1 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back. I don't know how 2 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: back we are. I'll detail that momentarily. But it is Thursday. 3 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 1: It is February, eleventh, year of Our Lord, twenty twenty one. 4 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 1: I've got a lot of really good stuff in the 5 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: podcast this morning. But the reason I said I don't 6 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: know how back I am because let me just take 7 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: you very very quickly through the last twelve or so hours. 8 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: So I was in Columbus for the last few days. 9 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: I was back home visiting friends, family, et cetera. And 10 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: so I know you, Hey, we got a Thursday podcast, 11 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: we got a Thursday night late Kick Live. I gotta 12 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: get home. So I drive home last night. I leave Columbus. 13 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: It's about seventy degrees. I get to Nashville. Hey, it's 14 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: low to mid thirties. But I get it. It's winter. 15 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: Current situation, as I'm recording this morning outside my apartment building, 16 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: our current weather condition, if you pull up the weather 17 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: app is thunderstorm thirty three degrees. It's the most disgusting, 18 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: disrespectful weather you will ever experience. A thunderstorm at thirty 19 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: three degrees miserable, and I'm actually going to have to 20 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: go outside in a little while, so not necessarily looking 21 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 1: forward to that. So what I'm telling you is, for 22 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: all the times you guys have thanked me for bringing 23 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 1: you a podcast and getting you through your day, I 24 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: need you this morning a whole heck of a lot 25 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: more than you need me, because right now I have 26 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: an excuse to sit in this nice, warm apartment building, 27 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: and about the time I hit stop on this is 28 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: about the time that those excuses are going to go 29 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: out the window. So happy Thursday to us all, for sure, 30 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 1: five star reviews. Appreciate it. In the Apple podcast section. 31 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: You know what occurred to me the other day, One 32 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: of you DMed me and said, Hey, I'm trying to 33 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,559 Speaker 1: give you a five star review. Man, I can't find 34 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: where to do it, which I would have to classify 35 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: as a valid concern. So if you're on the late 36 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: Kick page, you know you search late Kick, you go 37 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: to the actual show page where you can pull up 38 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: the episodes. I don't know why it's like this, but 39 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: for most people, you'll have to scroll all the way 40 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: down past all these ridiculous numbers of episodes we've done, 41 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: and eventually you'll get to the bottom, and there you 42 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: will find the ratings and review section, and that's where 43 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: you can give the five star review and it's very 44 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: much appreciated. You can also submit a question there. I 45 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: got a couple this morning from the review section where 46 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: people wisely have just chosen to put their questions right 47 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: there in the podcast review. One other little housekeeping note, 48 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:15,799 Speaker 1: Late Kick Live is tonight. We've got a lot to 49 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: talk about, as we always do. Kind of need to 50 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: throw that phrasing out because I say it every show, 51 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: but also got some new bells and whistles. We're slowly 52 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: going to be adding to the show. As I told you, 53 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: I let you guys know about updates as I'm allowed to. 54 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 1: There is bells and whistles right now being added. There 55 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: is a canon being added later this summer. It's not 56 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: another person. So a lot of you guess that note, 57 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: you'll know, trust me, you'll know. But we've got some 58 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,399 Speaker 1: new production folks. We've been given access to a few 59 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: more resources and so we're looking forward to that. So 60 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: check it out tonight. Some you'll notice, some you want, 61 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: but feedback, as always is appreciated. So let's dive into 62 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: the Late Kick Extra portion of the Late Kick Extra podcast. 63 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: All Q and a we do them Tuesday and Thursday 64 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:01,399 Speaker 1: morning quickly Josh Pate seven zero six at gmail dot com. 65 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: If you want to submit a question, you can also 66 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: DM me on Twitter at late Kick Josh Sean kicking 67 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: us off this morning, Sean wants to know why do 68 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: people hate Notre Dame's independence and do they have a point? Well, Sean, 69 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people who were even indifferent 70 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 1: on this have now certainly developed an opinion one way 71 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: or the other so quickly. What Shawn's talking about is, 72 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: obviously most other teams are in a conference and Notre 73 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: Dame is not in a normal season. Well, this past 74 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: year was not a normal season. So even if someone 75 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: had previously said I don't care, I don't care what 76 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: Notre Dame does, let them live their life up there 77 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: in South Bend, Well, then they saw Notre Dame in 78 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: the ACC, and not only that, they saw him play 79 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: a really, really good year in the ACC. And I 80 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: think a lot of people looked around at the end 81 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: of that season the regular season this year, and they realized, 82 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: wait a second, if Notre Dame was independent, that means 83 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: they wouldn't have a conference championship game to play, and 84 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: that means that probably be in the playoff most years, 85 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: and as it turns out, since they had to play 86 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: a conference title game and they got smashed, that's the 87 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: only thing that kept them out. So then previously indifferent 88 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: person their mind tells them, well, that means we need 89 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: to put this team in a conference. It's not fair. 90 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: And I get that point of view. I certainly get 91 