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Speaker 1: All right, welcome to LAKEIGS Live.

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Speaker 2: It is Sunday night, August twenty second, the Year of

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Speaker 2: our Lord, twenty twenty one, whereas you might call it,

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Speaker 2: Game week week zero is here. We're jam packed tonight.

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Speaker 2: We've got a lot of places to go, so I'm

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Speaker 2: not gonna fill the show with three minutes of nonsense

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Speaker 2: to start off. We've got SEC Scrimmage Intel Second Scrimmage

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Speaker 2: in the books for a vast majority of programs around

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Speaker 2: the SEC. It's now time for week one prep for

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Speaker 2: those programs, So I'm going to hit too many to the name.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna hit a number of programs tonight, and some

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Speaker 2: new contacts we made this week. I told you last

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Speaker 2: week our best source of information. Sure it's nice to

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Speaker 2: talk to coaches. Sure it's lovely to talk to our

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Speaker 2: team insiders. I mean, that's an invaluable resource. But when

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Speaker 2: someone in the recruiting department, someone in the training department,

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Speaker 2: someone on a coaching staff, let's say from an administrative level,

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Speaker 2: or let's say an a list level, hops in the

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Speaker 2: DMS and.

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Speaker 1: Says love the show.

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Speaker 2: You're not at will to share this publicly, but I

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Speaker 2: just wanted to inform you of something that's worth its

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Speaker 2: weight in gold. Had a lot of that this week,

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Speaker 2: continue to welcome it, so thank you for that. With

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Speaker 2: that said, I'm going to go across the nation. I'm

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Speaker 2: going to give you several whispers and pieces of intel

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Speaker 2: that we've had from fall camps. Again, as programs are

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Speaker 2: either approaching or already wrapping up their second scrimmage, and

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Speaker 2: after that, again it's time to prep for your first opponent.

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Speaker 2: I want to talk for a second with you tonight

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Speaker 2: also about the big time Playoff contending programs, the expectation

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Speaker 2: level ten programs, your Bamas and Ohio States and Clemsons

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Speaker 2: of the world that you probably if you just read

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Speaker 2: preview magazines or your mind just works in reverse order,

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Speaker 2: where you remember last year think maybe invincible, and they're not.

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Speaker 2: This year, more so than the last several years, the

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Speaker 2: top teams are not. I've equated it to redwoods standing

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Speaker 2: out above the canopy that's maybe had the top shaved

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Speaker 2: off of them.

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Speaker 1: To a certain deg I think that is the top

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Speaker 1: of college football. This year. Everyone is within reach.

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Speaker 2: It's going to take a puncher's reach that's pretty wide,

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Speaker 2: but everyone's within reach this year. I'm going to tell

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Speaker 2: you exactly what I mean with each team one by one,

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Speaker 2: and North Carolina is on the brink of something very special.

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Speaker 2: Something happened earlier today that we were talking about a

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Speaker 2: couple of weeks ago, and so we foretold that wasn't

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Speaker 2: the hardest prediction in the world to nail. But I

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Speaker 2: want to now circle back, given that this big time

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Speaker 2: commitment has happened, and I want to discuss North Carolina

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Speaker 2: football with you, and not just in the framework of ooh,

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Speaker 2: you should be excited if you're a Tar Heel fan.

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Speaker 2: The rest of college football should really be taking notes

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Speaker 2: and really be paying attention, because there's something that a

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Speaker 2: lot of other mismanaged programs out there are doing that

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Speaker 2: North Carolina is not even worried about doing. They're too

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Speaker 2: busy worried about building a winner in Chapel Hill. So

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Speaker 2: we'll get to that towards the end of the show.

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Speaker 2: We've got a huge week coming up on this very show,

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Speaker 2: the Sunday Show. Next week we'll be doing Rama Noodle Express. Yes,

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Speaker 2: it's that time again. If you don't know what it is,

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Speaker 2: you will know this time next week we'll be doing

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Speaker 2: game previews. I will be revealing what we are gonna

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Speaker 2: call the Late Kick Renaissance Tour kind of like a

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Speaker 2: concert tour, because I'll be on the road every Saturday

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Speaker 2: this fall, and so every Sunday night, I'm gonna hand

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Speaker 2: out not only our first pick on the Rama Noodle

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Speaker 2: Express and that is our betting segment every week, but

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna be letting you know which city we're headed

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Speaker 2: to the following week, so we'll be revealing that on

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Speaker 2: the Sunday show too. Probably not the hardest thing to

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Speaker 2: guess for week one as to where it will be,

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Speaker 2: I wanted to also let you know there are a

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Speaker 2: couple of other things imminent. By eminent, I mean any

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Speaker 2: day now could be happening that we can't tell you yet.

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Speaker 2: You'll know when they do happen, but we cannot tell

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Speaker 2: So thank you so much for letting the show be

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Speaker 2: what it is already, and now we're ready to make

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Speaker 2: into tonight's show. And I wanted to start in the

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Speaker 2: sec sec S scrimmage. Intel several programs had their second

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Speaker 2: and final scrimmage before the start of the season this

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Speaker 2: Some that are of the more glass half empty variety

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Speaker 2: have written ed Orzaron Off. They have already written the ending,

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Speaker 2: in other words, of the ed Orzroon chapter of LSU football.

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Speaker 2: So if you are of that camp, you believe LSU's

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Speaker 2: gonna be terrible this year. They're going to vastly under

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Speaker 2: exceed or underachieved relative to expectation again, and that staff

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Speaker 2: what I am telling you is, if LSU fails this year,

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Speaker 1: The reasons that it's gonna happen have.

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Speaker 2: Already a I see A lot of people would lead

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Speaker 2: you to believe because LSU was bad in twenty twenty,

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Speaker 2: it is set in motion this chain of events that

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Speaker 2: nothing you can do about it at this point. It's

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Speaker 2: already in motion. Well that's nonsense. Okay, that's not the case.

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Speaker 2: I'm not telling you that it couldn't end up bad.

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Speaker 2: But if it does, the reasons lie in the future.

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Speaker 2: They don't lie in the past. And the reason I'm

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Speaker 2: But if they succeed and this staff over achieves relative

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Speaker 1: But it doesn't stop there. It only starts there.

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Speaker 2: There is a laundry list of names of true freshmen

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Speaker 2: they're gonna play and they're gonna play a lot this year.

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Speaker 1: And if you follow LSU football this list.

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Speaker 2: Of names, I want you to think about where LSU

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Speaker 1: Right now, you have.

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Speaker 2: Got a banged up situation at a bunch of positions,

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Speaker 2: running back chief among them. John Emory has not been

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Speaker 2: The hope is he's going to be healthy eventually. The

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Speaker 2: ground game is pivotal. Everything about LSU's offense this year

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Speaker 2: just looking at a whole list of freshmen here have

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Speaker 1: Well, that's still the case. The only difference is Garrett

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Speaker 1: Nussmeier's looked very good. Now.

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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty one. Future is not defined as twenty

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Speaker 2: this freshman signing class that ed ors are on and

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Speaker 2: well may the reasons are ahead of them. But if

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Speaker 2: reasons are right here in my hand, this very official

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Speaker 2: How about Georgia. This was something that we led the

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Speaker 2: with it, prompting someone to say that we were speaking

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Speaker 2: too much about Georgia, even though Colin correct me if

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Speaker 2: I'm wrong.

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Speaker 1: It was the most watched clip on.

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Speaker 2: Our YouTube channel this week, so I put Georgia second

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Speaker 2: about Alabama NonStop.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we got to talk about Georgia here.

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Speaker 2: The most predictable headline coming out of this week in

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Speaker 2: Scrimmage at Georgia was as follows, tell me where you

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Speaker 2: heard this last week? Offense much improved? Well, congratulations there.

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Speaker 2: Georgia has that in common with about ninety eight percent

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Speaker 2: but that was very, very predictable. Here's what the most

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Speaker 2: this weekend.

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Speaker 2: This is his scrimmage, Intel, go pay for the rest,

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Speaker 2: but this is the freebie I'm going to give you.

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Speaker 2: I'm told that Cedric van Prann that is the probable

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Speaker 2: That's no small sentence I just gave you there. One

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Speaker 1: They have awaiting them in week one.

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Speaker 2: Well, it just so happens one of the most comparable

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Speaker 2: Now we understand who they will and won't be without.

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Speaker 2: very adamant that Darnell Washington and Tykee Smith are going

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Speaker 1: You asked my opinion.

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Speaker 2: I'm telling you, no, I don't think Darnelle Washington's playing

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Speaker 2: We need to talk about a freshman wide receiver. If

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: The other name which is just a monster is Will Anderson.

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Speaker 2: Now Will Anderson, Will Anderson's almost worked himself into the

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Speaker 2: Will Anderson's one of Will Anderson is probably the best

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Speaker 1: He's very valuable, very valuable.

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Speaker 2: Probably the best receiver they have right now, Henry Tootoo.

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Speaker 2: You think he's going to start Yep, day one starter.

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Speaker 2: But you need to understand something, Nick Saban. In fact,

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Speaker 1: Receiving cores very good.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna be good.

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Speaker 2: It's not like they just they just reloved. I know

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Speaker 2: to know about Arkansas is this is a criminally underrated

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Speaker 2: team right now. Everyone has got them discounted, maybe because

435
00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,760
Speaker 2: they just don't know how to properly interpret how good

436
00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,679
Speaker 2: the team is, but mainly it's because they look at

437
00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:41,960
Speaker 2: the schedule and the schedule is insane. But you don't

438
00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:45,439
Speaker 2: rate a team's effectiveness and you don't rate a team's

439
00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:49,000
Speaker 2: power based off the schedule, because the fact of the

440
00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,840
Speaker 2: matter is if I gave them Coastal Carolina schedule, they

441
00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,000
Speaker 2: would be favored in all twelve games, and all of

442
00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,320
Speaker 2: a sudden, people to take them seriously. Arkansas has got

443
00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:01,320
Speaker 2: an exceptional culture. They love the enti ternal dynamic right there.

