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Speaker 1: and Outdoors. I'm hesitanting you hear the hesitation in my voice,

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Speaker 1: If you don't want to have the ending spoiled for you,

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Speaker 1: do that. And I also don't believe in talking about

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Speaker 1: sec We're gonna go through a bunch of teams less

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Speaker 1: than a minute on each one of them. Some thoughts,

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Speaker 1: some biggest questions or concerns of strengths, and we'll just

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Speaker 1: see how this ages. I think at all age pretty well.

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Speaker 1: There's not much it's gonna happen between now and August.

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Speaker 1: So Texas, I guess one of my biggest questions with

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Speaker 1: them would be, well, you lose twelve to the NFL

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Speaker 1: and I'm looking at quarterback and it's new and you've

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Speaker 1: got four offensive linemen, your D line again, you had

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Speaker 1: to rebuild the interior of wide receiver. There's a lot

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Speaker 1: you have to backfield there for the second straight year,

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Speaker 1: ton of talent. But they start at Ohio State in

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Speaker 1: week one. Is it all gelled together? The edge room,

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Speaker 1: the running back room excellent there. But just what's fascinating

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Speaker 1: is they didn't really go out in portal much on

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Speaker 1: the offensive line. They've trusted their recruiting, They trust their

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Speaker 1: development there, and you got arch manning new starter at quarterback.

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Speaker 1: If if they're right, and if they can afford to

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Speaker 1: trust that, and then Texas can go win a national

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Speaker 1: championship this year next up. Maybe I don't want to

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Speaker 1: say do I want to label them this yet? I

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Speaker 1: don't want to label them this yet. You know what,

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Speaker 1: save the labels. It's only may save the labels. Georgia

449
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Speaker 1: just sent thirteen guys to the NFL Draft. They couldn't

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Speaker 1: run the ball last year, So that's the identity. That's

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Speaker 1: not like a non starter. If you tell me Georgia

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Speaker 1: can't run the ball, I don't really think Georgia can

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Speaker 1: do a whole heck of a lot in the national

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Speaker 1: championship picture. So is that back they went and got

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Speaker 1: the kid out of Illinois in the portal? Is the

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Speaker 1: ability to control the game running the ball back. They

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Speaker 1: had their worst rush output this millennium last year. I

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Speaker 1: love the addition at the edge position, but just getting

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Speaker 1: their identity back. They weren't all that great defensively last

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Speaker 1: year either, running the ball, playing solid defense. I just

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Speaker 1: expect that with Georgia, so can I expect that this

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Speaker 1: upcoming year. I don't know. They opened against Marshalls, so

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Speaker 1: it's not like opening against Clemson last year, but that

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Speaker 1: schedule ramps up pretty quick. Tennessee and Alabama in their

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Speaker 1: first four games. Speaking of the latter, Alabama, a lot's

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Speaker 1: going to be made of the quarterback position with good reason.

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Speaker 1: I think that'll be ty Simpson's job. How good is

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Speaker 1: ty Simpson? We'll see. They added Ryan Grubb at offensive coordinator,

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Speaker 1: and I would love to know whether he'll be able

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Speaker 1: to have a run game they can depend on, because

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Speaker 1: last year it wasn't really there for them, which was

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Speaker 1: a mild surprise to me. Think you could possibly make

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Speaker 1: the argument maybe they didn't give it enough time in

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Speaker 1: some games to like lather up and be able to

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Speaker 1: be leaned on. But the past is passed. You didn't

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Speaker 1: really add huge personnel editions from the portal at all

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Speaker 1: to the tailback room. So are those guys able to

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Speaker 1: get it done? It's that offensive line able to get

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Speaker 1: it done. They had a eighty four rush yards per

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Speaker 1: game from the running back position in conference play last year,

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Speaker 1: which is completely unacceptable. So the other thing is there's

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Speaker 1: no pre you pass rusher on that team. But I

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Speaker 1: think there are a lot of solid B options and

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Speaker 1: if one or two of them elevate to a minus caliber,

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Speaker 1: this could be a really good pass rush. But that

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Speaker 1: remains to be seen. Lsu. I hear the noise there

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Speaker 1: some people in this building like Lsu a lot. LSU

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Speaker 1: needs to be balanced enough offensively. They were seventh throwing

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Speaker 1: the ball in one hundred and seventh rush in the

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Speaker 1: ball last year. And you know our age old philosophy

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Speaker 1: around here on balance. It's not necessarily seen on the

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Speaker 1: stat sheet. It's seen on oh, I don't know, third

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Speaker 1: and four or five. And does that defensive coordinator truly

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Speaker 1: believe you're willing to run the ball or throw the

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Speaker 1: ball on that down if he believes that you have

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Speaker 1: achieved balance no matter what the stat sheet says. They

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Speaker 1: didn't have that last year, will they have that this year? Also?

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Speaker 1: Am I going to see that portal class on defense

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Speaker 1: really helped the springboard the overall production because Blake Baker

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Speaker 1: is a great defensive coordinator and he did as much

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Speaker 1: as he could last year. He may have done more

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Speaker 1: than he should have been able to do last year,

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Speaker 1: but this year that's really when you should start to

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Speaker 1: see more sustainable like year over year sustainable type improvement. Defensively,

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Speaker 1: they got Clemson, Florida and ole Miss in their first

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Speaker 1: five games, so whatever's gonna come together needs to come

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Speaker 1: together quick. They don't have a backloaded schedule. Ole Miss. Look,

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Speaker 1: ole Miss. There's no way they're gonna be number two

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Speaker 1: in scoring. Defense Again, there's no way it's gonna drop off.

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Speaker 1: The question, at least somewhat is how much does it

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Speaker 1: drop off? Four of their five and the secondary I

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Speaker 1: would imagine will be transfers, and so you got that

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Speaker 1: to look at. But then also what's gonna dominate the

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Speaker 1: conversation is Austin Simmons at quarterback. You just had Jackson

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Speaker 1: dart Go in the draft. So Austin Simmons. Everybody at

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Speaker 1: ole Miss is in love with his potential. Age old

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Speaker 1: adage though, like practice is one thing, games or another thing.

