1 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:12,559 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back another edition of the 2 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: Lake Kick Extra Podcast, Vitally Important Edition, Conference Championship Edition, 3 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: Coaching Carousel edition, and always a mail Bag edition. It 4 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: is Thursday morning, December second, the Year of Our Lord, 5 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. I'm Josh Pate, as I have been 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: all season long, so it's probably irrelevant to introduce myself 7 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: by name at this point, but I do it nonetheless 8 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: because a focus group somewhere told us that's the way 9 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 1: to introduce a podcast. We have got a lot to discuss. 10 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: You and I. We've got a trip to Atlanta to 11 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: take after I record and head over to the gym 12 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: this morning. Working out at Columbus State University Rec Center 13 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,160 Speaker 1: for the past two days. Have it worked out there 14 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,919 Speaker 1: in a couple of years. Before that, I worked out 15 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: there every day for like five years, So it's been 16 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: nice to get back over there and see some folks 17 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: that I hadn't seen in a while. But it's busy, 18 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: We're busy. This is obviously a very irregular week. Been 19 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:03,279 Speaker 1: on the road all week, Gonna be on the road 20 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 1: tonight late Caick Live in Atlanta, as I record right now, 21 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: it's very early Thursday morning, I gotta be real with you, 22 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: and I it does not do me any pleasure to 23 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: admit this. I don't even know where we're doing the 24 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,759 Speaker 1: show from tonight. All I can tell you is somewhere 25 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: in the four h four area code. We will have 26 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: Latekick emanating live from Atlanta. And if it doesn't happen, 27 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: just want you to know, I take no responsibility. You 28 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: know our motto around here, we want all the credit 29 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: with none of the blame. And that's the exact way 30 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: kids that I instruct you to live your life. Now, 31 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: anyone who's new to the podcast, that's a joke. We 32 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: joke around here. We do that from time to time. 33 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,479 Speaker 1: So there's the thumb in the ribs. Just laugh, let's 34 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: move on. I have learned that I do have to 35 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: every couple of months preface some of these things with laugh. Laugh, 36 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: It's okay, laugh track there you go. So yeah, Late 37 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: Kick live allegedly from Atlanta tonight. That will be the 38 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: title of the show, allegedly from Atlanta. AFA. That is 39 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: tonight's Lake Cake Kafa. Those of you who will know, 40 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: will know. And the only way you'll ever be in 41 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: on that joke is to have listened to whichever number 42 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: of the Late Kick Extra podcast this is. There's a 43 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: whole lot going on. So what I want to do 44 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: is I don't want to ruin tonight's show, but I 45 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 1: do want to answer your questions because normally the Late 46 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: Kick Extra, well, it's always a mail bag. For those 47 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: of you unfamiliar, you can submit questions at Late Kick 48 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 1: Josh on Twitter or Instagram. But normally what this mail 49 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: bag looks like is a whole bunch of things that 50 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: have been asked once or twice. So I got it 51 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: like a thousand questions. But there are really very few 52 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,239 Speaker 1: duplicants well right now, cause there are certain things dominating 53 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: the college football landscape. We've got like hundreds of you 54 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: asking about the same thing. So what I'm gonna do 55 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: is not give an individual name. I'm going to make 56 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: up a name that represents all of you who asked 57 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: a question along the lines of the way the question 58 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: is asked. And we're gonna hit as many as we 59 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: can this morning, and trust me, if we're not getting 60 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: to it this morning, we're gonna get to it later tonight. 61 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: I also have an idea about how we can add 62 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: one more little piece content onto the platform. For this weekend, 63 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: and I am playing around with it. It has to 64 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: do with Twitter spaces. I am obsessed with that entire 65 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: concept right now. Those of you who are unfamiliar, familiarize yourself. 66 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: Give it a Google. It's worth a google. The campaign 67 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: very underrated movie. I believe that's Zach Galafanakis. It's worth 68 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: a Google. Well, I would advise you if you don't 69 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: know what Twitter spaces are slash is, go give it 70 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: a Google. And I think we're gonna probably crank one 71 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: of those up at some point this weekend on the 72 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: ground in Atlanta, just to see how it goes. Because 73 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: I've been invited to a lot of them, so I figure, well, 74 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: how about I stopped mooching off other people and just 75 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: have my own. So we're gonna look into that. I 76 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: don't have a firm date or anything like that, but 77 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: we're gonna look into that, possibly possibly when we do 78 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: Friday Night Lines. Because the one thing that you want 79 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: to do with a concept that's worked all year is 80 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: you want to change it at the eleventh hour, So hey, 81 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: why not. We'll see that's not confirmed. We'll just see 82 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: about that. So let's dive in this morning to the 83 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: mailbag obviously a lot of you. Let's say, Jeremy, he 84 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: wants to know about the Notre Dame assistant coaches not 85 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: following Brian Kelly. What do you think about these Notre 86 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,119 Speaker 1: Dame assistant coaches? And Brian Kelly allegedly wanted to hire 87 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: all of them, and they're not following him, and so 88 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: Brian Kelly's basically been cast out on a little iceberg, 89 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: all by himself, out into the sea, and he will 90 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: obviously fail and be a complete laughing stock of college football. 91 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: What do I think about it? Those were my words, 92 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: not yours. Well, here's what I think about it. I care, 93 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:32,359 Speaker 1: but I don't care. Obviously, if you offer someone a job, 94 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: it's because they are the option you want the most. 95 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,119 Speaker 1: If they turn it down, you missed on your first option. 