444
00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,840
Speaker 2: Sam Pittman is a guy everyone wants to play for.

445
00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:06,720
Speaker 2: He has got a locker room. They'll go over the

446
00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,159
Speaker 2: cliff for him. And I want to tell you, I

447
00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,359
Speaker 2: know the point spreads may lie to you and say otherwise.

448
00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,680
Speaker 2: That Texas game in week two, and when they play

449
00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,360
Speaker 2: Texas A and M in Dallas in week four, those

450
00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:18,639
Speaker 2: are going to be knife fights.

451
00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:20,080
Speaker 1: There'll be dogs in both of them.

452
00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,560
Speaker 2: Those will be knife fights, and there's a lot of

453
00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,840
Speaker 2: confidence that they can not only win one of those,

454
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Speaker 2: but win both of them. And when you look at

455
00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,040
Speaker 2: that schedule in totality, I know it looks daunting, but see,

456
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Speaker 2: you don't play a schedule on Saturday.

457
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Speaker 1: You play one football team on Saturday.

458
00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:37,080
Speaker 2: So when Arkansas plays Texas, they just got to beat Texas,

459
00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:39,200
Speaker 2: and there's going to absolutely be a path there. When

460
00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,040
Speaker 2: they play A and M, they just got to beat

461
00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:42,560
Speaker 2: A and M. A and M's not going to run

462
00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:44,040
Speaker 2: them out of the building. They probably won't have the

463
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Speaker 2: offense to do that at that point in the year.

464
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Speaker 2: Arkansas a really good, complimentary team, probably a little bit

465
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Speaker 2: better in terms of overall quality this year, even though

466
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Speaker 2: it's being discounted nationally. But the culture, you know, the

467
00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:59,399
Speaker 2: sum being greater than maybe the individual parts. That'll be

468
00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:01,240
Speaker 2: the name of the game with Arkansas this year. So

469
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Speaker 2: just keep an eye on them. Think it's a really

470
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Speaker 2: underrated team. All right, let's move on. I got a

471
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Speaker 2: lot of quotes here. Have I read all these quotes? No,

472
00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:12,679
Speaker 2: I haven't got one coming up here. So now we

473
00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,640
Speaker 2: zoom out and let's go around the country. I got

474
00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,600
Speaker 2: several more whispers and intel. It always makes me feel

475
00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:20,919
Speaker 2: like a CIA agent when when we talk about that.

476
00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,160
Speaker 2: I thought about getting one of those IFBs that run

477
00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:26,200
Speaker 2: down the sleeve and you just talking like that sometimes.

478
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Speaker 1: But I don't believe in sleeves, so we can't do that.

479
00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:31,760
Speaker 2: So let's talk about Texas. Boy, we gotta lead with

480
00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,440
Speaker 2: it again, don't we. We still don't have a quarterback,

481
00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:38,080
Speaker 2: but we do have a headline that again was kind

482
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Speaker 2: of predictable but still refreshing to hear. Offense was much improved,

483
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Speaker 2: So that's good. Scrimmage one to scrimmage two. Sark confirms

484
00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,000
Speaker 2: offense much improved.

485
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Speaker 1: I so there's there are two ways you can take this.

486
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Speaker 2: When someone tells you quarterbacks performed equally, that doesn't really

487
00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,480
Speaker 2: tell you any of the story. Because if we're both terrible,

488
00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:02,160
Speaker 2: well we're e If we're both Hall of famers, maybe

489
00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:06,000
Speaker 2: we're both equal. So when I get told both quarterbacks

490
00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,520
Speaker 2: kind of performed at the same level yesterday, that's telling

491
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,359
Speaker 2: me a lot to really tell me nothing. So it

492
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Speaker 2: greatly helped when Sark afterwards said they both played winning

493
00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,880
Speaker 2: football today. The reason you know that's probably not BS

494
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,359
Speaker 2: is because last week he was not shy at all about.

495
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Speaker 1: Telling you they were not good today.

496
00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,800
Speaker 2: So there was a nice little quantum leap in production

497
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Speaker 2: this week apparently between Casey Thompson and.

498
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Speaker 1: Colm Man.

499
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Speaker 2: What in the world Hudson Card, Yeah, I had a

500
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Speaker 2: who did I have in my head?

501
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Speaker 1: Kyle McCord.

502
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Speaker 2: I don't know how that happened anyway, So Hudson Card

503
00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,000
Speaker 2: and Casey Thompson, that's live. That's one of the risks

504
00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,560
Speaker 2: of doing live, whatever we do WEB. It's good to

505
00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,760
Speaker 2: hear that because Steve Starkeys is he's not a guy

506
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Speaker 2: who beats around the bush.

507
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Speaker 1: About that stuff.

508
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,520
Speaker 2: But also, Xavier Worthy is a guy who continues to flash.

509
00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:55,320
Speaker 2: He made several electric plays yesterday. Explosive plays are going

510
00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:57,800
Speaker 2: to be so critical for them because again, here's where

511
00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,399
Speaker 2: we are now, We're in a position where it's becoming

512
00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,280
Speaker 2: increasingly increasingly obvious there will not be one of these

513
00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:04,560
Speaker 2: quarterbacks who separate.

514
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Speaker 1: Having said that, I told you last.

515
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Speaker 2: Week, I think it's becoming more and more likely they

516
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Speaker 2: just run a true two quarterback system in week one.

517
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Speaker 2: They asked Sark about it yesterday and he didn't discount

518
00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,800
Speaker 2: that it's a possibility, but he also didn't confirm he

519
00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:22,000
Speaker 2: was going to do it. But what he did do

520
00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,800
Speaker 2: is he tipped his hand fairly well. He said, well,

521
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Speaker 2: in an ideal world, I mean, we're picking a guy.

522
00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,959
Speaker 2: Now we haven't decided on that yet, but in an

523
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Speaker 2: ideal world, we're picking a guy, which probably means they're

524
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Speaker 2: not going to go into that game thinking fifty to fifty.

525
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,600
Speaker 2: They're not going to go into that game thinking all right,

526
00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,920
Speaker 2: first two drives for one second, two drives for the other.

527
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Speaker 2: I think they're gonna roll with a guy who's gonna

528
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Speaker 2: be I don't know who that's gonna be yet. I

529
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Speaker 2: know card who I just remember the name of. Took

530
00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,719
Speaker 2: a majority of the first team reps this week. By

531
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Speaker 2: the way, that b roll with Sark walking around with

532
00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:52,800
Speaker 2: Bevo is classic and shooting a cannon.

533
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Speaker 1: That's great.

534
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Speaker 2: So it's a very important week, just like last week

535
00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,920
Speaker 2: of Texas practice. But Xavier Worthy, regardless who wins this job,

536
00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,359
Speaker 2: going to be a big facet of this offense this year.

537
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Speaker 1: Now, I want to go to Oklahoma.

538
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 2: And I was talking to someone really close to the

539
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:10,080
Speaker 2: program today for a little while, and I wanted to

540
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,760
Speaker 2: I wanted to kind of build off of, or maybe

541
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Speaker 2: even shoot down some of the nasty narrative word that's

542
00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 2: out there about Oklahoma right now. If people don't buy

543
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:25,000
Speaker 2: into Oklahoma, usually it sounds something like this, I'm not

544
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,800
Speaker 2: buying into Oklahoma. You mean the team that lost to

545
00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,600
Speaker 2: Iowa State in Kansas State last year, I'm not buying

546
00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,040
Speaker 2: into them. That's the why or that's the what. I

547
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,439
Speaker 2: guess everyone knows the what. You gotta get closer. You

548
00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,280
Speaker 2: got to pull out your magnifying glass every now and

549
00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:39,879
Speaker 2: then and tell me the why.

550
00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:41,639
Speaker 1: Why did they well?

551
00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,679
Speaker 2: When you zoom in to Oklahoma season last year, especially

552
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,840
Speaker 2: when they lost those games earlier in the year, they

553
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:49,080
Speaker 2: didn't have Andre Stevenson.

554
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Speaker 1: I mean, they didn't have a ground game they could

555
00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:51,080
Speaker 1: rely on.

556
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,320
Speaker 2: They couldn't put teams away, That's what they couldn't rely on.

557
00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,760
Speaker 1: And so has that changed this year? Well, yes, in

558
00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:59,280
Speaker 1: a big way. It's changed.

559
00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,320
Speaker 2: And anytime you talked to someone as I did earlier today,

560
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,040
Speaker 2: that's kind of close to the program man.

561
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,120
Speaker 1: They all want to talk about several names.

562
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:07,600
Speaker 2: They want to talk about Eric Gray, but they want

563
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,480
Speaker 2: to talk about Kennedy Brooks, who's back this year, Trey Bradford,

564
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:13,200
Speaker 2: the LSU transfer. I mean, those are three dependable names

565
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,000
Speaker 2: in the backfield at the tailback position you have right there,

566
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,560
Speaker 2: Just in that one sentence, you have rectified a major

567
00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,800
Speaker 2: problem you had early in the year last year.

568
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,480
Speaker 1: Now does that mean that you're incapable of losing some

569
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:27,760
Speaker 1: games this year? Of course not.

570
00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:29,879
Speaker 2: You can still lose games, but it won't be in

571
00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,120
Speaker 2: apples to apples comparison. It won't be for the same

572
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,280
Speaker 2: reasons you lost them last year. Now, there will be

573
00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,520
Speaker 2: some lazy analysis out there of people who say I

574
00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,960
Speaker 2: don't like them this year because they lost those games,

575
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,960
Speaker 2: and when they lose one, if they do this year, they'll.

576
00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,280
Speaker 1: Say, I told you I knew it. You didn't know anything.

