1 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: All right, welcome to lakeke Is Live. It is Monday, July, 2 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: eighteenth year of our Lord in twenty twenty two. We're 3 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: jam packed, but we're not high a top downtown Nashville, Tennessee. 4 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 1: It's SEC media Day. That's why we're on the air 5 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: on a Monday. We are alive high Top downtown Nashville, Tennessee, Atlanta, Georgia. 6 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 2: As it turns out, this. 7 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: Year Nashville, next year, headline's flowing all over this place today. 8 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: We're kind of here to drink it all up. In 9 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: just a few moments, LSU head coach Brian Kelly will 10 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:35,919 Speaker 1: join the show. We'll also talk about some things Lane 11 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,919 Speaker 1: Kiffin had to say today. Greg Sankie, the SEC Commissioner, 12 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: steps up and I think probably put his staff in 13 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,240 Speaker 1: the water and calmed a lot of nerves at least 14 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: for the moment around college football. It's also a huge 15 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,919 Speaker 1: recruiting day in our world, so no off season, we're 16 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: not speaking the word around here, and we got a 17 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: lot to talk about it. Happy to have you with us. 18 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: To tune in Inhampton, Georgia, Rigby, Ireland, I'm told, and 19 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: the chat is tuned in also Colorado, Springs, Colorado, Slide Louisiana. 20 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: Thank you guys so much. I want to start it 21 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: off the way we're probably going to start off every 22 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: show this week. Told you we had some pretty interesting 23 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: interviews coming your way. Brian Kelly, LSU head Coach, which 24 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: is a headline in and of itself. As you'll hear momentarily, 25 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: it's kind of shocking. I had to repeat it myself 26 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: a few times. But Brian Kelly, do you remember when 27 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: he first came into LSU, And remember how you know 28 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: there was the accent story and then there was the 29 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: dancing story, and I told you that's all nonsense. We 30 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: didn't really waste a lot of time talking about it 31 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 1: on the show because by the time we get to 32 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 1: the season, it'll be an afterthought. Kind of already an 33 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: afterthought to me now. But we had Brian Kelly give 34 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 1: us a good ten minutes today, so I didn't waste 35 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: time with that. What I did want to ask him 36 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: is the stuff that most of our audience, a more 37 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,559 Speaker 1: hardcore audience, really cares about. So here's LSU head Coach 38 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: Brian Kelly joining us a little bit earlier. LSU head Coach. 39 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: Let me repeat LSU head coach Brian Kelly here at 40 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: SEC media days back in twenty twenty, you and I 41 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: talked you were the Notre Dame head coach. 42 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 2: It was COVID, we were locked down. 43 00:01:57,880 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: If I would have rubbed that crystal ball and show 44 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: you two years down the road, this is your life, 45 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: what would you have thought about seeing today. 46 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 3: I probably wouldn't believe you. 47 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 4: But I'm excited. Loved it every minute in Baton Rouge. 48 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 4: And you know, there's been a lot of work too. 49 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 4: And as a football coach, you love the opportunity to 50 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 4: take over a program with such great history and tradition, 51 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 4: and certainly they won a national championship and just a 52 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 4: short time ago, so to get that opportunity, couldn't be 53 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 4: more excited. 54 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: I know, from the outside, coaches always have maybe an 55 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: opinion of other programs. Sometimes you recruited against them, maybe 56 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: you even went there and played when you were at 57 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: Notre Dame, maybe even Cincinnati before that. When you looked 58 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: at the LSU program from Afar, would you. 59 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 4: Think extremely talented, great defensive players and then always trying 60 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,919 Speaker 4: to figure out, you know, what they were doing on offense. 61 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 4: And so you know, I just felt like this was 62 00:02:55,280 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 4: a program that I could obviously help and get it 63 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 4: back to its prominence. And so it's been work, but 64 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 4: that's why I was here, and it's been exciting for 65 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 4: me to rework a lot of the things necessary to 66 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 4: get back to being a championship program. We had thirty 67 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 4: six thirty seven scholarship players. A lot of recruiting has 68 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 4: taken place since that time, and then player development, the 69 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 4: ability to develop our players. 70 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 3: But that's why you take these jobs. 71 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 4: But that was my opinion, great defensive players figuring out 72 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 4: on offense. It seems from year to year in a 73 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 4: program that could win a national championship. 74 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: Recruiting is its own season. And it's never more so 75 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: than in the SEC. And a lot of guys have 76 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: come down here before and they've kind of made it 77 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: comparative to drinking from a fire hose when they first 78 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: come into conference. You got to learn new high school coaches, 79 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: you got to learn a new territory, and you've hired 80 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: a new staff. So it feels like it's been five years, 81 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: but you've only been doing this a few months. 