1 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back. It is Thursday morning, February, 2 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: fourth year of our Lower twenty twenty one, on the 3 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: heels of a big signing day. We've got a whole 4 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 1: lot to talk about there. Happy to have you with 5 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: me this morning or afternoon, however you choose to listen, 6 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: wherever you choose to listen. Thank you for listening. Five 7 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: star reviews always appreciated. We're trying to get to two 8 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 1: thousand by the end of spring football. Again, as I 9 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: told you Tuesday, the detractors just flat out don't think 10 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 1: we can do it. A lot of doubters out there, 11 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: you know, in the podcast five star rating world, it's 12 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: not much unlike college football. And even if I am 13 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: making all this up, just pretend I'm not half the 14 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: time bulletin board materials made up, it still works for 15 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: college football players. So that's a very fancy way of saying, 16 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 1: please give me five star reviews. So we've got a 17 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: lot to talk about this morning. Obviously, a ton of you, 18 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: hundreds and hundreds of you have asked recruiting questions, and myself, 19 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: Steve Wolfong was in town yesterday, Trey Scott. We did 20 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: our national signing day shit. We had Brandon Huffman, Greg Biggins, 21 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: Ryan Day joined us at Nick Saban, who will be 22 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 1: on Late Kick Live later tonight. You want to check 23 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:08,839 Speaker 1: out that interview. We had a lot to talk about, 24 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: and we got a lot to talk about on the 25 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: heels of that this morning. Not necessarily, you know, a 26 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: recruit for recruit breakdown, but I think it's worth kind 27 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: of diving in a lot of the same way we 28 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 1: did to wrap up the show yesterday. Just overall overarching 29 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: stuff that would appeal to even the casual fan but 30 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: also matters to the diehard fans, sort of recruiting talk, 31 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: and we're going to interlace a lot of other elements 32 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: and tidbits along with it, because I know I promised 33 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 1: you guys a story Tuesday, and I'm going to give 34 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: it to you. It's the first time your boy, as 35 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: I said, every west of the Mississippi River. So let's 36 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: dive in. And I'm not going to go one particular 37 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: question because so many of you just asked general takeaways. 38 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 1: You know, on National Signing Day, I think first and foremost, 39 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: like it's obvious it's a huge deal when you have 40 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: spent as much time as I have and you guys 41 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: have kind of pouring over recruiting rankings every year. It 42 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: used to be that yesterday would have been like our Christmas. 43 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,559 Speaker 1: And now with the way the early signing date has changed, 44 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: the overall structure, Yeah, it doesn't necessarily feel like that anymore. 45 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: But it's a huge deal. I mean, overall, the recruiting 46 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: class is a huge deal. And when you pull up 47 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: the twenty four seven sports team rankings and you look 48 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: at what Nick Saban and Alabama did, so laughable, so 49 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,959 Speaker 1: absolutely laughable. They have the highest rate of class of 50 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: all time, not just of this year, but of all time. 51 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: And so I think back, whereas everyone else was just 52 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: focused on the here and now. Yesterday on the National 53 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: Signing Day Show, we talked a lot about how keeping 54 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: Kamar Wheaton in the fold made sure Alabama was going 55 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: to secure that number one spot. Yeah, you can talk 56 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: about all this receiver talent they have coming in, and 57 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: you can talk about all these offensive tackles, two of 58 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: them in the top five overall players in the country. Yes, 59 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: all that's true. Yes we can talk about that, But 60 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: you know what, my mind went back to. It went 61 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: back to a question on this very podcast in May 62 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty, when one of you asked, hey, Alabama's 63 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: got one kid committed. I think at the time it 64 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: was one kid committed. It was Deontay Lawson, I remember 65 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: the name, Vividly's high four star linebacker out of the 66 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 1: mob area. And you said, is it too early to 67 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: be concerned about Alabama recruiting? Now? Remember this was after 68 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 1: everyone had gone into COVID protocol, and so you found 69 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: out you were't going to be able to have camps 70 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: and coaches aren't going to be able to be out 71 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: on the road the way they normally would. And you 72 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 1: remember which program it was that was surging at least 73 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: in the recruiting rankings. It was the University of Tennessee. 