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Speaker 1: They've got on as good as setups schedule wise as

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Speaker 1: you could hope for breaking in a new quarterback. They

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Speaker 1: got two conference games in the first three weeks, but

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Speaker 1: it's Kentucky and Arkansas. Those aren't guaranteed wins. We learned

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Speaker 1: that last year specifically about Kentucky. But ole Mess big

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Speaker 1: question scoring D and then also quarterback. I move on

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Speaker 1: Texas A and M, big mystery team. I would say

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Speaker 1: Texas A and M defensively last year ninetieth against the past,

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Speaker 1: there were sixty ninth in sacks per game, and that

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Speaker 1: was an area you thought maybe a strength for them.

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Speaker 1: They they didn't have it. They didn't have the kind

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Speaker 1: of juice that I thought they would. Now they lose

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Speaker 1: some guys there, and outside of the cashus Howell and

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Speaker 1: Terry and York, I'm not sure that there are a

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Speaker 1: ton of I guess guys I feel comfortable just blindly

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Speaker 1: depending on in their defensive front. That could change college

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Speaker 1: football happens every year. But that's one area I'm looking at.

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Speaker 1: And then the other one is Marcel Read at quarterback

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Speaker 1: just needs to l his game now. Luckily for him,

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Speaker 1: I do think he's got the pass catchers around him

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Speaker 1: to do that. I think he's got a good tailback room.

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Speaker 1: So they're not looking at him. At no point will

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Speaker 1: anyone at A and M say it's on you to

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Speaker 1: carry us. No, it's on him to do his job.

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Speaker 1: And then if he does and he elevates his level

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Speaker 1: of play intermediate underneath pass game, included, then A and

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Speaker 1: M should be okay, they should be a contender. There,

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Speaker 1: we move along. See, we're trying to keep a pace.

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Speaker 1: It feels kind of awkward because normally we're a little

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Speaker 1: more long winded on this, but we've got to fit

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Speaker 1: a bunch of teams in here. South Carolina, South Carolina

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Speaker 1: really didn't add anything at South Carolina or well, I

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Speaker 1: want to restate that South Carolina didn't really add anything

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Speaker 1: at wide receiver in the portal, and I very much

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Speaker 1: expected them to because it's an area of big need

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Speaker 1: for them, and I just wonder with the guys they

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Speaker 1: have in house there, can they help Sellers enough? Lenora

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Speaker 1: Sellers quarterback. You know, he's the kind of guy who

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Speaker 1: you're looking at face of that team. You're gonna expect

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Speaker 1: him to take a big leap this year. But is

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Speaker 1: that cast of talent around him to help that happen.

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Speaker 1: They did not have a wide receiver over four hundred

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Speaker 1: yards last year. They lost four offensive linemen to the

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Speaker 1: draft as well. Like South Carolina was sneaky loading last

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Speaker 1: year and now this year we'll see again. It's college football,

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Speaker 1: so there are always unknown commodities in spring, summer, fall,

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Speaker 1: that end up coming on the scene big time and

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Speaker 1: even surprising the local fan base. I'm just saying it's

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Speaker 1: got to happen for South Carolina this year. What about

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Speaker 1: health at Florida health? We always want, we always want

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Speaker 1: a healthy team. DJ Lagway's health is by ten miles,

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Speaker 1: the biggest focal point around Florida, but everyone's been talking

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Speaker 1: about that. If DJ Lagway is healthy at quarterback, this

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Speaker 1: is one of the teams in the country that truly

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Speaker 1: does have top ten offensive end defensive potential. You know,

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Speaker 1: if they maximize their capability, it's the kind of team

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Speaker 1: that could do both, which means it's the kind of

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Speaker 1: team that would be a playoff caliber team, except for

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Speaker 1: the small pesky detail that that's their schedule there. They

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Speaker 1: face seven of the top fourteen teams in the college

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Speaker 1: football playoff odds. But you know what, if they really

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Speaker 1: are even if they're top fifteen caliber offensively and defensively,

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Speaker 1: at the same time, Florida's got what it takes to

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Speaker 1: win every one of those games, not go undefeated, but

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Speaker 1: I mean compete in and win any of those games.

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Speaker 1: So you got Florida going ten to two. They're a

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Speaker 1: lot to make the playoff. A nine to three Florida

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Speaker 1: should be in the playoff. And I just say that

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Speaker 1: not even knowing what the rest of the field looks like.

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Speaker 1: But anyone who goes nine to three against that schedule

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Speaker 1: should be a playoff team. But if if we're healthy

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Speaker 1: at quarterback, that's the big if moving along kind of

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Speaker 1: a team that feels like Florida here, not personnel wise,

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Speaker 1: but in the same vein Oklahoma. You know, coming out

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Speaker 1: of spring, it's hard to it's hard to pinpoint glaring

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Speaker 1: weaknesses with them. It's really weird. When you come off

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Speaker 1: a season like they had last year, you would think

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Speaker 1: there's weakness everywhere. There's really not some small question marks.

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Speaker 1: But they had nine different offensive line combinations in their

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Speaker 1: first nine games last year, and that unit figures to

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00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,200
Speaker 1: be much more settled this year. But that's not at

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Speaker 1: the forefront of the headlines. The forefront headline is if

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Speaker 1: we add Materier at quarterback and our Buckle at offensive coordinator,

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Speaker 1: it got these wide receivers out of the portal as well.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if we're quantum leaps better offensively, which I

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Speaker 1: believe they will be, that's a top twenty, easily top

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Speaker 1: twenty defensive team. That's a playoff caliber team, just like Florida.

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Speaker 1: Look at the schedule. That's why you won't hear more

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Speaker 1: about Oklahoma ignorance about their additions, which will become an

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00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 1: educated awareness of their roster as the season approaches. But

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Speaker 1: then everyone will look at the schedule and say, there's

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Speaker 1: no way. Hey, maybe right, but that right there. If

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Speaker 1: you gave them Boston College's schedule, folks to be talking

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Speaker 1: about Oklahoma a lot more. What about Auburn mystery team.

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Speaker 1: We want to talk about mystery team. Auburn, huge mystery team.

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Speaker 1: They added Jackson Arnold turnover prone last year, Auburn as

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Speaker 1: a team turnover prone last year. Well, if that's a

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Speaker 1: raised or if it's just a minor problem, then you

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Speaker 1: move past that and you realize, Wow, they've got a

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Speaker 1: lot of talent accumulated on this roster. Wow, that wide

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Speaker 1: receiver room could be one of the best in the country. Huh. Well,

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Speaker 1: then you look on the other side of the ball,

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Speaker 1: which would be where my concern has been a little bit.

