1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: Ka Boom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: a week was enough, I think again. He's the last 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: remnants of the old Republic, a sole fashion of fairness. 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: He treats crackheads in the ghetto Cutter the same as 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: the rich pill poppers in the penthouse the clearing House 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: of hot takes break free for something special. The Fifth 7 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:33,599 Speaker 1: Hour with Ben Maller starts right now in the air everywhere, 8 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: back at it. A weekend has begun. It's the Fifth 9 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: Hour with Ben Maller and Danny g Radio. Not here today, 10 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: but he'll be here on Saturday and Sunday, because four 11 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: hours a night are not enough. We do this eight 12 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: days a week from a podcast studio at a secret 13 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: location somewhere in the north Woods. And we thank you 14 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: for subscribing for this thing, for downloading the podcast. And 15 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: it is Friday, so that means a chance to catch 16 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: up with someone in the world of media sports that 17 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: we can have a conversation with. And the big story 18 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: this week has been all about college football and coaches 19 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: getting ridunculous amounts of money. Brian Kelly leaving Notre Dame 20 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: to go to l s U and Lincoln Riley saying 21 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: goodbye to Oklahoma to go to USC. These are massive 22 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: stories which is going to shift the entire financial spectrum 23 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: of coaches salaries for every other sport to trickle down effect, 24 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: certainly in football, and there's talk now of NFL salaries rising. 25 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: Inflation is coming um to the world of sports. The 26 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: contracts already outrageous, but the money is getting even more 27 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: and more into the stratosphere in the world of football. 28 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 1: And who better to break it all down then someone 29 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 1: who has been the one man band, at least it 30 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: seems that way. Behind the website College Football News dot Com, 31 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: Pete feu Tak joins us. Now this week we're gonna 32 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: have a conversation here with Pete. Now, Pete, I have 33 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: described College Football News dot Com as the bible of 34 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 1: the college gridiron. It is my go to site. When 35 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: I need some information on college football, I always turn 36 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: to your website. How would you sum it up for 37 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: those that haven't read it a way that I have 38 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: not had to go get a real job in a 39 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: long time. So that's basically yet everything brown This is 40 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: about me having to get this living, this weird, crazy 41 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: world of college sports and deal with it all. But 42 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: it's fun. You know. The whole idea and is that 43 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,919 Speaker 1: everyone gets too crazy about sport in general, especially when 44 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: there are real world topics that actually matter. Uh. In 45 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: the fun part about college football is you've got some 46 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: of the richest, most powerful people on the planet who 47 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: get just insane over what a bunch of eighteen to 48 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: twenty three year old kids do on a football field 49 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 1: and or god forbid you, you know, do their their 50 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: school sign up or down, or make fun of their 51 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 1: fight song or anything. And uh, it's all supposed to 52 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: be silly. It's all fun, and you have people take 53 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: it so seriously and beyond that, just predict games and 54 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: go from there and give the people what they want, 55 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: especially like the season this year. It's gonna whole lot 56 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: of fun and even more than ever after doing this 57 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: for as long as we've been doing this for Yeah, 58 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: what what what did you do Pete before this? Like 59 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,839 Speaker 1: I've only known you as this guy, like you've had 60 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: that I was doing a website. I had a rumor 61 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: website for a while, and you guys were doing you know, 62 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: you were doing your thing at College Football News, and 63 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: you know, I haven't done at a long time. And 64 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: you're still pumping out story after story after story, your machine. 65 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: What what did you do before this? Not to put 66 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: a log on the fire here and get this whole 67 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: They'll do as fast as possible. I started on advertising. 68 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: I worked then for a now defunct publication called Pro 69 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: Football Weekly here in Chicago for several years. UH, and 70 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: then in the late ninety nineties, a couple of guys 71 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: there and I were like, hey, you guys should take 72 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: this print publication and make do this whole online thing. 73 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: And they weren't really into it, and then it was 74 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: too late for that. And then one day I there 75 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: was some data out there that said that the most 76 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 1: red stuff on the Internet in the nineteen nineties came 77 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: out of like the Dallas Morning News and the recruiting 78 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: rankings and anything to do with college football. And I 79 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: just so happened to like, say, I love college football, 80 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: I love making picks in writing about this, and I 81 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: started up then in and it's gone from there and 82 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: UH quickside true story. I actually really took off with 83 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: the Fox World UH on my birthday one year, I 84 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: think it was two thousand issues. So UH had had 85 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 1: the newspaper and we used to get the newspaper and 86 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: the uh, the wife looked in and looked at my 87 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: horoscope and for my birthday that day, and how what 88 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: are your lucky letters for the the upcoming year? And 89 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: the lucky letters were f o X. Okay ha ha. 90 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 1: I'm gonna just send out a just a blind email 91 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: to Fox and just say, I know you're changing up 92 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: your site and stuff if you're looking for college football content. 