they knew Lou holtz as

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Speaker 1: being a former head, coach being a guy that went

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Speaker 1: what was he sixty to twenty one At, arkansas had

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Speaker 1: some huge wins At, arkansas he Resurrected Notre dame. Football

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Speaker 1: Notre dame. Football in the years prior To Lou, holtz

1181
01:03:47,040 --> 01:03:49,240
Speaker 1: they hadn't won more than seven games in the half

1182
01:03:49,320 --> 01:03:51,760
Speaker 1: decade prior to him getting, there so they had fallen

1183
01:03:51,800 --> 01:03:54,160
Speaker 1: on hard. Times and he comes there and wins a

1184
01:03:54,240 --> 01:03:57,479
Speaker 1: national title in his third. Year they won twenty four

1185
01:03:57,480 --> 01:03:59,480
Speaker 1: games over a two year stretch. There at one point

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Speaker 1: he was the head coach At South. Carolina you, KNOW

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Speaker 1: i was kind of a kid when he was the

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01:04:03,040 --> 01:04:05,200
Speaker 1: head coach Of South. Carolina so that's WHAT i. Remember

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Speaker 1: BUT i don't Remember Lou holtz so much as a.

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Speaker 1: COACH i know that he was, one BUT i don't

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01:04:11,360 --> 01:04:13,840
Speaker 1: Remember Lou holtz as a. Coach so if you're my,

1192
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Speaker 1: age what you remember is the absolute fever dream that

1193
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Speaker 1: Was College Football final Every saturday night ON, espn and

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Speaker 1: ALL i can tell, you if you're sixteen years old

1195
01:04:27,200 --> 01:04:30,560
Speaker 1: and you're watching the show right, now, great you have

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Speaker 1: your whole life ahead of, you and youth is something

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Speaker 1: that most anyone would trade most anything, For so great

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Speaker 1: don't be in a hurry to grow. Up All i'm

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Speaker 1: telling you is there's one thing THAT i feel sorry,

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Speaker 1: for and that is that you didn't get to Experience

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Speaker 1: College Football. Final you didn't get to experience the greatest

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Speaker 1: college football studio programming that has ever existed in its

1203
01:04:57,720 --> 01:05:02,120
Speaker 1: prime like we. Did that Was College Football, final hosted

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Speaker 1: By Rhys davis And Lou holtz And Mark may. Alongside

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01:05:07,800 --> 01:05:13,080
Speaker 1: you couldn't look, Away. Jesse what kind of studio programming

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Speaker 1: would be considered appointment? Programming? Now inside THE, nba some

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Speaker 1: people would say that about inside THE nba like an

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Speaker 1: ecosystem that exists almost independent of the. Sport there are

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Speaker 1: people who watch inside THE nba that couldn't care less about.

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Speaker 1: Basketball there were, People i'm dead, serious who would tune

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Speaker 1: in To College Football final who only loosely knew much

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Speaker 1: about college. Football it was an entertainment product that just

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Speaker 1: happened to cover college. Football And Reese davis was there

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Speaker 1: And Mark may And Lou holtz and it was appointment.

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Speaker 1: Viewing and remember WHAT i said the other day about

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Speaker 1: on air, Chemistry this was. It those were three guys

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Speaker 1: that were thrown in a studio and it just, worked

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Speaker 1: and it was. Magic and you never really know you

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Speaker 1: have it until you have. It but once you know

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Speaker 1: you have, it leave it. Alone and to ESPN's, credit

1221
01:06:06,040 --> 01:06:09,160
Speaker 1: they left it alone and they let them, experiment and

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Speaker 1: they let them run with different. Concepts The Final verdict

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01:06:13,120 --> 01:06:16,200
Speaker 1: stuff you've probably seen floating around a. LOT a lot

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Speaker 1: of people have been posting that on the internet in

1225
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Speaker 1: the couple of days since we lost. Coach And i've

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Speaker 1: never done drugs in my. Life the way people describe consuming, content, music,

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Speaker 1: movies whatnot while they're under the influence of a, substance

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Speaker 1: that was what it was like watching portions of College

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Speaker 1: Football final totally. Sober and if you go back and

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Speaker 1: watch the, replays LIKE i, said and you're like seventeen

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Speaker 1: years old right, now and that's your first introduction to,

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Speaker 1: that you can't believe what you're, Watching like you can't

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Speaker 1: believe that this was airing ON espn and understand. This

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Speaker 1: so these Days ESPN's a lot looser than it used to.

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Speaker 1: Be you're in the post podcast, world the post YouTube.

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Speaker 1: WORLD i go up To New york and do get

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Speaker 1: up With Mike. GREENBERG i wear A t shirt on.

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Speaker 1: Air this was the suit and tie era OF. Espn

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Speaker 1: this was still the buttoned up era OF. Espn this

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Speaker 1: was go get three or four people sitting behind a desk,

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Speaker 1: out produce, everyone and don't take. Risks that was kind OF.

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Speaker 1: Espn and in the midst of that, climate in the

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Speaker 1: mid to late two, thousands you turn ON espn On

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Speaker 1: saturday night And Rhys davis is wearing a judge's robe

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Speaker 1: and Lou holtz is cutting what can only be described

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Speaker 1: as like a pro wrestling promo On Mark. May and

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Speaker 1: in any other world if you said To Mark may

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Speaker 1: on the street what Lou holtz said to him in a,

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Speaker 1: Studio Mark may probably fight you be a short. Fight

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Speaker 1: Lou holtz was just able to get away with. IT

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Speaker 1: i couldn't believe it. Happened you would get so sucked into,

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Speaker 1: it and after it would be, over you would look

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Speaker 1: around and, say did that just? Happen, yeah? Happened you

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Speaker 1: know what it was like in the. Era it wasn't

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Speaker 1: appreciated enough in the era that it aired to. ME

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Speaker 1: i feel the same way About Vern. LUNQUIST i felt

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Speaker 1: the same way About Uncle vern calling games FOR cbs

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Speaker 1: in The Saturday game of The week. ERA i Thought

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Speaker 1: uncle vern will be appreciated way more down the road

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Speaker 1: than he was in the. Moment college football. Final you

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Speaker 1: appreciate it so much more now that you're removed from,

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Speaker 1: it because you now understand in retrospect how special it.

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