1 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,039 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back another edition of the 2 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: Late Kick Extra podcast Tuesday morning on Twitter. Fifth year 3 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: of Our Lord, twenty twenty one, and I got some 4 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: really good questions We've got uploaded. Dare I say a 5 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:23,319 Speaker 1: jam packed mailbag. It's Tuesday and Thursday. Every morning we 6 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: hit you in this very podcast feed and exclusively in 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: this podcast feed with a really loaded mailbag. Put the 8 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: call to action out on Twitter last night. I said, 9 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: I'm recording in twenty minutes. Give me your questions. You did, 10 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: And it's kind of one of those forward backward things 11 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: because I'm talking in past tense even though it is 12 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: last night. I'm recording late on Monday night. Let me 13 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: set the scene for you. By the way, I was 14 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: just thinking about how weird or possibly weird this is. 15 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: You can tell me whether you think I'm a psychopath 16 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: or not. So I come in here usually around four 17 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: thirty five o'clock in the afternoon after I've worked out 18 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: and I've done a lot of other stuff during the day, 19 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: but I come down to the Bomb Shelter studio to 20 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: record because I think we have the best acoustics in here. 21 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: Bookmark that I got to tell you something about the 22 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: studio in just a second, and I come down here 23 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: and I intend on getting everything done and being out 24 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: of here before the sun goes down. And I have 25 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 1: crippling amounts of procrastination just pulsing through my veins. And 26 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: so now it is ten forty five PM and I 27 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:19,839 Speaker 1: have finally hit the record button. I've done everything butt 28 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: record so far. But here's the situation. You know, I 29 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 1: don't drink, but I do mixed drinks. I do enjoy 30 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: a cocktail, just not the kind that maybe you think. 31 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: So I have next to me right now a can 32 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: of Starbucks Nitro cold Brew, not a sponsor of the podcast. 33 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: That's the last mentioned. And I also have a bottle 34 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 1: of Core Power forty two gram complete protein, also not 35 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: a sponsor. Last time they'll be mentioned. And what I 36 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: have taken to doing to expedite my time is I 37 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: have taken to pouring the nitro into the protein and 38 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: mixing it up. And I got to tell you it's 39 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: really tasty. It gives a little kick to the protein. 40 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: And so we're replenishing our muscles after a tough workout 41 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: to and also kicking in about one hundred and eighty 42 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: milligrams of caffeine at the same time. This works. Granted 43 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: it may be the lifestyle of a long haul trucker, 44 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: but it works. And I got a lot of truck 45 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: drivers who listened to this podcast. You guys know good 46 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 1: and weal what I'm talking about. I don't need to 47 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: go any further. Grew up next door to a man 48 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: who worked on eighteen wheelers all his life. He drove 49 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: him for a long stretch of time, and he said, 50 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: anything you gotta do to stay awake on the road, 51 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: you do. And so it's the same way in the 52 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: podcast studio. In fact, I always say and by always, 53 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 1: I mean this is the first time and last time 54 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: I'll ever say this. Tomorrow's highways are paved with technology, 55 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: meaning podcasters are the modern day truck driver. It makes 56 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: no sense. Don't think about it beneath the surface. It'll 57 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: just confuse you. But as you can clearly tell that 58 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: caffeine's kicking in. So I'm ready to go. Just a 59 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: little tidbit here about the studio. I think we're moving 60 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: into a new one tonight. That's what I've been told. 61 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: I've been teasing that all summer, and then we had 62 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,679 Speaker 1: construction delay. So I just stopped teasing it and hopes 63 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: you forgot well, I check out lay Kick Live tonight. 64 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,079 Speaker 1: Just a little whisper between you and I. I would 65 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: check out late Kick Live tonight because I think we're 66 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 1: moving into our new studio. It is beautiful. I will 67 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 1: tell you that I've seen it. I've been in there 68 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: for quite a while. I just haven't been able to 69 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: do a show out of there. But it's in one 70 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: of those nice towers downtown, like blocks away from my apartment. 71 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: So I could take one of those renta scooters to 72 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: work or walk. I'm told that has been done before, 73 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: but yeah, check that out. So could be some fun, 74 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,239 Speaker 1: exciting new steps being taken on the show tonight. As 75 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: for this morning's podcast, let's dive in our buddies at 76 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: College Football Unlimited. I mean, fifteen seconds after I put 77 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: out the call to action on Twitter, they had the 78 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: first response here and the question was how tired are 79 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:41,119 Speaker 1: you already of hearing about teams being underrated and overrated? Well, 80 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: I'm always tired of it. I have spoken my piece 81 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: on this. I'm going to tell you one more time 82 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: because uh, at Ding Ding Ding, we have about another 83 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: twenty five hundred new listeners per episode to the show. 84 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: So we are growing quite literally like wildfire. There might 85 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: as well be fire emojis on these these screenshots and 86 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: printouts that Lance sends to me. But anyway, I have 87 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: spoken about this in the past. A lot of you 88 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: probably are new around here and haven't heard it. Think 89 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: about what we're talking about. I know many of you 90 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: listening have probably used those words overrated, underrated Arkansas they're 91 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: rated top ten, they lose to Georgia thirty seven, zerl Oh, 92 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 1: they were overrated. And for the record, I think that 93 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: overrated tag is probably used at a ten to one 94 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: ratio as opposed to underrated. Overrated is what everyone talks about. 