93 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: And so I sent down just that one of the 94 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: general mailbox at Fox sports dot com and within like 95 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: fifteen minutes later got something back saying, yeah, we really 96 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: luck you guys. You guys are great. This is great, 97 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: not knowing that it was just me doing this, and 98 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: then I hooked up with Fox and was with them 99 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 1: for about fifteen years or so as a content provider, 100 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: and uh, all that and everything to start of took 101 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: off from there. That's not supposed to work, Pete, as 102 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: you know, that's not Yeah, you're you're not just fishing 103 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: and and that's that's awesome. And you are a one 104 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: man band, right, I mean, do you have other people 105 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 1: every time? I'm amazed at the amount of content that 106 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: you turn out every day. It's in it's an insane 107 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: you've got that down to a science there. How many 108 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 1: I don't have as much of an ego about it 109 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: as you think, considering my name is slapt on everything. 110 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 1: But there are minions behind the scenes who do lots 111 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: of grunt work, who help out with the basics and 112 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: research and a whole lot of other things. But yes, 113 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, I finalize everything and 114 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 1: put it all off under CFN. But we do have 115 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: other guys who worked there, uh, not as made in 116 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 1: the Fox days when you know, we had a staff 117 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: about fifteen guys who helped crank stuff out. And it's uh, 118 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 1: there's a there's a fun, interesting, quirky CFN tree of 119 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 1: talent out there doing all sorts of other things uh 120 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: in the world as we speak. Some in the sports 121 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: world there fully start out at the UH CFN, Russ Mitchell, 122 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: who is a famous radio guy across the SEC plane 123 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: and guys who do, like I said, who've gone on 124 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: to do much bigger and much better things than this. 125 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: But it's just been around long enough, and it's been crazy. 126 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: It's every year is different. The Internet always changes. The 127 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: sports business world has never quite been the same. UH. 128 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: Through COVID, through UH you name it, through different algorithms, 129 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: through everything. It has not been the same any of 130 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: the years. I've been doing this for the last twenty 131 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 1: something years or so, and I gotta give you credit. Pete. 132 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: You're a Chicago guy and I read your stuff. I 133 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: don't sense maybe I'm missing it, maybe I have a 134 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: blind spot, but I don't sense any kind of like 135 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: bias towards a a certain Big ten schools. And when 136 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: you were growing up, what was your team when you 137 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: were when you were young. Yeah, I grew up in Minneapolis, 138 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 1: and my dad worked in colleges all all My dad 139 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: worked in colleges all his life, so I've grown up 140 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: on college campuses all my life. So I grew up 141 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: in Minneapolis. He worked in the University of Minnesota. I 142 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: went to Wisconsin because it got me in state tuition. 143 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: UH in with Minnesota uh and then I live in Chicago. 144 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: So I do, of course like the Big ten. But 145 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: i'm my biases towards anything over the last you know, 146 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 1: millions of years. It's just to the Power five schools, 147 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: because for example, all the Cincinnati arguments, all the other 148 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: things when it comes to any other smaller school. Not 149 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: that I'm not rooting for the little guy. But I 150 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: just know now what goes into these Power five schools 151 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: and just big machines they are, and just how much 152 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 1: talent it takes to keep those things going and how 153 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,839 Speaker 1: hard it is to get to those schedules. So I 154 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 1: do admit to being a total Power five snob, and 155 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: at this point, honestly, I just root for great games, 156 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: great moments. I want to see the big moments, you know, 157 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: Like again, I went to Wisconsin, but I was kind 158 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: of mad that Iowa lost. I beat Nebraska and so 159 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: that it would have been Minnesota versus Wisconsin for a 160 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: shot to play for the Big Ten championship. I root for, 161 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: you know, I want to see the big giant game. 162 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: And beyond that, you know, my biases pretty much go 163 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: for whatever my picks are for that week. Yeah, and 164 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: see this is I'm glad you brought them because I 165 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,719 Speaker 1: have this argument in college basketball every year when the 166 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: n c A Tournament comes around and I hear all 167 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 1: these people, I want to see the small schools when 168 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 1: you know, in the early round of the tournament, and 169 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: you know, being a radio guy, we do I do 170 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: an overnight show, and so we talked that's when we 171 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:29,559 Speaker 1: mostly talk college basketball, there's no Jews. People don't I 172 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: don't care. They don't want to talk about the smallest school. 173 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: They everyone wants to see the upsets. But when Duke wins, 174 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: and you know, for example in basketball or something like that, 175 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 1: people call up, they want to talk, you have opinions 176 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: about it, and and it's kind of be the same 177 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: thing in college football, right, I mean, as you point out, 178 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: you you see the data on the traffic and what's 179 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: getting clicks and all that, right, and that's that's a factor. 180 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: It works for oh, it works for Power five conferences 181 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: to Stanford being good, people's pageview death, you know, so 182 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: that's just that does not you know, there's certain schools 183 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: that will help me. I'm always had, but you know, 184 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: on the flip side, Marshall, places like you know, every 185 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: once in a while, like Coastal Carolina last year and 186 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: it was rocket and rolling, uh, certain East Carolina certain 187 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 1: you know, you CF certainly has a massive enough fan 188 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: base where it certainly helps business wise. But again, I 189 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:22,719 Speaker 1: just kind of roots for the big things and you're 190 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: dead on right when it comes to gets a tournament. 