74 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 1: Feels like a lifetime ago. This is less than a 75 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: calendar year ago, guys, it feels like a lifetime ago. 76 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: And so I took that question on the podcast, and 77 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: what I remember at the time saying is, well, I 78 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: know one thing, Alabama's not going to finish in the 79 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: forties in the recruiting rankings. Now Here's what I didn't 80 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: know at the time. I didn't have all the confidence 81 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,119 Speaker 1: in the world they were going to be top three, 82 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: maybe top three I certainly didn't have confidence they were 83 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: going to be number one, much less overtake Ohio State double, 84 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: much less have the highest rated class of all time. 85 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: So here's what happened. Some of you remember this, and 86 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: for those of you who don't, here's the quick story. 87 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: So we were doing that feature called social Distance, which was 88 00:03:58,080 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: where we were just taking the time that we were 89 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: at home to try an interview as many famous people 90 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: as possible. Let's just put it how it is not 91 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: even football. I had Matthew McConaughey on Social Distance, so 92 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: we went above and beyond to try and lock down 93 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: as many A listers as we could. Well, the biggest 94 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: A lister in the world of college football is, of 95 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: course Nick Saban, So we get him and I'm right 96 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: there in my apartment. I remember it vividly because it 97 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 1: was the afternoon that the Blue Angels decided to do 98 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: a flyover over downtown Nashville. So I had Nick Saban 99 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 1: on a zoom call as there were fighter jets flying 100 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 1: over my apartment, which is not even like the top 101 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: three craziest things that have happened at the apartment complex 102 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: this year. What would the tornado and the bombing and all. 103 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: So I'm asking Nick Saban the question that one of 104 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: you asked me, and he dead panned it, and he 105 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: just kind of said, we're doing everything exactly as we 106 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 1: normally do. He didn't say it, but you could tell 107 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: he was basically dismissive of any kind of doubt, like 108 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 1: they didn't have a question, because here's what they know 109 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: at that time. Here's what Nick Saban knows at that 110 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 1: time that you nor I have any capability of knowing. 111 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:54,919 Speaker 1: He knows how many kids he could snap his fingers 112 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: and get to verbally commit. They know how selective they're 113 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: being in other words, and so yeah, there was only 114 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: one verbal commitment as far as you and I know. 115 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: But every day they've got guys that ended up becoming 116 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: commits of theirs that probably are trying to commit that 117 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: can't commit. And so they were just being really selective 118 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: when you can't get guys on camp and you can't 119 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: do the kind of thorough evaluations that they're known for 120 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: and the top programs are known for, it's just the 121 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: approach that they chose. So now as we know the 122 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 1: rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would say back 123 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: in the day, well now we know, Alabama is number 124 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: one overall in the country, and I'm like to me, 125 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: my mind just gravitates towards how unconventional it seems that 126 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: they could replace all their receiver talent. So over the 127 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,840 Speaker 1: past two cycles exiting the program, not entering the program, 128 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: you've had Jerry Judy and Henry Ruggs both go on 129 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: along with you know, their quarterback who was pretty good 130 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: to to a tongue of baila. Now you got Najie Harris, 131 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 1: as you know, one of the better receivers in the 132 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: country too. It happens to play running back, but he's gone, 133 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,039 Speaker 1: along with DeVante Smith, the Heisman Trophy winner, Jaylen Waddle, 134 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: who could have been a Heisman Trophy winner. I just 135 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: know how unconventional it is in your mind. If you're 136 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: driving around right now, or you know, you're at work 137 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: and you got the earbuds in listening, you got to 138 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: be thinking to yourself, Okay, finally all these receivers are 139 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 1: gone from Alabama. And yet now you got to learn 140 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: the name Jacorey Brooks, five star receiver. You got to 141 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: learn the name Aggie a Hall High four star receiver. 