95 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 1: So let me touch on overrated. Have we ever really 96 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: stopped to think about what we're saying when we say 97 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: a team is overrated? And especially if you have a vote, 98 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: if you have an AP vote, This is what I've 99 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: never been able to stommach. There are people who have 100 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: a vote in the AP pole and so they'll rank 101 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 1: a team. Now, think about this process here. Would you 102 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 1: ever get away with this at your place of business? 103 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,359 Speaker 1: If you work somewhere, would you ever get away with this? 104 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: You have a job, part of your job is rank 105 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: the teams, so you do. All right. Now, let's just 106 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: pretend for a second, you and I that we're omniscient 107 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: and we just know absolute truth about everything in the universe. 108 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: And let's say pet States over here, and let's say 109 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 1: that you and I being omniscient, we're just innocent bystanders. 110 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: We know that Peate State is the twenty first best 111 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: team in the country. Let's just say we knew that. 112 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: And then the AP comes along and they ranked Peate 113 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: State eighth on the preseason poll. And then Pate State 114 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: proceeds to lose a couple of games out of the gate, 115 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: and then they lose another one mid season, and then 116 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: we finish, you know, ranked twenty first, actually where we 117 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: should have been all along. What do those voters say 118 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 1: about me and Pate State at the end of the year. 119 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: What are they saying about us at the end of 120 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: the year. I'll tell you what they're not saying is 121 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,279 Speaker 1: we whiffed on Pate State. What they're gonna say is 122 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: Peate State was overrated. Do you understand how ignorant that is? 123 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: I want you to think about, really what's happening here. 124 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: The same fools in many cases who slap a ranking 125 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: on a team get mad at the team when the 126 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: team doesn't validate their warped perception of the team. That's 127 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 1: like if you if you buy your kid a basketball 128 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: goal and you put it up full twelve feet and 129 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: your kids four five, and you say, go dunk. I 130 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: think you can dunk. Go dunk. Kid fails to dunk 131 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: because he's four or five, and you draw a red 132 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: X on his forehead and say, go sit by the garbage. 133 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: Think about why you can't dunk. I thought you could dunk. 134 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: You're overrated. Now man, it's four or five. He can't 135 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: even ride the rides at six flags. He can't dunk. 136 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: And so yeah, I get really tired of the underrated overrated. 137 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 1: We want to talk underrated, that's fine, but the overrated conversation, 138 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: I get tired of it. And then the second part 139 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: of the overrated conversation is old. Miss. I'm telling you 140 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: right now, I did not drop him in the jpee pole, 141 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: which is gonna come out tomorrow night, Arkansas. I did 142 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,919 Speaker 1: not really drop And so people will look. They do 143 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: it with Notre Dame all the time, not this year, 144 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 1: because this year Notre Dame is not as good as 145 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: they normally are. But they do it with Notre Dame 146 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: all the time, and they're about to do it with Arkansas, 147 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: and they're about to do it with Old Miss. These 148 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: teams will be ranked below a top ranked Alabama or 149 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: a number two Georgia. They'll lose to them, as they should. 150 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: If your poll is right and you got Ole Miss 151 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: at like seven and Bama's number one, Old Miss goes 152 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 1: to Alabama, they should get beat. But the problem is 153 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: people will watch Old Miss get beat by a team that, 154 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 1: according to your own rankings, should beat them, and then 155 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: you'll punish Old Miss, which has never made any sense 156 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: to me. So yes, I have a lot of problem. 157 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: That's why I adopt the power rating mentality. I'm not 158 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: going to drop Ole Miss. I may not drop them 159 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: at all. I know we didn't drop them very far. 160 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: I'm not going to drop Arkansas very far at all. 161 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: I don't care that they lost. They lost to a 162 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: team that I think they should have lost to. In fact, 163 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: we nailed the exact final score for Old Miss. Like, 164 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: how stupid would that make me? If I ranked Ole 165 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: Miss fifth predicted them to lose by three touchdowns to Alabama? 166 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: They did, and then I dropped them. My expectations dead 167 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: on the money. I got exactly what I expected. I 168 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: see no reason to change anything. So yes, I am 169 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: very tired of that, and that will never cease. I 170 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: will never cease being tired of the overrated underrated conversation. 171 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: Next up is Ryan. He said, when I tell people 172 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: I can't I'm watching football, the response I get is 173 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: will you do that all the time? Why can't you 174 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: do this with us or me? Instead? What do you 175 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: say to people like that? And is it immoral to 176 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 1: eject them from my life? Ryan, I've dealt with this 177 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: a time or ten. I have not dealt with it 178 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: from people that I am still close to, so that 179 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: answers the second question. No, it's not immoral to eject 180 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: them from your life. My friend. Here's what I've always 181 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: found a true friend. Let's get serious for a second, 182 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: but still just a little bit comedic on the edges, 183 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: because we are talking about a game at the end 184 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: of the day. But what does a real friend know 185 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: about you? And what does a real friend have for you? 186 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: A companion fill in the same blanks. What does a 187 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: true companion know about you and have for you? They 188 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: know your loves and passions in life, and they have 189 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: respect for them. That's what they should have. And so 190 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: if you find someone who's manipulative enough to identify your 191 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: one passion in life and that thing only happens to 192 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,720 Speaker 1: take up your day twelve times a year, plus maybe 193 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: a bowl game or two in some playoff games, and 194 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: they want to circle those moments on the calendar and 195 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: try and hijack them for themselves. That's not the kind 196 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: of energy, nor is it the kind of person you 197 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: need in your life. And this isn't even just exclusive 198 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 1: to the fall wedding club drove by another one's Saturday. 