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Speaker 1: It's his first fall camp for Alabama. He's the one

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Speaker 1: And it's just got a conference sticker or a TV

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Speaker 1: network sticker or a university sticker on the side of it.

429
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Speaker 1: They're in the driver's seat they have no business being in.

430
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Speaker 1: And I used to not believe that. I used to

431
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Speaker 1: sit as a fan on the outside of this bubble,

432
00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:04,119
Speaker 1: and I used to look inside, and I thought everyone

433
00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,240
Speaker 1: inside was a genius. I thought everyone, certainly at the

434
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Speaker 1: university president or athletic director level, or conference commissioner level,

435
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Speaker 1: or any of a number of other high profile positions

436
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Speaker 1: you were not necessarily familiar with. I thought all those

437
00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,919
Speaker 1: folks were geniuses. They were revolutionary. They had to be

438
00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,440
Speaker 1: advanced thinkers. They had to know something the rest of

439
00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:24,920
Speaker 1: the folks in the room didn't, and in a lot

440
00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,400
Speaker 1: of cases, all they knew how to do was work

441
00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,679
Speaker 1: the system. There are folks like that where you work.

442
00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,360
Speaker 1: You will walk into an office tomorrow and you will

443
00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,320
Speaker 1: see someone making way more money than you, that has

444
00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,760
Speaker 1: way less skill and talent know how than you, but

445
00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:40,560
Speaker 1: they know how to do one thing you don't know

446
00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,960
Speaker 1: how to do, and that is look at an ORG

447
00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,000
Speaker 1: chart and slither their way up to the top by

448
00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:49,399
Speaker 1: any means necessary. A lot of people made it to

449
00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,720
Speaker 1: where they are today in college athletics the same way. Now,

450
00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,320
Speaker 1: if it just stopped there, it would be okay. But

451
00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:01,320
Speaker 1: sometimes difficult decisions come along, and sometimes bowling balls enter

452
00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:05,040
Speaker 1: the room in the form of either a negotiation period

453
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Speaker 1: or a really really strong willed television partner who wants

454
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Speaker 1: to restructure a deal, or maybe you have to lobby

455
00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,880
Speaker 1: with or in some cases negotiate against as your new

456
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Speaker 1: media partner. And you're ill equipped because you don't have

457
00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:23,320
Speaker 1: you don't have assassins in the room. You've got part

458
00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:27,000
Speaker 1: of that word, but the assens is out. Just keep

459
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Speaker 1: the front, negate the back. And that's what you're sending

460
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Speaker 1: to the battlefield to try and defend your conference or

461
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Speaker 1: your brand or your university. And they're not equipped to

462
00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,200
Speaker 1: because they're not talented. They're average. There are a lot

463
00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,800
Speaker 1: of average people in the room that have no business

464
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Speaker 1: being in the room, just average affity all over the place,

465
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Speaker 1: and in lieu of not knowing any of the other details,

466
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Speaker 1: that's what just happened here, and it's what's happened in

467
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Speaker 1: college athletics for a long time. Now here's the good

468
00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,720
Speaker 1: news before I circle around to probably some really good news. Okay,

469
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Speaker 1: that happened. We can't change that. That's over and done with.

470
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,600
Speaker 1: I also think, so let me save the good news

471
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Speaker 1: for about a minute from now. I get the sense

472
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Speaker 1: that a lot of your frustration wasn't just in the

473
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Speaker 1: fact that there was massive conference realignment. You also had

474
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Speaker 1: frustration in the way it came out. You had about

475
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,560
Speaker 1: five or six big names out there, two or three

476
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Speaker 1: who really owned the news cycle. Family and Dellinger are

477
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Speaker 1: ones I leaned on heavily. I don't fault them a bit,

478
00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,280
Speaker 1: like they did great work on this, but the fact

479
00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,680
Speaker 1: that they had a new story ready to go every hour,

480
00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,920
Speaker 1: they had a new source saying new things every other hour.

481
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Speaker 1: It is indicative of what an average person is like

482
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Speaker 1: when the light gets shined on them for the first

483
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Speaker 1: time in their life. Not Ross Dellinger and Pete Famil,

484
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Speaker 1: I'm not talking about them. I'm talking about the folks

485
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Speaker 1: they talked to. In a lot of cases, they're talking

486
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Speaker 1: to average people, and those average people have never mattered,

487
00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,040
Speaker 1: and those average people have really never accomplished anything, they

488
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Speaker 1: never built anything, and all of a sudden, for the

489
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Speaker 1: first time in their lives, they're the source for an

490
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Speaker 1: hourational writer who is feeding the information they're giving them

491
00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,440
Speaker 1: to the masses, and they're watching the reaction. It's like

492
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,920
Speaker 1: kicking over an ant hill every time Thammel or Dellinger

493
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,920
Speaker 1: tweet something out and it's the most thrill and adrenaline

494
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Speaker 1: they've ever had in their lives. You just saw what

495
00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:17,879
Speaker 1: it looks like when average people are allowed to be

496
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Speaker 1: in charge during a critical juncture of college football history.

497
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Speaker 1: That's what it looks like. It's a Grade A cluster

498
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,639
Speaker 1: and you have new stories every hour. I mean, we

499
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Speaker 1: had multiple updates from meetings that were going on. Did

500
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Speaker 1: you understand what that entails. That entails a bunch of

501
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Speaker 1: folks in a room like this right here as the

502
00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:43,040
Speaker 1: meeting's taking place, because because they want to be the

503
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Speaker 1: source of whatever's about get tweeted out or written about.

504
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,040
Speaker 1: It was pathetic. So yeah, you were turned off by that,

505
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,960
Speaker 1: just like I was. Cause, uh, in case you've forgotten,

506
00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,600
Speaker 1: we sat on this show in spring and told you

507
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Speaker 1: Colorado's moving, told you Oregon and Washington are very likely moving.

508
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Speaker 1: We knew about it back then. There was oh Nate

509
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,120
Speaker 1: for fifty seven breaking news up dates like we knew

510
00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:05,960
Speaker 1: about it back then. So here's what I've picked up on.

511
00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:12,320
Speaker 1: I've picked up on some understanding and some awareness over

512
00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,840
Speaker 1: the past seventy two hours of how hard the college

513
00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,560
Speaker 1: football fan has been turned off by this that I've

514
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,960
Speaker 1: never picked up on before. Think about it for a second.

515
00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:25,040
Speaker 1: Think about how you feel personally about this latest round

516
00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:29,400
Speaker 1: of realignment, and think about how selfish you think folks are,

517
00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,640
Speaker 1: how greedy you think folks are, how unhealthy you think

518
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:34,639
Speaker 1: some of this is for college football if you feel

519
00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,120
Speaker 1: that way, because I'm telling you and putting those words

520
00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:39,960
Speaker 1: in your mouth to say that you're not alone and

521
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,720
Speaker 1: feeling that way. A ton of folks felt that way.

522
00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,240
Speaker 1: A ton of folks in my business even felt that way,

523
00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,840
Speaker 1: and everyone publicized it at one time when this stuff,

524
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,679
Speaker 1: when the damn finally broke. The other day, a bunch

525
00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:55,320
Speaker 1: of folks simultaneously let it out. And what they led

526
00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,240
Speaker 1: out was, I don't like this at all. I'm a

527
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Speaker 1: college football fan or I cover college football, I am

528
00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,200
Speaker 1: around college football. I love college football. I hate this.

529
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:08,439
Speaker 1: I've never seen it so unanimous before playoff expansion. Some

530
00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,480
Speaker 1: people like it, some people don't. Targeting rules, some people

531
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,600
Speaker 1: like it, some people don't this stuff. No one liked it.

532
00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,200
Speaker 1: No one liked it. There's this small little bubble, small

533
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 1: little cadre of people who tie a bow tie way

534
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,879
Speaker 1: too tight in the morning and they get in the

535
00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:24,800
Speaker 1: car way too expensive and go to work in the morning.

536
00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 1: They liked it. You didn't like it. I didn't like it.

537
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,880
Speaker 1: It was heard. Is my point. This is really really

538
00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,520
Speaker 1: important to listen to because you won't see evidence of this.

539
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,879
Speaker 1: I can't quantify it for you, but talking to some

540
00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,280
Speaker 1: very important people on my side of the business, now,

541
00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,359
Speaker 1: the folks you don't get access to, I think that

542
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,200
Speaker 1: stuff was heard, and I think for the first time

543
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:49,400
Speaker 1: it shook a lot of folks in a seat over there,

544
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Speaker 1: a decision making seat, whether it be in college athletics

545
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,080
Speaker 1: or media. I think it shook them a little bit,

546
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,320
Speaker 1: and for the first time, I think folks who have

547
00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,560
Speaker 1: cash checks on the back of this sport forever have

548
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:05,720
Speaker 1: looked around and started to get a little concerned, at

549
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:09,159
Speaker 1: least the concept that one day they could alienate a

550
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:12,440
Speaker 1: chunk of college football fandom. You think that's impossible, It's

551
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 1: never impossible. We can use the pro wrestling and NASCAR

552
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:19,200
Speaker 1: analogies from late nineties all we want to. It's never impossible.