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Speaker 1: That back seven regressed last year. They were one hundred

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Speaker 1: and eighteenth in the country in passes of fifty plus

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Speaker 1: yards allowed. So it's a mystery team for a reason,

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Speaker 1: really big question marks, but if they're answered positively. Auburn

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00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 1: historically has the DNA of a program that's just always

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Speaker 1: built to shock the world. Auburn being in the playoff

627
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 1: conversation in November, which shock the world. But if all

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Speaker 1: that stuff falls into place for them, that's not out

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Speaker 1: of the realm of possibility. They just need to show

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Speaker 1: mark improvement. That's what they need to show. Tennessee was

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Speaker 1: in the playoff last year. Tennessee did not do a

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Speaker 1: ton in the portal yet they were a constant headline

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Speaker 1: during portal season because of Nico leaving and then they

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Speaker 1: bring Agualore over from UCLA. But quarterback changed. There was

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Speaker 1: a lot of question and still is on the offensive line, tailback,

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Speaker 1: wide receiver, d line. Like I've been saying, with Nico staying,

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Speaker 1: there was going to be a lot of question about

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Speaker 1: this team he left, and that's kind of dominating the conversation.

639
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Speaker 1: But beyond the quarterback position, they are questions on this team.

640
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 1: But you know what could happen in this I cannot

641
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:42,240
Speaker 1: know if that locker room galvanizes around what just happened.

642
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 1: You could have a program and a group of guys

643
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 1: that make the best of a bad situation. And you

644
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,960
Speaker 1: have no clue how they're winning every week, but they

645
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 1: just are and they overcome all the questions kind of

646
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,200
Speaker 1: like Notre Dame did early in the season last year.

647
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 1: They kind of overcome all the questions and they just

648
00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:00,000
Speaker 1: they team their way, they grit their way to wins.

649
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,320
Speaker 1: That's how they've got to win this year. They're not

650
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 1: gonna outclass people with the rosters much as maybe even

651
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:09,200
Speaker 1: they could at times last year. And not to be

652
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:11,920
Speaker 1: left out of the conversation, it's just we have a

653
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,399
Speaker 1: standing agreement with Eli Drinkwitz that whenever we talk about

654
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:16,960
Speaker 1: his team, we need to bury it in the show

655
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: because that's how he likes to live. Missouri Bo Prabulah

656
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,399
Speaker 1: is their quarterback, added in from Penn State last year.

657
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,680
Speaker 1: New wide receivers. Are they gonna mesh? They got a

658
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 1: workable schedule, but are they gonna mesh? The top twenty

659
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 1: five defense and they are top five in defensive returning production.

660
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:39,360
Speaker 1: So although you're another year removed from losing your defensive

661
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 1: coordinator and Kevin Peeple's left as well, but you got

662
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,920
Speaker 1: to go to a unit there overall, and so as usual,

663
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:50,200
Speaker 1: if we get good, good, like scrappy defensive play, and

664
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:54,719
Speaker 1: we pair that with an emerging quarterback and some new

665
00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:57,279
Speaker 1: additions at wide receiver, it's like the Missouri story. Every year,

666
00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:01,000
Speaker 1: they'll be right back there again playing meaningful conference football

667
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 1: in November. So those are just some snapshot type looks

668
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 1: at teams coming out of the SEC. We'll do the

669
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:13,080
Speaker 1: other conferences coming up. Confrey a portal of conference. It's though,

670
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,400
Speaker 1: it's time in the show. It's let me pop the

671
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,399
Speaker 1: top on the ZVA. If you wondered where cream soda

672
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 1: has gone, it hasn't disappeared. I drank all the cream soda.

673
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 1: So now we're we're going down the list, and Vanilla

674
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:31,360
Speaker 1: Cola is solid number two on the ZVA Power rankings

675
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,240
Speaker 1: right now. Excuse me power ratings their ratings, not rankings,

676
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 1: but cream sod has not gone anywhere. It disappeared because

677
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:40,319
Speaker 1: I worked my way through all the cream soda. So

678
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:43,920
Speaker 1: now a cheers to everyone, a nice zero sugar cheers

679
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:54,440
Speaker 1: to everyone. Always always hits well on the Thursday shows.

680
00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:58,240
Speaker 1: Let's be professional about what we're about to talk about.

681
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,040
Speaker 1: As I hold on a second, hold on a second,

682
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:06,240
Speaker 1: um I just had to block someone in the live chat.

683
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,080
Speaker 1: I do keep my eye on it. I don't want

684
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:12,439
Speaker 1: to talk about Bill Belichick's personal life on the show.

685
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:14,719
Speaker 1: I have no interest in it. I've watched this all week.

686
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,359
Speaker 1: I don't think I've spoken publicly about it. I may

687
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 1: have tweeted about it in passing. I just don't care,

688
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 1: but everybody else does. So here's what I care about football.

689
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,959
Speaker 1: North Carolina are going to be a good football team

690
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,919
Speaker 1: this year remains to be seen. But anyway, like I've

691
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,759
Speaker 1: said many many times, it is not my show, it

692
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 1: is your show. Here's the evidence. I put it to

693
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,480
Speaker 1: a vote today. I flat out told you I don't

694
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 1: want to talk about this. However, if you want it,

695
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:43,120
Speaker 1: I'll add it to tonight's show. Fifty eight point seven

696
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:47,240
Speaker 1: percent of you voted yes. In my opinion, we should

697
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:51,280
Speaker 1: require a super majority yes to overrule my personal wishes.

698
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 1: But that got shot down, not by management but by

699
00:36:55,800 --> 00:37:00,160
Speaker 1: my own staff. So blindsided by treachery yet again, and

700
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,680
Speaker 1: here I am talking about Bill Belichick and his twenty

701
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:08,880
Speaker 1: five year old girlfriend. I am, I think as neutral

702
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,960
Speaker 1: as one could possibly be on North Carolina Athletics. I

703
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 1: didn't grow up rooting for North Carolina. I didn't grow

704
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,879
Speaker 1: up hate North Carolina. I grew up aware of where

705
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 1: North Carolina was and that I loved their color scheme.

706
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,240
Speaker 1: I knew that much. Outside of that, have never cared

707
00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:29,360
Speaker 1: one way or the other about North Carolina. So I

708
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:33,200
Speaker 1: have the most unbiased view imaginable on this. My whole

709
00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 1: takeaway has been I may not have grown up caring

710
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:40,440
Speaker 1: one way or the other about North Carolina, but man,

711
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:46,239
Speaker 1: I always respected the brand of North Carolina Athletics. And

712
00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: if I respect North Carolina's brand, I know good and

713
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,879
Speaker 1: well the folks who went there, or who played there,

714
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,680
Speaker 1: or who just root for that school really respect the brand.

