1 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: Oh, a commitment. Just ate what it used to be 2 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: or is it? Well? Come man, this is the Late 3 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: Kick Extra Podcast. It is Wednesday. It is August, third 4 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: year of our Lord, twenty twenty two. Man, we're close. 5 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: Either your camp is already open or your camp's open 6 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: in this week. It's the time we have waited for 7 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: and we have not taken our foot off the gas. 8 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: You and I a single time in what the casuals 9 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: would less lovingly refer to as the off season. Yuck, 10 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: even whispering it makes me feel like I need to 11 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: take a shower. We got a loaded mail bag this morning. 12 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: I'm Josh Pate. This is the Late Kick Podcast and 13 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: it's the Late Kick Extra podcast. We do one of 14 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 1: these mailbag episodes per week. You cannot find this on YouTube. 15 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: You can only find it here. And it's just a 16 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:50,880 Speaker 1: spill over. It's where I get to as many of 17 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: the questions from you as possible. And we got a 18 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: really good set of questions about commitment, verbal commitments, commitments 19 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: and recruiting and what the value of a commitment is. 20 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: So I'm I mean, I can read what Fred had, 21 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: For example, what did you think about Brent Vinnables and 22 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: what he said at Oklahoma, and then Kyle was talking 23 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: about what I said earlier this week about how ninety 24 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: percent of verbal commitments are going to stick. Well, what 25 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: do I have to say now that Bama flipped a kid? 26 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: Let me just get to all this. Okay, I'm gonna 27 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 1: wrap it all into one great, big ball of a question. 28 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: To open the pod, and let's talk for a second. 29 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: If you're driving around Minneapolis right now, I just want 30 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: you to think, first off, about whether the Golden Gophers 31 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: can win seven games this year. And secondly, I want 32 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 1: you to think about what a verbal commitment means. If 33 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: you're down in Biola, Battery, Alabama, you're sixteen years old 34 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: and you're new to this whole thing, or you're sixty 35 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: six years old and you've watched college football your whole life. 36 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: When I say the word commitment, verbal commitment in the 37 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: realm of recruiting, what do you think about that? Because 38 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: I have had sort of a swinging philosophy on this 39 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: for a long time, I don't think the word should 40 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: be used. And that's my preface to get into this 41 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: this morning. So for the backstory for those unfamiliar, Fred 42 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: was asking about my thoughts on Brent Venables at Oklahoma. 43 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: Brent Venables, I think it was a little while ago, 44 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: but the footage of a press conference of his popped 45 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 1: up for whatever reason, on social media earlier this week, 46 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: and he was talking about how if kids are verbally committed, 47 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: then they shouldn't be taking visits elsewhere, and he's having 48 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: to work on making sure if you're committed to Oklahoma, 49 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: you don't take visits, and if you're gonna take visits, 50 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: don't commit to Oklahoma. So obviously everyone had a strong 51 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: reaction to this. You notice I didn't have it on 52 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: a show at all this week until now, And the 53 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: reason is because I don't care, and I don't. When 54 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: I say I don't care, I really mean I don't care. 55 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: I judge you based on your results. I judge a coach, 56 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: and I judge a coach's program based on the results. 57 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: In other words, judge a tree based on the fruit 58 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: it yields. If you're a paar tree, I don't care 59 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 1: if you call yourself a paar tree if you keep 60 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: on giving me pairs every season. And likewise, I don't 61 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: really care what your policies are. You could be Dabbo 62 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: and Brent venables and you know, put the red X 63 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: on the forehead of a kid who dares to take 64 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: an official visit elsewhere. Or you can be one that says, 65 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: I don't care if our kids to take visits. They 66 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 1: told me they were going to, I'm fine with it. Well, 67 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: I don't care. Run your recruiting operation the way you 68 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 1: see fit. Just I ask this, don't be hypocritical, don't 69 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: enact policies that you're not ready to back up and produce. 70 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: If you don't do those things, that's when I would 71 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: personally have a problem. Brit Vinibles has been on the 72 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: job like five minutes, so I have I haven't even 73 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: had time to have a problem with Brenton Vitibles. I've 74 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: never had a problem with the way Dabbo does it. 75 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: And even if I did have a problem, how am 76 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: I going to argue with their results? They've done really 77 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: good up there, so you know, even if I did 78 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: have a problem with it, who cares. But let's get 79 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: to the broader aspect of this. Because everyone's had an 80 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: opinion on that part. What about this part? I just 81 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: asked you, I'm gonna ask you again, what do you 82 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: think about the word commitment? Should it even be used. 83 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: I've been of the opinion a long time the word 84 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: commitment never should have been injected into this conversation, because 85 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,839 Speaker 1: it's not really what we're talking about when it comes 86 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: to a seventeen year old kid's relationship or attachment to 87 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: a school before he's ever signed a piece of paper. 