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All right, it's time for our Sunday collaboration. 11 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: John Middlecoff, former NFL scout with the Philadelphia Eagles, has 12 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: a three and Out podcast. All right, let's talk college football. 13 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: The twelve team playoff has come out. Listen, Let's get 14 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: the one thing out of the way. I think Bama 15 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: is better than SMU, but Bama doesn't have an argument. 16 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: I watched them get completely shelled against a Oklahoma team. 17 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: It was two and six in conference with like a 18 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: minus seventy nine point differential in conference. Oklahoma was a 19 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: bad team and they got I mean literally an overrun 20 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: by them. So I don't have any problem again, that 21 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: regular season has to mean something. Yes, Bama's beaten more 22 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: good teams. If BAMA got in, I wouldn't lose any 23 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 1: sleep if SMU did not. But I felt the same 24 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: way both ways. I would have taken probably Abama, but 25 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 1: SMU after a really hard fought loss, kind of felt 26 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: like the move. And I also think, listen, Bama's not 27 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: consistent enough to be a national champion. SMU's not going 28 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: to be a national champion. SMU may be a better story, 29 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: It's better for the sport big picture. I don't think 30 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: anybody on the heels of Alabama's you know, fifteen year 31 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: dynasty is losing sleep because they don't get in. 32 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,639 Speaker 2: I don't disagree. But if I was part of the SEC, 33 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 2: here's what I would say. College football I mean, based 34 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 2: on the numbers, has never been more popular. Yeah, like 35 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 2: more people consistently have never watched more and the SEC 36 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 2: ratings have been insane. So we are carrying the popularity 37 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 2: of this sport as a conference and have carried the 38 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 2: sport really for a long time now, and we only 39 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 2: get three teams in. That's where you can just see them, 40 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 2: even if it is justified as it is in this situation. 41 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 2: All these teams Ole Miss lost to Kentucky. If any 42 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 2: of these SEC teams is ten and two, they are 43 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 2: easily in over SMU. We all agree, yeah, but like 44 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 2: we want guarantees. And this is where I think college 45 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 2: football is gonna go. If, like, if I'm the big 46 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 2: ten who like the SEC is carrying college football with 47 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 2: the ratings, the ACC is simply not like I want 48 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: to know, because getting into the playoffs is very financial 49 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 2: viable for the conference, right right, That's the same thing 50 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 2: with the NCAA tournament. And now we only get we 51 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 2: only get one difference, like the difference of us in 52 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 2: the SEC and the ACC is one team. That seems crazy. 53 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 2: I watch an unhealthy amount of college football. The gap 54 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 2: between the change is Grand Canyon wide. So even if 55 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 2: you could justify it records and everything, that's a big 56 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 2: picture problem for me. If I'm Greg Sank, yeah, I 57 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 2: got it. We need some assurances. And this is where, 58 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 2: like the NFL, you know, what do tiebreakers go? Conference record? 59 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 2: It's impossible to do tiebreakers and everything in college football 60 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 2: because the SEC goes my eight and four, what is 61 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 2: that worth in the in the ACC? And I ten 62 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 2: and two in the acc like by Big twelve. Arizona 63 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 2: State's an incredible story. What would their record be if 64 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:39,279 Speaker 2: I put them playing LSU, Bama Ole Miss Arkansas? 65 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: You know. 66 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 2: So it's it's not apples d apples at all. And 67 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 2: that's the hard part. I think we all agree on that, 68 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 2: even if we go, yeah, SMU deserves it, but it's 69 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 2: like it's a little out of whack. Now it's first year. 70 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 2: I'm not going to complain that much. I don't feel 71 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 2: that bad. And I think the committee wanted Alabama because 72 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 2: I do think Alabama. The needle moves a little more 73 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 2: when you got Alabama playing because whose SMU is playing? 74 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 2: Penn State? Alabama? Penn State is just a better television product, 75 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 2: isn't it. 76 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: Yeah. So here's the one that really cracked me up. 77 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: So the regular season. The committee said, the regular season matters. 