199 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: Those people looked absolutely miserable. Could have had the same 200 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: wedding in May, and you would accomplish the same thing. 201 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: Only everyone at the wedding would be happy because they 202 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: wouldn't be there on a Saturday in the fall. Oh 203 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: and by the way, you'd be like six months into 204 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 1: your marriage already. You could have gotten a head start, 205 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: but dope, got to do it in the fall. I understand. 206 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: Actually I don't at all, But Ryan, I don't really 207 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: care for that approach in life. I don't care for 208 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: people who do that. I've had it happen before, and 209 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: it was people who were testing me. You know, I 210 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: can think of a couple of times vividly. I won't 211 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: go into a great detail because quite frankly, those parties 212 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 1: involved maybe listening. But I have gotten one of those 213 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: Well you watch football all the time, why can't you 214 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: do this with me? And said, or here's the worst, 215 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: the absolute worst is well, I guess you're telling me 216 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 1: that football matters more than me. You know it's funny, 217 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: by the way, when The Bachelor is on, you don't 218 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 1: ever walk downstairs two minutes before airtime and say, hey, hey, 219 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: let's go take a job, and then when you get 220 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:02,319 Speaker 1: rejected wholesale say, I guess the Bachelor's more important than me. Huh, 221 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: I guess that TV's more important than me. Yeah. The 222 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: same folks who would try and guilt you to death 223 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 1: about choosing football over them would absolutely bathe in an 224 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: entire shower of hypocrisy if you flip the table on 225 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: them two minutes before The Bachelor came on, or you 226 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,079 Speaker 1: can fill in the blank, whatever they enjoy. So Ryan, 227 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:22,959 Speaker 1: I would, without hesitation, distance myself from that kind of energy. 228 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: You just don't need it in your life. Next up 229 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: treacherous ground here, so I'm gonna walk very, very softly. 230 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: Patrick says, is Iowa the third best team in college football? Patrick? 231 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: My definition of best is a clear no. They are 232 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: not the third best team in college football. But I 233 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: think what you may be asking is do they deserve 234 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: to be ranked number three in let's say the A people. Well, 235 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: I don't have a problem with that. Now, I don't 236 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: bother with the ap approach. That's not the way that 237 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,319 Speaker 1: I do it. If I were on the playoff committee, 238 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: I guess is the better way to ask this. If 239 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: I were on the playoff committee and I had to 240 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: fill out a playoff rankings ballot today, I'd have Iowa 241 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: inside the top five easily, maybe number three. I'd have 242 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: to look at it. But that's not the way that 243 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: I personally approach teams because I'm not on the committee. 244 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: So with a power rating formula, you know, with the 245 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: way that I do the jpeople, for example, no, I 246 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: wouldn't have Iowa anywhere inside the top five. But my 247 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: simple thinking there is there are just more than five 248 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 1: teams I would favor or pick against Iowa on a 249 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: neutral field tomorrow. Now that doesn't mean anything of course, 250 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: because it's not a hypothetical world. Iowa, for example, they 251 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: get to play Penn State Saturday. Maybe I think Penn 252 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: State's better than Iowa, but that doesn't matter if Iowa wins. 253 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,199 Speaker 1: That's the beauty of this whole thing is really people's 254 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: opinions don't matter, even the most informed of opinions, they 255 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:45,079 Speaker 1: don't matter. And the best team doesn't always win. I 256 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: don't know if that's breaking news to some of you, 257 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: but it is the case. That's why they play the games. 258 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: If the best team's always won, you would just take 259 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: the best Vegas odds makers out there and they would 260 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: put a list on a piece of paper, and then 261 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: you'd crown a national champ. Well, that's not the way 262 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 1: it works. Now down the road, if I so it 263 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 1: keeps winning games, doesn't matter how they're winning them, everyone's 264 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: going to be forced to take them seriously, myself included, 265 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,679 Speaker 1: not that I don't already, but we're talking about pretty 266 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: lofty praise here. Top five. No, I wouldn't have them 267 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: top five yet, but if I were having to rank teams, 268 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: I would have them top five because that's merit based 269 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: instead of power based. Brandon Walker, our buddy our good buddy, 270 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,959 Speaker 1: Brandon Walker, and like four or five days out of 271 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: the week a good buddy, sometimes a nuisance. But that's 272 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: probably a healthy combination really, if you think about it, 273 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: you want about five days of good, solid, dependable and 274 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: then a couple of days where you just get a 275 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: little loose, get a little off the rails. Otherwise you're 276 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 1: Paul Pfiffer. For those of you who didn't watch The 277 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,079 Speaker 1: Wonder Years back in the day, Paul Pheiffer great as 278 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 1: a TV character, probably not the best friend. And let 279 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 1: me also note I'm not old enough to have actually 280 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 1: caught The Wonder Years when it aired. I have watched 281 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: the replays. I just want that to be on the 282 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: record loud and clear. But Brandon Walker asked, and I quote, 283 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 1: what team that's been cast away as bad is actually 284 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 1: pretty good? And why is the It's or Mississippi State. Well, 285 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 1: I don't think the answer is Mississippi State, although it 286 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: was a nice win they got on the road at 287 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: Texas A and M. I think the answer here could 288 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,679 Speaker 1: be Nebraska. But I reserve the right to circle right 289 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: back around to this and change everything about it if 290 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 1: they get pasted by Michigan Saturday, which brings me to 291 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: the turn and run as fast as you can. Point 292 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: spread of the week, and that is Michigan minus three 293 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 1: at Nebraska. I know what some of you are thinking. 