191 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:29,319 Speaker 1: You showed me, you know, Central Connecticut Tech State beating 192 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 1: Duke in the second round, and I'll show you a 193 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: n third round matchup somewhere coming in and down the 194 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: rides road. So I mt churning even more than anythink. 195 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 1: E it's give me the top four teams, give me 196 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: the monsters at the very end. And yeah, but look, 197 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: and then there is a flip side all this. And 198 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: in the college football playoff world, you know, we've had 199 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 1: monsters over the last few years. We've had the biggest 200 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: of the big names get in and you've had the 201 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: you know, the l s U and Alabama, Clemson and 202 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,439 Speaker 1: House States, and we've had blowout after blowout in these 203 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 1: college foo all playoff matchups. So I do say all that, 204 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: and I'm tongue in cheeks say I am a power 205 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: five snow, but I do get it when the public 206 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: out there is sick of Alabama, when it's sick of 207 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: the same old, same old schools, And it's more fun 208 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: in the year like this when you do have you know, 209 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 1: a Cincinnati in an Oklahoma state and you know even 210 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: in Michigan who are more and even Georgian to a 211 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: certain extent, are kind of the new teams involved in this. 212 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 1: And I think when they do expand the college football playoff, 213 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: whatever that does happen, it's just going to expand it 214 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: even more and get more programs involved in, more fan 215 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 1: bases involved, without ruining the integrity of the regular season 216 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 1: of college football. Kind of like they've already done that 217 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: with college basketball, but uh, it is more fun when 218 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: you get more fan bases involved in this. Be sure 219 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: to catch live editions of The Ben Maller Show weekdays 220 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: at two a m. Eastern eleven pm Pacific on Fox 221 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: Sports Radio and the I Heart Radio app. So what 222 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: what is the big hit on college footballs? You you 223 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 1: do a lot of game previews and all kinds of things. 224 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: Is it the gossipy stories or is it the hardcore 225 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 1: like football breakdowns? Like? What is it that really? Addictions? Predictions, predictions, predictions. 226 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 1: That's that everything you know, everyone wants to and as 227 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: much as I fought it for many years, predictions are 228 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: always what everyone wants, especially now, and that's where things 229 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,959 Speaker 1: have changed more than anything else over the time. The 230 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 1: starting is because it used to be that you want 231 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: the longer content, you want the feature articles, you want 232 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: the you know, the two thousand word article things that 233 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: people would read and now everyone's on their phones, and 234 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: so they just want bam bam band, they want list, 235 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 1: they want quick. They went in out there. You know, 236 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 1: they're commuting to work or you know, they have a 237 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: few minutes wherever they're able to look at it, and 238 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: they just want to be able to look at something fast, 239 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: get their content and move on. And so really the 240 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: idea of pivoting from when I first started, where we 241 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: used to have a schlew of writers who would write 242 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,839 Speaker 1: these million word articles and they would just you want 243 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 1: to keep people on the side, make up sticky, get 244 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: him to the message boards. Back in the day, keep 245 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: people engaged on the site. Now nobody does that. So 246 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: the idea of getting people to the homepage doesn't really 247 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: matter because it's that it's all search engines. It's do 248 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 1: are do younger? S c O right. It's really more 249 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: technical because that was really where where Fox used to 250 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: help out more than anything else where. I could write 251 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: an article on CFN and we get traffic. If Fox 252 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 1: took it would be great. If Fox put it on 253 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: f MSN, it would go ballistic. So it really just 254 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: depends you have everyone's writing good stuff. It just depends 255 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 1: who gets to it and how they can see it. Yeah, 256 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,839 Speaker 1: and you also, I know on your website, I don't 257 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: know how many user you but do you pick NFL 258 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: games too? Like you be handy handicapped the games in 259 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: the NFL, not just college football. Yeah. You know. The 260 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: weirdest part about all this, I think our biggest traffic day, 261 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: maybe ever at least since we've been with the USA 262 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: and a platform, has always been the Wednesday slash Thursday, 263 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: right before March madness, you know, I mean, just it's 264 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 1: crazy how we again s c O who gets the 265 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: right algorithm and stuff to happen, and it just happens 266 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: to be. Our site has sort of clicked in with 267 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: where people go to our site now when it comes 268 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 1: to picks predictions on the right day, and those have 269 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: always been the biggest stuff, so even college basketball stuff, 270 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 1: but really the NFL. You know, as much as I 271 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 1: love college football NFL, I'm actually pretty more fluid in 272 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: a lot of ways. Uh. And last year during COVID, 273 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: when it looked like there wouldn't be a college football season, 274 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: me and a couple other guys really sort of got 275 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: a couple of guys help me out. We pivoted Chafts 276 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: and said all right, well, we're just gonna be all 277 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: NFL just to try to get us through the season. 