78 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: We're not going to give Bama three losses, two of 79 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: which are Mulligan's Vandy in Oklahoma. But yet in Oregon 80 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: has the most impressive regular season and arguably the most 81 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 1: impressive championship game performance. George is up there as well. 82 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: They get the winner of the Tennessee Ohio State game, 83 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: which is a team capable of winning the national championship, 84 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,799 Speaker 1: then they could face Texas than Georgia. How did Penn 85 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: State get an easier route? They lost at home to 86 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: Ohio State and got hammered by Oregon. I think they 87 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: have now they play another game. I think they have 88 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: a much easier route than Oregon. I thought Oregon kind 89 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: of got hosed. 90 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 2: Yeah to me, them copying the basketball bracket where you're 91 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 2: forced to play team instead of the NFL bracket where 92 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 2: you receive by the round. Yeah, me, you gotta change 93 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 2: football wise, receps d Yes, because Oregon has the only 94 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 2: undefeated team. Clearly, if you just watch. 95 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,600 Speaker 1: The best and the second best conference. 96 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 2: And they get stuck with Ohio State Tennessee, that seems 97 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 2: pretty outrageous. I thought so, because if they could pick 98 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 2: the opponents, I think there's a decent chance that Ohio 99 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 2: State would be the last opponent they would want to play. Yeah, 100 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 2: maybe Notre Dame. Second Tennessee would be high up there too, 101 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 2: like the SMU's the Clemsons. You gotta receid. Now, this 102 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 2: is where I'm not going to freak out. 103 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: Year one name. 104 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 2: You gotta figure it out. But you cannot keep this. 105 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 2: How can Boise and ASU potentially get easier opponents than Oregon. 106 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: Well, I mean that's Penn State. 107 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 2: Now. I think they would say Oregon's gonna play the 108 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 2: Rose Bowl, like that's where their game is gonna be. 109 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 2: I think in the like their home game, so that 110 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 2: you know it's kind of regionality. But playing Ohio State potentially, 111 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 2: that's that's pretty different. 112 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:56,600 Speaker 1: And Ohio State will fill half that stadium. I mean 113 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: Penn State gets SMU and Boise State, I mean potentially, 114 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: it's like Jesus, they the biggest game of the year 115 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 1: at home. They lost to Ohio State, and I mean 116 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 1: they they they got pushed around. I mean they could 117 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:13,919 Speaker 1: not stop Oregon. I just thought Penn State and I 118 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: understand punishing. If you flip Penn State and Ohio State 119 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: in the playoff, I'd be I think it's it's more 120 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: fair now Ohio State. Again, the Michigan loss was not 121 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: only bad, not only at home, but it made you 122 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: question the entire program. Like when when Penn State lost 123 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: to Ohio State, you didn't question the program. You're like, well, 124 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: Ohio State's better that that that Michigan. I mean, listen, 125 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: if you want to ask yourself who who's getting punished. 126 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: It's Ohio State. I think Tennessee is the sleeper national championship. 127 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: Picking this thing. 128 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,799 Speaker 2: I was. I thought Herbstree had a good point during 129 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 2: the show when they released the bracket of you know, 130 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 2: Ohio State, maybe would rather go on the road because 131 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 2: a couple early three and outs, maybe you're down seven 132 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 2: to than ten. Nothing that place will turn on your 133 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 2: fast because that group's edgy. That group's already pissed off, 134 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 2: like in a weird way at ten and two. Hosting 135 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 2: a playoff game is a major disappointment, you know, watching 136 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 2: that game last night, I thought it was so insane 137 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 2: that Clemson is now in the playoffs and Miami's just 138 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 2: long gone, even though it all season. Miami it was 139 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 2: like a top five or six team. And then Penn State. 140 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 2: By takeaway with Penn State, Oregon's tough, and that's their 141 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 2: skill group is better top to bottom. I think Penn 142 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 2: State has their front seven full NFL guys. Yes, best 143 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 2: tight end in the country. They have a one to 144 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 2: two running back combination. Quarterback a little all over the map, 145 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 2: but he is extremely talented. And you saw a couple 146 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 2: of passes. Yeah, whoa, that's a top ten pick, and 147 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 2: then you saw a couple other passes, You're like, that's 148 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 2: a sixth rounder. But you never really know what you're 149 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 2: gonna get with them. But they have a lot of 150 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 2: talent on their team. Like to me, if the quarterback 151 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 2: has a B plus a minus game, if they could 152 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 2: play with most anyone in this in this tournament, I'm 153 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 2: with you on Tennessee. Their defensive line is really good. Yes, 154 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 2: And what's Ohio State's problem right now? Well, if they're offensive, 155 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 2: they's had a guy Terry Achilles. They missing audit here. 156 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 2: That could be a rough I'm telling you that place 157 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 2: could start boosting. It's like ten nothing in the second cord. 158 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: The weather forecast for this weekend in Columbus is forty degrees. 