715
00:37:57,239 --> 00:38:01,160
Speaker 1: And so I've wondered from a distance how you must

716
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,640
Speaker 1: feel about watching all this play out publicly. North Carolina

717
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:10,600
Speaker 1: football is not some traditional blue blood powerhouse like Mount

718
00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:14,839
Speaker 1: Rushmore of the sport type program. They're not that, but

719
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: they've been solid at times, and they take pride in

720
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:22,120
Speaker 1: themselves and overall the institution and the brand of North

721
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:25,440
Speaker 1: Carolina Athletics. You take pride in that, and to watch

722
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:30,840
Speaker 1: what's dominated the headlines over the past few weeks, I

723
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:32,840
Speaker 1: look at it, I just think it's kind of sad

724
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,600
Speaker 1: for the brand of North Carolina. And if you don't

725
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,200
Speaker 1: feel that way, okay, you matter more than I do.

726
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:41,839
Speaker 1: I'm not the fan, I'm not the alum you are.

727
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,319
Speaker 1: So if it doesn't bother you, then it doesn't bother me.

728
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 1: I think it had bothered me a lot, and from

729
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:50,920
Speaker 1: a distance, I've been bothered by it. Now, there is

730
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:53,520
Speaker 1: a fact that we all know, and that is, if

731
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:57,200
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick wins at North Carolina, nobody cares about this.

732
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,200
Speaker 1: North Carolina fans won't. North Carolina will rally around it

733
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:02,880
Speaker 1: the way any other fan base would. But at the

734
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,879
Speaker 1: same time, I will tell you, if you're a North

735
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 1: Carolina fan and you think too much has been made

736
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 1: of this, no it hadn't. It's a huge deal. It's

737
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:13,800
Speaker 1: a huge deal. It's embarrassing, and it's a huge deal.

738
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:15,960
Speaker 1: And you know, good and well if it were happening

739
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:19,160
Speaker 1: at any other school. Can you imagine Duke Football dealing

740
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 1: with this right now? Do you honestly think you'd be

741
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 1: sitting there going, Oh, leave him alone, let him just

742
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 1: live his personal life, let him be. Of course you wouldn't.

743
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,399
Speaker 1: Of course you wouldn't. You know how big a joke

744
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:34,759
Speaker 1: it is. Every one of us knows, most people at

745
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:38,400
Speaker 1: North Carolina know, most people in the profession know. But

746
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:41,920
Speaker 1: at the same time, if you win, all this forgiven.

747
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:43,799
Speaker 1: But I did want to push back on one thing

748
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,239
Speaker 1: because I saw a couple of comments as we were

749
00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:49,120
Speaker 1: getting ready to talk about this, saying you just need

750
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 1: to leave him alone, leave his personal life out of it. Gladly.

751
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,400
Speaker 1: I would gladly leave his personal life out of it.

752
00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:58,320
Speaker 1: In fact, most people would love to leave his personal

753
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:02,399
Speaker 1: life out of it. We were until it was impossible

754
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:05,400
Speaker 1: because it got thrust in your face on national TV,

755
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:10,759
Speaker 1: and then subsequently there it is, there it is. We're

756
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 1: not talking about this, Yeah we are, Yeah we are, Jay,

757
00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:17,480
Speaker 1: we are talking about this on this show. Unfortunately, So,

758
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:20,560
Speaker 1: how in the world am I supposed to avoid this?

759
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 1: It's on CBS. How am I supposed to avoid this?

760
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:27,480
Speaker 1: And then how am I supposed to avoid screenshots of

761
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:30,800
Speaker 1: emails that should be kept internal over there is being

762
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:35,440
Speaker 1: broadcast for the entire world to see. No, No, you

763
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:38,960
Speaker 1: can't ask for two things. You can't want to display

764
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 1: your personal life publicly and then get pissed off when

765
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:44,960
Speaker 1: people acknowledge your personal life, especially when it rubs up

766
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:49,000
Speaker 1: in the very very wrongest of ways against the university's brand.

767
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:53,960
Speaker 1: So it's very embarrassing. But if he wins, it'll be okay.

768
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:57,040
Speaker 1: But that's where that's where I come in, because I

769
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,840
Speaker 1: don't really care about all the other stuff. Haven't cared,

770
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,600
Speaker 1: don't care. I care about whether he's going to win

771
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,719
Speaker 1: at North Carolina. And I just want to remind you

772
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:06,879
Speaker 1: what our opinion on that has been on this show

773
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:09,319
Speaker 1: from the beginning, and that is it is a very

774
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:13,120
Speaker 1: very tall task for Belichick to win at North Carolina.

775
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,319
Speaker 1: This is not the NFL. College football is not a

776
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:19,720
Speaker 1: lighter version of the NFL. What wins at that level

777
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily win at this level. The principles, the systems,

778
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,720
Speaker 1: the processes that worked at that level in some cases

779
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 1: don't work and in some cases aren't even applicable at

780
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 1: this level. So I'm not saying he's had an arrogance

781
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:40,040
Speaker 1: about how relatively simple it'll be, But a lot of

782
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:42,840
Speaker 1: people have had some arrogance about how simple it'll be.

783
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,680
Speaker 1: A guy won more than a fistful of Super Bowls,

784
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:48,839
Speaker 1: of course he'll be able to win. I don't think that.

785
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 1: I don't think that at all. In fact, I don't

786
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,560
Speaker 1: think it'll work out all that great for him at

787
00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:56,640
Speaker 1: North Carolina. I've been wrong before, so we'll see about that.

788
00:41:56,719 --> 00:41:59,719
Speaker 1: But my point is, without all the distraction, it was

789
00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:03,279
Speaker 1: going to be hard for Belichick to win at North Carolina.

790
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:07,879
Speaker 1: With the distraction, does it make it more difficult? You'll

791
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:11,439
Speaker 1: never convince me that. Don't care how old you are,

792
00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:14,840
Speaker 1: someone's personal life being aired out like this isn't a distraction.

793
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:17,520
Speaker 1: It's one hundred and ten percent of distraction. If you're

794
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:22,000
Speaker 1: a human being breathing oxygen with a functioning brain, this

795
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 1: is a distraction. Does it inversely affect their ability to

796
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 1: do whatever they were going to do this fall? I

797
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:33,759
Speaker 1: didn't expect them to be that great this fall, but

798
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:36,359
Speaker 1: they've got a very workable schedule. I don't know much

799
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:39,719
Speaker 1: else about what North Carolina should be, but yeah, my

800
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:42,320
Speaker 1: thoughts are I wish it would disappear as a story.

