1 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: And Lake Aguez on the air at a Sunday night 2 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: January third, the Year of Our Lord. Let's get it 3 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: right here, twenty twenty one, Happy to have you with us, 4 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: jam packed show, our one hundredth show. I wish we 5 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: could do it a little bit more stylish, but we 6 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: have a number of circumstances that have relegated me to 7 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: the we call him this column. We're calling this the 8 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:35,200 Speaker 1: secondary remote satellite parents' bedroom bunker back down in Georgia. 9 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: That's what we're calling this studio right now. So we're 10 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: still here, a lot going on, so going to be 11 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: back in the studio eventually we'll see hopefully before the 12 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: National Championship game. That's the plan as of now. But 13 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: in the meantime it doesn't matter. As long as you 14 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: can hear my voice. We got a show to do. 15 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: We've were jam packed, and as jam packed as this 16 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: show is, I have no clue how we're going to 17 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: fit everything in that's going on right now. So understand 18 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: it is probably as imperative if you want to that 19 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: word as ever to be following me on Twitter right 20 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: now at late Cake Josh for a couple of reasons. 21 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: Number one, because there is stuff breaking all over the place. 22 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: I probably yesterday, so during the day, Bowl games are 23 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: happening and stuff. I don't know how many people I 24 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: talked to about coaching, rumors, speculation. There's a lot happening. 25 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: There's so much moving, and here's the thing about it, 26 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: you'll never hear about most of it because most of 27 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: it won't pan out. But it's like trying to nail 28 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: jello to a wall trying to figure out all the 29 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: moves and how this move affects that move and whatnot. 30 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: Just the Sarkesian move alone has so many tentacles to it. 31 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: We're about to talk about it right now if you 32 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: missed it. We already did reaction videos yesterday for three 33 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: big topics. So I talked to director Colin. I said, man, 34 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: we can't wait. We got to get this stuff up 35 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: on the channel. And so you had to playoff games 36 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: on Friday. So we already did a rapid reaction for Alabama, 37 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: Notre Dame. We did one for what Ohio State did 38 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: to Clemson in New Orleans. We called it illegal hate crime, 39 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: that's exactly what it was, and so we did a 40 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: video on that. Also, we did a video on Tom 41 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: Herman being fired. That was the main angle of that video. Tonight, 42 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: we're going to talk about Steve Sarkisian and I got 43 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: several different points on him. So if you miss that, 44 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: you can go back on the channel after the show's over, 45 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: or right now at your convenience, whatever you want to do, 46 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,959 Speaker 1: and you can watch those videos. So, as I said, 47 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: we're jam packed, We're talking sark We're talking Michigan and 48 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh Tennessee and Jeremy Pruitt. There is a lot 49 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: of cloud smoke, whatever you want to call it over 50 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: that program right now. No one really knows which direction 51 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: they're going, and it's well, it's a shame, but it 52 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: is what it is. So we're going to talk about that. 53 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: I'm also going to take you back a couple of 54 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: years and do something that a lot of people in 55 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: our profession don't like to do, and that is revisiting 56 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 1: their takes. You know, now that time's offered a little 57 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: more perspective, well, we can go back and see how 58 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: valid they were. You know, there was, for instance, the 59 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: time where I was leaving Santa Clara, California, a couple 60 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: of years ago after the National Championship Game, and on 61 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: the flight home, I kept on reading article after article 62 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 1: about how Alabama had been surpassed by Clemson as a program, 63 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: Nick Saban had been surpassed by Deblis Whinny as the 64 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: premier head coach in college football. There's a big difference, friends, 65 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: in a team versus a program. There's a big difference 66 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: in a year versus an entire stretch, an entire era. 67 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: We will talk about that at length before the show 68 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: goes off the air. I wanted to address something right 69 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: off the top. Okay, we're recording this a little bit 70 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,239 Speaker 1: before it actually airs, so I've got to give director 71 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 1: Coylin time to turn it around. There is a lot 72 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: going on. As I told you, we're going to continue 73 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 1: to talk about this, there's a lot going on. There 74 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: is a lot of smoke around Dan Mullen right now. 75 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: I think it's one hundred percent legitimate. I think it's 76 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: been going on for really a couple of years, but 77 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: more specifically the last several weeks. And that's about Mullen 78 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: and potential NFL overtures. A lot's going to be in 79 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: motion as you get into the NFL offseason, A lot's 80 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: going to be in motion. So keep it locked onto 81 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: the channel. Subscribe to the channel if you haven't already, 82 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: because there's going to be I would imagine a lot 83 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: of reaction video potential coming that's not part of the 84 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: regular shows. So if you're not tuned into the channel 85 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: and not subscribe to the channel, you'll miss it. So 86 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: let's dive into this. Also at a lot of you 87 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: blew up my inbox last night and you were asking, 88 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: with the Bowl run that Ramannudle Express has been on, 89 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: what is the percentage against the spread? Well, I'm happy 90 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: to report that last night, as Iowa State was busy 91 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: putting the finishing touches on a beautiful season from Matt 92 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: Campbell and beating Oregon, we went over sixty percent against 93 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: the spread. We're sitting at sixty point one percent against 94 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: the spread for the year, which begs the question will 95 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: we even touch the national Championship game? I do not know. 96 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 1: I'm scared to do it because I really really love 97 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: what that number looks like. All right, let's dive in. 98 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: Let's shuffle the papers here. All right, we're good, let's 99 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: dive in. Steve Sarkisian is the new head coach at 100 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: Texas As. I said, there's a reaction video already on 101 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 1: the channel about the firing of Tom Herman had several 102 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: thoughts on that. But now it's time to look at 103 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: this point in time, moving forward, and let me ask 104 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: you one thing, Okay, especially you Texas viewers, you Texas listeners. 