1 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: I know the other day when I released the JP poll, 2 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: I said that signified the start of college football season. 3 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:20,319 Speaker 1: But friends, even I underestimated how thoroughly that signified the 4 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:24,639 Speaker 1: start of college football season. The discourse, the arguments, the 5 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: polite conversation, the outright hate and villatral, all of which 6 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 1: I have room for in my life, have been overwhelming 7 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: the past forty eight hours. I guess at this point 8 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: we're back. I don't want everyone to put the word 9 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:39,239 Speaker 1: out we are back up. And we never really had 10 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: an all season. But I know some of you took 11 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: a break. You may have gone on vacation, spent some 12 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: time with your family, all kinds of irresponsible things when 13 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 1: you should be paying attention to college football all year. 14 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: But no matter what you did, that is your right. 15 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: But it is now mandatory that you check back in 16 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: college football seasons here. Camps are already open in some places, 17 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: camps are about to open everywhere. We got a loaded 18 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: mail bag. I'm Josh Pate. This is the Late Kick 19 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: Extra podcast. Not to be confused with Late Kick Live. 20 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: This is mail bag only. 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We dive in 30 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: and I'm going right to the hard hitting stuff. First up, 31 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: Nick in Cincinnati, Ohio, said, is there a scenario where 32 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: you think you'd prefer to be the five seed in 33 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: the playoff instead of number one or number two? Nick, 34 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: this is gonna make no sense, but yes I could 35 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: see it. Most years, no, but any given year, yes, 36 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: I could see it. And it all comes down to 37 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: how the bracket works. Remember well, there's no remembering cause 38 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: we've never done this before. But just know that the 39 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: format of the playoff is not one in which we 40 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: seed it one through twelve and the first four get 41 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: buys and then it's five against twelve, six against eleven, 42 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: seven against ten, eight against nine, and then we reseed 43 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 1: it in the second round. It's just a fixed bracket. 44 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: So the way it looks is the number one seed 45 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: does get a bye, but the number one seed plays 46 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: eight versus nine winner. Okay, Well, here's the problem. If 47 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: you're the number one seed. If I'm Georgia. Let's say 48 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: I'm Georgia and I get the number one seed, I 49 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: get the first round by I'm favored to do this 50 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: and do that. Number eight versus number nine is not 51 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,399 Speaker 1: going to be a classical number eight versus number nine. 52 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: This thing's not gonna be seeded in order of how 53 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: good the teams are because of the way the auto 54 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,959 Speaker 1: bid structure works. So you may have Utah win the 55 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: Big twelve, and they may, according to Vegas, be a 56 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: double digit underdog against Alabama on a neutral field, but 57 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 1: they won their conference, so they're the number four seed. 58 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: Bama meanwhile sitting there at the nine seed, and let's 59 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:01,919 Speaker 1: say Oregon is the number eight seed. Okay, if you're 60 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: Georgia and you're sitting there with a buye as the 61 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 1: number one, you know you're gonna get the winner of 62 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: Bama Oregon. Either way, you're gonna get one of the 63 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: best rosters, one of the best coaching staffs, one of 64 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: the best teams, one of the toughest preparations in America 65 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 1: in your second round game. Meanwhile, if I'm the number 66 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,959 Speaker 1: five seed, here's what's probable. I'm the number five seed, 67 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: I gotta play a first round game. I get it 68 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: on campus. So if I'm Texas and I lost the 69 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: SEC title game to Georgia, I'm the number five seed, 70 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: I get a home game, probably against the G five team, 71 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: So I may play Liberty at home. But here's the 72 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: follow up. The next game I play is gonna be 73 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: against the number four seed. The number four seed, like 74 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: we said, is an auto bid team, but it's the 75 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: lowest ranked auto bid team. So it very well could 76 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: be that if you're the five seed in your Texas 77 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: your first round games against the G five team, your 78 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: second round game may be against a big twelve team 79 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: that will be rested, but you'd still be a healthy 80 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: favorite against Meanwhile, George is sitting there fighting for their life, 81 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: or whoever the one seed is is fighting for their 82 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: life against the number eight or number nine. That's not 83 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: always going to work out that way. But Nick, you asked, 84 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: is there a scenario where I'd prefer the five seed? Yeah, 85 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: there is, because there's a scenario where I think I've 86 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: got a better shot of going two and oh against 87 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: Liberty in Utah than I think I have going one 88 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: and oh against Alabama or Oregon. So yes, yes, in 89 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: a certain year, I could see that happening. Hunter next 90 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: up in Gadston, Alabama. What's the process or possibility of 91 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: getting video to Spotify podcasts like Joe Rogan, all In, etc. 92 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: Spotify's got to work with us on that. We I 93 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: was looking at the charts last night to do research 94 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: for this. We've got the number one college football podcast 95 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,359 Speaker 1: on all the platforms, and that's the audio version, so 96 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: the video version on YouTube crushes as well. We've been 97 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 1: number one there, but we also got the number one 98 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: podcast product. However, there's got to be incentive for us 99 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: to put the video on that because if to just 100 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: just walk you through this, pretend you have a podcast 101 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: that is also video, so it's a full on digital 102 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: media show, and pretend that you're getting really good numbers 103 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: on your video product, which is on YouTube. We house 104 