88 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: One of the tiredest arguments that I hear so frequently 89 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: is a bunch of older folks looking at a bunch 90 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: of younger folks who quote unquote commit to a school 91 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: and then they quote unquote decommit from the school. And 92 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: I got to listen to a forty five year old 93 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: mechanic who's lived three lifetimes worth of what that kid's lived, 94 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: tell that kid you don't know a thing about commitment. Well, 95 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: maybe maybe what he did when he told an Auburn 96 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: coach that he's gonna play there, but then decided five 97 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: months later he wants to play at LSU. Maybe that's 98 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 1: not actually the same thing as you marrying and then 99 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: divorcing your wife. You know, maybe we're talking about something 100 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: on a little bit different a spectrum. And if it 101 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: sounded like I was disrespecting mechanics there, I got mechanics 102 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 1: on my family. I'm more talking about the age. You know, 103 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: if you are three times as old as some of 104 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 1: these kids, you tend to look at them through the 105 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,359 Speaker 1: prism of how you would view yourself, which is not 106 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: fair because if you held seventeen year olds to a 107 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: forty five year old standard, you would think that about 108 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: virtually every seventeen year old except the ones that win 109 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: the spelling be or when the chess matches on TV, 110 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: and they're kind of aliens to begin with. I'm convinced 111 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: those kids don't come from the same planet I do. 112 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: They're out here on National TV, you know, spelling nine 113 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: syllable words, and I'm sitting at a red light trying 114 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: to figure out can I turn at this intersection on red? 115 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 1: Can I do that? Is it a oh, there's the sign? Okay, 116 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: so we're good. No, outside of those kids, though, a 117 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 1: seventeen year old is not thinking about commitment in the 118 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: same vein as you. But let's get even beyond that. 119 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: Let's go a layer deeper, and now we're really thinking critically. 120 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: Now it really gets dangerous around here. How about the 121 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: word commitment. What if I were to suggest to you 122 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 1: that a kid in let's say, March of his junior year, 123 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 1: looks at Texas and says, all right, I just had 124 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: a visit out there. I just talked to the running 125 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: backs coach. I like Texas. They just called me and 126 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: they pressured me to commit. And you know what I 127 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 1: did to make them happy. I said, I'm coming. I'm 128 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 1: going to play at Texas Boom. Verbal commitment, as the 129 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: recruiting industry would call it, It is my idea that 130 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: we should not use the term commitment there. I'm open 131 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: to another term, but the term commitment does not fit 132 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: there because that's not what they do. There was no 133 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: ide There is no signing on the dotted line here, sir, 134 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 1: are your keys? That vehicle is yours. Now. That is 135 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: not at all what happened. If anything, if you wanted 136 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: to go back to the world of romance and relationships, 137 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: maybe you started to date. I guess would be the 138 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: best metaphor. Okay, we're dating. Well, people who are dating 139 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: break up all the time. People who were once dating 140 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: one person are now dating another person. Happens all the 141 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: time because they're not quite ready for that final commitment yet, 142 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: or as you would call it marriage. I look at 143 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: recruiting and always have the same way. And that's why 144 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 1: when all these folks get up in arms when a 145 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 1: kid decommits, I don't have a problem with it. And 146 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: here's where that spares me any embarrassment. I never end 147 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: up being the guy who gets mad at one kid 148 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: for quote unquote decommitting. But then I also cheer when 149 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: my school flips a kid from another program. You see, 150 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: if you're complaining about one, it's kind of hypocritical to 151 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: celebrate the other. The way that you abstain from that 152 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: entirely is do what I do. And this is a 153 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: good strategy elsewhere in life. Just say I don't care, 154 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 1: don't be the guy who thinks it's cool not to care, 155 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: don't go down that road that far. But on things 156 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: of this nature, the word commitment should never be used. 157 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: So Part A is, I don't really care what your 158 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 1: approach is as long as it works and it's not 159 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: totally underhanded. Part B is I don't think the word 160 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: commitment should even be used. Therefore, I don't judge a 161 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: kid when he does what some would call de committing 162 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: from a school. But there's a third part to this 163 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: that I need to wind in, and this is where 164 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: Kyle came in and Kyle was trying to have a 165 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: gotcha moment with me, and he failed miserably. I mean, 166 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: your face is going to look like street pizza after this, Kyle, 167 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: You're about to fly straight over the handlebars. And I 168 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: hate to do it to you, but I know you personally, 169 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: so it's okay if I drag you. I would never 170 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: do a stranger like this. Kyle was asking about something 171 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: I said earlier this week too. I was reacting to 172 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: a lot of fans who were in my DMS talking 173 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: about Florida starting to get on a roll. We gave 174 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: Florida a lot of love on the Sunday night Late 175 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: Kick Live because they're rolling and recruiting right now, and 176 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: a lot of fans I've noticed this happens all the time. 177 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: Their defense mechanism kicks in. So any non Florida fan 178 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: who was listening to that, their first reaction, their first 179 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: guttural instinct is to come at me and say, well, 180 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: none of it matters in July, Yes it does matter, 181 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: It matters a ton, And then they say h h 182 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: cause nothing's official. Well that's true, and you heard me 183 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: just say five minutes ago. Until they sign on the 184 