1 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: All right, welcome in Lake Kick is live. It is 2 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 1: Thursday night. It is August sixth, or our Lord twenty 3 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 1: twenty August sixth. You guys know what that means. No 4 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: looking around the studio, which is empty if you don't. 5 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: Happy birthday to Dan Paid also known in Georgia circles 6 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: as my father August sixth already. Now I assume he 7 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: had hoped to have an SEC schedule in front of 8 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: him already by the time his birthday arrived. We can't 9 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: give him that as a present yet, so let's talk 10 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 1: about what we do know tonight. We do know Big 11 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: ten schedule, we do know ACC schedule. We know Miami 12 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,880 Speaker 1: is red hot on the recruiting trail and maybe even 13 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 1: just on the football field this year. More on that 14 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: in just a second. And we also know some guys 15 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: are opting out. So there is part excitement out there, 16 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: part terror, and as usual, it's never as bad or 17 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: as greate as things seems, so we're here to make 18 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: sense of it all for you tonight. You'll probably leave 19 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: here a lot more relaxed than you were when you came, 20 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: so I'm happy to have you here. My name is 21 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: Josh Pate. This is Late Kick Live. If you haven't 22 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: already subscribed to the twenty four to seven Sports YouTube channel, 23 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: we will be just flooding you, and I mean flooding 24 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: you with content all throughout the season, maybe even including 25 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 1: some things that you haven't seen yet, some projects that 26 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: haven't even been debuted. He ever, look at the way 27 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: debuted is spelled by the way, it doesn't look like 28 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: it makes sense. So we're gonna dive into a lot tonight. 29 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: I've also got a Q and A at the very 30 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: end of the show that's about recruiting, sort of the 31 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: tangled web of recruiting and interconference recruiting, dealing with two 32 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: powerhouse programs in the SEC and just some it's not 33 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: any hidden information, but it may be a different angle 34 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: that I don't think you've thought about. So let's dive 35 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: right in here, and let's start with some initial reaction 36 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: that we have taken away from the ACC and Big 37 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: ten schedules. The ACC released theirs today. Now they did 38 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: it the way that we like them to do it, 39 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: which is yesterday they put out a tweet and let 40 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: us know exactly what time it was coming out and 41 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: exactly where to find it, and all's well that ends. Well, 42 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: I want you to look, if you're watching on YouTube 43 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,239 Speaker 1: live or pre recorded, I want you to look at 44 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: what Colin's showing you right now. This is the graphic 45 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: for the ACC's schedule. Everyone always accuses Clemson of a 46 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: cake walk, and there's only not much they can do 47 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: about it outside of their out of conference. But check 48 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: out Clemson's schedule here. I want you to look at 49 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: the last four games. They're the second column down there. 50 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: They play there's a bye weekend here, but they play 51 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,679 Speaker 1: at Notre Dame they got to buy. Then they play 52 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: at Florida State, then they have pit and then they 53 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: go to Virginia Tech. And I don't know how many 54 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: of you have ever been to Blacksburg, Virginia period, much 55 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: less in December. But it's not seventy two in sunny 56 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: and so Clemson doesn't exactly have the easiest stretch in 57 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: the world to end the season. Now, half the people 58 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 1: I talked to today said, oh, it doesn't matter, we 59 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: won't make it that far anyway. Okay, Well, humor me. 60 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: On the off chance that we do make it that 61 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,399 Speaker 1: deep end of the season, that whole at Virginia Tech 62 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: to end the season or regular season. That'll be kind 63 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: of interesting. Also, Miami. You know, Clemson plays Miami. I've 64 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: actually got a print out of the schedule here. Clemson 65 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: plays Miami in what would be Week five, which for 66 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: the ACC is October tenth. There is no universal Week 67 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 1: five this year because we got some conferences starting a 68 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: month after the others. But Miami at Clemson was a 69 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: very juicy game that was added to the ACC schedule 70 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: that previously wasn't there in your local preview magazine. Shall 71 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: we say Miami does have a bye, they gotta go 72 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: on the road. Whatever that means in twenty twenty, I 73 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: don't know they have to go on the road to Clemson, 74 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: but they do have a bye before they play the 75 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: Tigers Miami. Speak of. Speaking of Miami, we're gonna speak 76 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: a lot about them tonight again, much to the chagrin 77 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: of some of you very feisty late kick inbox when 78 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: we talked about the Canes last week. So they're relevant 79 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: again this week, so we got to talk about him again. 80 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: Miami early season schedule gonna show us a whole lot. 81 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: I know Greg Russeau's in the news today because one 82 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: of their star defensive players has opted out of the season. 83 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about opt outs in a little while. Why. 84 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: It's probably not nearly as big a deal as a 85 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: lot of people are making it out to be to 86 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: get those precious clicks from you. However, we're gonna find 87 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: a lot out about Miami really early in the season. 