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Speaker 1: the list. It's not like they're not going to play

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Speaker 1: this year. What it means is, if I'm Florida, I'm

428
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Speaker 1: losing valuable repetitions that those players would have gotten in August.

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Speaker 1: And so it adjusts my expectations for Florida out of

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Speaker 1: the gate. I think the offense could be a little

431
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Speaker 1: wobbly out of the gate. That's why the follow up

432
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Speaker 1: is if their offensive line is what I think it is,

433
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Speaker 1: scratch that, if their offensive line is what they think

434
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Speaker 1: it is, if their defensive front personnel is what they

435
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Speaker 1: think it is, and if their tailback room is what

436
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Speaker 1: they think it is. You know what they ought to

437
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Speaker 1: be able to do. They ought to be able to

438
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Speaker 1: win a game nineteen to thirteen if they need to

439
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Speaker 1: in Death Valley in Week three. There ought to be

440
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Speaker 1: able to go down there and score twenty three and

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Speaker 1: win against Miami a week later. They ought to be

442
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Speaker 1: able to put Texas on the ropes and bloody their

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Speaker 1: nose a little bit. And you know what if they

444
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Speaker 1: if they need to keep them under twenty four. You

445
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Speaker 1: ought to trust that you could do that. Now, you

446
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Speaker 1: hope eventually by the time you're playing Ole Miss late

447
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Speaker 1: in the year in Tennessee late in the year, you

448
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Speaker 1: can score forty if you need to. That offense should

449
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Speaker 1: be very explosive. That wide receiver room is very underrated,

450
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Speaker 1: and you are a very dynamic offense. But the more

451
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Speaker 1: that I hear so and so's limited today, so and

452
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Speaker 1: so we got to give them a couple days rest.

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Speaker 1: That's okay, that's okay. You just got to have more

454
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Speaker 1: than one way to win. I think that's the vibe

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Speaker 1: around that staff right now. I mean it should have

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Speaker 1: been anyway, but I think it really is right now.

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Speaker 1: What about Ohio State? Every spring these days we have

458
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Speaker 1: to parse through the quarterback competitions. Some of them are

459
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Speaker 1: for show, some of them are for real. And this

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Speaker 1: Ohio State quarterback competition has been for real. That's Julian saying,

461
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Speaker 1: and that's Lincoln kind Holtz. Kind Holt's probably a better athlete,

462
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Speaker 1: He's not Probably he's a better athlete than Julian saying,

463
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Speaker 1: he probably gives you a more dynamic threat with his legs.

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Speaker 1: I have thought and still think Julian saying is going

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Speaker 1: to win this job. But it doesn't matter what I think,

466
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Speaker 1: because I think the Ohio State coaching staff believes he's

467
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Speaker 1: going to win the job. He's got to take the job,

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Speaker 1: and he hasn't taken the job yet. That's the beauty

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Speaker 1: of competition. It does not matter. And what you get

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Speaker 1: yourself into the longer this goes. I mean, I'm looking

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Speaker 1: at quotes from Ryan Day. This is going to go

472
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Speaker 1: down to the wire. I don't think he's besing. I

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Speaker 1: think he's being dead honest about that. What you run

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Speaker 1: the risk of is they play Texas week one. It's

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Speaker 1: not a layup game in week one. And so what

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Speaker 1: happens is you could think one thing for seven or

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Speaker 1: eight months, like I thought Julian Sayan's gonna win this

478
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Speaker 1: job for seven or eight months. You know what, that's

479
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Speaker 1: worth nothing? And I take you back to what was it.

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Speaker 1: It was Jalen Hurts and Blake Barnett several years ago

481
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Speaker 1: for Bama. That was the same dynamic there. That dynamic

482
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Speaker 1: was Barnett was a former five star quarterback. Like these

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Speaker 1: days you say who, But back then he was a

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Speaker 1: former five star quarterback. And all throughout spring he had

485
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Speaker 1: a leg up on this Jalen Hurts kid from Channel View, Texas.

486
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Speaker 1: No one really knew much about him yet. And then

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Speaker 1: in summer, like Hurts is working his tail off. Still

488
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Speaker 1: think it's gonna be Barnett's job fall Camp, Barnett's taking

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Speaker 1: reps with the ones he's gonna start against USC. But

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Speaker 1: I mean, Jalen Hurts may get a couple series and

491
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Speaker 1: people talk about it like it's a movie script. No,

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Speaker 1: it's competition, it's raw competition. Well, here's what happened. What

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Speaker 1: happened was Blake Barnett. If you've ever seen a deer

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Speaker 1: in headlights, and I grew up in the country, so

495
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Speaker 1: I've seen several, you know what that game was like

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Speaker 1: for him. If you haven't ever seen one, don't go

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Speaker 1: out looking for a deer and don't turn your brights on.

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Speaker 1: Just go watch the replay. Barnett had no shot, and

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Speaker 1: then Jalen Hurts comes in and Hurts took the job.

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Speaker 1: The point being everything you said and you thought over

501
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Speaker 1: a six seven eight month period evaporated in the span

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Speaker 1: of a quarter or two, you run the risk of

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Speaker 1: that happening here. The longer this goes without them naming

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Speaker 1: a starter, you run the risk of that happening. Also,

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Speaker 1: unrelated note, sounds like they're pretty high on their tailback

506
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Speaker 1: room and they need to be for reasons I just stated,

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Speaker 1: and also cause Ohio State never wins if they can't

508
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Speaker 1: run the ball. They do need to get offensive tackle

509
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Speaker 1: settled there. Texas famously has pumped a lot of guys

510
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Speaker 1: into the NFL, specifically on the interior of their defensive line,

511
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Speaker 1: So back to back cycles. Now they're having to backfill,

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Speaker 1: and because they're so good at acquiring talent, they could

513
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Speaker 1: do it last year. Marod Watson, the transfer from Syracuse

514
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Speaker 1: has to be a lynchpin there this year. It sounds

515
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Speaker 1: like early returns he is, So they hit there. That's

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Speaker 1: not surprising. I don't think Texas rolled the dice when

517
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Speaker 1: they took him. So I love what we're here and there.

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Speaker 1: I love what we're hearing about Ryan Wingo. That's no,

519
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Speaker 1: like really really deep dive nugget for Texas fans. They

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Speaker 1: know he's a superstar. The country doesn't know he's a

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Speaker 1: superstar yet. And I really think if there's any name

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Speaker 1: that explodes outside of arch Manning, maybe because of arch Manning,

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Speaker 1: it's Ryan Wingo. And Grayson Littleton's a name we keep

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Speaker 1: hearing a lot about who is former three star guy,

525
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Speaker 1: and he's just worked his way into the rotation. It

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Speaker 1: sounds like he's getting really meaningful reps when they're running

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Speaker 1: nickel stuff, and so you may see him on the field.

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Speaker 1: And the reason that's noteworthy is again because they open

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Speaker 1: against Ohio State. So if I've got a young kid

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Speaker 1: on the field and I've got an alien at wide

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Speaker 1: receiver in this case named Jeremiah Smith, and you're talking

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Speaker 1: about matchups that could dictate that game, that's just something

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Speaker 1: to keep an eye on. Penn State. A lot of

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Speaker 1: scoop from Penn State. Good things so far. I've got

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Speaker 1: the fingers crossed. Sounds like good things so far on

536
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Speaker 1: these wide receiver transfers, which could be the difference in

537
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Speaker 1: them losing two games and winning a national title this year.

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Speaker 1: Kobe Hudson's a freshman like him. They got a red

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Speaker 1: shirt freshman Tysier Denmark like him, So all of a

540
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Speaker 1: sudden wide receiver depth at Penn State is a concept

541
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Speaker 1: that could be a reality. You're saying to yourself, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna have to see that to believe it. That's okay,

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Speaker 1: because I'm the same way. Some things I have to

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Speaker 1: see to Like Lincoln Riley having a really good defense,

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Speaker 1: I got to see that to believe it. Wide receiver

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Speaker 1: play scaling up at Penn State, respectfully, I got to

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Speaker 1: see it to believe it. I will also tell you

548
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Speaker 1: that we have heard great things about a Maury Campbell

549
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Speaker 1: that is a North Carolina transfer at linebacker. Could green

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Speaker 1: dot him, it could be the play caller there for

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Speaker 1: Penn State. And I mean that's a team that's really

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Speaker 1: good defensively. Tony Rojas is there. Expect a big year

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Speaker 1: from him at linebacker. But Amari Campbell was talking to

554
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Speaker 1: some guys that were on the staff at North Carolina

555
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Speaker 1: last year, could not say enough good things about Amory Campbell.