159 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 1: And what it's not playing to a finesse down the 160 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: field team, So Will Howard, who's been hot and cold 161 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: in big games. It's forty degrees. The pressure's on. You'll 162 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: be favored and Tennessee d line and Ohio State online. 163 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: If you're forced to run the ball against Tennessee that's 164 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: got a seventeen thirteen field to it, that's not gonna 165 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: be a high scoring game in my opinion. 166 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 2: One thing that's going to be you know, for the 167 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,199 Speaker 2: most part, in college you get a couple and you 168 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 2: hammered this home when they went. When the West Coast 169 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 2: team's got in the big ten. There aren't as many 170 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 2: cold weather games as you think. In the NFL there are. 171 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 2: Why they play all December through January. Yeah, college football 172 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 2: usually ends home games the last week in November and 173 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 2: then they go to warm weather bowls. 174 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: That's right. 175 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 2: So's that's where this changed because they don't. They're they're 176 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 2: playing in two weeks, right, and it's Friday night, Saturday 177 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 2: Night at South Bend and at Ohio State, which makes sense. 178 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:20,320 Speaker 2: I mean, two of the biggest brands. Those gonna get 179 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 2: huge ratings. Plus the NFL plays Saturday, so it gets 180 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 2: a little loss in the shuffle, you know, like Texas. Uh, 181 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 2: the Texas game and the Penn State game are going 182 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 2: up against like Raven Steelers, so you know, but those 183 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 2: two night games are gonna be by themselves. It could 184 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 2: be really cold, yep. I mean it's so it's gonna 185 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 2: have one thing with playoff football, even with the best teams, 186 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:47,079 Speaker 2: it's usually not thirty five to thirty scores, right, It's 187 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 2: usually lower scoring. You can't you can't feel your hands. 188 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 2: I mean, you could have a game in two weeks 189 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 2: at Ohio State with it. Couldn't it be twenty seven 190 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 2: degrees or Notre Dame. It could be freezing cold. 191 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: Okay, let's talk Clemson at Texas. I really like Texas 192 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: in that spot, but I'm watching that game against Georgia. 193 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: Georgia gets their quarterback knocked out and suddenly forced to run. 194 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 1: In the second half. They found their run gig there 195 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: was when they went to overtime and the Texas series 196 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: they do they throw the ball out of the end zone, 197 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,719 Speaker 1: then they do a fade pattern and then they throw 198 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: it out in the flat against you know, Georgia's linebackers 199 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: and corners or NFL guy. I mean, Georgia's got a 200 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: first round safety, a first round corner, first round defensive end. 201 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: It's like, you're not going to beat in the flat. 202 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: You're not going to be Georgia. For the last eight years, 203 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: I thought for an offensive coach, sark I hated the 204 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,439 Speaker 1: overtime Texas play calling. I thought it was awful. 205 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 2: Listen, I've been one of his biggest critics. I will 206 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 2: defend him. I don't think he trusts his quarterback at all. 207 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 2: And I don't blame him because I don't think he's 208 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 2: very good in that game when actually he wasn't playing 209 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 2: that bad and Georgia was a little show shocked. Instead 210 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 2: of being up seventeen to three, it's six to three. 211 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 2: And then as the game went on, I thought, yours 212 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 2: became much more to who he's kind of become this season. 213 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,319 Speaker 2: Is very very averaged. Yes, and he's just not an 214 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 2: explosive player. He's not a good playmaker. 215 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: Is a former scout, You're nailing it when I watch him. 216 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 1: He's not an explosive player. 217 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 2: No, he's just he's not a playmaker. Like you watched 218 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 2: one thing Bryce Young his comeback story. He's starting to 219 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 2: make play. Yes, right, most decent quarterbacks can make throw 220 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 2: a slant route or an out route from the pocket. 221 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:42,959 Speaker 2: But half the plays you're gonna have to scramble, you're 222 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 2: gonna have to move, you're gonna have to throw in 223 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 2: the run, you might have to break a tackle, and 224 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 2: you watch quinn Ewers. He cannot do any of that. 225 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 2: So as the game goes on, what does George do? 226 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:52,680 Speaker 2: The guests are getting pressure on him, he starts getting sacked. 