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: that exclusively on YouTube right now. And let's say that 105 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 1: Spotify starts to put video on their podcast products. Now 106 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: Twitter does that as well, so there's a world where, 107 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 1: of course we could put video on Twitter. We could 108 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: put video on Spotify. We could do that. There's no 109 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: return on it for us right now. There's a return 110 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 1: on it for Joe Rogan, there's a return on it 111 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: for all in. That's why they do it the way 112 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: they do so at Spotify, were to call us tomorrow 113 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 1: and make us an offer to house video on their platform, 114 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 1: that's something we talk about and candidly, those conversations have 115 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: been had before. It just hasn't made sense for us. 116 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: So we got to balance bringing it to you the 117 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 1: best way we can with the way that makes the 118 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: most sense for us as well. Translation, we do need 119 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 1: to make money off of this. Shame on us. We 120 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: might as well be college football commissioners. Shame on us. 121 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 1: But yes, there is a financial incentivized carrot at the 122 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: end of our stick. I hate to tell you guys that, 123 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: but we do make money off this. Next up, let's 124 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: go to Matt and Sioux City, Iowa. Were Matt Rule's 125 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 1: statements about having four teams in the Big Ten be 126 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 1: in the playoff really that controversial to elicit such a 127 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,359 Speaker 1: response from Paul Finebaum Matt, Matt, I want you to 128 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: listen to me. I want everyone to listen to me. 129 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 1: Paul Finebaum's a good friend of mine, all right. So 130 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: what you need to know is we have football season, 131 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: we have recruiting season, we have what some of you 132 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: would call the off season. Then we have talking season. 133 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: But there is another season. It's called fine Bomb season. 134 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: Fine Bomb season is late July through August, and that 135 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: is when my boy just shines and he says things 136 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:55,839 Speaker 1: that are a little bit out there, and he talks 137 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: a little bit louder than usual, and it works. It 138 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: works the same as Chief Brody tossing that chum in 139 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: the water on the back of the orca in the 140 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: movie Jaws, which is like fifty years old now, so 141 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: some of you need to refresh your memories. You're eventually 142 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: going to get that shark to pop his head up 143 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: out of the water, just like you're eventually going to 144 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: get people to yell at Paul Finebaum for doing exactly 145 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: what he's done for as long as I've been alive. 146 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: So I listened to it. To be honest, I can't 147 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: remember the exact phrasing, but it was something along the 148 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: lines of, Hey, you're the head coach at Nebraska, Matt Rule, 149 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: don't be talking like you're in the same boat as 150 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: a Georgia or in Ohio State or in Alabama. You're not. 151 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,559 Speaker 1: Let's dive deeper, though, because Matt Rule did say something 152 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: I kind of disagree with, but I disagree with the 153 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: premise of it. So Matt Rule said he believes the 154 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: Big Ten's the best conference in college football. I disagree. 155 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: I think it's the second best. But he did have 156 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: his own criteria. The follow up Matt Rule made was, 157 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: I think this conference should get four teams in the 158 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: playoff every year. I'm not a believer in any auto 159 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: bid structure of any kind. I don't believe conference champions 160 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: should be guaranteed anything. And similarly, I don't believe conferences 161 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: should be guaranteed anything. I don't think the SEC or 162 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: the Big Ten or anyone else should be guaranteed anything. 163 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: I think there should be a world where the Big 164 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: Ten gets zero teams in or the Big Ten gets 165 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: nine teams in pure meritocracy. However good you are in 166 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 1: any given year, that's how many playoff spots you deserve. 167 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: And then we get into the whole committee part of 168 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: do you know how to properly choose the teams? So 169 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: I'm for opening that thing up entirely. I'm for no autobid. 170 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: I'm for us entering a season knowing all twelve spots 171 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: are truly up for grabs. Anyone could grab them. If 172 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,719 Speaker 1: the G five has a phenomenal year, they could get 173 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 1: three teams in. If they have a normal year, they 174 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: could get no teams in. I'm for that. So if 175 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: I disagree with Matt rule, that's where I disagreed with him. 176 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: I couldn't care less what his personal quality of program 177 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: is if he's making overarching statements National champion Bias Vall seven. 178 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: I don't know what the first, middle, and last name 179 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: is there, but he's from Morristown, Tennessee. What is your 180 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: most intense tornado chain? That would be March third, twenty 181 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: nineteen in Beauregard, Alabama. Now that Twisters is out and 182 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 1: a lot of you have seen it, and this is 183 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 1: kind of going to be a spoiler, but it really 184 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: won't be. I promise to condense this into a minute. 