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Speaker 1: And so that's a guy that's overlooked because of the

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Speaker 1: wide receivers they went and got. But Amory Campbell, you're

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Speaker 1: gonna see him Like Oregon comes in there in week four,

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Speaker 1: week five, I think just remember that name because that's

560
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Speaker 1: a kid. By week five, I really really think it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a stalwart defensively for them. And you know

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Speaker 1: they got a lot of them. You know, some notes

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Speaker 1: Bama Ty Simpson's gonna win that starting quarterback job. I

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Speaker 1: would be shocked if that didn't happen. It looks more

565
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Speaker 1: and more like it's Bryce Underwood gonna be the starter,

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Speaker 1: gonna be the starting quarterback, true freshman quarterback at Michigan.

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Speaker 1: We'll see. I mean they go to Oklahoma week two.

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Speaker 1: I mean that's Brent Venables getting a true freshman in

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Speaker 1: his building in week two. If that's the way it

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Speaker 1: goes now, that's the only way to the only way

571
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Speaker 1: to get better at football is play football. So you know,

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Speaker 1: it's not like you shy away from that. You're a competitor.

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying the dynamics aren't great there. Colorado Caden

574
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Speaker 1: Salt are gonna win this quarterback battle. It looks for

575
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Speaker 1: all the world like he is right now, which is interesting.

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Speaker 1: Juju Smith out there and Tennessee again, offense does not

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Speaker 1: look good right now, So we got a waste to go.

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Speaker 1: Defense carried them portions of last year, so maybe that's

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Speaker 1: the way they win again. I'm just I keep sounding

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Speaker 1: like I'm so down on Tennessee. I'm not. What I'm

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Speaker 1: trying to do is I'm trying to have reasonable expectations

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Speaker 1: for him. I don't believe just because you made the

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Speaker 1: playoff last year, you automatically take the next step the

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Speaker 1: following year. I don't think what they've what they've got

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Speaker 1: to do is they got to coach the tail off

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Speaker 1: and they got to find a way to plug thirteen

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Speaker 1: that's an ultra successful year. There's a path where I'm

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Speaker 1: happy with eight and four with Tennessee. So Camp Intel

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Speaker 1: is back some scrimmages. I'm gonna be on the road

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Speaker 1: see some practices, practice plural practice, and may do a

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Speaker 1: talk to a lot of stats and see a lot

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Speaker 1: of practice. So Camp Intel is the backbone of our

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Speaker 1: August content map. Okay, we're a little ways into the show.

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Speaker 1: gave me my first shot up here. I've maintained communication

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Speaker 1: big things over here, I still maintained contact with him.

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Speaker 1: And there were a lot of things that I wanted

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Speaker 1: explore partnerships. You could almost look at it as as

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Speaker 1: taking on investment, but it's mutually beneficial. And so we've

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Speaker 1: done that with Yahoo Sports, We've done that with On three.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't change anything for you. It doesn't change anything

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Speaker 1: within the fact that we still own one hundred percent

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Speaker 1: of the show. Nothing really changes there. It's just we

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Speaker 1: get a lot more horsepower under the hood. That's really

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Speaker 1: what that boils down to. And again I look forward

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Speaker 1: to go three years ago. And I don't mean the

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Speaker 1: awesome to deal with. To this day, they've been awesome

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Speaker 1: over there. But the thinking was, Okay, your show's doing

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Speaker 1: really well. Here's a huge salary bump. Stop talking about

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Speaker 1: ownership of your channel. We're just going to pay you

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Speaker 1: just pushed all of it away, said give me less money,

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Speaker 1: but can I have ownership of the channel and the

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Speaker 1: appreciated it. Still do appreciate it. It's not like I

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Speaker 1: may never work with them again. But this was the

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Speaker 1: plan all along because we wanted to own it. We

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Speaker 1: wanted it to be called that Josh Pays College Football show,

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Speaker 1: which means ours because you guys kind of made this,

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Speaker 1: you totally made this, actually, but we wanted full autonomy.

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Speaker 1: We wanted right of refusal. I don't want to do

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Speaker 1: anything with the show that we don't want to do

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Speaker 1: an ad partner on the show that we don't like,

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Speaker 1: but it's forced down our throats. I didn't want any

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Speaker 1: of that. I didn't want the show to become successful

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Speaker 1: to the point where people who had nothing to do

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Speaker 1: we've scaled it massively. It is the most traffic show

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Speaker 1: college football show, at least in all the digital media.

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Speaker 1: And this is what we do now. We work for ourselves,

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Speaker 1: and we partner with people who it makes sense to

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Speaker 1: partner with, and we're going to give them a lot,

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Speaker 1: and they're going to give us a lot. And some

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Speaker 1: companies don't get it. Some do. That's fine, that's fine.

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Speaker 1: That's exactly the way it should be. And so that's

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Speaker 1: the way it is now. Peate State Store is going

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Speaker 1: to reopen very soon. Extremely excited about that. We got

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Speaker 1: the right folks running that thing. We'll have a tour

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Speaker 1: announcement this Thursday, and I'll probably let you know where

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Speaker 1: we're going week one this Thursday as well. JP Poll,

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Speaker 1: I'm told is back Tuesday night. It's a lot going on,

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Speaker 1: a whole lot going on. I'm going to get back

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Speaker 1: to college football in just a second. But remember one

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Speaker 1: thing if you remember nothing else, to keep the show

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Speaker 1: free forever. It's easy. All you got to do is

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Speaker 1: subscribe to the channel. Because about fifty five percent of

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Speaker 1: you who watch normally are not subscribed. It's very easy.

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Speaker 1: Just click the subscribe button and tell your friends about

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Speaker 1: it because word of mouth is very powerful as well.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's move merrily along. We still take your tweets,

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Speaker 1: you know, we still take your questions. Drew from Ashland,

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Speaker 1: Virginia hit me up. He said, which teams do you

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Speaker 1: think could be maybe the SMU or maybe the Indiana

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Speaker 1: for this year in terms of crashing the playoff? Coming

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Speaker 1: from off the radar? And I thought about that, Drew,

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Speaker 1: and I thought, Okay, well, by radar, you mean the

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Speaker 1: teams everyone's talking about. The team's near the top of

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Speaker 1: the odds board. I think that's fair. Louisville's not one

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Speaker 1: of those teams, and I think Louisville could crash the

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Speaker 1: playoff party if everything goes right with him. I think

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Speaker 1: I'm higher than most people on Miller Moss. I think

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Speaker 1: they've got a sneaky good wide receiver group there. I

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Speaker 1: implicitly trust Jeff Brohm to get the most out of

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Speaker 1: offensive personnel. They've played the portal game, they get it,

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Speaker 1: they understand team dynamics. They get Clemson at home on

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Speaker 1: a Friday night, and they dominated them in Death Valley

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Speaker 1: last year. They're a total portal mystery team. So I

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Speaker 1: mean there's a there's a floor that's a little bit

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Speaker 1: lower than I would like, but there's a ceiling that's

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Speaker 1: pretty high. And it just wouldn't shot me if you

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Speaker 1: looked up in November and their ten win team. So

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Speaker 1: they could be that. They're over under win totals eight

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Speaker 1: and a half, but they could be that. I think

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Speaker 1: if you looked in the SEC, Missouri's one of them.

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Speaker 1: I think Missouri's got a very high floor defensively. I've

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Speaker 1: already taken the over on win total from Missouri. Ahmad

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Speaker 1: Hardy could be the breakout tailback in college football this

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Speaker 1: year much less just the sec They know their identity.

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Speaker 1: Missouri is not some team that gets into the season

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Speaker 1: tries to, you know, feel their way through it. They

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Speaker 1: got NFL guys on the offensive line. Bo Prabulah, that's

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Speaker 1: the roll of the dice. Like, that's the quarterback that

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Speaker 1: transferred in from Penn State. Don't forget man. He is

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Speaker 1: a threat with his legs as well. Go back and

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Speaker 1: watch the Wisconsin game. That's the one you have to

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Speaker 1: watch if you're watching Perbula highlights last year. But the

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Speaker 1: schedule is up on the screen right now if you're

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Speaker 1: watching it on YouTube. There is no Texas on there.

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Speaker 1: There's no Georgia on there. There's no Florida on there.

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Speaker 1: There's no LSU on there. This is Eli Drinkwitz, people,

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Speaker 1: this is Eli Drinkquitz. Be careful. I've got to talk

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Speaker 1: about Nebraska. Nebraska is a threat here. I just want

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Speaker 1: to say something and put it out there in the universe.

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Speaker 1: Dana Holgerson and a five star quarterback with pretty good

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Speaker 1: offensive personnel that's a winning combination, that's a winning formula.

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Speaker 1: They were one hundred and third in scoring offense last year.

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Speaker 1: There's obviously a huge jump coming. How high, like, how

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Speaker 1: radical is the jump? You've got Matt Ruhle in year three,

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Speaker 1: which is just basically science. At this point, there's no

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Speaker 1: Ohio State on their schedule, there's no Oregon on their schedule,

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Speaker 1: there's no Michigan on their schedule. They can lose two

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Speaker 1: games here. Ten and two is probably getting them in

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Speaker 1: the playoff. Now. I know certain Nashville residents that are

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Speaker 1: already there. They're already at ready to predict ten wins

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Speaker 1: for Nebraska. I myself am not there yet. I could

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Speaker 1: be talked into nine. It's gonna take some convincing to

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Speaker 1: get me to ten. I'm not saying I won't do it.