142 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: You got to learn names like Jojoe Earl, which is 143 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: one of my favorite names in this entire process. You 144 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: got to learn Christian Leary. They just bring another wave. 145 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 1: It's not one guy, two guys that would be exciting, 146 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: it's this wave of talent that comes in. You look 147 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: at Alex Leatherwood just holding down that franchise left tackle position. Well, okay, 148 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 1: maybe they'll kick Avin Neil over there, but at least 149 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: that offensive line is going to take a step back. 150 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: Here comes J. C. Latham, number one overall offensive lineman 151 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,239 Speaker 1: in the country. Here comes Tommy Brockermere, number two overall 152 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 1: offensive lineman in the country. There are a couple of 153 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: offensive tackles rated inside the top five this year of 154 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: overall player ratings. Bam, I got both of them. So yeah, 155 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: that's obviously first and foremost. What stands out. We spent 156 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: a lot of time talking about Organ on the show yesterday. 157 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: The Organ recruiting class fascinates me. So number one, it's 158 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: just rated really high. It's squarely inside the top ten. 159 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 1: Oregon and US both rated inside the top ten. But 160 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: I'll tell you specifically what really fascinates me, and it 161 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: kind of intrigues me, I guess, is the better word 162 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: about the Oregon signing class is having the quarterback like 163 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: ty Thompson in there. Michigan's got this with JJ McCarthy, 164 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: like Organ's got it with ty Thompson. You're just wondering, 165 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: is that the guy? Is that the guy to make 166 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: us turn into what Clemson's turned into, Bama's turned into 167 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: Ohio State, Oklahoma, what those programs have turned into. Georgia 168 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: to a certain extent, is still in this boat, although 169 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: they've made it deeper into the postseason than the aforementioned 170 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: programs have. But you look at ty Thompson and there's 171 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: not a whole lot else that needs to be done 172 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: right at Oregon. This is not some roster that's miles 173 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: apart from the big boys in college football. They're not there, 174 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: but they're certainly squarely at the top of Tier two, 175 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: let's say, and stacking classes like this will only further 176 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: solidify that. But they haven't had star quarterback play even 177 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: when Herbert was there, Like Wolfong and I and Trey, 178 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: we're talking about this on the show, oh yesterday, on 179 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: the signing Day show. It's not that Justin Herbert wasn't good. 180 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: It's that every time you watched him at Oregon, and 181 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: you watch this film, and then you looked at Mott 182 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: drafts that had him top five overall, you knew those 183 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: Mott drafts were based a lot more on measurables than 184 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: college production. I want a guy at Oregon that has 185 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: bonafide elite star production quality. That's what I want to see, 186 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: because if you're an organ fan, or if you're just 187 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: a fan of having the talent more thoroughly dispersed in 188 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: the sport and having programs that matter on the West Coast, 189 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: that is the key to unlocking that door. Southern cal 190 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: they've had elite quarterbacks before. It's been a little while. 191 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: It feels like it's been a lot longer since Marcus 192 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: Mariota than it really has been. But part of that 193 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: is you have a new coaching staff in there, and 194 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 1: so I got to see it done at an elite 195 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: level under a Mario christball regime. Once that happens, you 196 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,959 Speaker 1: could have a floodgate effect. They already recruit national by default, 197 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: They've got a recruit national to be ranked anywhere close 198 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: to where they're ranked right now. But if you start 199 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: getting quarterback played an elite level, then think of all 200 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: the perimeter skill talent that you get in there some 201 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: of those West coast kids home. Just make him go 202 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: up the coast a little ways, and then all of 203 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: a sudden, Oregon is not being compared to USC anymore. 