88 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: Remember last year when everyone said, oh, they play Florida 89 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: in week zero, we'll know everything about Miami. No, you won't, 90 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: but you will know a little bit more in year 91 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: two under Manny Diaz in the first month or so. 92 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: Take a look Colin showing you the schedule again. I've 93 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 1: got a guy on the eye Josh, which is a 94 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: fancy word from my phone, that swears UAB is gonna 95 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: beat Miami in week one. I do not share in 96 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 1: that opinion. But what I am excited to see is 97 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: they go to Louisville the week before Florida State, and 98 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: then they got an open date, and then they go 99 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: too Clemson and all of that, and you can tack 100 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 1: on Pitton, Virginia after that. All that is before Halloween. 101 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: So you find a whole lot about Miami out and 102 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: then how about North Carol On the other side of 103 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: this coin, I don't exactly know how this is gonna 104 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: pan out, because you don't really even know who's gonna 105 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: be playing week to week. But you check out North 106 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 1: Carolina's a little run they're gonna go on here. They 107 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: got q's and then they got an out of conference 108 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: open date BC, they got VATECH at home at Florida State. 109 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: There is no point I'm making here is there is 110 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: no definitive matchup on their schedule all the way up 111 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: until probably Notre Dame the second to last week of 112 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: the season, and then maybe at Florida State or at 113 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: Miami the last week of the season. There are really 114 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: no slam dunk games they'll be underdogs in and if 115 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: they are, they'll be a short dog. So could we 116 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 1: set up It's a team that's got a lot of 117 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: hype around them, now, could we set up for North 118 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: Carolina to go on one of those runs that sometimes 119 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: teams go on and half the country's bought in, and 120 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 1: then the other half of the country sitting there saying, well, 121 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,799 Speaker 1: they ain't playing nobody, and when they finally play somebody, 122 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: you'll see and then you got to wait till like November. 123 00:05:58,279 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: It seems to happen a lot in the ACC. By 124 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: the way, you gotta wait until November, late November, as 125 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: it were, to finally find out. So might they be 126 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: favored in every game until mid to late November. Now, 127 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: as for the Big Ten, shifting gears a little bit 128 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: and shifting helmet grid schedules in front of me here Wisconsin, 129 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 1: I don't know who you guys have in your back pocket, 130 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 1: but I don't want to know. I just want to 131 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 1: congratulate you on this schedule and your trip to the 132 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: Big Ten championship game. Take a look at this. Not 133 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 1: only do they miss Ohio State, they miss Minnesota. They've 134 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,559 Speaker 1: got Minnesota or they excuse me, I said that wrong, 135 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: they miss Ohio State. And then, by the way, it 136 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: should be noted they did their schedule differently. They did 137 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: it in vertical order, whereas the ACC did theirs in 138 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 1: horizontal order. I saw someone tweet out today. All the 139 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: more reason for a college football z are at least 140 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: have some continuity about the helmet grid schedules that you 141 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: put out. But whereas Wisconsin has things set up exactly 142 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: how the Badgers would want them. You look on the 143 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: other side of the old proverbial fence and there's Mike Loxley. 144 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: And there's the Maryland Terrapins, and you know they've been 145 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: sitting around. They're not necessarily focused on the schedule. They're 146 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: focused on their quarterback or we're going to get Tali 147 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: a tongue of Ioloa deemed eligible after his transfer from Alabama. 148 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: And in the meantime, the Big Ten said, hey, turn 149 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: to the side right quick, and then wham, they just 150 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: hit you in the side of the head with a 151 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: baseball bat. So whereas Wisconsin has what they have, Maryland 152 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: plays at Iowa, they play Wisconsin, they play at Penn State, 153 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: they got Ohio State, they got at Michigan, they got Minnesota. 154 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: Did they just serve you up the toughest half dozen 155 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: teams in your conference all in your schedule? Answer? Yes, 156 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: the Big Ten did. So. No favors done for Maryland there. 157 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: Now that's probably not going to catch a lot of 158 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: traction on the national radar, cause not a lot was 159 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: expected from Maryland this year. But that looked disproportionate, so 160 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: I had to point that out. Now, notice what they did. 161 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: You see these little blue blocks again, if you're watching, 162 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: if you're listening to the podcast, this probably won't be 163 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: your favorite segment we've ever done. But if you're watching 164 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: and you have the visual aid, a lot of those 165 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: blue blocks down there towards the bottom, and what Colin 166 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: is showing you here is the Big Ten has given 167 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 1: themselves so much wiggle room. Number one, they start early, 168 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: and number two, everyone has a bye week in either 169 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: the second to last game of the season or the 170 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: third second week last week of the season, or second 171 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: or third last week of the season. It's tough to 172 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: say really when you think about it, and it's kind 173 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: of a reservoir because not only do they have that, 174 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: you see that solid blue line at the very bottom, 175 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: that's a bye for everyone before the conference championship date, 176 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,079 Speaker 1: which is tentatively set I think for the twelfth I 177 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: think that's when they set that for. So there's a 178 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: lot of wiggle room that they could spill over there. 