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: that approach. Here is my counter, my counters. We've talked 92 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: about this before on this podcast. My counter has been, Sean, 93 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: you or anyone else out there who has a legitimate 94 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: beef with Notre Dame, your beef is not with Notre Dame. 95 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: And I know that because of this. If I were 96 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 1: to put you in the position of being the athletic 97 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: director at Notre Dame, what would you do different? And 98 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: pause before you start making these definitive answers, pause and 99 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: think about what I said. I didn't say you get 100 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: to choose what to do with Notre Dame. I said 101 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: you're the AD at Notre Dame, which means you have 102 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: Notre Dame's best interest at the forefront, not necessarily what's 103 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 1: in the best interest of college football. So if you 104 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: have all these things, you have total autonomy over your schedule, 105 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: so you're not boxed into playing eight teams a year. 106 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 1: They kind of are because they have an agreement with 107 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: the ACC, but they entered into that agreement so you 108 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: have schedule autonomy so you can play your national schedule 109 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: every year. You have your own unique TV deal, so 110 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: they have with NBC essentially what entire conferences have, Like 111 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: the SEC has a deal with ESPN, the SEC has 112 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: a deal with CBS. Notre Dame has their own TV deal, 113 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: so they're not giving anything up. They're not sacrificing anything 114 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: from a TV rights perspective by not being in a conference. Now, 115 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: their paycheck from NBC certainly might not be as big 116 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: as the entire collective TV package that you would get 117 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: if you were the Big ten with Fox or the 118 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: SEC with CBS, but they're also not really worried about 119 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 1: it because they'll never be hurting for money cause their 120 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 1: endowments like forty seven quadrullion dollars and so Notre Dame 121 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:56,239 Speaker 1: has the scheduling autonomy, they have the TV flexibility, and 122 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: then they're also not boxed out because they have a 123 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 1: seed at the table that is equal to another conference 124 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 1: when it comes to the college football playoff when it 125 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 1: comes not to the selection process, I mean, but when 126 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: it comes to figuring out the mechanisms and voting on 127 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: this and that, Notre Dame has its own seat at 128 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: the table. So Sean or anyone else out there who 129 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: claims you do something different. Now that I've presented those things, 130 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: could you tell me any reason why you would voluntarily 131 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: change things? I certainly wouldn't. I've always said I'd do 132 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: exactly what Notre Dame does until someone forced my hand. Well, 133 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: who's going to force Notre Dame's hand? I mean, if 134 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: you've got a big problem with this, don't direct your 135 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: ire at Notre Dame. Direct your iyer elsewhere the rest 136 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: of the college football complex that allows that to happen. Now, again, 137 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 1: my personal stance on this is I really am indifferent 138 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: on it. I am one of the lab I think 139 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: I'm kind of a unicorn. I'm one of the last 140 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: people out here who looks at Notre Dame's independence and says, eh, 141 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. If I had my way, 142 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: if you choose, if you made me choose one way 143 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: or the other, I'd like them to be in a conference. 144 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: But it's not keeping me up at night. And I 145 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: also don't see any where it's taken a wrecking ball 146 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: to the playoff format that it's egregiously putting Notre Dame 147 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: in and egregiously kept someone out. I mean, you can 148 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: make little arguments here and there, but by and large, 149 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 1: I think every year they've been in, they belonged in, 150 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: and they've never been kept out in a year where 151 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: otherwise they should have been in. I don't think it's 152 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: really messed anything up, so I'm cool with it. But Sean, 153 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: I think the reason that people hate, or some people 154 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: hate Notre Dames independence is just because it's a different 155 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: set of rules they're playing by. And I understand, just 156 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: in principle alone, why you get very, very aggravated. And 157 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: I always thought, and still do think that the one 158 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: thing that may make Notre Dame rethink their own position 159 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: is if the time comes where they are in a 160 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: situation where they go into the final weekend of the 161 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: season in the top four, but they're sitting at home 162 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: while someone else is playing a conference title game. You know, 163 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: think about this upcoming year. I'm just gonna selfishly use 164 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: a scenario that I hope happens. Let's say Oklahoma was 165 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: the number one seed. Let's say Iowa State was the 166 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: number six seed, and Notre Dame is somewhere in the 167 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: top four. Okay, so let's just say, for argument's sake, 168 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: the top four is Oklahoma, Alabama, Clemson, and then Notre 169 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: Dame and then my Iowa State Cyclones are number five. 170 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: They're playing Oklahoma in the Big twelve title game. You know, 171 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: Alabama's playing someone in the SEC title game, Clemson's playing 172 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: someone in the ACC Title game, but Notre Dame's not. 173 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: They're sitting at home. And let's say Iowa State beats 174 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: Oklahoma twenty six to twenty three. Ou was the number 175 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: one seed. They're not falling all the way out, nor 176 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: should they. I'm not going to punish them for having 177 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: to play a reward game the Big twelve title game. 178 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: I'm not dropping them all the way out. I am, however, 179 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: absolutely putting Iowa State in and if Bama and Clemson 180 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: both win, they're not going anywhere. Well, who's the odd 181 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 1: man out? It's Notre Dame. And so my big question 182 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: has been hasn't happened yet, But my big question has 183 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: been what would the reaction be in South Bend? If 184 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: they get bumped out, and it's obvious they got bumped 185 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 1: out because they didn't play in a comp championship game. 186 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: They didn't have a conference title game to plan. That 187 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: to me, Sean is what you need to root for. 188 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 1: If you want to see that structure change, that's what 189 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:11,079 Speaker 1: you should root for. Eric is next up. I got 190 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: two questions. Yes he does, and Eric we're going to 191 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: answer one now and one later. So Eric says, my 192 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: first question is, since you believe in having a group 193 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 1: of five playoff, how do you feel about having two 194 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: national champions at the FBS level, which that would provide. 195 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: I wonder if you believe it would cause even more 196 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 1: debate and whether we are devaluing a national title by 197 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,679 Speaker 1: having two champions. That's a good question. No, I don't 198 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: think it would devalue it. And Eric, to be honest 199 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: with you, I don't care about it. Don't misunderstand what 200 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: I'm saying. I certainly care about the product. I would love. 201 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: As Eric said, I've said it before, I would love 202 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: to have what you would call, I guess, a power 203 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:50,439 Speaker 1: five playoff, basically the existing college football playoff, just add 204 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: in an added filter where it's a tournament that only 205 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: Power five teams are qualifying for and then build an 206 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: entire separate playoff that's much more realistic, that admits the 207 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: obvious that there is a vast difference between the typical 208 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: G five and Power five levels of college football, whether 209 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: it be financial, whether it be typical strength. To schedule 210 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 1: and just have a G five playoff and then you 211 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 1: get a national champion at the G five level, everybody 212 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: from Tulsa to Cincinnati to Houston and everywhere in between, 213 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: they enter the beginning of the season knowing they got 214 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: a legit shot at a national championship. And at the 215 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: same time, we're not continuing this facade of pretending that Louisiana, 216 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,199 Speaker 1: Monroe and the University of Georgia are competing in the 217 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 1: same sport. They're not. They never have been. And so 218 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,199 Speaker 1: that's my answer to everyone who complains about the little 219 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,839 Speaker 1: guys not getting a shot. Will build a system where 220 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: they get a shot. Stop trying to shoehorn them into 221 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: a system that really they don't belong in because of 222 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: the vast inequality in college football, and inequality that can't 223 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 1: be erased. This is not a system that is built 224 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: for equality. It's certainly not This is not the NFL. 225 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: It's not pro sports period. I hear so many people say, well, 226 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: the NFL has a playoff and everyone's qualified, and even 227 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: for the autobid crowded if you win your division in 228 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: the NFL, you automatically get a spot. Do you know 229 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,959 Speaker 1: why that is? Take the parody out of it. Just 230 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 1: take the parody out of it. That is the reason. 231 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 1: But take the parody out of it. The reason why 232 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: the NFL can do what they want with their structure 233 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: is because the National Football League is an entity that 234 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: was built solely for football teams to compete against each other. 235 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: They built the platform with that in mind. It's like 236 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: if we were to go and start playing baseball in 237 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: the sandbox in elementary school, we are accepting at the 238 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: outset of that game. We are playing a sport on 239 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: a platform that wasn't necessarily designed to play baseball. And 240 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: now if we go over to a baseball field, the 241 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: baseball field, there's first base, second base, third base, home plate. 242 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 1: Everything's good because we're on a baseball field. If we're 243 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 1: playing on the sandbox, you know, the edge of the 244 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 1: swing set has to be first base, and over there 245 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: at the base of the slide. That's second base. Here 246 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: over here at the corner of the sandbox, that's our 247 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 1: home plate. You got to make it up as you go. 248 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:09,839 Speaker 1: College football is the same thing college football. Colleges. The 249 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:15,679 Speaker 1: American university system was not originally built or constructed to 250 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: house athletic departments. Athletic departments were vestiges that came along 251 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: decades later in most cases, and they just kind of 252 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: figured out a way to compete against each other. And 253 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: so naturally, what do you get when that happens. Will 254 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:32,319 Speaker 1: you get some places that are programs connected to universities 255 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 1: that have been around one hundred and fifty years, and 256 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,319 Speaker 1: then you get other programs connected to the universities that 257 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: have been around sixty years. You get places like the 258 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: University of Alabama, where they've been winning national titles since 259 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 1: the nineteen twenties in some shape, form or fashion. And 260 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: then you get another place like Central Florida that we'd 261 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:53,599 Speaker 1: never heard of like twenty five years ago. How in 262 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 1: the world are we going to have equality in that? 263 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 1: The answer is you're not. I mean, what did you 264 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: guys think was gonna happen? Did you really think you 265 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: were going to walk up to these folks who have 266 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 1: been investing in this stuff for over a century, and say, hey, 267 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: it's all well and good that you've been taking football 268 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 1: seriously for over a century. And my grandma, who turns 269 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: one hundred next year, wasn't even around when some of 270 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: you guys were winning national titles and starting to build 271 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,559 Speaker 1: the skeletal outframes of what your stadiums now are. It's 272 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: all well and good that you did that, but hey, 273 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: if it's all right with you, we're gonna hit the 274 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: reset button now, because Boise he needs a seat at 275 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 1: the table. They're not going for that. They never were 276 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 1: going for that. I wouldn't go for it if I 277 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,680 Speaker 1: were them. You wouldn't go for it. If you were them, 278 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: by the way, you wouldn't do it either. So let's 279 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,599 Speaker 1: just construct the new system now. Having said that, the 280 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 1: question from Eric was, well, are you scared it's gonna 281 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:45,079 Speaker 1: devalue a national title by having two champions? Of course? Not? Well? No, Well, 282 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 1: I say, of course, not like it's obvious for me, 283 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:49,679 Speaker 1: it's obvious. I don't want to sound insulting in my 284 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 1: answer for me, Eric, no, I don't worry about that 285 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: at all. I'm not concerned about that. At all. But 286 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: I also think in the other part where you asked 287 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 1: if I was worried that it would cause more debate, 288 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 1: I don't care. I don't care what people say. Talk 289 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 1: about it, hey man, it may even give a few 290 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: more people jobs in this industry, for all I know. 291 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: Talk about it all you want to. I normally block 292 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,839 Speaker 1: that stuff out. As I've told you before, I am 293 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: not a believer, never have been, never will be that 294 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 1: just because people are upset, it means something has to change. 295 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: People are upset about everything all the time. That's why 296 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: it never seems like there's status quo. It never seems 297 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: like in the modern digital media age and the social 298 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: media agent, it never seems like we just maintain status 299 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: quo for five minutes. Everything's constantly got to be evolving. 300 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: There's a problem here, there's a problem there. Nothing can 301 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: stay the same, everything's got to be changing. Well, I'm 302 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: not necessarily about that. If there's an egregious problem, yeah, 303 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: fix it, go after it. A lot of the problems 304 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: that are made to look egregious these days, college football 305 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: or otherwise, they're not really that. It's just someone bored it. 306 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: Like two thirty five in the afternoon, on a Tuesday, 307 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: and then a few other people say, Hey, I'm bored too, yawn, 308 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: hashtag trending. All right, let's change it, let's do it. 309 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: So no, Eric, I'm not worried about any of those things. 310 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: And I absolutely would love that redefined structure. Now Here 311 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: is where you I think could shoot a hole in 312 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: my argument. And I've already brought this up before, and 313 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: I'll just mention it again as we move on. How 314 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 1: do you define power five? How do you define G five? 315 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: Is there just this permanent ceiling on G five and 316 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: this permanent floor on P five. I would I would 317 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: push back strongly against that argument. And I'm the one 318 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: making it, okay, so I would push back against that 319 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: portion of the argument. I gotta think that we have 320 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: to maintain fluidity in what qualifies as one and what 321 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: qualifies as the other. I know there's the regulation concept 322 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: from the European soccer model, where at any given year 323 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: you're capable of being rewarded for performance and rising from 324 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 1: the very top of the bottom tier. Conversely, you are 325 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: fully capable of being punished and dropping from the bottom 326 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: of the top tier. I don't know how realistic that is, 327 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: but some form or fashion of that ideology has to 328 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: be involved because, as I said the other day, if 329 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 1: Oregon and USC, if they don't pick it up and 330 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: become true perennial national powers and the rest of the 331 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: PAC twelve remains as is and the AAC continues to surge, 332 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: which it has, and it's not been one conference. Who 333 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: is the face? Who is the face of the ACC 334 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: right now? It's not the way it looked a few 335 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: years ago, where it's Central Florida and then a lot 336 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: of other really good teams. Any given year could be Houston, 337 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: could be Memphis. This year was Cincinnati. That's a really 338 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: solid conference. It sounds like I hate on him. I'm 339 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: not hating on them at all. In fact, the opposite. 340 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: I think right now it may be a better conference 341 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: in any given year. It certainly has had the argument 342 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 1: of being a deeper conference top to bottom than the 343 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: PAC twelve. So I don't know, and that's where we 344 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: got to figure stuff out. I'm leaving the open end 345 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: on this question because I don't know where power five 346 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 1: ends and G five begins right now. That would be 347 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: the infinitely more murky, debatable, legitimately debatable portion of that 348 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 1: answer for me. Eric Jordan producer. Jordan, by the way, 349 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: slipped in this morning. He DMed me and he said, 350 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: when am I getting the podcast to edit? And I 351 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: told him a time, so far we're on schedule. And 352 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 1: then he said, all right, now, can you answer my question, 353 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 