96 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: So that's a little unfortunate, right. I actually had some 97 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: people from coaching staffs, many of them texting me over 98 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: the last forty eight hours. I'll give you a little 99 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: peep behind the curtain. One of the knocks on Brian 100 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: Kelly within our industry has always been that he hasn't 101 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: had a ton of stops in his career. Therefore, he 102 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: hasn't built a huge coaching tree, and he doesn't have 103 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: the extensive network that other coaches have, and so it 104 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 1: was always going to be hard for him to hire. 105 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: Now that's been a knock on him. I don't know 106 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: if it's valid or not, but it's a knock that's 107 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: been widely repeated about Brian Kelly behind the scenes. So 108 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: when he takes the LSU job, that's the first thing 109 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: a lot of people started to say, Oh, it's going 110 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: to be tough for him to hire a staff down there. 111 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: Now I laughed at that, and I'm still laughing at 112 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: it even as this is happening. See a lot of 113 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: people are looking at this as validation for that opinion. 114 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: A lot of people are saying, man, he couldn't even 115 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: get his own staff to follow him to LSU. So ay, 116 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: I was right about this all along. Take that, and 117 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: b who's he gonna get? Like, if you can't even 118 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: get your own staff to follow you, where are you 119 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: gonna go? Well, a lot of you have started to 120 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: rehash this story, those of you who are have a 121 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: little age on you and or at least no history, 122 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: A lot of you have started to rehash a very 123 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: familiar story, especially in LSU circles. Once upon a time, kiddos, 124 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: there was a guy. He was the head coach at 125 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: Michigan State. His name was Nicholas lou Sabin, and Nicholas 126 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: lou Sabin you might know him as Nick. He gets 127 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: hired from Michigan State to La Nick Saban sends a 128 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: jet back up the East Lansing to pick up his assistance. 129 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: He's trying to hire his assistance. He wants to bring 130 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: his staff with him. That jet comes back with the 131 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: pilots on it, and that's it. No one wanted to 132 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: follow him Nick Saban. I'm not sure whatever happened to him. 133 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: Let's just assume he had an okay career. Someone look 134 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 1: him up. That's also worth a Google. Nick Saban worth 135 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 1: of Google. Twitter Space is worth of Google. But you know, 136 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: let's just assume Saban ended up having some okay career. 137 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 1: My point is, kids, that's another joke, by the way. 138 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 1: My point is, kids, it's not the end of the world. 139 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: Just because plan A doesn't work out. And with Brian Kelly, 140 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: it's not the end of the world that his A 141 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,359 Speaker 1: options aren't going to follow him. It's not even a 142 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: pure apples to Apple's comparison because Tommy Reese, who played 143 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: at Notre Dame, was looking for every reason to stay 144 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: at Notre Dame. That's the offensive coordinator there by the way, 145 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: So Tommy Reese is looking for every reason to stay 146 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: at Notre Dame. Well, Notre Dame. Hats off to them. 147 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: They gave him a reason to stay there, above and 148 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: beyond just coaching at his alma mater. Secondly, Marcus Freeman's 149 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: not following him because Marcus Freeman gets to be the 150 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 1: head coach at Notre Dame. That's the big news of 151 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 1: all this. Marcus Freeman's going to be the head coach 152 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: at Notre Dame at thirty five years old. And I'm 153 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: not going to stand for all the reverse agism out there. 154 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: Marcus Freeman's too young. Marcus Freeman's too Marcus Freeman's not 155 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: too young. What are you talking about? If he's not 156 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: the right candidate, he's not the right candidate. But it's 157 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: not because of his age. Now, you could talk about inexperience, 158 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,560 Speaker 1: but just say that, Say he's inexperienced, don't say it's 159 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: because of his age. Anyway, back to my point I 160 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: was making, because I'm making like four of them simultaneously. 161 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: Nick Saban goes to LSU. His assistants don't follow him. 162 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: Brian Kelly goes to LSU. His assistants don't follow him. 163 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: Plan A doesn't work out, Oh well, it sucks. Dust 164 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: yourself off. There are worst things in life, Plan A 165 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: and plan B. This is also not always an apples 166 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: to apples comparison. If I go over to Pizza Hut 167 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: and I walk in and they say we're out of pizza, 168 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: well I'm gone because if that Plan A doesn't work out, 169 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: if pizza is not available at a pizza hutgh, then 170 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: that's it. There is no Plan B as far as 171 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: I'm concerned. But if I go in Baskin Robbins and 172 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: I'm dead set on two scoops of mint chocolate chip, 173 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: which is my favorite flavor ice cream, and they say sorry, 174 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: we're out, I'm a little depressed. Yeah, I'll probably mope 175 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: for a second, but then I'm gonna look back up 176 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna realize, Wow, you know, there are like 177 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: eleven hundred other options on this menu. I can't remember 178 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: the exact number of flavors they have, somewhere close to 179 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: eleven hundred, and I'm gonna probably get myself something else, 180 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: and two minutes into my drive home not even be 181 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: thinking about mint chocolate chip anymore. LSU Baskin Robbins, they 182 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: got a whole lot of flavors that want to come 183 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: coach down there. And we'd love to have Tommy Reese, 184 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: and would certainly love to have Marcus Freeman, and we'd 185 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: love to have all those position coaches. We're gonna be 186 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: fine at LSU. I am now speaking authoritatively from the 187 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: standpoint of LSU. We here at LSU are gonna be fine. 188 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: Nick Saban was fine, Brian Kelly'll be fine. Any coach 189 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: after him that goes to a major program and does 190 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: not get every assistant they want right off the bat 191 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,319 Speaker 1: will also be fine. And let me tell you why. 192 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: Did you see how much Brian Kelly's being paid? Have 193 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: you seen how much Lincoln Riley's being paid? Do you 194 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: see what these new contracts look like? Do you think 195 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: that that reservoir of money is just going to be 196 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: stopped at the head coaching level. Of course, not every 197 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: assistant in America knows what it means now to be 198 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: an assistant in the SEC or really at just major 199 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: top tier power five programs. There is a massive reserve 200 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: of money to be had in the assistant coaching pools. 