179 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: And if that's not enough, they put a cross division 180 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: opponent for I think either pretty much everyone or everyone 181 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: at the end of the schedule. So really, if worst 182 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: comes to worst, they could also dump that if they 183 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 1: have multiple games or some teams have multiple games that 184 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: they need to make up. So they built in a 185 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: lot of flexibility. Now as we sit here and we 186 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: wait for the SEC to release their schedule. That's not 187 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: something that the SEC chose to do. The SEC chose 188 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,559 Speaker 1: to put their flexibility on the front end. And we're 189 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: gonna wait until September twenty sixth, tentatively to start our season, 190 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: and we're gonna watch all the rest of you wade 191 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: out into the water, and if sharks don't come up 192 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: and eat all of you, then we're gonna come behind 193 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: you and we'll just let you be the guinea pig, 194 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: and then we'll follow behind at a distance. Well that's 195 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: all well and good, but you better hope it works 196 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: out because there's not nearly as much legal room for 197 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: the SEC. Now. The SEC's conference title game not scheduled 198 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:39,079 Speaker 1: for until December nineteenth. And you saw the College Football 199 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: Playoff put out a revised selection process, which is December twentieth. 200 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:48,079 Speaker 1: Now for the College Football Playoff selection show. So ever 201 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: evolving is the college football schedule picture of twenty twenty 202 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:54,679 Speaker 1: Many a book will be written on this one day. 203 00:09:55,640 --> 00:10:00,040 Speaker 1: All right, let's move it on. Why not Miami? So 204 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: the first column when we edit this, those are the 205 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: first three words that I want set on this video. 206 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: Simple question, why not Miami. A lot of you are 207 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: doubting Miami because of admittedly a rocky start to the 208 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: Manny Diaz tenure. Last year. Okay, they didn't go ten 209 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: and two, they didn't play for a conference championship game. 210 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: Here's what's happening, though, and I want to use that 211 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: last year. His first year is a backdrop. Very sub 212 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: par on the field, very subpar record wise. Offense was 213 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: a mess, quarterback situation was a mess. And so they 214 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: get Derek King in on the transfer market. In the offseason, 215 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: they make a change of offensive coordinator, Getrhet lash Lim. 216 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: This is all old news. The newer headlines have to 217 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:42,199 Speaker 1: do with recruiting. James Williams a couple of weeks ago 218 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: shocked pretty much everyone outside of South Florida when he 219 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,439 Speaker 1: decided not to go to Georgia. This is a five 220 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: star athlete chose to stay home. As he put it, 221 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 1: home is not the way a lot of elite South 222 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,439 Speaker 1: Florida talent has been referring to the basis for their 223 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: decision lately staying home. It's been leaving home. So James 224 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 1: Williams says, I'm staying home. I'm shutting down in my recruitment. 225 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: I'm going to Miami. Okay, you know, blind squirrel, broken clock, 226 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: that whole deal. That's pretty much what every rival fan 227 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 1: said about Miami when they landed James Williams. And then 228 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: they looked ahead and they said, well, there are some 229 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: more five star talents in South Florida at the same 230 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: high school actually, and so let's see how that goes. 231 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: And Leonard Taylor at the time a couple of weeks ago, 232 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: looked to be a big time battle between Florida and Miami. Well, 233 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 1: Leonard Taylor announced today on CBSHQ no less and guess 234 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: where Leonard Taylor is going to play his college football. 235 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,559 Speaker 1: He's going to Miami. Really big deal, five star defensive 236 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: tackle and so very much unprovoked, might I add, our 237 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: inbox today has just been littered with FSU fans and 238 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 1: a whole lot of Florida fans in defense mechanism mode, 239 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 1: as I like to call it. Because I didn't say anything, 240 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 1: I don't It's not like they had me appear on 241 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: CBSHQ today. It's not like I talked to Leonard Taylor 242 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,079 Speaker 1: before his decision or anything. To my knowledge, Colin, we 243 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 1: haven't even talked about this yet. I mean, we said 244 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: the announcement was coming and that's it. And so I'm 245 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: looking at my inbox today and I got all these 246 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: folks just volunteering. The notion that, well several notions actually, 247 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 1: so I wrote them all down. One is, oh, miam, 248 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 1: you'll barely go five hundred this year and all these 249 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 1: guys will decommit. And that was one defense mechanism reaction. 250 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: The second was, well, you can't win a trophy just 251 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: by recruiting. They don't give away trophies for recruiting titles, okay. 252 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: And then the third was, well, guys like that, they're 253 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:36,559 Speaker 1: just scared a competition. You know, they don't want to 254 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 1: come here. I'm being very nonspecific when I say here, 255 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: because multiple fan bases were intimating this. They don't want 256 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: to come here where the roster's load, and they want 257 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: to go there easy path the playing time. And then 258 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: I had the ever popular I'll take winning on the 259 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:55,080 Speaker 1: field over winning and recruiting. So the subculture, We've talked 260 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: about it for like two or three weeks, and in 261 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:58,839 Speaker 1: some ways I've talked about it for like ten years, 262 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 1: but there is a subculture college football. You have to 263 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: be in tune with it. This is not the NFL. 264 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: The injury reports are not made public all the time. 265 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: There aren't open practices to the public everywhere. There is 266 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff about this sport, even with the 267 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: major programs, that goes on behind a curtain. But the 268 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: fortunate aspect is there are always leaks somewhere. You gotta 269 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: know who to listen to, you gotta know where to go, 270 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: and we fancy ourselves as being part of that subculture, 271 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: but you got to know where to go. And so 272 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: in Miami circles there's been a little ground swell as 273 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 1: of late. A lot of folks were not necessarily deterred 274 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:40,319 Speaker 1: by the rocky start to the many Diez tenure because 275 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: they felt definite momentum in recruiting. That is validating now 276 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 1: with a lot of these big time commitments. Jason Marshall 277 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:50,959 Speaker 1: is the next one that's on everyone's radar. It's a 278 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: five star corner that Miami is battling Alabama for. Our 279 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: best intel is that Miami has taken the lead for 280 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: him over the last week to two weeks, maybe longer 281 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: find out when he finally commits wherever he's going to commit. 