278 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: As it turned out, just as many people wanted to 279 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: see NFL picks and they want to see college picks 280 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: and same sort of thing. As long as you don't 281 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: have to engage people for that long. If they want 282 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 1: to get on okay, like who's gonna win tonight New 283 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: Orleans or Dallas? Bill, get getting get out and move 284 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: on with it. So hey, more intent the better. Yeah, 285 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 1: And now do people I do a bit on my 286 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: radio show, which I've done on the internet too, is 287 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: benny versus the penny? Now do people give you a 288 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: hard time? Do they bust your chops to? Don't if 289 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: you don't get to pick right pete? Are they well 290 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 1: you gotta is it? Is it that? Or they'll leave 291 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: it alone on that. It depends on how wacky I 292 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: try to be. I get Usually I will always get 293 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: tagged if there's something just wrong, like if there's something 294 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: factually incorrect, which drove me crazy this year because, for example, 295 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: the n c A official stats site was wrong and 296 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: on their stats on a couple of certain things throughout 297 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: the year. They just didn't have it quite plugged in, right, 298 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: So whenever we go through the tea and the game 299 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: previews and then do one final check to make sure 300 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: things are right with the n A Stats site because 301 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: they're usually the side of record. Well, the Cincinnati fans 302 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: let me hear about it. When I wrote like the 303 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: three words or something about the Cincinnati pass rush just 304 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: being okay, and I based it mainly off of and 305 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: say stat site when they were wrong, it was my 306 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: own fault for not checking out elsewhere, then I will 307 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: hear it. But if I really diff a call or 308 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: a pick alright something. Every once in a while I 309 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: get something, I'll really hear it when I do something 310 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: really stupid, like picko House steak to beat Alabama the 311 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: National Championship last year. But hey, I'm all, I'll put 312 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: it out there. I will gladly take it when we 313 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 1: get it wrong. We get it wrong, and uh that's 314 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: part of the game, that's part of the front and 315 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: all this. But uh, the other thing too, which is 316 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: awesome and crazy about this compared to the even the 317 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: Fox days, is people aren't quite as nasty as they 318 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: used to be when it comes to miss picks. And 319 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: I do have a theory that people's iron anger have 320 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: turned more towards more real things, like political things and 321 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 1: real world things. So the idea of oh, you got 322 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: this pick wrong, the venom isn't quite there like it 323 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: was back in say, the early commit two thousand's, as 324 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 1: it's been over the last you know, four or five 325 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 1: years or so. Oh yeah, to do though, if you 326 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: want to upset people just mentioned Republican or Democrat, boom, 327 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: everyone will explode in a fitteration. You want to You 328 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 1: had a great point, and you've you've done this, You've 329 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 1: talked about this before. But the college football this is 330 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: a big weekend in college football because championship weekend and 331 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:20,639 Speaker 1: all that and conference championship games, and you pointed out 332 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: how much better this could be by spreading it out, 333 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 1: and and it's everything is pretty much being played within 334 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:31,199 Speaker 1: the same few hours. And so as you have correctly 335 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: point out, you we can't really watch everything, right, Peter, 336 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: I mean this is a mistake in college football. Will 337 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 1: it ever actually be rectified? Yeah, you're you're talking about 338 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,160 Speaker 1: is right? When I point it out where I don't 339 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 1: get it. I know, networking TV guys, I've talked about 340 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: this with college football playoff people at the highest levels. 341 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:54,120 Speaker 1: I've talked about this with network people, and they all 342 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: have their actual reasons. Obviously there's a site that these 343 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 1: people aren't dull. They have a reason are putting the 344 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: games on when they are. But the problem is, for example, 345 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:07,400 Speaker 1: who's going to watch the American Athletic Conference Championship when 346 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: you have the Big twelve Conference championship at the same time. 347 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:13,360 Speaker 1: Who's gonna watch the a c C title game where 348 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: the Big ten championshipside at the same time. You know, so, uh, 349 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 1: you have all these games that like in the MAX 350 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: figured out, they have the hot action stuff. There's a 351 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: reason why I can talk about traffic before. Traffic for 352 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: for Central Michigan Eastern Michigan on a random Tuesday night 353 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: is massive because all the degenerate gamblers out there, which 354 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 1: I say, the perfection, Uh, we're gonna go check out 355 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 1: that picks. That's the only think going on on Tuesday night. 356 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: So for the conference championships, there's no reason why the 357 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: MAX should not be playing their championship game on a 358 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 1: Wednesday night. People will watch that. You know, I know 359 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 1: there's NFL on Thursday, but you could also have like 360 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: a sun Belt championship. That would get his viewership too. 361 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: When you have a blood of games on Saturday, people 362 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,880 Speaker 1: are just gonna want to watch the biggest, big games 363 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,640 Speaker 1: and they're not gonna flip around and watch them all. Yeah, 364 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: and I had those same conversations like in the NFL, 365 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 1: because they play everything, you know, the one o'clock eastern 366 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:07,719 Speaker 1: window and then the four o'clock Eastern window, and they 367 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,119 Speaker 1: could spread that out and but the you know, the 368 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: same thing, the same thing. Oh no, you don't. You 369 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 1: will not change my red zone habit, red zone fan 370 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: at the red zone as someone who's completely converted, who 371 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: cannot sit and watch a full NFL game without other options. 