294 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 1: I know some of you have already bet your parents' 295 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: money on that game. Well, depending on what sportsbook you use, 296 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: it's not too late to buy it back. Just find 297 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: alternate methods to light your money on fire. Do not 298 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,319 Speaker 1: run towards the sure thing. This is not week one, guys, 299 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: it's not week two. You do not have an angle 300 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: based on inside information Freddy the trainer has given you 301 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 1: that Vegas doesn't have. It is week six. We're about 302 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: to be halfway through the season. Everything's been figured out. 303 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 1: It is margins that are very small right now. It 304 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: is Bob's bounces of balls. You do not have a 305 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: massive angle on this game. I know Michigan's nd the few. 306 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: I know that the lasting memory most of you have 307 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: in your mind of Nebraska is them looking horrific early 308 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: in the year. Teams never stay the same, Teams are 309 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: constantly evolving. The reason most people lose money betting sports 310 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: and football specifically is number one. Thinking you know enough 311 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: to outsmart an odds maker. You never do nobody does. 312 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: If that were the case, think about this. If that 313 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: were the case, if a sharp football minded person could 314 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: just use their instinct and gut to game the system, 315 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: why isn't every retired NFL head coach rich based solely 316 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: off sports betting. Why isn't that the case? Have you 317 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: ever watched a studio show and these former coaches and 318 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: players are in there, have you noticed how wrong they 319 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: are trying to predict the game they've spent their entire 320 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: lives in. You don't have an angle. You don't have 321 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: an angle better than those folks in all likelihood. But 322 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 1: even if you do, you don't have one that trump's math. 323 00:14:57,560 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: You just don't. So that's number one. But that wasn't 324 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: I was getting towards. The other reason why people lose 325 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: money is because they think in terms of snapshots. You 326 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: think about Nebraska, and you think in terms of highlights 327 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 1: and snapshots. That's what you think of. So probably when 328 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: you think about Nebraska, the last vision most of you 329 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: saw of them is when they lost to Illinois. A 330 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: lot of you have not watched them since then. You 331 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: watched them in week one, You developed your opinion on 332 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: them in week one, and then since then, Nebraska's been 333 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 1: just a footnote on the bottom line as it scrolls across, 334 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: and you see their game, but you're not really watching them. Conversely, 335 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: with Michigan, you've watched them this past week. I would 336 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: imagine some of you had eyeballs on that game last 337 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: week and you see thirty eight to seventeen in your mind, 338 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: and you see a two point spread or a three 339 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: point spread that gets stretched into a three touchdown win, 340 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 1: and you're thinking, to yourself, boy, Michigan's a bus saw 341 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: right now, they're undefeated. That's your impression. Over here, that's 342 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 1: your snapshot of Michigan, And then over here Nebraska is 343 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: really bad. Well, what they were in week one has 344 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 1: nothing to do with what they're about to be this week. 345 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: Week one for them was August twenty eighth, so really 346 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: they played in week zero. They're about to play a 347 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: game on October ninth. What you saw on August twenty 348 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: eighth has no business being involved in how you're about 349 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: to bet your money. But yet a lot of you, 350 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: if I don't speak up loud enough, are going to 351 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: fall into that trap. What if I told you that 352 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: our model is at any given point, we have this 353 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: thing calibrated to where we are looking at a three 354 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: week rolling sample size of a team, And what that 355 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 1: basically means is, if I'm going to play you Saturday, 356 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: I care a whole lot more about what you've done 357 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: the past three weeks than what you did three months ago. 358 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: I'll watch the film from three months ago, but the 359 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: team you currently are is probably much better represented by 360 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: your most recent games. Well, the three most recent games 361 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: Nebraska has played were at Oklahoma they lost by one possession, 362 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: they played at Michigan State they lost by three points, 363 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: and then they skull drug Northwestern this past week fifty 364 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: six to seven. So at any given point is using 365 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: that three week rolling sample size. What if I told 366 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 1: you over the past three games, Nebraska has played at 367 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 1: a level that in an average year we would rank 368 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: eighteenth in the country. That's the level they've been playing at. 369 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: And so all of a sudden, you can either look 370 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 1: at Nebraska and you can see a three and three 371 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: team that, based on your memory, lost to Illinois in 372 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,640 Speaker 1: week one and you gave up on or you could 373 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,639 Speaker 1: look at him and say, ooh, Michigan's playing a team 374 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 1: at home coming off a drubbing could be a springboard 375 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: situation and they're playing at a top fifteen level. It 376 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: all depends on how you choose to observe instead of 377 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: just watching. It sounds like I'm picking Nebraska here. No, 378 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: I haven't even broken down the game yet. I'm just 379 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,679 Speaker 1: explaining why the point spread is where it is. So 380 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: a lot of people are looking at Nebraska game and 381 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: they're saying, oh, that's free money. No No, I mean 382 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 1: I think we've seen a million in one times. How 383 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,120 Speaker 1: that normally goes when you think you got free money 384 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,919 Speaker 1: or a lock or any other of these falsely based 385 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,880 Speaker 1: phrases that people like to use. But this goes all 386 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,679 Speaker 1: the way back to Brandon Walker. It feels like a 387 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: year ago he asked the question. I think Nebraska's the answer. 