282 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: But the subculture in Miami is such that there's been 283 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:11,079 Speaker 1: this groundswell of momentum. Now, by the very nature of 284 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:17,319 Speaker 1: what that subculture is, the positive energy always precedes results. 285 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: So you got a lot of people. It happens a lot. 286 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: It's not just Miami. When a program is starting to 287 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: turn a corner, the subculture feels it before the typical 288 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: college football public feels it. Fans in Lincoln, Nebraska are 289 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 1: not feeling this about Miami yet. Fans in the West 290 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: Coast are not feeling this about Miami, but Miami folks are. 291 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: Sometimes it doesn't pan out to anything, other times it does, 292 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: but by the very nature of what this entails, it 293 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: always precedes results. And that's the case right now. Miami 294 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: is not coming off some banner opening season for Manny 295 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: Diaz where they're going out on the recruiting trail and 296 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: they're telling everybody, look what we were in year one, 297 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: making you imagine what we're about to do in subsequent years. No, 298 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: it was very up and down last year quite frankly, 299 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: a lot more down than up. So the casual fan 300 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: looks and says, what are you idiots so excited for? Like, 301 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: did you what ball were you in last year. Where 302 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: were you, guys. I didn't see you guys around New 303 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 1: Year's time, and we were if you're a Florida fan, 304 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 1: we were down in Miami. We were winning another New 305 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: Year Six Bowl. You know, we were knocking on the 306 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: door of this and that. And the point is all 307 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 1: that can be true. And the other point is there 308 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: is no guarantee that landing James Williams and landing Leonard 309 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 1: Taylor like they did today, there's no guarantee that's going 310 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: to bring them one more win in the future. You're right, 311 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: that's not a guarantee. But there's a flip side to 312 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: that coin. Here's what I can guarantee you. I feel 313 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 1: pretty confident putting my signature on this proclamation. I can 314 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: guarantee you they're not going anywhere if they don't sign 315 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: a bunch of talent in South Florida. That I can 316 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: guarantee you. So I can't guarantee you that they're going 317 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 1: anywhere with the talent, but I can guarantee you they're 318 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: not going any where without it. So one of the 319 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: very prerequisites for Miami to ever be back is to 320 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: start landing kids, multiple kids, in multiple classes. Let's be clear, 321 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 1: like what they've done so far, Penn has not met paper. 322 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: So anyone who's holding out hope about these guys decommitting, 323 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 1: I can't tell you definitively it won't happen. I can 324 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: tell you I would bet money it won't happen. And 325 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: I can tell you also think visit your own heart 326 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: on this one. I can tell you that I don't 327 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: really think you believe it either. It's defense mechanism talking, 328 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: it's your own passion talking. But if I told you 329 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: you had to take your next paycheck and you had 330 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: to bet it one way or the other. And this 331 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: is a kind of an alternate universe where we're betting 332 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: on recruiting and the wager is yes or no. Even 333 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: money here, yes or no. Leonard Taylor remains committed to 334 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: Miami all the way to signing day. James Williams remains 335 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: committed until signing it, yes or no. Paycheck on the line. 336 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: What are you betting? And those kids are going to 337 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: sign with Miami. So stop saying all these things because 338 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: most of you don't really believe it. And hey, I'm 339 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:08,679 Speaker 1: willing to entertain some offers from those of you who 340 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: really do believe that they're going to decomit. But I 341 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,400 Speaker 1: want you to remember in summary, third time I've made 342 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 1: this point because it's a very important point. This is 343 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: not happening off a springboard of a ten and two 344 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 1: debut campaign in Miami for Manny Diaz. They were bad 345 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 1: last year, and yet they've still gone out and they 346 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: have had to participate in what I always like to 347 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:34,160 Speaker 1: call vision based recruiting. Tennessee and Jeremy Prewett are trying 348 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: to do the same thing right now. If you win 349 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: a lot, it's easy to sell kids on the concept 350 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,360 Speaker 1: that you can come here and win because look, we've 351 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:42,719 Speaker 1: already done it. All you got to do is turn 352 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: on your TV. Well, Manny Diaz can't sell that right now, 353 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: but yet he's still selling Miami. That's the whole point. 354 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,919 Speaker 1: And so if he's doing it when their record sucked 355 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: last year, what happens if they can tend for the 356 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: ACC champion What happens if they play for an ACC 357 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: championship this year? What happened if they're on the road 358 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: at Clemson and whenever they play them, Let's see, I 359 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: got the schedule here Week five, ACC Week five, what 360 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,680 Speaker 1: happens if that thing's tied up early fourth quarter, win 361 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: or lose. What happens if it's tied up and all 362 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:15,439 Speaker 1: of a sudden you're saying, Miami, Miami, what Florida? Yeah, Miami, Florida. 