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Speaker 1: I'm saying I gotta be convinced of it. But because

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Speaker 1: I could at least be convinced, that makes Nebraska a

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Speaker 1: playoff crash sleeper type team. And A and M is two.

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Speaker 1: I have a reputation in Austin. The Texas folks are

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Speaker 1: okay with me. They just think I'm a little too

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Speaker 1: close to Texas. A and M it's only because I've

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Speaker 1: spoken so emphatically about them, and I've said things I

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Speaker 1: believe that I have to see it through. I have

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Speaker 1: to see it through. I think I got the right

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Speaker 1: head coach there to see it through. I like the

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Speaker 1: identity of this team. They got really deep offensive line play,

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Speaker 1: they got really deep tailback room. There really good solid

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Speaker 1: three guys that I would trust pretty much anywhere. Marcel

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Speaker 1: Reid can run the ball. I think Colin Klein understands

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Speaker 1: that they're going to live or die with their ability

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Speaker 1: to stretch the field this year, and I think they

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Speaker 1: feel a whole lot better about being able to stretch

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Speaker 1: the field than they did last year. Their personnels dictating that.

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Speaker 1: I think they'll be better at pushing the ball down

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Speaker 1: the field, and I've got Mike Elko saying you better

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Speaker 1: handle that because I'm over here with this defense. We

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Speaker 1: ended the season poorly. I called them out at the

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Speaker 1: press conference last year, and so we got to be better.

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Speaker 1: They will be better, and it's a challenging schedule. They

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Speaker 1: all are in the SEC. But I still think dust

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Speaker 1: settles that's one of the teams that could probably go

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Speaker 1: nine to three and challenge to be on the outside

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Speaker 1: of the playoff bubble. This is about sleepers. This is

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Speaker 1: not about favorites. Georgia Tech, Yep, we to talk about

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Speaker 1: Georgia Tech. The ACC's open. You get Clemson and what

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Speaker 1: Clemson and hoops if you will well Georgia Tech. They're

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Speaker 1: not a mystery to me. I already took the over.

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Speaker 1: It's my favorite bet of all the ones that we

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say cashed, but I already feel good

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Speaker 1: about this theme cash and Buster Faulkner is the offensive

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Speaker 1: coordinator here. Speaking of cashing in, he just cashed in.

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Speaker 1: It's the first time I think a coordinator has been

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Speaker 1: a seven figure earner there, and he has earned it.

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Speaker 1: He was at Georgia. He could have stayed at Georgia,

817
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:29,600
Speaker 1: he could have waited for a quote unquote bigger job.

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Speaker 1: He took a chance professionally and he went with Brent

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Speaker 1: Key at Georgia Tech. And now he's being rewarded for it,

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Speaker 1: and they're being rewarded for it. And they got Clemson

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Speaker 1: at home in week three, and I'm really looking forward

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Speaker 1: to it because I think that could be one of

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Speaker 1: those sleeper games of the year. Elsewhere, they get Georgia

824
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Speaker 1: in Atlanta later in the year. There is a disgusting

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Speaker 1: corporate name on the game. They're playing it at Mercedes

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Speaker 1: Benz Stadium. It's worth like twelve or thirteen million more

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Speaker 1: dollars for them. I get it. I don't like it.

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Speaker 1: I get it. But outside of that, if you look

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Speaker 1: up and down the scale schedule, hear question where else

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Speaker 1: are they a point spread underdog at Colorado, No Temple,

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Speaker 1: no wake Va Tech, DOOT, Syracuse, n C State. Georgia

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Speaker 1: Tech could be favored in ten of twelve and the

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Speaker 1: two that they're not favored in are both in Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: I like them a lot. I'm ready to say some

835
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Speaker 1: irresponsible things about Georgia Tech when we do our prediction

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Speaker 1: segment later this week or next week. So yeah, I

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Speaker 1: couldn't be any higher on them. Oh. By the way,

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Speaker 1: I have a purple post it in my hand. Needs

839
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Speaker 1: you to make sure make sure you're following on all

840
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Speaker 1: the social channels because much different things are going to

841
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:41,879
Speaker 1: populate those this year, like Friday Night Lines is back.

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Speaker 1: Friday Night Lines will emanate from well question mark because

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00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:46,920
Speaker 1: we don't know which town we're going to be in

844
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Speaker 1: for week one. But you're only getting that on Instagram

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Speaker 1: live at Josh Pate CFB. I mean I have kept

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Speaker 1: you up to date on what's happening as best I

847
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:58,720
Speaker 1: can on x at Josh Pate CFB. That thing's active

848
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Speaker 1: all day. And I mean Tyler, the creator our version,

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Speaker 1: is in the control room right now, which is a

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869
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870
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Speaker 1: We were doing some team previews since we didn't have

871
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872
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876
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877
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Speaker 1: a team preview for South Carolina in my hand right now,

878
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Speaker 1: and I got to tell you they could have the

879
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 1: best offensive player in the SEC this year. And wait,

880
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:35,760
Speaker 1: they could have the best defensive player in the SEC

881
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 1: this year. So when I tell you it's a new

882
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:41,400
Speaker 1: day in Columbia South Carolina, it's not just because Shane

883
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:44,560
Speaker 1: Beemer is saying the right things. It's because they are

884
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:48,479
Speaker 1: getting the right things. In this case, it's players having

885
00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 1: said that nine wins last year and they got the

886
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,440
Speaker 1: shaft against LSU and they were down to the wire

887
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:57,000
Speaker 1: on the road at Bama. It could have been an

888
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:00,200
Speaker 1: eleven win team. Nine wins was really good, though, the

889
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:03,680
Speaker 1: most since several years ago, which just means I forgot

890
00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:06,960
Speaker 1: the stat I think it was twenty seventeen. But it's

891
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:10,040
Speaker 1: important to note that in this game, the powers that

892
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:13,200
Speaker 1: be still do not allow you to carry over success

893
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:15,560
Speaker 1: from one year to the next. I took it upon

894
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:18,880
Speaker 1: myself to travel over to South Carolina this spring and

895
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,879
Speaker 1: I said, Shane Biemer came out and I said, walk

896
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:24,040
Speaker 1: with me, please, And we went into this big glass

897
00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:26,480
Speaker 1: room and I sat him down and we miked him,

898
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 1: and I asked him Bradley about this very thing. And

899
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:32,680
Speaker 1: here's what he had to say. All the attention is great,

900
00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:35,319
Speaker 1: but I imagine sometimes it's like you got to pull

901
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:37,880
Speaker 1: the hot air balloon back down to earth and remind guys,

902
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:40,160
Speaker 1: we don't get to pick up where we left off, right,

903
00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:43,080
Speaker 1: we start from scratch. We areno at Anything this year's

904
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:46,239
Speaker 1: team accomplishes is going to be because of this year's team.

905
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:48,120
Speaker 1: Has that been a problem or do you guys kind

906
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:48,440
Speaker 1: of get it.

907
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:51,319
Speaker 2: They've been very purposeful, very driven since they came back

908
00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 2: in January, and that's been exciting to see. But you're

909
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:58,160
Speaker 2: exactly right, and that's the point that we've made, is

910
00:45:58,200 --> 00:45:59,920
Speaker 2: yet we have a chance to be a really good team.

911
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:05,719
Speaker 2: But also understand that there's high expectations for Yeah, there's

912
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:08,640
Speaker 2: players that are returning, but these high expectations are because

913
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:11,000
Speaker 2: of what we did last season and a lot of

914
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:12,520
Speaker 2: the guys that did that are.

915
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:13,520
Speaker 1: No longer a part of this program.

916
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:15,280
Speaker 2: They're getting ready to move on to the NFL.

917
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:20,440
Speaker 1: We could be getting ready to see something very special

918
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:24,200
Speaker 1: from Lenora Sellers this year. So my question number one

919
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 1: for South Carolina what is the ceiling for him? Because

920
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:31,000
Speaker 1: he really popped last year, but he could be a superstar.

921
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:33,239
Speaker 1: There's a lot of talk around Columbia right now about

922
00:46:33,239 --> 00:46:36,399
Speaker 1: the impact Mike Shula is having on his passing game

923
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:39,920
Speaker 1: pocket awareness. Shula is the offensive coordinator there by the

924
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:43,120
Speaker 1: way I believe he will level up. There are people

925
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:44,880
Speaker 1: in the scouting world that believe he will be the

926
00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:47,399
Speaker 1: number one overall pick in the draft a year from now.