553
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,800
Speaker 1: Folks walk away from stuff they've loved for years all

554
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,800
Speaker 1: the time. They walk away from people, they walk away

555
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,640
Speaker 1: from things, they walk away from sports, they walk away

556
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,360
Speaker 1: from stuff all the time. College football is not immune

557
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,520
Speaker 1: from that. It's just been immune from it in these

558
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,720
Speaker 1: people's lifetimes because they've been cashing checks on the back

559
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,000
Speaker 1: of something they didn't build. They didn't create. They didn't

560
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,119
Speaker 1: create tradition, They didn't create the concept of what Saturday's

561
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 1: in the Fall mean. And so it's a bad thing

562
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:49,719
Speaker 1: that it happened. It's going to yield good results in time,

563
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,440
Speaker 1: because I think there is an awareness in the room

564
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 1: like there never has been before. You got to take

565
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,439
Speaker 1: my word on this right now. It will show itself

566
00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 1: in the future. There's an awareness that we better get

567
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,160
Speaker 1: the fools out of the room, We better get our

568
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:07,800
Speaker 1: collective act together. We cannot allow this to publicly ever

569
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:11,959
Speaker 1: appear like the spectacle and disaster that this just seemed

570
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,600
Speaker 1: like again, And we got to be a lot more

571
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,000
Speaker 1: streamlined in the future about how we handle this kind

572
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,240
Speaker 1: of stuff. And here's the boldest concept, how about we

573
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:24,480
Speaker 1: actually listen to fans or players, you know, the two

574
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:27,480
Speaker 1: entities that were ghosts in this whole process. You ever

575
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,200
Speaker 1: heard fans mentioned in this, your players mentioned in this?

576
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,919
Speaker 1: Of course not. And some of you had the audacity

577
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,159
Speaker 1: to bash Eli Drinkwitz the other day for saying just

578
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,359
Speaker 1: that drink Witz had a good clip. We're not going

579
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 1: to play it for you, but go look it up.

580
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 1: Eli drinkoitzs head coach there at Missouri had a really

581
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 1: good clip. I think he echoed the sentiments of a

582
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,040
Speaker 1: lot of coaches, a lot of fans, a lot of

583
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 1: folks like me. So I appreciated what he said, but

584
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,800
Speaker 1: I think that lever got pulled, and that lever got pulled.

585
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 1: And again, remember, these are these are people who scare

586
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 1: pretty easily average people, scare easier than you could imagine,

587
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,600
Speaker 1: and so take much. These are the kind of people,

588
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 1: for example, who would change their entire trajectory of their

589
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 1: company they inherited from their dad overseeing thirteen or fourteen

590
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 1: tweets trending at the right time. That's this kind of

591
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,440
Speaker 1: person we're talking about. And so those kinds of people,

592
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,480
Speaker 1: in some cases are in decision making positions in college football.

593
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 1: You let them know you're aggravated in large enough numbers.

594
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 1: Even they're smart enough to realize they don't cash those

595
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:25,840
Speaker 1: checks without you. They're not the most powerful people in

596
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:29,560
Speaker 1: the room. You are, you always will be, you have been.

597
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,920
Speaker 1: It's just that I'm with you because I'm a college

598
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 1: football fan too. For a little while, we've kind of

599
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,280
Speaker 1: sat back and said, all right, yeah, I don't like this,

600
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:40,640
Speaker 1: this and that, but that's all right. I got my

601
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:42,840
Speaker 1: saturdays in the fall. I'll be good with it. You

602
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 1: can't sit back because they'll just keep taking one further

603
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 1: step every time and seeing how much further out there

604
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,200
Speaker 1: they can get every time. And so eventually you got

605
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 1: to pull the rope on them. You got to pull

606
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:58,160
Speaker 1: them back. And I think college football fans in mass

607
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,120
Speaker 1: pulled a rope. They pulled it hard right after this

608
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,640
Speaker 1: last round of realignment, and they felt it over there

609
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:05,680
Speaker 1: on the other end, that little tuggle war that's been

610
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,720
Speaker 1: one sided, they felt it. Now, what kind of results

611
00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: does that yield? I don't know. I think it will, though,

612
00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 1: here's what I want to leave you with. Though college

613
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 1: football is gonna be fine, I can't say the same

614
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,240
Speaker 1: for the non revenue generating sports. That's a lot of

615
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,360
Speaker 1: what drink what's was talking about. By the way, college

616
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,880
Speaker 1: football will be fine. I promise you that it won't

617
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 1: look exactly the same there is. There's never been a

618
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,800
Speaker 1: twenty year period in the history of this sport, though,

619
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 1: where college football continued to look the same. Now that's

620
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,960
Speaker 1: not a good thing, but I'm just telling you we're

621
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:40,360
Speaker 1: not dealing with anything above and beyond the realm of

622
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 1: uniqueness in twenty twenty three. It's just unique in our

623
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:48,840
Speaker 1: lifetimes because it's not happened in our lifetime. But radical

624
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 1: changes happened in this sport forever, and it'll continue to happen.

625
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 1: So you can't control that. What I can tell you

626
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,240
Speaker 1: is Saturdays in the Fall aren't going anywhere. They can't

627
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,880
Speaker 1: go anywhere. It's got to be a fixed asset or

628
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:04,000
Speaker 1: else this thing loses its value. That's the one saving

629
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,240
Speaker 1: grace in having the most greedy people in the room

630
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 1: imaginable making decisions is they do have to crystallize the

631
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 1: thing that's the most valuable, even if they may not

632
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,640
Speaker 1: love it themselves. They do have to crystallize the concept

633
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,480
Speaker 1: of Saturdays in the Fall, the concept of tradition, as

634
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 1: much as they can. Now that they've shredded thirty percent

635
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,280
Speaker 1: of it, they got to try and maintain the other

636
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 1: seventy percent because that's what sells in college football. Rivalries

637
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:32,080
Speaker 1: sell in college football, High level matchups sell in college football.

638
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,080
Speaker 1: Now they probably just created more of those. And so

639
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 1: I'm not knocking everything about this wholesale, but college football

640
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:43,239
Speaker 1: itself will be fine. If I covered college basketball, if

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Speaker 1: I covered college baseball, softball, I'd be infinitely more furious

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Speaker 1: than I am about college football. I'm more upset in

643
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Speaker 1: college football at just the idea that some people who

644
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Speaker 1: I don't feel that way, but it's gonna happen. It

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Speaker 1: cannot disagree. A good number of live viewers. What are

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Speaker 1: we up? Over? Three K? I appreciate that. Guys. Hey,

686
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Speaker 1: so I got a quick stat for you as we

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Speaker 1: dive back into what Ifs. Well, right before we dive

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Speaker 1: back into what IFFs, I have got a number on

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Speaker 1: this post it right now, and the number is forty

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Speaker 1: six point five. Does anyone want to guess? That's the

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Speaker 1: number of the night? Does anyone want to guess? Jesse,

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Speaker 1: I didn't even tell you what this is? Forty six

693
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Speaker 1: point five. That is the percentage of our audience that's

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Speaker 1: unsubscribed to the channel. It's all I'm saying. It's all

695
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Speaker 1: I'm saying, not even gonna ask you anything. I just

696
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Speaker 1: want you to think about that, marinate on that, and

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Speaker 1: think is there a change I need to make in

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Speaker 1: my life? Am I part of the problem or the

699
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Speaker 1: solution around here? Am I part of the fifty four

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Speaker 1: percent of the forty six percent? Anyway? Thank you for watching? Regardless?

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Speaker 1: All right, let's dive into what Ifs? Chapter nineteen of

702
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Speaker 1: what ifs tonight? Just some fun things we're talking about

703
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 1: that could happen this year, and if they did happen,

704
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Speaker 1: may very well change the trajectory of a conference or

705
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 1: several conferences. Con fry plural. Let's go with the first

706
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Speaker 1: one here, and this is from Brandon. He said, who

707
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Speaker 1: let me take a second and just marinate on this one.

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Speaker 1: What if Miami throttles Texas ANM and is undefeated heading

709
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Speaker 1: into the Clemson game. That's a pin dropper there, you

710
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 1: heard it, Miami. So they play A and M in

711
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Speaker 1: week two. You didn't just say if they beat them, Brandon,

712
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 1: you said, what if they throttle them? Well, we got

713
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Speaker 1: a number on that game right now. So they are

714
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Speaker 1: seven and a half point dogs at home against Texas

715
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Speaker 1: A and M. Okay, so think about this for a second.