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: dotted line. Nothing's official. Well, that's true, but we also 185 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: have something else on our side. You know what else 186 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: we have. We have data, We have research that we 187 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: can go do because I don't know if you guys 188 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: are aware of this, but you could go back and 189 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: you could track previous classes, so you can go see 190 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: what the relative value of a verbal commitment has been, 191 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: if that's what you want to call it. Since we 192 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: have not come up with a better term on this 193 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: show for lack of a better term, I've got to 194 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: call it verbal commitment. What does verbal commitment mean? How 195 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: much value should be placing it? How much should you 196 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: care about it? If you're a Florida fan? How much 197 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: does history suggest you should be excited about how having 198 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,559 Speaker 1: these verbal commitments? Well, the answer is really really excited. 199 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: And if you're throwing out the defense mechanism of oh 200 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: they'll all decommit, no, it doesn't mean anything. You're just wrong. 201 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: There's not opinion here, You're just wrong. And so I'm 202 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: not going to bore you with all these numbers, but 203 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 1: something to the tune of ninety percent of verbal commitments 204 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,439 Speaker 1: in July and beyond or in August and beyond. Stick 205 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: with the class, they're committed to nine out of ten guys. Now, 206 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 1: what I just said there is the vast majority of 207 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: kids who are verbally committed to a school right now 208 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: will end up signing with that school. But did you 209 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: notice what I didn't say. I didn't say all kids. 210 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: I didn't say one hundred percent, not ten out of ten. 211 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,839 Speaker 1: There are the exceptions, and guess who the exceptions usually 212 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: align with. It's not Nio like you think it will be. 213 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: It's not going to be someone coming in and buying 214 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: a kid. In fact, it's the opposite. I'm going to 215 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: suggest to you you may actually see a higher stick 216 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: rate than you used to because kids who have committed 217 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: earth in a lot of cases, whether it's underhanded or not, 218 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: they have committed and part of that commitment is an 219 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: nil structure attached to that commitment, so they have less 220 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,959 Speaker 1: reason to decommit in the future. But anyway, that nine 221 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: out of ten figure, where does the ten percent happen? 222 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:17,719 Speaker 1: Where's the one out of ten happening? Or the one 223 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 1: and a half out of ten, maybe the fifteen percent, 224 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: Where's that gonna happen. It's gonna really be correlated with 225 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: the apex predators in recruiting, because Alabama can go in 226 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: and offer a kid who's been committed to Ohio State 227 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 1: or Michigan for six months and there's a decent shot 228 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: they're gonna flip him just because they offered him. I mean, 229 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: we just saw this happen with an offensive lineman this week. 230 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: So that's the exception to the rule. So when Bama 231 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: comes in and flips a kid, it doesn't prove my 232 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 1: point wrong. It validates my point. That is the exception. 233 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: That is the one out of ten, that's the whole point. 234 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 1: Then you're gonna have situations where you're gonna have staff churn. 235 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 1: Either the guy that I committed to gets fired or 236 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 1: the guy I committed to is about to move on, 237 00:10:57,920 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 1: and maybe I'm less attractive to that program than I 238 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: used to be. Yeah, that could happen, and it will 239 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 1: happen inevitably with every cycle. It will happen. That doesn't 240 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: prove the point wrong. It validates the point. So when 241 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: we start seeing half of a class flip, then you 242 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 1: can come back at me and say what's happening this 243 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: year and I'll say, I don't know, we need to 244 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: dive into this, But that's not what's going to happen. 245 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: I'll spoil the ending for you now. A vast majority 246 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: of Florida's class is going to end up signing with Florida, 247 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: and I will not hear a peep from the people 248 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: running their mouth right now, come December on the early 249 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: signing day, Come February on the second signing day, there'll 250 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:33,680 Speaker 1: be nowhere to be found. It's a myth. It's just 251 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: fog and eventually will evaporate. You're just into thin air, 252 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: and you'll look around and say, wait, where are all 253 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: the folks who are doubting this last July? They're nowhere 254 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: to be found anymore. They disappeared. They were the fog. 255 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: Jeffrey is next up. Hard transition there, I know. But hey, 256 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: I'm done talking about it, so we move on. Hey, 257 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: Jeffrey asked a pressing question, probably one of the most 258 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: important that we'll have on the POT all year. Josh, 259 00:11:55,679 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: is it really true that you wear makeup? On air? Absolutely? Jeffrey, Absolutely. Now, 260 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 1: when I first got in local news true story here, 261 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: the first day that I was ever in a TV 262 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: studio was the day they put me on air. I 263 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 1: had no formal training, know nothing. They took me and 264 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: if you could picture an entire den of wolves. They 265 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: just strip you down and they toss you headfirst into 266 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: that den and say go get them. Well, one of 267 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 1: the many things I didn't know, among others such as 268 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:24,439 Speaker 1: how to read the teleprompter, is I didn't know you 269 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: were supposed to wear a makeup on air. I'm a dude. 270 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: I don't wear a makeup. I mean that was as 271 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: simple as that, or at least in Harris County, Georgia, 272 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 1: when you're growing up, that's as simple as it is. 273 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 1: So I go on air and I do my best. 274 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: I sucked, but I did my best. But I come 275 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: back to the newsroom and there was a lady by 276 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: the name of Dolores Washington who was long time tenured. 