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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Solid Verbal.

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Speaker 2: Hell for me, I'm a man, I'm for I've heard

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Speaker 2: so many players say, well, I want to be happy,

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Speaker 2: you want to be happy for Dake, Edith Steak, is

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Speaker 2: that woo woof? And them and Tie.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Salid Verbo boys and girls. My

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Speaker 1: name is Ty Hildenbrandt. That fine gentleman over there in

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Speaker 1: the heart of the Midwest still the incomparable. His name

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Speaker 1: is Dan Rubinstein. We just got done doing our little

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Speaker 1: preamble to the intro here, which people don't hear.

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Speaker 2: Where are you going with this time?

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Speaker 1: And you talked maybe about changing the name of the podcast?

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Speaker 2: Did I just a little bit I heard some of

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Speaker 2: this podcast episode not changing the name of the Solid Verbal.

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Speaker 2: We're pretty deep into the branding of that. Yeah, I

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Speaker 2: don't have a good title for this. I went pretty

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Speaker 2: pretty deeply inappropriate with my suggestion. Yeah, but I think

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Speaker 2: we're gonna stick with a more romantic ideal for I mean,

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Speaker 2: you pitched spring Fling because this is really the season.

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Speaker 2: I don't know when you met your wife. I don't

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Speaker 2: know when you know the birds and bees started floating

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Speaker 2: in the air, But I don't know why I said that, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: there is romance in the air in springtime. There's hope,

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Speaker 2: there's romance, there's optimism. And maybe it's just because we're

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Speaker 2: coming out of the cold months of winter and we

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Speaker 2: again get to see players that we've become familiar with,

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Speaker 2: or we get to see transfers that we are hoping

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Speaker 2: are going to thrive for our teams or in the sport,

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Speaker 2: or you are seeing freshmen come in. I'm sure you

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Speaker 2: have CJ. Carr thoughts for Notre Dame seems to throw

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Speaker 2: feeling the Carr. This is the beginning of the honeymoon

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Speaker 2: phase that will hopefully for everybody go throughout the season.

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Speaker 2: But certainly between like March and late August, you're like,

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Speaker 2: we might not be in the best shape in our secondary,

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Speaker 2: but boy can we get after the past. Or but boy,

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Speaker 2: these receivers look deep. But boy, our tackles there should

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Speaker 2: be smothering. But boy, this quarterback is going to be

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Speaker 2: something else. And so this is football term, the kickoff

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Speaker 2: of that honeymoon phase, which I'm pretty excited about.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we're calling this spring flings. Yeah we've done episodes

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Speaker 1: like this in the past, and the basis for this

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Speaker 1: episode today is a simple question that we put out

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Speaker 1: across social media and of course to our friends. Are

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Speaker 1: our ardent supporters excuse me out on for ballers dot com,

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Speaker 1: Which player, position, group, or surprise narrative about your team?

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Speaker 1: Are you slowly falling in love with this? Spring doesn't

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Speaker 1: always need to be perfectly rational.

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Speaker 2: And some people it's not slow. Some people it's you know,

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Speaker 2: bodies against the wall lust ty, you know what I'm

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Speaker 2: talking about. This is this is your area of expertise

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Speaker 2: where it's talking about. And I think your earliest bodies

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Speaker 2: against the Wall of us was it the Zaira. I

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Speaker 2: think that was the first time you truly got super

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Speaker 2: hot and bothered over a situation at Notre Dame. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the moleague Zie era, short as it was, that

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Speaker 1: with whoever Notre Dame's backup quarterback is. And it has

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Speaker 1: waned a little bit over the years. And the Ian

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Speaker 1: books and the Drew Pines and that whole I.

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Speaker 2: Think that Drew Pine closed. Coincidentally, the book on your

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Speaker 2: infatuation with Notre Dame's backups, but perhaps CJ. Carr this year,

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Speaker 2: Car is kind of it's given me the vapors again.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So anyway, we put out this call across Twitter,

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Speaker 1: across Instagram, across Facebook. Of course for ballers dot Com

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Speaker 1: these responses and we thought maybe we'd give a shout

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Speaker 1: people out there are really feeling right now what they

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Speaker 1: have been convincing themselves of either after watching spring football games.

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Speaker 1: We've had two big spring football weekends. There's one more

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Speaker 1: big one to go this coming weekend. Maybe just reading

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Speaker 1: verballer is sent in a variety of different answers here

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Speaker 1: that we're going to go through and react to here.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate everybody who is stuck with us through the offseason.

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Speaker 1: It's one of those things where you wade your way

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Speaker 2: the team plays against each other. Oh cool? Is it

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Speaker 2: So is it like standards scoring? I'm like, no, not

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Speaker 2: to anybody who watches. Some stadiums are full, some stadiums

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Speaker 2: no rhyme or reason to what spring football is beyond

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Speaker 2: and there's all sorts of actual good, behind the scenes reasons,

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Speaker 1: All right, let's dive in here. Let's go to the

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Speaker 1: Let's go to the artist formerly known as Twitter. Well

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Speaker 1: here with David Clay had to say. He says, simply,

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Speaker 1: quarterback depth, the perceived quarterback depth at Texas, not just

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Speaker 1: Quinny Ors, not just Arch Manning. Trey Owens there, big freshman.