801
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,520
Speaker 1: I hate that. Almost a supermajority of the audience wanted

802
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:48,840
Speaker 1: to talk about it. But I think it's embarrassing for

803
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:51,640
Speaker 1: the brand of North Carolina more so than anything else.

804
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick's Bill Belichick. If he quit there today and

805
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:59,439
Speaker 1: moved on, it is Bill Belichick, North Carolina didn't ask

806
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:03,200
Speaker 1: for this. Do you know what? Maybe portions of North

807
00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:05,600
Speaker 1: Carolina asked for this. I'll tell you if it doesn't

808
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: work out, and I have no way of knowing whether

809
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:11,960
Speaker 1: it will or not. But in the world where it

810
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:15,759
Speaker 1: doesn't work out, and two years from now Belichick's not

811
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:18,799
Speaker 1: there anymore, you will start to hear stories about how

812
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:22,279
Speaker 1: convoluted and how big a mess the hiring process was,

813
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 1: because you'll have a lot of people around North Carolina

814
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:29,279
Speaker 1: wanting to make sure the public knows it wasn't my

815
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,279
Speaker 1: call to hire him. I didn't want him. And there

816
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:35,880
Speaker 1: are some people around that program that can justifiably say that,

817
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:38,279
Speaker 1: and there are other people around that program who know

818
00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 1: they're the reason he's there. Not my story to tell,

819
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:46,000
Speaker 1: But then again, this isn't a story I even want

820
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:48,240
Speaker 1: to be talking about. Here. We are on quick trip

821
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:53,359
Speaker 1: as of now, still allowing everyone into their stores, no

822
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:56,920
Speaker 1: matter what your opinion is on Bill Belichick and his

823
00:43:57,080 --> 00:44:00,919
Speaker 1: romantic interests. But I will tell you this. I will

824
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:04,200
Speaker 1: tell you this that cole Brew on Tap hits no

825
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:07,920
Speaker 1: matter what, and that col Brew on Tap is non discriminatory,

826
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 1: and it doesn't matter what state you're from, and it

827
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: doesn't matter who you're dating. You go in there and

828
00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:15,120
Speaker 1: you chug some of that, and I'm not even just

829
00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:17,360
Speaker 1: gonna say you feel better. I'm gonna say you're a

830
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:21,040
Speaker 1: better person. My words, not theirs. For legal reasons, they

831
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:24,200
Speaker 1: cannot promise that, and I'm not promising anything, but I'm

832
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:27,839
Speaker 1: just saying I strongly believe that to be the case. Now.

833
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 1: I told you the other day we're going to need

834
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:33,759
Speaker 1: to do a little solid for Quick Trip, but I

835
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:35,960
Speaker 1: forgot the paperwork downstairs. So we're gonna do it on

836
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:38,799
Speaker 1: the Sunday Show. But there is a very very very

837
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:42,359
Speaker 1: important do we want to call this an election, it's

838
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:45,080
Speaker 1: a vote. There's a very important vote going on right now.

839
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:46,799
Speaker 1: We got to keep it quiet. We want to keep

840
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:48,920
Speaker 1: it kind of low key, even though I'm saying it

841
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:52,200
Speaker 1: live on air. But we got to push Quick Trip

842
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 1: over a finish line. I'm going to go as far

843
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:56,920
Speaker 1: as to say this is one of our most important

844
00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 1: duties of twenty twenty five as a Paate state collective.

845
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:04,359
Speaker 1: That's what our collective does. Your collective's out there paying

846
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:07,480
Speaker 1: forty million to football players. Our collective is making sure

847
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:09,479
Speaker 1: a Quick Trip gets voted. Gas station of the year

848
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:13,319
Speaker 1: in these United States of America again, more details to

849
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:21,520
Speaker 1: come Sunday. Let's move on. What else do we have?

850
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:23,040
Speaker 1: I got all kind of papers in front of me.

851
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:26,279
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, this question? Yeah, good question here. We

852
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:28,200
Speaker 1: did this the other day with USC and it did

853
00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:31,480
Speaker 1: good numbers. And wouldn't you know it, people like behind

854
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:34,920
Speaker 1: the scenes stories. I never would have guessed whoms to

855
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:36,799
Speaker 1: monkst us would have guessed it, but you do. So

856
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:42,319
Speaker 1: pause for a chug of water. Someone in the live

857
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:44,960
Speaker 1: chat the other day said, why do you need to

858
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:46,439
Speaker 1: tell us you're going to take a sip of water?

859
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:49,800
Speaker 1: Just take it well for you on YouTube, I don't

860
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:52,440
Speaker 1: have to tell you. You can see it. But a

861
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 1: lot of people listen to this show on podcast, so

862
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:58,080
Speaker 1: when my voice disappears for four seconds, they think something's

863
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 1: wrong with their phone. Nope, taking a sip of non

864
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:03,680
Speaker 1: branded water there because the company hasn't paid for advertisement

865
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:08,759
Speaker 1: on the show. So anyway, Eric from Birmingham, Alabama said,

866
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 1: I saw you went to Alabama this week. Any good

867
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:16,239
Speaker 1: stories about the tide that you could share? Yes, so,

868
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:18,759
Speaker 1: a couple of things struck me. I spent the day

869
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,759
Speaker 1: there yesterday. Yeah, so Wednesday, so I spent the day

870
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:25,760
Speaker 1: down there yesterday. They are very blessed at the linebacker position.

871
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:30,279
Speaker 1: This time last year, in fact, this time six months ago,

872
00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:33,520
Speaker 1: they thought linebacker could be a real big weakness on

873
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:38,279
Speaker 1: that team, and because of an unfortunate circumstance Deontay Lows

874
00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:41,239
Speaker 1: and getting hurt, it's led to him coming back this year.