185 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: So if you don't want a quasi spoiler from Twisters, 186 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: fast forward one minute starting when I say go. But 187 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: I promise this won't ruin anything for you, all right, 188 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: three two, one go? The beginning scene in Twister, the 189 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 1: beginning chase scene. They are driving through driving rain and 190 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 1: they're trying to find a tornado and they're looking up 191 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: out of the windshield, left and right, left and right, 192 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: where is it. That's very realistic, especially if you're doing 193 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: what we call core punching, which is driving through the 194 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: northern flank of a super cell, which means you've got 195 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: a rain corps, a hail corps, and you're trying to 196 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 1: get to that inflow notch that clean air, which is 197 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: not really clean air. It's just the updraft is refusing 198 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 1: to let the rain drops fall, so you get what 199 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: is perceived to be dry, and you get visibility and 200 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: you get to see a tornado. Well, we were doing 201 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: that on March third, twenty nineteen on a tornado warn 202 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: cell in Beauregard, Alabama, and it was moving southwest to 203 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: northeast normal range of motion, and it's moving towards Columbus, Georgia, 204 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: but it's still to the west of Auburn, Alabama at 205 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: this point, and we knew it was on the ground, 206 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: and we had it pinged on radar scope and radar Omega, 207 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,319 Speaker 1: and those are radar products that I'm surprised didn't make 208 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: cameos and twisters. And we knew something was on the 209 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 1: ground because there is a radar indication that that is 210 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 1: the case. There is what you would here called the 211 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: debris ball, and we have a correlation coefficient there. So 212 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: we've got all that. We know there's something very bad 213 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: happening very close to us. We're driving through rain and 214 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: I had to make the call to turn around because 215 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: I didn't think we could get through it. Because if 216 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: you think about yourself driving south and you think about 217 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: a tornado that is to your southwest moving northeast, you're 218 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 1: trying to get through it so that you could turn 219 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,079 Speaker 1: around and watch it pass to the north of you. 220 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: But the thing is you got to beat it. You 221 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: got to get through it before it gets to you. 222 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: We were not going to be able to get through it. 223 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: This is white knuckle stuff because this is a very 224 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: large tornado. We didn't know how large it was. We 225 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 1: were about to find out though, so we had to 226 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: turn around. So we go about a mile north and 227 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 1: we let the entire supercell pass south of us, and 228 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: then we go in behind it. Utter devastation. Ended up 229 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,199 Speaker 1: being an e F four tornado. Twenty three people were 230 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: killed in the town of Beauregard, Alabama. This was a 231 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: long track supercell tornado stayed on the ground through Talboton, Georgia. 232 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 1: Actually it was on the ground a long way. That 233 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 1: was very intense because we could not see it totally 234 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: rain wrapped. E F four tornado. One of the biggest 235 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: tornadoes to ever come through that part of the country. 236 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: One of the biggest losses of life. I think the 237 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: biggest loss of life event, the biggest fatality event of 238 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 1: any tornado I've ever chased, was that one. And that 239 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: was tough because we had twenty three people die and 240 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: they were all within a fifth of a mile to 241 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: a quarter mile radius of where we had been before 242 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: we turned around. It was really really bad. So and 243 00:11:58,040 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 1: then of course you come back in and you're there 244 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 1: before or first responders are there. It's tough. It was 245 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: a very, very tough day. So that was the most 246 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:10,199 Speaker 1: intense tornado chase of my life. Frankie and Rogers, Arkansas, ironically, 247 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,319 Speaker 1: someone I have stormchased with over the past two years. 248 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 1: He said, how hot do you think Sam Pittman's seed is. 249 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 1: It's hot in a sense that I don't know that 250 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: he'll be the head coach there next year. But my 251 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:26,079 Speaker 1: question with Pittman is would he ever be fired. I'm 252 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:27,959 Speaker 1: not a believer Sam Pittman would ever be fired. I 253 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: think if it goes bad, and there's a fairly good 254 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,439 Speaker 1: shot it does this year, if it goes bad, I 255 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: think Sam Pittman would step down. I think he would 256 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: agree to step aside. I think there would be an 257 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: agreement between Sam Pittman and the University of Arkansas. I 258 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: think there's too much goodwill there. I think Sam Pittman 259 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 1: will be a beloved figure or a beloved figure there 260 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: long after he's the head coach. I think he understands legacy. 261 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:53,559 Speaker 1: I think he gets how there's much more to his 262 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: life than just what the end date is on his 263 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 1: coaching tenure. So yeah, he's on the hot seat, but 264 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:01,679 Speaker 1: I don't I don't think he's going to be fired, 265 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 1: if that makes any sense, and I hope it does. 266 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: Next up, John living in Ogden, Utah, he said, any 267 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: update on the jp Pole ratings versus rankings soul search, 268 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: this was tough. John is referencing something that got uncovered 269 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: by one of you. One of our viewers noticed that 270 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: as I released the JP pole the other night, which 271 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 1: is our own internal power rating, not a ranking, a 272 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: power rating. John noticed that when we put the graphics 273 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: on the screen, it said rank. When we put the 274 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 1: numbers in order fifteen, sixteen, seventeen eighteen, it said rank, 275 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: and sure enough, on the lower third it said these 276 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: are power ratings, not rankings. But on the side what 277 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: we call sliders. On the slider graphic it said a rank. 278 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: Which is the most hypocritical moment in the history of 279 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:53,319 Speaker 1: this show. And we've had some, I will not lie 280 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: to you, we've had some hypocritical moments. But that was 281 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 1: tough because that's a visual. You could have had it 282 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,959 Speaker 1: on mute and we still look like idiot. So if 283 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 1: you could take one thing away from this, I just 284 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 1: want you to remember it's not my fault. It's the 285 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 1: staff's fault. I want the credit, but I don't want 286 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: the blame. If you could take one thing away, that's 287 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: what I want you to take away. But in all seriousness, 288 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: it is a situation that has been rectified. And Producer 289 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: Jesse ran his ten laps around the building his punishment, 290 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: and I think we'll all be better for it. John, 291 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: so to answer your question. Souls have been searched, punishment 292 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: has been dealt, and we're good to go. You can 293 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: count on consistency and the JP poll, just like you 294 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: can count on this Welcome back everyone, that's a little 295 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: bit earlier than usual. Huh. For those of you who 296 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: are new around here, and the numbers say a lot 297 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 1: of you are, you need to understand we compete myself 298 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: and the audience. We compete with each other. One of 299 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 1: the things we do on this pod is I'm convinced 300 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: I do the best AD tosses in the game. Not 301 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: the most talented. I mean, hit you in the back 302 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:00,119 Speaker 1: of the head like you never saw him coming. Ad tosses. 