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Speaker 1: deal with Arch. Arch looked really good. Arch played a lot.

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Speaker 1: Arch threw three touchdowns. I think he missed something like

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Speaker 2: this is the caveat for every single spring game because

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Speaker 2: opportunity for coaches to see what they have in some

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Speaker 2: rotation and younger players. Art looked very good. Arch looked

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Speaker 2: The other caveat is he got to do what a

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Speaker 2: but there was no hesitation. It seemed now Arch he improvised.

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Speaker 2: So we're talking about Isaiah Bond to transfer, Ryan Wingo,

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Speaker 2: an interesting ceiling here, and if he is excellent, he

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Speaker 1: By the way, per our friend Bill Connolly, twenty fifth

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Speaker 1: nationally in returning production on the offensive side of the ball.

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Speaker 1: They returned seventy four percent of their production, which is

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Speaker 1: going into a new season. It's also a pretty good

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Speaker 1: number to have more than one quarterback as you enter

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Speaker 2: So here's what we also should talk about. Quinn Ewers

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Speaker 1: How much attention did you pay to the Florida spring game,

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Speaker 2: And it's also a situation with Florida where they've long

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Speaker 1: considerably harder the deeper you get into this thing. Yeah,

433
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Speaker 1: start out, start out with Miami games at home, that

434
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Speaker 1: which is good. Then Samford, then you've got A and

435
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Speaker 1: M coming to town. Then you go on the road

436
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Speaker 1: at Mississippi State before a bye week. As you get

437
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Speaker 1: into October, this is when s starts getting real. S Tie,

438
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Speaker 1: I'm trying here, Okay.

439
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Speaker 2: Snit's getting real. Yeah, snit is.

440
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Speaker 1: Getting real, U CF whatever on the road at Tennessee.

441
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Speaker 1: What is this UCF whatever business, then home against Kentucky

442
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Speaker 1: before a bye. Then then then rivalry game against Georgia

443
00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,280
Speaker 1: on the road at Texas, home against LSU, home against

444
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Speaker 1: Old Miss on the road at Florida State. That close

445
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Speaker 1: out the season. By my count, that is seven straight. Yeah,

446
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:53,400
Speaker 1: ranked opponents issue to close out the season. Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Texas, LSU,

447
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Speaker 1: Old Miss, Florida State.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Quite the train. Tie, quite the train on this

449
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Speaker 2: spring fling situation.

450
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Speaker 1: So here here's what's interesting to watch, what's interesting to watch,

451
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Speaker 1: and this is something that I think came out of

452
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Speaker 1: that spring game for Florida. And then I promise we'll

453
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Speaker 1: move on. We'll talk about a different school. Okay, it

454
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Speaker 1: does seem as if they're going to use him during

455
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Speaker 1: the year. They're not just they're not just going to

456
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Speaker 1: pack them with bubble rapp and let them learn behind

457
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Speaker 1: Graham Mertz. It seems like on a limited basis, we're

458
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Speaker 1: going to see some DJ Lagway, Okay, and it will

459
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Speaker 1: be interesting to see, like if something comes off the.

460
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Speaker 2: Swivel if well, you know, if just Graham Mertz rolls

461
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Speaker 2: an ankle against the ankle, like what is what is

462
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Speaker 2: the you know break glass when needed. Situation with DJ Lagway,

463
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Speaker 2: what is the offense, how limited is the offense and

464
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Speaker 2: what are they doing to not sort of overrush his

465
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Speaker 2: development if they need him?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, if you put him in against a

467
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Speaker 1: Tennessee and he breaks off a big run or makes

468
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Speaker 1: a big throw or gives them offense tools that they

469
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Speaker 1: don't have with Graham Mertz, this is a story as

470
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Speaker 1: old as time in college football of the hotshot freshmen

471
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Speaker 1: coming in and then usurping whoever the incumbent is.

472
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll see and look, it might be a broader

473
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Speaker 2: story within the sport period with recruiting never being bigger,

474
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Speaker 2: so you know who the five star backup is, or

475
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Speaker 2: you know who the big transfer is, or you know

476
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Speaker 2: who the like pretty good starter is. But we'll see

477
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Speaker 2: what happens. I mean, look, we've already discussed Texas and Florida.

478
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Speaker 2: Similar situation could be what at Notre Dame. Similar situation

479
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Speaker 2: could be at Oregon with Dante Moore backing up Dylan Gabriel. Like,

480
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Speaker 2: there's a lot of tantalizing backup situations. Ohio State has that,

481
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Speaker 2: Michigan might have that this year We've got you know,

482
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Speaker 2: highly touted freshmen that might be showing out, like, it's

483
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Speaker 2: pretty great that we'll have this competition a huge places

484
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Speaker 2: at quarterback. We'll talk about usc like it's interesting.

485
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Speaker 1: We we got a couple comments here about Michigan, okay.