201 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,319 Speaker 1: I don't care if you've never met Brian Kelly. I 202 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 1: don't care if you've not ever so much as shared 203 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: a conversation on an elevator with him. You're willing to 204 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: get to know him very quickly and go be on 205 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: his staff if it means making that kind of money 206 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: and coaching those kinds of players and quickly elevating yourself 207 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: up the coaching ladder, which it does. Yeah, I think 208 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: a lot of people are going to be willing to 209 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: get to know Brian Kelly. I think a lot of 210 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: people are going to be willing to jump on his 211 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,439 Speaker 1: coaching tree. So I think this is very overblown. It's 212 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: what I think it is. You'll be very happy. Let 213 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 1: me put it this way, if you're down in an 214 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: LSU country, you'll be very happy with the staff that 215 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: Brian Kelly ends up having. And also, I'll go a 216 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: step further at Pate State, although we never take back 217 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: up options at Peate State, we would be able to 218 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 1: put together good staff with the folks who don't make 219 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: the cut to be on Brian Kelly's staff because that's 220 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: how long the lines are going to be for these 221 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,719 Speaker 1: respective assistant coaching positions. They'll be fine at LSU. I 222 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: think it's really good for people who want to make 223 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: fun of Brian Kelly today and who want to hate 224 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,559 Speaker 1: on him, and it's great for Notre Dame. Notre Dame's 225 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: a huge winner on that front. But it's not the 226 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,559 Speaker 1: end of the world. Farbe it. This is not something 227 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: you'll ever even remember when spring football gets here, much 228 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: less the season next year. You won't even remember it. 229 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: Thomas asked a question that is strangely topical this week. 230 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 1: Thomas asked, what's the most valuable piece of sports memorabilia 231 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: or college football memorabilia? I guess he said, what's the 232 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 1: most valuable piece of college football memorabilia that you own? Well, 233 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: I'm not big into the memorabilia world. I know a 234 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: lot of you are. This is not me making fun 235 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 1: of you. A lot of people just make fun of you. 236 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: I'm not making fun of you. I get it. I 237 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 1: don't get Star Wars, but I do get memorabilia collecting. 238 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: At least I get it. I'm not big in it, 239 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: only because I try and collect the memories. That sounds lame, 240 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 1: very lame. But that's me. I try and collect the memories. 241 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: But I do have something that you can't buy. It's 242 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: actually right in front of me as we speak here. 243 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna shake it. Get your mind out of the gutter. 244 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna shake it, and I want you to listen 245 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: to this and tell me if you can guess what 246 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: this is? All right? What is that? Some of you 247 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: know because I told this story right when I got 248 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: to twenty four to seven. I told this story, so 249 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: it has appeared on the show once before I even 250 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: showed it on air. That right there, friends, is the 251 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: laminated offensive play sheet for Alabama from the twenty seventeen 252 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: National Championship game against Georgia. Why is that relevant this week? Will? 253 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: Both of those teams are playing in the same building 254 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 1: that that game happened in up in Atlanta, And this 255 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 1: right here is the playsheet that Who was that Ryan 256 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: Dable was the offensive coordinator for Alabama. That's the play 257 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,719 Speaker 1: sheet he would have been calling plays off of. As 258 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 1: to a tongue of Iloa hit a streaking and future 259 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 1: Heisman winning wide receiver Davonte Smith in overtime of that 260 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: National Championship game. To win at twenty six to twenty three. 261 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 1: How did I get my hands on this? Well, fortunately 262 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: I was standing on the field and here was that 263 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: next two minutes I had the eye Josh in hand. 264 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: You've probably seen this footage several times. It happened right 265 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: in front of me. The catch happened right in front 266 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: of me. So one of my buddies in tuscal Loosa 267 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 1: is Stuart McNair. If you've ever watched the replay, he's 268 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: the one who gets trucked by IRV Smith in the 269 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: end zone. Wrong place, wrong time for ol Stu. But 270 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: then after that they're coming over to me, and so 271 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: I'm in the dog pile, kind of like I was 272 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 1: in the entire mob scene at Michigan last week. I 273 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,839 Speaker 1: posted a picture of that on Instagram and Twitter this morning. 274 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: You haven't seen yet. I was right in the middle 275 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: of the dogpile. Now, you got to understand something. I'm 276 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: a college football fan. So even though I'm there in 277 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: a professional capacity, if that stuff's happening in front of me, 278 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: and I love the sport like I do, there's no professionalism. 