577
00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,120
Speaker 2: You didn't know anything more than the person who wins

578
00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:48,959
Speaker 2: the lottery knew what the numbers were going to be.

579
00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:51,080
Speaker 2: It's just someone had to be right, and so that

580
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,520
Speaker 2: person ended up being right. That though the running back

581
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,600
Speaker 2: depth that they have they are very happy with. And also,

582
00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,560
Speaker 2: and this is no mystery, the defensive depth. And this

583
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,119
Speaker 2: is a situation where, like I've mentioned a few times,

584
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,400
Speaker 2: you know, Clayton Smith is a name I keep bringing up.

585
00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:07,960
Speaker 2: That's a guy who is going to play big time

586
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,280
Speaker 2: football for them eventually. But he doesn't have to play

587
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,520
Speaker 2: as a true freshman. And he doesn't have to play

588
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,600
Speaker 2: because he's got two or three names in front of him.

589
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,719
Speaker 2: That was not the case a few years ago, pre

590
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:18,520
Speaker 2: Alex Grinch, that was not the case.

591
00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:20,200
Speaker 1: They would have to put kids out.

592
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:23,320
Speaker 2: On the field, probably as a freshman who were ill

593
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:27,400
Speaker 2: equipped from a fundamental and technician standpoint to play winning football.

594
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,240
Speaker 2: And as a result, you saw guys really talented get

595
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,560
Speaker 2: put in a blender on Saturday afternoons.

596
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:33,880
Speaker 1: You won't see that this year.

597
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,880
Speaker 2: It doesn't make them immune from losing, but you're gonna

598
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:38,240
Speaker 2: have to play at a really high level, and it's

599
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,320
Speaker 2: not gonna be because you put them on skates physically

600
00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:42,399
Speaker 2: that you beat them this year. Now I want to

601
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,800
Speaker 2: go to Penn State. I haven't talked about the Nidney

602
00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:46,879
Speaker 2: Lyons in a couple of weeks. I was also talking

603
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:50,320
Speaker 2: to someone close to them today and man, I just

604
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,119
Speaker 2: this is close to being a really good team. The

605
00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:54,920
Speaker 2: person I talked to was not Jesse, by the way,

606
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:56,199
Speaker 2: even though he is on the other end of this

607
00:26:56,240 --> 00:27:00,760
Speaker 2: broadcast right now, bravely, and I mean bravely executing the

608
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,800
Speaker 2: show through a hurricane. We have a Florida crew and

609
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,359
Speaker 2: we have a Connecticut crew. The Florida crew has not

610
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,840
Speaker 2: dealt with a hurricane yet. Our Connecticut crew is working

611
00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:11,080
Speaker 2: through a hurricane tonight, so we really appreciate that. We'll

612
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:15,640
Speaker 2: probably send them T shirts, personalized T shirts. But Penn

613
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,280
Speaker 2: State's so close to being a really good program. They're

614
00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,240
Speaker 2: a good program. Penn State so close to being a

615
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:21,240
Speaker 2: really good team this year.

616
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:22,600
Speaker 1: There's a lot to like.

617
00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,200
Speaker 2: When you look at them, you see so many areas

618
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,680
Speaker 2: that you want a bookmark and saying, well, that's a strength,

619
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:31,320
Speaker 2: that's a relative strength. They're pretty good there, and you

620
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,159
Speaker 2: keep looking and you keep saying, all right, let me

621
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:33,960
Speaker 2: find the weaknesses.

622
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 1: And there are some relative weaknesses.

623
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,840
Speaker 2: But it's so obvious that it comes down to one thing,

624
00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:41,720
Speaker 2: and so they seem set at offensive line.

625
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,400
Speaker 1: I think four of those five positions are said.

626
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:45,679
Speaker 2: I was reading Sean Fitz's stuff over on lines two,

627
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,120
Speaker 2: four to seven today, A really solid at running back.

628
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,119
Speaker 2: They got two potential standouts at receiver now, John Dotson

629
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,280
Speaker 2: that you already know about. Parker Washington is the name

630
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 2: you should know about, but maybe you don't because you

631
00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:00,080
Speaker 2: didn't watch last year. The Temple transfer really needs to

632
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:01,919
Speaker 2: pan out for him to be what they can be

633
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:05,960
Speaker 2: on the defensive line, but I mean inside linebacker question mark.

634
00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,840
Speaker 2: Probably need to find another safety back there opposite Brisker.

635
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:13,119
Speaker 2: But it becomes so obvious that those question marks are relative.

636
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 2: Most teams would love to have just those question marks

637
00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:19,399
Speaker 2: Sean Clifford. That's where the premium is at quarterback. So

638
00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:22,800
Speaker 2: it's the most obvious thing, but it's so the biggest

639
00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:27,600
Speaker 2: thing here. When they brought in Mike Usitch, everyone thought

640
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,600
Speaker 2: to themselves, what kind of marriage is this? Shawn Clifford

641
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,960
Speaker 2: at quarterback, Eursitch offensive coordinator. And the hope I think

642
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,000
Speaker 2: people almost want to speak it into existence is his

643
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,600
Speaker 2: skill set fits a lot better with what yours witch

644
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,280
Speaker 2: wants to do. We've got good running backs, We'll have

645
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 2: a good enough offensive line. We've got a couple of

646
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 2: complimentary pieces at wide receiver. I didn't even mention tight end.

647
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,239
Speaker 2: They love what they are at tight end, but it

648
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,239
Speaker 2: doesn't really matter if you get average quarterback play, and

649
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 2: so whatever it takes to take Sean Clifford's game to

650
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,040
Speaker 2: the next level, you just got to hope and pray

651
00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 2: that Mike yourch is the guy to pull that out

652
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,360
Speaker 2: of him, because if he can, and if you all

653
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:06,760
Speaker 2: of a sudden get elevated quarterback play there, this is

654
00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:08,960
Speaker 2: a good enough team to beat Wisconsin. This is a

655
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 2: good enough team to beat Auburn. This is a good

656
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:12,440
Speaker 2: enough team to beat the Indiana. This is the part

657
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,200
Speaker 2: where I try and recite Penn State schedule off the

658
00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 2: top of my head. I know eventually the Buckeyes are coming,

659
00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 2: That's what I know. And it's a road trip to Columbus.

660
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 2: But the thing about it is, you don't have to

661
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 2: go undefeated in this game, especially this year, like you can.

662
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:25,760
Speaker 2: You can make some special things happen there. It is

663
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,479
Speaker 2: they got a game in Iowa. All those games are winnable,

664
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,280
Speaker 2: and they can have a puncher's chance at Ohio State

665
00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,480
Speaker 2: if all that stuff were to come together and jail.

666
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 2: But you find me outside of that game at Ohio State,

667
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:39,280
Speaker 2: if you're watching on YouTube, you find me the insurmountable

668
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 2: herculean a hurdle that they would have to clear that

669
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 2: they can't clear if we knock a few of those

670
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,600
Speaker 2: dominoes down and all of a sudden, you make twenty

671
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:47,640
Speaker 2: twenty a distant memory.

672
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,120
Speaker 1: So i'mnna leave it there. I'm gonna let that sizzle

673
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:50,720
Speaker 1: for a second.

674
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 2: What about a team I've been asked to talk about

675
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 2: several times now, and I've neglected it, and it's my fault,

676
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:58,680
Speaker 2: and I take full responsibility.

677
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:01,920
Speaker 1: I've made some noise about Georgia Tech.

678
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,200
Speaker 2: Georgia Tech bold prediction, probably not go win the ACC

679
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 2: this year, but that's not what we're looking for. Expectation

680
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,520
Speaker 2: level needs to be relative a lot of times. One

681
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,920
Speaker 2: of the sad byproducts of the college football playoff era

682
00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:17,200
Speaker 2: is if you're not expected to contend for the playoff,

683
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:22,080
Speaker 2: people say, well, they'll suck this year. Well, everyone's standard

684
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 2: is not that in any given year. So the standard,

685
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:28,200
Speaker 2: for example, at Georgia Tech, they've won three games each

686
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,840
Speaker 2: of the last two seasons, So if they win six

687
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:34,200
Speaker 2: this year, that is a quantum leap of improvement. They

688
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,600
Speaker 2: will not be in the final four, but that is

689
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:37,920
Speaker 2: a quantum leap in improvement.

690
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:38,720
Speaker 1: How do they get there?

691
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,480
Speaker 2: Because this is one of the tougher schedules in the

692
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,440
Speaker 2: ACC and college football.

693
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:45,080
Speaker 1: Jeff Collins to tell you that how do they get there?

694
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,280
Speaker 2: Well, as you look at this schedule here, I think

695
00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:52,120
Speaker 2: there are several losses if they repeat at quarterback the

696
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:56,320
Speaker 2: number fifty three point seven, because that was the completion percentage.

697
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:57,000
Speaker 1: Last year for Jeff Simms.

698
00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 2: Now, he showed you some things against Florida State that

699
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 2: got a lot of pepeople excited in Week one, and

700
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:05,040
Speaker 2: then they faltered. There's a lot of turnover issues. They

701
00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:07,240
Speaker 2: think that they've rectified that. That was good for one

702
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 2: hundred and fifteenth in the country last year from teams

703
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:10,400
Speaker 2: that played.

704
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,280
Speaker 1: So they think they've rectified that.

705
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,480
Speaker 2: And the thing about it is you get them to

706
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,120
Speaker 2: fifty nine percent, it's a lot better. They are very

707
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,800
Speaker 2: fast slot, they are very good catching the ball out

708
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,040
Speaker 2: of the backfield. They've got some complimentary pieces here. They

709
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:23,840
Speaker 2: got one of the best running backs in the conference.

710
00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 2: But they got to be able to complete passes, they

711
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 2: got to be able to sustain drives, they got to

712
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 2: be able to score.

713
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:30,840
Speaker 1: It's really the name of the game.