1: what's your favorite tag team of all time? Jordan? I 354 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: think what you want me to say is the Rock 355 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 1: and Roll Express or the Midnight Express or the Road Warriors, 356 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 1: and you can't go wrong with any of those. However, 357 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: you have to remember when I was a wee hot 358 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 1: and I was coming along in what the pro wrestling 359 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: world calls the attitude era of the late nineties. I 360 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 1: was essentially a perfect slice of the demographic that pro 361 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 1: wrestling was targeting. I was a middle school kid and 362 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: I was hearing my buddies talk about wrestling, and I'd 363 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,639 Speaker 1: not grown up watching it. But peer pressure is a 364 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 1: powerful thing. I never succumb to drugs, and never done 365 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 1: a single drug in my life. I didn't succumb to 366 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 1: some other things, but boy, I came to pro wrestling, 367 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:52,640 Speaker 1: and so I also knew I wasn't allowed to watch it. 368 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: Pro wrestling a little bit edgy in the late nineties. Naturally, 369 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:57,359 Speaker 1: you got to find a way to watch it, and 370 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: so we started setting up a very elaborate tape trading 371 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 1: system on the underground pro wrestling tape trading scene at 372 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: Harris County Carver Middle School. At least that's what it 373 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: was called then. And so here's what would happen. I 374 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: could not watch it on Monday night. We had an 375 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: unspoken bond amongst all the guys at Harris County Carver 376 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: Middle School where no one was allowed to spoil the 377 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: previous night's results in the locker room or anywhere in 378 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 1: the lunch room, and tape trading was going on. So, 379 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,920 Speaker 1: like one of my buddies named at, he was tasked 380 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 1: with bringing the VHS tape of the previous night's Monday 381 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: Night raw to school. Then we would pass it very covertly, 382 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: in fact, now that I think about it, sort of 383 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: unnecessarily covertly. We were kind of acting like a cartel, 384 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,439 Speaker 1: and in reality, we were just handing off pro wrestling 385 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 1: tapes to each other. So then here's what happens. We 386 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 1: got to get home and then me and my next 387 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 1: door neighbor, we've got to get that VHS watched because 388 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: we have a precious small window of time from the 389 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 1: time we get off the bus at about three point 390 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 1: thirty to the time that mom or Dad or both 391 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 1: may get home from work at about five at an 392 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: hour and a half to watch two hours worth of 393 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: pro wrestling, which means we can fast forward through the 394 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: commercials and get it in just in time. That's how 395 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: we had to watch back in the day. And I 396 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 1: say all that to tell you this, that's where I 397 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: was introduced to the tag team called the New Age Outlaws, 398 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 1: which was road Dog, Jesse, James blank Blank, Billy Gunn. 399 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: That was my favorite tag team because that's the one 400 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:23,199 Speaker 1: that I first came to love. And then afterwards, you know, 401 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: once you go back and you learn the history of 402 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: the business, then you hear about the Road Warriors, and 403 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: the Road Warriors was still liketed. Then then you hear 404 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: about the Rock and Roll Express, the Midnight Express. But 405 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,959 Speaker 1: my first love was the New Age Outlass Jordan. And 406 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,919 Speaker 1: so that's my favorite tag team, Jordan, And that is 407 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: why I have their poster. Yeah, I'm not going to 408 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 1: fish that sentence. All right, Let's move on Eric's second question. 409 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: Eric's second question is a doozy. He says, how do 410 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 1: you think a program like Oklahoma or LSU can land 411 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 1: amongst the elite Tier one programs like Mamma, Ohio State 412 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 1: and Clemson and not just rent a space there for 413 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: a year like LSU did, but to stay there and 414 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 1: enjoy perennial success like their respective Tier one programs. Well, 415 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: the first question here is have the right head coach. 416 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: If you have the right head coach, you got the 417 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: right structure in place. There is no doubt in my 418 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: mind Oklahoma has the right head coach. There is a 419 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: little bit more doubt in my mind LSU does. And 420 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,119 Speaker 1: that's relatively speaking. Okay, I'm not saying Editor's run is 421 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: some disaster or anything like that, but I have more 422 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:25,160 Speaker 1: confidence in the stability of the Oklahoma program. The second 423 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 1: thing you have to get figured out, obviously is quarterback. 424 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 1: And once you get quarterback figured out, quarterback recruiting gets 425 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: figured out. After that. It's sort of a chicken egg thing. 426 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: But Oklahoma's had that for a while. LSU. The reason 427 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: that they were able to explode obviously in twenty nineteen 428 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 1: is doing large part to the play of Joe Burrow, 429 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: and they have gotten quarterback play, They've gotten quarterback talent, 430 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 1: they just signed, for instance, Garrett Nussmeyer in this last class, 431 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,399 Speaker 1: saw a guy like Max Johnson come on strong at 432 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 1: the lot of portions of the twenty twenty season, and 433 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: hopefully that's able to carry over. But again, think about 434 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 1: the kinds of uncertainty we have at now head coach 435 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 1: and quarterback at LSU relative to Oklahoma. See, to me, 436 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,399 Speaker 1: Oklahoma's there. They just haven't won a national title. But 437 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: Oklahoma's already there. There is very little hesitation on my 438 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 1: end before I place Oklahoma and Tier one. And the 439 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 1: only way I don't place them there in Tier one 440 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 1: is if