372 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:27,160 Speaker 1: At this point, I need more options in the four 373 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:30,719 Speaker 1: o'clock late game hour because after those first step first, 374 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: this mash up of games is so awesome, and then 375 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 1: when you only have like two games, and if the 376 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: Lake Monster game turns out to suck, it's like, wait 377 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: about I want five or six other options at this point, 378 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 1: so that I kind of get, but they don't really 379 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: have that red zone option. They've tried it with college 380 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: doesn't quite work out as well. Yeah, it's it's there's 381 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 1: too many teams, right, and that's the problem with college football. 382 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,199 Speaker 1: It's still spread out, and and it's a different animal 383 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:01,199 Speaker 1: because obviously fantasy makes a difference. Uh, you'll never have that. 384 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 1: There is a fantasy element of some you know, creaty 385 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: people like myself in college football, but obviously it's not 386 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 1: even one of the same as it is, Uh in 387 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: the NFL side, where you want to you know, flip 388 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: around the game, game, game, game game. I need to know. 389 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:18,639 Speaker 1: I might live in Chicago, but I sure as shoot 390 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: care about you know, what's appening with two and done 391 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: in Miami, and you know, if I'm going against Russell 392 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: Wilson up in Seattle and all around the rest of 393 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: the world. And plus obviously on the betting side of things, 394 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 1: NFL is a whole other weird animals opposed to college football. Yeah, 395 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 1: and as far as some of the other stuff going 396 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: on in college fotball, has there ever been a coach 397 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 1: who decided to get a different job that was not 398 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 1: met with a mob holding pitchforks and torches as they left. 399 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 1: We've we've seen that that's been a theme this week 400 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 1: in college football, where the fan bases are insane and 401 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: upset and all that the only way I've determined that 402 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,159 Speaker 1: the people are happy is if they're firing the coach 403 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 1: because the coach is bad, then they celebrate. But if 404 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: you if the coach gets a better job or what 405 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 1: he thinks is a better job, there must be a 406 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:11,360 Speaker 1: mob listen online, mob destroying the coach. Pete right, that's 407 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: the way it has to work. Now. There is no dumber, 408 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: weirder aspect to American society than college football coaching things. 409 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: Because on the one side, if you win two games, 410 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: you get an extension and get the seven years added 411 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:30,959 Speaker 1: on with an extra ten million a year, all because 412 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: you had a little mini hot Street. If you lose 413 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: two games, fired, can't coach anymore. You stink, you don't 414 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: know what you're doing. We need to move on from this. 415 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 1: It is hilariously weird how this all works. But you 416 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,159 Speaker 1: are right. It depends on the situation though, because the 417 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 1: crazy part about the coaching care asselt to what you're 418 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:53,439 Speaker 1: speaking of, is every big time fan base you can 419 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 1: search any major program's name here thinks, why don't why 420 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 1: wouldn't want somebody coach here? Why wouldn't someone want to 421 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,719 Speaker 1: have this job? And I stayed this with affection with 422 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: the Texas job when it came open with Matt Brown 423 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: and finally decided like, go, I'm speaking to very high 424 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: end people there, and they were dead serious. They were like, well, 425 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,679 Speaker 1: we're just gonna get one of the harbors are we can. 426 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: Why wouldn't Mike Tomlin want this? Or we'll we'll pay 427 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,439 Speaker 1: for Nick Saban to come here. Every and that's every 428 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: single opening. They think we could just pay to get 429 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: this guy to come here, and sometimes it works. You know, 430 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,919 Speaker 1: USC was right, we could just pay to get Lincoln 431 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,919 Speaker 1: Riley to come take this job. Uh And for the 432 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 1: most part, a certain statement the fan base and the 433 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 1: fan base in Oklahoma that you know, kind of Newton 434 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 1: Lincoln Riley was never going to be in Oklahoma for forever. 435 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,120 Speaker 1: Where I think they got mad was he took the 436 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: USC job and not say the Dallas Cowboys job, where 437 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: he seemed like he was going to be on the 438 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,160 Speaker 1: Cliff Kings very path to the NFL. So there's something there. 439 00:22:56,200 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 1: Oddly enough, there aren't a whole lot of fans out 440 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 1: there who seemed that upset over Brian Kelly leaving Notre Dame. 441 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:09,199 Speaker 1: It's they're like, we appreciate what you did. You did 442 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:11,639 Speaker 1: you won a lot of games here, but all right, 443 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,120 Speaker 1: don't go to l s U. And that was one 444 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,919 Speaker 1: of the weirder big hires of this whole care AUSEL. 445 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller 446 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 1: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. He's 447 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: Mike Carmen. I'm Dan Buyer, and we have a brand 448 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:30,200 Speaker 1: new fantasy football podcast called I Want Your Flex. 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Listen to I Want Your Flex with Mike 457 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 1: Carmen and me Dan Buyer on the I Heart Radio app, 458 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 1: Apple Podcast and wherever you be your podcasts speaking. And 459 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought up the Notre Dame thing because 460 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: I want to ask you I've I've been hearing through 461 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,919 Speaker 1: the grapevine here that as you referenced, they weren't that 462 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: upset that Brian Kelly left it. The people behind the 463 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,400 Speaker 1: scenes at Notre Dame, the people who have influenced there. 