279 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: I'm doing the same thing you would do. Okay, I 280 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 1: am largely you except they threw a media credential around 281 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 1: his neck and said, hey, go be a professional. Well 282 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: I try, you know, and I can pretend, but in 283 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 1: those moments negative. So I hop in the dogpile and 284 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: I'm recording the whole time. I still have this footage 285 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: and I may post that later today too, because it's 286 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 1: been a little while. Georgia fans, shield your eyes. And 287 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 1: then once I get out of the dog pile, as 288 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: you know, everything's still going crazy on the field. Brian 289 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: Dabele is. I don't even know where he was actually, 290 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 1: but some of his stuff had been dropped. He probably 291 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: just threw it in the air, and amongst those things 292 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: is of course the laminated play sheet. So I figure 293 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,439 Speaker 1: this needs a good home. I can take care of it. 294 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: It'd be in safe hands with me, and I took it, 295 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: and it's in safe hands with me, and I have 296 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: not even ventured to sell it. I won't venture to 297 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: sell it. I've been told the amount of money I 298 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:59,199 Speaker 1: could get for this it's unhealthy, it's ridiculous. I will 299 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: still not be selling it because I think it's kind 300 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: of priceless and I want to be able to have it, 301 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: like twenty years from now, at which point, if I'm 302 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,839 Speaker 1: destitute and living under a bridge somewhere, then okay, maybe 303 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: we can talk transaction. But until then, for the time being, 304 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 1: it's in safe hands. So that is what happened, and 305 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: that's how I got my hands on that. To me, 306 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: that's the kind of memorabilia I want. It doesn't mean 307 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 1: as much if I go buy something. That's why I 308 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: don't really do the memorabilia scene, even though again I'm 309 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: not hating on it. I just think the value that 310 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: I place on this laminated play sheet, which you have 311 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: to shake in order to prove you have the value 312 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: on that is the story behind how I got it 313 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: that I just told you. It's not that I went 314 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: on eBay and bought it for nine thousand dollars or 315 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: something like that. Anybody who has money can have possessions. 316 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: What's the story behind it? If I clicked a mouse 317 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: to buy it, that's not the story I want. I 318 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: want the story where I went full rogue on the 319 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: field and celebrated with a team that I was supposed 320 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: to just be their covering, well one of the teams 321 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: I was supposed to be their covering. Then I went 322 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: and scooped up some stuff on the field. That's it, man, 323 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: that's the story I want. We got another Georgia Bama question, obviously, 324 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: along with a show full of Georgia Bama and conference 325 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: championship stuff tonight. I'm gonna get it a little bit later, 326 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: but I wanted to hit this question because I got 327 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 1: this from a couple of you. Now, if one person 328 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: claims I said something, they may have just misheard me. 329 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: But like three of you sent me this, so maybe, 330 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: just maybe I had a slip of the tongue. I 331 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: still don't think so. I have not gone back and listened. 332 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: But here was the question. Why are you making excuses 333 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: for Ohio State by saying weather lost in the game 334 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: when Michigan had to play in the exact same conditions. 335 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: That's from Kyle. Well, Kyle, there are no certainties in life, 336 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: I guess, but here is a virtual certainty. I will 337 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: give you my next paycheck if you go pull a 338 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: clip wherein I said the Ohio State Buckeyes lost to 339 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: Michigan because of weather. I'm pretty sure I know what 340 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 1: I said. What I said was I think weather disproportionately 341 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 1: impacted Ohio State, and that's a credit to Michigan and 342 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 1: if I didn't say it, then I'm telling you now 343 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: that's my sentiment. It's my belief that Michigan was less 344 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: impacted by the weather than Ohio State. Now that's where 345 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: that sentence ends. But what's the context there, or what's 346 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 1: the insinuation. Even the insinuation is hats off to Jim 347 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: Harbaugh for having his team mentally and physically hardened and 348 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: toughened to a point where they were unaffected, and they 349 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: even harnessed weather to their advantage. Whereas Ryan Day and 350 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 1: Mickey Marriotti, who's one of the best in the business, 351 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: but he's not immune from criticism, they didn't have their 352 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: team ready to come into that stuff. I watched it, 353 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: I standing right there. I was standing on the field 354 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: pregame watching both teams warm up. Sometimes this is anecdotal 355 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: and it means nothing, but I remember thinking to myself, 356 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: Ohio State looks a little more affected by twenty seven 357 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: degrees in snow out here right now than Michigan does. Now, 358 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: that could just be road team versus home team. That 359 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: could just be the normal way teams warm up, but 360 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: I remember filing that away. Well, then when you watch 361 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: the game and it starts to play out in a 362 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: similar fashion. Then you start to think, oh, maybe I 363 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: was onto something. It's not excuse making if you're impacted 364 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: by an external factor more than your opponent. It's not 365 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: false to say the external factor disproportionately impacted you over 366 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: your opponent. That's reality. But there's a subcontext there. The 367 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 1: subcontext is shame on you for allowing that external factor 368 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,880 Speaker 1: to impact you. It's also not discrediting your opponent. Michigan 369 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: whipped Ohio State. They absolutely whipped them. I'm not saying 370 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: that's anything other than the chief reason why Michigan won. 371 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: All I was doing was I was telling you as 372 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 1: part of that, I also think it greatly helped Michigan 373 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: to have that home field advantage. So that's another credit 374 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:39,199 Speaker 1: to them, And the third credit to I guess God, 375 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 1: was he put those conditions in place and Ohio State 376 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 1: suffered disproportionately from them. So, yes, both teams played in it. 377 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: One team withstood it. One team was stronger mentally and physically, 378 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: as it turns out, than the other. So that's what 379 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: I was saying. Sometimes you have to say things in 380 00:17:55,960 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: passing and you hope that the context translates and maybe 381 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,399 Speaker 1: it doesn't always. Also, I have found that a lot 382 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,879 Speaker 1: of times people hear what they want to hear, and 383 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: that's largely what the comment section tends to be full of. 384 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: On any kind of recap or reaction of a game. 385 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: You know, I'll say one thing, and then I'll go 386 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: down there and there'll be fourteen paragraphs written, and the 387 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: first sentence will be you mean to tell me, and 388 