927
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:50,120
Speaker 1: I mean, they're that high on him, and he is

928
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:53,040
Speaker 1: big and he is physical, but there is a layer

929
00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:56,480
Speaker 1: to his passing game that I think will be added

930
00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:59,160
Speaker 1: on this year. And if we're right about that, then

931
00:46:59,239 --> 00:47:01,440
Speaker 1: you better enjoy and why you can there. That's the

932
00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:04,280
Speaker 1: first thing. The second thing that directly impacts the first

933
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:08,160
Speaker 1: thing is I don't trust them at wide receiver. And

934
00:47:08,239 --> 00:47:10,359
Speaker 1: I wanted them to do what Penn State did. I

935
00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:13,480
Speaker 1: wanted them to get ultra aggressive and go grab assets

936
00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:16,000
Speaker 1: out of the transfer portal, and they just didn't. Now,

937
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:18,320
Speaker 1: they could know something about their team that I don't,

938
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:22,239
Speaker 1: and that's something could be they trust their evaluations, they

939
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:26,440
Speaker 1: trust their personnel, they trust their development. I hope that's true.

940
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:29,919
Speaker 1: I just passed Nick Harbor. I don't really know where

941
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:33,440
Speaker 1: I'm looking and saying that and that, And that's the

942
00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:35,520
Speaker 1: depth that I can hang my hat on. Who's he

943
00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:37,959
Speaker 1: throwing the ball to? That's the second question. The third

944
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:42,800
Speaker 1: question is how effectively can they withstand defensive attrition? Because

945
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:44,920
Speaker 1: while you watched the NFL Draft and you said, oh,

946
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:48,399
Speaker 1: another game cock, I watched it and said, well, who

947
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:51,239
Speaker 1: are they backfilling that position with. You know, they play

948
00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:53,440
Speaker 1: Clemson last year. They beat Clemson on the road. That

949
00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:57,640
Speaker 1: was great. Why did they beat them? Well, I mean

950
00:47:57,680 --> 00:48:00,399
Speaker 1: it's called k club. Nick made plays down the stretch. Yeah,

951
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:04,240
Speaker 1: but they beat him seventeen to fourteen. So the answer

952
00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:06,799
Speaker 1: to the question is your defense played out of its

953
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:10,239
Speaker 1: mind and do you have that caliber team again? This

954
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:12,960
Speaker 1: year they were top twenty in points per game, yards

955
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:16,120
Speaker 1: per game, or rush yards per game allowed. I expect

956
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:19,000
Speaker 1: a step back which they can afford. If in the

957
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:22,399
Speaker 1: aggregate Sellers has a step up, they can't fall off

958
00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:24,440
Speaker 1: a cliff. That's what we can't have. And that's a

959
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:27,000
Speaker 1: big question to me with them. Their best position group

960
00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:29,520
Speaker 1: is on defense, though their best position group is the

961
00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:34,640
Speaker 1: edge position. Dylan Stewart freshman All American Superstar, not much

962
00:48:34,719 --> 00:48:38,960
Speaker 1: questioned about him, but Kyle Kinnard's gone, Brian Thomas Junior's back.

963
00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:42,400
Speaker 1: He was their number three guy last year. They recruit

964
00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:45,000
Speaker 1: well at this position, they develop well. I trust them

965
00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:51,799
Speaker 1: at edge breakout player for South Carolina, I think I've

966
00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:54,520
Speaker 1: got to go with Nick Harber. Although we just talked

967
00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:57,520
Speaker 1: about and we talked about the wide receiver room past

968
00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:01,799
Speaker 1: him as being maybe a bit of an unknown. Nick

969
00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:04,520
Speaker 1: Harber came in. He was the only five star I

970
00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:07,080
Speaker 1: ever remember us covering on the show where when we

971
00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:10,960
Speaker 1: played b role of him, it was track highlights. We've

972
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:14,040
Speaker 1: had track stars in college football before. But normally it's

973
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:16,759
Speaker 1: like a three star guy, and so it makes sense

974
00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:19,000
Speaker 1: that we're showing track highlights. Harbor was a five star

975
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:21,520
Speaker 1: and we still showed track highlights and it was the

976
00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:25,760
Speaker 1: most freakishly insane stuff you've ever seen. This was before

977
00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:29,080
Speaker 1: Ai swept the world. You would have thought if we

978
00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:31,319
Speaker 1: showed that b roll in twenty twenty five, it was Ai,

979
00:49:31,600 --> 00:49:34,640
Speaker 1: it was not. He is not running track anymore, it's

980
00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:37,080
Speaker 1: my point. So he is solely focused on college football.

981
00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:40,200
Speaker 1: A tight end led them in receiving last year. There

982
00:49:40,239 --> 00:49:43,799
Speaker 1: was no wide receiver over four hundred yards on this team.

983
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:47,520
Speaker 1: And so it's his third year, same system. He's got

984
00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:49,520
Speaker 1: to be a star for them. He's got to be

985
00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:52,680
Speaker 1: a thousand plus yard caliber guy for them this year.

986
00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:55,799
Speaker 1: Let's take a look at the schedule they've got by

987
00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:59,879
Speaker 1: our internal metrics, the number six strength of schedule National,

988
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:04,400
Speaker 1: It's not easy. I do love the runway they have though.

989
00:50:04,560 --> 00:50:07,560
Speaker 1: They play a good competitive game that frankly they should win.

990
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:10,280
Speaker 1: In Week one in Virginia Tech. That games in Atlanta,

991
00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:13,799
Speaker 1: I think it's on a Sunday. Okay, South Carolina State.

992
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:17,359
Speaker 1: Week two they get Vandy at home. Week three, they

993
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:20,760
Speaker 1: go to Missouri in week four, they get Kentucky week five,

994
00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:24,080
Speaker 1: flat out telling you South Carolina should be five and oh.

995
00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:27,919
Speaker 1: After that, disrespect to whoever whatever, they should be five

996
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:31,440
Speaker 1: and o. They better be because after that he gets

997
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:33,719
Speaker 1: real in a hurry. How about a little four game

998
00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:40,359
Speaker 1: stretch of at LSU, Oklahoma, Alabama, at Ole, mess Then

999
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:42,080
Speaker 1: they're going to give you a bye week, but then

1000
00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:43,640
Speaker 1: you come back in you got to play at Texas

1001
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:46,520
Speaker 1: A and M. So that five game stretch there in

1002
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:49,439
Speaker 1: six weeks, that defines the season. Even if you get

1003
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:52,200
Speaker 1: off to a five and oh start, that defines the season. Now,

1004
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:55,160
Speaker 1: the one thing that's weird about South Carolina is they

1005
00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:58,200
Speaker 1: play Coastal and Clems in the last two weeks, so

1006
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:03,160
Speaker 1: their conference schedule is over November fifteenth. Hayes in the barn.

1007
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:06,719
Speaker 1: They're just kind of scoreboard watching after that. We ran

1008
00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:08,319
Speaker 1: this through the model, as we do with all these

1009
00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:13,239
Speaker 1: team previews. Best case, worst case, most likely models got

1010
00:51:13,239 --> 00:51:15,200
Speaker 1: ten and two best case. Now. I tried to push

1011
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:17,640
Speaker 1: for eleven in one, but apparently the model thinks that

1012
00:51:17,640 --> 00:51:20,799
Speaker 1: that little five game stretch there's too tough, so it

1013
00:51:20,840 --> 00:51:23,200
Speaker 1: sees ten and two is the best case it's got

1014
00:51:23,239 --> 00:51:25,799
Speaker 1: five and seven as the worst case. I agree with that.

1015
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:28,480
Speaker 1: There's a bunch of losable games over there. Worst case

1016
00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:31,920
Speaker 1: obviously means you lose all of your losable games. The

1017
00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:34,480
Speaker 1: most likely record for South Carolina is eight and four.

1018
00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:37,920
Speaker 1: Now stop, because if you're just an outsider, if you're

1019
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:41,239
Speaker 1: living in Des Moines, Iowa, for example, or maybe you're

1020
00:51:41,239 --> 00:51:44,239
Speaker 1: living like Reno, Nevada, you only know South Carolina from

1021
00:51:44,239 --> 00:51:47,120
Speaker 1: the outside, you would see the computer spitting out most

1022
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:49,560
Speaker 1: likely record of eight and four, and you'd say, maybe,

1023
00:51:49,560 --> 00:51:51,960
Speaker 1: with that schedule and that history is a program that's

1024
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:54,279
Speaker 1: pretty good. I don't know that South Carolina fans are

1025
00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:57,000
Speaker 1: okay with it, which is a good thing. Expectation is

1026
00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:59,240
Speaker 1: a good thing. It's not exactly the shawsh Ain't quote,

1027
00:51:59,239 --> 00:52:01,040
Speaker 1: but it's a good thing. It could be the best

1028
00:52:01,080 --> 00:52:03,719
Speaker 1: of things, as long as you don't torch everything and

1029
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:05,920
Speaker 1: burn it down to the ground when you know eight

1030
00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:09,000
Speaker 1: and four, seven and five actually happens. So it's not

1031
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:11,359
Speaker 1: my prediction on him yet. I'll have my prediction coming

1032
00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:14,319
Speaker 1: up soon. But eight and four. The model says for

1033
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:18,400
Speaker 1: Shane Beemer, you're watching us in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Augusta Georgia,

1034
00:52:18,480 --> 00:52:22,080
Speaker 1: Las Vegas, Nevada. Appreciate you guys so much. You know

1035
00:52:22,120 --> 00:52:26,680
Speaker 1: what else is back aside from just us Bold Predictions.