277 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: It came from the Weather Channel before she worked with 278 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 1: us at WLTZ. She said, Hey, you don't have any makeup, 279 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: do you? I said, no, is this a joke? What's happening? 280 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: She said, you got to get you some makeup. She 281 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:55,079 Speaker 1: showed me the replay. I'm surprised the viewer could even 282 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: see my face from the glare coming off my forehead. 283 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: So yes, Jeffrey, I do wear it. And you know 284 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: what you should be doing. You should be thanking me. Now, 285 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: those who listen to the podcast don't have to worry 286 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 1: about what I look like. But man, if you could 287 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 1: see the way those lights work on my forehead without makeup, 288 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 1: or better yet, if you were placed in my shoes 289 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: and you experienced it, Jeffrey, you would soften your stance 290 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: on makeup really quick, my friend, I know I did, 291 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: but that's not really the question you should have been 292 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: asking anyway. The question is, since I wear it, are 293 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: we going to start selling makeup in the late kickstore 294 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: peytstatematerial dot com, by the way, open for business? And 295 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: the answer is, I don't know, We'll see. Stay tuned. 296 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 1: There's a lot of stuff we don't sell there now 297 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: that we will sell in the future. I mean, if 298 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,319 Speaker 1: Kylie Jenner has her own cosmetic line, why in the 299 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: world can't I You know, I'm waiting for an answer 300 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 1: on that. All right, back to college football here, Uh, 301 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: let's see scroll scroll. Let's go with Stephanie's question. So 302 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 1: Stephanie asked, would it shock you more if Clemson or 303 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: USC won the national title this year? I think USC 304 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:51,679 Speaker 1: would shock me more simply because of the line of 305 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: scrimmage and there's a lot of newness at USC that 306 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: I think will pan out in time. But I can't 307 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,199 Speaker 1: be just totally sold on it confident in year one, 308 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 1: but would and that's not a major rebuild or anything. 309 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: They won nine regular season games last year. We all 310 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 1: know the reasons. I don't need to rehash the reasons. 311 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: But to me, it's as simple as looking at Clemson 312 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: and saying they got the best defensive line in the country. 313 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 1: Probably they have, if not a quarterback that can win 314 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: it for him in DJ they've got Kade club Nick 315 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: as a backup, and one of those guys I could 316 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: easily see being good enough to win the ACC and 317 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: then anything happens, as we've seen in the past, once 318 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: Clemson gets in the playoff. So that's not a path 319 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: that is really hard for me to paint. It's a 320 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: little bit harder for me to paint the path for 321 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: USC because Stephanie, you didn't ask about the playoff. You 322 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: asked about winning a national championship. And sometimes that sounds 323 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 1: like an either or you know, it's just interchangeable, it's not. 324 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: It is so not. Guys, think about the difference for 325 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: Cincinnati and Michigan last year making the playoff versus trying 326 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: to win a title. Once you get in the playoff, 327 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: it's like a whole new task. It's like a whole 328 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: new challenge, a whole new mountain to climb getting that 329 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: title once you get in there, because chances are at 330 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: least one or two team teams are going to be elite, 331 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: and last year you had a couple of them, and 332 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: neither since nor Michigan. We're ever going to do anything 333 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: against Georgia or Obama. So ask ourselves this. If we 334 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: assume that one or two teams who are elite get 335 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: in the playoff this year, and maybe they're USC and Clemson, 336 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: maybe they're not. But if Clemson or USC had to 337 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: face one of those teams, what does it take. It 338 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: takes a certain caliber of player along the lines of scrimmage. 339 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter what else you have, doesn't matter what 340 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 1: other ornaments on the tree you have. If the tree 341 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: doesn't have a good base on it, it's just gonna 342 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: get sawed down, it's gonna get tossed in the wood chipper. 343 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: When you go up against teams that do have that 344 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: depth and that overall top level talent along the offensive 345 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: line and defensive line. So because of that, Clemson's the 346 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: only team out of those two. To me, there's not 347 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: an option for USC to be able to do that 348 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: this year. And that's even if Caleb Williams plays very well. 349 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: That's even if those wide receivers do pan out. That's 350 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: even if Travis dies over a thousand yard rusher again 351 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: this year. All those things could happen and USC not 352 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 1: be a title content. It's unreasonable to expect them to 353 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: be a title contender. I don't know many Southern cal 354 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: fans who I've interacted with who do expect them to 355 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: be a title contender on the national level. Now, if 356 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: everything goes right, they could win the Pac twelve title, 357 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: and I think they get that, but anything beyond that 358 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: would be one of the wilder coaching debuts in the 359 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: modern history of the sport. Jacob next up. Jacob's asking 360 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 1: about a question that we had on Late Kick the 361 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: other night. He said, I saw you say that you 362 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: probably won't be at the Georgia Missouri game in Week five, 363 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: but you didn't really say where you will be. My 364 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: first question is what is this year's tour name. My 365 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: second question is what's your best guess as to which 366 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: game you will be at, Jacob, the tour name this 367 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: year is the every Given Saturday Tour. It falls right 368 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: in line with the entire ethos and the entire mantra 369 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: and fabric of this show. That is our DNA. We 370 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: are regular season first and foremost. We cherish every Saturday 371 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: we get. That's why I didn't call it the any 372 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: Given Saturday Tour. That's a pro thing. It's the every 373 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 1: Given Saturday Tour for us. So that's the tour name. Secondly, 374 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: in week five, now let's unpack this. For those who 375 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: missed the Sunday night Late Kick Live or the Monday 376 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: podcast replay, Jacob's talking about a bold prediction one of 377 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: our viewers made, and that bold prediction was I'm going 378 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:13,160 Speaker 1: to end up in Columbia, Missouri at the Georgia Missouri 379 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: game in week five. And for those of you who 380 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: are new to the show entirely, and I know we 381 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: got tens of thousands of you, thank you for being 382 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 1: part of the Pate State family. Here here is essentially 383 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: how my life works. I've got the best job on 384 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: the planet. They pay me way too much to talk 385 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: about college football on my own show. That I own 386 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: and then on Saturdays every fall, I get to fly 387 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 1: to any game I want to and stand on the 388 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: sideline and watch it and then come back and talk 389 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 1: to you about it and post a ton of Instagram 390 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: stories from the sideline so you can see in the process. 391 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 1: So yeah, that's what we do, and we kind of 392 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 1: dress it up and we give it a tour name, 393 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: and it's really fun. We have a whole lot of 394 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 1: fun with it. Well, one of our viewers thinks that 395 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 1: I'm going to be at the Georgia Missouri game voluntarily, 396 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: and that's the same week where Michigan plays Iowa. I 397 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: think we have Oklahoma State on the road at Baylor. 398 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 1: We've got Bama at Arkansas. There were a couple of more. 399 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 1: I can't remember all of them, but anyway, I mentioned 400 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 1: the games that I need to mention because my guess, 401 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,360 Speaker 1: my guess right now is I'm going to be at 402 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 1: Michigan Iowa. Now that's a guess, obviously it's subject to change. 403 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: But think about this. I've never been to a game 404 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: at Iowa, and that matters. We want to be at 405 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: the big game. We want to be at a big atmosphere. 406 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 1: I want to see as many venues and as many 407 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: teams in a given year as possible. We obviously don't 408 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: want to go somewhere where there's a likelihood of a blowout, 409 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 1: and I don't think any of those games are likely 410 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:35,640 Speaker 1: to be blowouts. But also, how many more times do 411 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 1: I have an opportunity to see Iowa and Michigan in 412 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: the regular season? Because I can see Bama, I normally 413 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: end up seeing Obama three times minimum. I can possibly 414 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: have the chance to see Arkansas a couple of times 415 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 1: this year. And that's why Bama at Arkansas. It may 416 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: not end up being the game we go to that day. 417 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 1: It may very well be, but it may not. And 418 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 1: so I'm looking at Michigan and Iowa. Michigan has such 419 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: an easy September, They're going to be undefeated in all 420 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 1: likelihood when that game role around Iowa. If Iowa beats 421 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 1: Iowa State in Week two, there are only other games 422 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,439 Speaker 1: before the Michigan game are South Dakota State, Nevada and 423 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 1: at Rutgers, so it should be an undefeated versus undefeated matchup. 424 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: Now here's the trap some people fall into. When I 425 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: talk to them about this, they think about it and 426 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 1: they say, why would you go to Iowa, that's going 427 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: to be like a seven or eight win team this year. No, guys, 428 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 1: that's not the way to think about it at all. 429 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 1: Earlier in the year is your better opportunity to go 430 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: see teams that may not end up being double digit 431 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 1: win teams because early in the year they're less likely 432 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: to have blemishes on their record. That's why I made 433 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: it a point to as I just threw my preview 434 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:39,200 Speaker 1: magazine down, That's why I made it a point to 435 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: go to the Iowa Iowa State game last year. Neither 436 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 1: of those teams ended up being great teams, but they 437 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,400 Speaker 1: were undefeated at the beginning of the year. In Week 438 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 1: two rolls around and it's the biggest game in the 439 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: history of the series. That was a fun atmosphere, This 440 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 1: Michigan Iowa atmosphere. Potentially, if that's undefeated versus undefeated man 441 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: and that's the first road game from Michigan and it's 442 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 1: the first big conference game for Iowa, that could be 443 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,239 Speaker 1: a raucous environment. And like I said, I've never been 444 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 1: to Kinnick Stadium before, so that's definitely a place I 445 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 1: want to get to. So my guess is Michigan at Iowa. 446 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 1: But like I said, it's a guessing game. That guessing 447 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 1: game gets really dangerous because at any given moment something 448 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 1: like this could happen. It's too easy. At this point, 449 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: I need a new challenge because fooling you with the 450 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,120 Speaker 1: AD break, if we're just being real with each other, 451 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: has kind of become one sided. None of you saw that. 452 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: None of you saw Inevitably, it's only like a forty 453 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,360 Speaker 1: minute pod, So someone's just going to randomly guess when 454 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: it's coming. I mean, people win the lottery all the time. 455 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,880 Speaker 1: That doesn't mean their skill. There's no skill in knowing 456 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:42,359 Speaker 1: when that AD break's coming. You know how. I know 457 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 1: that because I don't decide when it's coming until right 458 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:46,680 Speaker 1: before it does. As you can tell, we're really structured 459 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: around here. Richard is next up. Richard asked a very 460 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 1: intriguing question, and it kind of got seen already in 461 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: the Big twelve last year. Richard said, do you think 462 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: USC and UCLA are going to face increased hostility on 463 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,639 Speaker 1: the road in the Pac twelve this year because they're leaving? Richard, 464 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: The answer is yes, And I think if you ask 465 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,399 Speaker 1: Texas or you ask Oklahoma, they faced this last year. 466 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 1: And it wasn't just on the road. That's when the 467 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: fans can get involved, obviously, But I think you saw 468 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 1: inspired efforts from just any game that OEU and Texas 469 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 1: played in conference last year, and I expect that to 470 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 1: be the same out in the Pac twelve because you 471 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 1: got to understand those players, they understand this stuff. Those 472 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 1: players are not just pawns out there that look around 473 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,439 Speaker 1: and say, oh, well, media rights, it's conference realignment. It 474 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,159 Speaker 1: doesn't affect us, well, absolutely, it does affect you. It 475 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 1: affects the spotlight. It could affect the amount of opportunities 476 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 1: you're going to get financially. It could impact, especially for 477 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: the future, the value attached to your name. Think about this. 478 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:48,640 Speaker 1: If you're a player at let's just say Washington right now, 479 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: growing up, you have come to understand that attaching pack 480 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: former Pac twelve football player at University of Washington to 481 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: your name gets you opportunities law long after your playing 482 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 1: days are done. It could be on the speaking circuit, 483 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 1: you know, it could be in marketing opportunities. There's just 484 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,679 Speaker 1: there's so much out there. There's so many doors that 485 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 1: get unlocked for you once you have lived that life. Well, 486 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 1: there is very much a diminishing return on the value 487 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 1: of calling yourself a former Pac twelve football player, as 488 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,880 Speaker 1: the reputation of the Pac twelve potentially takes a hit 489 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: down the road because the USC Trojans and the UCLA 490 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: Brewins saw fit to up and leave. Now, I know 491 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,959 Speaker 1: that you don't necessarily sit there on your couch on 492 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: Saturday and think in those terms, but I can promise 493 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 1: you those players do, and those players from coaches looking 494 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 1: for an angle to get their guys motivated, are reminded 495 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: of this stuff. And I say that with conviction because 496 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,879 Speaker 1: I have it on good authority that certain programs in 497 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: the Big twelve have been using this tactic with their 498 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: locker room to get them ready and add just a 499 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: little bit of extra juice into the effort that they're 500 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: going to get from their guys when they go play 501 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 1: OU in Texas in the Big Twelve. So, yes, Richard, 502 00:22:58,400 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: I do think it's going to matter. Now. What you 503 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: can't know I say this all the time. What you 504 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 1: can't know is, well, how many points is that worth? 505 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: Is this team all the sudden going to score thirty 506 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: four instead of twenty seven because they're mad that USC's 507 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,399 Speaker 1: leaving the conference? In two years whenever that is. I 508 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 1: have no idea, but I do know in the aggregate 509 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,440 Speaker 1: it will matter. I certainly think when you look back 510 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 1: on this season, you will have had enough of a 511 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: case study to say, ooh man, you know you know what. 512 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,399 Speaker 1: I've realized teams really took it extra serious when they 513 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: played USC and UCLA this year. Seth is next up. 514 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:33,359 Speaker 1: Seth asked for all the talk you've done about how 515 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: the recruiting dynamic needs to change in the state of Florida, 516 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:38,879 Speaker 1: are we starting to see it happen? Christ of Ball's 517 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 1: got Miami Rolling. You've talked recently about how Billy Napier 518 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: looks to be turning things around at Florida. Are we 519 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:48,119 Speaker 1: seeing the shift in the Sunshine State? Yes, I do 520 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: think that's happening. Was planning on doing a segment on 521 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: this eventually, I wanted to give it a little break. 522 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: You know, I can't talk about the state of Florida 523 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,680 Speaker 1: every other week on the show, but if you're asking 524 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: about it, I absolutely can. Yes, Seth, I think that's happening. 525 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,479 Speaker 1: And here's the million dollar question. Is Florida state going 526 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 1: to join the party? It's not necessary for all three 527 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 1: of them to be recruiting at a high level. I 528 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:12,400 Speaker 1: think it is necessary for at the very least one, 529 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,399 Speaker 1: and more preferably at least two to be recruiting at 530 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 1: a high level. And like I'm saying, I'm not trying 531 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 1: to put the cart before the horse here. I'm not 532 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:21,879 Speaker 1: trying to say all right, after you get a few 533 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 1: verbal commitments, then everything's turned around. But I also am 534 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 1: not saying it's meaningless. So there's a healthy balance here. 535 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: I think when Florida just landed four four star commitments 536 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: in the span of a week, that's not nothing. That 537 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 1: is something. And when Miami has been getting the overall traction, 538 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 1: just the general traction they've been getting and recruiting under 539 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 1: Crystal Ball, that's not nothing. That very much is something. 