82 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 2: What is recruiting in the SEC even. 83 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 4: Like full time job? I mean, there's more to it 84 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 4: than any time in my career. You get in the 85 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 4: process from the very beginning and to the very end. 86 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 3: You're at the start of it and you're at the 87 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 3: end of it. 88 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 4: I don't know that's always been the case for me. 89 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,359 Speaker 4: Sometimes I was brought in a little bit at the 90 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 4: start and then kind of the assistance. We're doing a 91 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 4: lot of the work, and then I would come in, 92 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 4: you know, maybe in the closing part of it. But 93 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 4: you're on from day one recruiting, and I love that 94 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 4: part of it because you build a stronger relationship with 95 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 4: the recruits and you know them so much better when 96 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 4: it's time to make those decisions. 97 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 1: When you came here from Notre Dame, did you see 98 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: the need to do that? Did you philosophically see the 99 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: need to maybe change your personal approach and recruiting a 100 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: little bit? 101 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 4: I think so, And I think that's why. You know, 102 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 4: my home is less than a mile from campus, so 103 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 4: we can have unofficial visitors to ourk to my home. 104 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 4: You know, we had twenty nine visits in June. To 105 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 4: host them at my home, I think was important. So 106 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 4: just that whole kind of mindset of being much more 107 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 4: engaged on. 108 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 3: A day to day basis and I think it's paying off. 109 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 2: Culture is a word you've used a lot. Culture is 110 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 2: a word. 111 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: Everyone around LSU has used a lot, and when you're 112 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: trying to overturn one, sometimes it gets uncomfortable. 113 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 2: So you haven't played a game yet. It gets real 114 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 2: when you tee it up. 115 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: But so far, you've met your roster, you've gone through spring, 116 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: people have started to acclimate. 117 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 2: What's the overall feel around the program been? 118 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 3: Well, I think it's positive. There's a positive environment, right, 119 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 3: But you're right. 120 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,239 Speaker 4: I mean, look, you got to go, you know, play 121 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 4: games and win football games, and then you've got to 122 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 4: keep that positive environment together during tough times. And so 123 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 4: we'll test the culture during adversity, right, But we're moving. 124 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 3: In the right direction. 125 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 4: Habits are being formed the way we think, we're thinking 126 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 4: the right way. Now, it's the constant application of our 127 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,239 Speaker 4: process that will determine where we go from here, because 128 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 4: you can't just now turn it off. You've got to 129 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 4: stay on it every single day. And quite frankly, it 130 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 4: seems as though our guys understand that. 131 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:15,599 Speaker 3: And if they do, we're going to be in a 132 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 3: pretty good position. 133 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: When I saw you bringing Jade and Daniels out, of 134 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: the transfer portal. I think I've looked at you even 135 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 1: just through spring, and I've had three different times in my. 136 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 2: Life where I thought all three. 137 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: Of those guys, Nuts and Miles and jayen A're gonna 138 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: end up being your starting quarterback. And then I listened 139 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: to you and you say, we're going to see come fall. 140 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: We don't really have a starter named yet. So I'm 141 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: not asking you to update me from the spring because 142 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: nothing's happened. But what are the ultimate critical factors that 143 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: will determine who your starting quarterback is? 144 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 4: Taking care of the football, got to be smart with 145 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 4: the ball. You can't turn the ball over in the 146 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 4: sec it expect that you're gonna win football games. So 147 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 4: got to be smart with the football. You've got to 148 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 4: be able to make plays. And we have playmakers on offense, 149 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 4: and so the quarterback has got to be able to 150 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 4: get the ball into the hands of playmakers. 151 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 3: So one, take care of the football. 152 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 4: Two get the ball into the playmaker's hands, and three 153 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 4: keep plays alive. If you can do those three things, 154 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 4: you've got a chance to be the starting quarterback. And 155 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 4: I think all of those guys can do that. We'll 156 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 4: have to set up preseason camp to see which one 157 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 4: of those guys will be the most effective at doing that. 158 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: UNSU Heck coach Brian Kelly, I'm getting used to saying it, 159 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: just like you're getting used. 160 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 2: To hearing it. 161 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 4: I got the pin on it, so it reminds me 162 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 4: every single day. 163 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: Let me get you out of here on this. Everyone 164 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: wants to project wins and losses. Yeah, it's preview magazines 165 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: seas call it. But to you from a more process 166 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: oriented standpoint, what does success look like in year one. 167 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,119 Speaker 3: The development of this football team. 168 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 4: I want to look everyone's going to have an opinion 169 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 4: of this football team when we play Sunday night against 170 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 4: Florida State. I want everybody to walk away, regardless of 171 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 4: what the score and say, wow, this is going to 172 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:56,119 Speaker 4: be a really good football team. And regardless of whether 173 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 4: that's a win or a loss. And we're all talking 174 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 4: about everybody wants to win football games, but that's the 175 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 4: development process that I want. This is going to be 176 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 4: a really good football team as they continue to develop 177 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 4: throughout the season. 