388 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 1: Nebraska got left for dead, and I think Nebraska is 389 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: the team that could end up becoming something if they 390 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 1: win Saturday, if they were to beat Michigan, you're talking 391 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: about a total reset on a season. They would be 392 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,920 Speaker 1: above five hundred. They would be four and three at 393 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: that point, and then they would have games at Minnesota, 394 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 1: home against Purdue, home against Ohio State, and then at 395 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: Wisconsin to end the year. That's a team that could 396 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: end up having a winning record. I think this weekend 397 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:34,679 Speaker 1: is clearly a hinge game for them, So I'm going 398 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 1: to go with Nebraska as my answer. Sandy is up next. 399 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: Sandy says, sorry if it's late, but rank the environment 400 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 1: for each Renaissance Tour destination thus far. What are some 401 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: of the best experiences you've had so far this year? 402 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: Let me just roll it off the top of my head. 403 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,679 Speaker 1: Week one we were in Charlotte and that was Georgia 404 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 1: versus Clemson. My biggest memory and take away from that 405 00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 1: one was that was the first full stadium most of 406 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: us been in in quite a while, and it was 407 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: a great environment. And I'm not the biggest fan of 408 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: the neutral site stuff. If you're going to do it, 409 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 1: I guess do it opening weekend. That weekend, I was 410 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 1: willing to make the exception just because it was the 411 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: first time we had been in that environment for so long. 412 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 1: Week two was Iowa at Iowa State, and that was 413 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:19,400 Speaker 1: a special trip for me because I love Iowa State 414 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:21,159 Speaker 1: and it was the first time I'd ever gotten to 415 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: go up there. The game did not deliver, but I 416 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 1: think what stood out to me so much was how 417 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 1: many people came up to me before, during, and after 418 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 1: the game, not just fans, but a lot of administrators there, 419 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 1: some people on the coaching staff both sides, by the way, 420 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: and just showed appreciation for someone with a national platform 421 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: whose entire format talking college football does not revolve around 422 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: the college football playoff, and understanding that there is quality 423 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: football and a really good and entertaining product and good 424 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: people who don't always just reside in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, or 425 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: you know, Clemson, South Carolina, Columbus, Ohio. I mean, we 426 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: talked those programs a lot, but there's no reason why 427 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: you can't celebrate a setting like that. It was an 428 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 1: incredible setting up there, incredible setting, and my biggest memory 429 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 1: from that trip is just the validation because for the 430 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: first time since we really took this show national, I 431 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: was out in the field, I was in an unfamiliar place, 432 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: and I'm in Iowa. I've never been to the state 433 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: of Iowa. And You've got people left and right, starting 434 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:20,640 Speaker 1: in the airport and all the way to the stadium 435 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,160 Speaker 1: and back at the hotel, walking up to you and saying, man, 436 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: I appreciate what you're doing, and they talk to you, 437 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 1: and this is how we format this show. When I 438 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:30,959 Speaker 1: see you guys in public, we talk like we've known 439 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 1: each other ten years. That's how the interactions always are. 440 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,880 Speaker 1: Very rarely do I have someone sheepishly come up and say, hey, 441 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: I just want to say I watch your show or 442 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:42,879 Speaker 1: I listen to your show. Okay, bye. That's not the 443 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: way it is. Normally. When our audience interacts with me, 444 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: it is basically picking up a conversation that we left 445 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 1: off on last week, and it just feels like it's 446 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 1: been ongoing, you know, kind of like if you saw 447 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: a buddy that you haven't seen in a few months. 448 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: That's how our interactions are. And really have never felt 449 00:20:57,960 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: that more to that point than when I went to 450 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 1: the Iowa State game Week three at Penn State. Auburn 451 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 1: on the road at Penn State, most incredible environment I've 452 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 1: seen all year. My first wide out could not speak 453 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 1: highly enough of the environment there. I love college football stadiums. 454 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: I love them. I've spoken about this a time or two, 455 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: but I am fascinated with the construction of stadiums. I 456 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: love getting the venues early, especially the old ones, and 457 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:26,640 Speaker 1: I love going to the press box, and I love 458 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: walking basically every step that you can walk kind of inside, 459 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:32,719 Speaker 1: for lack of a better term, the bowels of the buildings. 460 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: Some of these places are really really old. Beaver stadiums old, 461 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: and there were obviously these chunks of newer construction, but 462 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 1: it's mainly a very old facility. Love seeing that. So 463 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 1: when I got to Beaver Stadium, I did that treated 464 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,159 Speaker 1: very hospitable by the folks up there. But man, what 465 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 1: an atmosphere and the way the crowd showed up that night. 466 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: I was trying to explain this to folks back home 467 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,640 Speaker 1: down south, the way the Penn State crowd showed up. 468 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: They carried themselves into that game like they were actors 469 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 1: and actresses, they had a role to play, like they 470 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 1: had a part to play, and there was so much 471 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: synergy and synchronization with the way the crowd handled itself. 