303 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: That is something that I think is a strong suit 304 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: for me. Some of you disagree, but you're wrong. And 305 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: so the challenge is, if you think I'm not good 306 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: at it, predict when the ad toss is coming every week. Now, 307 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: of course, someone's gonna win the lottery tonight, but they 308 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 1: will if not had skill in picking the numbers. They 309 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: just got lucky. So some of you get lucky. If 310 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: I record for forty five minutes and you just keep 311 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: saying now, now, now, yeah, eventually you'll nail it, but 312 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: there really is no guided skill. And the way I 313 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: know that is because I don't even know when I'm 314 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: doing the ad toss until I do it, So how 315 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: could you possibly know? Anyway, it's not that I'm angry 316 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: about it. You ever seen Dumb and Dumber when there's 317 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: that scene at the counter they're on the road, they 318 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: just hit sea bass with the salt shaker and then 319 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: he spit on their burger. Spoiler alert for Dumb and Dumber, 320 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: by the way, And then they're getting him to pay 321 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: for their ticket, and they walk up to the counter 322 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: to get the waitress to go along with it, and 323 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: she's reading a book and the book is titled of 324 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: course You're angry. I think it's one of the great 325 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 1: throwaway moments in Dumb and Dumber. Anyway, Michael from beaton 326 00:15:56,440 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 1: Rouge asked how often do coaches or people on coaching staffs. 327 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 1: I think he met football staffs. How often do people 328 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: on staffs give you inside information? The answer is every day. 329 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: You hardly ever hear it because ninety nine times out 330 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: of one hundred, like ninety five times out of one hundred, 331 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: it's off the record. It's a real game changer. Though. 332 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: Back when I was first starting this show, of course 333 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: that wasn't happening, and we were down in Columbus, Georgia. 334 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: I had been a fan. I had grown up loving 335 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: the sport, just like all of you love the sport. 336 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: So I started a show because I thought the college 337 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 1: football shows out there weren't that great, candidly, and so 338 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: I thought, well, don't complain about it, do something about it. 339 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: So I started this show. And now we've grown it 340 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: and we've scaled it. Now we've got a big audience. Well, 341 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: that means it's a very powerful tool. The show is 342 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: a very powerful mechanism. Coaching staffs, player personnel, people, recruiting people, 343 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: marketing people. They realize that. Athletic directors, by the way, 344 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: they realized that. So I have very good working relationships 345 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: with many of the top staffs in the country, many 346 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: of the top coaches in the country. And here's the 347 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: way it works. I was so wrong about this back 348 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,359 Speaker 1: in the day. Back in the day, from the outside, 349 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 1: I thought what happened was coaches would kind of compromise 350 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: members of the media to be their mouthpieces, and they 351 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:13,160 Speaker 1: would just feed them information so that those media members 352 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,719 Speaker 1: would parrot the information. Now, I think that does happen, 353 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,679 Speaker 1: but it doesn't happen across the board nearly as consistently 354 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: as you think it does. And I also think you 355 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: can kind of see through that that is not what 356 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: happens here at all, although I get accused of that sometimes. 357 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: What happens here and what coaches and I think staffs 358 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 1: have come to realize is I am very, very interested 359 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 1: in using this show for good, like for the greater 360 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: good of college football. I'm interested in doing that. I 361 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 1: think there are tons of vast misconception between what the 362 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 1: reality is for a football program, for a coach, for 363 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: the way play calling works, for the ray recruiting works, 364 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:51,640 Speaker 1: for what it takes to dismiss a kid. I think 365 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 1: there are vast misconceptions of that. I think coaches in 366 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 1: the past have really been misrepresented, and then they can't 367 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: defend themselves because it sounds like their whine. And so 368 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 1: what I have done, and I think it's a great 369 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,399 Speaker 1: help to them, and I will admit this. What I 370 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 1: have done is I have been perfectly willing to give 371 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: their side of the story. Now, what I do normally 372 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 1: is I'll give their side of the story and I'll 373 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 1: let you decide for yourself what you think. But to 374 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: this point, a lot of times, what I've noticed is 375 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: the conversation has been very one sided, and coaches take shots, 376 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 1: and programs, the images of programs take shots, and there's 377 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 1: no rebuttal and I'm sitting there thinking, wait, that can't 378 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 1: be how it really went down. And most of the 379 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 1: time I'm right. Most of the time, the prevailing story 380 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: out there is not how it went down. It's just 381 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 1: that there's no one that really has the information or 382 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: the platform to tell the other side. So I do 383 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: do that. I take it upon myself to do that. 384 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 1: But more importantly and more broadly, what I like to 385 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 1: do is I like to be as in touch as possible. 