714
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:32,560
Speaker 2: And they couldn't do it to a high enough degree

715
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,680
Speaker 2: last year because there was no consistency in the past

716
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 2: game and there were too many turnovers.

717
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:38,840
Speaker 1: So judge them.

718
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 2: All I'm asking you is judge Georgia Tech by the

719
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,680
Speaker 2: proper standard. Then the standard is not well they're not Clemson.

720
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 2: Well they weren't North Carolina this year. Interestingly enough, that

721
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 2: North Carolina game is played in Mercedes Benz Stadium. It's

722
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:54,040
Speaker 2: a neutral site game, and you're not going to give

723
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 2: much of a chance, nor am I when they go

724
00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 2: to Clemson. But that Georgia Tech game, you know, if

725
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,880
Speaker 2: you want to really pull a ground altering upset early

726
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,400
Speaker 2: in the year in the ACC, have Georgia Tech beat

727
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,000
Speaker 2: North Carolina in Atlanta. That would be a big one

728
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 2: because I don't think anyone's even circling that for North Carolina.

729
00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 1: So have that happen. What about Texas Tech? Yes, I

730
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 1: said it.

731
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:19,760
Speaker 2: I think there's probably a bet or two out there

732
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 2: that we just decided a winter on. The bet was

733
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 2: probably are they going to talk about Texas Tech at

734
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 2: any point in the preseason?

735
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 1: Yup? And why am I bringing him up? I'm not

736
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 1: just doing it to check a box.

737
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 2: So I'm having a little conversation with a person I

738
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:35,200
Speaker 2: would label a big ten or a Big Twelve insider

739
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:36,040
Speaker 2: this week.

740
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 1: I know insiders, and some of them live in the

741
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 1: Big Twelve. For now.

742
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 2: I don't know what that portion of land will be

743
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 2: called in the future, but for now, it's called the

744
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:44,479
Speaker 2: Big Twelve.

745
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:46,880
Speaker 1: And out of all the teams.

746
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 2: When I asked, what's a program coaches are talking about

747
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 2: that no one's talking about, he said, oh, that's easy,

748
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 2: Texas Tech. And I said, interesting, tell me more, and

749
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 2: he proceeded to tell me more. He said, first off,

750
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 2: you gotta understand everybody looks at schedule and I already

751
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,040
Speaker 2: kind of knew about the scheduling dynamics, but he said,

752
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:05,920
Speaker 2: forget about the schedule for a second, like you can

753
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,120
Speaker 2: look that up on your own. Do you understand that

754
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 2: they went and got transfers from ten different FBS programs

755
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 2: over the offseat excuse me and almost said the O

756
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 2: word over the period of time that resides between springball

757
00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:21,800
Speaker 2: and the start of the regular season. That period of

758
00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:23,960
Speaker 2: time they went and got ten Well, they got guys

759
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,600
Speaker 2: from ten different programs. One of them is Tyler Shuck

760
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 2: who was the starting quarterback at Oregon last year. So

761
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 2: they will at the very least have experience at quarterback.

762
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 2: But it's the size at the what you would call

763
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 2: the skill positions. It's the size there that has a

764
00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,160
Speaker 2: lot of defensive staffs out there where see a lot

765
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 2: of those staffs.

766
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:43,880
Speaker 1: They don't get so scared.

767
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 2: Anymore about the speedy wide receiver because they feel like

768
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:49,720
Speaker 2: a lot of them are on those stack defenses where

769
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 2: they feel like you can run around all day. He

770
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 2: will do to you what Barry Odom did in the

771
00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 2: SEC last year to everyone not named Bama. Essentially, they

772
00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 2: don't worry about that. But when you have a bunch

773
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,040
Speaker 2: of guys who are sick, which Texas Tech has this year,

774
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 2: and you can just win fifty to fifty balls all day,

775
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:08,000
Speaker 2: you can turn fifty fifties into thirty seventies or seventy thirties,

776
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 2: that's what worries them. And they've got that at Texas Tech.

777
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:14,640
Speaker 2: It's a really tough name, So hold on, let me

778
00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:19,920
Speaker 2: go slow. Eric Azukonma probably not right. I do know this.

779
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 2: He's their returning leading receiver, all big twelve guy. Last

780
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,279
Speaker 2: one to do that and love it was named Michael Crabtree,

781
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,840
Speaker 2: who I'm told did big things out there. But also

782
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 2: they've got a six' five freshman out, There BRADLEY i

783
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 2: believe is his.

784
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,880
Speaker 1: Name tight end to six.' five they got a lot of.

785
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 2: Returning experience now a lot of programs, have that but

786
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 2: there is some specific matchup issues that have some stats

787
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 2: out In the. Big, Twelve worried now you want to

788
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:45,560
Speaker 2: know what the scheduling. Dynamics were let me pull out

789
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 2: this freshly printed piece. Of paper this almost, sounds fake but. It's,

790
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 2: NOT jesse i should have told you to make. This graphic,

791
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 2: YOU know i know you've been. Busy, Today, Nevermind OKAY

792
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:58,399
Speaker 2: so i want you to visualize this. For me there

793
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,880
Speaker 2: are a lot of situations that we would call scheduling

794
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 2: dynamic edges and one, of them two, of them three

795
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:09,839
Speaker 2: of them stand. Out IMMEDIATELY so tcu has a three

796
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:11,759
Speaker 2: game stretch That goes.

797
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:13,760
Speaker 1: Texas At texas Tech.

798
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:18,160
Speaker 2: At Oklahoma iowa state has a three game stretch That

799
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:23,040
Speaker 2: goes Texas At texas Tech. At oklahoma they're, the same notice.

800
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:26,279
Speaker 2: A Pattern oklahoma state has a three game stretch THAT

801
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,920
Speaker 2: goes Tcu At Texas.

802
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:32,920
Speaker 1: Tech oklahoma to wrap.

803
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 2: It UP because i have to talk a little because

804
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:35,839
Speaker 2: a lot, of times if you can't look at the piece,

805
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 2: Of paper this kind of just all. Bleeds Together texas

806
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,360
Speaker 2: tech is in a, sandwich spot the middle, of it

807
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,800
Speaker 2: the jelly part. Of it no less than three times

808
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:49,279
Speaker 2: this year for. Contending teams there are three different contending

809
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 2: programs In the big twelve that Go To texas tech

810
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 2: the week before They. Play oklahoma two out of those

811
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 2: three teams Also play texas the week before They Play,

812
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:00,520
Speaker 2: texas tech which is the week before They. Play oklahoma

813
00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:03,480
Speaker 2: so a lot of schedulers are Looking At texas tech, and,

814
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 2: SAYING hey i, don't bet but if, you guys, bet

815
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 2: futures bet. The over and then, another people another group,

816
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:10,920
Speaker 2: of people, their coaches who, are, SAYING hey i got

817
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 2: a lot.

818
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:12,640
Speaker 1: OF size i don't know how we're going to cover

819
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:12,880
Speaker 1: some of.

820
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:14,640
Speaker 2: These guys so if, You guys i'm not a betting,

821
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:17,920
Speaker 2: man myself but if, you do bet, the OVER so.

822
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:19,239
Speaker 1: I may just bet the team total Over For.

823
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 2: Texas tech so those are some camp intel and whispers

824
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 2: from elsewhere around.

825
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,440
Speaker 1: The, country, OKAY now i want to bring Hope. To

826
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:27,360
Speaker 1: america not in a.

827
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 2: Political sense i'm not running for president this cycle twenty,

828
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 2: twenty eight maybe not twenty, twenty FOUR but i do

829
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,799
Speaker 2: want to bring Hope. To, AMERICA nonetheless i may run

830
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 2: for commissioner in twenty, twenty four but not president. Quite

831
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:40,960
Speaker 2: yet there's SOME things i want to do in my

832
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,719
Speaker 2: personal life, Before THEN but i do want to bring

833
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:45,839
Speaker 2: hope to you in. THIS way a lot of you

834
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:47,920
Speaker 2: have been, lied to and you've been led to believe

835
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 2: that this is a sport now built for the very

836
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 2: few at the expense of the.

837
00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 1: Very many and if.

838
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:56,399
Speaker 2: You're Not named Alabama Or ohio State, or clemson there

839
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,439
Speaker 2: is no seat for you at the. Playoff, table now,

840
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:00,800
Speaker 2: you know we don't really believe in college football playoff

841
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 2: segments here much, at all and especially in. The preseason

842
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:08,080
Speaker 2: but the entire context of this is quit worrying about,

843
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:10,680
Speaker 2: the playoff and if you are worried about, the playoff

844
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:14,160
Speaker 2: you need to look at it from a more access,

845
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,759
Speaker 2: oriented LENS because i think there's room for several programs.

846
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,600
Speaker 2: This year but to, have that you have to, have

847
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:26,399
Speaker 2: vulnerability which means the big boys have to have some mortality,

848
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:28,879
Speaker 2: about THEMSELVES and i think they have it. This, year

849
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:30,520
Speaker 2: Now what i'm about to say is going to sound

850
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,439
Speaker 2: extremely negative to some programs that aren't used to. Hearing

851
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:36,440
Speaker 2: negativity it's NOT what i am Doing is, i'm saying

852
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:38,920
Speaker 2: if you were To Clip, ohio state if you were

853
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:42,800
Speaker 2: To Get clemson Obama Or, georgia oklahoma this is how it.

854
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,839
Speaker 2: Would happen and this is more realistic than it. May

855
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:48,120
Speaker 2: seem so let's Start With. Ohio, state now this is

856
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:49,400
Speaker 2: when we've talked about, a Lot so i'm not going

857
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 2: to spend a lot of time on. THIS one i

858
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,759
Speaker 2: think that you're gonna have to see it before you.

859
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:59,799
Speaker 2: Believe it but even this week one situation where they Go,

860
00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 2: to minnesota.

861
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 1: It's just not an.