472 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,439 Speaker 1: I've been in all these big environments. I've been in 473 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: Death Valley at night. I've been to every one of them. 474 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: And so I'm not telling you, like definitively one is 475 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 1: better than the other, one's louder than the other. I'm 476 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: telling you Penn State on that night was right up 477 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,640 Speaker 1: there with anything I've ever experienced. But what I love 478 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 1: the most about it is there's almost more of an 479 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 1: awareness that the crowd is there as part of the show. 480 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: Week four was in Dallas. That was Arkansas, Texas, A 481 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: and M. The venue is what it is. I told 482 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 1: the story last week about how the most fascinating kind 483 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,360 Speaker 1: of facet of Jerry world of at and T Stadium 484 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: is that you can take buses down the tunnel. Never 485 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 1: really seen that anywhere else. If you were going to 486 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: have that exist somewhere, it would be in Texas. But 487 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: that was, you know, sort of a coming out party 488 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,920 Speaker 1: for the culture of Arkansas being on display. Had a 489 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: set back a week later at Georgia, obviously, but that 490 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: fun to be around that Arkansas program and to be 491 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: around people who were so kind of captivated by the moment. 492 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: They weren't caught up in all the ramifications down the road. 493 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 1: It's okay to just enjoy a Saturday in this sport. 494 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: It's okay to do it. And they did it. Boy 495 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: did they do it last week for Arkansas two weeks ago, 496 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: I guess that is now. And then this past weekend 497 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 1: I was at Alabama, first time I've been back at 498 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: Bama since twenty nineteen LSU game. I always love going 499 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 1: to Alabama. It's so rich in tradition and history and 500 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: any given Saturday when you're down there, you're covering Bama. 501 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: You know you're witnessing history. You just know flat out 502 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:39,639 Speaker 1: you're watching the greatest of all time to do it. 503 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 1: And there's such an appreciation. It is really amazing to 504 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: watch the rosters Nick Saban puts together. From field level, 505 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: you get to see that stuff up close. Those dudes 506 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 1: are big, and they don't sacrifice speed to have that size, 507 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 1: and they just have wave after wave after wave. And 508 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: what I love doing because I follow recruiting really close, 509 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: so I know their entire roster. Sometimes I have someone 510 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: with me. I remember, this wasn't this year, it was 511 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 1: two years ago. I think Evan Neil plays left tackle 512 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,439 Speaker 1: now for Mama. About to be a multi millionaire in 513 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 1: the NFL this coming spring. When he was a true 514 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: freshman there a couple of years ago. I took a 515 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,399 Speaker 1: buddy who probably wasn't supposed to be with me down there, 516 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: but I took him down on the field and I'm 517 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: showing him Alabama's offensive line warming up. And Evan Neil 518 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: as a true freshman is six seven, three sixty five, 519 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: and so my buddy, I mean, he played football, he 520 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 1: watches a ton of football, but he doesn't follow recruiting religiously, 521 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 1: so he didn't know about Evan Neil quite yet. He's 522 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,880 Speaker 1: looking at Evan Neil and he's he's dumbfounded at the size. 523 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 1: I mean, Evan Neil's one of the biggest human beings 524 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: you'll ever see. Versatile, agile, incredible size though, just a massive, 525 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 1: gargantuane human being. And my buddy's looking at him as 526 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 1: if to say, Wow, what an NFL draft prospect. And 527 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:52,120 Speaker 1: I looked at him and said, that dude just turned eighteen. 528 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: He's a true freshman. That guy was walking down a 529 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,920 Speaker 1: high school hallway a few months ago and his jaw 530 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,679 Speaker 1: hit the ground, or the turf, the natural surface of 531 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 1: brent Any Stadium. It's really amazing to watch them warm up. 532 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 1: There are only a couple of teams like that out there. 533 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: They're really in one like Alabama, but there are a 534 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: couple of them. You know, Ohio State's like that. Georgia 535 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: is clearly like that. It's amazing to watch their backups 536 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: warm up, their backup units. When they warm up, you 537 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 1: look at those guys and it's the same way when 538 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 1: they come in the game, you look at them and 539 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 1: you say, that guy's not even starting for this team. 540 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,959 Speaker 1: That's always what I love to do when I get 541 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: the Obama games. I go down there and watch them 542 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:32,120 Speaker 1: warm up. It's really incredible to watch. And then this Saturday, 543 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: we are headed to the Cotton Bowl, headed right back 544 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: out to Dallas. Not a single rental car available in 545 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: the state, but I found a way. And I've never 546 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 1: been to the Cotton Bowl, the actual Cotton Bowl. And 547 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:44,360 Speaker 1: I've never been to Ou Texas the Red River Shootout Pew, 548 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 1: I've never been, and I could not be more excited 549 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: about it. I know some of you were a little 550 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: rubbed the wrong way that we did not take the 551 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 1: Renaissance Tour to Iowa Penn State this week, but there 552 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: was there was a simple logic behind that. I've already 553 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,200 Speaker 1: seen Iowa in person this year, I've seen Penn State 554 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,119 Speaker 1: in person. We'll probably see one or both of them 555 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 1: in person again down the road, and I've not seen 556 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 1: ou or Texas yet. And also it's a rivalry game 557 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: that I've never been to. The selection by the way 558 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 1: of the Renaissance Tour destination there's kind of become this 559 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:20,119 Speaker 1: cult following that is seemingly more interested in guessing or 560 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: predicting or suggesting where the Renaissance Tour should go than 561 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,120 Speaker 1: the actual shows on Sunday Night. Kind of fascinating to watch. 562 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,399 Speaker 1: There's this entire subculture that really seems more dedicated just 563 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: to the Renaissance Tour than to the actual show itself. 564 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:35,880 Speaker 1: You do you. I'm not telling that's right or wrong. 