204 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: They're not being compared to Washington anymore. They're being compared 205 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:12,079 Speaker 1: to teams across the country, Ohio State, you know, the 206 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,439 Speaker 1: usual suspects. I get tired of rattling off the same 207 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: three or four program names. That's really intriguing to me. 208 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: Some other teams. I just mentioned JJ McCarthy, the quarterback 209 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: commit from Michigan. I think that one's really intriguing too, 210 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: because that's a program where you're just waiting. It's kind 211 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: of like Oregon to a different degree, though, because they're 212 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: a little bit more in the spotlight at Michigan with 213 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: the whole Jim harbab whatever we want to call that. 214 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 1: But what if JJ McCarthy comes in there, and what 215 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: if he is a guy who possesses all the intangibles 216 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: and then he's got the tangible physical characteristics, and he's 217 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 1: a guy that all of a sudden is finally in 218 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: what's six or seven years into the gym harball tenure there, 219 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,839 Speaker 1: he's finally what they need at quarterback, and all of 220 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: a sudden it goes from the same people calling for 221 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh's head are the same people kind of patent 222 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: Michigan on the back for having patients, which you shouldn't 223 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: be allowed to do. But a lot of people will 224 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 1: wear both of those hats. So if that's the guy, 225 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,679 Speaker 1: And then you're bringing in talent like Xavier Worthies, big 226 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: West Coast wide receiver Alabama was in it really deep 227 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 1: for him, Donovan Edwards. I mean, that's a high four 228 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: star running back and we've got him rated five stars 229 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: in house here at twenty four to seven. Like, you 230 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: have reason to be excited by those three offensive talents 231 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: the likes foot you haven't really had much reason to 232 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: be excited in recent history. And for all the negativity 233 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 1: around the Michigan program kind of down the stretch in 234 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: this year, but really throughout the year, for all that 235 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: negativity and for all the speculation as the season wound 236 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: down off the field, here we sit. It's Jim Harbaugh 237 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 1: still in the driver's seat, it's Josh Gattis still is 238 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator. And then also you're bringing in some 239 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: skill talent to where maybe finally you've been trying to 240 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: press the right offensive buttons. It's just nothing's been firing. 241 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 1: So now you're like the Russian cosmonaut on the space 242 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: station and Armageddon. You just go down there and you 243 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,079 Speaker 1: take a sledgehammer to the frozen pipes and you just 244 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 1: hit it and hit it and hit it. Finally you 245 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:02,719 Speaker 1: hit it once more and everything cranks up and you're 246 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 1: good to go. And so now you and Bruce Willis 247 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: can go save the world. Well, I mean, we just 248 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: got to have the Armageddon effect in reverse at Michigan. 249 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 1: Got to get the right pieces in there, press that 250 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 1: button over and over again. Maybe finally things will fire 251 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 1: for Josh Gattison Company. And that concludes my Armageddon Michigan 252 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: metaphorical comparison today. But one other program, I guess in 253 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: a sea of many programs that stood out to me 254 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 1: was LSU. LSU, there have been a lot of off 255 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: the field issues down there that I don't think it 256 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 1: is worth much of our time speculating on, like Title 257 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: nine investigations. I'm not going to lie to you and 258 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: try and fool you into thinking I know what's about 259 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: to happen with that. I have no clue how that 260 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 1: stuff's handled so outside of my purview. Inside my purview 261 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: is football and recruiting, and I think we can talk 262 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 1: about that a fair amount here, and obviously we do 263 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: so with LSU. If you were to have watched the 264 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen season and then you kind of took a 265 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: vacation from college football in twenty twenty and you decided 266 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 1: I'm going to come back on signing day twenty twenty one, 267 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: things would look totally normal. Without having known anything about 268 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty season. Last time you saw LSU, they 269 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: were winning a national title. I guess you would assume 270 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: they did good in twenty twenty. But the next vision 271 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 1: you have of them is, Okay, They've got a top 272 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: five recruiting class, kept some big time targets in state. 273 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: You know, Mason Smith, one of the top overall defensive 274 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: tackles in the country, kept him home, got some really 275 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 1: good quarterback play potentially there, and Garrett nuss Meyer. But 276 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 1: I mean there's some really big name Sage Ryan. They 277 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 1: were neck and neck with Alabama for that five star 278 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: defensive back. So it looks like a good class man 279 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: in between the sandwich of this signing day and that 280 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen national title. There's been a lot of you 281 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: know what, and for them to kind of have weathered 282 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,680 Speaker 1: that storm. Not perfect by any stretch, but they're still 283 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: in a position roster wise where it's not like a 284 