716
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Speaker 1: So A and M goes in there and they get

717
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Speaker 1: their doors blown off against Miami. Well, the first thing

718
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Speaker 1: I'd be asking is is Texas A and M about

719
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,480
Speaker 1: to fall off the rails in this scenario? That would

720
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Speaker 1: be its own show, not just a segment of show.

721
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 1: So leave that over there. Then we bring ourselves back

722
00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:57,080
Speaker 1: up to the main road here. All right, Now, let's

723
00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:01,399
Speaker 1: go back down further. He said, they throttle and they're

724
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Speaker 1: going to be undefeated when they play Clemson. Well, that

725
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,880
Speaker 1: also means Miami went and beat North Carolina on the

726
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:12,440
Speaker 1: road the week before they played Clemson. That is, so

727
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:14,880
Speaker 1: that's a big conference opponent out of the way. It's

728
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:16,799
Speaker 1: a big out of conference opponent out of the way,

729
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Speaker 1: and now they're going into or they're yeah, they're playing

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Speaker 1: Clemson at home. I forgot it. I thought they went

731
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Speaker 1: on the road and played them. So, first off, big

732
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Speaker 1: hype around a game that isn't being hyped right now

733
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Speaker 1: Miami Clemson in that scenario. Secondly, that's a big ACC shakeup,

734
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Speaker 1: and thirdly, check out the rest of that schedule. It

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Speaker 1: gets tough in the second half. They would have Virginia

736
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Speaker 1: road games against NC State and Florida State and Louisville

737
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Speaker 1: and then at Boston College. But that Florida State game

738
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Speaker 1: November eleventh, no one's circling that nationally right now. I

739
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:50,120
Speaker 1: know every time you say that, the nineteen nineties version

740
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Speaker 1: of yourself winces when you say, oh, Miami FSUs an afterthought,

741
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,920
Speaker 1: but it has been wouldn't be this year if that

742
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Speaker 1: were to happen. Obviously, implications for Tyler Van Dyke. It

743
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,680
Speaker 1: probably means both of the coordinators worked out. Mario christ

744
00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:07,280
Speaker 1: Baul would get like a million year extension on his contract.

745
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:10,040
Speaker 1: So yeah, if this what if were to pan out,

746
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:13,480
Speaker 1: all these things would happen, and we would take a

747
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 1: lot of credit for it on this show, because we

748
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:19,640
Speaker 1: took a trip to Miami earlier this spring, and we're

749
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Speaker 1: all about taking the credit and not taking the blame.

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Speaker 1: Next up, Huh, this has never happened, Jesse tells me.

751
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:31,959
Speaker 1: Nelson said, what if no teams in the top five

752
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:36,000
Speaker 1: of the playoff odds actually make the playoff. It's never

753
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Speaker 1: happened in the history of odds to make the college

754
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:42,319
Speaker 1: football playoff. We've never had the top five go zero

755
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 1: for five. So the top five currently to make the

756
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:51,440
Speaker 1: college football Playoff Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama, and USC.

757
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Speaker 1: All right, now that you've got that in your head,

758
00:37:56,480 --> 00:38:00,120
Speaker 1: in the SEC, if it's not Georgia or Alabama, you

759
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:03,680
Speaker 1: could see that you could have LSU, you could have Tennessee.

760
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:08,200
Speaker 1: So it's not it's certainly not likely, but it's possible.

761
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Speaker 1: That wouldn't be the wildest thing in the world in

762
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:13,319
Speaker 1: the big ten. You could just have Penn State or

763
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Speaker 1: anyone in the West. Or you could also have a

764
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,799
Speaker 1: scenario in any of these conferences where a banged up

765
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:22,480
Speaker 1: team with multiple losses already ends up winning the conference

766
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Speaker 1: and they just don't make the playoff. That could happen

767
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:28,839
Speaker 1: in the ACC. They don't have a top five right now,

768
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:30,359
Speaker 1: so any of them could make it and that would

769
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Speaker 1: be fine. Dido in the Big twelve, Texas could make it,

770
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:37,400
Speaker 1: that'd be fine. Are they taking other team spots? Is

771
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,600
Speaker 1: an undefeated Clemson or an undefeated Texas? Are they taking

772
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:43,040
Speaker 1: other team spots that could keep some of them out

773
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:46,400
Speaker 1: the Pac twelve? Certainly, if USC doesn't make it in

774
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 1: you got like half a dozen other teams out there

775
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:49,920
Speaker 1: in the top of the conference and within the odds

776
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,719
Speaker 1: market at least, So this would be fun. But I'm

777
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 1: calling that very unlikely. It's not a bold prediction segment.

778
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 1: It's very unlikely. But if any of those scenarios were

779
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 1: to happen, like think about LSU coming out of the SEC,

780
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:03,920
Speaker 1: think about Penn State coming out of the Big Ten,

781
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 1: just those alone much less if they all happened back

782
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:10,359
Speaker 1: to back to back. Next up, huh, I thought we

783
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:12,239
Speaker 1: were done with these A few years ago. We all

784
00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:15,200
Speaker 1: thought we were done with a headline like this. Think

785
00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:18,320
Speaker 1: about what Dom said. Dom said, what if a defensive

786
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 1: minded team wins the national title? Some would say it's

787
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:25,839
Speaker 1: already happened the last two years. Dom, So, I looked

788
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 1: at the S and P plus defensively to start the year.

789
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:33,680
Speaker 1: So Bill Connolly's numbers the projected best defenses to start

790
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:36,560
Speaker 1: the year, Iowa number one, A and m number two,

791
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 1: Georgia number two, Michigan four, Kentucky five, Go Cats. How

792
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 1: about that? Are any of those teams going to win

793
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,360
Speaker 1: the title. Georgia certainly has the best shot, and Michigan's

794
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:49,319
Speaker 1: got a really good shot. But you got Penn State,

795
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 1: Wisconsin's up there, Bama's number ten. So there are some

796
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,879
Speaker 1: teams that would be in the conversation technically. But Dom's saying,

797
00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:58,440
Speaker 1: what if one of them won the national title? Well,

798
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:02,319
Speaker 1: if Georgia won a title, it'd be a three peat

799
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:03,839
Speaker 1: for him, So that's a big deal in its own right.

800
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Speaker 1: If Bama won the title, you got to ask yourself,

801
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,640
Speaker 1: would they win the title as a defensive minded team?

802
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,759
Speaker 1: I think defensive minded when I think Iowa, and I

803
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,880
Speaker 1: do think that when I think Georgia too Alabama, I

804
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:18,840
Speaker 1: think if they were to win it this year, would

805
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 1: revert back a little bit more to that kind of identity,

806
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:23,799
Speaker 1: but dom on the whole no matter which one of

807
00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 1: them did it. If a defensive minded team won the

808
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:30,480
Speaker 1: title this year, it would it would continue the pendulum

809
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:33,400
Speaker 1: swing theory instead of the river theory. So there was

810
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,920
Speaker 1: a theory for a little while in the late teens

811
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Speaker 1: that college football was. It was not cyclical, It was

812
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:44,200
Speaker 1: not a pendulum back and forth, radical offense, radical defense.

813
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,080
Speaker 1: They just thought it was a river and college football's

814
00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:49,920
Speaker 1: flowing this way and it's never coming back. Defense is

815
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:54,880
Speaker 1: never winning championships again. Well, maybe maybe that was a

816
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:57,640
Speaker 1: little bit too hasty, and especially if we get a

817
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:00,279
Speaker 1: defensive minded team winning the title this year, and for

818
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:02,239
Speaker 1: the sake of argument, what if it's not Georgia. What

819
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,600
Speaker 1: if it's another team. So we've seen Georgia do it

820
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:06,480
Speaker 1: two years in a row. What if it's another team.

821
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:10,200
Speaker 1: Now here's the difference. Iowa. Iowa has not been able

822
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Speaker 1: to do anything offensively that is truly a defensive oriented team.

823
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:18,759
Speaker 1: Georgia was a great offense last year. It's just you

824
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:22,120
Speaker 1: don't associate it with him because they don't move the

825
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,879
Speaker 1: ball the same way USC with Caleb Williams does. That's

826
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:26,680
Speaker 1: not a bad thing. Means they don't have to. It

827
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:29,439
Speaker 1: also means they understand how to play complimentary football where

828
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:32,799
Speaker 1: they don't have to score every drive. But that's my

829
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:35,319
Speaker 1: response there. It would just continue the pendulum theory over

830
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:40,560
Speaker 1: the river theory. Lastly, college football playoff talk once more.