105 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: I am not someone who likes to gauge feedback, in 106 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: likes to gauge the temperature by reading other writers stuff 107 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: and by reading other columnists. I don't care about all that. 108 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: They're not on the ground, they're not of the fan base, 109 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: they're not of the culture. There you are, so I 110 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 1: even if they don't want to, I want to hear 111 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: what you have to say. I'm much more interested in 112 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: what folks in San Angelo and Odessa and Austin and 113 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 1: Dallas and Houston. I'm much more interested in what you 114 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: guys think about this higher. So here's what I think 115 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 1: about this hire. I'm going to give you my thoughts. 116 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: And there were two main reactions I had here. There 117 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: were the first reaction, is this No one's pulling for 118 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,480 Speaker 1: him harder than I am. No one will, ever, aside 119 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 1: from immediate family, I guess pull for Steve starkeisian harder 120 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: than I will. I anytime i'd cover an Alabama game, 121 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: and I've been at several of them, been on the 122 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: field after championships, been on the field after big time 123 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 1: wins in the regular season. I always love going and 124 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: finding two guys I'd go find Butch Jones always make 125 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: it a point to shake his hand. Number One, I 126 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: just I find it incredibly entertaining how he's handled the 127 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: last few years of his life. And number two two 128 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: I'd go find Steve Sarkisian because I was very happy 129 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 1: for what he was being able to accomplish at Alabama, 130 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 1: creating insane value for himself. And I remember what a 131 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: lot of people won't remind you of, and that is 132 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: when Nick Saban took him back after he was fired 133 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,119 Speaker 1: from Atlanta. A lot of Alabama fans didn't like the hire, 134 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 1: and I never understood it. It's like Barry from Boaz 135 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: is working at a bread company up here but yet 136 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: still feel qualified or still feels qualified to question Nick 137 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:29,039 Speaker 1: Saban's personnel and coaching staff decision move. So whatever that's about, 138 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 1: I've been very happy for Steve sarkisan So the first 139 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 1: point is I'll be pulling for him all day long, 140 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: and twice on Sunday. Here's the second point, though, I'd 141 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 1: be lying to you if I said I didn't have 142 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: a lot of questions about this, not about how the 143 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: hire went down, but about how he'll fare there. The 144 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: thing I always go back to, it's an old, old 145 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 1: axiom now is simply this, if we're going to fire someone, 146 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: do we have a defenditive upgrade. Tom Herman was thirty 147 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: two and eighteen at Texas. Steve Sarkisian in his head 148 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 1: coaching careers forty seven and thirty five. I'm sure every 149 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: one of you have read those numbers and a million 150 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: different places by now. Clearly, this hire is not solely 151 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: based on the fact that they think they're going to 152 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: get a forty seven and thirty five caliber head coach there. 153 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: The hire is based on the belief that Steve Sarkisian 154 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: is better now as a head coach, having been a 155 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: part of the Alabama program and the Nick Saban machine 156 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: and number two, and you could even make this one 157 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: probably a number one or one A at least the 158 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: folks at Texas probably think that that forty seven to 159 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: thirty five record has a lot of external factors tied 160 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: to it. Sarcus had some well publicized private issues that 161 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: were made public, and they probably think a lot of 162 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: those things had to do with that record. So the 163 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: higher here has got to be based on the belief 164 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: that's behind him. So is that a definitive upgrade? I 165 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: still have a question about that. But there's no way 166 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 1: to gauge how coaches transition period much less from Alabama. 167 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: That's the hard part here. If you look at this 168 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: incredible run sabans had. I don't think he's crazy about 169 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: it because he keeps having to replace assistant coaches, but 170 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: this incredible run of how many guys have left there 171 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: and going on to be head coaches is amazing. But 172 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: it's always hard every time we're trying to ask, all right, 173 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: how is so and so gonna fair? How's Butch Jones 174 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: gonna fair? How's Kirby Smart? Gonnaffair? How in this case 175 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: of Steve Sarkisan gonn affair, it's hard because of how 176 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: different the outside world is compared to what it's like 177 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: at Alabama. I remember, I'm not going to give you 178 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: a timeline on this to save myself, but you know 179 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: it's more well documented on this show if you've listened 180 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: long enough that I used to have a hobby of 181 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: hopping freight trains, and so a lot of times we 182 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: would get on and get off when they were at 183 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 1: a standstill. Not all the time, though, especially if we 184 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: were coming through Opalaika, for example, in Alabama, that was 185 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: not an option, so we'd have to jump