875
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:44,279
Speaker 1: And then because of how jacked up the rules are

876
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:48,000
Speaker 1: right now in terms of eligibility, justin Jefferson has been

877
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,520
Speaker 1: able to come back this year. So you're talking about

878
00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:54,040
Speaker 1: a position unit that went from what they thought would

879
00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:56,480
Speaker 1: be a weakness to a strength of that team, and

880
00:46:56,760 --> 00:47:00,359
Speaker 1: that's not overlooked in that building. I would also say

881
00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:04,759
Speaker 1: there is a pretty supreme confidence at Alabama that they

882
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:08,080
Speaker 1: just killed it in this recruiting class, and I think

883
00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:10,200
Speaker 1: you'll see a lot of those true freshmen from that

884
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:14,120
Speaker 1: class on the field in very, very meaningful spots for

885
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:17,680
Speaker 1: them this fall. So that's from a roster standpoint what

886
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:21,879
Speaker 1: I noticed. And you know what, also, because I saw

887
00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:24,480
Speaker 1: in the live chat someone was asking about a sleeper

888
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:28,480
Speaker 1: player for them. Kean Keeley is one eyed circle. Ke

889
00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:31,720
Speaker 1: On Keeley's a former five star kid, really highly rated,

890
00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:36,279
Speaker 1: and you have this tendency in this world to look

891
00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:38,359
Speaker 1: at a five star kid, and if you don't come

892
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:41,319
Speaker 1: in and pop on the scene immediately, you kind of

893
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:44,040
Speaker 1: forget about him. Kean Keeley didn't pop on the scene

894
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 1: his first couple of seasons, so people have really forgotten

895
00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:49,440
Speaker 1: about him. This time last year, I didn't know if

896
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:53,680
Speaker 1: it's still be there. So what happened was what we

897
00:47:53,719 --> 00:47:56,239
Speaker 1: talked with Rich Rodriguez about the other day. If you

898
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:59,480
Speaker 1: haven't gone and listened to our conversation with Rich Rodriguez,

899
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:03,160
Speaker 1: a West Virginia head coach formerly in the running for

900
00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:06,800
Speaker 1: the Alabama job, but he has since returned to West Virginia.

901
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:10,360
Speaker 1: But he talked about how his entire philosophy on coaching

902
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:14,319
Speaker 1: and developing players changed because he used to believe, in

903
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:17,240
Speaker 1: his words, if he won't buit it as a puppy,

904
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:20,000
Speaker 1: he won't buy it as a dog. So he told

905
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:22,920
Speaker 1: a story about how there was a kid who they

906
00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:25,720
Speaker 1: thought had it in him, but he was just soft,

907
00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:29,280
Speaker 1: and he was a wide receiver, but he was soft

908
00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:31,680
Speaker 1: and he didn't want anything to do with blocking, and

909
00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:34,719
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, over the span of like three

910
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:38,120
Speaker 1: or four days, one week after they pushed him and

911
00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:42,759
Speaker 1: pushed him and pushed him somehow, he just snapped and

912
00:48:42,840 --> 00:48:46,160
Speaker 1: became the most devastating stock blocker on that team, became

913
00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:49,400
Speaker 1: a physical presence at the position, became a team leader,

914
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:53,280
Speaker 1: And he said that forever changed how I viewed players.

915
00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:55,799
Speaker 1: I will not write them off anymore. It's up to

916
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:59,919
Speaker 1: us to If we recruited him and we evaluated him,

917
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:02,200
Speaker 1: we need to bring it out of them. Unless we're

918
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:03,960
Speaker 1: just dead wrong about the kid. We got to find

919
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:06,080
Speaker 1: a way to bring it out of them. That I

920
00:49:06,120 --> 00:49:08,719
Speaker 1: think has kind of happened with Keyan Keeley around there.

921
00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:11,000
Speaker 1: Doesn't mean he's going to be an All American, but

922
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:14,359
Speaker 1: that kid really really wants to be at Alabama, and

923
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:17,040
Speaker 1: just be interested to see because I think he'll get

924
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:18,759
Speaker 1: a shot this fall. I think he'll play some for

925
00:49:18,840 --> 00:49:24,000
Speaker 1: him this fall. But in the overarching compartment, from what

926
00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:27,680
Speaker 1: you can talk about, at least, it's funny to look

927
00:49:27,719 --> 00:49:30,200
Speaker 1: at the makeup of their staff, I guess is what

928
00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:32,839
Speaker 1: stands out a lot. So Calen de Boor's the head

929
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:36,000
Speaker 1: coach there. You'll actually hear this in the conversation we

930
00:49:36,360 --> 00:49:39,919
Speaker 1: post with him on the channel on Friday. But it's

931
00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:43,800
Speaker 1: always important to know what your weaknesses are as a coach,

932
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:48,399
Speaker 1: as a leader, and then make sure you supplement in

933
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:52,400
Speaker 1: the hires that you make around you, which just means

934
00:49:52,719 --> 00:49:55,040
Speaker 1: if you're not the kind of person that goes at

935
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:57,960
Speaker 1: someone's throat, you better make sure you got three or

936
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:01,360
Speaker 1: four on your staff who will. They've got five or

937
00:50:01,400 --> 00:50:04,600
Speaker 1: six on their staff who will. And it really compliments

938
00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:07,840
Speaker 1: Calyn de Bor's style. He's not a church mouse. But

939
00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:10,440
Speaker 1: he also didn't carry himself like Nick Saban did. So

940
00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:14,080
Speaker 1: it's okay because he's got some field generals on his

941
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:17,320
Speaker 1: coaching staff. They're actually really really good on that coaching staff.

942
00:50:17,560 --> 00:50:21,440
Speaker 1: So that's what I notice. I noticed there is a

943
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:26,239
Speaker 1: surprising amount still around there of holdovers from the Nick

944
00:50:26,239 --> 00:50:29,759
Speaker 1: Saban era. That's atypical. Most times when a coach takes

945
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:33,400
Speaker 1: over a major program, there's a total flush done. I

946
00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:37,080
Speaker 1: don't just mean coaching staff, I mean recruiting player personnel,

947
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:39,400
Speaker 1: right up to the folks who mind the front desk

948
00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:43,920
Speaker 1: and sports and information people. And sometimes there's a complete wash.

949
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:46,160
Speaker 1: I mean they were wise enough when they came in

950
00:50:46,239 --> 00:50:48,640
Speaker 1: to say, all right, the best of all time who

951
00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:52,000
Speaker 1: was just here? Thought that these people were good enough.

952
00:50:52,560 --> 00:50:55,920
Speaker 1: So we're not just gonna wipe the slate clean here.

953
00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:58,279
Speaker 1: And they've been really strategic about who they've kept around there,

954
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:00,200
Speaker 1: and it kind of makes sense when you get to

955
00:51:00,239 --> 00:51:03,840
Speaker 1: know who those people are that they kept around. So

956
00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:08,239
Speaker 1: yesterday we did our sit down with the boor at

957
00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:12,799
Speaker 1: nine am, and boy, he had a nice appointment afterwards.