we're adding in qualifiers, and one of the 441 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: qualifiers is you have to have won a national title. Now, 442 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: the other barrier that I think some of you may 443 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: have in your mind, and I understand this barrier. The 444 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: other barrier may be, well, I've seen Oklahoma have to 445 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 1: face those teams. I et Oklahoma versus LSU a few 446 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: years ago, Oklahoma versus Bama, Well that was last year. 447 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,880 Speaker 1: Oklahoma versus Bama a few years ago. And you've seen 448 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:43,640 Speaker 1: them go up against the big boys, and you've seen 449 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: them fall flat, get down twenty eight to nothing, or 450 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: get splattered all over the place in Atlanta. I think 451 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 1: LSU had like half a hundred by halftime, and you're 452 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: basically thinking to yourself, Yeah, they play good offense, but 453 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a crackerjack conference out there. When they 454 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 1: get into a big time playoff situation again, a big 455 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: time Tier one program, they fall because they can't play defense. 456 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,120 Speaker 1: And you're right that they haven't. They haven't been able 457 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 1: to do that. I am very confident that the defensive 458 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: product is rapidly being rectified at Oklahoma to the point 459 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 1: where I think Lincoln Riley's probably gonna have the best 460 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 1: team he's had so far this year. Obviously, injuries could 461 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 1: get in the way of that whatnot, but that could 462 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,880 Speaker 1: happen anywhere. But Lincoln Riley's about to put the best 463 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: team I think that he's had to date at Oklahoma 464 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: on the field, and it'll be the most balanced team 465 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 1: that he's had. They'll be really good offensively. But if 466 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,439 Speaker 1: you were watching Oklahoma in the back half of this 467 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 1: past season, they were playing better defense than a lot 468 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: of teams that were in playoff contention. Now, they had 469 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:44,119 Speaker 1: dropped a couple of games early, they didn't belong in 470 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:47,199 Speaker 1: the playoff conversation, but that's twenty twenty. You know, a 471 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: lot of that's coming back, and that I mean nothing 472 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: about that philosophy's going anywhere in twenty twenty one. They 473 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 1: didn't lose Alex Grinch or anything like that. So I'm 474 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: really excited to watch Oklahoma. I've got a number two 475 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: right now in my Power ratings for the twenty twenty 476 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: one season, which could change, but I got them number 477 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: two right now. So Eric, I gotta be honest with you, 478 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 1: I have Oklahoma up there. But once you get head 479 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 1: coach figured out, and once you get quarterback figured out, 480 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: obviously the recruiting aspect has to be figured out too, 481 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 1: and you have to You don't have to be recruiting 482 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: in the top three every year, but you gotta be 483 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,919 Speaker 1: inside the top ten. I firmly believe that. I know 484 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: there may be occasional exceptions to the rule, but if 485 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: you're gonna have a sustained run, you can't be recruiting 486 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,639 Speaker 1: outside the top ten. You simply can't, because too many 487 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: other programs you're gonna compete against are not just in 488 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: the top ten every year, they're in the top five 489 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: every year. One of them at Alabama's in the top 490 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: two every year. So those are the things you have 491 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: to have figured out, all right, Jojo, first time I've 492 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:45,399 Speaker 1: heard from Jojo, hopefully not the last. I don't know 493 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: if this is the same guy that just signed with Alabama. 494 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 1: Jojo Earl my favorite name, I think from this entire 495 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 1: recruiting cycle. But Jojo last name not mentioned. Asked how 496 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: long does it take to write the script for an 497 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 1: episode of Late Kick, And the answer is zero minutes 498 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 1: and zero seconds because we don't script anything. All that 499 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 1: happens is we have a Google doc that director Colin 500 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: and I share and I'll put in there two things. 501 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: I'll put in there the lower thirds, you know, which 502 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 1: is just the little thing you see at the bottom 503 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 1: of the screen. I'll put the lower thirds that delineate 504 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 1: which segments we're doing on tonight show. I'll give you 505 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 1: an example. On tonight's show, we're going to talk about Georgia, 506 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 1: and this is if there's no breaking news today, We're 507 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: going to talk about Georgia. We're gonna do a mood 508 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 1: tracker for Miami and Auburn, and I'm actually going to 509 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: talk about the video game, the college football video game. 510 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: But it's going to be presented in a way where 511 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: if you've never played a video game in your life, 512 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: it's still very interesting to you. Because I don't play 513 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 1: video games, but I think it's very very important anyway. 514 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,239 Speaker 1: So I'm going to go in that Google doc and 515 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 1: I'll put four different lower thirds. Director Colin knows. A. 516 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: That means we're doing four different unique segments that he's 517 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:52,879 Speaker 1: going to have to clip for individual use for the 518 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: YouTube channel and the web later on. And then B 519 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: he knows which elements together, so I don't have to 520 00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,439 Speaker 1: do any of that. Director Colin knows. If we're going 521 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 1: to talk about for seven minutes, I need to go 522 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: find some b roll of Georgia, Kirbie Smart, whatever that 523 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 1: is about it. There is no scripting. I use minimal notes, 524 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: kind of like right now in the podcast, I'm sitting 525 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,360 Speaker 1: here in a hoodie with my hands in my pockets 526 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: and we're just talking because it's very free flowing and 527 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 