off while 186 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: they were still moving. Now here's the thing. When you're 187 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: not on a train and you're looking at it go 188 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: by you, and a train is going eighteen miles an hour, 189 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 1: it doesn't look very fast. When you're on a train 190 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: going eighteen miles an hour and then you're about to 191 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: be tasked jumping off of it, it looks like you're 192 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,559 Speaker 1: on Amtrak. Essentially. It's not fun. It is not fun. 193 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 1: And so here's what you do not know. Until your 194 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,959 Speaker 1: feet hit the ground. You do not know if you're 195 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: going to face plant, because you do not know if 196 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 1: you are physically capable of running as soon as your 197 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: feet hit the ground at a speed that is adequate 198 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: enough to keep you upright. And I've been with folks 199 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: that have been able to do it, and I've been 200 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: with folks that haven't been able to do it, and 201 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: I have fared both ways too, And so you never 202 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: know until you hit the ground. Well, it is the 203 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: exact same way leaving Alabama and leaving this insane ecosystem 204 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:31,439 Speaker 1: in structure and everything is perfectly constructed. That's what Nick 205 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: Saban is built there. It's like a huge, massive incubator. 206 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,439 Speaker 1: Whether you're a player or whether you're a coach or 207 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 1: an analyst, support staff, nutrition, strength and conditioning, everything there 208 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: is built to optimize your personal potential as long as 209 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: you take care of you. But you notice what I 210 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: just said. That's Steve Sarksian. That's the world he's leaving 211 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: having to just take care of him and having an 212 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: incredible support staff around him to help him take care 213 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: of him. He is now the construction manager. He's the 214 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,959 Speaker 1: guy who has to build that structure. And you can say, 215 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 1: and you may be right in some ways, Texas can 216 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: go a long way and providing that for him. Ultimately, 217 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: you and I both know it falls on the head man. 218 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: That is the head coach's job. That's why they are 219 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 1: paid what they are paid. You may have some mental 220 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: health support structure, you may have some economic support structure. 221 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: You may have some different life coaching elements of your program. 222 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: You may have that that the university can put in 223 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 1: place and help with and all that's great, and you 224 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: have to have it. Ultimately, head coach dictates the identity 225 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: and structure of the program, so everything was built for 226 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: him at Alabama. Now you walk into a role where 227 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 1: I think it's not necessary to continue to bring up 228 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: his past, but we do have to acknowledge that that 229 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: is there. Okay, and hopefully we'll never have to acknowledge 230 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: it again, but it is there, and so that I 231 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 1: think is a fair concern to have in the back 232 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: of your mind. The other aspect that it's just a 233 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 1: general thing. It's the reason I have stopped even labeling 234 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: hires as an A hire or a B hire. I 235 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: don't think there's any way to know, and by that 236 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: I really mean I don't think there's any way to 237 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: know because there's so much that's out of your control. 238 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: Regardless even if you have perfect intention of doing everything 239 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: the right way, there's so much that's out of your control. 240 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: There are a million different moving parts to take in 241 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: a new job. Some of them you control, some of 242 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: them you don't control. Now, you can't worry about anything 243 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,959 Speaker 1: that's out of your control, but I can because I'm 244 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 1: not involved so I'm a believer you have to have 245 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 1: really big shoulders to be the head coach at Texas, 246 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:32,959 Speaker 1: just like you need him to be the head coach 247 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: at Alabama. Alabama was every bit the mess, if not 248 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: a bigger mess internally when Nick Saban got there, as 249 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: Texas has been at any point over the last however 250 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:45,839 Speaker 1: many years, I mean Alabama was. There was a lot 251 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: of rot inside that program and they hired Nick Saban, 252 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: and see here's what happened. He is one of, if 253 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: not the only guy that was probably out there uniquely 254 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: capable of looking at them and saying, all right, I'm 255 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: going to take your job, but I don't need your job. 256 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: I'll take your job, but if I do it, here 257 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: are my conditions, and have Alabama meet them. See Alabama, man, 258 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: there are a lot of folks around that program that 259 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: desired their influence and their access a lot more than 260 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: they desired a championship caliber program. Don't kid yourself. There 261 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 1: are a lot of those folks at Texas too. So 262 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 1: here's your option. You can either continue to grant those 263 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: wishes or you can be a big time winner. You 264 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 1: can't do both, you can't. And so what Saban did 265 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: when he walked into Alabama. Was he said, if I'm 266 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: going to be here that person, that person, that person 267 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: in this person, they're not going to be here. And 268 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: if you want them around, that's fine, but you're not 269 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,679 Speaker 1: going to have me too. If Steve star Keys and 270 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 1: the kind of guy with enough stroke to walk in 271 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: a room and say that to the University of Texas, 272 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: I don't know. I do not know. And so those 273 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 1: are the big questions that remain. Now here's what I 274 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: do know. From a strictly football standpoint. It is a 275 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: home run higher. I have no question about that. I 276 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,079 Speaker 1: have no question he's going to put together a good staff, 277 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: and I think he's going to do it really quickly. 