227 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:57,839 Speaker 2: He's not a very dynamic guy. Carson Beck like one thing, 228 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 2: when the other guy, Gunner Stocked and what a credible 229 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 2: name by the way, comes in. He is so mobile 230 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 2: that he can just keep plays alive. They don't have that. 231 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 2: Texas does have that with Archie Manning. Now. I don't 232 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,839 Speaker 2: know if Sark believes he's as good of a passer 233 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 2: right now as Quinn yours. Clearly by not playing him, 234 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,559 Speaker 2: you've already paid Quinn the nil. But I think they 235 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 2: have no shot to win the National championship with him 236 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 2: at quarterback. You remove him if every team just has 237 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 2: the same quarterback, like whatever, every if you put all 238 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 2: twelve teams equal quarterback, Texas has as good of a 239 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 2: chance to win the National Championship as anybody. You watch 240 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 2: Oregon last night, That little quarterback look like Tua did 241 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,839 Speaker 2: at Alabama. I mean, some of the throws he was making. 242 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 2: It's like this guy is playing quarterback in college better 243 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 2: than all these guys. 244 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,199 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I think, And that's. 245 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 2: A huge advantage. Obviously. Oregon has really good skill guys, 246 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 2: better than Georgia. You watch Bowers, I mean he's making 247 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:55,719 Speaker 2: they missed Bowers and mconkey but still Dylan Gabriel right 248 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 2: now is playing the best at quarterback for all these teams, 249 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 2: even though Georgia Texas like they have a bunch of talent, 250 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 2: but their quarterback plays shitty. 251 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, And it's it's really interesting. When I watched Georgia, 252 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: they have an incredible defensive lineman Mikale Williams. They have 253 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 1: a great safety. When I watched Georgia, I mean they're 254 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,839 Speaker 1: running backs last night. They're bringing in second, third, fourth, 255 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: they are running that second half. It was violent. They 256 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: are running over guys. 257 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 2: You know. 258 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 1: With Texas, I know they have a bunch of good players, 259 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 1: and Kelvin Banks, who got hurt, is a really really 260 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: good tackle. But it's funny. When I watched Michigan win 261 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: the Natty last year, they had Will Johnson at corner, 262 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:41,199 Speaker 1: Mason Graham, Blake Korham, JJ McCarthy. They had about six 263 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 1: players that even in a game against Ohio State, You're like, wow, 264 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 1: those are great players. Georgia's national championship teams, it can 265 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: be Pickens, Rock Bowers, Lad McConkey, it can be one 266 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: of you know, Jalen Carter, Jalen CarKey. Yeah, in Bama, 267 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: Ohio State has four or five guys like that many 268 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: receiver the Caleb Downs for Oil State, the kid they 269 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: got from Bama. He'll be the number one pick next year. 270 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 1: He's an insane generational talent. When I watched Texas, this 271 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,679 Speaker 1: is weird, John. They got a bunch of good players. 272 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 1: But I watched that offense and I'm like, they have 273 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: good backs, they have good receivers. I don't see a 274 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 1: lot of wow. And I know it's a really good roster. 275 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: But if you look at National championship teams Michigan last year, 276 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: Georgia teams, you know, when Clemson was winning, you'd have 277 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: like a Mike Williams, you'd have a Trevor Lawrence, you'd 278 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: have a linebacker that you're like, oh, okay, that's different. 279 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: Even in the game against Bama, that players different. Atm 280 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: the running back for Clemson. You know, Yeah, I look 281 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: at Texas and I know this sounds crazy because their 282 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: recruiting has been great, but I just don't see enough wow. 283 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: I see very good everywhere. But they couldn't score against 284 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: Texas A and M. They can't move the ball against 285 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: George in the first half. That's with Sark and an 286 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 1: NFL quarterback and the best left tackle in the sport. 287 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, they should be able to run the ball better. 288 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 2: Number twenty six. I mean he should average like one 289 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 2: hundred yards a game. I mean that's one element. I 290 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 2: mean I think sometimes the depth this gets back to 291 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 2: these top teams are not ten deep, Like they don't 292 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 2: go you know, back to back. Their backup offensive line 293 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 2: are not future pros. And that's where I think when 294 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 2: you look at these former teams, Clemson in their heyday 295 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 2: and the late teams beating Alabama, they were going too 296 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 2: deep with pros getting drafted. Yes, Saban's team forever the 297 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 2: last of Kirby, like this version of Kirby's teams relative 298 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 2: to the back that don't even have anything in common, right. 