1: the way I always thought about that, and everyone has 528 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 1: their own style, I'm just telling you this is how 529 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,159 Speaker 1: I do mine. But Jojo, the way I've always summed 530 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: that up for someone is if you and I, Jojo, 531 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: if you and I were to go to Clearview Barbecue, 532 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 1: down in Columbus, Georgia, where I used to eat lunch 533 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: every day. If you and I were to go over 534 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 1: to Clearview today, we would not take notes with us. 535 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 1: But yet we would almost certainly talk about college football. Right, So, 536 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: would we ever struggle? Would we ever stutter? Would you 537 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 1: enter into a sentence about your opinion of the SEC 538 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden look around and say, 539 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 1: hold on, hold on, let me think, Let me pull 540 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 1: my phone out, let me see where I want to 541 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,439 Speaker 1: go here. You wouldn't because you know how you feel, 542 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,679 Speaker 1: you know what you think and what you believe, and 543 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 1: you'd just talk, you know, and then hopefully you chew, 544 00:25:57,960 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 1: and then you take a breath, and then you'd keep talking. 545 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 1: You wouldn't need notes. We're not talking about astrophysics here. 546 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 1: If we were talking about astrophysics, I probably have a 547 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: probably have an index card or two with some notes 548 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 1: written on it. We're just talking about, you know, whether 549 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: Texas is going to be able to come back bigger 550 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: and stronger than ever under Steve Sarkisan. No one needs 551 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,120 Speaker 1: notes for that. No one does well. I don't, at least, 552 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: and so I'm very comfortable just doing it. Off to fly, 553 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 1: I prefer it that way. It's also why I prefer 554 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 1: live over pre recorded. We do these podcasts and I'll 555 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 1: stop and start these things a few times, and the 556 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: only reason is because subconsciously, you know you're operating with 557 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: a safety net under you. I cannot explain the psychological 558 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: aspect of that, but it just does not deliver the 559 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: same kind of I guess you would call it subconscious adrenaline. 560 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:46,959 Speaker 1: That live does live performance, live TV, live radio, and 561 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,440 Speaker 1: so I prefer live. We could do the YouTube show 562 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: pre recorded and we could probably not miss anything from 563 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 1: an element or flavor perspective. I want it live because 564 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 1: I grew up in live radio news, So jojo. I 565 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 1: guess what I'm telling you is the real key to 566 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: life is never prepare notes and make yourself as vulnerable 567 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 1: as possible in front of people at all times. It'll 568 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 1: take you a long way. Now here's a transition. How 569 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 1: many of you have ever talked about coach speak? Every 570 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: single I see hands all over the place, every single 571 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: one of you, myself included. Well, we got a question 572 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,160 Speaker 1: about coach speak, and it's a good one, and it's 573 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: one of those mystery questions because I don't have the 574 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: name of the person who submitted it. We're going to 575 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 1: hit it. Though. Right after this all right, mystery submitter 576 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:34,199 Speaker 1: asks how hard is it to understand coach speak? So 577 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: this one is a very very open ended question. Obviously 578 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 1: you can go any different ways with this. I answered this, 579 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: and then I backspaced in my mind, So I guess, 580 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,120 Speaker 1: jojo I, I guess I needed notes for this one. 581 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 1: I couldn't decide how I wanted to answer this, So 582 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:49,439 Speaker 1: let me go a few different ways. We're just going 583 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,640 Speaker 1: to do it this abstract stream of thought. I think 584 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 1: it's easy to understand it because most of the time 585 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 1: it's pretty mindless, it's pretty surfacing. However, here's the next area. 586 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 1: I went, how do we know what coach speak is? 587 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: Because to understand it can be interpreted. How do you 588 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: understand when you're hearing it? Now, let me tell you this, 589 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,959 Speaker 1: and I've spoken about this at link recently. Just because 590 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,160 Speaker 1: you hear something repeated a lot, that does not automatically 591 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: mean it's coach speak, because I think coach speak has 592 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 1: become synonymous with someone just thrown out fluff and filler, 593 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 1: and you know, it's a bunch of cliches that coaches 594 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,360 Speaker 1: may use to filibuster the time in the press conference 595 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 1: in lieu of actually saying something substantive. Now, Gus Malesan 596 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 1: Bless his Heart is probably the world champion at coach speak. 597 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 1: Gus Malson has about seven to ten key phrases that 598 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 1: he uses in any combination. It's like hul Cogan. We 599 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 1: were talking about pro wrestling earlier. Hull Cogan. You know, 600 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 1: his promos consisted of about seven to ten different phrases 601 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 1: that were turned sideways, upside down, or combined in unique manners, 602 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: and that was his promo and he got the same 603 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: thing for fifteen years. It's the same way with Gus 604 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: Mauson in a press conference. You know, I can guarantee 605 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: you no matter if two of his players literally escaped 606 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 1: the field and ran out of the tunnel and quit 607 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: football in the middle of the third quarter, if they 608 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 1: lose a game, he's coming to the podium postgame and 609 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 1: he's saying, I can promise you this though, we will 610 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 1: get better, we will be better because of this. Now, 611 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: there's no guarantee. I've seen Auburn lose games before and 612 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 1: their seasons spiral out of control. Well, Gus Mileson lied 613 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 1: to me that day right, doesn't