1036
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:30,319
Speaker 1: Bold Predictions are back. Had a solid batch of him

1037
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:33,680
Speaker 1: this year, Bradley, here's a good endpoint for you. Bold

1038
00:52:33,719 --> 00:52:35,799
Speaker 1: Prediction season rolls on. What are some of the things

1039
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:38,239
Speaker 1: you believe in fact? Zach hit us up. He's a

1040
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:41,640
Speaker 1: good example of something that's very, very bold. We're gonna

1041
00:52:41,719 --> 00:52:43,200
Speaker 1: rate it on a scale of one to ten. Here,

1042
00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:47,719
Speaker 1: Zach from Locust Grove, Georgia said, Georgia makes a lot

1043
00:52:47,719 --> 00:52:51,839
Speaker 1: of people look foolish for forgetting about them. Sidebar, no

1044
00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:54,880
Speaker 1: one's forgotten about Georgia. Not a single soul has forgotten

1045
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:57,720
Speaker 1: about Georgia. No one's predicting them to go seven and five,

1046
00:52:58,040 --> 00:53:01,799
Speaker 1: no one's disrespecting them, no one's discounting them. So save

1047
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:05,800
Speaker 1: all that, let's get to the prediction. Zach said, Georgia

1048
00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:09,200
Speaker 1: is going to beat Texas, Ole, Miss and Alabama each

1049
00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:12,200
Speaker 1: by double digits. They get all three of them at home.

1050
00:53:12,840 --> 00:53:15,000
Speaker 1: We already got numbers on the game from Fanduels, So

1051
00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 1: they're favored by four and a half. Against Bama, they're

1052
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:20,000
Speaker 1: favored by ten and a half against Ole Miss. They're

1053
00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:23,719
Speaker 1: favored by two and a half against Texas. You played

1054
00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:26,000
Speaker 1: two of them last year and they beat you on

1055
00:53:26,040 --> 00:53:29,759
Speaker 1: the road. You beat Texas twice. You're beaten all three

1056
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:32,400
Speaker 1: of these teams by ten plus this year. I'm not

1057
00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:34,520
Speaker 1: sure I buy that. And you may go three and

1058
00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:36,400
Speaker 1: zero against them, but I don't think you're beating all

1059
00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:38,799
Speaker 1: of them by ten plus. Those are just those are

1060
00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:41,040
Speaker 1: really good teams. So I'm gonna put a nine point

1061
00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:43,879
Speaker 1: twenty five on that one. The other thing I think

1062
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:46,680
Speaker 1: about is I think about Georgia. I think about Kirby.

1063
00:53:46,719 --> 00:53:50,440
Speaker 1: I think about how much he's talked about his two

1064
00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:54,040
Speaker 1: deep being filled with first or second year players, a

1065
00:53:54,120 --> 00:53:56,200
Speaker 1: lot of second year players on his two deep, And

1066
00:53:56,239 --> 00:53:59,719
Speaker 1: I think about defensively, how that could bite you. Not

1067
00:53:59,800 --> 00:54:03,040
Speaker 1: be able to get to the quarterback enough could bite

1068
00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:06,720
Speaker 1: you when you play coaches like Steve Sarkejan Lane Kiffin,

1069
00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:08,360
Speaker 1: and Kaylin de Boor. Because those are the three you

1070
00:54:08,480 --> 00:54:11,200
Speaker 1: just listed, I just don't think you're running away from

1071
00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:13,000
Speaker 1: all three of them. You may beat all three of them,

1072
00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:14,879
Speaker 1: but running away from all three of them at ten plus,

1073
00:54:14,920 --> 00:54:16,640
Speaker 1: I'm gonna put that at a nine point twenty five.

1074
00:54:16,960 --> 00:54:21,040
Speaker 1: Next up, we gotta do some math here, Edwin from Memphis, Tennessee.

1075
00:54:21,080 --> 00:54:25,960
Speaker 1: He said, ole Miss, Nebraska, and Virginia Tech combined for

1076
00:54:26,120 --> 00:54:32,320
Speaker 1: twenty five or more wins. This is a nine for me, okay,

1077
00:54:32,360 --> 00:54:35,320
Speaker 1: So let's do some math here. So the over underwin

1078
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:37,920
Speaker 1: totals for these teams. Ole Miss is eight and a half,

1079
00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:40,200
Speaker 1: Nebraska seven and a half. Vo Tech is six and

1080
00:54:40,239 --> 00:54:42,440
Speaker 1: a half. They don't like va Tech. Virginia Tech is

1081
00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:45,000
Speaker 1: six and a half. Well, we added it all up.

1082
00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:47,520
Speaker 1: Stats and info reliably tells me that adds up to

1083
00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:49,440
Speaker 1: twenty two and a half wins. So we need to

1084
00:54:49,480 --> 00:54:54,600
Speaker 1: find some extra umph somewhere. I just mapped out the

1085
00:54:54,640 --> 00:54:56,520
Speaker 1: season on the bottom of my piece of paper. Here.

1086
00:54:56,920 --> 00:54:58,680
Speaker 1: If I can get ole Miss to go ten and two,

1087
00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:00,919
Speaker 1: and I can get Nebraska go to go nine to three,

1088
00:55:01,719 --> 00:55:04,239
Speaker 1: Virginia Tech can go six and six, and this adds

1089
00:55:04,280 --> 00:55:10,040
Speaker 1: up to twenty five. It's still it's hefty immunity. It's

1090
00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:12,520
Speaker 1: a lot to lean on. I'm gonna put a nine

1091
00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:15,160
Speaker 1: on this. It's not so bold that I call it crazy,

1092
00:55:15,360 --> 00:55:18,239
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna put a nine on that. Someone two

1093
00:55:18,239 --> 00:55:20,120
Speaker 1: of them's got to come through for you, and one

1094
00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:23,480
Speaker 1: of them cannot crash and burn. Next up, this is

1095
00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:26,239
Speaker 1: not bold at all. Our good friend Barrett Sali, who

1096
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:29,160
Speaker 1: is single handedly responsible for the Atlanta Breys falling off

1097
00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:32,320
Speaker 1: a cliff and into the Abyss this year, he said,

1098
00:55:32,760 --> 00:55:37,319
Speaker 1: Georgia Tech will make the playoff. They may, they may.

1099
00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:39,359
Speaker 1: I don't want to put rat poison in the well here,

1100
00:55:39,400 --> 00:55:43,319
Speaker 1: but this is like a seven for me. This is

1101
00:55:43,360 --> 00:55:46,600
Speaker 1: not bold, Barrett. Try again, my friend. The actual odds,

1102
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:50,080
Speaker 1: if you're interested, are plus seven point thirty for them

1103
00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:53,000
Speaker 1: to make the college football Playoff. I just think there's

1104
00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:54,799
Speaker 1: a ten and two in the cards here, and that

1105
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:58,000
Speaker 1: gets them in the postseason possibly, and maybe it gets

1106
00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:00,200
Speaker 1: them to Charlotte with a chance to play their way in.

1107
00:56:00,920 --> 00:56:03,240
Speaker 1: I just hope that the committee does not hold SMU

1108
00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:06,480
Speaker 1: last year against Georgia Tech this year, because I could

1109
00:56:06,520 --> 00:56:11,560
Speaker 1: see that happening. I'm getting ahead of ourselves. Lastly, Brandon Marcelo,

1110
00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:14,120
Speaker 1: another friend of the program with a spiffy new coat.

1111
00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:15,560
Speaker 1: I saw he got in the mail the other day.