386 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: And I think staffs have understood they can trust us, 387 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: because to this day we haven't burned anyone. And so 388 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: I mean, we got an army of anywhere from a 389 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:05,399 Speaker 1: head coach to a grad assistant to a marketing and 390 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:09,640 Speaker 1: graphics intern, and they'll feed us information and we will 391 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: never burn them for it. We'll never burn them with it. 392 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: But what we'll do is we'll use it. And it's 393 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 1: a snowflake in the snowball of this show and our 394 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 1: effort to speak about this sport in a more informed manner, 395 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 1: because that helps everyone. Whether your program's greater, your program sucks, 396 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 1: for the greater good of the sport, it's better if 397 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:32,719 Speaker 1: people are informed about your process and how it ties 398 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: into the bigger machine of your conference, and how that 399 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:38,360 Speaker 1: ties into the bigger machine of college football, and how 400 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 1: that ties into the bigger machine of sports and society overall. 401 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: A high tide raises all boats. A more educated college 402 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 1: football public, I think, raises all boats. So that's what 403 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:52,119 Speaker 1: we do with information. Now. There are times where I 404 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,680 Speaker 1: just flat out get information and I ask someone you, okay, 405 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: if I run with this, keep you anonymous, and they'll 406 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 1: let me do it. I do love that, we all 407 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: love that. We all love getting scooped. But a lot 408 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: of times the information I get, I know I'm never 409 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,160 Speaker 1: gonna be able to make a public statute of limitations. 410 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: Twenty years from now, maybe, but I know it's not 411 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: going to be public. But I do know it's going 412 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 1: to help me avoid saying something stupid about this team 413 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 1: or this situation that otherwise I would have said. That's 414 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: the big help. And so I know a lot of 415 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: you are listening in the coaching world who to this point, 416 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 1: maybe you haven't ever reached out to us. Feel free 417 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: to do it. Feel free to do it many many, 418 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 1: many of your colleagues do, and we appreciate it. It makes 419 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: the show unique, It makes it different unto any other 420 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 1: show out there. I think Jake is next up. He 421 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 1: is in Columbus, Ohio. Why is the National title game 422 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 1: not on a Saturday Because people run this sport who 423 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 1: don't really need to be running the sport, Jake, They're scared. Basically, 424 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: the real answer is they don't want to go head 425 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 1: to head with the NFL. Everybody knows that. Every time 426 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: this debate pops up, somebody who thinks they're smarter than 427 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 1: the rest of the folks in the room want to yell, oh, well, 428 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: you can't go head to head with the NFL. Well 429 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,880 Speaker 1: you can, They just don't. But I will go back 430 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,239 Speaker 1: to this one more time. It's not like this as 431 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,400 Speaker 1: an ab situation. There could be a c there could 432 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 1: be a scenario that no one's mentioning, no one's thought of. 433 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 1: I got to give Joel Clyde a ton of credit 434 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: on this when we had that sit down with him 435 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:16,199 Speaker 1: in the spring, and he came on the show and 436 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,439 Speaker 1: we went for I don't know how long. That was 437 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: really fun, and one of the things we talked about 438 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 1: was this, and I'll tell you an idea he presented 439 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 1: that I had partially thought of, but not to the 440 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 1: degree that he brought it. He said, the NFL benefits 441 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 1: greatly from college football. Now that part I understand. We've 442 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: talked about that ad nauseum on this show. College football 443 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: is a multi billion dollar preparatory and marketing mechanism for 444 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 1: the NFL that it never gets credit for and it 445 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 1: never gets thanks for. Your players get developed to play 446 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 1: in the NFL by college football. Your players get recognized, 447 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:58,439 Speaker 1: and their marketability and their recognizability skyrockets from the time 448 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: they're in high school to the time they're in ANFL 449 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 1: because of college. So you don't have to market them, 450 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: you don't have to introduce them to the public, and 451 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: you don't have to develop them. All you got to 452 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: do is put them on your field and let them play. 453 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,679 Speaker 1: How would that be the case without college football? So anyway, 454 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: that's a whole side tantrum of mine. But Clatt came 455 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,199 Speaker 1: on the show and he said, why not recognize that 456 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: and why not get television networks to coincide or to 457 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 1: work hand in hand. Why not get the NFL to 458 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: cooperate in this, which they should, And why not take 459 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: that Saturday, which is going to be I think either 460 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 1: NFL first round playoffs at that point or last week 461 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 1: of regular season. I think it's first round playoff. Anyway, 462 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:40,880 Speaker 1: take that Saturday, have a twelve o'clock playoff game, have 463 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: a three thirty or four o'clock playoff game, so a 464 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: double playoff game for the NFL, double playoffs early afternoon, 465 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:51,719 Speaker 1: mid afternoon, and then let it bleed into the primetime 466 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: standalone window for the college football National Championship game. Think 467 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 1: about what that does for the visibility of everything. The 468 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 1: NFL has been helped forever by college football. This would 469 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: be the NFL's way of helping college football by giving 470 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,639 Speaker 1: them a double lead in to a standalone primetime spot 471 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: on the one day of the week that they're supposed 472 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 1: to own on the calendar, that being a Saturday. But 473 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:18,679 Speaker 1: you know what that does, Jake, It makes far too 474 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 1: much sense. And that's why we can't do that. 