matter. He's on autopilot, 614 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: and so Gus Miles on. That's one way if you're 615 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 1: talking about spotting coach speak, just watching Gus Miles on 616 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 1: pres conference, you'll spot the coach speak. However, let me 617 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 1: go up the road a little bit. Since we interviewed 618 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: Nick Saban the other day. Let's go to Alabama, because 619 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people mistake some of the 620 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,959 Speaker 1: stuff he says. It's coach speak, it's not. He just 621 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 1: says it over and over again. What I think happens 622 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 1: sometimes is when people listen to ultra successful folks like 623 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 1: Nick Saban, and they hear him constantly talk about the 624 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 1: process and constantly talk about doing things the right way 625 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 1: day in and day out. Focus on the process instead 626 00:29:54,920 --> 00:30:00,720 Speaker 1: of the prize, accomplishment and success creates a blatant disregard 627 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:03,560 Speaker 1: for doing things the right way. You keep hearing him 628 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 1: say these things. Some out there mistakenly take that as 629 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 1: coach speak. It's not. He's actually laying out the blueprint 630 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 1: and his formula for success. Here's the catch. Most people 631 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: think it has to be more complicated than that. Most 632 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 1: people think, well, number one, if he's telling me that 633 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: he would never tell me his real secret, so it's 634 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,640 Speaker 1: got to be coach speaking Number two. Well, that was 635 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 1: one sentence. Process over prize, one day at a time, 636 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 1: focus on the next play like it has a history 637 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 1: in life of its own. Those are easy. No, this 638 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 1: guy's winning multiple national champions and or championships and filling 639 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 1: out the first round of the draft every year. It's 640 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: got to be something more deep than that. It's not. 641 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 1: It's kind of the point I'm making. It's not. But 642 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 1: because what he's saying sounds kind of boring. And you know, 643 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: you got folks out there who are paying thousands of 644 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: dollars to go hear motivational speakers talk for two hours. 645 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 1: You think that the real secret should sound a lot 646 00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 1: more like the guy that you went out to the 647 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: convention center next to the airport to hear, and a 648 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,080 Speaker 1: lot less like Nick Saban. No, it's not that when 649 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 1: someone like Nick Saban says, you know, the secret to 650 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 1: my success is I just focused on process overprize. I 651 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 1: focus on doing what it takes to achieve the result 652 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 1: instead of focusing on the result. That's really what it is. 653 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,120 Speaker 1: And their players think and talk the same way, especially 654 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 1: the ones who are like juniors and seniors, and they've 655 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 1: been around there for a while. They all sound the same. 656 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:27,040 Speaker 1: So either they're all taught coach speak or they are 657 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:30,760 Speaker 1: immersed in an ideology and then they reflect it and 658 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 1: they echo it, and all the sentiment's the same and 659 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 1: the vision is the same. Every successful organization does that. 660 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 1: It takes on the mentality of its leadership. So that's 661 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,720 Speaker 1: what Alabama is. But my point is it's not coach 662 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 1: speak just cause someone is saying the same thing all 663 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:48,720 Speaker 1: the time. Sometimes it is, but that's not an automatic 664 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 1: qualifier for something being coach beak. We had a good 665 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,640 Speaker 1: podcast this morning. I think we've got a good show tonight. 666 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 1: I think again. Remember, though no notes live. Things could 667 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,400 Speaker 1: go off the rails or it could be spectacle. Either way. Though, 668 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,280 Speaker 1: it's still thirty three degrees important rain outside and I'm 669 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 1: about to have to go out, so I appreciate you 670 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 1: guys for keeping me company as long as you have 671 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: this morning. One other thing, so remember the inbox is 672 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 1: always open Josh paid seven zero six at gmail dot com. 673 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,520 Speaker 1: If you want to submit questions, you can do it 674 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: that way. If you want to book a zoom session 675 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 1: with me about getting into sports media or any kind 676 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 1: of media. You can do it that way. Also, as 677 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 1: we sort of creep creep creep towards adding some new 678 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:29,200 Speaker 1: things to late Kick, that merchandising option, I just kind 679 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: of threw it out there the other day. Man, A 680 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:32,440 Speaker 1: lot of you guys jumped on that, And that's the 681 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,719 Speaker 1: reason I threw it out there because so many of you, 682 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:36,400 Speaker 1: and when I say dozens per week, I am not 683 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 1: kidding you. Dozens of you per week are asking, man, 684 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 1: when can we buy T shirts? When can we buy this? 685 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 1: And that? Here is what I want from you. I 686 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,720 Speaker 1: want your ideas. I want to crowdsource this so I 687 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:49,760 Speaker 1: don't want to be making crap, which we're not going to. 688 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,680 Speaker 1: But I also don't want to be focusing on trying 689 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: to make stuff that you guys aren't going to want. 690 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 1: I want to know what you want, So hit me up. 691 00:32:57,880 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 1: You know how to get in touch with me. You 692 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,440 Speaker 1: let me know what you want and then will kind 693 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,160 Speaker 1: of produce as needed. Maybe that's the way we go. 694 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,560 Speaker 1: So again, joshpat seven zero six at gmail dot com, 695 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 1: at Latekickjosh on Twitter. I got to get a move 696 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 1: on here. You guys, have a great day. We'll see 697 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,480 Speaker 1: you tonight on Latekick Live for producer Jordan. I am 698 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,040 Speaker 1: Josh Bate. Have a great rest of your Thursday and 699 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:18,959 Speaker 1: God bless