178 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 2: Brian Kelly, appreciate you joining us best the luckless season. 179 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 3: My pleasure go to see you. 180 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: Really good to have LSU head coach Brian Kelly join 181 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: us on sixty minutes, brought to you by Late Kick, 182 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: setup by Big Game, Dane and company, who is giggling 183 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: just off camera. We appreciate that. We'll do that every day. 184 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: We're going to bring you at least one really good 185 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: in your day. Be professionally calm yourselves. 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They are 214 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: our exclusive partner and they make it possible for us 215 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:45,199 Speaker 1: to do stuff like this. Okay, we got to roll 216 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: on because hey, it's a big day in Atlanta. But 217 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: this is not an SEC media day show Exclusively twenty 218 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: four seven Sports dot Com found it in the inventory 219 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: to do entirely different shows. Today. We had the rankings release, 220 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 1: we had brand new five stars unveiled, and so what 221 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: we were going to get to last night before we 222 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 1: kind of got swamped with some other things to talk about. 223 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: Is I wanted to hit some recruiting intel and I 224 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: want to kind of loop in a lot of what 225 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: happened today. So if you missed it, if you've been 226 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,959 Speaker 1: at work, we have brand new five stars. Dante Moore. 227 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: I'm just going to start with Dante Moore, the quarterback 228 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: who recently committed to Oregon out of the state of 229 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: Michigan there in Detroit, all the way up to number two. 230 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: And you guys know, especially folks who follow recruiting hardcore, 231 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: you know what the talk has been, and it's kind 232 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: of echoed what the talk internally at twenty four seven 233 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: Sports has been, and that is is arch Manning going 234 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: to remain the number one player in the country. Well, 235 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: at least for today, arch Manning did remain the number 236 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: one player in the country. But I'm a Dante more guy. 237 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 1: I'm not an anti arch guy. I'm just telling you 238 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: I've seen Dante Moore in person. We were out at 239 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:45,959 Speaker 1: Elite eleven. He came in there, did not lack for confidence, 240 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: but he's got reason because he's got the skill set 241 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: to back it up. And at the time if You'll 242 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: remember we were on air out there and it was cold, 243 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 1: so we were shivering even in southern California. But I 244 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 1: remember sitting at the desk with Will Fong and Chris 245 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: Singletary was there, Cooper Protegna was there, our entire staff, 246 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: and they kept adamantly repeating the following sentence that race 247 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: for number one is still wide open. And I think 248 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 1: today bears a lot of that out. But also think 249 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: about the Oregon side of things. I'm not on the 250 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: rankings council, so I just sit back and watch it 251 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: get released along with you guys. But if you think 252 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: about what that means for Oregon and if you really 253 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: look at Oklahoma and Oregon. I'm gonna talk about Oklahoma 254 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: a little bit later on the big question you always 255 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: have anytime a defensive head coach becomes that becomes a 256 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: head coach. Is I don't doubt Brent Venables is going 257 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: to be good on that side of the ball. I 258 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: don't doubt Dan Landing in Oregon are gonna be good 259 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 1: on that side of the ball. But I'm telling you 260 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 1: it sent pretty big shockwaves inside the recruiting industry that 261 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: Oregon was able to step up and not take a 262 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,679 Speaker 1: kid from the Pacific Northwest either. Now Dante Moore's got 263 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: to offer from all across the country. He's there in Detroit, 264 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: he's there in Michigan, and he's not going to be 265 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: a Wolverraine, at least not as it looks today. He's 266 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 1: going to be an Oregon duck. Do you have any idea? 267 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: I think you guys do, but just the general public, 268 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: the more casual crowd out there, probably not watching the show. 269 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: Do you have any idea what that does? That's as 270 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 1: important as making your higher itself. Getting quarterback right knocks 271 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: down so many recruiting dominoes. And they've got that at organ. 272 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 1: So Dante more up to number two. And I'll just 273 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: tell you, you know, I got my ear to the 274 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: ground at the company. I am basically serving as your 275 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 1: source in here. So I take the Dixie Cup. I 276 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 1: put it up to the door of the rankings council. 277 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:22,839 Speaker 1: That thing's not settled. That is not settled. So that's 278 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: going to go into the senior season. It's kind of 279 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,200 Speaker 1: crazy that you talk about it in such final terms 280 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: before guys have played their senior year. It didn't used 281 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:30,599 Speaker 1: to be like that. I want to look at the 282 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: team rankings right quick an update now that we've got 283 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: the new five stars, we got the rankings update in general, 284 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 1: the whole one through twenty five. I'm not going to 285 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: touch on every team, but a few of them stand out, 286 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: and I want to talk about Penn State right now 287 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: because there's a lot of chatter out there in the 288 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: recruiting industry and in just the message board community in 289 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: general about how serious to take Penn State. If you're 290 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: looking on YouTube and if you're listening on podcasts, let 291 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: me tell you, Penn State's sitting there with a third 292 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: highest sprint class in the country. They've got nineteen commits. 