565 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:38,400 Speaker 1: I'm just telling you I'm interested by that. Okay, we 566 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: had a ton of Dan Mullen, I mean a metric 567 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 1: ton of Dan Mullen questions and comments. I'm gonna try 568 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 1: and roll them all into a great big ball, and 569 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 1: it's gonna be uncomfortable, but we're gonna do it together, 570 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: and we're gonna do it right after this. So there 571 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:55,919 Speaker 1: were several Dan Mullen questions. I'm just gonna read a 572 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,199 Speaker 1: few of them to give you a general sense of 573 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,239 Speaker 1: what I was getting in the inbox here, and then 574 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna kind of address Dan Mullen. All right, So 575 00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,159 Speaker 1: here's Chris. First off, he said, when will the media 576 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 1: stop this false narrative that Dan Mullen is an elite 577 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 1: game day coach elite game day coaches don't have the 578 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: amount of losses to rank teams he has. He's eleven 579 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:17,359 Speaker 1: and six since the Orange Bowl win at Florida, of 580 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: all places. John John said, Florida fans overreacting or is 581 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,120 Speaker 1: it time to get rid of Dan Mullen for real? 582 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: Spencer said, your show yesterday, I heard you talk about 583 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 1: coach O not taking responsibility at LSU. I know you 584 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: see similarities between coach O and Mullen, so just say it. 585 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 1: Neither wants to own their shortcomings. So it's been a 586 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: rocky few days for Dan Mullen. I gotta tell you, 587 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 1: I still cannot believe they lost to Kentucky. Upsets happen 588 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 1: all the time. Upsets don't shot me, at least regularly. 589 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 1: This one, even though the spread was only seven and 590 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 1: a half or eight, It just it genuinely caught me 591 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,639 Speaker 1: off guard. Not that they lost, it's the manner in 592 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 1: which Florida lost if they would have had you know, execution. 593 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: Will Levis throws for three hundred and fifty yards and 594 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: he just is raining down fifty to fifty ball after 595 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,679 Speaker 1: fifty to fifty ball, and that's just the way the 596 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: game went. Okay, but that's not the way the game. 597 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,680 Speaker 1: When Kentucky didn't even have ninety yards passing, they were 598 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 1: one of nine on third down, and Florida just totally implodes, 599 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 1: I mean totally and completely imploded. And it wasn't like 600 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 1: they had any grace period to work with. They had 601 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 1: no padding. They had already lost a game. They know, 602 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: backs against the wall, like it's do or not. You 603 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: can't be losing again, and they lost. And so then 604 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 1: a lot of people, as they usually are, they rubbed 605 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 1: the wrong way by what Dan Mullen says in press conferences. 606 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 1: I don't really care what Dan Mullen says in press conferences. 607 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: The reason I don't get rubbed the wrong way by 608 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 1: this is because I truly think if I were a 609 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: head coach, I'd act the same way Dan Mullen does. 610 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: I maybe wouldn't be quite as arrogant sometimes I wouldn't 611 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: be as prickly. I would be very cordial. But at 612 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: the same time, if I have forgotten more about my 613 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: craft than you know to begin with, I don't care 614 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 1: if I just screwed something up, like I can look 615 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: myself in the mirror and say I screwed it up, 616 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 1: But I'm not about to listen to you tell me. 617 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: I'm just not And that's why I'm not a head coach. 618 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: By the way, I wouldn't be a good head coach. 619 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:23,800 Speaker 1: I would not suffer these excoriations from members of the 620 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 1: media very very well. I wouldn't be good at that, 621 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 1: And so I would go a lot harder in the 622 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 1: paint than Dan Mullin does. So you know, when someone 623 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: asks him, hey, did you get out coached? Of course 624 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,640 Speaker 1: he got out coached. Yes, yes, and not even in 625 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,440 Speaker 1: the way that a lot of people are thinking. Like 626 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 1: a lot of people think, you get out coached when 627 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: someone out grease boored you, They out X and O you. Now, 628 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 1: that's not the way it works, guys. You get out 629 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: coached in summer, you get out coached in the second 630 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 1: week of fall camp. Florida lost that game against Kentucky 631 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 1: long before halftime adjustments or you know, a tweak here 632 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: and there mid third quarter. They lost that thing weeks ago, 633 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 1: for all we know, when Dan van Mullin was not 634 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: instilling in his program the kind of culture it takes 635 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 1: to avoid eight false start penalties on a given Saturday 636 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 1: night in Lexington or on the moon, I don't care 637 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: where they're playing the game. Absolutely, he got out coached, 638 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 1: but at the same time, he's not about to sit 639 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,440 Speaker 1: there and listen to someone whose football acumen he clearly 640 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 1: wouldn't respect, try and school him on that. He's just 641 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 1: not going to deal with it. I wouldn't either, And 642 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 1: I'm not hating on any one individual person. I'm telling 643 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 1: you as a general rule of thumb, I would be 644 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 1: that way too. I would be big word alert, very 645 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 1: cantankerous with the media when they questioned me, even if 646 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 1: I was wrong. But I do want to take you 647 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 1: back because it sounds like I'm running the Dan Mullen 648 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: fan club over here. No, it's far from that. I 649 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 1: do want to take you back to the beginning of 650 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,320 Speaker 1: this season, and really the beginning of summer. One of 651 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: my biggest concerns with Florida stemmed all the way back 652 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 1: to last year. My perception of last year's Florida team 653 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,120 Speaker 1: is that Dan Mullen wanted out. That was my perception. 