464 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: Even though Notre Dame had a great season, they say 465 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: they only lost the Cincinnati and uh at a solid 466 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 1: year yet again, and they've been very good in the 467 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: in the regular season with Brian Kelly, and they haven't 468 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: done very well in big games and the ball games 469 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 1: and whatnot. But that the program, the term that I 470 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,479 Speaker 1: kept hearing was it was it was stale, and that 471 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:38,199 Speaker 1: there wasn't a lot of despite the winds, that it 472 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: could be bigger and better, and that things have kind 473 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 1: of grown, uh doll if you will, which is odd 474 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 1: because they're winning a lot. Have you heard any of 475 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 1: that you're in the ear in the Midwest? Is that? 476 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: Is that yeah? Nonsense? Or is there's something to it? 477 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: There's there's a there's he's if you're Notre Dame. He 478 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 1: got them to a certain love where I have a 479 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 1: whole slew problems with Brian Kelly and pass things that 480 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 1: happened under his watch at that program off the field, 481 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: but on the field, what the guy got into to 482 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 1: College Football Playoff appearances, one BCS Championship appearance. Uh, he 483 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 1: has gotten that program to a level where it is 484 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 1: just close enough and that no, it's not Alabama or Clemson, 485 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 1: but like that's an unrealistic even for Notre Dame expectation 486 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:32,440 Speaker 1: because it requires some dumb luck to be at that 487 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 1: oh my dear god level that Alabama has been at, 488 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: or you know, the Clemson with that before this year 489 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 1: under devil screening will probably be out again very soon. 490 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 1: But there is the theory. I think it's Mike Sachowski's 491 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: thought that you could stay at a place for too long, 492 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,360 Speaker 1: and he did end up staying there for too long. 493 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,919 Speaker 1: But yeah, it's it seemed like it was just one 494 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,239 Speaker 1: of those moments where they just needed a little bit 495 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 1: of a shift, a new energy, maybe something different, a 496 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: little more innovation, a little something differ. But like you said, 497 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: look they're in the College Football Playoff. Throughout this chase, 498 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: throughout this whole run. It's been a great season under 499 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: Brian Kelly. However, it just everyone wants to kind of 500 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: move on and do different things and make different changes, 501 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 1: and it just seemed like that with Notre Dame as well. Well, 502 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: now the reports Marcus Freeman, the defensive coordinator, apparently he's 503 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,719 Speaker 1: he's in line and to be the head coach and 504 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:29,919 Speaker 1: be the full time guy. Is do you think that 505 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: actually filed they follow through with that and would that 506 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: be a money with Notre Dame be doing that to 507 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: save money or is there something else going on here. 508 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: It's not a crazy thought because of the of the 509 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,879 Speaker 1: history of low ball offers and uh two guys like 510 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 1: Urban Meyer and the past and not overpaying for coaches, 511 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:55,439 Speaker 1: except for the fact that you can't find anybody who's 512 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 1: ever had anything to do with the Notre Dame football 513 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 1: program who can say anything thing but glowing recommendations and 514 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,959 Speaker 1: is not in total love with Marcus Freeman, uh in 515 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: terms of energy, in terms of being able to sell 516 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 1: the program, in terms of being just the youthful energy 517 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 1: that who just is always go go go, always positive forward. 518 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: And it's just kind of embodies what you want in 519 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 1: a college football head coach in the modern era, where 520 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 1: you want a guy who's got that that fire, who's 521 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 1: got the energy to be able to always be recruiting. 522 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: And I know a lot of Nor Dame friends of 523 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: mine and guys who do this always are thinking about, well, look, 524 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: you know, Nordame is one of those jobs that they 525 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 1: can really actually go after anybody, and someone like John 526 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 1: Harbaugh would think about, or un Mike Tomlin would think about, 527 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,680 Speaker 1: or any pro coach would have to for a split 528 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 1: second thing he the kind coach and Notre Dame. That's 529 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: just the thing. The problem with that is pro coaches 530 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: going to college, you know, going from movies to TV. 531 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: The idea of like clip Kings very going from Arizona 532 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: where they're in the Super Bowl hud to Oklahoma. Once 533 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 1: you've lived and tasted that pro life, going back to 534 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:13,919 Speaker 1: having to suck up to seventeen year old on a 535 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,640 Speaker 1: daily basis, it's kind of a hard thing to do. 536 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:20,440 Speaker 1: That's why kind of a guy like Marcus Freeman, who 537 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: is young and who is in the college at game 538 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,360 Speaker 1: right now, who is in that world, is a perfect 539 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 1: fit and a perfect guy for the time. Now. Well know, 540 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 1: as people are listening, there's something might have changed really drastically. 541 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 1: But the big argument was that Brian Kelly left six 542 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 1: days before knowing whether or not his team was actually 543 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 1: out of the College football Playoff. Chase Luke Fickle is 544 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: still in the college football playoff chase, at least as 545 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: we speak right now, and so they're gonna probably wait 546 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: and see on that. If there is an announcement, they're 547 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: not going to do anything until after we know what 548 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 1: since the day's future is kind of like Lincoln Riley 549 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 1: didn't make the move. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. His agan 550 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 1: was obviously talking to USC before the end of the 551 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 1: regular season, but it wasn't all announced after the Oklahoma 552 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 1: State game. So I do think if your Notre Dame, 553 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: you do have to wait a little while. But certainly 554 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: Marcus Freeman, if he's not at the top thest he's close, 555 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: and you might have a swap where if it is 556 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 1: Luke Fickle, then Cincinnati would be like, Marcus Freeman, our 557 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:25,120 Speaker 1: old defensive corner, please come here, take over this job 558 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 1: and take us into the new era and the big 559 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 1: twel coming up in a few years for that program, 560 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 1: the old Switcher ru And as far as Brian Kelly, 561 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,960 Speaker 1: I we talked about some my Overnight show, did Kelly 562 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 1: going to baton Rouge and they you talk about a switch. 