1112
00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:18,560
Speaker 1: Utah wins the Big Twelve. Now, the rule on this

1113
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:21,520
Speaker 1: show is there is no stupid Big Twelve prediction. However,

1114
00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:23,840
Speaker 1: any prediction is bold in the Big Twelve because no

1115
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:26,359
Speaker 1: one has the slightest clue what's happening out there. So

1116
00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:28,600
Speaker 1: we're gonna put an eight and a half on this

1117
00:56:29,360 --> 00:56:32,600
Speaker 1: even though Utah's got about it. They're in a four

1118
00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:35,040
Speaker 1: way tie to win the conference right now. That's how

1119
00:56:35,080 --> 00:56:39,680
Speaker 1: insane the Big Twelve figures to be. So really you're

1120
00:56:39,719 --> 00:56:42,480
Speaker 1: predicting the favorite is gonna win the conference and I

1121
00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:44,560
Speaker 1: still call that an eight and a half because no

1122
00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:48,479
Speaker 1: one knows anything. This is fan duel, basically saying, yeah,

1123
00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:50,160
Speaker 1: have at it if you think you know more than

1124
00:56:50,200 --> 00:56:52,880
Speaker 1: we do, have at it. Four way tie for the

1125
00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:56,160
Speaker 1: best odds in the conference. Utah is gonna have a

1126
00:56:56,200 --> 00:56:59,719
Speaker 1: big turnaround this year. Devon dan Pierre is a quarterback

1127
00:56:59,760 --> 00:57:02,480
Speaker 1: that Utah fans, no the Big Twelve folks know. He

1128
00:57:02,600 --> 00:57:05,319
Speaker 1: transferred from New Mexico. He's reunited with Tim Beck, his

1129
00:57:05,320 --> 00:57:10,839
Speaker 1: old offensive coordinator there, and he's he's probably going to

1130
00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:14,440
Speaker 1: contend for like breakout player of the year in the

1131
00:57:14,480 --> 00:57:18,680
Speaker 1: Big Twelve. Good athlete Kyle Whittingham up until last year

1132
00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:20,800
Speaker 1: was averaging like nine and a half or ten wins

1133
00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:23,000
Speaker 1: a year. So they're gonna bounce back, like I got

1134
00:57:23,080 --> 00:57:25,080
Speaker 1: very little doubt about that. Are they gonna win the league?

1135
00:57:25,640 --> 00:57:28,240
Speaker 1: I don't know, Marcelo, I don't think knows either. Does

1136
00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:30,480
Speaker 1: Kyle Whittingham know? I don't know. If you want to

1137
00:57:30,480 --> 00:57:32,760
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1159
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Speaker 1: listening to this show. You don't even have to thank me,

1160
00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:40,920
Speaker 1: because that would be that would be rude of me

1161
00:58:41,040 --> 00:58:44,000
Speaker 1: to ask you to do. I have a controversial piece

1162
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:48,840
Speaker 1: of paper in my hand right now. USC's team preview

1163
00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:52,120
Speaker 1: is something I've struggled with. I've put it off. I've

1164
00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:55,720
Speaker 1: avoided it because I've been really really back and forth

1165
00:58:55,800 --> 00:58:58,000
Speaker 1: on what I expect from them this year. So to

1166
00:58:58,080 --> 00:59:02,200
Speaker 1: set the table a little bit, the external vibes around

1167
00:59:02,320 --> 00:59:05,320
Speaker 1: USC are way different than the internal vibes. The external

1168
00:59:05,400 --> 00:59:10,200
Speaker 1: vibes are. They suck. Lincoln Riley is headed nowhere fast.

1169
00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:13,640
Speaker 1: They've regressed three seasons in a row, record wise. That's true.

1170
00:59:13,720 --> 00:59:16,920
Speaker 1: I can't defend that, nor do they try to defend it.

1171
00:59:16,960 --> 00:59:20,120
Speaker 1: But the internal vibe around there is we already made

1172
00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:22,640
Speaker 1: the defensive changes we needed. They believe they may have

1173
00:59:22,680 --> 00:59:24,960
Speaker 1: the best defensive staff in the country. And if you

1174
00:59:25,080 --> 00:59:27,000
Speaker 1: argue with that, you at least have to grant that

1175
00:59:27,040 --> 00:59:29,560
Speaker 1: they have one of the best in the country. They

1176
00:59:29,600 --> 00:59:32,400
Speaker 1: believe they hired the right general manager. They believe they

1177
00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:35,720
Speaker 1: completely reworked their personnel department. They believe help is on

1178
00:59:35,800 --> 00:59:39,360
Speaker 1: the way, like they believe the caliber of player that

1179
00:59:39,400 --> 00:59:43,000
Speaker 1: they have there will only get better. Does that click

1180
00:59:43,040 --> 00:59:45,960
Speaker 1: this year because last year they lost famously. I think

1181
00:59:45,960 --> 00:59:49,000
Speaker 1: this is one of the most famous stats of the offseason.

1182
00:59:49,200 --> 00:59:51,480
Speaker 1: They lost five Big Ten games. They led in the

1183
00:59:51,480 --> 00:59:54,960
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. That's hard to do in several years, much

1184
00:59:55,040 --> 00:59:58,400
Speaker 1: less one year. So my questions for them, what are

1185
00:59:58,400 --> 01:00:01,080
Speaker 1: they really made of? Like the first one, have they

1186
01:00:01,160 --> 01:00:04,880
Speaker 1: Big Ten proofed themselves? Because I watched them last year

1187
01:00:04,880 --> 01:00:08,800
Speaker 1: and they didn't play. They didn't like feel like a team,

1188
01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:10,680
Speaker 1: like an operation that was built to win in the

1189
01:00:10,680 --> 01:00:13,760
Speaker 1: Big Ten, which is bad because that's the conference they're

1190
01:00:13,800 --> 01:00:16,880
Speaker 1: in now. Their offensive line couldn't close games. You remember that.

1191
01:00:16,960 --> 01:00:18,760
Speaker 1: I just read the stat to you. They were eighty

1192
01:00:18,760 --> 01:00:21,680
Speaker 1: second in rush yards per game. This offensive line still

1193
01:00:21,720 --> 01:00:25,400
Speaker 1: feels like it's a work in progress. And so if

1194
01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:29,000
Speaker 1: you're playing the teams you have to play again this year.

1195
01:00:29,480 --> 01:00:31,840
Speaker 1: You know how they're built on the lines of scrimmage.

1196
01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:34,600
Speaker 1: They may not have the most dynamic playmakers out wide

1197
01:00:34,680 --> 01:00:38,880
Speaker 1: like you do, but they can also put you in

1198
01:00:38,880 --> 01:00:41,120
Speaker 1: the dirt. Can you do that to them? Can you

1199
01:00:41,200 --> 01:00:43,400
Speaker 1: close out games? That's the first thing. The second thing,

1200
01:00:44,280 --> 01:00:46,720
Speaker 1: could they win a game defensively if they need to?

1201
01:00:47,480 --> 01:00:49,680
Speaker 1: Now that's something we don't ask about Lincoln Riley teams

1202
01:00:49,760 --> 01:00:52,560
Speaker 1: very often. But you know what, they've got the defensive

1203
01:00:52,560 --> 01:00:55,240
Speaker 1: staff and it's in its second full year now. They

1204
01:00:55,280 --> 01:00:58,040
Speaker 1: got much better personnel there. They went from one twenty

1205
01:00:58,080 --> 01:01:02,160
Speaker 1: one to fifty six in defense two years ago to

1206
01:01:02,240 --> 01:01:05,120
Speaker 1: last year, but there were still one hundredth and sacks

1207
01:01:05,120 --> 01:01:07,840
Speaker 1: per game. So the havoc rate, the ability to affect

1208
01:01:07,840 --> 01:01:09,880
Speaker 1: the quarterback, that's got to get better. They need better

1209
01:01:09,880 --> 01:01:12,560
Speaker 1: guys on the edge or better production on the edge.

1210
01:01:12,720 --> 01:01:14,919
Speaker 1: But if they're in a game early in the year

1211
01:01:15,360 --> 01:01:18,320
Speaker 1: and offense ain't clicking yet, could they win a game

1212
01:01:18,320 --> 01:01:21,040
Speaker 1: that's played in the low to mid twenties historically? No,

1213
01:01:21,800 --> 01:01:27,080
Speaker 1: maybe things have changed. Third thing, what if it's just

1214
01:01:27,200 --> 01:01:31,600
Speaker 1: a bunch of one possession games. Again, cause the conventional

1215
01:01:31,640 --> 01:01:35,000
Speaker 1: wisdom out there is, well, we lost all those games

1216
01:01:35,080 --> 01:01:38,160
Speaker 1: last year, will be on the plus side of those

1217
01:01:38,200 --> 01:01:40,959
Speaker 1: this year. But there's no guarantee that that's the case.

1218
01:01:41,240 --> 01:01:43,920
Speaker 1: If the competitive character of your program is such that

1219
01:01:44,040 --> 01:01:46,120
Speaker 1: you don't know how to win games, that doesn't always

1220
01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:49,880
Speaker 1: change over the course of January through August. So something

1221
01:01:49,880 --> 01:01:53,520
Speaker 1: fundamental has to have changed. It could be luck. Luck

1222
01:01:53,600 --> 01:01:57,000
Speaker 1: could change. But you know, there's some coaches you go

1223
01:01:57,040 --> 01:01:59,520
Speaker 1: and you look at them historically and their record in

1224
01:01:59,560 --> 01:02:02,400
Speaker 1: one position games is incredible. Kirby Smart's one of them.