293 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: The average player rating is around a ninety one point five, 294 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: So it's not hollow. It's not something where they've gotten 295 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: fat on inferior product and just because everyone else hasn't 296 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,199 Speaker 1: loaded up yet they're sitting there in the top three. 297 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: That's not the case. Penn State may very well be 298 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: putting together the best class they've had under James Franklin 299 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 1: so far, which is interesting because what's the talk on 300 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:20,199 Speaker 1: the street about James Franklin. What's the talk on the 301 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: street about Penn State. There's this weird vacuum in college 302 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 1: football right now, where if you don't come in and 303 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: immediately take a program to the fringe of playoff contention 304 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: or playoff contention, you're just an afterthought. You're just like 305 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: you're tossed out on the scrap heap. And reality is 306 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: not that. The reality in this sport is getting to 307 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: the ninetieth percentile is one thing, and then that final 308 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: ten percent is like this whole different war you have 309 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 1: to fight figuratively. Of course, that's kind of where Penn 310 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: State is. Penn State has been a very good program 311 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 1: past two years. Record hasn't indicated that I would argue 312 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: some external factors have come into play. You would argue, 313 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: on the other side, that's excuse making Penn State's a 314 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: very solid program. And we've already talked to you and 315 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: I about this coming season knowing what they have that 316 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: they haven't had in the cupboard. And that is regardless 317 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: of what Sean Clifford is this year. They've got Drew 318 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: Aller on the bench, they probably got Nick Singleton at 319 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: running back playing this year. Look at this recruiting class, 320 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 1: Look at the guys they have coming in. Look at 321 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:16,959 Speaker 1: for example, Tony Rojas is a four star linebacker out 322 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: of I believe Fairfax, Virginia. They got him a couple 323 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: of feels like a week or so ago now. But 324 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: then right after that you see Tamir Robinson, who was 325 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: what is a four star edge guy but was thought 326 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: to be a Miami Lean, and then all of a 327 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 1: sudden he's in the fold for Penn State. That was 328 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: a big win for that staff. They didn't hide the 329 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: jubilation on social media. If you follow those guys, they 330 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: know how big a win that is. So pay close 331 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: attention to Penn State elsewhere. LSU as of today, the 332 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: number eight class in the country. We just heard from 333 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: Brian Kelly. I was very, very interested to get general 334 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: thoughts from him. I can't ask him about specific prospects 335 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: right now, but to get general thoughts from him about 336 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: recruiting and about what it's been like because that whole 337 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 1: fire hose analogy. That's what a lot of guys say 338 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 1: when you come into the SEC. If you know been 339 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 1: an assistant here, you've never coached here, and all of 340 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 1: a sudden, you're down here. It's like if you've got 341 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: on the interstate but they didn't give you an on ramp. 342 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: If they just kind of set your car down and 343 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, everyone's going eighty miles an hour 344 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: around you. Yeah, your car can go eighty, but right 345 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: now it's going zero, So you got to punch it 346 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: really hard. That's what they've had to do. Napier's having 347 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: to do the same thing at Florida. I think it's 348 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: easier for Napier because he's been an assistant in the South, 349 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: and you coaching at Louisiana, you're still in those territories. 350 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: Brian Kelly was none of those things. Brian Kelly was 351 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: at Cincinnati and he was it. I mean, he's never 352 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: never coach in the South, and so it's a lot 353 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: of new and for his staff, it's a lot of new. 354 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: And so you notice they started slow. Proverbially they've started slow. 355 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: They have been on fire as of late. I mean 356 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: they were in the thirties I think a couple of 357 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: weeks ago. Now they're number eight in the country. A 358 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: ninety one point five to one I think's the average 359 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: player rating there right now. And there's starting to be 360 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: some real traction, you know, behind the scenes, you're starting 361 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: to hear more and more of hey, watch out for 362 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 1: LSU with this guy, Hey, watch out for LSU with 363 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: that Jalen Brown. That's the one that really caught my attention. 364 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: When Brown committed is a high four star receiver from 365 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: South Florida, when he committed to them a couple of 366 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: weeks ago. That's the one that really caught my attention. 