831
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Speaker 1: Mike wants he wants to know what if the Big

832
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 1: Twelve gets left out of the playoff, It'd be all

833
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:50,399
Speaker 1: about Texas, Mike, It'd be all about Texas. Anyone else

834
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 1: out there gets left out of the playoff, you would

835
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,440
Speaker 1: look and say I didn't expect them to make it. Anyway,

836
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Speaker 1: Texas gets left out of the playoff, which is the

837
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Speaker 1: line for them this year, I think achieving anything less

838
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 1: than that, there is a large contingent amongst us that

839
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,399
Speaker 1: would consider it a failure. That's what they would say, Oh,

840
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,320
Speaker 1: Texas failed again. They could go ten to two. Texas

841
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:13,280
Speaker 1: failed again. I don't know that I'd feel that way.

842
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:16,680
Speaker 1: But what we'd also have to hear is a bunch

843
00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:19,640
Speaker 1: of Big Twelve hate, which was kind of I don't know,

844
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:21,360
Speaker 1: it popped up last year and I didn't like it,

845
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:25,160
Speaker 1: and I probably wouldn't like it again this year. It's

846
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 1: just it's a product of the environment we've been in

847
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:30,839
Speaker 1: for a little while, the playoff environment where the only

848
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 1: way you can be a quality, fun conference to watch

849
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:36,640
Speaker 1: is if you've got multiple playoff contenders and I'm not

850
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,239
Speaker 1: going down that road. Some of you even get tired

851
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:40,759
Speaker 1: of me saying I'm not going down that road. So

852
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 1: I'm not doing it. But you know, I don't believe that.

853
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,319
Speaker 1: I had a bunch of fun watching the Big Twelve

854
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:50,439
Speaker 1: last year. PAC twelve could eat each other alive. This year,

855
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 1: I'll have tons of fun watching them. And so if

856
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 1: the Big twelve doesn't have a playoff team, but the

857
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,440
Speaker 1: overall style a play in the conference looks like it

858
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:01,919
Speaker 1: did last year, what if is it could be really

859
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,359
Speaker 1: fun to watch. There are a lot of other folks

860
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:06,400
Speaker 1: out there who disagree with that, and they would say, oh,

861
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:10,799
Speaker 1: it's just much average football. Whoop. Okay, that's fine. I

862
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:12,840
Speaker 1: like all of it, like I watch all of the sports,

863
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 1: So that's never really bothered me. It bothers me when

864
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 1: people ask me for predictions in July. That's what bothers

865
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:22,759
Speaker 1: me because I always tell them I'm not ready. But August.

866
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:26,800
Speaker 1: August is a different story. Friends, thank you for watching.

867
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 1: If you're watching Live by the way, you want some predictions.

868
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 1: Let's do predictions, Okay, Colin, I think our endpoint can

869
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:36,920
Speaker 1: be right here for the individual video. We're into August,

870
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:39,759
Speaker 1: we're into fall camp. I figure we've put it off

871
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:42,440
Speaker 1: long enough. Let's start predicting some records. We like to

872
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:46,200
Speaker 1: do best case, worst case, and most likely record scenarios

873
00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:50,359
Speaker 1: for teams, and tonight we're doing Penn State, probably the

874
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,799
Speaker 1: best shot James Franklin and his crew have had up

875
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:55,080
Speaker 1: there since that Big Ten title year. They are eighth

876
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:58,840
Speaker 1: in the College Football Playoff odds. They're over underwin total

877
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:01,000
Speaker 1: is nine and a half. So that gives you an

878
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:03,680
Speaker 1: idea of what the odds market thinks about Penn State

879
00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:06,040
Speaker 1: this year. So what I like to do is I

880
00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:08,640
Speaker 1: like to go glass all the way full. I like

881
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:11,839
Speaker 1: to go glass totally empty, and then at the end

882
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:13,719
Speaker 1: I like to tell you what I think is going

883
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 1: to happen. So and you can play along with me. Here,

884
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:21,839
Speaker 1: what is the absolute best case record scenario for Penn

885
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:26,239
Speaker 1: State this year? The absolute best case record scenario for

886
00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:28,840
Speaker 1: Penn State I think is twelve and oh there's a

887
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 1: twelve and oho in the cards for them. You push

888
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:32,560
Speaker 1: back on that a little bit. I don't think you

889
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:34,359
Speaker 1: really get the concept of best case. But let's walk

890
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:36,880
Speaker 1: down this road a second. In the best of best

891
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:40,439
Speaker 1: cases for Penn State, quarterback is not a problem for him.

892
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:43,279
Speaker 1: Drew Aler steps in and you remember that, Hey, this

893
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:45,920
Speaker 1: isn't really a true freshman, is it. He played last year? Yeah,

894
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:48,600
Speaker 1: he played in ten games. He's the best quarterback talent

895
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:51,600
Speaker 1: I think James Franklin's had. In the best case. He

896
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:53,520
Speaker 1: plays like it. I don't know what else to tell you.

897
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:55,919
Speaker 1: He could give him a quarterback edge in every game

898
00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:57,800
Speaker 1: they have this year if he plays up to that

899
00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:01,360
Speaker 1: kind of potential, If the offensive line them gives me

900
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:05,440
Speaker 1: B plus or better caliber play, and you combine that

901
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:07,800
Speaker 1: with the moves they made in the portal it wide

902
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:12,759
Speaker 1: receiver and that wide receiver room coalesces and works off

903
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,759
Speaker 1: a power ground game, and they got Singleton and k

904
00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:18,600
Speaker 1: Tron Allen up there could have a thirty plus touchdown

905
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 1: combined year in and of themselves. If all that happens,

906
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:25,839
Speaker 1: and of course they have injury luck. You combine that

907
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:28,000
Speaker 1: with what could be the best defense in the Big Ten,

908
00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:30,720
Speaker 1: why would they not have a shot to win every game.

909
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:33,600
Speaker 1: They're gonna as of now be about a three point

910
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:37,720
Speaker 1: dog against Michigan at home late in the year. Earlier

911
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:40,000
Speaker 1: in the year, they go on the road to Ohio State.

912
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 1: If Oller's playing lights out, they match up pretty well

913
00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:47,320
Speaker 1: with Ohio State. Ohio State will not face many defenses

914
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:50,000
Speaker 1: this year that can hang with those wide receivers. Well,

915
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:52,600
Speaker 1: Penn State can. Penn State. You don't have to pitch

916
00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:55,560
Speaker 1: a shut out either. Penn State can. And so there's

917
00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:58,120
Speaker 1: a scenario there where Pen State absolutely goes twelve to zero.

918
00:45:58,200 --> 00:46:01,000
Speaker 1: Now that's really fun to talk about, Yes it is,

919
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:05,640
Speaker 1: but there's also the glass half empty, and this is

920
00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:07,279
Speaker 1: normally where you want the home team to close their

921
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:09,959
Speaker 1: ears for a second. What is the worst case record

922
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:13,120
Speaker 1: scenario for Penn State. The worst case record for Penn

923
00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:14,880
Speaker 1: State this year I think could be eight and four

924
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:19,920
Speaker 1: because there is no guarantee that Drew Aler plays at

925
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,120
Speaker 1: a high level we think he's going to, there's no

926
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:24,840
Speaker 1: guarantee of that, and we've seen many times before a

927
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 1: guy get hyped up and not even play bad but

928
00:46:27,719 --> 00:46:31,000
Speaker 1: just doesn't quite play to that level. If he doesn't

929
00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:33,279
Speaker 1: do that, you don't have that offensive balance you hope

930
00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:36,000
Speaker 1: you can strike, and all of a sudden you are

931
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:39,520
Speaker 1: still a prohibitive underdog against the Ohio State. You can't

932
00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:41,920
Speaker 1: stop Michigan running the ball down your throat like you

933
00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 1: did last year, and you can't answer offensively. And not

934
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:47,840
Speaker 1: only that, not only do you drop those two games,

935
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,880
Speaker 1: but all of a sudden, that group of Illinois Iowa

936
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:55,000
Speaker 1: at Maryland Michigan State in Detroit on a Friday night

937
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:59,239
Speaker 1: in late November go Big Ten all those games or

938
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:01,880
Speaker 1: up in the air as well. Oh so you hope

939
00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:05,920
Speaker 1: you have separation between yourself and tier two in the

940
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:08,799
Speaker 1: Big Ten. But in the worst case this year, run

941
00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:11,520
Speaker 1: d If it can't hold up against a Michigan, for example,

942
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:13,520
Speaker 1: that wouldn't be the only team to run the ball

943
00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:15,960
Speaker 1: on you. They don't have the wide receivers to go

944
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:18,520
Speaker 1: in there and win. In Columbus. Ohio State's got a

945
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:20,600
Speaker 1: good front. They may be able to limit that Penn

946
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:22,239
Speaker 1: State ground game if they know you can't throw the

947
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:24,200
Speaker 1: ball on them. There's an eight and four in the

948
00:47:24,239 --> 00:47:27,640
Speaker 1: cards as well. Now that's not fun. To talk about.

949
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:30,439
Speaker 1: But what is fun to talk about is at least

950
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:33,120
Speaker 1: what we believe in. So I'm not predicting Penn State

951
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,239
Speaker 1: to go twelve and oh, I'm not predicting Penn State

952
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:39,000
Speaker 1: to go eight and four. What are we predicting them?