1225
01:02:03,680 --> 01:02:05,360
Speaker 1: And then there are other coaches, and there are other

1226
01:02:05,440 --> 01:02:08,800
Speaker 1: programs even I think of Nebraska in recent history where

1227
01:02:08,840 --> 01:02:10,560
Speaker 1: they cannot get out of their own way in one

1228
01:02:10,600 --> 01:02:15,120
Speaker 1: possession games. That's because it's not totally randomized. There is

1229
01:02:15,240 --> 01:02:18,040
Speaker 1: skill and knowing how to close out games. And there's

1230
01:02:18,080 --> 01:02:20,240
Speaker 1: also a lot to be said for folks and teams

1231
01:02:20,280 --> 01:02:22,040
Speaker 1: who don't know how to close out games. So us

1232
01:02:22,080 --> 01:02:25,400
Speaker 1: he couldn't do it last year. Has something changed? Those

1233
01:02:25,400 --> 01:02:27,680
Speaker 1: are the fundamental questions to me that have to be

1234
01:02:27,720 --> 01:02:30,040
Speaker 1: answered there. I think their best position groups, their wide

1235
01:02:30,080 --> 01:02:32,920
Speaker 1: receiver group. I think Jacobe Lane can be one of

1236
01:02:32,960 --> 01:02:35,440
Speaker 1: the best wide receivers in the country. Got twelve touchdown

1237
01:02:35,520 --> 01:02:38,680
Speaker 1: catches last year. Makailea Lemon can be that they lost

1238
01:02:38,680 --> 01:02:41,000
Speaker 1: some guys in the portal, and yet I still think

1239
01:02:41,440 --> 01:02:44,360
Speaker 1: it's a really it really profiles as a great wide

1240
01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:48,320
Speaker 1: receiver room, a dynamic wide receiver room. The breakout player

1241
01:02:48,880 --> 01:02:52,480
Speaker 1: has to be the quarterback. Yere Jade Mayava has to

1242
01:02:52,560 --> 01:02:54,760
Speaker 1: be the breakout player. A lot of times you want

1243
01:02:54,800 --> 01:02:56,960
Speaker 1: to look past the quarterback, you know, you want to

1244
01:02:57,000 --> 01:02:58,880
Speaker 1: overthink the room a little bit. There's no need to.

1245
01:02:59,400 --> 01:03:04,080
Speaker 1: At USCA. A Lincoln Riley offense requires a lot of

1246
01:03:04,120 --> 01:03:07,080
Speaker 1: leverage on that quarterback position. You can't hide the quarterback

1247
01:03:07,120 --> 01:03:10,800
Speaker 1: position in this system. This is not Iowa. This year. Notwithstanding,

1248
01:03:10,920 --> 01:03:13,680
Speaker 1: this is not Iowa. You don't win in spite of

1249
01:03:13,760 --> 01:03:16,400
Speaker 1: the quarterback position. With Lincoln Riley. They got to lean

1250
01:03:16,480 --> 01:03:20,960
Speaker 1: on him. And you know, so far, fall camp intel

1251
01:03:21,040 --> 01:03:24,320
Speaker 1: is what fall camp intel is. But I'm looking forward

1252
01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:26,400
Speaker 1: to that because Miller Moss is out of there, and

1253
01:03:26,400 --> 01:03:29,320
Speaker 1: I'm high on Miller Moss. So the fact that it

1254
01:03:29,360 --> 01:03:31,600
Speaker 1: happened last year, it's not like it happened after the year.

1255
01:03:31,640 --> 01:03:34,280
Speaker 1: But the fact that this guy now takes the QB

1256
01:03:34,360 --> 01:03:37,760
Speaker 1: one job there there's a lot riding on his performance

1257
01:03:37,800 --> 01:03:40,280
Speaker 1: this year. Let's take a look at their schedule. I

1258
01:03:40,320 --> 01:03:44,160
Speaker 1: have a game that I think is being criminally slept on.

1259
01:03:45,320 --> 01:03:49,440
Speaker 1: It is right there if you're listening on podcast, I

1260
01:03:49,480 --> 01:03:54,640
Speaker 1: am pointing to September twenty seven. I'm pointing to Illinois

1261
01:03:55,040 --> 01:03:58,600
Speaker 1: on the road for USC. That is the game the

1262
01:03:58,640 --> 01:04:01,440
Speaker 1: season hinges on to me because you could make the

1263
01:04:01,560 --> 01:04:06,120
Speaker 1: argument Missouri State, Georgia Southern at Purdue, Michigan State at home,

1264
01:04:06,160 --> 01:04:08,880
Speaker 1: they're four and oh. I would predict them to be

1265
01:04:08,920 --> 01:04:11,120
Speaker 1: four and oh. They go to Illinois, do they win

1266
01:04:11,200 --> 01:04:13,120
Speaker 1: that game? Because if they are, they're five and oh,

1267
01:04:13,760 --> 01:04:15,640
Speaker 1: and then they got a two game stretch coming up

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Speaker 1: of Michigan at home and at Notre Dame, which would

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Speaker 1: largely define their season. But they'd be five and oh

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Speaker 1: going into it. But there is also the flip side

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Speaker 1: of that coin where they go in and get their

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Speaker 1: to twelve, and then it starts to go downhill and

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Speaker 1: the tires get wobbly again. I think the Illinois game

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Speaker 1: is going to tell you a whole lot to maybe

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Speaker 1: everything you need to know about USC this year. There's

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Speaker 1: no Penn State on their schedule, there's no Ohio State

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Speaker 1: on their schedule. They got a good by edge when

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Speaker 1: they go to Nebraska. They got to buy before they

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Speaker 1: go to Nebraska. That's Nebraska's fifth straight game. They I

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Speaker 1: got a lot of doubts. I got a lot of

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Speaker 1: questions about them. Still, there are a lot of worlds

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Speaker 1: where they can win ten plus this year. Telling you

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Speaker 1: like USC hadn't fallen off that bad. Let's take a

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Speaker 1: look at what the model thinks. We've got a best

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Speaker 1: case scenario of eleven and one for them. I thought

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Speaker 1: Eleven and one, though best case, says the model, the

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Speaker 1: worst case five and seven. I don't even want to

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Speaker 1: and seven. The most likely scenario according to the model,

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Speaker 1: for us, he's eight and four. Now, I got to

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Speaker 1: You know, the model loves Texas. Model hadn't always loved USC,

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Speaker 1: And I just I look at the Illinois game and

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Speaker 1: the show. But a couple of more things here. This Actually,

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Speaker 1: this wasn't all that difficult. I was able to rattle

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Speaker 1: these off pretty quick. We had a question about quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: and uh, A lot of people have asked a version

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Speaker 1: of this question. William from Lansing, Michigan said, if you

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Speaker 1: had a choice of any quarterback to start at Payt

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Speaker 1: State this year? Who would you pick? I went with

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Speaker 1: DJ Lagway. I think DJ Lagway at his best can

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Speaker 1: be the best quarterback in the country. Now I have,

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01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:09,800
Speaker 1: just like you heard, the injury concerns. I've seen the

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Speaker 1: injury concerns. But I think when you blend raw talent

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01:08:13,320 --> 01:08:18,040
Speaker 1: and explosiveness and deep ball accuracy, when he's at his best,

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01:08:18,200 --> 01:08:20,799
Speaker 1: he can be better than anyone in the country. DJ

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01:08:20,920 --> 01:08:24,720
Speaker 1: Lagway led the SEC last year in completion percentage on

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Speaker 1: balls thrown twenty or more yards downfield, and I still

1347
01:08:27,800 --> 01:08:29,439
Speaker 1: think there's a way for him to level up his

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01:08:29,520 --> 01:08:32,519
Speaker 1: passing game. Twenty twenty five should be his pop year.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not just talking about at Florida. You said,

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Speaker 1: I can have him at Payton State, where I've got

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Speaker 1: good personnel everywhere and high character kids as well. DJ

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01:08:40,240 --> 01:08:42,519
Speaker 1: Lagway would be my number one. I'm going to tell

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Speaker 1: you who's close behind him, though that many many more

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01:08:45,800 --> 01:08:50,120
Speaker 1: people are sleeping on. Is John Mattier at Oklahoma. I've

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Speaker 1: bought all the John mateir stop I've got a John

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01:08:53,400 --> 01:08:56,920
Speaker 1: Matteir Heisman Trophy ticket in my back pocket. I couldn't

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01:08:56,920 --> 01:08:59,360
Speaker 1: be higher on him and there are people out there

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01:08:59,400 --> 01:09:02,080
Speaker 1: who questioned his mechanics, who have not the slightest clue

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Speaker 1: about quarterback mechanics are throwing mechanics. I'll tell you what

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01:09:04,640 --> 01:09:06,800
Speaker 1: you want to see a side arm throw. You want

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01:09:06,840 --> 01:09:08,720
Speaker 1: to see different arm mangles. Watch him on the run,

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01:09:08,800 --> 01:09:11,720
Speaker 1: Watch him throw the ball on the run. Watch the

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Speaker 1: accuracy mid range, downfield, Watch the accuracy. I think that

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Speaker 1: his improbability is elite. He ran for eight hundred and

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Speaker 1: twenty six yards and fifteen touchdowns last year, and I'm

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Speaker 1: talking about his throwing ability. But he can also run

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Speaker 1: the ball. He as much as people think he's got

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01:09:29,760 --> 01:09:32,800
Speaker 1: to adjust to the SEC and as much as people think, ooh,

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Speaker 1: John Matier, you're going to really level up the quality

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Speaker 1: of competition this year, he is. I'm telling you I

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Speaker 1: don't have an issue with it. Quite the opposite. I

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Speaker 1: think this league's going to have an issue with him

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Speaker 1: this year. John Matier is going to be good. So

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Speaker 1: if you took Lagway and I was number two in

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Speaker 1: the draft, I'd have no problem with him. I'd have

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01:09:49,080 --> 01:09:51,680
Speaker 1: no problem taking kay Clubnick if I had to wait

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Speaker 1: for number three. That growth was impressive last year. I

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Speaker 1: think he may have played his best game against Texas.