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: USC situation from last year, like Southern cal fell off 285 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: a cliff last year, and by the way, to their credit, 286 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: they climbed back up the ravine this year with the 287 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 1: same coaching staff at least at the top. But LSU, 288 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 1: you know, they've had all that mess, they're still top five, 289 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 1: and so it's certainly not time to punt on LSU football, 290 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 1: at least from a roster standpoint. Now, we'll see how 291 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 1: they do on the field this fall. I've told you 292 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 1: well chronicled at this point are my thoughts that twenty 293 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 1: twenty one is not what I would call a make 294 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: or break in, because I don't know if anyone's going 295 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 1: to get fired if they go eight and four this year. 296 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:19,559 Speaker 1: I do know, I think we're going to learn a 297 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 1: whole lot about what the long term potential is for 298 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: that program, which sounds asinine because you're talking about a 299 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: team and a head coach that's already won a national title. 300 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean if they go eight and 301 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: four to seven to five this year, how will that 302 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen title feel to you? Not to an LSU fan, 303 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 1: mind you, it always means the world to you. But 304 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: I'm talking about outside of LSU and you're just let's 305 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: say you're an Oklahoma State fan and you're looking at it. 306 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: I don't know how we necessarily feel about that. So 307 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: those were a few of the broader takeaways from National 308 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: Signing Day. All right, now, I take a deep breath, 309 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: and before I forget, I know, I promised you guys 310 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 1: a story. So this is about as hard a pivot 311 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,079 Speaker 1: as we can make. We're going from National Signing Day, 312 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: which I'm not done with, by the way, to making 313 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 1: sure I can get this story in here. So you 314 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: want to know about your boy going to LA for 315 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: the first time, and LA not meaning Lower Alabama, I'll 316 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:08,680 Speaker 1: tell you right after this. So here's the scene. The 317 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: year is two thousand and nine. I've basically never been 318 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: west of the Chattahoochee River, much less the Mississippi River, 319 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: much much less Los Angeles. I've certainly never seen an 320 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: ocean other than the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, 321 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: and so I have an acquaintance. Let's just say he 322 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: was my boss at the time. He knows I love 323 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: college football more than anything. He knows I want to 324 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: get in the college football media world. I have no 325 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: shot at it. I mean, that might as well have 326 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: been me saying I want to go to the moon 327 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: back then. This was two thousand and nine again, but 328 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: he did figure he was very well off financially, and 329 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: so he figured, you know, the very least I can 330 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: do is I can let this guy go to the 331 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: National championship game. So not only does he take care 332 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: of funding for the trip, but he tells his brother, 333 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: who lives in Brentwood, not Tennessee, Brentwood, La, California. He 334 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: tells him, Hey, a couple of guys are coming out 335 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: there to stay with you deal with it. And so 336 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: I end up going out there with a buddy of mine. 337 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: National championship games at the Rose Bowl that's in Pasadena, 338 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: and that's a little bit north of town. So we 339 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: stay in Brentwood. Let me tell you, I kid you not. 340 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: So this is two thousand and nine. The whole OJ 341 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 1: deal is about a decade and a half before that. 342 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: So the house has already been torn down and rebuilt, 343 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: But we are staying in a circle, sort of like 344 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: a big cul de sac area where OJ and Nicole 345 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 1: had lived back then, where that the Rockingham estate had been. 346 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: We're in that neighborhood. John Travolta's got a house in 347 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: this neighborhood. Conan O'Brien was currently living there. This is 348 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: when Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were together. Rest in 349 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: peace to that relationship. They were living across the street 350 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: Caddy Corner to keif for Sutherland's house, who was also 351 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: living all in this little block where I from West 352 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: Central Georgia, Harris County. To put a finer point on it, 353 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 1: had found myself camping out for the National championship game. 354 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: So to say that I was underdressed and out of 355 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: my element would be the understatement of all time. So 356 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: then we got a day before the title game, so 357 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: the guys were stayed with he's an older it's an 358 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: older couple. They were court side season ticket Laker holders. 