540 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: And there's no reason to think it's going to slow down. 541 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: It's not a mirage, you know, it's not like fools 542 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 1: gold No. If nothing else, they're going to continue to 543 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,199 Speaker 1: recruit at Miami. And I hope that we end up 544 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 1: being able to say the same about billion Apier in Florida. 545 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: But the point there is Seth's asking about a very 546 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 1: very long held belief by myself that the whole big 547 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: key to unlocking or re establishing some really good sustainable 548 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 1: competitive balance in the sport is for teams in Texas, California, 549 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 1: and Florida to keep more of their talent home. And 550 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: this simple reason for that. I'm not going to take 551 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 1: five minutes to talk about this, but the simple reason 552 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 1: for that is ask yourself who's been dominating the sport. 553 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: And when you answer teams like Alabama, go look at 554 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: their roster. Are those guys all from Mobile and Montgomery 555 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 1: and Birmingham and Huntsville. Of course they're not. Some of 556 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: them are, many more of them are from South Florida, 557 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,439 Speaker 1: many of them are from Texas. Bryce Young's from California. 558 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,199 Speaker 1: So they've gone to those states. Ohio State's done it, 559 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,200 Speaker 1: Georgia's done it, Clemson's done it. And it's no coincidence 560 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,440 Speaker 1: those teams are right up there in the hunt every 561 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 1: single year. So just ask yourself rhetorically, how much would 562 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 1: it change the landscape if Miami or Florida, or USC 563 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: or Texas or A and M or all of them 564 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,439 Speaker 1: were recruiting in the top ten and a couple of 565 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,160 Speaker 1: them were in the every cycle because there's no reason 566 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: for them not to be. And The answer, friends, is 567 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: you would have two things happen. It would be a 568 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 1: chain reaction. You would just flat out see those teams 569 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:12,399 Speaker 1: get better, so Southern cal or Texas or Miami they 570 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: would be more competitive on the field, which in and 571 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,880 Speaker 1: of itself would yield to a more competitive conference race. 572 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 1: But then the other thing that would happen is you 573 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,360 Speaker 1: would have one or two less kids per team per cycle, 574 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: going to places like Ohio State, go into places like Alabama, 575 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, you get rid of what 576 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,919 Speaker 1: you currently view as super teams and you just have 577 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: a bunch of really good teams. And that kind of 578 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 1: leads us into the last question. So I'm going to 579 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: get over to Michael's question here because Michael was asking. 580 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 1: Michael says, I'm a college guy and I've heard about 581 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 1: the seven season, but I've only seen clips of the 582 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 1: seven season. From your perspective, if you lived through it, 583 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: which I assume you did, Thank you, Michael, what was 584 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 1: so special about the seven season? And Michael, the answer 585 00:26:55,760 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 1: is complete and utter chaos like you have never seen before. 586 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: If you and your buddies got together in like a 587 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 1: college football simulator and you just simulated the craziest, most 588 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: unlikely scenarios imaginable, and you put it all in one season. 589 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: O seven was crazier than what you would do because you, guys, 590 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 1: before you got to the point of what seven really was, 591 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 1: you would look at your simulator and you would hit 592 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 1: the reset button because you would say, some of this 593 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:25,679 Speaker 1: stuff is out of the realm of believability. We cannot, 594 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 1: for example, we cannot have the last week of the 595 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: season get here and have Missouri and West Virginia in 596 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: line to play for the national title. And I'm going 597 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: to slow down for a second, and I'm going to 598 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: restate what I just said. We got to the last 599 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:46,359 Speaker 1: week of the season and Missouri and West Virginia was 600 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 1: going to be your national championship game. Not in nineteen 601 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: sixty three, guys, this was in two thousand and seven, 602 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, in the last week of 603 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 1: the season, Missouri loses, I think in the Big twelve 604 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 1: championship game. And then also the biggest upset to me 605 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: of the year because of the stakes, was pint beating 606 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: West Virginia. West Virginia was a machine. West Virginia was 607 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 1: under Rich Rodriguez, and this was right before he briefly accepted, 608 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,120 Speaker 1: or this was right after he briefly accepted and then 609 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: turned down the Alabama job, and then they went right 610 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: back to Nick Saban and ended up getting him. So 611 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,880 Speaker 1: he had West Virginia rolling, and he's a West Virginia guy, 612 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,879 Speaker 1: and it was this perfect fit. And then all of 613 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 1: a sudden, there's this inexplicable upset in a huge rivalry game, which, 614 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 1: by the way, is being renewed this year. Pitt versus 615 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: West Virginia backyard Brawl is back, and I think it's 616 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 1: a Week one game. So if you want to know 617 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: why that rivalry means so much for those of you 618 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 1: who are in college, among other things, go check out 619 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 1: the seven season. West Virginia was in line to play 620 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 1: for the national title, and because they and Missouri both 621 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: got knocked out, you end up having two loss LSU 622 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 1: in the title game even though they lost to a 623 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 1: five loss team and they lost last regular season game 624 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 1: in like triple overtime. But because they went to the 625 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 1: SEC title game and won it, they're sitting there with 626 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 1: two losses. They're the SEC champ, and all of a sudden, 627 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: the BCS looks around and says, who were we gonna 628 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 1: take I guess LSU all right, put him in, and 629 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 1: then LSU did what Southern teams normally do with a 630 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: month to prepare, They got healthy, and they took the 631 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: most talented roster, and they ended up winning the game 632 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 1: and winning a national championship. I think the best way 633 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 1: I can summarize it is this. I could tell you 634 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 1: what was so crazy about seven, and I could get 635 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 1: like ten points deep, and I would not even mention 636 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 1: that Louisiana Monroe beat Alabama Nick Saban's Alabama in Tuscaloosa. 