299 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 2: I think Michigan's team last year would easily win the 300 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 2: National Championship again. 301 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: The easily even Washington last year that lost in the Natty. 302 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: I mean you were looking at Roma Dunze, Michael Pennix, 303 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: their receiving corps, up and down, the receiver they had, 304 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 1: they had a right tackle and an interior offensive lineman. 305 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: You were like, you could just tell this is like 306 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: eight really good players. 307 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 2: Team was real. And I think is that a little bit. 308 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 2: Why you know, at first I thought Belichick was just 309 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 2: interviewing with North Carolina to just you know, it's like 310 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 2: the guy who's trying to impress the girl and brings 311 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 2: a girl another girl of the party to get people 312 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 2: to notice them. You just want to show NFL teams 313 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 2: like hey, I'm talking to people. And then you start 314 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 2: reading like what if he realizes it actually might be 315 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 2: a little easier in college because the parody is there. Yeah, 316 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 2: and it's not like I'm not a huge disadvantage most 317 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 2: of the time. And you watch in college football, like, 318 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 2: like you said, Tennessee is a good value, you could 319 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 2: say Notre Dame. If the quarterback just said all these teams, 320 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 2: would it shock you, like infery Oregon is the best team. 321 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 2: But then you look at the bracket. How hard it's 322 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 2: gonna be? Like I don't take Boise and ASU seriously. 323 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 2: I expect both of them to get knocked out. But 324 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 2: I would say, if all the the SEC and the 325 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 2: big tent like Indiana, there'll be one and done. But 326 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 2: I think, you know, Georgia could win. 327 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: Any game, could lose anything. Same. 328 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 2: Texas could easily be like I could see them look 329 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 2: like shit Yeah, who knows. I mean, I think it's 330 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 2: all on the table, which makes this tournament pretty intriguing. 331 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 2: Maybe the transfer portal in the NIL spreading out makes 332 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 2: the twelve team brack even that much more intriguing because 333 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 2: back in the day, you put a Pete Carroll USC 334 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:13,400 Speaker 2: a Nick Saban their heyday, they would kick the shit 335 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 2: out all these teams. 336 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, wouldn't even be fun. 337 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 2: Yeah. 338 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,399 Speaker 1: No, I think that's the benefit of the transfer portal 339 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 1: is that nobody has depth, even the top teams. Just 340 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 1: you lose a left tackle at Ohio State, then you 341 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,479 Speaker 1: move a guard to left tackle. Then your interior alignment 342 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:28,679 Speaker 1: gets hurt, you get weak, you get you have a 343 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:32,400 Speaker 1: unit that has a liability very quickly in college football. 344 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:36,239 Speaker 2: Now do you think I haven't heard your take on 345 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 2: the Belichick North Carolina? Well, do you think that's more 346 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:40,159 Speaker 2: just trying to prove or do you think there's some 347 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 2: real substance behind that. 348 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 1: I think he wants to get his son the job, 349 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 1: his son's at Washington. I think he wants to get 350 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 1: his son a head coaching job. And I think Bill 351 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: is so big on the East Coast. People out west 352 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: don't care, but people out east do I don't think 353 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: he would have to have an incredibly young collegiate staff, 354 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 1: which I'm not sure he has the patience for. I 355 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 1: just don't know if he has the patience. You know, 356 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,439 Speaker 1: Bill was always the grinder. It was always sacrificed for 357 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 1: the team. Shit, kids aren't sacrificing now, they'll bounce in 358 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 1: a second. Now do I think schematically I mean, Charlie 359 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: Weiss was schematically excellent. He just couldn't recruit. He just 360 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: didn't want to get out there. Bill's not gonna you know, 361 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 1: Bill will do some private jet stuff, but Bill's not 362 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: going to be on the road. He views himself as 363 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: he should, as a different level. I don't Andy Reid 364 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: again as a funnier guy, a more social guy. I 365 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: don't think he'd want to be on the road recruiting. 366 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 2: Did you see Albert Berr's report about how many homes 367 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 2: Deon Sanders has been in the last eighteen months? 