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 1: then whatever's in the blank is false and everything in 389 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: the thirteen subsequent paragraphs is predicated off that falsehood. And 390 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: you can imagine how much fun that is to read. So, no, 391 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: Michigan wins, Michigan deserves to win. Michigan better team Weather 392 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 1: didn't hurt Michigan. There we go. That's the best way 393 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,680 Speaker 1: to put it. Weather certainly didn't impede Michigan. Okay, move 394 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: on here, several of you. Even though we're in the 395 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:44,639 Speaker 1: midst of coaching carousel and conference championship weekend, there's so 396 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 1: much going on simultaneous, it's like five races being run 397 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:51,680 Speaker 1: at once. Also, some of you took notice we had 398 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: those playoff meetings happening in Texas again this week, and 399 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: again some of you noticed, I'm smiling ear to ear 400 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,160 Speaker 1: as I say it, that they had to walk away 401 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: with no announcement ready that they're expanding the playoff and 402 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: largely I don't know how it was reported, but I 403 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,119 Speaker 1: can tell you the reason. Greg Saki and the SEC 404 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: will not sign off on any kind of model that 405 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: includes automatic qualifiers, nor should they. It's ludicrous. The concept 406 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 1: of an automatic qualifier is ludicrous. For those of you 407 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,360 Speaker 1: unfamiliar with the concept automatic qualifier AQ. When you hear 408 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: anyone say that, it just means there are people who 409 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 1: want a playoff model wherein you are guaranteed a spot 410 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 1: in the playoff if you win your conference. Those kinds 411 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 1: of people, when you push back on them, will yell 412 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 1: in your face, what's wrong with deciding it on the field? 413 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: What's wrong with a sport that decides it on the field? 414 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 1: And then they're going to follow it up inevitably like this, 415 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 1: Like every other sport does. Every other sport's figured it out. 416 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 1: Why can't college football? Now, if you feel that way 417 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: and it sounds like I'm mocking you, let me be clear, 418 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: it's because I am. I am mocking that. I'm not 419 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: mocking you. I guess I'm mocking the ideology that you 420 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: happen to be professing. So I'm going to tell you why, 421 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: though I'm not just going to bat it down and 422 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: then walk away. I will give you some logic based 423 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,360 Speaker 1: counterpoints here, and let's see what you feel about them. 424 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:11,880 Speaker 1: I think that in every other sport, and really, when 425 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: you say that, you're talking about either pro sports or 426 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 1: you're talking about college basketball. Okay, first, let me shoot 427 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: down the college basketball narrative. If there were an alternate 428 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: universe where it made a lick of sense to compare 429 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: the sport of basketball to football, then I would argue 430 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: over in that universe, that universe doesn't exist. This is 431 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: apples to bowling balls. There is no comparison between the 432 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: two sports. But even in a world again, in this 433 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,440 Speaker 1: alternate universe, we have created for arguments purposes where these 434 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: sports are comparable, and therefore there is logic behind arguing 435 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: for comparative postseason structure between the two sports. I am 436 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 1: letting college basketball be the case study for me right now. 437 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: Now you've got to understand where I come from. Where 438 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: I'm coming from, to be clear, is I think the 439 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: regular season of college football is the best thing in 440 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: the world to me in the sporting world, there's nothing 441 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 1: like the regular season of college football. Ironically, most people 442 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: I have this argument with agree with me. There we 443 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 1: start off on similar footing. Where we differ is I 444 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: really don't think some of you understand the parameters that 445 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: have to be in place for us to get the 446 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: regular season we get. It's like walking outside on Christmas morning. 447 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 1: If you have a white Christmas and you say, Wow, 448 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: this is beautiful. I just I wish it could be 449 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: sixty degrees though it's a little cold out here. Why 450 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: can't we just make it sixty degrees. If you make 451 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: it sixty degrees, the snow melts. If you expand the postseason, 452 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 1: the regular season suffers. Now a lot of you don't 453 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,919 Speaker 1: believe that. I know I can make your argument for you. 454 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 1: Your argument is going to be some combination of I 455 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: think more football is always good, it's never bad, which 456 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:48,640 Speaker 1: is no, I'm not even waste my time on that one. 457 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: But secondly, the argument centers around the premise that if 458 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 1: you expand the postseason, it does not devalue the regular season. 459 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 1: What it does is it puts meaning on more regular 460 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 1: season games, i e. Late in the year, if you 461 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 1: had twelve spots in a playoff, the teams that were 462 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,679 Speaker 1: ranked thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, that they were playing in games, 463 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,359 Speaker 1: those games would all of a sudden mean something, whereas 464 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: right now they don't mean anything, at least in relation 465 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 1: to the postseason. I'm hearing what you're saying. I'm hearing 466 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: what you're saying. I get it, loud and clear. I 467 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 1: got a counter question. Do you get what you're saying? 