862
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,560
Speaker 2: Easy spot week Two against oregon's one that everyone's going

863
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:07,160
Speaker 2: to be paying. Attention to but there is Really No

864
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,000
Speaker 2: ohio state fan that's gonna look At the minnesota game,

865
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:13,080
Speaker 2: And say i'm worried. We LOSE that a Lot Of

866
00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:15,920
Speaker 2: ohio state fans have privately confided, In me i'm a

867
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:18,600
Speaker 2: little bit worried. About it but what, they expect even

868
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:20,359
Speaker 2: the ones who, are worried is we're gonna start. Off

869
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,840
Speaker 2: early it's gonna be, really rocky it's gonna, be terrible

870
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 2: but we'll pull away and we'll win like thirty eight

871
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:29,560
Speaker 2: to twenty at. The end but you never know until,

872
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,000
Speaker 2: you know and No coaching staft's ever.

873
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 1: Had to deal with this.

874
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,040
Speaker 2: The whole we've got a lot of young guys who

875
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:37,239
Speaker 2: have never played in a full, stadium before and we

876
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:38,839
Speaker 2: got to take them on the Road in week one

877
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:43,840
Speaker 2: against a really experienced team and specifically offensive line running

878
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:46,560
Speaker 2: back the kind of elements that can shave possessions off

879
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:49,360
Speaker 2: the clock if they start getting that thing. Rolling downhill

880
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:51,840
Speaker 2: minnesota's got, all that and that have the. Home, FIELD

881
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,439
Speaker 2: normally i don't waste time talking about home field because

882
00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 2: when you SEE the, at symbol you know where. IT

883
00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:58,480
Speaker 2: is i don't need to TELL you i think it's.

884
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,840
Speaker 2: Undervalued here that's the. First element the second element Is

885
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 2: If ohio state has not made improvement in their SECONDARY.

886
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:11,439
Speaker 2: And cj stroud is a, good quarterback but even out

887
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:14,439
Speaker 2: of all, that competition him being, the best he never

888
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:17,879
Speaker 2: quite plays to the level of, justin fields therefore never

889
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:21,040
Speaker 2: fully taking advantage of the weapons. Around him this is

890
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,920
Speaker 2: a team that has that kind of vulnerability. About it,

891
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:25,839
Speaker 2: NOT granted i think it's early in the year we're the.

892
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:30,239
Speaker 2: Most vulnerable but don't just assume because they have all

893
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,520
Speaker 2: the talent in the world that it's going to play

894
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,800
Speaker 2: to that capability right off. THE bat i don't, expect

895
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,640
Speaker 2: THAT like I Think ohio state Will, beat MINNESOTA but

896
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:41,360
Speaker 2: i would be surprised if they did just run up

897
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:43,040
Speaker 2: and down the field. On HIM so i expect the

898
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:45,920
Speaker 2: Battle in. Week, ONE therefore i won't. BE disappointed i

899
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:49,759
Speaker 2: will only be. Pleasantly surprised How. About bama this is

900
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 2: the one that's preseason number one on most of The polls.

901
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 2: I'VE seen, i saw. You know i'm not gonna even.

902
00:39:55,160 --> 00:40:00,279
Speaker 2: Mention that so how do You? Beat alabama well in this.

903
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 2: PARTICULAR year i spoke about this earlier in, the Show

904
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 2: so i'm going to talk about. IT again i think

905
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:09,320
Speaker 2: a lot of Folks in tuscaloosa and Out of tuscaloosa

906
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:12,600
Speaker 2: are going to take for granted that the timing, and

907
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,880
Speaker 2: rhythm and therefore the lethal nature of last year's offense

908
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 2: is going to. Carry over there are some out there who.

909
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:22,920
Speaker 2: Doubt it it's not just because they're. Replacing starters bamas

910
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,960
Speaker 2: had years where they had a bunch of new starters

911
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,560
Speaker 2: and they ended. Up improving it's not that it's the

912
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:31,880
Speaker 2: Specific elements i'm. Talking About Like mac jones went in the,

913
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 2: first round so he was. Plenty appreciated but the specific

914
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:38,759
Speaker 2: facet of his game was that you never had to

915
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:40,000
Speaker 2: slow down when he threw a ball.

916
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:42,440
Speaker 1: To you he hits you in stride. Every time and

917
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:43,879
Speaker 1: so they already had first round.

918
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 2: Receivers everywhere but when those guys don't have to slow

919
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,520
Speaker 2: down when they're catching, the ball and You Got najia

920
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:50,880
Speaker 2: harris in the backfield able to do, that too that

921
00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:53,719
Speaker 2: really turns the lights out on ninety nine percent of

922
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:55,480
Speaker 2: teams or one hundred percent of teams last Year. In

923
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:58,520
Speaker 2: america that is not just going to be There in

924
00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:01,360
Speaker 2: week one or three or. Week sick it's not just

925
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:04,120
Speaker 2: gonna be. There, NOW eventually i think they're gonna have

926
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:06,080
Speaker 2: a product that they put on the field that will,

927
00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:08,239
Speaker 2: be among if not the best in. The country, this

928
00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:10,359
Speaker 2: year they may be the best in the country wire.

929
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 2: To wire that doesn't mean they can't. Get beat and

930
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:17,719
Speaker 2: so think. About this think about some third and six

931
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:21,719
Speaker 2: situations where last year they convert and this year it's

932
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:24,080
Speaker 2: just a ball behind a Receiver Or bryce young's a

933
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:26,160
Speaker 2: little bit smaller, in stature some balls tipped at. The

934
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:28,400
Speaker 2: line it just changes one or two possessions in. A

935
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:30,880
Speaker 2: game how are you gonna quantify the value of one

936
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:32,360
Speaker 2: or two possessions in a game before the.

937
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:33,839
Speaker 1: Game's played. You can't you.

938
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 2: Don't know how the opposition is going to take advantage

939
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 2: of the opportunity. Or not but that is the, difference

940
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,800
Speaker 2: sometimes that's what. It takes See when bama Lost To

941
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:43,920
Speaker 2: ole miss couple of years in, a row they were.

942
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:44,319
Speaker 1: The best team.

943
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 2: Both times it doesn't matter they got beat because that

944
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:47,840
Speaker 2: kind of.

945
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:49,560
Speaker 1: STUFF happened i think one of them is like a five.

946
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 2: Turnover game so we don't know at all how effective

947
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:55,680
Speaker 2: that offense is going to be coming out of. The

948
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:57,799
Speaker 2: gate now they're gonna have a pretty, lethal DEFENSE and

949
00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,439
Speaker 2: i will grant, YOU that i don't have much doubt.

950
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,840
Speaker 1: About THAT but i just think.

951
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:04,200
Speaker 2: A lot of the nature that you became so accustomed

952
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:07,320
Speaker 2: to last year in labeling them this death star of

953
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:09,960
Speaker 2: a team which they were is expected to.

954
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:11,080
Speaker 1: Carry over and, you.

955
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,400
Speaker 2: Think, oh well if it all doesn't, come over eighty

956
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:14,120
Speaker 2: percent of it'll.

957
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 1: Come, over, no no zero percent of it.

958
00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:18,759
Speaker 2: Comes over you got an entirely new product this year

959
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 2: that you have, to build and what percentage of production

960
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:23,360
Speaker 2: will you get.

961
00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,560
Speaker 1: Relative to what you got. Last, year well that's a.

962
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:29,840
Speaker 2: Bigger question, BUT man i think that there's going to

963
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 2: be some stumbling out of the gate. For them they're

964
00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:33,879
Speaker 2: going to be the better team on the field every time,

965
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:35,680
Speaker 2: they play as FAR as i can look at their schedule.

966
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:37,920
Speaker 1: This year doesn't mean they can't, be, beaten though How.

967
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:41,440
Speaker 2: About clumson clemson is a program that is not going

968
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 2: to be tested nearly to the degree that some of

969
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:45,080
Speaker 2: these other programs are in.

970
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:48,399
Speaker 1: This year but where are the, question marks like how

971
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:49,200
Speaker 1: would you? Beat?

972
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:52,839
Speaker 2: Them well backup quarterback is one that they're talking about.

973
00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:54,919
Speaker 2: A lot i don't think nationally people are talking about

974
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:56,560
Speaker 2: it so much because no one ever plans on seeing

975
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:59,719
Speaker 2: a backup. Quarterback play but last couple of times they've

976
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:01,840
Speaker 2: had try it's been because the backup quarterback was in,

977
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,160
Speaker 2: the game or it's been when the backup quarterback was in.

978
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:05,799
Speaker 2: THE game i WOULDN'T say dj is the reason they

979
00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:07,560
Speaker 2: Lost To notre dame, last year but he was in.

980
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,799
Speaker 2: The game they don't have anything that they can win

981
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:14,440
Speaker 2: with at a championship LEVEL Behind. Dj wiyanglaay so let's

982
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,359
Speaker 2: just assume he's gonna play and stay healthy the, whole

983
00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:19,080
Speaker 2: year and, you know we'll we'll kiss the sky on.

984
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:20,280
Speaker 1: That one the.

985
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:23,560
Speaker 2: Interior of their offensive line has obviously been a focal

986
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:27,959
Speaker 2: point throughout preview. Magazine season it's been a focal point

987
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:30,480
Speaker 2: for this. Coaching staff it's something that's going to be

988
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:32,279
Speaker 2: tested right Away in week One.

989
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 1: Against georgia and.

990
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:36,680
Speaker 2: THE reason i focus on that it's the, you know it's.