563 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 1: They had the most Louisiana occasion coach they could have 564 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: with coach Oe and Brian Kelly is like the polar 565 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: opposite of you. When you think of Louisiana Baton Rouge, 566 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 1: the SEC, you don't think of Brian Kelly. How long 567 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: is a honeymoon period gonna last for coach Kelly there 568 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,880 Speaker 1: at l s U. It's it's over. It was over 569 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 1: ten when ten minutes ago. Look, I was on a 570 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 1: good nature joking fund with the one of the radio 571 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 1: stations done a Baton Rouge where they weren't asked. You know, 572 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: we've got into the argument what's the better job USC 573 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 1: or L s U? And I kept yawning at him. 574 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 1: You guys are crazy. Why would anybody want this L 575 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 1: s U job? Because you can't go tenant, you can't 576 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 1: lose three games in a row. You can't lose ever 577 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 1: because that fan base has experienced the top of them out. 578 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:36,480 Speaker 1: Not only did they experience three national championships in you know, 579 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 1: recent times under three different head coaches like Nick Nick 580 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 1: Saban wasn't exactly Mr New Orleans when he took over 581 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: that gig when he came down from Michigan State. Obviously 582 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 1: one of one there was great. Les Miles obviously was 583 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:53,160 Speaker 1: great there until he wasn't. And at our dron put 584 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: together arguing the greatest season in college football history, and 585 00:30:56,560 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 1: two years later complete failure. Can't coach? God, who wants 586 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 1: to deal with that? I mean, I obviously Brian Kelly does. 587 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 1: But you're getting gobs and gobs of money for this, 588 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:10,480 Speaker 1: but the pressure for that job when Alabama is still 589 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,840 Speaker 1: a thing, when Auburn is still good, when Old Miss 590 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 1: is still good, when you still have a Georgia from 591 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:18,400 Speaker 1: the East. It's just it's impossible for every team in 592 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 1: the SEC to be awesome, especially in a year where 593 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: just about every team was above averager better, when thirteen 594 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 1: of the fourteen teams are going bowling, you know, so 595 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 1: like it's I it's just an impossible expectation to ask 596 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,160 Speaker 1: Brian Kelly or anybody to step in right away and 597 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 1: win a national championship now. But if he doesn't do 598 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 1: it in the next two or three years, everyone's gonna 599 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,120 Speaker 1: be screaming at him, just like they're screaming at like 600 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: Gimbo Fischer now that he sucks and can't coach because 601 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,960 Speaker 1: they haven't won a national championship in Texas A and 602 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 1: even though they were this close to getting into the 603 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:55,120 Speaker 1: College Football Playoffs last year, they fired Dan Mullen. Sucks 604 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:58,000 Speaker 1: can't coach, even though last year at this exact time 605 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:00,480 Speaker 1: they were still in the College Football playoff. Life. It's 606 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 1: an insane world in the SEC. But boo, who all 607 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,480 Speaker 1: these guys are getting paid generational wealth to be allowed 608 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 1: to live that life. Yeah, and it's it's really you 609 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,800 Speaker 1: think of the SEC and the big name coaches, it's 610 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:16,480 Speaker 1: it's tilted heavily towards the SEC West obviously with that 611 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: that half, with all the big names there, and who's 612 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 1: who's the next coach out in the SEC, A big 613 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 1: name coach? Who do you think is on the hottest 614 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:30,640 Speaker 1: of the problem is right now, as we've kind of 615 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: we've gone through this process at this point, there really 616 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 1: isn't one particular guy I would say in terms of 617 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:41,640 Speaker 1: just flat out pressure Dud's got to start winning bigger now. 618 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:45,240 Speaker 1: It's Jimbo Fisher because the crazy part about Jimbo is 619 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,200 Speaker 1: on the one side, he was rumored to be on 620 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 1: the shortlist for l s U And on the other side, 621 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 1: you've got the fan base is like her, all right, 622 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,400 Speaker 1: so let's win a national championship already. We want to 623 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: be that team that gets into the College football playoff hunt. 624 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,640 Speaker 1: Uh So, it's there's a whole lot of you know, 625 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,240 Speaker 1: every school's got that guy, because now if you look 626 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 1: at the coaches across the board, it's pretty massively awesome. 627 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:13,320 Speaker 1: I mean, Lane Kiffin should I thought Lane Kiffin would 628 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 1: have been great back at USC and in a dream world, 629 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: he'd be great for Ordre Dame. But he's one of 630 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,760 Speaker 1: the best coaches going and he's at all miss Mike Leach. Look, 631 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 1: the guy's never won anything, and I have major problems 632 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: with him as a human being, but he's great. He 633 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:33,240 Speaker 1: that offense is phenomenal at Mississippi State. Kirby Smart Okay, fine, 634 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 1: as we speak right now, he has won a national championship. Yep. 635 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 1: But obviously he's got that program rocking and rolling. We'll 636 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 1: see what Billy Napier does at Florida. Josh Hype could 637 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: not be a hotter candidate for Oklahoma with what he's 638 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:50,160 Speaker 1: doing at Tennessee. So the coaches in this conference all 639 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: bring it. And going back to what we talked about 640 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,479 Speaker 1: the very very beginning, why I'm a Power of five snob. 641 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 1: You want to talk about the difference between Okay, Cincinnati 642 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:02,719 Speaker 1: beating Notre Dame. That's all awesome, great win, Then do 643 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 1: it again, don't you know? Not only get what you know? Tolane, Tulsa, 644 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:11,839 Speaker 1: East Carolina. Whereas if you were Texas A and M. Great, 645 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 1: you beat Alabama, super beat Arkansas, beat Oldness, beat Mississippi State, 646 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,279 Speaker 1: beat Georgia whatever else. It's it's not the same when 647 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,239 Speaker 1: it comes to the big gigant or conferences like that 648 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 1: and the other nonpower file conferences. And that's just life 649 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 1: in the SEC. Yeah. And as far as Lincoln Riley, 650 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 1: I have been bombarded. I have friends at USC people 651 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,440 Speaker 1: that have been pumping their chest out, walking around like 652 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 1: pead uh, why why did Lincoln Riley take? That's not 653 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:42,719 Speaker 1: I know it's l A and all that, but the 654 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:46,759 Speaker 1: sc the USC football program has been going the wrong 655 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,400 Speaker 1: direction for a long time. And he he created you know, 656 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:52,360 Speaker 1: he didn't really create Oklahoma. Bob Stoops created Oklahoma. But 657 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:54,799 Speaker 1: was that a money play? Why? Or did you want 658 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 1: to live in l A? What are you? What are 659 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,400 Speaker 1: you hearing on? Why Lincoln Riley chose he could have 660 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,560 Speaker 1: had any job he wanted, he chose the US season? 