953
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:41,920
Speaker 1: I love to know what you predict in the comments.

954
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:45,120
Speaker 1: By the way, the most likely record scenario I think

955
00:47:45,120 --> 00:47:47,359
Speaker 1: for Penn State this year is eleven and one. I'm

956
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:50,000
Speaker 1: actually sky high on Penn State this year, so best

957
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:53,600
Speaker 1: case twelve and zero not that far from it. I

958
00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:55,759
Speaker 1: think there's a lot of confusion out there from folks

959
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:58,759
Speaker 1: who get amnesia every spring and they forget what they

960
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:03,919
Speaker 1: saw last year. Albeit still Green is not brand new

961
00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:06,920
Speaker 1: to this. He's not a true freshman. He played in

962
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:09,359
Speaker 1: ten games last year. Like I said, had to come

963
00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:11,759
Speaker 1: in in week one. I think on the road Jesse

964
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:14,319
Speaker 1: against Purdue had to come in week one, so he

965
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:18,680
Speaker 1: was thrown in immediately and played so well that there

966
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:20,800
Speaker 1: was a little bit of a dare I say a

967
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:24,280
Speaker 1: controversy behind the scenes in the Penn State fan community.

968
00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:27,480
Speaker 1: At least last year. I think you'll be really good.

969
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:29,080
Speaker 1: I think Drew Aller in time will be one of

970
00:48:29,080 --> 00:48:31,360
Speaker 1: the best quarterbacks in the country this year in time

971
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:34,120
Speaker 1: doesn't have to be immediately, and I'm gonna tell you why,

972
00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:37,879
Speaker 1: because they will probably play really high caliber defense. They

973
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:41,160
Speaker 1: will be able to run the ball extremely well. There

974
00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:43,640
Speaker 1: are two things that I'm focusing on here that make

975
00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:45,920
Speaker 1: me arrive at eleven and one for them. Number one,

976
00:48:46,080 --> 00:48:47,680
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna win one of the Big two.

977
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:50,239
Speaker 1: I think they'll either go in go into Columbus and

978
00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:53,000
Speaker 1: upset Ohio State, or I think they'll beat Michigan at home.

979
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:56,200
Speaker 1: Certainly capable of doing both, capable of losing both. I'm

980
00:48:56,239 --> 00:48:58,040
Speaker 1: splitting the difference. I think they'll win at least one

981
00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:00,720
Speaker 1: of those. And number two, this is probably more important.

982
00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:03,920
Speaker 1: I think there'll be separation that shows. So right now

983
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:06,000
Speaker 1: when people talk about the Big Ten, they talk about

984
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:08,640
Speaker 1: Ohio State and Michigan. I think they'll talk about Ohio

985
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:10,359
Speaker 1: State and Michigan and Penn State this year. And if

986
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:14,960
Speaker 1: that happens, that means there is clear separation between Tier one,

987
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:18,200
Speaker 1: including Penn State, and then Tier two, three, and four

988
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:21,120
Speaker 1: in the Big Ten. And if that's the case, you

989
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:24,879
Speaker 1: don't mess around with teams like Minnesota. You beat them.

990
00:49:25,239 --> 00:49:29,759
Speaker 1: You don't mess around with Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, you

991
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:32,440
Speaker 1: beat them. If you're really a Tier one team up there,

992
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:37,800
Speaker 1: you beat them. Manny Diaz Jaywan Sider are just two coaches.

993
00:49:37,840 --> 00:49:39,840
Speaker 1: I think a lot of you know. Diaz Sider's been

994
00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:42,680
Speaker 1: up there for a while at running backs coach. They've

995
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:45,400
Speaker 1: got some great players to work with. So when you

996
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:48,799
Speaker 1: give really good coaches great players to work with. We

997
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:50,560
Speaker 1: were up there this spring. Felt the vibe up there.

998
00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:53,280
Speaker 1: I couldn't speak any more highly of the overall culture

999
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:55,560
Speaker 1: and vibe and being around a lot of programs you

1000
00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:57,480
Speaker 1: kind of learned to see through some of them. You

1001
00:49:57,480 --> 00:49:59,880
Speaker 1: don't really see through Penn State. Really good things going

1002
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:02,600
Speaker 1: on up there. They're not a long way away. They're

1003
00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:04,919
Speaker 1: just fractions of inches away. I've said that so many

1004
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:07,399
Speaker 1: times because I believe it. I think that they got

1005
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,600
Speaker 1: eleven and one in the cards form this year. That's

1006
00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:11,319
Speaker 1: what I think about Penn State. Now. If that is

1007
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:14,680
Speaker 1: the case, you could have a real big mess on

1008
00:50:14,719 --> 00:50:17,840
Speaker 1: your hands in the Big Ten, because there is that

1009
00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:22,040
Speaker 1: whole potential scenario where Penn State, Ohio State, and Michigan

1010
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:27,200
Speaker 1: are all eleven and one. That could happen, and we're

1011
00:50:27,239 --> 00:50:29,200
Speaker 1: at least a third of the way there in that prediction.

1012
00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:31,960
Speaker 1: So there you go. I'm going eleven and one for him.

1013
00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:33,879
Speaker 1: The odds to win the Big Ten Right now, Penn

1014
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:37,520
Speaker 1: State's third. Ohio State as of the moment, is actually

1015
00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:40,439
Speaker 1: the favorite to win the Big Ten. Michigan couldn't care less.

1016
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:42,080
Speaker 1: They're sitting there at second like they have been the

1017
00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:45,560
Speaker 1: past two years and have no problem with it. And

1018
00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:48,359
Speaker 1: then after that, Wisconsin is the one in fourth at

1019
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:53,040
Speaker 1: plus eight fifty. Oh, they're watching this in so So, Mississippi.

1020
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:56,200
Speaker 1: I cannot tell you how many times in storm chasing

1021
00:50:56,680 --> 00:50:59,400
Speaker 1: I have found myself and either Laurel or so So,

1022
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:03,640
Speaker 1: mississipp It's like a shooting gallery down there. Every spring. Hobart,

1023
00:51:03,640 --> 00:51:07,240
Speaker 1: Indiana is watching Woodstock, Georgia is watching Man. We appreciate

1024
00:51:07,239 --> 00:51:11,120
Speaker 1: you guys, wherever you're watching. We just do college football

1025
00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:14,400
Speaker 1: all year here. That's all we do at Late Kick Josh.

1026
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:16,640
Speaker 1: If you want to follow on the gram on Twitter,

1027
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:19,600
Speaker 1: that's where we are. Some of you thought I was

1028
00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:23,479
Speaker 1: going to overlook Florida State. Well I'm not. Uh let's

1029
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:26,200
Speaker 1: see do we think it should be Frank? It doesn't

1030
00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:29,399
Speaker 1: look like Frank. All right? Obviously, leave that out, Colin.

1031
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:31,879
Speaker 1: Let me take a sip right quick. This one could

1032
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:36,279
Speaker 1: get a little fiery. Thank you for bearing with me.

1033
00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:40,839
Speaker 1: If you're listening on podcasts. Gotta stay hydrated, though, so

1034
00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:44,759
Speaker 1: Fank hit us up from Jupiter, Florida, and Fank Fank

1035
00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:47,319
Speaker 1: g to be exact, said you got any thoughts on

1036
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:50,960
Speaker 1: Florida State recruiting lately? I do, as a matter of fact.

1037
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:53,399
Speaker 1: Thank you for giving me a reason to open this door.

1038
00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:57,400
Speaker 1: How well do you remember June? Let me put a

1039
00:51:57,400 --> 00:51:59,720
Speaker 1: final point on it. How well do you remember June

1040
00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:03,839
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, because, if my memory serves me correct,

1041
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:06,640
Speaker 1: a solid seventy percent of the American college football population

1042
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:09,160
Speaker 1: was in my DMS trash talking Mike Norvel and Florida

1043
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:13,200
Speaker 1: State recruiting. Fast forward, How well do you remember July

1044
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:17,319
Speaker 1: of twenty twenty three and early August twenty twenty three?

1045
00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:20,640
Speaker 1: These are important dates, friends. I ask you that because

1046
00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:23,359
Speaker 1: at the end of June twenty twenty three, Florida State

1047
00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:25,160
Speaker 1: was nowhere to be found. You go on twenty four

1048
00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:27,200
Speaker 1: seven sports dot com. You look at the top ten

1049
00:52:27,239 --> 00:52:31,480
Speaker 1: and recruiting rankings. No seminole logo Top twenty, no seminole logo.