367 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: That's the one that a lot of people, I think 368 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: publicly celebrated because that was kind of the national announcement 369 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: of Hey, we're here. We're not going anywhere. I don't 370 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: think they are. I think a lot of ways that 371 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: Staft's just getting started. They need proof of product. If 372 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: you're going to negatively recruit against LSU, certainly it's going 373 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: to sound something like this. Brian Kelly never had explosive 374 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: offenses at Notre Dame and he's never done it in 375 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: the SEC. Okay, I mean those things could be true. 376 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: It could also be true that, like he said in 377 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: that interview you just heard, there was a lot about himself. 378 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 1: He felt like he needed to reinvent. That's not just 379 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: in recruiting. I get the feeling that he looks offensively 380 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: at what they have been what they need to be 381 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: to win ball games in the SEC, and says probably 382 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: need to stretch feel a little bit more, and I 383 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: think they will do that because they're recruiting the athletes 384 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: to do it. Oklahoma. I gotta mention Brent Venables same 385 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: theme as Dan Lanning at Oregon defensive coach, defensive lie 386 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: for first time head coach, and all of a sudden boom, 387 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 1: you've got Jackson Arnold in your class. A lot of 388 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: folks think he may be the best quarterback in the country. 389 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: He was the Elite eleven Finals MVP a couple of 390 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:14,959 Speaker 1: weeks ago. But also, if you ask yourself what Oklahoma was, 391 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: they were an offensive juggernaut under Lincoln Riley, and then 392 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: you ask yourself, what will they become under Brenton Venables. 393 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:25,159 Speaker 1: I think it's natural, more than natural and understandable for 394 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 1: you to expect them to kind of shift philosophically. Well, 395 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 1: I'm not saying they won't. In fact, I expect them to. 396 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,199 Speaker 1: But does it surprise you to know that at this 397 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: point Oklahoma's got the number nine class in the country 398 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: and their top three commits are quarterback, wide receiver, and 399 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: offensive tackle. They've done really good to very limited sample size, 400 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: I'll grant you that, but they've done really good. They've 401 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: been really aggressive. They took care of quarterback first and foremost. 402 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: They've been really aggressive recruiting offensive players. If you were 403 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: to just close your eyes first off last National Signing Day, 404 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: you probably would have been surprised to see how high 405 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 1: they finished. Given the after and over, you just expect 406 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: them to fall off a cliff because they're losing Lincoln Riley. 407 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: They did not do that. But then you may say, oh, 408 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:08,680 Speaker 1: that's just fool's goal. Now, those kids were already locked 409 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: in next cycle, No way they continue that. They're continuing it. 410 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:15,400 Speaker 1: I got every reason to believe they'll finish as lofty 411 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: or close to as lofty as they did last cycle. 412 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 1: And my whole point we've closing your eyes is if 413 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: you didn't know there was a coaching change, and you 414 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 1: just looked at recruiting results, you wouldn't know anything changed 415 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: at all. There's some other programs I get asked about 416 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 1: a lot. I just want to touch on them briefly. 417 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: Michigan's one of them. Auburn's one A and M's one. 418 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 1: South Carolina is one. They're sitting there and none of 419 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 1: them are in like the top twenty five. Michigan's thirty 420 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 1: fifth right now, and they've got twelve commits and it's 421 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,919 Speaker 1: a very incomplete class. So I'm not judging them on 422 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 1: being ranked thirty fifth. I think it's fair to look 423 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 1: at the what might have been with Dante more. But 424 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,679 Speaker 1: folks in Michigan circles will tell you, given the state 425 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,440 Speaker 1: of that recruitment, we were not going to be in it. 426 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 1: And you can take that for what you want to 427 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 1: take it for. There's a certain philosophy around it that 428 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: they are practicing around Michigan. Some of them aren't happy 429 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 1: about it, but that's the way they've chosen to go 430 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: about it. But Michigan very incomplete. Look, my whole deal 431 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 1: with the Harball flirtation with the NFL comeback to Michigan 432 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: thing was never is he serious? I don't doubt he's serious. 433 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 1: That's only part of the equation. You've got to sell 434 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 1: kids that you're serious, and you got to draw them, 435 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:23,159 Speaker 1: and if you can't draw them, it doesn't matter how 436 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: serious you are, because recruiting and talent acquisition, that's the 437 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: name of the game. So this is not writing Michigan's 438 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 1: class off. It's just saying there's still a lot and 439 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 1: I mean a lot of work to be done there. 440 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 1: Auburn is seventy second right now, they've bumped up to 441 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:39,959 Speaker 1: seventieth I think today that's in the last couple of hours. 442 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 1: Either way, it's a really low number. But they only 443 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:46,239 Speaker 1: have I think four commits for verbal commits. So what 444 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: do I make of that? Is Brian Harson and his 445 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 1: staff or are they ones that want to evaluate more 446 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,359 Speaker 1: of senior film. Are they ones that feel like they 447 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 1: can move a little bit later? Do they want to 448 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: be more careful with their offer list? But are they struggling? 