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Speaker 1: Paul out on Facebook says one thing that he is

487
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Speaker 1: slowly convinced himself of, something he's excited about is Michigan

488
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:08,120
Speaker 1: reloading being on the cusp of the twelve team playoff. Right,

489
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Speaker 1: certainly enough talent up there. Also, Gary on our patreon

490
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,960
Speaker 1: of forballers dot Com says, Michigan's defensive line is going

491
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Speaker 1: to be tough. He's talking off into Michigan's defensive line.

492
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Speaker 1: Let's talk about Michigan, okay, because so many narratives on

493
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Speaker 1: the Michigan side, it's almost difficult to know where to start.

494
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:32,679
Speaker 1: New coach, new coaching staff, to some extent, new quarterback.

495
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Speaker 1: There are a lot of guys that are leaving, but

496
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Speaker 1: there are still a lot of guys who are around.

497
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Speaker 1: So I agree with Paul's sentiment out on Facebook, like

498
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Speaker 1: Michigan should absolutely be on the cusp of the twelve

499
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Speaker 1: team playoff. I don't think they're the number one team

500
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Speaker 1: in the country going to the year, But I don't

501
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Speaker 1: think it's one of those deals where the program is

502
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Speaker 1: going to completely bottom out. Generally, if that's going to

503
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Speaker 1: happen under a new coach takes a little bit before

504
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Speaker 1: you see it, and Schroan Moore in limited action as

505
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:04,560
Speaker 1: the head guy for Michigan, has proven quite capable of

506
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Speaker 1: keeping that ship on track. So I am optimistic that

507
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Speaker 1: Paul sentiment here is accurate. What was your reaction to

508
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Speaker 1: spring storyline? Spring takeaways from the Michigan game.

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Speaker 2: There's just so much new, There's just and there are

510
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:27,119
Speaker 2: familiar for I think Donovan Edwards, Colson Lovelin, like Mason

511
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Speaker 2: Graham and Kenneth Grant are going to be as good

512
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Speaker 2: as like an interior defensive line pairing as there is

513
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Speaker 2: in the country. I mean, should be preseason All American

514
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:42,800
Speaker 2: conversation type players, Hella. But it's the depth. It's and

515
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,199
Speaker 2: look Sam goes obviously for Will Johnson at one of

516
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,320
Speaker 2: the corner spots. But it's the depth, it's the experience

517
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,560
Speaker 2: that they had last year. It was the ability to

518
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Speaker 2: fill in some gaps in the portal along the offensive

519
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,760
Speaker 2: line and the secondary, along the defensive front. They built

520
00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:03,000
Speaker 2: up tight end depth in portal, and so it just

521
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,920
Speaker 2: feels like with Michigan, like we just have to extend

522
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,000
Speaker 2: grace and they're like, yeah, if they struggle at times

523
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Speaker 2: this year with a lot new both in staff and roster,

524
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Speaker 2: it's understandable. All signs point at all roads, signs whatever

525
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Speaker 2: pointed to twenty twenty three, and so they're gonna take

526
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Speaker 2: a dip this year. It feels like, but I don't

527
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Speaker 2: know if Alex Orgy and all we really saw of

528
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Speaker 2: him him was as like a change of pace, third

529
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Speaker 2: and short type quarterback, a package type quarterback, and we

530
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Speaker 2: have no idea what his ceiling is as a thrower.

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Speaker 2: If he's transformational, Yeah, the narrative on Michigan, I think changes.

532
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Speaker 2: But I don't think it's fair to expect this team

533
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Speaker 2: as like a top tier national program in twenty twenty four,

534
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Speaker 2: just because I don't think they recruited and had the

535
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Speaker 2: aggression coupled with losing Jim Harbaugh. Like, I don't think

536
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Speaker 2: they are bill in that way to just continue, but

537
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Speaker 2: I could be wrong. It's fine.

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Speaker 1: What's interesting about the Michigan schedule this year is they've

539
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Speaker 1: got Texas, Oregon, and Ohio State scattered throughout the year,

540
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Speaker 1: Texas in September, Oregon in November, Ohio State obviously at

541
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Speaker 1: the far end of the season November thirtieth to close

542
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Speaker 1: out the year. Yeah, outside of that, the other teams

543
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Speaker 1: in the schedule, most of them are dealing with a

544
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Speaker 1: lot of new, a lot of new USC new quarterback.

545
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Speaker 1: Maybe we can talk about Miller Moss and some of

546
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Speaker 1: the interceptions they're quarterbacks through, how they're trying to improve

547
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Speaker 1: on defense, and did look better a little bit on

548
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Speaker 1: defense in their spring game. But whether you're talking about

549
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Speaker 1: Minnesota or Washington, or Michigan State or Indiana, even North

550
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Speaker 1: Wet Like, there's a lot new on the schedule. If

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Speaker 1: Michigan is at all capable, provided there isn't any kind

552
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Speaker 1: of bottoming out situation with quarterback or defense, whatever, this

553
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Speaker 1: is still going to be a very very good team.