363 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: Look they can play football again. Do you think that 364 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: the recruiting momentum subsides. Do you think it's just limited 365 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,439 Speaker 1: to these guys? I don't think so. So my question 366 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 1: in closing is the same as the question I asked 367 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: when we open this, why not Miami? What is it 368 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: that's really standing in the way? General and broad incompetence 369 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,439 Speaker 1: has what has stood in the way down there? And 370 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:40,239 Speaker 1: that encompasses a lot of things. What is standing in 371 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,439 Speaker 1: the way in the future, And if they start kicking 372 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: down this door or rebuilding a wall, I guess, and 373 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:47,880 Speaker 1: keeping a lot of their talent home instead of going 374 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: to Tuscalaloo, saying Clemson in Columbus. It's no guarantee that 375 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: anything's gonna happen, But that is the basis for starting 376 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: the snowball rolling down the hill. So I didn't predict 377 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: any national championship there. I'm just telling you there is 378 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: reason for the folks who are confident and very excited 379 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 1: about the current and future state of Miami to be 380 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: excited about the current and future state of the program. 381 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,479 Speaker 1: Now let's move on and let's talk about something. Let's segue. 382 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 1: Let's build a segue here. Speaking of Miami, did you 383 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 1: hear about Greg Russo opting out of the season? You 384 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 1: can cut that out, Colin. Now here's where we'll really 385 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 1: start the segment. Opt outs. Have a lot of you 386 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: concerned Greg Russo at Miami. We've had Rashad Bateman at 387 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 1: Minnesota opt out. We've had Michael Parsons at Penn State 388 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: opt out of the season, and then we've had other 389 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,159 Speaker 1: guys like Jamar Chase at LSU and out say I 390 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: got every intention of playing this season. So we got 391 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: a mixed bag. But a lot of people are afraid 392 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 1: that a few superstars who are opting out, guys who 393 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: look to be either locks or fairly virtual certainties to 394 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 1: go in the first round of the NFL Draft, whether 395 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,440 Speaker 1: they play or not this year. You're afraid that that's 396 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 1: going to cause an avalanche. And even if we do 397 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:00,919 Speaker 1: have a season, a lot of the big boys are 398 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 1: going to be out. Now here's the reality. We will 399 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: probably see a few more of these I mean, we're 400 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: seeing them right now. So I'm not going to sit 401 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,360 Speaker 1: here and tell you, Okay, well, now that we got 402 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 1: those out of the way, that's done. No, the reality 403 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: is we're probably going to see a few more. You're 404 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: probably going to see a lot of things, quite frankly, 405 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: this year if and when college football happens that you've 406 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: never seen before or since. So just chalk it up 407 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 1: to twenty twenty. You know, ten years from now, when 408 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 1: you're talking about the history of this country college football 409 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 1: no different. Someone will just say that was twenty twenty though, 410 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 1: and you go, oh yeah, okay, yeah, I got you. Now, 411 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 1: Western Michigan won the national championship twenty twenty though, I 412 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:39,160 Speaker 1: got you, Okay, okay. So here's the reality. I did 413 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: some digging on this because I saw a lot of 414 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 1: you very concerned. A lot of you were expressing to 415 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: me a lot of concern about is this guy going 416 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,120 Speaker 1: to sit out? Is that guy going to sit out? 417 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 1: This is independent of what's going on in the Pac twelve. 418 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 1: I'm talking specifically about this season. I'm talking about guys 419 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: with health concerns, guys with pretty solidified draft status and 420 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: draft stock. That's what I'm talking about to be abundantly clear. 421 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: The reality is most guys want to play. I know 422 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 1: this comes as a very big shot to some people, 423 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,120 Speaker 1: including some folks who cover this sport, but I would 424 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 1: suggest to you that a lot of college football players, 425 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: most college football players, a vast majority of college football 426 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:22,160 Speaker 1: players love playing college football. They have aspirations to take 427 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: it to the next level one day, but not every 428 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: one of them is in a hurry to hit that 429 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:31,400 Speaker 1: exit door. Contrary to what is sometimes popular belief. Now 430 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 1: this year there is a new factor in that room 431 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: that may hasten your steps towards that exit door. But 432 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:42,880 Speaker 1: few guys are first round locks, very few. Now there 433 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: are going to be thirty two eventual first rounders taken, 434 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: how many of them are locks the year before and 435 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 1: the season before that upcoming draft happens very few. Micah 436 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: Parsons is an exception to the rule. That guy is 437 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: thought to be a top ten, top fifteen block Greg 438 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: or So at Miami thought to be the same way. 439 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: So this is not an all or none proposition. I'm 440 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: going to suggest to you this is not going to 441 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 1: become a trend that a lot of people are concerned 442 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 1: about it becoming. But It's not an all or none thing. 443 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: What I mean by that is this time next year, 444 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: if we're back to normal and some guy for Georgia, 445 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 1: some guy for Texas opts out, that doesn't mean that 446 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 1: you come back and you wag your finger and say 447 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: I told you it was going to become a trend. 