468 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: Do you understand the context? Do you know what it 469 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 1: means when you make it sixty degrees and still want 470 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: the white Christmas? Because you're saying that, oh, the regular 471 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 1: season's not gonna suffer any It's just gonna get better 472 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: because we're gonna have more of those kinds of games, 473 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 1: those kinds of games. To be clear, when you're saying that, 474 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 1: you mean the Michigan Ohio State game last week, right, 475 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 1: you mean Alabama Georgia this week? Right? Because these are 476 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: all play in games. These are really all playoff games 477 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 1: because the loser is out of the playoff picture and 478 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 1: the winner is absolutely in the playoff picture. Think about 479 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 1: the urgency that existed there. So you're saying I'm gonna 480 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 1: get more of that. Okay, pause that for a second 481 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: and I'm going to tell you what you're saying right 482 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: after this probably the most suspenseful ad toss ever. There 483 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: was no way you saw that ad readcoming. So anyway, 484 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,160 Speaker 1: let's see it back up, because we've got the folks 485 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: on the other side of the fence who were telling me, 486 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: if we expand the postseason, we're still going to have 487 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 1: the urgency. It's not going to cost us a dime 488 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: of value of the regular season. What it's going to 489 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 1: do is it's going to give us more consequential games. Right, Okay, 490 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:31,120 Speaker 1: Now here's where you're dead wrong. You're technically correct when 491 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,640 Speaker 1: you say there will be more games with playoff implications 492 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: riding on them. You're right about that. That's not my problem. 493 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 1: My problem is. My problem is you don't see your 494 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: blind spot. You're totally blind to the concept that playoff 495 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,919 Speaker 1: implication does not mean the same thing with twelve teams 496 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: as it does with four teams. Take the Michigan Ohio 497 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:55,440 Speaker 1: State game the other day. It had fifteen almost sixteen 498 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:59,360 Speaker 1: million viewers. Do you have any idea how mind boggling 499 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 1: that number is or a regular season football game. Why 500 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,880 Speaker 1: do you think the number was so big? You think 501 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 1: people wanted to just watch the snow. You think people 502 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: were just that locked into the rivalry aspect. Or they were, 503 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: but they were locked in from coast to coast, from 504 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: Seattle to Miami, LA to New York because they knew 505 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 1: that it was a playoff game. Essentially, they knew there 506 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:21,119 Speaker 1: are only four spots out there. It is scarce, and 507 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: when you increase the scarcity, you increase the value because 508 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,199 Speaker 1: the lesser you have of something, the more that something 509 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: is worth. So Michigan, Ohio State were knife fighting each 510 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: other because they knew a trip to the big ten 511 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 1: titles on the line, because they're bitter rivals, but also 512 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,640 Speaker 1: because they knew, if we lose this game, we are 513 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: out of playoff conversation. That is the value of one 514 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 1: of the four playoff spots right now. You think you 515 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: can increase the field to twelve, and just because teams 516 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 1: are playing for a playoff spot, it all means the 517 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: same thing and it all remains equal. It's not that way. 518 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: It never would be that way. So in your quest 519 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 1: to get more quote unquot playoff implication based matchups, you 520 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: think that Pitt versus Wake Forest having a playoff spot 521 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:12,440 Speaker 1: riding on the outcome is worth degrading the integrity of 522 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: the Ohio State Michigan outcome because I can promise you, 523 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: whether you admit it or not, if you woke up 524 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,719 Speaker 1: last Saturday morning and Ohio State was ranked two and 525 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,400 Speaker 1: Michigan was ranked four, and you knew they were playing, 526 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 1: but the postseason format was twelve and you knew that 527 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: really what they're playing for is seeding. Like that concept 528 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 1: makes me sick to wake up on a college football 529 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 1: Saturday morning late in the year and know that there 530 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 1: are big games happening, but since we got such a 531 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 1: big playoff field, it's mainly just seeding. Like they can 532 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 1: both afford to lose and they'll still make the playoff. 533 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:48,640 Speaker 1: That is pathetic to argue. It's absolutely pathetic to fathom 534 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: to know that there's that big a safety net under 535 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: these games that, previous to your twelve team playoff had 536 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: had maximum consequence. That's the entire beauty of this sport 537 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:03,120 Speaker 1: is you operate without a safety net under you, and yes, 538 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,479 Speaker 1: it is possible to lose a game and still make it, 539 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 1: but you're not certain of it. You're not sure of it, 540 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: And that's why I've got to watch every Saturday you 541 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: can't be taking a Saturday off. Conversely, those of you 542 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 1: who want to argue the college football model and how 543 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 1: great March madness is, Oh, it is great. That's also 544 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 1: all that matters. You want a little evidence, here's the evidence. 545 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,399 Speaker 1: Did you know last week the number one and number 546 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 1: two college basketball teams in the country played a game. 547 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 1: Did you know that? I didn't, and most of the 548 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: world didn't, judging by the numbers that I saw on 549 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 1: the ratings returns. And the reason they didn't know is 550 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 1: because they know. They don't have to know. They know 551 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 1: they don't have to care because the outcome of the 552 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 1: game is irrelevant because both teams will probably still have 553 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 1: one seeds maybe two seeds at worst when the NCAA 554 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: tournament rolls around. Let's compare that to college football. Right now, 555 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,479 Speaker 1: Georgia and Michigan are number one number two in the country. 556 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 1: Let's pretend it was early November and that's the way 557 00:26:57,720 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 1: the poll looked. What if there was an out of 558 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 1: conference game this Saturday and Georgia number one was facing 559 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,639 Speaker 1: number two Michigan. Where would you be? Where would you 560 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 1: know to be? You'd be in front of a TV, 561 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 1: You'd be in front of a TV even if you 562 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: weren't a Georgia or a Michigan fan. And the reason 563 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,439 Speaker 1: a is because you love the sport. But be the 564 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,919 Speaker 1: reason is because you know there is true consequence riding 565 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:21,360 Speaker 1: on the outcome of that game. So that's my argument, 566 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,520 Speaker 1: just in terms of pure scarcity and therefore value in 567 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: the product of the four team playoff. But there's this 568 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 1: other camp, And this other camp says, I want conference 569 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 1: championship games to matter. We need to decide this on 570 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: the field. Well, I would argue conference championship games do matter. 571 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: Whoever told you they don't. They're handing out a trophy. 