554
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Speaker 1: That's why I sort of agree with Paul cusp of

555
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Speaker 1: the twelve team playoff feels about right to me. I

556
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Speaker 1: don't know if they're beating Texas, I don't know if

557
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Speaker 1: they're beating Oregon out, if they're beating Ohio State. My

558
00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,280
Speaker 1: hunch at this early juncture proved me wrong. Michigan is

559
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Speaker 1: that the answers. No, if you're asking, gun to my

560
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Speaker 1: head right now, are they winning those No, they're not

561
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Speaker 1: winning those games. But the other ones, the other ones

562
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Speaker 1: seem like they're there. And in this new world order

563
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Speaker 1: of college football where more teams getting the playoff, that

564
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Speaker 1: might be all it takes. Might need some help, that

565
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Speaker 1: might be all it takes. They were built last year

566
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Speaker 1: to dismantle average teams thoroughly and slow down a little bit.

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Speaker 2: You know, injuries played a role against what Maryland and

568
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Speaker 2: Penn State, and Jim Harbaugh is not on the field

569
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Speaker 2: against Penn State and Ohio State and look impressive closing

570
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Speaker 2: out the season. Obviously then win a national championship. But

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Speaker 2: I think it's still TBD that and I don't know

572
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Speaker 2: what they're like let down look ahead. I think Illinois

573
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Speaker 2: might be one of those. Is Illinois like before the

574
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Speaker 2: Oregon game on the road, something like that.

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Speaker 1: Michigan State is before the Oregon game. After Oregon they're

576
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Speaker 1: on the road in Indiana. Maybe we could talk a

577
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Speaker 1: little bit about Curtis Rourke.

578
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Speaker 2: And I'm not individually worried about Michigan losing to what

579
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:17,200
Speaker 2: appears to be like a clearly inferior roster. But those

580
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,960
Speaker 2: are the types of losses that happen when you don't

581
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Speaker 2: have grown men across the offensive line like they did

582
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Speaker 2: last year, and you don't have crazy depth up front

583
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Speaker 2: like they did last year, and you don't have you know,

584
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Speaker 2: Mike sand Rostill is maybe your third best corner playing

585
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Speaker 2: the nickel like that. They were in a really luxurious

586
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,480
Speaker 2: place in terms of like high end upper classmen last year,

587
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Speaker 2: where I just think it's me a little bit different

588
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Speaker 2: this year, and it might be a little bit more

589
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Speaker 2: difficult to whether, like, Okay, it's twenty all at Illinois

590
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:50,160
Speaker 2: in the fourth quarter. We can lean on the experience

591
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,320
Speaker 2: and comfort level we have with all of these twenty

592
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Speaker 2: two year olds, it might be different this year.

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Speaker 1: Did you see Jim Harbaugh got the fifteen and no

594
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Speaker 1: tattoo on his right arm?

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Speaker 2: I did not, but I know he promise that, so

596
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Speaker 2: good for him.

597
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Speaker 1: He did it. One other point here and this is

598
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Speaker 1: a natural jumping off point for us to talk about Oregon,

599
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Speaker 1: which we can do next. We had a bunch of

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Speaker 1: organ stuff come in as well, Michigan Oregon in ann

601
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Speaker 1: Arbor Saturday, November the second. Yes, do we want to

602
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Speaker 1: plant our flag now that we will be there. Is

603
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Speaker 1: it too early to schedule that thing out because you

604
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Speaker 1: and I we've been playing foot seaes with it here

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Speaker 1: through the off season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: We don't generally go to games during the year because

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Speaker 1: we do the midnight thing because we're recapping all of

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Speaker 1: college football. But it's our damn show. We can do

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Speaker 1: what we want.

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Speaker 2: I agree.

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Speaker 1: So, is are we at a position where we can

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Speaker 1: at least tentatively plant that flag?

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Speaker 2: I would like to yes. Yes.

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Speaker 1: When was the last time you were at a game?

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Speaker 2: It's like a decade. I think I've been to like tailgates,

617
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 2: but I haven't sat in the stands because I've needed

618
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Speaker 2: to watch everything and take note of everything for this show.

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Speaker 2: I think the Oregon Ohio State national championship in the

620
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Speaker 2: first College Football Playoff national championship. I've been to subsequent

621
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Speaker 2: national championship game lead up weeks with you. I've been

622
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Speaker 2: to local tailgate like Northwestern tailgates, but no, I haven't

623
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Speaker 2: sat in the stands since then and miss it terribly.

624
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Speaker 2: So having the Michigan connections I do in my family,

625
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Speaker 2: having the Oregon connections and Oregon friends that want to

626
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,280
Speaker 2: come in for this game. I think we do it.

627
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Speaker 2: I don't think you go into it.

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Speaker 1: I think we got to do it, Dan, I really do,

629
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Speaker 1: because it's been a decade for me as well, and

630
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Speaker 1: I miss it. You know, if you're not out there

631
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Speaker 1: amongst the people with your finger on the pulse of

632
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Speaker 1: what's going on in the stadium, outside the stadium, at

633
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Speaker 1: the tailgates, if you can't enjoy it, what are we

634
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Speaker 1: even doing here?

635
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Speaker 2: I agree? Also, I just love that it's like I

636
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 2: don't know how many years since two thousand and seven,

637
00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,800
Speaker 2: about seventeen years since, like the dentist Dixon inside the

638
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Speaker 2: Big House. So there's that that lovely baggage for me,

639
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,240
Speaker 2: I don't know, it sounds great to me, tentatively speaking.