448 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,120 Speaker 1: That's not a trend. One or two or even five 449 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,440 Speaker 1: does not a trend make. But long term, let's think 450 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:33,880 Speaker 1: about this and let's put it all on the table. 451 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,199 Speaker 1: I've talked to some very informed people, not just in 452 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:40,719 Speaker 1: the football world, but in worlds that would qualify them 453 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 1: to speak on such things. Shall we say one example 454 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: doesn't prove everything, and it doesn't prove anything, But I 455 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: want you to think about this. For every Micah Parsons. 456 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,239 Speaker 1: Let's take this year as an example. Michah Parsons not 457 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: going to play it down. It looks like this year 458 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 1: probably still go top ten. Well, that's an exception. What 459 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 1: happens if a guy opts to sit out this year 460 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 1: and is projected right now in mott drafts to go 461 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: mid first round and the guys that he's really competing against, 462 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 1: if you think about it, for those precious few first 463 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:15,439 Speaker 1: round spots at his position or in general, are playing 464 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 1: this year and they're putting they're putting a junior season 465 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: or a senior season on tape, and you're not what 466 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: happens if one of these dudes falls late second round. 467 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what happens. What happens is from now 468 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 1: until eternity. When you sit down if you are a 469 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: guy who's eligible to leave, and you're thinking about leaving, 470 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 1: and you sit down with your parents and your coaches 471 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: and it's all put on the table, those scenarios are 472 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: going to be put out there. You got one chance 473 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 1: to make as much life changing money as you can, 474 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 1: and you got a senior season or a junior season 475 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: coming up here. You still got work to do. In 476 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: the eyes of scouts, in the eyes of the advisory board, 477 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 1: you still got work to do. Look what happened to 478 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: player X. He left. He listened to the wrong folks. 479 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 1: This happens anyway without guys opting out earlier than normal. 480 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 1: So those those examples are going to be there. But 481 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:05,359 Speaker 1: that's not really what I'm so concerned about. There is 482 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: another sort of baby elephant in the room that's going 483 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: to grow as the season goes on. And we get 484 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: a lot closer to this becoming a reality. I keep 485 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 1: talking about it. Some of you are still not following me. 486 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: Those three letters N I L. Name, image, likeness, this 487 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 1: thing that you some of you, some of you are 488 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: adamant about this. Think that it's going to be this 489 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 1: wrecking ball to the sport once you start allowing these 490 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 1: kids to profit off their name, image and likeness, probably 491 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,119 Speaker 1: next year. Once you do that, the fabric of the 492 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: sport is ripped and treaded into oblivion and it will 493 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 1: never return to any kind of normalcy. I think that's wrong. 494 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: I've already expressed my opinion on that. I think it's 495 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: going to be a net benefit. And I'm not just 496 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,399 Speaker 1: talking about for some new age fan who couldn't care 497 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 1: less about the history and tradition of college football. I 498 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,399 Speaker 1: care about all those things. I'm one of them, and 499 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: I'm telling you, I think this is going to be 500 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: a net benefit, even for you. If you're eighty four 501 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:05,679 Speaker 1: years old and you're sitting there and you miss the 502 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: days when this or that was the norm. I'm telling 503 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 1: even you think you may look around and see that 504 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: nil name, image likeness and opening up a new revenue 505 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,919 Speaker 1: stream not sharing revenue. Opening up a new revenue stream 506 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 1: is going to help more than it hurts the sport. 507 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: How does that relate to all this, Well, I'll tell 508 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: you we're really at the crux of all this talking 509 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: about how many guys are going to be opting out 510 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:33,400 Speaker 1: and not fulfilling their full college football eligibility. That's really 511 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 1: what we're talking about. And by the very nature of 512 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: leaving early, it's NFL draftable guys who leave early, and 513 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: so the best players are the ones who have the 514 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: opportunity to leave early. And you're worried about the top 515 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: of the sport continuously being taken before their time. Think 516 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:52,919 Speaker 1: about this, and this is where I've spoken to some people, 517 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 1: and this is the perspective out there that kind of 518 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 1: is contrarianto. What the general perspective is, name, image and 519 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,880 Speaker 1: likeness is coming up. The ability to profit off your name, 520 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 1: image and likeness is coming up. You don't have that 521 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 1: right now right now any given year, this one included 522 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 1: for different reasons, but think about a normal year. There 523 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 1: are dozens and dozens and dozens of guys at major 524 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,920 Speaker 1: programs and secondary programs across the country who are on 525 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 1: the fence about going through the NFL draft. A lot 526 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 1: of those guys love college. A lot of those guys 527 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,919 Speaker 1: love college football, and if all things were even remotely equal, 528 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,120 Speaker 1: a lot of those guys would love to stay one 529 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: more year. But at the same time, they understand there's 530 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: a lot of risk when I come back, and there 531 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: is a huge reward standing here right now, and all 532 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 1: I gotta do is declare, and I've got a lot 533 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 1: of money, generational money, and so that's how the decision 534 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 1: is made normally. Now, I want you to answer this. 535 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,440 Speaker 1: It's going to be rhetorical, because we're ultimately going to 536 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: find out together. It's