958
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:14,279
Speaker 1: I don't know if I'm supposed to tell that. He

959
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:17,400
Speaker 1: can tell that story if he wants to. There are

960
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:19,759
Speaker 1: perks of being a head coach in the SEC, man,

961
00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:23,680
Speaker 1: that's all I'll say. Big perks. You think that you

962
00:51:23,719 --> 00:51:26,920
Speaker 1: think that the comparing of salaries would be how you

963
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:31,200
Speaker 1: measure up, how coaches compare to one another, no access

964
00:51:31,719 --> 00:51:35,440
Speaker 1: to certain things. That's how SEC coaches measure themselves against

965
00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:38,160
Speaker 1: each other. But anyway, I stuck around, so he had

966
00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:39,880
Speaker 1: to get out of there. I stuck around. I went

967
00:51:39,920 --> 00:51:42,360
Speaker 1: and worked out down in Bama's weight room. And the

968
00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:45,640
Speaker 1: funny thing is the President was going to be on campus.

969
00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:49,080
Speaker 1: I think they had graduation today, so the President was

970
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:51,600
Speaker 1: due to come in because he spoke at Bama's graduation,

971
00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:54,880
Speaker 1: not of the university. President of the United States. So

972
00:51:54,960 --> 00:52:00,279
Speaker 1: Secret Service was there doing their usual lock everything down up.

973
00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:03,839
Speaker 1: All the barricades and barriers, which is a normal scene there.

974
00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:06,319
Speaker 1: It's not even like the first time recently that I've

975
00:52:06,320 --> 00:52:07,880
Speaker 1: been around there that the Secret Service has been there.

976
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:10,200
Speaker 1: You kind of get to know the guy. Hey, hey, Jeff,

977
00:52:10,239 --> 00:52:15,080
Speaker 1: it's you again. Well, the Counter Assault Division, I believe

978
00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:16,840
Speaker 1: it was was in the weight room when I was

979
00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:19,480
Speaker 1: down there. I've never had a safer workout in my life.

980
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:23,200
Speaker 1: It was great, it was. It was just phenomenal, great

981
00:52:23,280 --> 00:52:26,160
Speaker 1: chess day and never had to look over my shoulder once,

982
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:29,359
Speaker 1: So that was just you're looking around and you got

983
00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:31,680
Speaker 1: a couple of baseball players back there, and oh they're

984
00:52:31,719 --> 00:52:37,719
Speaker 1: Secret Service too. Great workout at Alabama. I just think

985
00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:43,080
Speaker 1: in general, if you told yourself five years ago, after

986
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:47,840
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty three season, Saban's going to retire, what

987
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:51,359
Speaker 1: do you think it'll look like a year later? I

988
00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:53,680
Speaker 1: would have thought there's no way they're ever going to

989
00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:57,520
Speaker 1: smoothly transition away from him. The price you pay to

990
00:52:57,560 --> 00:52:59,640
Speaker 1: have had Nick Saban as your head coach is it's

991
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:02,840
Speaker 1: going to be really rocky and tumultuous when he leaves,

992
00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:06,200
Speaker 1: and there's a huge power struggle, I would think. And

993
00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:08,640
Speaker 1: everyone wants to say, and who the next head coach

994
00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:10,080
Speaker 1: is going to be some of the same mess they

995
00:53:10,120 --> 00:53:12,200
Speaker 1: had in their lap before he got there. Maybe it

996
00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:15,640
Speaker 1: re emerges, so you never would have known who Calen

997
00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:17,600
Speaker 1: Debor was at that time as the point. But if

998
00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:21,600
Speaker 1: you could flash forward five years and see a year

999
00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:25,600
Speaker 1: after Saban's gone that this is the status of the program,

1000
00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:27,480
Speaker 1: you would have signed up for that in a heartbeat.

1001
00:53:27,560 --> 00:53:30,600
Speaker 1: You would have been thrilled. So that's kind of how

1002
00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:32,279
Speaker 1: it feels around there right now. I think there'll be

1003
00:53:32,320 --> 00:53:34,440
Speaker 1: a factor in the SEC race this year. I was

1004
00:53:34,480 --> 00:53:36,440
Speaker 1: looking at a I was looking at an article on

1005
00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:43,279
Speaker 1: a certain website today and it said Georgia and Texas

1006
00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:46,879
Speaker 1: and everyone else in the SEC, which is that's one

1007
00:53:46,920 --> 00:53:49,680
Speaker 1: way to look at the league. That's not necessarily how

1008
00:53:49,680 --> 00:53:51,040
Speaker 1: I see it, but that's one way to look at

1009
00:53:51,080 --> 00:53:56,319
Speaker 1: the league. If you also feel that way, might I

1010
00:53:56,400 --> 00:53:59,480
Speaker 1: suggest heading over to FanDuel right quick, because there are

1011
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1012
00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:04,840
Speaker 1: Missouri and you honestly think they could win the SEC,

1013
00:54:05,080 --> 00:54:07,520
Speaker 1: you could go bet it. Or Alabama or Auburn or

1014
00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:10,719
Speaker 1: South Carolina, you can go bet it. I do not

1015
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:14,960
Speaker 1: necessarily think there's any clearcut favorite in the SEC this

1016
00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:17,560
Speaker 1: upcoming year. I don't know that there's one in the

1017
00:54:17,560 --> 00:54:19,680
Speaker 1: Big ten. I don't know of any where are the

1018
00:54:19,680 --> 00:54:24,480
Speaker 1: clearcut favorites. Clemson is a clearcut favorite in the ACC

1019
00:54:24,719 --> 00:54:27,440
Speaker 1: and I think they should be. And as we know,

1020
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Speaker 1: In New York. I wanted to close the show tonight

1044
00:55:56,640 --> 00:56:01,919
Speaker 1: with something that we start to touch on this time

1045
00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:05,279
Speaker 1: of year. It's May, so first you have May. Then

1046
00:56:05,320 --> 00:56:08,759
Speaker 1: I think you have June and July. So if you

1047
00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:11,640
Speaker 1: really think about it, not counting this month because we're

1048
00:56:11,640 --> 00:56:13,399
Speaker 1: already in it, so you don't count the month you're in.