654 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: It is my perception. It's my opinion. I guess what 655 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: I should say, he wanted a crack at the NFL. Now. 656 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: I don't know how serious any offer or potential offer 657 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 1: ever was gonna be. But I think Dan Mullen believed, 658 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: genuinely in his heart he was going to get an 659 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: offer to become an NFL head coach. I think that's 660 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,040 Speaker 1: what he thought midway through the year, and so I 661 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 1: felt like he started to in a lot of ways 662 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,280 Speaker 1: check out in the latter portion of the season. And 663 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,160 Speaker 1: I don't mean check out like not show up to 664 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 1: work or not work hard. No, I think he did that. 665 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 1: What I think he also did, though, is he handled 666 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 1: himself kind of the way you would on the last 667 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 1: day of school. You know there's no consequence because you're 668 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,360 Speaker 1: not coming back, and so you can add like a fool, 669 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:41,719 Speaker 1: and you can say things that normally you wouldn't say, 670 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 1: and you can carry yourself in a way you normally 671 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,960 Speaker 1: wouldn't carry yourself. But then, for whatever reason, it didn't 672 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 1: work out that way. And so my biggest fear for 673 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 1: Florida is Dan Mullen got caught flat footed, thought he 674 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 1: was going to be out the door and ended up 675 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 1: not getting that opportunity. And so now he's got to 676 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 1: walk back in the door, but not really be back 677 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 1: come back in because well, this is my job. I 678 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 1: guess again this year but not really be back. That 679 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 1: was my main concern, and I thought to myself and 680 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 1: I said as much on the show. If that is 681 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,280 Speaker 1: the case, we'll know if Dan Mullen has checked out halfway, 682 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:13,600 Speaker 1: we will know. Well, we got into the season in 683 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 1: little ways, and they had a really good showing against Alabama, 684 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 1: but they lost. Okay, Well, still, I think there was 685 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: a little bit more excitement. I think there was a 686 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:24,040 Speaker 1: net positive excitement that day from Florida fans. But now 687 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:27,440 Speaker 1: two weeks later, we just saw this and boy, it 688 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,560 Speaker 1: has shifted radically. I mean, the mood down there has 689 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 1: shifted radically since Saturday. And it's not just the fans, 690 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:38,479 Speaker 1: it's the media too. Dan Mullen's press conference Monday, if 691 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:42,160 Speaker 1: you're listening on Tuesday yesterday, was about as uncomfortable as 692 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,479 Speaker 1: the Scott's Tots episode in the Office. And I actually 693 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 1: put on Twitter like, if you watch that episode, you 694 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: know exactly what I'm talking about. Some people, even who 695 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 1: are diehard fans of the Office, will not watch the 696 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 1: Scott's Tots episode. I personally have never had an issue 697 00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 1: with it, but it is extremely uncomfort It is extremely 698 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:05,280 Speaker 1: cringe worthy. It's also a classic episode. I think it's hilarious, 699 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,440 Speaker 1: but it is very, very cringe worthy. And that was 700 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: Dan Mullen's press conference yesterday, and I dropped the old Hey, 701 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 1: mister Dan, what you're gonna do? What you're gonna do? 702 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 1: Make us three and two, which, again, if you've watched 703 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:19,920 Speaker 1: the episode, makes perfect sense to you. That's where they are, 704 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,720 Speaker 1: and Florida fans are not happy. I've been asked several 705 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 1: times if I think the Florida situation equates to LSU. 706 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:29,840 Speaker 1: Not even close. No, I think Ed Orgeron's done at LSU. 707 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: I don't think Dan Mullen's done as of this moment. 708 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,320 Speaker 1: I don't think he's done at Florida. I think you 709 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,160 Speaker 1: got reason to be upset, But no, I don't think 710 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 1: he's done. I do think that about Orgeron at LSU. 711 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 1: But Florida still has a lot to play for guys, 712 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,840 Speaker 1: I mean, you've you just never know. I know, everyone 713 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 1: assumes they know how this thing's gonna shake out. I mean, 714 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 1: what if Georgia were to lose Saturday. It's unlikely, yeah, 715 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 1: but humor me for a second. What if they lost 716 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: to Auburn and then you got the cocktail party. A 717 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:58,400 Speaker 1: couple of weeks later, where Florida knows if they beat Georgia, 718 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:02,680 Speaker 1: then George's got too losses. Florida's got two conference losses. Oh, 719 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 1: when they got the tie breaker, all of a sudden, 720 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,640 Speaker 1: the SEC East is theirs to control. Again. You just 721 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,719 Speaker 1: don't know, is my point. You don't know. Crazier things 722 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:14,680 Speaker 1: have happened. Just keep playing, Just keep playing. Everything's not lost. 723 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,239 Speaker 1: Once you lose a couple of games, keep playing. Well, 724 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:19,520 Speaker 1: we're not gonna do those. Keep talking, I learned from 725 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,759 Speaker 1: last week. I'm not gonna lose my voice by Wednesday 726 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 1: this week. So I appreciate you guys listening, though, make 727 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:26,480 Speaker 1: sure you follow it on Twitter and Instagram. At Late 728 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 1: Kick Josh and Hey, I haven't talked about it on 729 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:31,880 Speaker 1: the pod as much, boy. Our friends at Academy really 730 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:35,720 Speaker 1: appreciate you guys. We're in regular contact with Academy Sports 731 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:39,560 Speaker 1: and Outdoors. They are our one official partner, and I 732 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:43,080 Speaker 1: keep the show free of ads largely for you because 733 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,479 Speaker 1: we have one big partner, and I think you guys 734 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,719 Speaker 1: understand that. And the trade off is when you're gonna 735 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:51,880 Speaker 1: buy stuff, you have to buy anyway. Just hit up 736 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,719 Speaker 1: Academy Sports and Outdoors and when you do it, show 737 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,760 Speaker 1: me that you did it. I mean dozens, it's easily 738 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,040 Speaker 1: hundreds of you now, hundreds of you have done. And 739 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:04,279 Speaker 1: you can't even imagine what it's like for Academy to 740 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:07,360 Speaker 1: have people willingly say, hey, look I just bought products 741 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 1: from you guys because of this show that you're on. 742 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,600 Speaker 1: They love that. We love that, everyone loves that. It's 743 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:15,239 Speaker 1: the kind of audience we have, and so man, I 744 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,720 Speaker 1: appreciate that. Can't thank you enough for that. You're making 745 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,200 Speaker 1: so many things possible down the road because of what 746 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: you're doing right now. So thank you so much for that. 747 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:23,839 Speaker 1: I got to get this sent over to producer Jordan. 748 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,439 Speaker 1: You guys, have a great rest of your Tuesday. Thank God, 749 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:26,760 Speaker 1: bless