449 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 1: All of these things are on the table. I think 450 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: it takes a cycle or two, Like no one expected 451 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: him him being Brian Harson to light the SEC world 452 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: on fire. And recruiting still a lot of progress that 453 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: needs to be seen. But again, this is a totally 454 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: incomplete class, so the ranking irrelevant. What kind of players 455 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: do they end up adding A and M at sixty 456 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:21,199 Speaker 1: first or today sixtieth. They've bumped up the sixtieth. That's 457 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 1: what you get for taking your notes in the morning. 458 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 1: They've got five commits, and unlike Auburn, there is no 459 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,439 Speaker 1: doubt here. There's no doubt, at least in my mind. 460 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 1: We had a bolder prediction last night on the show 461 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 1: that A and M will not finish top twenty, and 462 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: I just batted it away, like that's ridiculous. Last year 463 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: top twenty, like finishing twentieth would have had you around 464 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: a two twenty nine overall class ranking. I think A 465 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 1: and M will be above two fifty. That's probably a 466 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: worst case for them. So they're going to be fine. 467 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: They'll close extremely strong. I picture them as a staff 468 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 1: sitting around the table saying, why should we move this 469 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 1: early on kids? We can afford to take our time. 470 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 1: Look how we closed last year to C, A and M. 471 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: And that means a lot at the recruiting table. Now, 472 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 1: so South Carolina at well, let me make sure South 473 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,360 Speaker 1: Carolina I think at thirty first or thirtieth right now, 474 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:11,680 Speaker 1: they got thirteen kids committed. This is a good class. 475 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: They're forming a very good class up there, and they've 476 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: they've landed a couple of kids now recently that you 477 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 1: sort of felt reverberate a little bit. They're getting kids 478 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,880 Speaker 1: that fit their program. Shane Biemer will be in here tomorrow. 479 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 1: We'll be able to talk to him. But I'd be excited. 480 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,400 Speaker 1: I like all all things considered. I like the returns 481 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: right now on the South Carolina signing class, Auburn is 482 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 1: the one I think most conspicuous in their top fifty 483 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,199 Speaker 1: absence out of all those that we just listed. But 484 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,640 Speaker 1: again keep in mind now there's there's still a whole 485 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: lot that we don't know about the NIO era, the 486 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: Portal era. Keep in mind there are still programs out 487 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 1: there asking themselves how many high school kids do we 488 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 1: want to take? You know, So just keep that in mind. 489 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 1: But a big recruiting day if you have not checked 490 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: it out. Twenty four seven sports dot com also on 491 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 1: the twenty four to seven Sports YouTube channel. It's a 492 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 1: different channel now. They did a lot of programming today 493 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 1: on that, so I would encourage you to check that out. 494 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,639 Speaker 1: All right, I want to talk about Greg sanki in 495 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 1: his comments for a few minutes today. I know everyone's 496 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 1: happy with me back home because I went out of order. 497 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 1: Greg sank SEC Commissioner rolls into Atlanta today. There's a 498 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:25,159 Speaker 1: lot of uncertainty around college football and there is a 499 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: lot of centnament out there that the biggest boys at 500 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,160 Speaker 1: the table, i e. Greg sank and the SEC Kevin 501 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,119 Speaker 1: Warren in the big tent. There's a lot of centiment 502 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:35,400 Speaker 1: out there. As we've talked about that these guys are 503 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 1: really taking a blowtorch to college football and they don't 504 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 1: really care who gets burned in the process. And I 505 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 1: have shared with you that even though I'm not particularly 506 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: thrilled about the shifting and the overall direction, I don't 507 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: think that's the case. I think it's a case of 508 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,959 Speaker 1: some guys making a move out of what they view 509 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 1: as necessity. In other words, I'm going to do it 510 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 1: because if I don't do it, someone else is going 511 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: to do it. I think that's the position Sankie's probably 512 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,679 Speaker 1: found himself in. But I told you one of my 513 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:03,160 Speaker 1: most confident things coming into media day was that Greg 514 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,400 Speaker 1: Sankie was probably going to step up on a podium 515 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: early on Monday morning and calm fears if anything else. 516 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: He was not about to tell you we're ready. You 517 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,439 Speaker 1: know that this time next week we'll have three or 518 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,239 Speaker 1: four more We'll have three or four more brands in 519 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: the fold. That's not happening, and it may not happen. Ever. 520 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: We had Greg Sanki in our own room here a 521 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 1: little while ago, so we talked to him for about 522 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 1: ten minutes ourselves. But you saw him on SEC network 523 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 1: this morning talking to the whole world, and he pretty 524 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 1: much repeated there what he told us, and that is, Look, 525 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: I don't know where this comes from that we're aggressively 526 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,199 Speaker 1: looking to expand we're not looking to expand the SEC 527 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: at all. We're plenty happy at sixteen. Specifically, he was 528 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: asked about what kind of damage that does and expanding 529 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: past sixteen if you had to for your own conference, 530 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:50,919 Speaker 1: what's the feeling He talked about there being a lot 531 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 1: of unease even inside the SEC meeting rooms. There's a 532 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: lot of unease about growing to that size because at 533 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 1: that point you're kind of a conglomerate, like you're not 534 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 1: a conference anymore. It's like looking at one of those 535 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: companies that's gobbled up fifty other companies, and it used 536 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 1: to be this, but now it's whatever it is. He 537 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 1: doesn't want the SEC to be that. A lot of 538 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 1: folks who have been around the SEC, a lot of 539 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 1: college football fans don't want it to be that. I 540 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,359 Speaker 1: don't think it will become that. But that wasn't a 541 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: shock to me, nor was the next thing he said. 542 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:20,640 Speaker 1: But I think it did catch some people off guard. 