359 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: By the way, they were in their eighties and enrolled 360 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: at UCLA. They had been in college their whole life. 361 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 1: They were dedicated to lifelong learning. Plus they lived about 362 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: three minutes from the campus. There at UCLA, and so 363 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: we cross over the four h five, we get on 364 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: Sunset Boulevard. Basically all these songs that I've listened to 365 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 1: my whole life, the roads that I would here mentioned 366 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: in those songs, actually got to drive on all of them. 367 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: So we go down Sunset Boulevard, we go down to 368 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 1: what I had called rodeo Drive. Until that point, you know, 369 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 1: rodeo drive to cultured Americans, it's just rodeo drive to 370 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: US and Harris County. So we're on rodeo Drive, and 371 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: oh man, there's all these Armani and Ferrari in all 372 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: these places. But here's what's great. So the National Championship 373 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: games happening the next day, which means a lot of 374 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: Alabama and Texas fans, just college football fans, are in town. 375 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: So you're on rodeo Drive, rodeo drive, and yet you're 376 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: seeing folks in like sleeveless crimson attire and hats walking 377 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 1: all over the place. And so it was a great 378 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: experience to be able to cast your eyes upon this 379 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: sea of crimson and burn orange in places you would 380 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: never otherwise see them. And then to look at the locals, 381 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: the regulars or tourists and they're wondering, is this always 382 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 1: how la is? I don't know. I mean, to a 383 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:19,439 Speaker 1: certain extent, it's a melting pot. I don't know if 384 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 1: it's a melting pot with that many ingredients in it 385 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: all the time. But that was great. That was a 386 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 1: wonderful experience. So then the next day we get to 387 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: go to the Rose Bowl. And you got to understand, man, like, 388 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: if you grow up in the South, you hear stories 389 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 1: about the Rose Bowl. But this is pre this is 390 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: sort of pre college football Playoff where a lot more 391 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: games were rotating through there. Like unless you played in 392 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 1: the National Championship game, a Southern team wasn't going to 393 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: the Rose Bowl. It was always Pac twelve and that 394 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: was always Big ten or Pac ten at the time 395 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: in Big ten, so it was huge. It's like, that's 396 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: why I was so adamant about being able to go. 397 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: I thought growing up in the South, I thought I'd 398 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,199 Speaker 1: never have a reason to go out there again. So 399 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: we go out there, you know, you come in to pass, 400 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: you park on the golf course there, and it got 401 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:07,920 Speaker 1: to experience Nick Saban's Alabama team win their first national championship, 402 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 1: and so it was that whole, if Colt wouldn't have 403 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: gotten hurt sort of deal which still pains I know 404 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: some of our Texas listeners, But hopefully things are on 405 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,159 Speaker 1: the up and up for you guys now. But to 406 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: be able to look back in retrospect now having been 407 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 1: able to cover several additional Alabama National Title games, and 408 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: to be in their locker room post game, and to 409 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: you know, talk to Nick Saban one on one to 410 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 1: look back then, I never forget how much that meant 411 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 1: to me. I never forget how finite I thought those 412 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 1: opportunities would be, not knowing what the future held. So 413 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 1: that trip has always it's always held a very special 414 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 1: corner of my heart. The time that I went from 415 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 1: Harris County, Georgia, not direct flight, had to go to 416 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,919 Speaker 1: Atlanta to Los Angeles, stay in Brentwood, around all these 417 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: folks who have a net worth higher than I can 418 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,360 Speaker 1: even count on a calculator. That was a fun time. 419 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:54,919 Speaker 1: So that was the story I was going to tell you. 420 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 1: Somehow that was precipitated by a question about whether one 421 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: of our listeners, who is an NC State fan should 422 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 1: go to Mississippi State this year, should go to a 423 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 1: game on the road and somehow we went from there 424 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 1: to the last five minutes of your life that I 425 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 1: just shared with you. So man only on this podcast. 