991
00:43:36,719 --> 00:43:39,439
Speaker 2: The interior it's not. Necessarily tackles we're talking about here

992
00:43:39,719 --> 00:43:42,799
Speaker 2: is because, YOU know Dj, willangla lay for all of,

993
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:45,440
Speaker 2: his accolades is not The Runner trevor. Lawrence was and

994
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:47,920
Speaker 2: so when you're getting disruption up, the middle you know

995
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:50,000
Speaker 2: when you're you're you're counting on that passing game to

996
00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:52,880
Speaker 2: really win you. Ball games that can spell. An issue

997
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:56,080
Speaker 2: and again it's not some season. Long problem if it

998
00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:58,920
Speaker 2: results in a couple of stalled drives or maybe a

999
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:01,040
Speaker 2: tip ball up in, the air it's intercepted in, one

1000
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:04,279
Speaker 2: game you just never know when that is the one that.

1001
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:08,319
Speaker 2: Cost you And, for clemson costing you in one game

1002
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:11,000
Speaker 2: is a little. Bit different bama loses, A game georgia

1003
00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:13,640
Speaker 2: loses a game they can. Afford to oklahoma loses a

1004
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:15,960
Speaker 2: game they can. Afford to you don't necessarily Know if

1005
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 2: clemson could just afford to lose, a game even the

1006
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:22,279
Speaker 2: Doorga game, georgia game which brings me to another point

1007
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:25,520
Speaker 2: that they have no, control, over unfortunately and it's the

1008
00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:29,440
Speaker 2: rest OF the acc. YOU see i THINK the acc

1009
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:30,920
Speaker 2: will be better this year as a.

1010
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:32,680
Speaker 1: COLLECTIVE conference i think it'll be a very.

1011
00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:35,200
Speaker 2: Good PRODUCT but i don't KNOW that i could. Be

1012
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:38,400
Speaker 2: wrong it's, happened before probably will. Happen again and so

1013
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:41,720
Speaker 2: if they don't get cooperation out of their own conference

1014
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:43,319
Speaker 2: and they were to Lose to georgia in.

1015
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 1: Week one.

1016
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:48,160
Speaker 2: Even if they win the rest of, the way you

1017
00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 2: start to, ask yourself do they need?

1018
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:50,320
Speaker 1: Help?

1019
00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:53,560
Speaker 2: Elsewhere now my personal opinion is if they lose in

1020
00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:55,320
Speaker 2: week one and take care, of business they're going to.

1021
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:57,839
Speaker 2: Be in but it's not a. Slam dunk so that's

1022
00:44:57,840 --> 00:44:59,800
Speaker 2: an element they don't even have. Control over the control

1023
00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:02,640
Speaker 2: they have is win, the game win all the games.

1024
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:05,520
Speaker 2: They PLAY but i, do, think yes offensive line, in

1025
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:07,880
Speaker 2: particular that's an area they can. Be had and, you

1026
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:10,120
Speaker 2: know here's another fun thing. To watch another fun thing

1027
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:12,439
Speaker 2: to watch is when they came out of that Game

1028
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:15,880
Speaker 2: Against ohio state. Last Year brent vennables was. On record

1029
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,400
Speaker 2: dabbo was on record, as saying, you know we really

1030
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:20,399
Speaker 2: are disappointed that we were.

1031
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:22,960
Speaker 1: Not physical we just weren't physical enough at the line.

1032
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:25,279
Speaker 1: Of scrimmage and a lot of those guys.

1033
00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:28,040
Speaker 2: Are back the only difference is they've added another year

1034
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:31,520
Speaker 2: on their. Birth certificate, they're back but we all know

1035
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:33,279
Speaker 2: something else is in. Play too there were a lot

1036
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:35,279
Speaker 2: of young guys who have added a year of development

1037
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:37,320
Speaker 2: at a very key portion of your life to. Physically

1038
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:39,200
Speaker 2: DEVELOP so i don't think that's going TO be i don't,

1039
00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:42,120
Speaker 2: think physicality, especially defensively is going to be an issue

1040
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:44,600
Speaker 2: for them. This year How, about oklahoma how are you

1041
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:49,880
Speaker 2: going to Beat? The, sooners well they themselves have a

1042
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:53,320
Speaker 2: very big piece to replace. At center the guy's Name Was,

1043
00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:56,200
Speaker 2: creed humphrey so he's off to. The league they asked

1044
00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:59,120
Speaker 2: the center to do a whole lot most. Offenses Do But,

1045
00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:01,960
Speaker 2: Lincoln riley i'll, tell you we ask ours to basically

1046
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:04,760
Speaker 2: BE a nasa astronaut that just happens to play, Football

1047
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,040
Speaker 2: instead and so when we, lose one that's why they

1048
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:09,120
Speaker 2: always go TO. The nfl but the downside for us

1049
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:11,799
Speaker 2: is it's really hard to. Replace, them luckily they have

1050
00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:14,919
Speaker 2: recruited to where they can develop, and replace and so they.

1051
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:18,319
Speaker 1: Feel good if you talk to people Close, to oklahoma they.

1052
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:22,960
Speaker 2: Feel good staffs have felt good about replacements before and

1053
00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:24,960
Speaker 2: ended up finding out that when the lights came on

1054
00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:27,120
Speaker 2: and they were a little bit higher on them than

1055
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:27,480
Speaker 2: they should.

1056
00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:27,920
Speaker 1: Have been so.

1057
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:31,200
Speaker 2: We'll see i'm not not even specifically Talking about oklahoma at.

1058
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:32,960
Speaker 2: That point that applies to a lot, of folks, but

1059
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:38,000
Speaker 2: football again comes down to very specific matchups in any,

1060
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 2: given week very, specific situations very, specific drives And so

1061
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:45,399
Speaker 2: i'm not Looking at, oklahoma, saying ooh.

1062
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:47,120
Speaker 1: That's center that's going to be a problem for them all.

1063
00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:49,279
Speaker 2: Year long it could be that it's great eighty percent of,

1064
00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:51,200
Speaker 2: the time but it could be also that they come

1065
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:54,319
Speaker 2: up on a team that is a matchup problem on

1066
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:56,840
Speaker 2: the interior that ends up throwing the crowbar and the

1067
00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:59,400
Speaker 2: bicycle spokes of the timing and rhythm of their offense

1068
00:46:59,719 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 2: that ends up leading to.

1069
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:03,520
Speaker 1: A loss so that's how you. Clip him and the.

1070
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:05,920
Speaker 2: Other way you clip him is To Have spencer rattler

1071
00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:11,799
Speaker 2: himself be rattled and just not quite be that assumed

1072
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:14,480
Speaker 2: fifteen to twenty percent better quarterback than he was a. Year,

1073
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:16,839
Speaker 2: ago now he played much better down the stretch, last

1074
00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:19,839
Speaker 2: year and so it's always assumed that there'll be just a.

1075
00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:22,480
Speaker 1: Year over year. Incremental improvement, you know.

1076
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:25,160
Speaker 2: You Remember trevor lawrence won a national title as, a freshman.

1077
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:29,080
Speaker 2: True freshman so the, question, was man how are we

1078
00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 2: going to stop him from winning? Two more two at

1079
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:34,480
Speaker 2: halftime comes in as a true freshman, wins one how

1080
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:36,040
Speaker 2: are we going to stop him from winning a couple.

1081
00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:38,160
Speaker 2: Of more neither one of them ever won a, title

1082
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:41,240
Speaker 2: again neither one of, Them did so don't just assume

1083
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:42,319
Speaker 2: these guys get better after.

1084
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:42,960
Speaker 1: Year one It's what.

1085
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:45,799
Speaker 2: I'M saying I Expect spencer, Ratler too but how much

1086
00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:47,840
Speaker 2: better does he have to get for them to buzz

1087
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:50,360
Speaker 2: saw the? Entire competition so last year they lost a.

1088
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:52,359
Speaker 2: Few games, you know we talked about. That earlier it's

1089
00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:56,040
Speaker 2: not just, on him but higher level quarterback play can bail.

1090
00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 2: You out so are they going to get the caliber

1091
00:47:57,719 --> 00:48:00,800
Speaker 2: quarterback play this year that has that bail. Out, potential

1092
00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:05,399
Speaker 2: lastly let's talk To the University. Of georgia how are

1093
00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:08,040
Speaker 2: you going To? Beat, Georgia well clemson stands a very

1094
00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:10,600
Speaker 2: good chance they are favored in the Game against Georgia in.

1095
00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:13,160
Speaker 2: Week one one of the things they're going to have

1096
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:15,640
Speaker 2: to worry About it georgia's. Health issues they've already had

1097
00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:17,319
Speaker 2: them crop up. THIS year, i mean they're dealing with

1098
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:19,560
Speaker 2: them right now as. We speak so that's been. Well

1099
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:23,440
Speaker 2: documented so it could just be that injuries and health issues. Derail,

1100
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:26,319
Speaker 2: them also there are a couple of positions one we've

1101
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:29,440
Speaker 2: spoken about when we. REALLY haven't i Did The Junkyard

1102
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:32,439
Speaker 2: dog Cast With jake rowe a couple of, weeks ago

1103
00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:36,839
Speaker 2: and he specifically was talking about that outside, linebacker spot

1104
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:39,600
Speaker 2: which is viewed as if anything is strength because of

1105
00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:44,520
Speaker 2: the names in. Those positions behind those names, is mystery is.

1106
00:48:44,600 --> 00:48:47,520
Speaker 2: Total mystery they need to stay healthy. There now they

1107
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:49,520
Speaker 2: don't have injuries there. Right now they need to stay,

1108
00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:52,160
Speaker 2: healthy there and like we've, already seen they can't be

1109
00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:54,920
Speaker 2: affording to drop guys in the. Secondary either and so

1110
00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:58,600
Speaker 2: quickly when You, watch georgia if they have any kind

1111
00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:00,800
Speaker 2: of issue it outside linebacker or any more issues in,

1112
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:04,040
Speaker 2: their secondary it could quickly lead to a situation where

1113
00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:06,919
Speaker 2: their pass rush hitting there and pass coverage, isn't there

1114
00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:09,760
Speaker 2: and as, a result they're having to asked their offense

1115
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:12,960
Speaker 2: to do something they've really never really asked their offense,

1116
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:15,160
Speaker 2: to do and that's go out and trade points and. Outscore,

1117
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:18,360
Speaker 2: folks now they already they already want to be committed

1118
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:20,640
Speaker 2: to that kind of offensive approach, this year but they

1119
00:49:20,680 --> 00:49:23,520
Speaker 2: want to do it in terms, that dictate not in terms.