640
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Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll be there.

641
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Speaker 2: What say November second?

642
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Speaker 1: November the second?

643
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:11,560
Speaker 2: Okay, let's do it.

644
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,440
Speaker 1: Let's talk about Oregon, because we've got a bunch of

645
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 1: Oregon thoughts here about Receiver.

646
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Speaker 2: People are falling in love there everywhere.

647
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Speaker 1: Man Glenn Out on Twitter says that Oregon's secondary was

648
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,319
Speaker 1: a weak point in twenty twenty three, but oh right right,

649
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 1: or it'll be its best and most consistent defensive unit

650
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four. Maybe you can agree or disagree

651
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:36,160
Speaker 1: with that. We had Kyle one, two, three, kfs on threads.

652
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 1: It's a new thing. All the kids are doing it,

653
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:41,400
Speaker 1: are they not? Really?

654
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 2: I don't get the sense that all the kids are

655
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 2: on threads.

656
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:47,840
Speaker 1: They're really not. Yeah, Organ's wide receiver room. Kyle calls

657
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 1: out there, let's see what else we got here. I

658
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:52,759
Speaker 1: feel like we had more and maybe I didn't jop

659
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 1: them all down, but two different sides of the ball, man.

660
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 1: I mean, this is like, speak to your level of

661
00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:02,759
Speaker 1: optimism about or in twenty twenty four, because there's like

662
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:06,640
Speaker 1: a lot to digest right now between the transfers and

663
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 1: the coach who's staying and gives us impassioned speech that

664
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:15,799
Speaker 1: gets dumped immediately to social media after he turns down Alabama. Like,

665
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:18,120
Speaker 1: there's more steam on this Oregon program now than I

666
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: can remember in a good long time. So where is

667
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:25,880
Speaker 1: your heat check right now? For the Ducks, it's pretty

668
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 1: high level. I'm pretty the romance is bloom and tie.

669
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,040
Speaker 1: As for like the secondary room, Look the coaches. You

670
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:36,440
Speaker 1: know what coaches think of their roster based on how

671
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 1: aggressive they are at what position group in the portal,

672
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,160
Speaker 1: And sometimes it's just like, we need help everywhere we're going. Everywhere.

673
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 2: Oregon went especially aggressive. You look at last year where

674
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 2: they were not confident and where they did not perform,

675
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:51,840
Speaker 2: and where they were not healthy. So the depth wasn't trusted.

676
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 2: It was those Washington games. It was the secondary leaning

677
00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:58,799
Speaker 2: on backup corners, safeties that had opportunities that didn't quite

678
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:02,480
Speaker 2: make plays. They bring in what Brandon Johnson from do

679
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:05,560
Speaker 2: Kobe Savage from Kansas State. I think it's Cam Alexander

680
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:09,359
Speaker 2: from UTSA to man one of the corner sides. They

681
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,560
Speaker 2: bring back Jalil Florence, who I think had off season

682
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 2: surgery and is still hobbled, but he's i think expected

683
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 2: to start on one side. I think they're looking heavily

684
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 2: at Jacoby Matthews, I want to say, from Texas A

685
00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 2: and M a safety, so secondary show and Jabar Mohammad

686
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:27,839
Speaker 2: is obviously the headline name at corner who they bring

687
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:32,800
Speaker 2: in from Washington. So I just look at Dan Lanning's

688
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 2: roster construction and he was like, we're just not going

689
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 2: to lose games because we're thin in the secondary anymore.

690
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:42,440
Speaker 2: And their co defensive coordinator is Chris Hampton, and his

691
00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 2: background is in the secondary, and he's taken a bigger

692
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 2: role there. I think they're in a very good place.

693
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 2: I think you're absolutely right if you're an Oregon fan

694
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 2: to feel very good about where the secondary is in

695
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,799
Speaker 2: terms of both high level talent and depth. And they've

696
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 2: recruited corner really well. Safety. I think there's promising youth

697
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:04,120
Speaker 2: there as well. So I think the questions are at

698
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 2: linebacker and the middle of the defensive line in terms

699
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:11,040
Speaker 2: of high end and depth. But secondary, I think you're

700
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:12,319
Speaker 2: right to feel good about.

701
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,680
Speaker 1: How do you feel abou Dylan Gabriel good?

702
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:20,320
Speaker 2: Very good. Look, he's old. He's old, that's a plus.

703
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 2: He's one big games. He's played in big games. He's

704
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 2: been nicked up throughout his career, which is less promising

705
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:27,880
Speaker 2: because he's not a big guy and he's not a

706
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 2: tall guy. I might be like five to ten and

707
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,600
Speaker 2: a half something like that. I don't love that. I'd

708
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,480
Speaker 2: much rather him be six to one and a half

709
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 2: if he were on the shorter side for a quarterback.