gonna be rhetorical. Right now, think 537 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,719 Speaker 1: about this, dozens of kids on the fence, as they 538 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,439 Speaker 1: are every year, and you've got the pros and cons 539 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,439 Speaker 1: and the risk reward all weighed out. Now, imagine that 540 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 1: I'm putting anywhere from sixty thousand dollars to seven hundred 541 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 1: thousand extra dollars that they've had the ability to make 542 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:12,440 Speaker 1: in their college playing days in their back pocket. How 543 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: many guys does that take off the fence and keeping 544 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 1: college one more year. Not all of them are top 545 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: ten locks. A lot of guys are leaving college knowing, eh, 546 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 1: I'll go first three rounds. But if we just need 547 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: the money, my family needs the money. How many more 548 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: guys are going to be taken off the fence. You're 549 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: worried about the top ten guys who may opt out, 550 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,400 Speaker 1: I'm telling you, for everyone that does that, I see 551 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 1: half a dozen or more who are going to fall 552 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 1: on the college football side of that fence for one 553 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: more year because name, image and likeness, the very thing 554 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 1: that some of you think is going to ruin this 555 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 1: sport is going to keep more guys in the sport longer. 556 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,879 Speaker 1: So I consider that a whim, and that ideology is 557 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 1: why a lot of people are far less worried about 558 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:57,879 Speaker 1: this opt out thing becoming a trend than some fans are. 559 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,359 Speaker 1: Just wanted to share my two cents give you some 560 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: alternate perspective there. I want to answer one of our 561 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: questions from the inbox before we left tonight. So Dean 562 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: sent us something. Dean sends us a lot. He's a 563 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:14,120 Speaker 1: big time Alabama fan. And Dean said, have you ever 564 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: noticed how Kirby tries stealing Bama's recruits all the time? 565 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 1: That was it? That was how Dean worded this. This 566 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,719 Speaker 1: is the sec Dean. I don't know if you've noticed, 567 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: but they will steal everything up to and including your 568 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: firstborn child if it means winning more games. So I 569 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:34,640 Speaker 1: don't fault anyone for recruiting anyone regardless of where they're 570 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 1: committed to currently. If Penn hasn't hit paper, it's open season, 571 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: and might I also suggest to you, Dean, now this 572 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 1: is I want you seated for this. This may come 573 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 1: as a surprise. What if I told you that there 574 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: have been some kids committed to Georgia that Alabama continue 575 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 1: to recruit. I've heard that it's happened. It's s chrumor, 576 00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:00,360 Speaker 1: but I've heard it's happened before. But I don't want 577 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 1: to answer this question so much. I wanted to use 578 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: this question as a bridge to a conversation that I 579 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 1: had last week with someone and we were talking kind 580 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: of about this. We were talking about the last few years. 581 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 1: It was ironically, it was another one of my big 582 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 1: time Georgia buddies, and I was talking to him and 583 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 1: he said, dude, do you have any idea how much 584 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: we've done for Alabama? I said, what are you talking about? 585 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: Because we were talking about recruiting, and we were talking 586 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: about how it's so mysterious, and how if you could 587 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: trace back the lineage of any given recruit, sometimes ones 588 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 1: who have decommitted famously from one program and ended up 589 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: at another one. You know, It's why I avoid hot 590 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 1: that this point is going to end us, why I 591 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 1: always avoid these hot, knee jerk reactionary takes on recruiting. 592 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 1: Bookmark that, and let's talk about this for a second. 593 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 1: So he says, do you have any idea how much 594 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 1: we he's talking about Georgia, how much we have done 595 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 1: to help Alabama, how much Kirby Smart has done to 596 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 1: help Alabama he got to Georgia because I thought he 597 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 1: was talking about what Kirby did at Alabama. To be 598 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: honest with you, I was only halfway paying attention. I 599 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: think I was writing something. And so I said, yeah, man, 600 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: he was a good coordinator over there. He said, no, no, no, no, no, no, 601 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,000 Speaker 1: not when he was at Bama. He's done a lot 602 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 1: for Alabama since he's been at Georgia as the head coach. 603 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 1: And I said, what the world are you talking about? 604 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 1: So then he walked me through it, and I said, 605 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,640 Speaker 1: uh huh, I see where you're going here. So those 606 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 1: of you who are hardcore recruiting fans, you probably remember 607 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 1: these stories. If you're a Georgia or Abama fan, you 608 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 1: absolutely remember it. But maybe you're a casual observer and 609 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:37,719 Speaker 1: you don't know where these players were once committed. Let 610 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 1: me tell you a little story. So Kirby Smart as 611 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: the defensive coordinator at Alabama and he gets to the 612 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: Georgia job, and he decides that he's going to coach 613 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,360 Speaker 1: throughout the National Championship game. Think they won the championship 614 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 1: that year, and then Kirby leaves right, he goes to Georgia. 