1050
00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:35,120
Speaker 1: There were twenty six at the end of June, and

1051
00:52:35,160 --> 00:52:39,120
Speaker 1: that's not insignificant because that's after your camp season. So

1052
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:41,759
Speaker 1: you got all the June camps, and there's supposed to

1053
00:52:41,800 --> 00:52:44,040
Speaker 1: be this tidal wave of commitments after that, right, And

1054
00:52:44,120 --> 00:52:47,960
Speaker 1: so everyone was waiting, waiting, refresh, refresh, refresh, cricket emoji,

1055
00:52:49,719 --> 00:52:55,279
Speaker 1: and people talked. People talked. Folks in Tallahassee yawned, and

1056
00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:57,960
Speaker 1: folks in Coral Gables and Gainesville and outside of the

1057
00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:03,920
Speaker 1: state of Florida talk. Then July happen. Twelve commits, eight

1058
00:53:03,960 --> 00:53:06,799
Speaker 1: of them blue chip. That alone would be good enough

1059
00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:10,000
Speaker 1: for a top forty class. It did not stop. We

1060
00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:12,600
Speaker 1: were on the road this past weekend. They landed kJ.

1061
00:53:13,360 --> 00:53:16,879
Speaker 1: They did. They landed kJ Bowden five star athlete. And

1062
00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:20,560
Speaker 1: now guess what. You don't have to scroll too far

1063
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:22,960
Speaker 1: to find the old Florida State seminoles of Mike Norvel.

1064
00:53:23,640 --> 00:53:25,880
Speaker 1: They have got the number four class in the country

1065
00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:29,680
Speaker 1: as of Sunday evening, August sixth, the year of Our

1066
00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:33,640
Speaker 1: Lord twenty twenty three. I got a credit are guys

1067
00:53:33,640 --> 00:53:37,400
Speaker 1: over at Knowles twenty four to seven because I had doubts,

1068
00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:40,239
Speaker 1: but I don't follow Florida State recruiting minute to minute

1069
00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:43,800
Speaker 1: like they do, so I'd be curious, Hey, why is

1070
00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:47,040
Speaker 1: more not happening. I knew they had good visitor lists

1071
00:53:47,080 --> 00:53:50,080
Speaker 1: in June. I knew they had guys on campus, they

1072
00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:52,919
Speaker 1: had guys camping. Why don't they have commitments coming? Well,

1073
00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:56,200
Speaker 1: it's not. Everything's the same, not everything's in apples to

1074
00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:58,920
Speaker 1: Apple's situations. So I go on Knowles twenty four to seven,

1075
00:53:59,280 --> 00:54:02,319
Speaker 1: and the staff over there was pretty adamant. One of

1076
00:54:02,360 --> 00:54:05,120
Speaker 1: many reasons you should be subscribed to this network. The

1077
00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:08,080
Speaker 1: staff over there was adamant is coming. It's just it's

1078
00:54:08,120 --> 00:54:11,279
Speaker 1: not going to happen immediately. Due to several factors. It's

1079
00:54:11,320 --> 00:54:14,080
Speaker 1: not going to happen immediately. They were always confident in it.

1080
00:54:14,280 --> 00:54:16,480
Speaker 1: So I didn't know it was going to be quite

1081
00:54:16,520 --> 00:54:18,239
Speaker 1: this kind of tidle wave, but I thought there was

1082
00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:24,560
Speaker 1: a wave of commitments coming for Florida State eventually. Well,

1083
00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:28,840
Speaker 1: you go over there, now everybody's celebratory. It wasn't that

1084
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:30,959
Speaker 1: way in June. I can promise you. So the number

1085
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:34,800
Speaker 1: four class in the country, now I know they're ranked

1086
00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:37,839
Speaker 1: like top ten by everyone. Some folks have them top five.

1087
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:41,000
Speaker 1: So you may if you don't follow recruiting. If you

1088
00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:45,080
Speaker 1: don't follow recruiting closely, you may just look at Florida

1089
00:54:45,080 --> 00:54:48,560
Speaker 1: State being ranked top ten, being a fringe playoff contender,

1090
00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:50,440
Speaker 1: being one of the co favorites to win the ACC

1091
00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:52,839
Speaker 1: this year, and you may think, Oh, Florida State's roster's back,

1092
00:54:52,840 --> 00:54:55,680
Speaker 1: they've arrived. No, they hadn't. Florida State's roster does not

1093
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:59,160
Speaker 1: compare to elite teams in college football. They've got a

1094
00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:03,480
Speaker 1: lot of experience, they have mined the transfer portal extremely well.

1095
00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:06,320
Speaker 1: They got a good staff, and they got a veteran

1096
00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:09,440
Speaker 1: quarterback down there that is in the Heisman picture. They

1097
00:55:09,520 --> 00:55:12,839
Speaker 1: got really really big additions at wide receivers specifically out

1098
00:55:12,840 --> 00:55:14,960
Speaker 1: of the portal, and they can make some noise this year,

1099
00:55:15,080 --> 00:55:17,359
Speaker 1: but their roster could get a lot better even than

1100
00:55:17,360 --> 00:55:19,640
Speaker 1: it is right now. It's not a bad roster. It's

1101
00:55:19,640 --> 00:55:22,760
Speaker 1: not an elite roster. So when I see recruiting classes

1102
00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:27,400
Speaker 1: like this being put together, make no mistake, just pretend.

1103
00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:31,279
Speaker 1: Pretend for recruiting purposes, like Florida State's outside the top

1104
00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:34,279
Speaker 1: thirty to start the season on the field, because that's

1105
00:55:34,320 --> 00:55:36,359
Speaker 1: how the staff should be thinking down there, and that's

1106
00:55:36,360 --> 00:55:38,359
Speaker 1: how fans who follow recruiting should be thinking down there,

1107
00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:40,799
Speaker 1: you still got a little ways to go before you

1108
00:55:40,840 --> 00:55:43,680
Speaker 1: could ever get into a playoff game. Imagine Florida State

1109
00:55:43,760 --> 00:55:45,719
Speaker 1: making the playoff this year and drawing Georgia in the

1110
00:55:45,719 --> 00:55:47,919
Speaker 1: first round, drawing Ohio State in the first round, drawing

1111
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:49,560
Speaker 1: Baman in the first round. You know, I big a

1112
00:55:49,560 --> 00:55:52,200
Speaker 1: mismatch that would be athletically doesn't mean you can't win.

1113
00:55:52,719 --> 00:55:56,239
Speaker 1: Upsets happen, but you would not be there equal. You're

1114
00:55:56,239 --> 00:55:59,600
Speaker 1: not there yet, and so it takes stacking classes like this.

1115
00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:03,680
Speaker 1: But it's such a welcome change if anyone believes in

1116
00:56:03,719 --> 00:56:06,920
Speaker 1: the theory I have floated on this show about how

1117
00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:10,560
Speaker 1: you get real competitive balance injected back into this thing.

1118
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:14,719
Speaker 1: I've stated this theory a million times. This will just

1119
00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:17,840
Speaker 1: be a million and one. Forget about expanding the playoff,

1120
00:56:18,120 --> 00:56:21,400
Speaker 1: forget about nil, forget about all this other stuff. It's

1121
00:56:21,640 --> 00:56:25,960
Speaker 1: just getting teams in Florida and Texas and California to

1122
00:56:26,040 --> 00:56:30,280
Speaker 1: recruit their own state better. That's it. That's all it takes.

1123
00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:34,319
Speaker 1: If Miami and Florida and Florida State, if Texas and

1124
00:56:34,360 --> 00:56:38,799
Speaker 1: Texas A and m if USC, if those schools just

1125
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:41,600
Speaker 1: keep a majority of their in state talent that they

1126
00:56:41,640 --> 00:56:45,400
Speaker 1: want home. That's all it takes. Because what happens is

1127
00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:50,560
Speaker 1: every single class the Alabamas of the world sign three

1128
00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:53,200
Speaker 1: or four less from those regions than they would have

1129
00:56:54,120 --> 00:56:58,080
Speaker 1: stars end up impacting playoff and title games. It is

1130
00:56:58,120 --> 00:57:01,080
Speaker 1: a roster, but it's star play. You get three or

1131
00:57:01,080 --> 00:57:04,239
Speaker 1: four fewer of those star players per cycle, per those

1132
00:57:04,280 --> 00:57:06,560
Speaker 1: three or four schools that have been raiding those states.

1133
00:57:06,719 --> 00:57:10,040
Speaker 1: It shows up, shows up. It makes those schools better

1134
00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:13,720
Speaker 1: in the Sunshine State, lone Star state. But it also

1135
00:57:14,280 --> 00:57:16,680
Speaker 1: it chips away just a little bit, chips away a

1136
00:57:16,680 --> 00:57:19,880
Speaker 1: little bit at those schools in Columbus and Tuscaloos and Clemson,

1137
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:23,360
Speaker 1: like Athens. They've gone into those states and gotten a

1138
00:57:23,360 --> 00:57:27,240
Speaker 1: lot of that talent. And so here's Florida State doing

1139
00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:30,720
Speaker 1: their thing at playing their part. So hats off to

1140
00:57:30,760 --> 00:57:34,040
Speaker 1: Mike Norvel and company. Now, I do want to say this,

1141
00:57:34,280 --> 00:57:36,720
Speaker 1: it continues to be the most entertaining thing that I

1142
00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:41,040
Speaker 1: see in college football fandom, in this new world of nil.