710
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 2: But look, if somebody's coming in pre successful. He was

711
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:46,560
Speaker 2: unanimous All Big Twelve Quarterback of the Year or you know,

712
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:51,600
Speaker 2: first team All Big Twelve last year and has an

713
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,719
Speaker 2: offensive line that should be quality in front of him

714
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:58,800
Speaker 2: both tackles back. The receiving corps was addressed and should

715
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,080
Speaker 2: be very good once again at in Evan Stewart, who

716
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 2: just arrived I think a week and a half ago

717
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 2: or something on campus. To add that to Tes Johnson

718
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 2: Terrence Ferguson at tight end, like running back room should

719
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:13,400
Speaker 2: be very very good. I just if he is a

720
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 2: B plus, he's an A because if he's a B plus,

721
00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:20,840
Speaker 2: the rest of the players around him will carry Oregon

722
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 2: pretty easily to the finish line most of the time.

723
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: So here's me, here's what jumps out of me about Oregon.

724
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:30,360
Speaker 1: And not to make this all about schedules. Okay, okay,

725
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:34,440
Speaker 1: but Oregon is crazy deep. They've got so much talent

726
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:38,800
Speaker 1: in Eugene right now. They are entering their first season

727
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:43,759
Speaker 1: of Big Ten play, and this schedule is advantageous. This

728
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:45,600
Speaker 1: is about as good of a schedule as you could

729
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 1: hope for going into a new conference, and you could

730
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,279
Speaker 1: argue it's easier than it was a year ago or

731
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:55,200
Speaker 1: has been in a while. Boise State and Oregon State

732
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:59,239
Speaker 1: to open up the year after a bye, UCLA and

733
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,920
Speaker 1: Michigan State before the big one on the schedule, which

734
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:07,280
Speaker 1: who knows Ohio State, But that game's at home October twelfth,

735
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 1: that's a biggin But after that at Purdue Illinois, the

736
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:16,239
Speaker 1: aforementioned Michigan game on the road in nann Arbor, Week ten,

737
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,920
Speaker 1: Maryland at Wisconsin close out the year home against the

738
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Speaker 1: Washington Huskies. More to the point, there is a lot

739
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:27,120
Speaker 1: of new at all those places as well. Yeah, definitely,

740
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:34,640
Speaker 1: So if not Ohio State, and if not Michigan, who

741
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 1: are you worried about on the schedule? Like are you

742
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:39,759
Speaker 1: worried about Wisconsin?

743
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:44,080
Speaker 2: It's on the road, it's a difficult place to play,

744
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:47,640
Speaker 2: But I don't think they're built to win this compete

745
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:48,799
Speaker 2: for the conference, like what.

746
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:51,560
Speaker 1: I struggle with here, And I try not to be

747
00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 1: too hopelessly optimistic about any of.

748
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 2: These times right now, now that you've wagered money on

749
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,480
Speaker 2: Oregon's national championship odds.

750
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 1: I'm in for ten. I'm in for ten. But seriously,

751
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:06,200
Speaker 1: looking at the schedule, what should these games scare you? Like,

752
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:09,440
Speaker 1: even if they dump too right, they lose the Ohio

753
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:11,920
Speaker 1: State and Michigan, let's say I'm not going to be

754
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:15,320
Speaker 1: in the Big Ten title game. Whatever, But if you

755
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:16,839
Speaker 1: can leave them out of the playoffs ten to two.

756
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,719
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a good team. They're probably still getting in,

757
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 1: provided they don't get blown out in any of those games.

758
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:23,920
Speaker 1: I don't see anyone else here on the schedule. That

759
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,960
Speaker 1: really frightens me, because again, a lot new things could

760
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:30,120
Speaker 1: change with injuries, whatnot. But it's late April right now,

761
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 1: so give me some slack. My point is that, barring

762
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:37,040
Speaker 1: any kind of total bottoming out this season, total catastrophe,

763
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 1: Oregon almost starts off this conversation in twenty twenty four

764
00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 1: as a playoff team.

765
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Speaker 2: I'm on the same page I'm feeling at this spring.

766
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:48,160
Speaker 2: I don't know much about what has happened in spring practice,

767
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 2: because I don't think a lot of people do. They're

768
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 2: pretty tight lipped about everything. We'll see what happens in

769
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,560
Speaker 2: the spring game. I think it's this coming Saturday, But no,

770
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 2: I look at the quarterbacks on this schedule, and there's

771
00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:00,440
Speaker 2: a couple of Oh, maybe it could be something interesting

772
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,600
Speaker 2: with like aid in Chiles, but that game's in Eugene,

773
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:05,520
Speaker 2: and that's a first year Michigan State situation. But the

774
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,560
Speaker 2: rest of that, you know, Will Rogers and maybe TVD

775
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:10,600
Speaker 2: we'll see if he even wins the job at Wisconsin.

776
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,400
Speaker 2: It doesn't seem like super promising right now. Some of

777
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 2: the quotes that quotes that have come out with Luke Fickle,

778
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,440
Speaker 2: he's just like the quarterbacks on the schedule. Even like

779
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:23,640
Speaker 2: Ohio State's defense should be just bonkers incredible, especially in

780
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:26,200
Speaker 2: that back end. And we'll see what happens without consistent

781
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 2: like JT. Touamalo is or something on the line, but

782
00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:32,080
Speaker 2: that defense should be bonkers good. But like, which will

783
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 2: Howard do we get in this offense? That kind of matters,

784
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:38,839
Speaker 2: even though everything around him looks pretty great and we'll

785
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,000
Speaker 2: see on the offensive line there. And it's just I

786
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 2: think it's a good year to look deep and potentially

787
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:49,880
Speaker 2: excellent in the Big Ten with what Michigan has or

788
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 2: what Michigan lacks from last year, what Penn State still

789
00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:54,879
Speaker 2: needs to prove on offense, and organ doesn't even play

790
00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:58,319
Speaker 2: Penn State this year, that it's still a rebuilding Wisconsin. Like,

791
00:41:58,440 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 2: it's a good year to be excellent in the Big Ten.