572 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,879 Speaker 1: There's confetti raining down in Arlington, in Las Vegas, and 573 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:49,400 Speaker 1: Atlanta and Charlotte. They make those matter. Here's what matters. 574 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:53,439 Speaker 1: It matters that you're being crowned champion of your conference. 575 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,160 Speaker 1: Somewhere along the lines, someone told you that's not good enough. 576 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: Someone told you unless it has to do with the 577 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,720 Speaker 1: college football playoff, then you can't be validated. Well, yeah 578 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: you can. You could play those games independent of the 579 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 1: playoff altogether, and you should be very proud of winning 580 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 1: a conference title. But the world we live in revolves 581 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 1: around the playoff. Unfortunately, and so there are people who say, 582 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:17,919 Speaker 1: we need to decide the playoff on the field. We 583 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 1: need to let the sport decide itself on the field. 584 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 1: The NFL does it, Major League Baseball does it, the 585 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: NBA does it. If you win your division, if you 586 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 1: win your conference, you're automatically given a playoff. Berth, Yes, 587 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,639 Speaker 1: you are as you should in pro sports, because the 588 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 1: variance of power team to team and relative strength from 589 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:37,120 Speaker 1: team to team is inches compared to feet and yards. 590 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 1: In college football, the best team in the SEC some 591 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 1: years would be a three touchdown favorite over the sixth 592 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 1: best team in the SEC, much less the levels of 593 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 1: G five, where they'd be three and four touchdown favorites. 594 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: You don't get that in pro sports. There's a concentration 595 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 1: of power in college sports the likes of which there 596 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 1: is not in pro sports. You don't automatically deserve anything, 597 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 1: and you shouldn't automatically qualify for anything just by winning 598 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 1: a conference. In this game case in point, wake Forest 599 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 1: and pitt are playing this Saturday. Good for them, good 600 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 1: for both of them. Anyone who has watched those two 601 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 1: teams play this year, though, and think they belong in 602 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 1: the same tournament to crown a national champion, as Michigan 603 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: and Georgia do. Are kidding themselves, and you're not really 604 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: at that point arguing for what's best for the overall sport. 605 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 1: You're arguing for inclusion. Now, if you think inclusion is 606 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 1: what's best for the overall sport, if you think access 607 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 1: over excellence is what's best for the sport, we just disagree. 608 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: But I'll tell you what it's like and why arguing 609 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 1: pro versus college is irrelevant. Here's what it's like. It's 610 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 1: like if we were to go into a school, and 611 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 1: as you know, if you grew up in the same 612 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,000 Speaker 1: kind of school system I did. If you go into 613 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 1: a school, you have remedial classes, you have normal classes, 614 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,760 Speaker 1: and then you had the AP classes, the advanced placement classes. 615 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: Now your boy was technically capable of being in the 616 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 1: AP classes, but I sandbagged because I wanted to be 617 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,240 Speaker 1: in the normal class. But let's say you and I 618 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: get a call from the State of Georgia, and the 619 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 1: State of Georgia says, excuse me, we need you to 620 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 1: form a task force, and we need you to go 621 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,719 Speaker 1: to Harris County High School in Hamilton, Georgia, and we 622 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,719 Speaker 1: need you to find the four smartest kids in that school. 623 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,080 Speaker 1: Smartest kids, you define what you mean by smart blah 624 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: blah blah. Okay, so we need you to go find 625 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 1: the four smartest kids. So you and I we head 626 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 1: down to Hamilton, Georgia. We get off the exit one 627 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 1: eighty five, We stop at Hunter's Pub to get a steak, 628 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 1: most underrated steak in the state of Georgia, and then 629 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 1: we head over on one to sixteen to Hamilton, and 630 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 1: then we hit up Harris County High School and we 631 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:36,960 Speaker 1: walk to the front office and say, all right, we're 632 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 1: here to get the four smartest kids out of this school. 633 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,360 Speaker 1: And the guidance counselor goes, okay, here's everyone's average grade, 634 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,600 Speaker 1: here's everyone's GPA. Is that what we need? Is that 635 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,280 Speaker 1: what we need? Or do we need a little more context? 636 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 1: Because then let's say you and I dive in a 637 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,959 Speaker 1: little bit more and we look at the AP class 638 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: and there is a straight A student in there, so 639 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 1: obviously we're taking her. Look over in another AP class, 640 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 1: there's a solid A student there. We're taking him too. 641 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,840 Speaker 1: Then we look at the middle tier and there's a 642 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: really standout kid that probably was like me they were sandbagging. 643 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 1: But good for them. They're making all a's in the 644 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 1: regular classes, so let's put them into all Right, now, 645 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: we got one spot left. How are we going to 646 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 1: fill that force spot? Because we then look at the 647 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 1: remedio class and we see two straight A kids down there. Now, 648 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 1: you could either be in one of two camps at 649 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 1: this point. You could either say, well, hey, an a's 650 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 1: an A and we gotta let him decide it in 651 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: the classroom. Or you could have a little more nuance 652 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 1: and therefore intelligence in the conversation and you could go 653 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 1: over to the side and not hurt anyone's feelings, and 654 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 1: you could whisper to each other. But wait a minute, 655 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:40,160 Speaker 1: don't we think it's infinitely harder to maintain a B 656 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,920 Speaker 1: plus average in the ap class than it is to 657 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,880 Speaker 1: get an A in the remedial class. And you can 658 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 1: say decided in the classroom all you want to, but 659 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 1: these classrooms aren't even remotely comparable. Just like in college football, 660 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: these conferences and especially levels power five to G five 661 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: in most years aren't remotely comparable. There is a ton 662 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 1: of volatile and variance to where it makes it totally irresponsible, 663 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 1: and in my opinion somewhat ignorant to just claim, hey, 664 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,560 Speaker 1: you got one conference champ, seeing one conference champ, seeing 665 