426 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: All right, let's roll on here. Jason asked, how do 427 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: you think overall Miami will fare over the next few years? 428 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 1: And this is a question from the other day, and 429 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: I kind of pushed it ahead because I wanted to 430 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: see what signing day was going to hold for Mandy 431 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 1: Diaz and the Hurricanes. This to me, if you were 432 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 1: talking about the future and we were just talking with 433 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: that trip I took, we were just talking about things 434 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: you could never foresee. So there's a lot around the 435 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 1: corner in college football right now that everyone knows something's 436 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,400 Speaker 1: around the bend. They don't know what it's going to hold. 437 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: No one really knows how the transfer portal is going 438 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: to play out long term. No one knows how name, 439 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: image and likeness is going to play out long term. 440 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: But yet you know they're there. So I want you 441 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 1: to think about Miami as they're currently constructed. That's a 442 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: pretty good program. I mean, they were inside the top 443 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 1: ten at various points this year. It's pretty good program already. 444 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: I want you to think about what the future could 445 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: hold for a program like Miami. Let's talk about the 446 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,159 Speaker 1: transfer portal to begin with. We touched on this on 447 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: our Signing Day show yesterday. Think about how much talent 448 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,199 Speaker 1: leaves South Florida every year. And that's not even a 449 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 1: total knock on Miami. They couldn't keep all those guys 450 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 1: home even if they wanted to. They wouldn't have room. 451 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: It's just there's too much talent down there. So in 452 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 1: any given year, think about how many kids are leaving 453 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,919 Speaker 1: South Florida to go anywhere from Clemson to NC State 454 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,719 Speaker 1: to Oklahoma, like everywhere in between, all kinds of players, 455 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: high five star guys, upper three star guys. But think 456 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: about how many of them are leaving. It is an 457 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: absolute inevitability that a certain percentage of them are, because 458 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 1: of the transfer portal, now going to get homesick after 459 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 1: year one and want to come home. Well, there just 460 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: happens to be a power five program parked right there 461 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 1: in Miami. It is the University of Miami. So they 462 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 1: could lose on a bunch of guys on the recruiting 463 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: trail out of high school and still end up benefiting 464 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: honestly more from the transfer portal, maybe even than traditional recruiting, 465 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: and that could be just this. It's this kind of 466 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 1: fallback option where everyone electively prodigal sons their way back 467 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 1: home to Miami and they end up getting a second 468 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: shot on the Hurricanes roster and by then, you know, 469 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 1: you know in some cases that they can play football 470 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: or not at the college level, and you've basically it's 471 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: thirteenth grade. It's what I may start calling it. They've 472 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 1: gotten to their thirteenth grade and so you know a 473 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: little bit more about them. They are uniquely positioned to 474 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: take advantage of that. Here's another area. They're uniquely positioned 475 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 1: to take advantage of name, image and likeness. Everyone has 476 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: focused on the West Coast schools like man, imagine what 477 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,439 Speaker 1: UCLA and USC are going to be able to do 478 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 1: with all the branding opportunities and promotional opportunities that they 479 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: can include in a package that they can pitch to, 480 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 1: you know, prospective athletes. However this ends up working out, well, 481 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 1: let me tell you something. There's a lot of that 482 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: in South Florida too. And again there's a program down 483 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: there uniquely equipped to take advantage of it. And so 484 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: I see in five years, Miami, the recruiting machine down there. 485 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 1: You know all about the Miami sound machine with Glory es Stefan. 