368 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: Huh? 369 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 2: Zero? Because in this day and age, they used to 370 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 2: have rules, Like when I worked at Fresno State, only 371 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 2: like six or seven of your guys were eligible to 372 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,360 Speaker 2: go recruit and go into someone's home. Now there are 373 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 2: no rules. Anyone you could hire a recruiting staff, you know, 374 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 2: former players that just go recruit you. You don't have 375 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:58,199 Speaker 2: to go into homes anymore. And it makes sense like 376 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:02,120 Speaker 2: when I saw the technically had like an early recruiting 377 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 2: signing day a couple of days ago, right, and some 378 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 2: of these kids were saying, like, you know this guy 379 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 2: just recruited me. No, you got paid the most money. 380 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 2: It's the game has completely changed. And maybe Bill who 381 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 2: views it much more from a strategic business mindset of like, hey, 382 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,479 Speaker 2: if you give me ten plus million in nil funds, 383 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 2: I feel I have a pretty good idea. I can 384 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:24,359 Speaker 2: bring a couple of my guys from the NFL to 385 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:26,880 Speaker 2: figure out how to allocate this pie. I'll pick the players. 386 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 2: And maybe he've used it much more cause it is 387 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 2: it has much more of an NFL feel now. The 388 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 2: difference is like when I sign you to a three 389 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,120 Speaker 2: year deal, you're under contract, right. You know in college, 390 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 2: these guys, as someone texts me around college, he's like, 391 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 2: if you've noticed some of these random teams and I didn't. 392 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 2: Did a kid just won't play the last couple of weeks. 393 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 2: You know, on a team that's like gonna be six 394 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 2: and six, they'll just be sick. Yeah, well they're transferring. Yeah, 395 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 2: and they'll just go to the coach on Wednesday or 396 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 2: Thursday of like week eleven when the team's not going anywhere, 397 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 2: and like, coach, I just don't feel great. I'm out. 398 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 2: And that's happening all over the Yeah before, I mean, 399 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 2: that guy would just keep playing. I said this before 400 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 2: about like Kyle McCord transferring in the history of the sport, 401 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 2: Kyle McCord just would have been Ohio State's quarterback again. 402 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 2: And what if he just would have taken the next 403 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 2: step and all of a sudden, Ohio State was twelve 404 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 2: and zero in the number one seed. But instead they 405 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 2: kick him out. Everyone's so quick to move. We're in 406 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 2: the NFL. Sometimes you just have to keep a guy 407 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 2: because you drafted him high and get he improves. Yeah, 408 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,959 Speaker 2: and now in college, you know, coaches and players are 409 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 2: just so quick to like point the finger at the 410 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,919 Speaker 2: other guy and bounce or basically cut him. And it 411 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 2: reflects when you watch these teams, because listen, the games 412 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 2: are still fun, but you can feel that these teams 413 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,959 Speaker 2: aren't as good, the high end teams as they Oh no, no, 414 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 2: I mean I don't even think like Is this the 415 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:45,360 Speaker 2: best Oregon team in the last fifteen years. 416 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:45,919 Speaker 1: I don't think so. 417 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 2: I don't think so. 418 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: No. I mean the other thing is players in college 419 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: are leaving now, and it's not that they're not productive. 420 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: USC just lost the kid Sam Green. He was playing 421 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 1: a ton. I think he was a red and shirt 422 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 1: freshman or a freshman. He was playing a ton. Somebody 423 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,360 Speaker 1: offered him more money. Bottom line, somebody played USC and went, 424 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 1: you know, it could be a Penn State the kids 425 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,640 Speaker 1: from that part of the country. So kids aren't even 426 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: disgruntled they're leaving. You're getting cherry picks. Penn State could go, hey, 427 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 1: we're losing, like all of our we're losing four really 428 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 1: good guys up front. That's Sam Green kid we lost 429 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 1: out to USC. Let's just go buy him. So a 430 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: guy doesn't even have to be disgruntled. It's it's can 431 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: you imagine in the NFL if you didn't have contracts 432 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: and you're like, let's just make a bid on you know, 433 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: a great left tackle. 