278 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: I don't think you'll have to wait too terribly long. 279 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: He is a guy who if you ask people behind 280 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 1: the scenes about him, one of the things they'll always 281 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: tell you is Sarkisian is extremely plugged. Him like his 282 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: network is as good as pretty much any coach in America. 283 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:15,199 Speaker 1: He's from different He's coached, let me say, he's coached 284 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 1: in different portions of the country. He knows a ton 285 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: of folks. He has had run ends, and he has 286 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: come across a ton of folks, so he is, there's 287 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: an endless supply of potential candidates for him to fill 288 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: the staff with, so that I'm not worried about. And 289 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 1: the questions that I do have will have to wait 290 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: a while to answer them. But I will tell you 291 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 1: I am wholeheartedly rooting for Steve Sarkisian at Texas. All right, 292 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 1: let's move on here to a place where there is 293 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: not a lot of clarity. Jeremy Pruett in Tennessee. No 294 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: one knows what's happening there right now. I mean, it's 295 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 1: got a lot of similarities to what we were seeing, 296 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: as I've said before at Texas, not a mirror image. 297 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: But here's a similarity. The similarity is right now, you 298 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 1: could ask around and no one would bet money on 299 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 1: who the Tennessee head coach is going to be to 300 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,199 Speaker 1: start the twenty twenty one season. Now here's the other 301 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: similarity that is only really widely felt close to the 302 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:08,719 Speaker 1: Tennessee program, Like once you get away from it a 303 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: little bit, if you were to ask an Oregon State fan, hey, 304 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 1: tell me about Tennessee football, you'd say, well, Jeremy Prutz 305 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: is the head coach, and blah blah, blah, And it 306 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: would never even occur to you that there's stuff happening 307 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: behind the scenes there, Nor would it You don't really 308 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: know a whole lot about Knoxville and the goings on 309 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: there if you're in Cravallis, Oregon. Well, it's the same 310 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: way with Texas. It's been the same way. You would 311 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: not have known really that there was a whole lot 312 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: going on behind the scenes at Texas over the last month, 313 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 1: would you. There is a big difference, though I'm about 314 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 1: to tell you what it is here. Well, i'll tell 315 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: you right now. Actually, I mean, here's the difference. Texas 316 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: did not botch anything. And I'm asking is Tennessee going 317 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: to So there is a popular talking point out there 318 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: right now that Texas botched their coaching search because they 319 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: went after urban Meyer, didn't get him. Then they gave 320 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: Herman the vote of confidence, but then they ended up 321 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: firing him after an impressive Bowl game, and so that's 322 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: viewed as botching it. Now, that's not botching at all. 323 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: Here's what happened. What happened is the moment they pressed 324 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: go on trying to go get urban Meyer. As it 325 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 1: turns out, they had decided at Texas we're making a move. 326 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: We're going to make a move regardless. We cannot publicly 327 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: let people know that we don't want Tom Herman as 328 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: our coach and then keep him as our coach because 329 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 1: we didn't get who we wanted, you know, a candidate, 330 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 1: a for example. And so what they did is they 331 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: went after Canada Day, and when that didn't work out, 332 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: they just kind of put out, if you read it close, 333 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: a generic statement that said he's our coach. It didn't 334 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: say anything about really, we're long term committed to him, 335 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: but it did quiet down enough of the noise to 336 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 1: where it got it off the radar. And there was 337 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: some momentary certainty, you know, for signing day purposes and whatnot, 338 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: whether you think that's right or not. There was some 339 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: certainty as to where the program was right now, and 340 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: then when they wanted to make the move, it was 341 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 1: like the snap of a finger. You went from not 342 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: knowing it was going to happen to twenty minutes later, 343 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: not only did you know what was happening, you knew 344 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 1: who the replacement was going to be. Well, that's how 345 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 1: you do it. Right now, none of that exists at Tennessee. 346 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 1: It's total limbo you know that there's an investigation going on, 347 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: and some of it's internal. By the way, an investigation 348 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: going on, what's the purpose behind that investigation? They've already 349 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: been poor on the field. Jeremy Pruitz certainly does not 350 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: have anything that would be remotely close to considered universal 351 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: support in the fan base or behind the scenes. Is 352 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: this being done potentially to obviously thwart a buyout that 353 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 1: they would have to pay so they can get rid 354 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: of him, and you know, not have to pay a 355 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: ton of money to do it. All that speculation, I 356 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: can't tell you one way or the other. I can 357 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: tell you I feel like that's probably what's going on, 358 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: but I can't tell you definitively. But I would also 359 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: ask this, I would ask, what's a timeline here? When 360 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 1: are we going to know anything? Like? That's the question, 361 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: because here's a really bad place to be. It's a 362 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: really bad place to be sitting here in January. After 363 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: the dust is settled, the season is over, the early 364 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: signing date is over, and every day that passes you 365 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 1: get that much closer to spring football in the twenty 366 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: twenty one season. I know it's January, but that's how 367 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: you have to think because everyone else out there you're 368 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 1: competing with has already either made to move in the 369 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: case of South Carolina or you know, at Georgia there 370 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: is no move to be made if Florida has got 371 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 1: a different set of circumstances. But everyone else is moving forward, man, 372 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:10,919 Speaker 1: and you are sitting there in totally complete limbo. What 373 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: are the players on your roster supposed to think? What 374 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 1: are your recruits supposed to think? What are your signees 375 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,439 Speaker 1: supposed to think? And hey, what's the rest of the 376 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: coaching staff supposed to think? So I don't know what 377 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 1: the timeline is going to be there, and first and 378 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 1: foremost like, that's where I wish they'd learn from Texas. Okay, 379 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 1: even if you don't know internally, even if you don't 380 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: know Pruit's going to be the guy, even if you 381 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 1: don't know that, even if you even if really you 382 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,439 Speaker 1: have the intention of him not being there, Man, it 383 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,639 Speaker 1: puts something out, say something, and that leads me to 384 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: believe there's not a whole lot of direction either behind 385 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: the scenes, or there is direction, but it's people pulling 386 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: in different directions and set of direction a lot there. 387 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: But the point being, I don't necessarily know if they 388 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 1: have their stuff together in Knoxville right now, and I 389 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: don't you know. If that's the case, and I believe 390 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,639 Speaker 1: it to be the case, I don't think that you 391 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 1: could get Jeremy Prewett in this room right now with me, 392 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 1: inject him with truth serum and have him give us 393 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: a much better update than I just gave you, Because 394 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 1: if what I just suggested is indeed the case, Jeremy 395 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: prut probably wouldn't know any more than us. I mean, 396 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 1: for the time being, as far as he knows, he's 397 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,120 Speaker 1: the head coach at Tennessee. Every morning he shows up, 398 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 1: his name is still on the parking spot. But I mean, 399 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 1: who knows what tomorrow is going to bring. So I 400 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 1: mean my default stance here, and I've well chronicled this 401 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 1: now has been entering twenty twenty. I didn't have him 402 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:30,640 Speaker 1: on any kind of hot seat. They had the eight 403 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: game winning streak to end the season last year, like 404 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: I thought, they were on a pretty good climb. We'll 405 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 1: see dot dot dot, and so you know my take, 406 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: And it wasn't a proud thing. It was a general 407 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: thing is I'm not going to support the firing of 408 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 1: any coach that I didn't already think needed to be 409 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,959 Speaker 1: out going into twenty twenty, So COVID was gonna make 410 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 1: it a weird year. I wasn't going to let it 411 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 1: affect my judgment of a coach. Okay, that's where I stood. Obviously, 412 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: some people at Tennessee felt different, which is fine, it's 413 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 1: their program. But here's the thing, So you would think 414 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: that my stance now would be still okay, no matter 415 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: how bad pru It was, you got to keep him. Well, 416 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: here's one thing that can deem that totally irrelevant. If 417 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: you allow him to remain just twisting in the wind, 418 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: that changes the status quo. The record didn't change the 419 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: status quo for me. Like if you were steadfast behind 420 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 1: him the whole time, that wouldn't changed anything. What changes 421 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: it is you had the bad record, and then you 422 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: have the internal investigation and therefore a lot of smoke 423 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 1: and no one providing clarity. Well, at that point, you've 424 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 1: probably left him a no win situation. It was already 425 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,640 Speaker 1: going to be hard. Like a lot of you would 426 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: already argue hit he wasn't gonna win anyway. Well, that 427 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 1: may be true, it may not be true, but I 428 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,640 Speaker 1: can assure you it's going to be true if Tennessee 429 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 1: allows him to twist in the wind while the rest 430 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,879 Speaker 1: of his competition puts even more and more distance between 431 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: Tennessee and their programs. And so if that's the case, 432 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 1: and we're not going to provide any clarity, well you 433 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: just need to make a move. You need to gritch 434 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 1: your teeth and do what needs to be done and 435 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,920 Speaker 1: just drop the hammer instead of sitting around and waiting 436 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: like that's not a way to run. That's not any 437 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: way to run a high school football program, much less 438 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: a college football program in the SEC. So, and you know, 439 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 1: good and well, I'm not a believer in this whole. Well, 440 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 1: Tennessee just needs to accept that they're not a potential 441 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 1: Tier one program anymore. Yeah, they are. Don't let anyone 442 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 1: tell you different. Don't let anyone tell you that Tennessee's 443 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 1: not capable of building the same kind of winner that 444 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 1: Georgia can build or that Florida can build. They absolutely are. 445 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: A Tennessee is capable of everything Clemson football is capable of. 446 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: They absolutely are. They're not that now, and so it's 447 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 1: hard to see. But it takes a little foresight, it 448 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: takes a little vision you know, a deaf blind monkey 449 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: could sit around and wait for someone to be good 450 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 1: and then say they're good. Yeah, that's easy, Tennessee. Could 451 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:44,679 Speaker 1: be that they're not, that they're not close to that 452 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 1: right now. They could be that they have all the 453 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: resources in place. I've talked about that before several times. 