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I 504 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: think I predicted four the other day I would make 505 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: I would make it four or five. Kind of where 506 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: my head's at right now. Like like I've said about everybody 507 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: SEC included, I think the big unknown there is what 508 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:23,679 Speaker 1: happens with the conversation around strength of schedule and do 509 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:26,400 Speaker 1: you actually get punished for being in the SEC. This 510 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: could happen. You know, while everyone's worried about the SEC 511 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 1: just getting a bunch of teams in the playoff, there 512 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 1: could be another thing that happens. There could be SEC 513 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: fatigue that happens. And that's where the committee is busy 514 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 1: putting together there one through twelve. And let's say the 515 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,920 Speaker 1: eleven seed needs to be filled out, and let's say 516 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 1: it comes down to ole Miss or Nebraska. Hey, and 517 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 1: let's say there are already five SEC teams in the 518 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: playoff field and there are only two Big Ten teams, 519 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: and you think the resumes are equal, or maybe ole 520 00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 1: Miss's resume looks just slightly better. Someone, in fact, multiple 521 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: someones on that committee could say, yeah, but we can't 522 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,239 Speaker 1: have six SEC teams in the playoff and only two 523 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: Big Ten, so let's put Nebraska in because it balances 524 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: the playoff field more. That could happen, you know that, right, 525 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 1: That could happen. Whereas if you peeled the stickers off 526 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 1: the helmets, if you did blind resume. In that scenario, 527 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: the SEC actually would have gotten six teams in, but 528 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 1: they got punished for being the SEC, so they only 529 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:30,880 Speaker 1: got five in. That could happen with the Big Ten 530 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 1: as well. Just roles reversed. The Big Ten has a 531 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 1: great year. What if the committee got to the end 532 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,200 Speaker 1: of the line and said, well, we can't put six 533 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 1: Big Ten teams in. That looks bad. Oh, well, no, 534 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 1: it looks like it looks if the Big ten's loaded, 535 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 1: the Big ten should dominate the playoff. So anyway, my 536 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:50,160 Speaker 1: answer is I think four, maybe five, but I think 537 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 1: four will be in and past that. I don't know 538 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 1: if they'll be willing to go any further, even if 539 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 1: the resumes technically say they should go further. Huskers on 540 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,119 Speaker 1: top neck Nebraska's gotten a lot of run in the 541 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,120 Speaker 1: pod this morning, haven't they? From Lincoln, Nebraska? He said, 542 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 1: do you believe with the new era of college football 543 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:13,119 Speaker 1: we could have a two thousand and seven type season? Again? Oh, 544 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 1: listen to that, that's just emotion spilling out of me. 545 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 1: Two thousand and seven. Kids, Just go immerse yourselves in 546 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 1: it for an afternoon. Two thousand and seven for some 547 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 1: of us does not feel like a long time ago. 548 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 1: For others, it's a lifetime ago. Because if you're fifteen 549 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: years old, or even if you're eighteen years old right now, 550 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,919 Speaker 1: you don't remember two thousand and seven. You were alive 551 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 1: for some of you, but you don't remember two thousand 552 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 1: and seven. Go back and just do your homework. Now 553 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: the footage is going to look a little old. Go 554 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 1: back and do the homework, and I also because I 555 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: did this the other day myself. I want you to 556 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 1: go back. I want you to just let yourself be 557 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 1: taken back by how big the games feel. There was 558 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,239 Speaker 1: a random game I think it was USC verse US 559 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 1: Nebraska that I was watching the other day from two 560 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,199 Speaker 1: thousand and seven. This is a Nebraska pod. Now we 561 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: have mentioned Nebraska nineteen times. I think it was Nebraska 562 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: hosting USC and I was watching it. And it's Musburger 563 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 1: and Herb Street. It's Saturday Night football. It's the ABC 564 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 1: game of the week. I don't know how to explain this, 565 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 1: because today the technology is better. There are more cameras today, 566 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 1: there are more ways to cover the sport, there are 567 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,160 Speaker 1: more platforms to talk about the sport today. I don't 568 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: know how to explain what I'm about to say. But 569 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:35,199 Speaker 1: the games just felt bigger back then. The moments just 570 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 1: felt bigger back then. And that's, you know what, fourteen 571 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: seventeen years ago now, So the fifteen to twenty years 572 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: ago timeframe. The two thousand and seven season was wild, 573 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: unlike anything we had seen before, unlike anything we've seen 574 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 1: since then. We had a two loss team win the 575 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 1: national championship. In LSU, we had all kinds of teams that, 576 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: if you went and looked at the top ten in 577 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: any given week, would have no business in the top 578 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 1: ten according to what history tells you. And what happened 579 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 1: was we had no elite teams that year. That's why 580 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 1: we were able to have chaos. So the question is, 581 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: could we have one of those happen again. It's unlikely 582 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: but not impossible. But here's what you would have to have. 583 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 1: You'd have to look at all these teams right now. 584 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 1: So look at the top fifteen teams. You think George 585 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 1: is elite, Well, you would need Carson Beck not to 586 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: be any better than he's already been, and you would 587 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 1: need their defensive line to underperform, and you would need 588 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: their secondary to be as green as it looks like 589 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 1: it could be on paper. Texas, those two run stoppers 590 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 1: on the interior of their defensive line, you would need 591 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 1: them not to be able to backfill there, and you 592 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: would need Texas to be susceptible against the run. You 593 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 1: would need Oregon to not be able to win big games. 