543 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 1: You know my stance on playoff expansion. I'm not gonna 544 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: bore you with it. I am I think in the minority. 545 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 1: If we took a poll, I think I'm in the minority. 546 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: I don't want expansion. I'd love to go back to 547 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:32,439 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety four. I know we can't do that. So 548 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 1: where my personal mentality is is I've come to accept 549 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: that we're gonna have expansion. So if we start at 550 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: that point, I'm not happy about it. But if we 551 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 1: start at that point, and I have to assume that's 552 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 1: the world we live in. What Greg Sankie said today 553 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: leads me to believe that I will probably sing his 554 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 1: praises on this topic for now until whenever this thing 555 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: reaches some form of finality. Greg Sankie was asked about 556 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,040 Speaker 1: expansion and he was asked, once you guys have go 557 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 1: on back to the drawing board, how do you feel 558 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: about the auto bid model, you know, the automatic qualifiers? 559 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: What do you think conference champions should be able to have? 560 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:12,199 Speaker 1: Greig Sankie said, yeah, I'm not doing that anymore. No, 561 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: he essentially said, you had your chance, you passed up 562 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: on that. You will not get me to sign my 563 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 1: John Hancock on any kind of format that has auto bids, 564 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: he said, earn your way in, and I my mascara 565 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 1: started to run. I mean, I had happy tears just 566 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 1: streaming down my face. Imagine someone in a front facing 567 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 1: position of power in our sport daring to utter the 568 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: words earn your way in. And by earn, that doesn't 569 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: mean that you put an equal sticker across every conference, 570 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 1: because magically lines on a map that divvy up conferences equal. 571 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: If you win your little block up here, you're equal 572 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: to that team, equal to that tea. That's not what 573 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: we're talking about. We've never been in favor of the 574 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 1: autobid format on this show period. And Greg Sankie, which 575 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: is the most important signature in the room, apparently echoing 576 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 1: that cinema, Now, what do you do? What do you do? 577 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,880 Speaker 1: And what power do you have to do that thing? 578 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: In moving forward? If you're the ACC, if you're the 579 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: Pac twelve, if you're anything other than the SEC and 580 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 1: the Big ten, there was a time where everyone's vote 581 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:17,720 Speaker 1: was equal. That time is coming gone. That's blatantly obvious 582 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 1: when these guys open their mouths and Greg Sankie did today, 583 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 1: Kevin Warren will think a little bit later this week. 584 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,239 Speaker 1: That's the reality. Now, how aggressive are people going to 585 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 1: be on going after this massive field of playoff teams? 586 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: Because here's what you have to know now, you have 587 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 1: to know, the bigger that field gets, the more SEC 588 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: teams are getting in. Now, it may be that more 589 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: of your teams get into the process too. I'm guaranteeing 590 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 1: you just as he knows, he's not stupid, he knows 591 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 1: good and well, the bigger that field is, the more 592 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 1: my teams get in. So, by all means, if you 593 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,640 Speaker 1: want to run the risk of an all SEC Final four, 594 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 1: go for it. But you're not getting me to sign 595 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,920 Speaker 1: off on a piece of paper that guarantees the PAC 596 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 1: twelve has a minimum of one's at the table before 597 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 1: we've even kicked off in week one just because they're 598 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,919 Speaker 1: a conference. No, that's not the case, because this is 599 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 1: college football, it's not pro sports, and therefore it's an 600 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,200 Speaker 1: apples to bowling ball comparison. It's interesting the kind of 601 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 1: traffic that drives by on the streets while you're doing 602 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,919 Speaker 1: your show. So I was happy to hear that. The 603 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: other thing that it should be noted that Greg Sankie 604 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 1: said today is there are conferences out there that have 605 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:28,120 Speaker 1: grant of rights deals, i e. The ACC. He said, 606 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,640 Speaker 1: we're not looking to blow that up, so right there. 607 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 1: You remember last week when there was that big headline 608 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 1: circulating and it said the se season negotiation with Clemson 609 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: in Florida State and whoever else it was, and ESPN 610 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:44,200 Speaker 1: is actively negotiating to get out of their sweetheart deal, 611 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 1: you know, because who doesn't negotiate their way out of 612 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 1: a sweetheart deal tilted in the favor? You remember when 613 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 1: I told you that was BS. Greg SANKI backed it 614 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 1: up today that was never the case, and that thing 615 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 1: got so much traction and I already forgot who put 616 00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: it out there, which says all you need to know. 617 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 1: Greg sank He essentially today said we're not going after 618 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 1: any ACC teams. They're locked in. We're not going to 619 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: do that. So I'm taking him at his word on that. 620 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 1: I don't think they're going to expand anymore unless their 621 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: hand is forced. I don't think they're expanding anymore. And 622 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:12,920 Speaker 1: you know what, that's not the worst thing in the world. 