486 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: How about the Miami recruiting machine or the Miami acquisition machine, 487 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: because it could be one part traditional recruit and then 488 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 1: another part heavy reliance on the transfer portal to year 489 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 1: over year, and then another part name, image and likeness 490 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: where they're just knocking it out of the park. And 491 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:12,120 Speaker 1: the Miami experience for a student athlete is a lot 492 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 1: different now than it was in twenty twenty or twenty 493 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 1: fifteen or twenty ten. So Jason, to answer your question, 494 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:19,919 Speaker 1: I can't guarantee that any of that stuff's going to 495 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:23,160 Speaker 1: be properly leveraged by Miami, but I can tell you 496 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: I think that there is no better program position to 497 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: benefit uniquely from what's about to come in the sport 498 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 1: of college football than are the Miami Hurricanes. So I'd 499 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 1: be very excited. I mean, even if it's not ultimately 500 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 1: Many Daz that does it, and I'm not talking hot 501 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,680 Speaker 1: seat or anything like, they're on the right track right now. 502 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 1: But even if it wasn't Manny Diaz, someone the right someone, 503 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: Manny or otherwise is going to come in there and 504 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: take advantage of that and all of a sudden, Miami 505 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 1: is going to be looked at as a destination job again, 506 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 1: which it always should have been. But if it's not 507 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: right now, it certainly will be in the future. All Right, 508 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: Caleb's going to wrap us up here. This morning, Caleb asked, 509 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 1: do you think spring practice will happen as normal? I 510 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 1: don't know, Caleb, but I think it's going to be 511 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: a case by case basis. Remember the twenty twenty season 512 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 1: didn't even happen as normal congruently, Like there were eight 513 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,159 Speaker 1: games played here, nine games played there, And so I 514 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: think spring may be the same way. I hope that 515 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:14,400 Speaker 1: we can just get it in everywhere. But I'll tell 516 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: you the one thing. I was talking to a coach 517 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 1: at a G five school last week about this, and 518 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: I asked him, you know, hey, what's spring going to 519 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 1: be like? He said, Brother, we hadn't even thought about it. 520 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 1: I mean, we thought about it, but we haven't even 521 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: started hardwiring ourselves into spring. Because the way we look 522 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: at it, we learned so much this year about what 523 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,640 Speaker 1: we're capable of doing if we're really pressed. I think 524 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: a lot of programs learned that. Think about recruiting, you know, 525 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 1: I'm talking about spring practice. But think about if you 526 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 1: were to have told a coaching staff at the beginning 527 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:43,640 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty, Hey, you're not going to be able 528 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: to have any camps. There's going to be no official 529 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 1: visit season at all. Oh and you're going to have 530 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: to use this program on your computer you may have 531 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,199 Speaker 1: never heard of, called Zoom. That's the only way you're 532 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: going to be able to talk to guys. Dude. People 533 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: would have freaked out of their minds. And yet it 534 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: ended up being okay because you know, the playing field 535 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,439 Speaker 1: was roughly level. Everyone had to use it. But guys 536 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: got by and they translated it and they kind of adapted. 537 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:06,959 Speaker 1: I mean, that's the name of the game. You got 538 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: to adapt or you die in this sport and in life. 539 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 1: So there's that. But also you took away spring practice 540 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:15,400 Speaker 1: from a lot of programs. Clemson got theirs in somehow, 541 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,880 Speaker 1: and yet they because they started early, that's the how. 542 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,959 Speaker 1: And then other programs didn't. And yet I mean Clemson 543 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 1: didn't win the national title, Alabama did. Alabama didn't have 544 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: a spring practice. Ohio State didn't have much of a 545 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:29,199 Speaker 1: spring practice, and so they just adapted. And so with 546 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,440 Speaker 1: spring this year, can they have it? Yes, I hope 547 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: they will have it. I certainly don't see any reason 548 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 1: why they can't. But I just don't think that Whereas normally, 549 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: like it would be imperative if you miss a practice 550 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 1: in spring practice, you worry about it relative to your competition. 551 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: Now it's hey, man, if we have five, if we 552 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: have fifteen, if we can or can't have a spring game, whatever, 553 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,919 Speaker 1: we'll make it work. I mean, look at what we 554 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 1: were able to do. Twenty twenty removed a lot of excuses. 555 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 1: I'm just telling you, the twenty twenty college football season 556 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,479 Speaker 1: took a lot of what would be excuses that are 557 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:01,879 Speaker 1: normally you and it took them, It waddened them up, 558 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,719 Speaker 1: and it threw them right out the window. So spring practice, 559 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: my hope is yes, can't guarantee anything. I do think 560 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 1: things will be fine either way, though, So good stuff there. 561 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:12,920 Speaker 1: Reminder next week, I mean, we'll be back to normal. 562 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 1: We'll be doing these things forty five minutes to an 563 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 1: hour hopefully. 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