594 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,240 Speaker 1: You would need Bama to struggle with the learning curve 595 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 1: of Saban to debor and the way the offense plays 596 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 1: now versus the way it did. Maybe their depth is 597 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: not where it needs to be. You would need all 598 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 1: of the supposed elite teams to not actually be elite, 599 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 1: to have flaws or warts, and they're just very good. 600 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: Therefore they're all be And that means you have a 601 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: wide open field. And that also means when you get 602 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 1: into the playoff, instead of saying it's an inevitability that 603 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 1: the one or two seed is gonna win at all, 604 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 1: you would look at the one or two seed and 605 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 1: you'd say, yeah, they're the best of an imperfect bunch, 606 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: but anyone could win this thing, right now. That's what 607 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: you would need. Is that likely? No? Is it probably 608 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 1: gonna end up happening some year down the road? Again? Yeah? 609 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: But is it this year? I don't think there's any 610 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 1: skill ever in saying it's gonna be this year next? Uh. 611 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 1: Michelle from Golden, Colorado. I didn't even know Michelle live 612 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,480 Speaker 1: in Golden But nevertheless, she says, is it easier to 613 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 1: overcome a talent deficit with a good culture or a 614 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: culture deficit without standing talent? I don't think you're gonna 615 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 1: win sustainably with either one of them. There are always 616 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 1: examples in the past. I e. Meyers eight Florida team 617 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 1: that achieved at the highest level the sport has to offer. 618 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 1: They won a national title, but internally they were a 619 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:02,480 Speaker 1: mess to bottom. But there was a lot of cultural 620 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 1: rot As it turns out inside Now there's also a 621 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 1: difference between competitive culture and societal culture. I guess if 622 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 1: we want to call it that, because those teams competitively 623 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: were top of the line, I think you're look when 624 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 1: we talk about a deficit and talent. All right, if 625 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 1: we view the best rosters in America as being a plus. 626 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,479 Speaker 1: If you're a B plus talent wise, but you've got 627 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 1: great culture, I'll ride with you all day. If you're 628 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 1: a great culture but you're C plus talent wise, it 629 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. You will never be able to overcome the 630 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 1: talent limitations that you have. But every year we see 631 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:45,080 Speaker 1: teams that are talented to a certain extent and they underachieve, 632 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,640 Speaker 1: and we're left asking why is that. Sometimes it's injury, 633 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 1: sometimes it's bounces of the ball. Far more often teams 634 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 1: don't fulfill their potential because they have cultural deficiency here 635 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 1: or there. Now those exams don't get pointed out as 636 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: much and this all stems from Georgia right now. So 637 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 1: Georgia has had a lot of off field issue And 638 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,160 Speaker 1: I made a point the other day that I thought 639 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 1: it was weird that some folks were criticizing me not 640 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 1: picking Georgia to go to the SEC title game, but 641 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 1: they were also yelling about Georgia's culture, And I said, well, 642 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:19,239 Speaker 1: if you think I got a culture problem, why are 643 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:20,720 Speaker 1: you yelling at me? Because I don't think they're going 644 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 1: to go to Atlanta. And a lot of folks said, well, 645 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,240 Speaker 1: culture doesn't matter as much when you've got talent. Georgia 646 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: could win at all but still have bad culture because 647 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,040 Speaker 1: they've got to win at all costs mentality, So winning 648 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 1: is their only culture, and you can pick examples of 649 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 1: that in the past. I'm not saying you can't holistically, though, 650 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,800 Speaker 1: I think much more often the case is we see 651 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 1: teams underachieve because of bad culture, then we see teams 652 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 1: with bad culture achieve at a high level, if that 653 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 1: makes any sense. So it's all conditional, Michelle. I think 654 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:54,240 Speaker 1: if you have a minor talent deficit, if you're B 655 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 1: plus but you're facing the A plus ors, then I 656 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 1: think absolutely you can overcome that with solid culture. You know, 657 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,080 Speaker 1: if you watch Washington against Texas last year, I think 658 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 1: it's a good example. Not saying Texas had bad culture 659 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,680 Speaker 1: or anything like that, but we see a team with 660 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 1: a lesser talent profile against a team with a better 661 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 1: talent profile. But for whatever reason, the lesser talent profile 662 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 1: team won. Why is that. Well, there's something about the 663 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,720 Speaker 1: competitive culture and makeup of the team that had a 664 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:22,960 Speaker 1: lot to do with it. So there's not an easy 665 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 1: answer there. It sounds like you're beating around the bush 666 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 1: when you answer it, But I don't think it's an 667 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 1: easily answerable question. You will have some folks say give 668 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:31,400 Speaker 1: me the talent. I don't care what they do off 669 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,440 Speaker 1: the field. I don't think that builds a long term winner. 670 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 1: And by the way, if we go to go back 671 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: to Urban Myers, Florida teams, remember this, how long did 672 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 1: that run last? I think it was cut well short 673 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:46,000 Speaker 1: because of the problems we're talking about. Cultural problems like 674 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: cancerous internal cultural rot will not allow you to win 675 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 1: long term. It won't. And so if folks are right 676 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 1: about Georgia, if they've got a serious chronic cultural problem there, 677 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:00,600 Speaker 1: I'm a believer that it'll come undone. I don't think 678 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 1: the answer is as simple as a lot of people 679 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:05,080 Speaker 1: make it, so I'm not of that opinion. But if 680 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,000 Speaker 1: you are of the opinion that George has got this 681 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,360 Speaker 1: massive culture problem, they will not achieve at the highest 682 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 1: level that program can achieve at for a long sustained 683 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:16,600 Speaker 1: period of time. They just won't. So jury still out 684 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,920 Speaker 1: on that. Remains to be seen on that. But my 685 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:21,840 Speaker 1: answer is not really an answer, but it kind of 686 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:24,000 Speaker 1: is an answer, and I hope that's an answer. Next 687 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,279 Speaker 1: up is Greg got in Texas. He said, what are 688 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 1: your accommodation preferences on the road? How do you define 689 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 1: hotel versus motel? Greg? This is an interesting question. Second question. First, 690 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:39,440 Speaker 1: to me, motel's are roadside and they have doors that 691 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,520 Speaker 1: are accessible from the outside, kind of like in the movies, 692 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,759 Speaker 1: you know, especially joy Ride. Joey Ride's a really good movie. 