615 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: He's the head coach there now, and one of the 616 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 1: first things he did was he targeted Jake From. Jake 617 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 1: From was committed not to Georgia. Jake From was commit 618 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,240 Speaker 1: to the University of Alabama at that point, and Kirby 619 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 1: convinced him to decommit and come to Georgia. And Jake 620 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,840 Speaker 1: From ended up being pressed into duty and as a 621 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 1: true freshman and ended up playing. You have an up 622 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 1: and down career in terms of fan perception, but had 623 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: a solid career at Georgia. But do you know what 624 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 1: Alabama did in reaction? Alabama thought they had their quarterback 625 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: from was their quarterback. Well, Kirby takes from so Alabama 626 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:28,720 Speaker 1: has to go with a backup option. And that backup 627 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 1: option was this kid from Hawaii named Tua Tongue of 628 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 1: Ailoa who ends up being inserted at halftime famously of 629 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 1: a national championship game and beating Georgia. And the eternal 630 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 1: question is is to even on this team if Kirby 631 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: didn't take Jake from So that's one way that my 632 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 1: friend is suggesting. Kirby Smarts has done a lot for 633 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 1: Alabama since he left, but it doesn't end their friends. 634 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 1: I want you to think about this because a few 635 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 1: years later, a couple of years later, Carson Beck is 636 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:57,920 Speaker 1: a quarterback that most of you don't know yet. He 637 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 1: hasn't really played. He's commit to Alabama. I think at 638 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 1: the time we had him rated as either a high 639 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:06,280 Speaker 1: four star or five star guy. He's committed to Alabama. 640 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 1: Guess who comes calling again? Kirby Smart comes calling again, 641 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:14,240 Speaker 1: and mister Beck decommits from Alabama. And guess where he commits. 642 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: He commits to Georgia, where he is on the roster. 643 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 1: Right now, Alabama is again in need of a quarterback, 644 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: and what does Alabama do all they do in their 645 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: search for a replacement for Carson Beck is go sign 646 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,680 Speaker 1: the eventual number one player in the country, Bryce Young. 647 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:32,960 Speaker 1: He is a true freshman this year. So both of 648 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,760 Speaker 1: these guys just got on campus. The story remains to 649 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 1: be written there, but I think it's pretty safe to 650 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:42,160 Speaker 1: say Alabama it looks like got the better end of 651 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 1: that little exchange. Third point, do you remember the whole 652 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 1: Scott Cochran hubbulu when Scott Cochrane was snatched in the 653 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,000 Speaker 1: middle of the night from Kirby Smart out of the 654 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:56,120 Speaker 1: hands of Alabama and taking to Georgia and everyone freaked out, 655 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 1: and we told you, let's wait and see how this 656 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 1: one plays out. Well, you don't even have to be 657 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:04,480 Speaker 1: close to Alabama at this point to have heard the 658 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:08,160 Speaker 1: rock star status that that new strength conditioning sports science 659 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,320 Speaker 1: duo that they got from Indiana has already acquired before 660 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,400 Speaker 1: game has ever been played up there. And so that 661 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,480 Speaker 1: could be a third leg of moves that Kirby Smart 662 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:19,760 Speaker 1: has made to bolster Georgia's program that ended up benefiting 663 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:23,040 Speaker 1: Alabama in the long run. And I circle back, as 664 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:26,880 Speaker 1: I said to the reason why I'm never the one 665 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,480 Speaker 1: as soon as a decommitment happens or something along those lines. 666 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,760 Speaker 1: I'm never the one to rush to the nearest microphone 667 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,520 Speaker 1: or the nearest keyboard and start talking about how someone 668 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 1: just won and how someone pulled a shocker here. Now 669 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,840 Speaker 1: you may be shocked by what's happening, but you don't 670 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 1: know who wins. I can promise you. When Kirby Smart 671 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:50,240 Speaker 1: took Jake from he did committed from Bama went to Georgia, 672 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 1: Bama fans were bummed out about that, just as they 673 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 1: were bummed out about losing Carson Beck to Georgia. And 674 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 1: in both cases they ended up the better for it 675 00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 1: in the aggregate. And some of them are pretty bummed out, 676 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 1: including some very national types, pretty bummed out about Georgia's 677 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 1: ability to take Scott Cochrane. Well, now it's just a 678 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,839 Speaker 1: few months later. Who's looking around saying, boy, they miss 679 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: Scott Cochrane at Alabama. They haven't played a game, Like 680 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:18,000 Speaker 1: nothing's really changed, they haven't played a football game yet. 681 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,440 Speaker 1: Just look at how these things change, Look at how 682 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:24,040 Speaker 1: perception changes in this sport. Don't try and be the 683 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 1: first to be first. Just sit back, let this stuff unfold. 684 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,879 Speaker 1: You'll notice, you know, I'll give you an example. There's 685 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,000 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff happening in the PAC twelve right now. 686 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,160 Speaker 1: There's a whole lot of stuff happening out there. There 687 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 1: are whole lot of demands being made. Have you heard 688 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,440 Speaker 1: us talk about it on this show. No, aside from 689 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,240 Speaker 1: right now, we haven't even spoken about it on this show. 690 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,239 Speaker 1: It's not because I don't have thoughts. It's because I 691 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 1: think that in two months, that entire situation, the reality 692 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,520 Speaker 1: and what isn't reality out there, is going to look 693 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,160 Speaker 1: a whole lot different than it does now. So we're 694 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 1: not always tripping over ourselves to talk about every little 695 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:58,840 Speaker 1: thing on this show that everyone else is talking about. 696 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,360 Speaker 1: As you've noticed, some we're talking about stuff no one's 697 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: talking about. And then sometimes there's an overlap where the 698 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,600 Speaker 1: stuff everyone else is talking about scheduling, for example, is 699 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:11,719 Speaker 1: very relevant to us. But that's going to conclude us 700 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:14,160 Speaker 1: for tonight. Now, a big thank you. I have to 701 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,520 Speaker 1: give you a big thank you. Our twenty four to 702 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,000 Speaker 1: seven sports podcasts, a lot of them. The Barton and 703 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,040 Speaker 1: Budd Show is doing phenomenal. Late Kick is doing phenomenal. 704 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:27,680 Speaker 1: We are approaching four hundred five star reviews there now. 705 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,239 Speaker 1: That's great, but it's also a fact that far more 706 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:33,520 Speaker 1: than four hundred listen per episode. 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