454 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:54,479 Speaker 1: All Right, moving on, the Jim Harbaugh situation at Michigan 455 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: is pretty interesting right now. So over the weekend is 456 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: it the weekend? Yes, still the weekend, Colin. So over 457 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,679 Speaker 1: the weekend, Bruce Feldman from Fox Sports tweeted out that 458 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: there was a lot of optimism that a new deal 459 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,880 Speaker 1: was imminent at Michigan through twenty twenty six, so an 460 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 1: extension for Jim Harbaugh and that would be wrapping up soon. 461 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: Again that according to Bruce Feldman, who's about as plugged 462 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 1: in as anyone on this sort of deal, optimism is 463 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: a funny word, though, isn't it. So as soon as 464 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 1: I saw that tweet, I answered, and I put out 465 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: a little tweet of my own at late kick Josh, 466 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 1: by the way, I put out a little tweet of 467 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 1: my own, and I said, is there optimism around the 468 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,400 Speaker 1: fan base? Now? It's a very unscientific poll, but according 469 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: to Late Kick Michigan, no man, there's not a lot 470 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: of optimism around the fan base. In fact, I got 471 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:40,199 Speaker 1: about eighty twenty no versus yes, and so it's just 472 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: kind of bluff. And I feel for you guys, because 473 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: I know how this must look to you, and what 474 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 1: it looks to you, or what it looks like is 475 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: it's the same to me. Is just kind of accepting 476 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 1: a relegation to mediocrity on the national stage now Michigan football. 477 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 1: In reality, he is still flying higher than eighty percent 478 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,399 Speaker 1: to eighty five percent of the sport, but that's not 479 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: where you want to hang out. If you're a genius, 480 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: you don't want to be making eighty to eighty five's 481 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: on your tests. And Michigan football, at least metaphorically, they 482 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: think they're capable of being a Rhodes scholar, or as 483 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 1: we say in Georgia, a rogue scholar. Much better, that's 484 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 1: a much it's a much more modern term rogue scholar, 485 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:23,239 Speaker 1: and right now they just can't be that because they 486 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 1: don't have the right leadership. I guess. Of course, the 487 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 1: side note there could be that maybe Harbaugh's just a 488 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: guy who has to make it several years into his 489 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 1: tenure before things finally click and then he looks like 490 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,199 Speaker 1: a genius again. I guess that always could happen. I 491 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 1: don't expect that I would be genuinely surprised at this 492 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 1: point if Jim Harbaugh is ever going to put a 493 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,919 Speaker 1: product on the field at Michigan that even remotely competes 494 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,679 Speaker 1: with what Ohio State is doing under Ryan Day, what 495 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,160 Speaker 1: they did before Ryan Day under Urban Meyer. I view 496 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 1: from a distance. Granted, I view those programs as viewing 497 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 1: football through totally different lenses, and so that's where I 498 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: think they are. And they're not just competing against the Ohio 499 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 1: State man. They got several others in the Big Ten, 500 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 1: and if you want to arrive on the national stage, 501 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,199 Speaker 1: you have to think like the Buckeyes do, which is 502 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: we're competing with Alabama, Clemson, and Oklahoma, the usual suspects. 503 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 1: Should he be back? Though, that's kind of the question 504 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 1: that a lot of people are asking, And I have 505 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: two questions, whereas I normally would have one. The normal 506 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 1: question I would have, which I've already asked on this 507 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,400 Speaker 1: show tonight, is Okay, well, you're asking should he be back? 508 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 1: My counter is do you have a definitive upgrade out there? Now, 509 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: that's normally where this would end for me, but in 510 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 1: this case, I have a second question. So the first 511 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: one is do you have a definitive upgrade? My number 512 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,199 Speaker 1: two question is for Michigan, do you have a new 513 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 1: vision for your program? Because if you don't have a 514 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: new vision for your program, I don't really care who 515 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 1: you're plugging in as head coach. To be honest with you, 516 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 1: I'll give you an extreme example here. Okay, Michigan folks 517 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 1: know exactly what I'm talking about, the identity of Michigan football, 518 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: Michigan athletics, specifically Michigan football, how they choose to run 519 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:59,679 Speaker 1: their program, the vision for Michigan football, what we value 520 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: versus what other people value, how far we're able to 521 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,880 Speaker 1: go versus what we're willing to put in, how all 522 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: in are we willing to be In other words, just 523 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 1: a different philosophy up there. I'm not knocking it. It's 524 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 1: just different. If you're me, if you're someone like me 525 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: who grew up in the Southeastern Conference footprint, I got 526 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 1: to be honest with you, it's a little bit foreign, 527 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 1: but it is what it is. So let me give 528 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: you an extreme example. What would happen if Nick Saban 529 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:29,920 Speaker 1: called Michigan today and said I want that job, and 530 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: he took the job. Let's say they got rid of 531 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:35,119 Speaker 1: Jim Harbor. He took the job, but the vision for 532 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,360 Speaker 1: the program was going to be the same. How well 533 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: would Nick Saban succeed at Michigan do you think? And 534 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 1: you may say, well, he's Nick Saban, H'd succeed anywhere. Well, 535 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,479 Speaker 1: that's only true if Nick Saban's allowed to build a 536 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: program one hundred percent his way, regardless of where he goes. 537 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 1: I mean, that was the entire premise behind him taking Alabama. 538 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: You're going to allow me to essentially be the general 539 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: manager and head coach of this program. I'm building everything 540 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: the way I want it built. Believe this. If you're 541 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 1: an outsider, if you're close to Michigan, you know exactly 542 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 1: what I'm about to say is true. Even if Nick 543 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 1: Saban went to Michigan, he'd get pushed back. He'd get 544 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 1: pushed back on a lot of things. He'd get told 545 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: no on some things. I mean, from the size of 546 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: his personnel department to the number of analysts he'd want 547 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: on his staff, to the size of ancillary programs to 548 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 1: you and I it's ancillary to him. It's necessary, like nutrition, 549 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,199 Speaker 1: sports management, like there are a lot of different things 550 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 1: a recruiting budget. I mean, are you kidding me? You 551 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,400 Speaker 1: think they do at Michigan what they do at Alabama. 