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 1: them all, you win it on the field. Got it 666 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: decided on the field. No, you have to decide it, 667 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 1: and it is being decided on the field. It just 668 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:22,000 Speaker 1: needs to be decided under the proper parameters. And the 669 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:25,240 Speaker 1: fact of the matter is the ACC is garbage this year. 670 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,960 Speaker 1: The fact of the matter is the PAC twelve largely 671 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:32,200 Speaker 1: turned out to be below average. Two secret garbage this year. 672 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 1: You do not just blindly grant someone access because they 673 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 1: stood out in a landfill. Maybe they're good, maybe they're not. 674 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,720 Speaker 1: The point is, if Oregon was Alabama caliber and just 675 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:44,720 Speaker 1: happened to be in a bad conference, we would know. 676 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 1: If Pitt or wake Forest happened to be Michigan or 677 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 1: Georgia and they just were in a bad conference, we'd 678 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:53,800 Speaker 1: know they'd be beating everyone. They'd be bodybagging everyone by 679 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 1: five touchdowns. They're not. There is no spot that should 680 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 1: be automatically granted to the ACC this year or the 681 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 1: PAC twelve. I'm not even saying there's a spot there 682 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: should be granted to any conference. I'm not for automatic 683 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 1: qualifiers of any kind. That's why I'm steadfast behind Greg 684 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: Sanki and he will get his way on this. By 685 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 1: the way, they are not going to sign off on 686 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 1: automatic qualifiers, nor should they, So I'm not for expanding 687 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:20,640 Speaker 1: this thing at all. I assume it's eventually going to expand, 688 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:22,800 Speaker 1: but I mean even when we get to twelve, Like, 689 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: think about being in this room right now. This is 690 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,320 Speaker 1: what they're disagreeing on. To be clear, they are in 691 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 1: agreement on twelve teams, so everyone, even Greg Sankie's ready 692 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,320 Speaker 1: to sign off on twelve teams. Where their disagreement is 693 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:38,560 Speaker 1: we want automatic qualifiers. There are people scared out of 694 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,600 Speaker 1: their minds that their teams won't even be good enough 695 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: to be ranked as one of the twelve best in 696 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,840 Speaker 1: the country. Think about advocating for a model where your 697 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,600 Speaker 1: best team does not even rank as one of the 698 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,920 Speaker 1: twelve best in the country, so much so that you 699 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,360 Speaker 1: need to argue that they automatically get placement, that they 700 00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:59,680 Speaker 1: automatically just get to jump in the pod even though 701 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:01,719 Speaker 1: they're not one of the twelve best. Do you know 702 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: who the number thirteen team in the country is right now? 703 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 1: It's Iowa, and then Oklahoma and then Pitt and then 704 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,800 Speaker 1: wake Forest. I mean Pitt and wake Forest are fifteen 705 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,719 Speaker 1: and sixteen right now. That's essentially what we're arguing. We 706 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,520 Speaker 1: have got two teams in the ACC title game, neither 707 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,600 Speaker 1: of whom have been good enough to get ranked in 708 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:20,920 Speaker 1: the top twelve. We're not talking top four guys, the 709 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: top twelve. Neither of them are good enough to be there. 710 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,960 Speaker 1: And so we've got people arguing that we should have 711 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 1: a model where, oh, well, yeah, they barely cracked the 712 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:31,839 Speaker 1: top fifteen at the end of the race, but let's 713 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,279 Speaker 1: just give one of them a spot. Anyway you think 714 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:37,080 Speaker 1: you can do that and you can maintain the integrity 715 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:40,160 Speaker 1: of the regular season of college football, not realizing all 716 00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 1: the while the college football regular season is what it 717 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:47,000 Speaker 1: is because the postseason is different and there's not automatic 718 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 1: qualifier status for anyone. If you can't grasp that, you're 719 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,440 Speaker 1: gonna have to learn it the hard way. And unfortunately, 720 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,400 Speaker 1: even though we've got kind of a stay of execution 721 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:58,759 Speaker 1: of the fourteen model right now, it does look like 722 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,240 Speaker 1: we'll eventually head to that point. And here's what will happen. 723 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:05,839 Speaker 1: Regular season viewership will wane and your interest in weeks one, two, three, 724 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 1: and four will wane and you'll get your postseason Oh, 725 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:12,440 Speaker 1: December and January, it'll be must see. That'll be great 726 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:16,359 Speaker 1: at some neutral NFL venue thousand miles away you can't 727 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,759 Speaker 1: afford to go to, Oh, it'll be great. And you'll 728 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,720 Speaker 1: even probably get your first round on campus. That's great. 729 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,359 Speaker 1: I'll be there. It's wonderful. It'll be great for my show. 730 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:26,200 Speaker 1: I'll make a ton of money off of it. It 731 00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:29,360 Speaker 1: will be at the expense of the best regular season 732 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 1: in sports. But a lot of you won't get it. 733 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:33,840 Speaker 1: Some of you already know what I'm talking about, but 734 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,680 Speaker 1: some of you will not get it until it's too late, 735 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:38,680 Speaker 1: because once you go down this road, you never come back. 736 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,080 Speaker 1: And that's the unfortunate part of it all. But I 737 00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:43,560 Speaker 1: don't need to be worked up this early in the morning, 738 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,600 Speaker 1: So I'm just gonna Breathe sounded like I was criticizing. 739 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:48,879 Speaker 1: You know, we can disagree, we can disagree and still 740 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,000 Speaker 1: be friends. But at the very least, I do need 741 00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,319 Speaker 1: you to leave a five star review. I mean, that's 742 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:55,320 Speaker 1: I think how we can make up. That's my handshake. 743 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:57,320 Speaker 1: I'm reaching over the aisle, and if you want to 744 00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,960 Speaker 1: shake my hand, do it. Digitally with a five star review. 745 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:01,759 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. I gotta send this off to 746 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,080 Speaker 1: producer Jordan this morning and then get on the road 747 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,799 Speaker 1: and get up to Atlanta. Appreciate you, guys, Appreciate you 748 00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:08,680 Speaker 1: so much. If you see me in Atlanta, hit me up. 749 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:12,239 Speaker 1: Got some Academy gift cards for you until tonight, Lake 750 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,719 Speaker 1: Kick Live coming at you from Atlanta. Allegedly tonight, Allegedly 751 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,560 Speaker 1: from Atlanta from producer Jordan. I'm Josh Pate. Thanks so much, 752 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,320 Speaker 1: have a great day and God bless