661 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: Why USC? Yeah? I think it's Kirk Curvester you phrase 662 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,799 Speaker 1: that Yeah, he got the keys to the maserati at Oklahoma, 663 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:11,200 Speaker 1: and now he doesn't quite have that that USC. But look, 664 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,759 Speaker 1: USC can flip around fast. They were so they had 665 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,399 Speaker 1: the talent this year. Then in the pactulth Championship hunt, 666 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:22,279 Speaker 1: it just didn't happen right away. That can be flipped instantly. 667 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,719 Speaker 1: And again I mentioned before, he's getting the recruits to 668 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:30,720 Speaker 1: come in uh to USC right away. Certainly Caleb Williams 669 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:34,120 Speaker 1: could follow him from Oklahoma to get there. Right now, 670 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,319 Speaker 1: USC is going to be at the top of every 671 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:41,240 Speaker 1: recruits list because it's l a, because it's USC. Because 672 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 1: especially in that era and now work with name, image 673 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:48,640 Speaker 1: and likeness for all the stuff that USC got hammered 674 00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,920 Speaker 1: for under Pete Carroll with the rush Reggie Bush sanctions 675 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,840 Speaker 1: are now part of the norm, like like, oh what 676 00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:58,520 Speaker 1: did what did they get the coma penalty for? They 677 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,200 Speaker 1: got it because Reggie Bush worked with a marketing company 678 00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:03,520 Speaker 1: and he worked with an agent and he did oh 679 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,040 Speaker 1: he had the subway deals lined up for him. You know, 680 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:09,000 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, he's history's greatest monster. And they, you know, 681 00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:11,879 Speaker 1: pretty much killed the USC program for a couple of years. 682 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,400 Speaker 1: Now that's part of the deal. So if you're a 683 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:17,719 Speaker 1: recruit and you're saying, Okay, I could go to this 684 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:21,120 Speaker 1: school or I could go to the school in l A. 685 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,879 Speaker 1: The prospects of making the money there are so much 686 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,680 Speaker 1: bigger and better and under Lincoln Riley and being in 687 00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,200 Speaker 1: that offense and that team that is going to be 688 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:34,960 Speaker 1: the hot team, hot program, and just straight professionally, Look, 689 00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:37,800 Speaker 1: Lincoln Riley is going to be the highest paid football 690 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 1: coach in Los Angeles. It's the money that they're giving 691 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 1: college coaches now compared to the NFL is just insanity. 692 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:47,960 Speaker 1: So why wouldn't you want to live in l A? 693 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:51,320 Speaker 1: You know, live the life there, the weather, the city, 694 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:55,600 Speaker 1: the media market, the recruiting opportunities, and on top of it, look, 695 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:59,040 Speaker 1: he's gotta beat what Colorado and Utah and u C 696 00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,960 Speaker 1: l A and eras Oonah. That's a little different than 697 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:04,279 Speaker 1: Oklahoma going into life of the SEC and having to 698 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 1: beat Nick Saban in Alabama and l s U and 699 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:09,719 Speaker 1: everything we just talked about with the SEC world. Well 700 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:13,840 Speaker 1: and also Pete, I mean the details on Oklahoma and 701 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,960 Speaker 1: his house is the USC bought two houses from Lincoln 702 00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:20,600 Speaker 1: Riley and they they're paying for his house in l 703 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:23,680 Speaker 1: a that maybe we all find someone in life to 704 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:27,200 Speaker 1: want to hire us to pay for houses. And my god, 705 00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:29,680 Speaker 1: what an amazing thing. I didn't even know as my 706 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:33,680 Speaker 1: as my as my running gag goes melt Tucker Uh 707 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,000 Speaker 1: and I were at Wisconsin at the exact same time 708 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:38,600 Speaker 1: we had classes. I was in a bunch of classes 709 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,200 Speaker 1: with him UH, And little did I know that at 710 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:43,719 Speaker 1: the time that the two of us combined would be 711 00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:49,360 Speaker 1: worth one million dollars over the next ten years. So great, 712 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,440 Speaker 1: great gig if you can get it as one of 713 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:56,080 Speaker 1: these college football head coaches who uh is on the 714 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:58,000 Speaker 1: on the rise and it's really good at what you're 715 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,520 Speaker 1: doing well. And also it's driving up the prices in 716 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,480 Speaker 1: the NFL now that the NFL is going to have 717 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 1: to compete financially with who thought? Who? Who would ever 718 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,640 Speaker 1: thought they're gonna have to compete with Michigan State and 719 00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:13,359 Speaker 1: Penn State and USC and and these these things. It's crazy. Hey, 720 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:14,800 Speaker 1: I'll let you go, Pete. I don't I've kept you 721 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:16,600 Speaker 1: a long time. How can people follow you on college 722 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,040 Speaker 1: football news is where you hang out all the time, 723 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,719 Speaker 1: But on social media if they want to catch up 724 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,880 Speaker 1: with you, I'll put it all on the yeah college 725 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:29,359 Speaker 1: football college football news dot com obviously uh my personal one, 726 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,440 Speaker 1: Pete few tech f I U T a k. And unfortunately, 727 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,880 Speaker 1: since College Football News does not have enough characters for Twitter, 728 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:40,080 Speaker 1: it is cool. College football News horrible handle, but it's 729 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:42,320 Speaker 1: all up there as well on the Twitter machine. Awesome. 730 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,239 Speaker 1: Thank you, Pete, appreciate it. Hey time you have a 731 00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:45,640 Speaker 1: great one.