1143
00:57:41,360 --> 00:57:44,919
Speaker 1: It continues to fascinate me how every time some team

1144
00:57:45,040 --> 00:57:48,000
Speaker 1: lands a top kid, there is still this mechanism. You

1145
00:57:48,040 --> 00:57:49,800
Speaker 1: can't turn it off. It's like watching someone trying to

1146
00:57:49,880 --> 00:57:53,080
Speaker 1: quit smoking cigarettes, they can't quite turn it off. They

1147
00:57:53,120 --> 00:57:56,760
Speaker 1: put down the SIGs. But my boys over here still vaping,

1148
00:57:57,160 --> 00:57:59,640
Speaker 1: and a lot of your vapor on that nil they're

1149
00:57:59,720 --> 00:58:03,280
Speaker 1: chiese allegation. Are we really gonna do this for another

1150
00:58:03,320 --> 00:58:05,840
Speaker 1: year or two? Eventually we got to calibrate. Eventually we

1151
00:58:05,880 --> 00:58:07,840
Speaker 1: got to get used to this. But in the meantime,

1152
00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:10,680
Speaker 1: how often am I gonna have to hear three or

1153
00:58:10,720 --> 00:58:15,120
Speaker 1: four scorn fan bases hit that vape and then put

1154
00:58:15,160 --> 00:58:17,840
Speaker 1: it to the side and say, well they paid him. Yuh, yeah,

1155
00:58:17,880 --> 00:58:20,840
Speaker 1: they paid him. It's legal. What are we talking about.

1156
00:58:21,400 --> 00:58:23,200
Speaker 1: They're not going out of there on the goodness of

1157
00:58:23,240 --> 00:58:25,800
Speaker 1: their heart, guys, nor were they coming to your place

1158
00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:30,760
Speaker 1: out of the goodness of their heart. So yes, it's happening. Yes,

1159
00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:34,560
Speaker 1: it's legal, the end the end. We even do it

1160
00:58:34,560 --> 00:58:37,440
Speaker 1: at paint State, so certainly I expect everyone else to

1161
00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:39,960
Speaker 1: do that. Just how do you think you were going

1162
00:58:40,040 --> 00:58:42,680
Speaker 1: to land them? Do you think your kids are coming

1163
00:58:42,680 --> 00:58:44,200
Speaker 1: there for the logo on the side of the helmet

1164
00:58:44,280 --> 00:58:46,360
Speaker 1: but they only go elsewhere for money? Is that how

1165
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:50,080
Speaker 1: you think that works? Don't we get it? Bro? You vape,

1166
00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:53,800
Speaker 1: but you don't have to be stupid and vape. Move on,

1167
00:58:55,120 --> 00:58:58,440
Speaker 1: Bold prediction time. I didn't want. I didn't want to

1168
00:58:58,480 --> 00:59:02,840
Speaker 1: castigate vapors. I really did. I'm when I'm college football commissioner.

1169
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:05,360
Speaker 1: You can vape on campus all you want to. I

1170
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:08,840
Speaker 1: just I would much rather police recruiting allegations than vaping.

1171
00:59:09,240 --> 00:59:15,080
Speaker 1: That's my platform. Let me take a sip from the chalice. Yeah,

1172
00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:17,080
Speaker 1: Jesse wants you to like and subscribe the video if

1173
00:59:17,120 --> 00:59:20,959
Speaker 1: you will order the channel and the video. Bold prediction time.

1174
00:59:22,240 --> 00:59:25,160
Speaker 1: Bold predictions mean essentially that what do you believe is

1175
00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:28,280
Speaker 1: going to happen this year? We got four tonight. They

1176
00:59:28,280 --> 00:59:30,960
Speaker 1: are all an eight or higher on the boldness scale.

1177
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:36,320
Speaker 1: First up is well, it's a very specific prediction from Northville, Michigan.

1178
00:59:36,680 --> 00:59:41,919
Speaker 1: Drake said the newfound rivalry between Oklahoma and USC will

1179
00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:44,760
Speaker 1: come to a head when they play one another in

1180
00:59:44,800 --> 00:59:47,200
Speaker 1: the Rose Bowl. The Rose Bowl is a semi final

1181
00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:51,600
Speaker 1: game this year. Hope I can be there, Drake says,

1182
00:59:51,600 --> 00:59:54,600
Speaker 1: I'm going to see USC versus Oklahoma. Now, look for

1183
00:59:54,640 --> 00:59:57,080
Speaker 1: those of you not keeping track at home, Yes, this

1184
00:59:57,120 --> 01:00:00,360
Speaker 1: is Lincoln Riley versus his old team. Everyone wants this

1185
01:00:00,360 --> 01:00:02,840
Speaker 1: to happen. It is very bold of Drake to not

1186
01:00:02,880 --> 01:00:06,120
Speaker 1: only predict that it's gonna happen, but he's predicting. He's

1187
01:00:06,160 --> 01:00:08,600
Speaker 1: predicting both of them make the playoffs. So Drake is

1188
01:00:08,640 --> 01:00:11,800
Speaker 1: predicting half of the playoff and he's predicting a first

1189
01:00:11,880 --> 01:00:15,560
Speaker 1: round matchup. That's a nine point five on the Boldness scale, Drake.

1190
01:00:15,720 --> 01:00:18,400
Speaker 1: But I'm with you. I hope you're right us. He's

1191
01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:21,240
Speaker 1: got the harder schedule here. They've both got win totals

1192
01:00:21,280 --> 01:00:23,400
Speaker 1: of nine and a half. Oh Youu's probably got more

1193
01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:26,080
Speaker 1: to prove. Both of them would have taken care of

1194
01:00:26,160 --> 01:00:29,920
Speaker 1: all that if they make this. I did not know this,

1195
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:32,720
Speaker 1: but producer Jesse tells me we've never had a college

1196
01:00:32,760 --> 01:00:36,280
Speaker 1: football playoff with the Big twelve and Pac twelve in it.

1197
01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:38,280
Speaker 1: But it makes sense when you think about it. So

1198
01:00:38,280 --> 01:00:40,439
Speaker 1: I'm gonna put a nine point five on the old

1199
01:00:40,440 --> 01:00:44,160
Speaker 1: boldness scale. There backloaded schedule for USC. Hey, they'll be

1200
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:47,360
Speaker 1: battle tested if nothing else. And I do want you

1201
01:00:47,400 --> 01:00:49,640
Speaker 1: to keep in mind if you're looking on YouTube, check

1202
01:00:49,640 --> 01:00:53,480
Speaker 1: out USC's schedule. There there is a mechanism built into

1203
01:00:53,520 --> 01:00:56,560
Speaker 1: it that you don't see. See They've got a week

1204
01:00:56,680 --> 01:00:59,960
Speaker 1: zero game against San Jose State, so you see that

1205
01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:03,560
Speaker 1: first by in week four and you may think, okay, well,

1206
01:01:03,600 --> 01:01:06,200
Speaker 1: then I see the rest of their season, right, yeah,

1207
01:01:06,200 --> 01:01:11,120
Speaker 1: you do. What you don't realize is they're done. November eighteenth,

1208
01:01:11,200 --> 01:01:14,720
Speaker 1: they're done. You know what that means if they make

1209
01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:17,120
Speaker 1: the Pac twelve title game, they have a bye before

1210
01:01:17,120 --> 01:01:22,120
Speaker 1: the conference title game. Lincoln Riley, I see you next up.

1211
01:01:24,440 --> 01:01:27,680
Speaker 1: This thing has happened. This next prediction has happened recently.

1212
01:01:27,760 --> 01:01:31,040
Speaker 1: Cal from Kennesau, Georgia, said three or more teams will

1213
01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:34,080
Speaker 1: go undefeated in the regular season. He's talking about Power

1214
01:01:34,120 --> 01:01:38,560
Speaker 1: five or notice, he said, a regular season. I'm gonna

1215
01:01:38,560 --> 01:01:40,960
Speaker 1: put an eight point five on the boldness scale here.

1216
01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:44,600
Speaker 1: But having three undefeateds is not that uncommon. It's happened

1217
01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:47,439
Speaker 1: in four of the past five seasons. If you count

1218
01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:50,080
Speaker 1: twenty twenty, which we do, it's happened four out of

1219
01:01:50,080 --> 01:01:54,000
Speaker 1: the past five years just regular season. Having three undefeateds

1220
01:01:54,040 --> 01:01:58,080
Speaker 1: is not that rare. Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State, and now Alabama

1221
01:01:58,080 --> 01:01:59,720
Speaker 1: all have win totals of ten and a half or

1222
01:01:59,800 --> 01:02:04,520
Speaker 1: high this year. Clemson, USC, LSU, Oregon, Washington, Penn State.