434 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:29,439 Speaker 2: You know one thing, I was talking to a buddy 435 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:31,679 Speaker 2: that said that the top end of this draft is 436 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 2: not very good. It's not And I said, isn't that 437 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 2: a back to back a couple of years now where 438 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 2: it's just it doesn't feel loaded with guys. Are we concerned, 439 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 2: like do we have any theories? And I started thinking, 440 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 2: I wonder if guys now bouncing left and right, you 441 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 2: don't develop as you used to just being in a 442 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 2: program for three or four years, consistent practice, consistent training. Well, 443 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,200 Speaker 2: now guys are just mercenaries on the move. 444 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,640 Speaker 1: The other thing is more guys are playing baseball. Moms 445 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: don't want their kids to play football. Now, it doesn't 446 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: matter in the South or Texas, from maybe Pennsylvania, but 447 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: there is lower high school football turnout and a lot 448 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: of these great athletes are looking at these baseball contracts 449 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:12,159 Speaker 1: and going you guys get ten year baseball contracts. So 450 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: I think it's the mom You know, moms are like, hey, 451 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: I don't want my son playing football. And I'm not 452 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: picking on moms that that's just been discussed, right, Like 453 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:20,679 Speaker 1: that's been What is. 454 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 2: The O line D line doing that? You know, are 455 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 2: six foot six, three hundred pound guys playing baseball? Well, 456 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 2: I still think they just don't exist. I still think 457 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 2: there's a lot of good football players. And again, for sure, 458 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 2: I think high school football turnout has decreased. And by 459 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 2: the way, the NFL smartly ten years ago. I talked 460 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 2: about this on my show Targeted Moms and their Ants. 461 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,400 Speaker 2: About ten years ago, the NFL was around that CTE stuff. 462 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 2: Those remember when that was getting the big payoffs for CTE. 463 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 2: The NFL pivoted and said, hey, we have to make 464 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 2: sure that both parents are into football. And by the 465 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 2: way it has worked, it is remarkable the number of 466 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 2: women who love football. It's half the league's fans. It's 467 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,919 Speaker 2: like fifty to fifty last time I looked. So this 468 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 2: has been a point, a real distinction. The NFL has 469 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 2: tried to own the household, you know, not just dad 470 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 2: and dad loves No, that's not what it is anymore. 471 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: They want everybody. And I think that's part of it. 472 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 1: And the other thing is to your point, I think 473 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: players aren't as developed. I think, listen, it's like anything else. 474 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:35,360 Speaker 1: If you're bouncing around for money and not management, you're 475 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 1: never going to be quite as good. I don't care 476 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 1: if it's an AI or tech or football. If you 477 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: had four bosses in six years, I mean one of 478 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 1: the real look at you at our company. You just 479 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:46,159 Speaker 1: keep developing, getting bigger and bigger part of it is 480 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 1: the salespeople know John. It takes a year or two 481 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,479 Speaker 1: for the salespeople to get aligned and we know you 482 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,880 Speaker 1: and then we can build your YouTube page. Everything takes growth. 483 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: You know, My first couple of years at iHeartRadio weren't 484 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: as good as the last four. Every it's it's it's 485 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,199 Speaker 1: a hierarchy you have to build. It's a staff you 486 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 1: have to build. So to your point, when some of 487 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 1: these players are bouncing around a lot of times, they 488 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: get the money and they get a worse coach, they 489 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: get a worst position coach. 490 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,119 Speaker 2: It's Brady's point that he hammers non stop, like going 491 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 2: through some challenges in college is a healthy thing, Like 492 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,879 Speaker 2: you learn a lot about yourself and improve because in 493 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 2: the NFL it's really hard. Yeah, so it's easy to 494 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 2: get in the tank. Ye look at Bryce Young, who 495 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:32,160 Speaker 2: I would have bet against falling off a cliff. He 496 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 2: was mentally prepared for the challenges. Why he had spent 497 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 2: three years next to Nick Yep, you know, and who 498 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 2: knows you know back at you know in this modern 499 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 2: day to uh you know Jalen. I know Jalen transferred 500 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 2: at the end to Oklahoma, but he was there for 501 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 2: a couple of years. Essentially, it's the backup going back 502 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,879 Speaker 2: and forth that had to benefit all those guys. 503 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:56,159 Speaker 1: Yep, no question about it, all right. John Middelkoff, former 504 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 1: NFL Scout three and Out podcast on a act weekend. 505 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: Good stuff, Thanks buddy. 506 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 2: Talk to you soon, Colin. 507 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: The volume all of these college football reactions presented by JLab. 508 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: I'm wearing my JLab Earbudge right now. They're awesome. They 509 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 1: have the best audio products in the game. They're ready 510 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,120 Speaker 1: to take care of you this football season. Okay, whether 511 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 1: you're traveling to watch your favorite team play or just 512 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 1: streaming the game at home. Find the Blue Box. 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