1120
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:26,080
Speaker 2: That react and so if you were To, get georgia

1121
00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:28,680
Speaker 2: that's how you'd. Get, them now even having, said that

1122
00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:31,959
Speaker 2: you look at, the schedule And even i'll admit After

1123
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:34,440
Speaker 2: that week one Game, against clemson it's.

1124
00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:35,520
Speaker 1: Hard to spot.

1125
00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:39,279
Speaker 2: THE losses i Asked on, twitter today do you.

1126
00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:40,719
Speaker 1: Think there are some two loss?

1127
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:42,600
Speaker 2: TEAMS here i pretty much listed all the teams we've,

1128
00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:45,480
Speaker 2: talked about and a lot of folks, who, SAID yes

1129
00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:46,439
Speaker 2: i think there's a two loss.

1130
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:47,000
Speaker 1: Team there They.

1131
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:49,160
Speaker 2: Said, georgia well look at the schedule here if you're,

1132
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:52,000
Speaker 2: ON YouTube, i mean They. Play, clemson yeah anyone could

1133
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:56,279
Speaker 2: see That the tigers. Are favored but where even if things? Go,

1134
00:49:56,440 --> 00:49:59,960
Speaker 2: wrong now where are they? Tripping up is It when arkansas?

1135
00:50:00,239 --> 00:50:02,520
Speaker 2: Comes in is it when they Go? TO auburn, i mean,

1136
00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:06,000
Speaker 2: does anyone in, other words have confidence that that Offense

1137
00:50:06,040 --> 00:50:08,879
Speaker 2: at auburn is going to be capable of taking advantage

1138
00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:12,240
Speaker 2: of those kinds of inefficiencies or weaknesses or. Potential Mistakes

1139
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:15,600
Speaker 2: the florida games the obvious one you. WOULD circle i

1140
00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:18,160
Speaker 2: think some folks more inside the league AND the sec

1141
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:20,920
Speaker 2: would say watch Out, for missouri, All Right but i'm

1142
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:22,920
Speaker 2: asking you're gonna pick the upset, or not and most,

1143
00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:25,440
Speaker 2: people wouldn't so it would Be the probably the conference

1144
00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:27,440
Speaker 2: championship game would be the next one you. Would Circle

1145
00:50:27,800 --> 00:50:30,200
Speaker 2: so i'm not telling you that all these folks are

1146
00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:32,200
Speaker 2: racking up two or, three LOSSES but i am telling

1147
00:50:32,239 --> 00:50:35,600
Speaker 2: you there are gonna be. Some losses there's probably out

1148
00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:38,760
Speaker 2: of the five teams we Just Listed, Ohio, State, Bama, Clemson,

1149
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:42,319
Speaker 2: oklahoma georgia there's at least one two loss. Team there

1150
00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:44,040
Speaker 2: there may be a couple of two loss. Teams there

1151
00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:47,040
Speaker 2: college football be crazy. Like that, All right let's wrap

1152
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:49,799
Speaker 2: it up WITH something i wanted to discuss that has

1153
00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:52,879
Speaker 2: been bubbling for a, little While and i'm not gonna

1154
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:54,160
Speaker 2: say at crescendo today because.

1155
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:55,759
Speaker 1: IT didn't i think it's still very much in the.

1156
00:50:55,800 --> 00:51:00,839
Speaker 2: Building stages but it's Happening At, north CAROLINA and i

1157
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:04,200
Speaker 2: was over On The Inside carolina board today in advance of,

1158
00:51:04,239 --> 00:51:06,040
Speaker 2: this SEGMENT and i just wanted to.

1159
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,319
Speaker 1: Ask the fine folks, over there has it?

1160
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:11,799
Speaker 2: Happened yet, the thing the, inflection point the thing that

1161
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:14,480
Speaker 2: pushes you over, the top has? It happened is it?

1162
00:51:14,560 --> 00:51:16,959
Speaker 2: Coming still and if, it's coming what does it? Look

1163
00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:21,000
Speaker 2: like so this pertains. To everyone this is not Just

1164
00:51:21,040 --> 00:51:23,719
Speaker 2: A north. CAROLINA segment i think this really is going to,

1165
00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:26,440
Speaker 2: hit home and what they're Doing At chapel hill should

1166
00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:28,239
Speaker 2: hit home with a lot of programs that.

1167
00:51:28,239 --> 00:51:30,399
Speaker 1: Have underachieved if you've ever been in.

1168
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:34,719
Speaker 2: An office setting and you've known the salaried employee that

1169
00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:37,799
Speaker 2: constantly complains about everything and is, totally inefficient even though

1170
00:51:37,800 --> 00:51:40,600
Speaker 2: they're capable of doing everything they've been hired, to do

1171
00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:42,960
Speaker 2: but they don't get work done and they just complain all. The,

1172
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:47,920
Speaker 2: time meanwhile, the grinder quiet intern is just making the

1173
00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:50,440
Speaker 2: wheel turn in the. Background somewhere if you've ever seen

1174
00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:54,440
Speaker 2: that dynamic play out in, the office that's what's happening in.

1175
00:51:54,480 --> 00:51:57,799
Speaker 2: College football you've got several complainers and then You've Got

1176
00:51:57,800 --> 00:52:00,560
Speaker 2: north carolina just grind in a way putting together.

1177
00:52:00,600 --> 00:52:03,000
Speaker 1: A winner, so today THE reason i wanted to talk.

1178
00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:05,920
Speaker 2: About it Today Is travis shaw did indeed Commit To.

1179
00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:10,359
Speaker 2: North carolina this is a monumental achievement. For them he

1180
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:14,440
Speaker 2: is the second highest rated commitment Ever In north carolina.

1181
00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:18,239
Speaker 2: Recruiting history he is a five star. Defensive lineman he's

1182
00:52:18,239 --> 00:52:20,799
Speaker 2: six five, three ten he is Out. OF greensboro i

1183
00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:23,719
Speaker 2: was almost at this. COMMITMENT today i can't remember why that. Fell,

1184
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:27,920
Speaker 2: through anyway. It's yesterday, So anyway i'm second highest rate.

1185
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:29,799
Speaker 2: Commit ever so what? Is this is he gonna win

1186
00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:30,520
Speaker 2: championships form?

1187
00:52:30,600 --> 00:52:30,839
Speaker 1: Single?

1188
00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:34,759
Speaker 2: Handedly no but this continues a pattern because now you

1189
00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:37,880
Speaker 2: start to tie this name into Names Like, javori ritzy

1190
00:52:38,160 --> 00:52:41,319
Speaker 2: into Names Like. Keishawn silver remember what they did in state?

1191
00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:44,000
Speaker 2: Last year, in general they cleaned up recruiting, in state

1192
00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:47,560
Speaker 2: and so people even last year when that groundswell of

1193
00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:51,080
Speaker 2: instate momentum started to build, in crescendo people started looking, at,

1194
00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:53,400
Speaker 2: saying Ooh That travis shaw Kid in greensboro.

1195
00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:54,640
Speaker 1: Next, year, OOH man i don't.

1196
00:52:54,680 --> 00:52:57,799
Speaker 2: Know though, you know he's he's got five stars next

1197
00:52:57,840 --> 00:53:00,480
Speaker 2: to his name and everyone's. Offering him how are we

1198
00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:03,480
Speaker 2: going to? Land, him well they. Just did what does

1199
00:53:03,480 --> 00:53:04,960
Speaker 2: this have to? Do though what does this have to

1200
00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:08,080
Speaker 2: do with. OTHER programs i want you to notice what

1201
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:10,799
Speaker 2: you don't Hear From. NORTH carolina i have not heard

1202
00:53:10,840 --> 00:53:13,880
Speaker 2: a single time any of these, folks SAY and i

1203
00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:16,400
Speaker 2: wish we, could compete but college football is just set up.

1204
00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:19,400
Speaker 2: Against us it's built to keep. Us out the system

1205
00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:22,200
Speaker 2: is rigged. Against us none of them are. Saying it you.

1206
00:53:22,239 --> 00:53:25,600
Speaker 2: Know why they're too busy play in. The system they're

1207
00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:28,400
Speaker 2: too busy building. A winner they're too busy looking around

1208
00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:29,960
Speaker 2: for the glass ceiling that a lot of you have

1209
00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:32,960
Speaker 2: claimed is on college football above the heads of programs

1210
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:35,279
Speaker 2: like theirs AND saying i don't.

1211
00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:38,360
Speaker 1: SEE it i hear a lot, OF excuses i don't actually.

1212
00:53:38,360 --> 00:53:40,840
Speaker 2: See It And mac brown has certainly come in, and

1213
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:44,120
Speaker 2: said stop listening to these people talk. About ceilings there isn't.