1223
01:02:04,680 --> 01:02:06,200
Speaker 1: There's a bunch of them with nine and a half.

1224
01:02:07,400 --> 01:02:10,120
Speaker 1: The more challenging thing would be to guess which three

1225
01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:14,360
Speaker 1: teams are gonna be undefeated. But I don't feel this

1226
01:02:14,360 --> 01:02:17,320
Speaker 1: this year. Even though it's happened for the past five years,

1227
01:02:18,400 --> 01:02:20,720
Speaker 1: I'm not feeling this this year. And there are many

1228
01:02:20,760 --> 01:02:22,919
Speaker 1: reasons I will detail later in August, but I don't

1229
01:02:22,920 --> 01:02:24,640
Speaker 1: feel this this year. Like I think we're gonna have

1230
01:02:24,840 --> 01:02:27,400
Speaker 1: a bunch of blemishes on a bunch of records. And

1231
01:02:27,440 --> 01:02:30,320
Speaker 1: that's a beautiful thing if you're just agnostic and you're

1232
01:02:30,320 --> 01:02:31,920
Speaker 1: watching the whole sport and you're not pulling for a

1233
01:02:31,920 --> 01:02:34,720
Speaker 1: specific team. So I'm gonna put an eight and a

1234
01:02:34,760 --> 01:02:37,480
Speaker 1: half eight point five on the boldness scale in that one.

1235
01:02:37,640 --> 01:02:40,760
Speaker 1: Next up, this one is very bold. Producer Jesse wanted

1236
01:02:40,760 --> 01:02:42,680
Speaker 1: me to put a ten on this one, but I

1237
01:02:42,720 --> 01:02:45,680
Speaker 1: am a believer. I'm a believer, and so I'm only

1238
01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:47,800
Speaker 1: gonna put a nine point seventy five on it. Logan

1239
01:02:47,880 --> 01:02:50,920
Speaker 1: from Ake in South Carolina predicts South Carolina wins the

1240
01:02:50,960 --> 01:02:54,920
Speaker 1: East after upsetting Georgia in Week three. Georgia is a

1241
01:02:54,960 --> 01:02:57,960
Speaker 1: twenty four and a half point favorite against South Carolina

1242
01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:02,080
Speaker 1: at home in Week three. If this happens, you would

1243
01:03:02,120 --> 01:03:05,400
Speaker 1: not be able to get within fifty yards of Shane

1244
01:03:05,400 --> 01:03:08,160
Speaker 1: Beemer without burning yourself. That's how hot that guy's stock

1245
01:03:08,200 --> 01:03:10,720
Speaker 1: would be. If he beats Georgia and Athens in Week

1246
01:03:10,760 --> 01:03:14,200
Speaker 1: three and they go on to win the East, that's

1247
01:03:14,200 --> 01:03:16,920
Speaker 1: not guaranteed, just because they beat Georgia and they still

1248
01:03:16,920 --> 01:03:19,439
Speaker 1: got a load of really difficult games. They would still

1249
01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:21,680
Speaker 1: have to go to Tennessee. They got Florida at home,

1250
01:03:21,720 --> 01:03:24,360
Speaker 1: they got back to back roadies against Missouri and A

1251
01:03:24,440 --> 01:03:29,320
Speaker 1: and m WO south Carolina winning the East. Have you

1252
01:03:29,400 --> 01:03:32,600
Speaker 1: prepared your kids for a world where South Carolina is

1253
01:03:32,600 --> 01:03:36,480
Speaker 1: playing in the SEC Championship game. I don't even have kids,

1254
01:03:36,520 --> 01:03:39,280
Speaker 1: and I haven't prepared mine for it. But if it happened,

1255
01:03:40,080 --> 01:03:41,760
Speaker 1: what a story it would be. Now. I got to

1256
01:03:41,760 --> 01:03:43,000
Speaker 1: put a nine and a half on this on the

1257
01:03:43,040 --> 01:03:46,560
Speaker 1: boldness scale, because it's really really bold. The last three

1258
01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:49,240
Speaker 1: matchups between South Carolina and Georgia, the final score has

1259
01:03:49,280 --> 01:03:52,360
Speaker 1: been a combined one hundred and thirty three to thirty six.

1260
01:03:52,800 --> 01:03:55,160
Speaker 1: South Carolina has plus thirty four hundred odds to win

1261
01:03:55,200 --> 01:04:02,280
Speaker 1: the SEC East. But but they told me once upon

1262
01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:04,560
Speaker 1: a time, ghosts couldn't play baseball. Then they showed me

1263
01:04:04,560 --> 01:04:07,000
Speaker 1: Field of dreams. You know, so anything could happen, I guess,

1264
01:04:07,120 --> 01:04:09,440
Speaker 1: so it's only a nine point seven to five. Producer

1265
01:04:09,520 --> 01:04:13,760
Speaker 1: Jesse noted gamecock Hater does not believe in October. I do,

1266
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:16,480
Speaker 1: I know some of these games happen in October. Never

1267
01:04:16,560 --> 01:04:19,200
Speaker 1: right off the game Cocks, especially in October. Still a

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Speaker 1: nine point seven to five. Though. Lastly, let's go up

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Speaker 1: to the Big Ten. Let's see Will from fair Hope,

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Speaker 1: Alabama said the Big Ten West delivers two or more

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Speaker 1: wins versus the Big Three. So that's Penn State, Michigan,

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Speaker 1: Ohio State in the regular season. This is nine games

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Speaker 1: in total. There are nine total matchups featuring the Big

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Speaker 1: Three in the East versus Western Division. Teams enjoy it

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Speaker 1: because this is the last year we got divisions up there.

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Speaker 1: Ohio State plays at Purdue at Wisconsin and Minnesota. Michigan

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Speaker 1: plays at Nebraska at Minnesota and Purdue. Penn State plays

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Speaker 1: Iowa at Illinois Northwestern. Right now, I circled what I

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Speaker 1: think is toughest of each of those, Like Penn State

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Speaker 1: goes to Illinois, that's Drew Aler's first road game. Michigan

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Speaker 1: goes to Minnesota. That's the second leg of a back

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Speaker 1: to back road stretch not easy, and Ohio State goes

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Speaker 1: two Wisconsin, which is a tough game in its own right,

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Speaker 1: and it's also the week after they played Penn State.

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Speaker 1: But I still think this is a nine on the

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Speaker 1: boldness scale that the division is just not close. The

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Speaker 1: quality of team over there is just not close enough.

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Speaker 1: And so you think to yourself, it's only two. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's only two. Go find them. It's only two. Like

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Speaker 1: if you're five to three and they tell you got

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Speaker 1: to dunk one basketball in this gym today, you can

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Speaker 1: try all afternoon. You're not dunking. I do not think

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Speaker 1: we're going to see two combined upsets featuring Big ten

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Speaker 1: West versus Penn State, Ohio State and Michigan. I've been

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Speaker 1: wrong before. I'll probably statistically be wrong again at some point,

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Speaker 1: but I don't think I am there. All right, We've

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Speaker 1: got we've got a big few months coming up. So

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Speaker 1: let me tell you what we do in the fall.

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Speaker 1: It's amazing actually when you think about it. So this

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Speaker 1: company pays me to pick the game I want to

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Speaker 1: go to and go to it every week. Then we

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Speaker 1: come back and we do the Sunday Show. It's wonderful.

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Speaker 1: We fashion a whole tour around it. We have a

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Speaker 1: name for it. Every year. Two years ago we had

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Speaker 1: the Renaissance Tour. Last year we had the Every Given

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Speaker 1: Saturday Tour. Got a good tour name for this year.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna announce it next week. I'm going to announce

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Speaker 1: our Week one destination. Which game are we going to

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Speaker 1: in Week one? I'm going to announce that next week.

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Speaker 1: The Pate State Store is opening again next week pretty

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Speaker 1: much maybe late in the week, we'll see. I got

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Speaker 1: something fun I want to do with that, so I'm

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Speaker 1: not going to tell you the exact date and time

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Speaker 1: just yet. A lot of fun things happening. And also

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Speaker 1: just for the record, we've got record breaking traffic on

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Speaker 1: the show right now, so we appreciate it. All I'm

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Speaker 1: asking and this is the last thing masking is that

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Speaker 1: you sub to the channel podcast and YouTube. Sub to

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Speaker 1: the channel sub sub sub and everybody's hopes and dreams

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Speaker 1: come true. So thank you so much for watching. For

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Speaker 1: producer Jesse, for director Colin, I'm Josh Fate, take care,

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Speaker 1: let's have a great start to the week, and God

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Speaker 1: bless