792
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:02,400
Speaker 1: More to the point on the Ohio State front, and

793
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:04,680
Speaker 1: we had some folks right in about Ohio State. I

794
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 1: don't want to go too deep on Ohio State. Yeah,

795
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:11,200
Speaker 1: Trill Howard sends us a tweet saying CJ Hicks. CJ Hicks,

796
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:16,880
Speaker 1: the Ohio State linebacker, was doing it for him. I

797
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 1: watched some of the highlights for Will Howard. I read

798
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:22,239
Speaker 1: some of the.

799
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:25,359
Speaker 2: That was like a two hand touch situation as well,

800
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:27,440
Speaker 2: right Ohio State. Yeah exactly.

801
00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:30,479
Speaker 1: But one of the things that was called out by

802
00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 1: folks who watch more Ohio State than me, and I

803
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 1: think it's really important because it's subtle, but it's definitely

804
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:40,000
Speaker 1: something that could pay dividends a little bit later on.

805
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:41,759
Speaker 1: One of the things that I want to give a

806
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:43,759
Speaker 1: shout out to our friends over to eleven Warriors who

807
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,680
Speaker 1: watched the tape back and talked about what they saw

808
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:47,880
Speaker 1: at a Will Howard and all that.

809
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:48,800
Speaker 2: Sure.

810
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:54,320
Speaker 1: Their observation was when things break down, when the pocket

811
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:58,200
Speaker 1: breaks down, when there is a situation which Will Howard

812
00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 1: needs to improvise, he doesn't sacrifice his mechanics. And that

813
00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:04,799
Speaker 1: is one thing that they called out, and I think

814
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:08,040
Speaker 1: rightfully so that separates Will Howard from somebody like a

815
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:12,000
Speaker 1: Kyle McCord. Kyle McCord did a lot of that last season.

816
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:14,440
Speaker 1: Cayle McCord looked good in his Syracuse game. I don't

817
00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:16,279
Speaker 1: know if we're going to get into Syracuse today. Good

818
00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:18,319
Speaker 1: for him, yeah, good for him, right, Good for him.

819
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:21,120
Speaker 1: But the Will Howard thing is going to be interesting

820
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:24,920
Speaker 1: to follow because even though big name transfer, a lot

821
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:29,319
Speaker 1: of experience, big running quarterback presumably would fit well in

822
00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 1: the Chip Kelly system, it's not a given that he's

823
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:34,440
Speaker 1: going to win that job. There's a lot of quarterback

824
00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:38,280
Speaker 1: ammo behind him right that depth chart, But just having

825
00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:42,120
Speaker 1: a guy who has that poise and doesn't throw the

826
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:45,080
Speaker 1: mechanics to the wind if things around him are breaking down,

827
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:48,720
Speaker 1: that in and of itself is an upgrade for Ohio

828
00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:50,920
Speaker 1: State fans. So I'd feel good about that if I

829
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:51,960
Speaker 1: root it for the Buckeyes.

830
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:55,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say the best of Will Howard because

831
00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:56,960
Speaker 2: of what he was able to show at times with

832
00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:01,120
Speaker 2: his legs at Kansas State and obviously Kansas State to

833
00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:03,399
Speaker 2: a Conference crownd two years ago, the best of Will

834
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:08,480
Speaker 2: Howard is going to have a higher ceiling than col McCord.

835
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:11,440
Speaker 2: There are some real down moments for Will Howard last year.

836
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:13,359
Speaker 2: There were some real down moments for Will Howard early

837
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:18,160
Speaker 2: on his Kansas State career, but the reality is Ohio

838
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:20,160
Speaker 2: State with a ton of talent on offense at skill

839
00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:23,280
Speaker 2: positions and Will Howard, they've got maybe the best offensive

840
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,839
Speaker 2: coordinator in the sport. If chip Kelly is locked in,

841
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:30,720
Speaker 2: I agree with that, and at this phase of his career,

842
00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:33,879
Speaker 2: if he is only focused, basically only focused, so I'm

843
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:37,600
Speaker 2: sure he's still recruiting, but if he is mostly or

844
00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 2: overwhelmingly focused on the chess match for next week, on

845
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:46,359
Speaker 2: offense developing, and this is the big thing with chip

846
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:49,440
Speaker 2: Kelly too. He's just like he's really good at developing quarterbacks,

847
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:52,200
Speaker 2: he's really good at scheming an offense, like, oh our

848
00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:54,560
Speaker 2: offensive line doesn't do this well. These are the types

849
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:57,560
Speaker 2: of runs we're going to start to master, and we

850
00:44:57,640 --> 00:44:59,719
Speaker 2: are going to not run a huge playbook, but the

851
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,240
Speaker 2: play we run, we're going to dress up in interesting

852
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:04,279
Speaker 2: ways and disguise in different ways, and we're going to

853
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:06,400
Speaker 2: figure out who to pick on during a game in

854
00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:08,120
Speaker 2: the first half and then in the second half. We're

855
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:11,239
Speaker 2: just going at this weak spot in the defense, like

856
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:15,120
Speaker 2: Ohio State is not going to be lacking for an

857
00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:18,400
Speaker 2: offensive mind and Ryan based on a sensational job on offense.