637 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,000 Speaker 1: I would not even get to that point. Louisiana Monroe 638 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: went into Tuscaloosa and beat Saban in Alabama, and that's 639 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 1: not even one of the ten craziest things that happened. 640 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 1: Or to put in another way, think about this sentence. 641 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: This sentence could be said and in the context of seven, 642 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: no one would argue it. It would kind of make 643 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 1: sense about this sentence. For a second, man, it's a 644 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: shame that once West Virginia and Missouri got knocked out 645 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: of the title picture in the last week of the season, 646 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 1: Kansas didn't get their rightful shot at a national championship. 647 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 1: Just pause, let it sizzle. Let it sizzle. Yes, that's 648 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: where we were. That same Kansas team that hasn't won 649 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: more than three games since two thousand and nine. In 650 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 1: two thousand and seven was in the national championship picture. 651 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 1: They were a top five team. That's what happened, well, 652 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 1: among other things, that's what happened in seven. Two thousand 653 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: and seven was unlike anything we have seen before or 654 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: since in college football. Every Saturday night, you felt like 655 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 1: you were recovering after a bomb just went off. You 656 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:47,920 Speaker 1: were sitting incredulous, staring at your TV watching what was 657 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 1: the best college football wrap up show of our time, 658 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 1: which was Rhys Davis, Mark May and Lew Holtz on 659 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:56,800 Speaker 1: College Football Final. And you would be watching your TV screen, 660 00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 1: after convincing yourself that you knew what was going to 661 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 1: happen that Saturday twelve hours earlier, you would be watching 662 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:04,960 Speaker 1: and you wouldn't even blink for like two minutes. You 663 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:08,480 Speaker 1: would just be staring like a zombie, saying what just happened? 664 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,840 Speaker 1: And sometimes it's cause your team got knocked out. Sometimes 665 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: it's cause you lost your entire month's rent. Because Illinois 666 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 1: beat number one Ohio State guys, Illinois won the Orange 667 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,440 Speaker 1: Bowl that year. I didn't even tell you that Illinois 668 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:26,800 Speaker 1: University of in football won the Orange Bowl. I didn't 669 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:28,680 Speaker 1: even mention it. That's kind of like the Bama thing 670 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: app State beat Michigan to start the season. I didn't 671 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 1: even mention it. There are so many things that happened 672 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 1: that year that in any other year would be the 673 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,760 Speaker 1: craziest thing. That weren't even top five or top ten 674 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 1: and O seven So I know it sounds like a movie, 675 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,720 Speaker 1: but it really happened. I was happy to have lived 676 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:48,320 Speaker 1: through it, but I I was not without being victimized. 677 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 1: I caught some strays in the wallet that year two, 678 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:55,560 Speaker 1: But man, that seven season completely and utterly crazy. Hey, 679 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: peytstatematerial dot com is open for business the Late kickstory. 680 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 1: We finally got it up and running and I'm finally 681 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,800 Speaker 1: able to keep it open now. We're stocked up. We've 682 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,560 Speaker 1: been doing phenomenally there, so obviously thank you for that. 683 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,680 Speaker 1: And also keep an eye on the store. New stuff 684 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 1: is coming that I think is going to be better 685 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:14,600 Speaker 1: than anything we even have in there right now, so 686 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,040 Speaker 1: keep an eye on it. I'll make sure to tell 687 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 1: you follow the socials at Late Kick. Josh, I am 688 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: so excited about camps opening up, so excited. Here's the 689 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 1: other thing you need to know, and this is a 690 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:27,960 Speaker 1: little shopkeeping I'm going to put on the back end 691 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 1: of the show. We are not going to have an 692 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:34,000 Speaker 1: episode of Late Kick Live Thursday night. And here's why. 693 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 1: Our staff, starting Sunday, starting this Sunday, will not have 694 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:44,080 Speaker 1: a day off until Thanksgiving. We will grind seven days 695 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 1: a week. And we love to do it. Now, we 696 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:48,560 Speaker 1: love to do it, but it is it is taxing. 697 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,719 Speaker 1: All I have to do is talk some of these guys. 698 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 1: They're in editing bays thirteen hours a day and it 699 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,800 Speaker 1: sounds like it's easy work, but it's really not at all. 700 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 1: So we're just we're taking a couple of days off. 701 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 1: I'm going to go home for a couple of days, 702 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: back to Columbus or back to Harris County. Sorry, and 703 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 1: then we're going to hit it Sunday and we're starting 704 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,280 Speaker 1: three shows per week Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. That starts 705 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 1: next week and we will not let up until the 706 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 1: season wraps up. And that's the way we like it, 707 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 1: and that's the way we built the show with you 708 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 1: and mind, thank you so much. Keep telling friends, keep 709 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,400 Speaker 1: telling family about the show. We're not paying anything to market, 710 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: you're making it, so we don't have to thank you 711 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:29,960 Speaker 1: for that. For producer James Today, producer James on the scene, 712 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:32,320 Speaker 1: I'm Josh Pate. Thanks so much, have yourself as a 713 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:33,880 Speaker 1: great rest of your day and God bless