1214
00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:46,600
Speaker 2: One here let's go knock it out of the park

1215
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:49,320
Speaker 2: in our. Home state let's instill a culture that is

1216
00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:53,439
Speaker 2: Unique To, north carolina and let's go win. Football games they've,

1217
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:56,080
Speaker 2: done one they've, done two they're in the process of,

1218
00:53:56,120 --> 00:53:58,040
Speaker 2: doing three and could do number three to a much

1219
00:53:58,040 --> 00:54:02,200
Speaker 2: greater extent. This Year north carolina is capable of whatever

1220
00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:04,600
Speaker 2: they want to be, capable of the only thing that

1221
00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:07,280
Speaker 2: has stopped them and many other programs in the past

1222
00:54:07,719 --> 00:54:09,520
Speaker 2: is just not believing you can do it and not

1223
00:54:09,560 --> 00:54:11,759
Speaker 2: getting the right mixture of people. In there so not

1224
00:54:11,800 --> 00:54:14,160
Speaker 2: only do they have, the staff not only are they

1225
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:16,680
Speaker 2: recruiting with their hair. On fire not only do they

1226
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:20,000
Speaker 2: have quarterbacks solved NOW with owl and in the Future

1227
00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:22,879
Speaker 2: With drake may which don't discount that, at all EVEN

1228
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:25,359
Speaker 2: though i listed it. Like fourth not only have they done,

1229
00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:27,640
Speaker 2: all that not only do they have an. Incredible culture

1230
00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:32,720
Speaker 2: players want to go. There, now coaches, administrative types graphic

1231
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:36,080
Speaker 2: artists want to go. There now and so, they've invested

1232
00:54:36,719 --> 00:54:41,279
Speaker 2: and they've got investment from the. Right places there are

1233
00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:45,560
Speaker 2: no fourteen different Agendas At. North carolina everyone understands what the.

1234
00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:48,399
Speaker 2: Deal is everyone's on. The train it's moving the. Same

1235
00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:52,719
Speaker 2: direction and it's ridiculous when you look at them, accomplish

1236
00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:54,800
Speaker 2: it and they're doing it with a coach that a

1237
00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:57,000
Speaker 2: lot of people kind of scoffed at when he. Was

1238
00:54:57,080 --> 00:55:00,239
Speaker 2: hired and then you look at all the millions other

1239
00:55:00,320 --> 00:55:04,640
Speaker 2: program spent and the vastly superior resource pool that a

1240
00:55:04,680 --> 00:55:08,440
Speaker 2: lot of other programs have at logos and brands that

1241
00:55:08,560 --> 00:55:13,319
Speaker 2: have much longer represented college football tradition and dominance Than

1242
00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:16,000
Speaker 2: That north carolina, logo has and they can't get, it

1243
00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:19,000
Speaker 2: Done And north carolina is now you want to tell

1244
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:22,520
Speaker 2: me the determining factor is separation in. This sport you

1245
00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:24,680
Speaker 2: want to tell me the determining, factor, is well The

1246
00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:27,880
Speaker 2: College football playoff is just created this gulf now it

1247
00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:31,719
Speaker 2: hasn't either That Or north carolina is the best group

1248
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:34,279
Speaker 2: of bridge builders in. THE world i don't think they

1249
00:55:34,360 --> 00:55:36,399
Speaker 2: just built a bridge over. A canyon i think they

1250
00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:38,600
Speaker 2: got to it, and, said well this is. A ditch

1251
00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:42,640
Speaker 2: hold my Stuff and i'll hop over and then toss it.

1252
00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:44,120
Speaker 2: To me then you, hop over and then we'll all,

1253
00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:45,920
Speaker 2: hop over and all of a sudden we're over here with.

1254
00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:48,400
Speaker 2: The winners so that leads me to. This point this

1255
00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:50,920
Speaker 2: is a huge season. For them you could be in

1256
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:54,759
Speaker 2: the process of watching a program Join that tier Two

1257
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:55,160
Speaker 2: or tier.

1258
00:55:55,239 --> 00:55:57,359
Speaker 1: One club they're not there. Right now they are not.

1259
00:55:57,400 --> 00:55:59,080
Speaker 2: There yet one of THE things i love About The

1260
00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:02,880
Speaker 2: inside carolina boy IS when i go, over there no

1261
00:56:02,960 --> 00:56:04,640
Speaker 2: one calls me the names that some of these.

1262
00:56:04,520 --> 00:56:05,360
Speaker 1: Other boards do in.

1263
00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:09,000
Speaker 2: My dms, but secondly they're brutally realistic about where they

1264
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:11,520
Speaker 2: are AND so i went over there TODAY and, i

1265
00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:14,560
Speaker 2: said what's the? Inflection point in, other words if you

1266
00:56:14,719 --> 00:56:17,320
Speaker 2: make it to, the mountaintop if you WIN an acc

1267
00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:19,920
Speaker 2: championship in the, near future is the reason it.

1268
00:56:19,920 --> 00:56:21,480
Speaker 1: Happens already in?

1269
00:56:21,560 --> 00:56:24,480
Speaker 2: The house has it already occurred or is it in,

1270
00:56:24,480 --> 00:56:27,040
Speaker 2: The future and what's that inflection point going? TO be

1271
00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:30,399
Speaker 2: i think the Consensus amongst carolina, fans, is.

1272
00:56:30,560 --> 00:56:33,120
Speaker 1: Well we have not gotten that. Landmark.

1273
00:56:33,160 --> 00:56:35,640
Speaker 2: Win now they Almost beat clemson a couple of, years

1274
00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:38,640
Speaker 2: ago but even if they, did that it would have

1275
00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:41,680
Speaker 2: been ahead. Of schedule but if they Go To south bend,

1276
00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:43,719
Speaker 2: this year, for example and they were To Beat notre

1277
00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:45,359
Speaker 2: dame they had trouble with them. Last year if They

1278
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:47,440
Speaker 2: Beat notre dame this year on, the road depending on

1279
00:56:47,480 --> 00:56:49,439
Speaker 2: What the irish are at, that point that could.

1280
00:56:49,520 --> 00:56:51,080
Speaker 1: Be IT but i think we.

1281
00:56:51,080 --> 00:56:54,520
Speaker 2: All know what ultimately this is, leading to because as

1282
00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:57,000
Speaker 2: Long as clemson is what, they are you're just running

1283
00:56:57,000 --> 00:56:59,640
Speaker 2: your head into a brick wall until you. Top them

1284
00:57:00,120 --> 00:57:01,880
Speaker 2: and to, top them in a lot of cases you

1285
00:57:01,960 --> 00:57:02,160
Speaker 2: got to.

1286
00:57:02,160 --> 00:57:03,480
Speaker 1: Outscore them but you.

1287
00:57:03,480 --> 00:57:06,080
Speaker 2: Also have to have waves of defensive linemen and they

1288
00:57:06,120 --> 00:57:08,480
Speaker 2: did not have that. Last year and they are building towards. Having,

1289
00:57:08,520 --> 00:57:11,200
Speaker 2: that now they would tell you that coaching staff would

1290
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Speaker 2: Tell you god about eight or nine defensive linemen that

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Speaker 2: we feel like we can play winning.

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Speaker 1: Football with at. This, point now if they keep.

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00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:19,920
Speaker 2: Recruiting the way, they are they're going to end up

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Speaker 2: recruiting over. Some guys that's not a, bad thing that's

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00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:24,680
Speaker 2: a very. Good THING but i want you to pay

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00:57:24,680 --> 00:57:27,920
Speaker 2: attention to what's Happening At north carolina and the process

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Speaker 2: in the formula that's, In place AND then i want

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Speaker 2: to rhetorically ask you what stops a dozen other programs from?

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00:57:35,720 --> 00:57:39,640
Speaker 2: Doing that have they found a? Magic ingredient Does mac

1300
00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:42,600
Speaker 2: brown have a cheat code on? College football or did

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00:57:42,640 --> 00:57:45,240
Speaker 2: they just understand they are no, real shortcuts but there's

1302
00:57:45,280 --> 00:57:46,880
Speaker 2: a way to do this a lot quicker maybe than

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Speaker 2: people think. It's Possible At, north carolina they're in the

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00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:51,040
Speaker 2: process of. Doing it and you know what else. They

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00:57:51,040 --> 00:57:53,960
Speaker 2: did they also walked in and they looked around and,

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Speaker 2: they said Where? Is miami were Anybody's In? Florida state

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00:57:58,760 --> 00:58:00,960
Speaker 2: so who's going to take this number? Two chair now

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00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:03,320
Speaker 2: that's not their, ultimate goal but the number two chair

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Speaker 2: IN the acc was wide open When mac brown, got

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Speaker 2: here and, he, said well that number two chair is

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Speaker 2: not ten.

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Speaker 1: Miles away it's right.

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Speaker 2: Over There, so god why don't we go sit in

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00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:14,200
Speaker 2: the number two chair while we figure out how to

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Speaker 2: get in the.

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Speaker 1: King's chair let's go sit in the number. Two chair.

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00:58:16,440 --> 00:58:20,960
Speaker 2: They're there they're. Already there and so it's. College football

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00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:22,880
Speaker 2: things change year, to year but they're there. Right now

1319
00:58:23,200 --> 00:58:25,400
Speaker 2: so the next step is you got to find a

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Speaker 2: way To. Beat clemson that's the. Next step is that

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Speaker 2: going to happen?

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Speaker 1: THIS year i. Don't know they don't play in the.

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Speaker 2: Regular season But what i'm saying is you're watching a

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00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:36,080
Speaker 2: program that is very much on, a climb and they

1325
00:58:36,200 --> 00:58:38,880
Speaker 2: don't perceive that ceiling to be on them the way

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00:58:38,920 --> 00:58:40,960
Speaker 2: that some of these, programs do and they don't have

1327
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:44,680
Speaker 2: that woe is. Me mentality they think everything is possible.

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Speaker 2: Over there and since they, think that here's the, added

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00:58:47,080 --> 00:58:50,720
Speaker 2: bonus everything is possible, over there you actually can win a.

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Speaker 2: National championship as it turns Out At. North carolina, all

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Speaker 2: right that's a good. Show tonight we almost went, an

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Speaker 2: hour and this time next week we'll have games to

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00:58:57,960 --> 00:59:01,200
Speaker 2: predict AND dare i say even some games to. React

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Speaker 2: to now, full disclosure we're not doing full game prediction

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Speaker 2: week for some of the week. ZERO games, I mean

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Speaker 2: YOU know I may i have Some, thoughts thursday but

1339
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Speaker 2: we're not doing full. Game predictions but.

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Speaker 1: There are a lot of things happening.

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Speaker 2: Two weeks some Of them.

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