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Speaker 1: What he was twenty six or forty three three three

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Speaker 1: touchdowns against Texas. They lost, but he's good. He's a

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01:10:04,560 --> 01:10:06,760
Speaker 1: weapon with his legs, but more so than anything else

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Speaker 1: in an ocean of unproven qbs. This year, I get

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01:10:11,439 --> 01:10:15,519
Speaker 1: proven production if I go with k Klubnick and last

1384
01:10:15,600 --> 01:10:18,840
Speaker 1: year was incredible. If he just gave me his performance

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Speaker 1: last year, I'd be okay with that. I can win

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Speaker 1: with that. He could improve this year, but I mean

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Speaker 1: even if he doesn't, I'm okay with that. And lastly,

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Speaker 1: the one I cannot leave off this list. I cannot

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Speaker 1: leave the one, two, three, four five. The sixth name

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Speaker 1: in the heismanage right now is Leonora Sellers. Leonora Sellers

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Speaker 1: could end up being the best quarterback in the country

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Speaker 1: this year. His wide receiver stable does not match up

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Speaker 1: with maybe some of these other guys, but Leonora Sellers

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01:10:49,520 --> 01:10:52,680
Speaker 1: could just be a monster this year. I don't do

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Speaker 1: the whole comparison to Cam Newton thing. I'm saying, if

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Speaker 1: there's a guy out there that's capable of collectively raising

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Speaker 1: the level of play around him up just by his presence,

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Speaker 1: a la Cam Newton on Auburn twenty ten. It's Leonora

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Speaker 1: Sellers at South Carolina this year. You don't know the

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Speaker 1: names of his wide receivers. He can make you know

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01:11:12,720 --> 01:11:15,760
Speaker 1: the names of his wide receivers. He's built like a linebacker.

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01:11:16,280 --> 01:11:19,920
Speaker 1: He's incredibly astute. I keep hearing a lot about the

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01:11:19,960 --> 01:11:23,200
Speaker 1: impact Mike Schule is having on him in his pocket

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01:11:23,240 --> 01:11:26,639
Speaker 1: awareness and his throwing ability, because that's not what people

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Speaker 1: think of when they think about him right now. But

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Speaker 1: I think maybe by the season this year, by the

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01:11:30,840 --> 01:11:33,040
Speaker 1: time that's over, I think they will think that he's

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01:11:33,160 --> 01:11:36,920
Speaker 1: just He extends plays as good as anyone in the country.

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Speaker 1: So I know you asked for one name. I gave

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Speaker 1: you four. I'll tell you what. You can take your choice,

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Speaker 1: and I'll take whatever's left over. As long as one

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Speaker 1: of those guys is left over, I'll take him, all right.

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Speaker 1: A late addition to the show, I had to talk

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Speaker 1: about this, so many of you hit us up. I'm

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Speaker 1: just gonna pick Derek here. Derek hit me. He said,

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Speaker 1: what are your thoughts on John Gruden's saying he would

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Speaker 1: die to coach in the SEC I think he'd do it.

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Speaker 1: Right now, I think he'd do it. He spoke at

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Speaker 1: Georgia the other day. For those of you unfamiliar, he

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Speaker 1: was down there watching Georgia practice. I think Kirby had

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Speaker 1: him speak to the team and he said, I'm paraphrasing.

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Speaker 1: He said, the only reason I really came here is

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Speaker 1: I want to coach again. He said, I would die

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Speaker 1: to coach in the sec I'd ff and love it.

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01:12:21,600 --> 01:12:24,200
Speaker 1: And he's not messing around. John Gruden's looking to get

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Speaker 1: back into coaching. Now. I want you to listen to me.

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Speaker 1: There's no gray area on this. My opinion on this

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Speaker 1: is John Gruden can kill it if he gets into

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01:12:32,600 --> 01:12:35,640
Speaker 1: college football coaching, John Gruden can kill it. Let me

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Speaker 1: be very clear. I mean the right situation, because no

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Speaker 1: one's going to kill it in the wrong situation. So

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Speaker 1: John Gruden could absolutely win in college football. And for

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Speaker 1: those of you who say he can't, I know there

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01:12:48,360 --> 01:12:50,439
Speaker 1: will be some of you out there because I know

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Speaker 1: our audience. I know what my comment section looks like.

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Speaker 1: Here's what I'm asking you. What is it that it

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Speaker 1: takes to win in college football that John Gruden lacked?

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01:13:00,800 --> 01:13:03,080
Speaker 1: If you doubt him, if you think if he gets

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01:13:03,120 --> 01:13:05,120
Speaker 1: hired it'll be a joke. What is it that it

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01:13:05,120 --> 01:13:06,519
Speaker 1: takes to win that he lacks, because I'm going to

1441
01:13:06,560 --> 01:13:08,080
Speaker 1: tell you what I think it takes to win. I

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01:13:08,120 --> 01:13:10,280
Speaker 1: think you've got to be able to hire. I think

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01:13:10,320 --> 01:13:12,639
Speaker 1: you've got to be able to acquire talent. In the NFL,

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01:13:12,680 --> 01:13:15,439
Speaker 1: that means drafting and free agency. In college football, that

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01:13:15,479 --> 01:13:19,200
Speaker 1: means recruiting and portal and free agency. Can you develop

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01:13:19,320 --> 01:13:23,400
Speaker 1: players in college football, especially this next bullet point? Are

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01:13:23,479 --> 01:13:26,720
Speaker 1: you flexible? Can you roll with the changes because that

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01:13:26,800 --> 01:13:31,720
Speaker 1: has been eternal lately in this sport, And most importantly,

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01:13:32,640 --> 01:13:35,120
Speaker 1: once you get past all that, do you ignite a

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01:13:35,160 --> 01:13:38,680
Speaker 1: fan base? I got my doubts about whether Belichick will

1451
01:13:38,680 --> 01:13:40,920
Speaker 1: work out at UNC, but you better believe he ignited

1452
01:13:40,960 --> 01:13:44,880
Speaker 1: that fan base. You're looking for different revenue streams these days.

1453
01:13:44,960 --> 01:13:48,560
Speaker 1: It matters more these days. Do you understand the dynamics

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01:13:49,000 --> 01:13:51,400
Speaker 1: If you're sitting there in fate of A, Arkansas and

1455
01:13:51,520 --> 01:13:54,479
Speaker 1: John Gruden has announced as your new head coach, you

1456
01:13:54,520 --> 01:13:58,520
Speaker 1: think Cal did something for basketball juice in Northwest Arkansas.

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01:13:58,920 --> 01:14:02,960
Speaker 1: Imagine what hiring John Gruden does. I'm asking you, I'm

1458
01:14:03,080 --> 01:14:05,600
Speaker 1: really asking you, what is it that it takes to

1459
01:14:05,640 --> 01:14:09,599
Speaker 1: win in college football that he doesn't bring to the table.

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Speaker 1: Because I think he'd surround himself with an excellent staff.

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01:14:13,640 --> 01:14:15,719
Speaker 1: I think folks would want to coach with John Gruden.

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01:14:16,040 --> 01:14:18,240
Speaker 1: I guarantee you. I know about ninety percent of the

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01:14:18,240 --> 01:14:20,960
Speaker 1: fan bases in the country would be very open to

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01:14:21,080 --> 01:14:23,120
Speaker 1: John Gruden becoming their coach, and the ten percent who

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01:14:23,160 --> 01:14:25,759
Speaker 1: wouldn't be open to it have great head coaches already,

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01:14:25,840 --> 01:14:28,519
Speaker 1: so they don't need it. Which jobs would he take?

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Speaker 1: Is the question? To me? John Gruden's going to get

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Speaker 1: a head coaching job. Okay, I'm putting that out there.

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Speaker 1: I think John Gruden's going to be a college football

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Speaker 1: head coach. It's not about which programs would offer him

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Speaker 1: the job. There are a bunch of them out there

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Speaker 1: who will offer him the job. I believe. The question

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Speaker 1: is which programs would John Gruden be open to taking

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Speaker 1: the job at, which which jobs appeal to him? Because

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