552 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: They wouldn't. It's not that they're incapable of it. They're 553 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: certainly capable of it. It's that they wouldn't be willing to. 554 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: And so my question goes back to with Jim Harbaugh 555 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: being there right now, a lot of people are asking 556 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 1: should he be back? And that's not even the main 557 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: question to me. The main question to me is is 558 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,120 Speaker 1: there going to be a noticeable change in philosophy up there? 559 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: I program philosophy. If there's not, I for the time being, 560 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: given the structure of the sport. To be honest with you, 561 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 1: I don't really care who the head coach is now 562 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 1: if the answer is yes, or if I'm off base 563 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:03,879 Speaker 1: on that, And it really isn't the structure overall in 564 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 1: place that's been impeding things just as much as it's 565 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: been not having the right head coaching candidate. I'd be 566 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 1: happy to be proven wrong, trust me. I'd love for 567 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,159 Speaker 1: Michigan to be a perennial powerhouse. That would be very 568 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: good for me. But thus far it hasn't happened. And 569 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 1: I think the reason that it hasn't happened extends well 570 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: beyond just who the head coach is. So going to 571 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:25,399 Speaker 1: keep a close eye on this. It's I hope that 572 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: the full story on this comes out sometime in the 573 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 1: not too distant future, after everything's died down. All right, 574 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: let's move on here. Texas A and M a really 575 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: big whim in the Orange Bowl over North Carolina. You 576 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 1: guys can argue amongst yourselves how big you thought it was. 577 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: But I enjoyed watching it. You know, I don't have 578 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 1: to sit here and constantly argue about conference supremacy and 579 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 1: what this game means and whether it's meaningless or not. 580 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,639 Speaker 1: You got to tell people to shut up sometimes and 581 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 1: enjoy what they're watching. You know. It's like a crying 582 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 1: baby in a corner. Just well, not a baby. Let's 583 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 1: say it's a five year old. Just leave them alone. 584 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 1: They'll cry themselves out eventually, and so too will this Bowl. 585 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: Games don't mean anything. Just block them out. Who cares? Enjoy? 586 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: Did you enjoy the game? Because if you enjoyed the game. 587 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: That's really all you need to worry about. Jimbo Fisher 588 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:12,400 Speaker 1: afterwards though spectacle. First off, he filibustered the postgame interview girls. 589 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: She didn't even get a question in for like three minutes. Secondly, 590 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 1: he self diagnosed a pulled hamstring right there on the stage, 591 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: which is impressive in and of itself. He dodged I 592 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: think like half a dozen gatorade baths. Texas A and 593 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 1: M players were attacking those oranges like they were the 594 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: last meal they will ever eat on earth. A lot 595 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 1: of them didn't even bother to peel the skin off. 596 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,880 Speaker 1: So I admired that. But Jimbo Fisher said a lot 597 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: of things like he always does, and then he said 598 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: we're not done, We're just getting started. And I had 599 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,199 Speaker 1: some buddies texting me, oh, blah blah blah. A and 600 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 1: M is not going to do this, not going to 601 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,959 Speaker 1: do that. I want to be crystal clear about this. 602 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 1: Texas A and M is going to be in the 603 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: college football playoff picture for years to come. Everyone's looking 604 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 1: around at how little parody there is in college football 605 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 1: and how the system is only built to allow the 606 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 1: few to compete, and I think it's total ignorance. I 607 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: think it's very misplaced, and the diagnosis for what's truly 608 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 1: wrong with college football has very little to do with 609 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 1: the system in place. I think a lot of what 610 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,640 Speaker 1: is eroding at the fabric of college football, Well, one 611 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 1: of the things is folks not understanding how to build 612 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: programs and how to properly hire people, because you don't 613 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 1: have football people hiring football people. You got boosters hiring 614 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: football people. Well, at Texas A and M, they got 615 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 1: it right. The first thing they did was they hired 616 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: the right head coach. Jimbo Fisher comes in. It's a 617 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,719 Speaker 1: guy you never have to guess with. You know what 618 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 1: his principles and values are. You know that he understands 619 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: the blueprint of how to build a program. He has 620 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 1: the entire infrastructure built, and there are multiple kind of congruent, 621 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: parallel avenues of infrastructure. You know, Recruiting infrastructure, for example, 622 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: is totally different than play calling infrastructure. He's got it 623 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 1: all in place. Recruiting, speaking of which is doing very 624 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 1: well right now. I think they continue to up their 625 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:57,719 Speaker 1: recruiting game year over year. They have proper investment everywhere 626 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: investment is needed. Jimbo Fisher does not get told no, 627 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: whether it's facility enhancements, which they don't need right now 628 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 1: at all. He's got the recruiting budget. They've got everything 629 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: they need to succeed, and if they don't have it, 630 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 1: they can get it by tomorrow. They have built line 631 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: of scrimmage like you have to do in major college 632 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 1: football to win. They've built depth along their lines of scrimmage. 633 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 1: They continue to add depth there. The young skill talent 634 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: you saw some of it on display in the ball 635 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 1: game last night, continues to come on. They got to 636 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: get better there. They are getting better. That's how you recruit. 