693 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:47,440 Speaker 1: It's about an evil truck driver. I highly recommend it. 694 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,080 Speaker 1: They stay in a bunch of motels out in the 695 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:52,840 Speaker 1: middle of Wyoming, and that is you can park and boom, 696 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,920 Speaker 1: there's the door right there. Hotels the doors are only 697 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: accessible from the inside, so you walk through a lobby, 698 00:34:58,120 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 1: you've got the elevator and then the doors are on 699 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: the inside, probably a little safer, less fun, but probably safer. 700 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,720 Speaker 1: My accommodations on the road, I could not care less. 701 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,560 Speaker 1: The only thing I need is I need dependable Wi 702 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,040 Speaker 1: Fi for Friday Night lines. For those of you who 703 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,880 Speaker 1: are new Friday Night Lines is well, you know, I 704 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,080 Speaker 1: can't describe it too. You'll just have to experience it. 705 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,000 Speaker 1: And when the season gets here in the next month, 706 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:23,320 Speaker 1: you'll see it every Friday night only on the Instagram 707 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:27,080 Speaker 1: live feed at late kick Josh. It's super secretive, it's 708 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:30,319 Speaker 1: super off the grid, off the radar. Management doesn't even 709 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:32,480 Speaker 1: know about it because they're not up that late. And 710 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 1: we really make a lot of money when we're doing it. 711 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,719 Speaker 1: It's not a Ponzi scheme either. We just we find 712 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:39,879 Speaker 1: the right games to bet. That's what we do from 713 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,560 Speaker 1: our own unique methods. We do that, so I need 714 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:44,839 Speaker 1: that otherwise I don't really care. And here's a little 715 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,799 Speaker 1: inside baseball for you. You know, we work on contracts in 716 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:51,640 Speaker 1: this business, and you have an agent normally that is 717 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:55,320 Speaker 1: negotiating for you, and a lot of my peers really 718 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:59,400 Speaker 1: really value having first class airfare worked into their contracts 719 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:03,520 Speaker 1: or have certain hotel accommodations worked into their contracts. I've 720 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: never done either one of them. I've gone through the 721 00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:09,840 Speaker 1: cosmetic process of negotiating it just to see what it's like. 722 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:13,480 Speaker 1: It's so funny because I'm thinking to myself, Okay, if 723 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,680 Speaker 1: I were to upgrade to first class from coach or 724 00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:19,799 Speaker 1: economy over the course of twelve weeks, how many more 725 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:22,600 Speaker 1: dollars would that be if I paid for it myself? Okay? 726 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:26,400 Speaker 1: And then I say to myself, let's say they're willing 727 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:29,440 Speaker 1: to give me forty thousand more dollars per year. I 728 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,960 Speaker 1: have friends of mine in this business that will literally 729 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,560 Speaker 1: brag about getting first class guaranteed airfare. Then they would 730 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:38,319 Speaker 1: get in forty thousand extra dollars on their contract, even 731 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,960 Speaker 1: though the first class airfare upgrades worth a fraction of that. 732 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,920 Speaker 1: So it's always funny to me. I've never I've never 733 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:46,520 Speaker 1: had that baked into a contract. Maybe I should, I 734 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,520 Speaker 1: don't know. Maybe if management is listening to this, maybe 735 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,439 Speaker 1: that's a road we should go down. But I don't 736 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:53,840 Speaker 1: really care about the accommodations. I didn't grow up with 737 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:58,160 Speaker 1: great accommodations. I'm not accustomed to great accommodations. I don't 738 00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:01,279 Speaker 1: need great accommodations. I just need Wi Fi. That's all 739 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,839 Speaker 1: I need. The rest of it is very negotiable, and 740 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,080 Speaker 1: I won't make too big a fuss about it. Michael 741 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:10,839 Speaker 1: in Fairfield, Illinois is next, which is not Fairdale, Illinois, 742 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:14,240 Speaker 1: a place where I went to do a damage survey 743 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:17,040 Speaker 1: from another EA for tornado once upon a time. Anyway, 744 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:20,399 Speaker 1: in Fairfield, Illinois, Michael is asking, have you ever been 745 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:22,839 Speaker 1: to the grove? I'm just curious why you never talk 746 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:26,080 Speaker 1: about the best tailgating scene in college football. Yes, I 747 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:29,000 Speaker 1: have been there. There's a very specific reason why I 748 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,040 Speaker 1: don't talk about it because I didn't get to see 749 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:32,600 Speaker 1: it that day. I've only been to one game at 750 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:34,319 Speaker 1: Ole Miss. It was the Kentucky game. It was two 751 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:38,760 Speaker 1: years ago. It was great because it was a noon kickoff. 752 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:42,040 Speaker 1: I got back to the office in Nashville in time 753 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,879 Speaker 1: to watch the late games. Only time I remember being 754 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:46,600 Speaker 1: able to do that if I drove to a game, 755 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:48,960 Speaker 1: but I was not out there because what happens is 756 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:51,760 Speaker 1: I have to do morning hits for you know, CBS 757 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,840 Speaker 1: Sports HQ, and so I'm in the stadium at the 758 00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:57,000 Speaker 1: time where normally you would be out there tailgating. I 759 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,319 Speaker 1: didn't get to see it that particular day. Now, sometimes 760 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,360 Speaker 1: I will get out there and spend an hour or 761 00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:04,520 Speaker 1: two in the tailgating scene. It just depends on what 762 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,640 Speaker 1: my schedule is that day. I didn't get to experience it. 763 00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:10,840 Speaker 1: So blindly, I know it's great, and I did walk 764 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,839 Speaker 1: through it. It's amazing. It's a spectacle. They could see 765 00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:16,880 Speaker 1: it from space. It's wonderful. I didn't get to experience it, 766 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:19,520 Speaker 1: so I want to give you a first hand account. 767 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,320 Speaker 1: And they got Georgia coming in town this year. Maybe 768 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:24,279 Speaker 1: that game, maybe we get over there and maybe we 769 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,600 Speaker 1: experience it for ourselves. 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