1049
00:56:13,840 --> 00:56:18,439
Speaker 1: There are two months until fall camps are opening. That's

1050
00:56:18,480 --> 00:56:21,760
Speaker 1: sixty days. It's hard to get a passport that quick.

1051
00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:23,960
Speaker 1: So what I'm trying to say is the season is

1052
00:56:24,040 --> 00:56:26,959
Speaker 1: essentially here, and therefore we have to start talking about

1053
00:56:26,960 --> 00:56:29,919
Speaker 1: these sorts of things. Vents from Charlotte, North Carolina, he said,

1054
00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:32,120
Speaker 1: I've been catching up on some shows, I've heard you

1055
00:56:32,200 --> 00:56:34,840
Speaker 1: drop the hot start candidate line a few times for

1056
00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:37,680
Speaker 1: certain teams. Can you give me some examples of this?

1057
00:56:37,800 --> 00:56:41,480
Speaker 1: So Vince is asking which teams could really start fast

1058
00:56:41,600 --> 00:56:44,799
Speaker 1: this year? USC is one of them. Vents. USC will

1059
00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:47,640
Speaker 1: be I think, solidly favored in their first four games.

1060
00:56:47,640 --> 00:56:50,120
Speaker 1: And here's what you need to think about. It's not

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Speaker 1: about circling every team that you think is going to

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Speaker 1: win their first few games. To me, take the teams

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Speaker 1: that aren't going to be expected to contend, and I

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Speaker 1: don't think many people are going to expect USC to contend.

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Speaker 1: Which ones out of those groups of teams can start

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Speaker 1: off hot four and oh five and oh well, I

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Speaker 1: think USC can. They're gonna win their first two games,

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Speaker 1: and then they're on the road in the Big Ten.

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Speaker 1: But it's perdue, brand new head coach. They're in Barry Odom.

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Speaker 1: They should win that game Michigan State at home. They

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Speaker 1: should win that game. It won't be until at Illinois,

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Speaker 1: and I believe that is Week five. It's their fifth

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Speaker 1: game where the country may watch them, and then you'll

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Speaker 1: really get your first look at him nationally. Week seven,

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Speaker 1: it's their sixth game, when Michigan comes to town. But

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Speaker 1: my point is, honestly, they could be five and oh

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Speaker 1: when they play Michigan, and they play Michigan at home,

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Speaker 1: they could be six and oh when they go to

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Speaker 1: Notre Dame. They could be five and one even when

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Speaker 1: they go to Notre Dame, and that's still be a

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Speaker 1: huge game. So I think USC is a fast start candidate.

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Speaker 1: I would also say Louisville is very much a hot

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Speaker 1: start candidate. There's a solid path here to five and oh.

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Speaker 1: Eastern Kentucky, James Madison bowling at Pitt Virginia, they ought

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Speaker 1: to be five and zero. I've trust Jeff brom with

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Speaker 1: any quarterback. I trust him with me at quarterback, so

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Speaker 1: I especially trust him to get enough out of Miller Moss,

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Speaker 1: who transferred in there to win. Now, notice we're talking

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Speaker 1: about hot starts, because eventually they got Miami, they got Clemson,

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Speaker 1: they got SMU. But notice that Miami game. Two things

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Speaker 1: are funny about that. First off, it is it is

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Speaker 1: their sixth game, but it's in Week eight. Both teams

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Speaker 1: will have already had two bye weeks by them. I

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Speaker 1: don't know what the ACC did in schedule making this year,

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Speaker 1: but it is really wild to look at how discombobulated

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Speaker 1: the thing looks. The second thing you need to know

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Speaker 1: about that Louisville Miami game is it's a Friday night game.

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Speaker 1: Miami hosted Virginia Tech on a Friday night last year

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Speaker 1: and it was the most chaotic, loosely like resembling a

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Speaker 1: football game display that we saw last year. Maybe, so

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Speaker 1: Louisville Miami could be good and Louisville could be undefeated

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Speaker 1: when they played Miami. Ole Miss kind of mentioned this earlier.

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Speaker 1: I think Ole Miss, out of all the SEC teams,

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Speaker 1: is the most solid hot Stark candidate. Now, there may

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Speaker 1: be a lot of unknown defense, a lot of unknown quarterback,

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Speaker 1: brand new starting quarterback, but unlike some of these other teams,

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Speaker 1: they got Georgia State and then at Kentucky and Arkansas

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Speaker 1: and Tulane their first four. Those aren't terrible teams per se,

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Speaker 1: but they are four teams that Old Miss should handle.

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Speaker 1: They should beat all four of them. And then it

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Speaker 1: gets a little more dicey. But Georgia has Tennessee and

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Speaker 1: Bama in their first four games. Florida's got Miami and LSU.

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Speaker 1: Bama plays FSU in Wisconsin. Texas got Ohio State Week

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Speaker 1: one A and n plays Notre Dame. Early Ole Miss

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Speaker 1: didn't have a game of that caliber. So they're a

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Speaker 1: hot Stark candidate. And in the Big twelve, I think

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Speaker 1: Brigham Young is a hot Stark candidate because we think

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Speaker 1: in our internal grading system, Young may have the easiest

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Speaker 1: schedule out of all the Power four teams this year,

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Speaker 1: which their fans continue to take as an insult for

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Speaker 1: some reason. I have no idea why. It's just one

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Speaker 1: grading metric we use, And don't you want to play

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Speaker 1: a workable schedule? By the way, So they start with

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Speaker 1: an FCS team in Portland State, they play a terrible

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Speaker 1: ACC team in Stanford, and then they got a G

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Speaker 1: five team at East Carolina, and then they play a

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Speaker 1: couple of teams Colorado and West Virginia that are bottom

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Speaker 1: half of the Big twelve in the odds market. Very workable.

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Speaker 1: By the way, when I tell you you've got the

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Speaker 1: easiest schedule, I don't mean you have a ton of

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Speaker 1: easy games at Iowa States, not easy. Play in Utah,

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Speaker 1: not easy. At Texas Tech not easy. Relatively speaking, there

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Speaker 1: aren't many teams at all that you would trade schedules

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Speaker 1: for the follows, So give me USC Louisville, Ole, Mess, Bringham,

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Speaker 1: Young those of my hot start candidates. Uh what else?

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Speaker 1: I don't think anything else? Nice week a lot of traveling.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go to sleep for about fourteen hours tonight.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys. We'll be back Sunday night, same

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Speaker 1: time as always. For direct column producer Jesse, I'm Josh Pain.

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