637 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 1: I'll tell you the difference. Though. They are building with 638 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 1: sort of an oven's mentality, whereas a lot of folks 639 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 1: want a microwave mentality. That's not the programs. Those aren't 640 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 1: the programs you look at as setting up for long 641 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: term sustained success. Texas A and M is setting up 642 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 1: for long term sustained success. They're in the oven right now. 643 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 1: You first off had to turn it on and let 644 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 1: it heat up, and then you put the food in there, 645 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: and you gotta wait a little while for it to cook. 646 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 1: But once it's hot, you can just keep popping it 647 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 1: in there and it doesn't take nearly long anymore. The 648 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 1: microwave mentality, that's what a lot of folks want in 649 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 1: a higher That's what a lot of folks are looking for. 650 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 1: Like we want to compare everyone to Alabama, and if 651 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 1: they don't get there within one or two years, they're 652 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,360 Speaker 1: just never going to get there. That's not the way 653 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,000 Speaker 1: you do it. Texas A and M's doing it the 654 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: right way. And here is the final domino that has 655 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 1: to fall at Texas A and M because a lot 656 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:20,920 Speaker 1: of people aren't going to believe what I'm saying is 657 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:24,600 Speaker 1: going to come to Fruition until this domino falls. First off, 658 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: huge credit to Kellen Mond. I mean, look at that 659 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 1: embrace with he and Jimbo Fisher at the very end 660 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: of that game. The Orange Bowl game tells you a lot, 661 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 1: tells you everything you need to know. Fisher has stood 662 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,720 Speaker 1: up for him at every turn, and it's really easy 663 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 1: to understand why and how close that relationship was between 664 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 1: those two guys. So I enjoyed watching that. I've enjoyed 665 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 1: watching Kellen mand He's not the greatest. He's not the 666 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 1: greatest quarterback in the history of the Southeastern Conference. But 667 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 1: he was a very dependable guy, a pretty consistent guy. 668 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:53,120 Speaker 1: And so quarterback. Having said all that about Kellen Mont, 669 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: that's the domino. If all I do with Texas A 670 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,040 Speaker 1: and M is get them a superstar quarterback, whether it 671 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 1: be recruiting or through the tr transfer portal, and trust me, 672 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 1: either could happen at this point. That's what it's going 673 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: to take. If you put a two a tongue of 674 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:10,040 Speaker 1: Ilo A, Kyle Trask, Deshaun Watson, whatever, if you put 675 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 1: that type of quarterback in college station under Jimbo Fisher, 676 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 1: they will have arrived at that point on the national 677 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 1: playoff scene for everyone, and they won't be going away 678 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,480 Speaker 1: because as we've seen with Bama, as we've seen with Clemson, 679 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 1: as we've seen with the other big boys, once you 680 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 1: get the first one in there, they follow. It just 681 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: sets up a pipeline. Once you get that first major 682 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 1: elite quarterback, then you'll never be without one because if 683 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 1: you don't recruit them, transfers will come in there because 684 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 1: you will approven that you are one of those premier destinations. 685 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 1: Keep an eye on Texas A and M. I am 686 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 1: telling you don't be shot when all of a sudden. 687 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 1: They're the program pushing Alabama. They're the program capable of 688 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 1: getting in the playoff even without winning a conference or 689 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 1: a division. That is where Texas A and M is 690 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 1: going to be when they get quarterback figured out. Because 691 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 1: you get quarterback figured out, receivers easy to get figured out. 692 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,120 Speaker 1: They already have lines of scrimmage figured out. They already 693 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 1: got some pretty good tailbacks down there, and we'll continue 694 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 1: to have them. Just keep watching Texas A and M. 695 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,200 Speaker 1: All right, Colin, you know, I had some other stuff 696 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: to talk about, but it's a long off season and 697 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 1: another topic I had to talk about we can easily 698 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 1: push down the road. But I kind of teased it 699 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:18,040 Speaker 1: in the beginning, and so this is not me forgetting that. 700 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:19,800 Speaker 1: I was going to talk about it this whole Alabama 701 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: Clemson twenty eighteen deal. Still going to talk about that. 702 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 1: We'll probably do it on a show to come easily 703 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,440 Speaker 1: within the next month, and it will still be every 704 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,040 Speaker 1: bit as relevant than trust me. But until then, again, 705 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 1: make sure you are following me on Twitter. A lot 706 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 1: is happening at late kick, Josh. If you weren't following 707 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:36,840 Speaker 1: me on Twitter, you missed our six and two run 708 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 1: against the spread in Bowl season, we're now over sixty 709 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: percent in the Rama Noodle Express. Don't know if we're 710 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,040 Speaker 1: going to have a play on the National Title game yet, 711 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:46,000 Speaker 1: we will see. We'll have a National Championship Game breakdown 712 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,080 Speaker 1: coming probably by the end of the week, probably by Thursday, 713 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 1: so maybe even Tuesday, but definitely by Thursday, So keep 714 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,680 Speaker 1: an eye out for that. TBD as to when I'll 715 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:56,719 Speaker 1: be back in the studio in Nashville, But until then, 716 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 1: director Colin has got us covered nine ways from Sunday 717 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaker 1: back at the home base in Nashville, and thanks to 718 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,080 Speaker 1: him and thanks to producer Jordan on the podcast side 719 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 1: of things. So until next time, enjoy your week here. 720 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 1: Looking very very forward to this week. A lot going 721 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 1: on in a lot of different ways, so keep talking 722 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 1: on the twenty four to seven Sports YouTube channel and 723 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:18,120 Speaker 1: the Late Kick podcast. Five star reviews. Appreciate it. Until then, 724 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 1: thanks so much for watching. God bless