623 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 1: I wanted to wrap up with this at a question 624 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 1: from one of you about Lane Kiffin and what we 625 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 1: heard from him today, which is interesting because he is 626 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,400 Speaker 1: about fifteen feet from us right now. We can't mike 627 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 1: him though, so don't ask. But one of you asked 628 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:30,960 Speaker 1: some thoughts about Lane Kiffin today and what he had 629 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: to say, and I'll tell you the first thing that 630 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: stands out. It's funny what NIL has done to the sport. 631 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 1: I remember my inbox and what it looked like when 632 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: NIL started to really pop up, and I remember everyone claiming, 633 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 1: oh man, this is going to be right in the 634 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 1: wheelhouse of a guy like Lane Kiffin. And I remember thinking, Okay, 635 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 1: you know, you can draw on that whatever you want to, 636 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 1: and you can say that for whatever reason you want to. 637 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: I've listened to him talk. I listened to him again 638 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: today talk. You've heard him many times speak on this subject. 639 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 1: Is he a guy that appears to be frothing at 640 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 1: the mouth about the prospect of NIL and what it's 641 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 1: doing to college football. That's not what I've gathered at all. 642 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 1: I've heard him talk about how you got to get 643 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 1: this thing under control, you got to get guardrails on 644 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: this thing. And he's saying that because he understands what 645 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 1: could happen to the sport, and he understands where ol 646 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 1: Miss is and the grand scheme of things, not just 647 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 1: within his conference, but within college football overall. And so 648 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: there was a lot of perception out there. I think 649 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 1: we've noticed this across the board. There's a lot of 650 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: perception of what in I was going to do to 651 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: college football and who was going to be on board 652 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,400 Speaker 1: with it. And in reality it's like Louisville, Like Louisville's 653 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 1: blowing it up right now. Who in the world was 654 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 1: looking at Louisville saying, yeah, once we get nil in place, 655 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 1: boom that program, that's the one that's going to blow. 656 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 1: It's very unpredictable. The other thing, which is the multimillion 657 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: dollar question in the room for Old Miss this year, 658 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 1: is replacing coordinators. DJ Diurkin's gone, Jeff Levy's gone, and 659 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,960 Speaker 1: that's going to be a lot of headline grabbing material. 660 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: You can't know until you know on that. To me, 661 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: independent of that, independent of the coaching churn. Look at 662 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 1: the quarterback position, and I just talking to some folks today, 663 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 1: I kind of had it hammered home to me. I 664 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 1: think we mostly already think this. They're replacing Matt Corrall, 665 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: and they brought in Jackson Dart, and I think just 666 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: because everyone was caught up in the portal hysteria, they 667 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 1: looked and said, all right, check that box, check that box. 668 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 1: They lost one guy, they got another one. They're good. 669 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 1: That's not it, that's not the way it works. Jackson 670 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 1: Dart is not Matt Corral. Luke Aaltmeyer, I don't think 671 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: is Matt Correll. They may find a very very good 672 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: to replacement for him out of that combo. I don't 673 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 1: necessarily think they've got a tit for tat there with 674 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: Matt Corral, which is why, at least on this show, 675 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 1: we've looked at the name like Zach Evans, the once 676 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: highly touted running back who went to TCU, had a 677 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: bunch of those red flags around his name. Never really 678 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 1: panned out, did it. He's just been a stud football player. 679 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 1: And now he is going to be the starting running 680 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: back at the University of Mississippi. And because of the way, 681 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: I think slightly the nature of that offense will shift 682 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,880 Speaker 1: this year. Zach Evans, that's why he is my guy. 683 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 1: I think he may have the most rushing yards in 684 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 1: the SEC West this year, even as other guys get 685 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: a lot more preseason acclaim like doing this with our 686 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 1: hands as much as we can. So lankif's still on 687 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 1: the building, he's not done talking yet today. So those 688 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 1: were some of the takeaways I have. Look, we're just 689 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 1: getting started here this week. We're very excited to be here. 690 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 1: We appreciate you guys being here with us. Make sure, 691 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 1: if you haven't already you like the video, subscribe to 692 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 1: the channel. Sixty one percent of our traffic is unsubscribed 693 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,240 Speaker 1: to the channel. It's not your fault, it's my fault. 694 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 1: It's not on you, it's on me. I just need 695 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 1: to beg you. I need to clench my fists together 696 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 1: and beg you. Please subscribe to the channel for us. 697 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 1: Please do it. Thank you so much for our entire 698 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 1: crew here, just getting started from Atlanta. We'll be back 699 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 1: through the same time tomorrow. I'm Josh Bade. Have a 700 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 1: great rest of your evening. Thank God, bless you.