858
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:20,720
Speaker 2: There were some of those like micro decisions and fourth

859
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:24,000
Speaker 2: downs and just general vision for and offense issues that

860
00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:26,840
Speaker 2: seem to pop up more often as his career has

861
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:30,280
Speaker 2: gone on at Ohio State. I think that's just solved

862
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:34,080
Speaker 2: for with Chip Kelly. I would I'm not questioning anything

863
00:45:34,120 --> 00:45:37,480
Speaker 2: about a Chip Kelly offense if he's solely focused on that.

864
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:44,960
Speaker 1: And maybe I'm attributing this quote to Chip Kelly incorrectly,

865
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:50,000
Speaker 1: but I have seen some commentary out there, whether it

866
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:52,759
Speaker 1: was from Chip or anybody else, that another one of

867
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:55,759
Speaker 1: the things that they like at a Will Howard. He

868
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:59,920
Speaker 1: just sort of knows when to run. He knows when's run.

869
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:04,799
Speaker 1: It doesn't force it. And again it's a subtlety. It's

870
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:06,920
Speaker 1: not necessarily the kind of thing that's going to get

871
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:11,600
Speaker 1: drafted in the first round, but that situational awareness goes

872
00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:14,880
Speaker 1: a long way, especially as you get deeper into the

873
00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:19,279
Speaker 1: season you're playing bigger games, playoffs and conference championships and

874
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:21,719
Speaker 1: whatnot are on the line. Having somebody who understands the

875
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:25,240
Speaker 1: situation around them even as it's breaking down is really important.

876
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 1: So we'll see, I don't know, we'll see where it

877
00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:29,799
Speaker 1: goes for Will Howard. You know, I like the guy

878
00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:32,719
Speaker 1: I've been making videos about him. We've been talking about

879
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:34,759
Speaker 1: him on the show for a couple months now. Maybe

880
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:36,520
Speaker 1: he'll win the job, maybe it won't, but I think

881
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:37,879
Speaker 1: a lot to be excited about there.

882
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:40,839
Speaker 2: Look, it's basically Ohio State season because they don't play

883
00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:44,839
Speaker 2: anybody early. They don't have like the headline Oregon or

884
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:47,359
Speaker 2: Oklahoma in years past where they have like this huge

885
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:51,000
Speaker 2: non conference game. It's Akron Western, Michigan Marshall to start

886
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:54,680
Speaker 2: the season for Ohio State. So we've got for Chip

887
00:46:54,719 --> 00:46:57,920
Speaker 2: Kelly and Will Howard specifically, new defense at Michigan State,

888
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:02,400
Speaker 2: same I'm sure, just horrible defense to play against in Iowa.

889
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:06,080
Speaker 2: That's gonna be very good, a very difficult one at Oregon.

890
00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:09,560
Speaker 2: I think it'll be difficult with Nebraska but not stocked

891
00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:13,080
Speaker 2: with NFL talent. Penn State new defensive coordinator, Michigan new

892
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:15,680
Speaker 2: defensive coordinator with talent. A lot of these teams have

893
00:47:15,719 --> 00:47:17,760
Speaker 2: the talent, but there's there's a lot of moving pieces

894
00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:20,320
Speaker 2: at a lot of these places that are potentially staying

895
00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:21,239
Speaker 2: in Ohio State's way.

896
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,960
Speaker 1: All right, let's talk in more detail about one or

897
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:26,600
Speaker 1: two more and then we'll go rapid fire just to

898
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:28,400
Speaker 1: make sure we get most of the ones we're not

899
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 1: gonna be able to hit them all. Yeah, yeah, we

900
00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:32,839
Speaker 1: had one that came in out on Patreon from both

901
00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:37,840
Speaker 1: Michael and Zach. I'm falling in love with a classic

902
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:42,920
Speaker 1: trope uh oh, transfer quarterback and a new offensive coordinator.

903
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:47,719
Speaker 1: You can't tell me. In April twenty twenty four that

904
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:52,680
Speaker 1: the marriage of Bobby Petrino and Taylor Green won't be

905
00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:57,560
Speaker 1: a hit famous last words. Yeah, last words, the Arkansas

906
00:47:57,560 --> 00:48:03,120
Speaker 1: offense will stun. Hear that stun this fall, especially after

907
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:06,360
Speaker 1: last year's disaster. So that one was from Michael, and

908
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:09,319
Speaker 1: then Zach chimed in in the comments to say that

909
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 1: he came on out to Patreon to post about this

910
00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:13,439
Speaker 1: as well.

911
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 2: Yeah.

912
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:19,400
Speaker 1: I like Taylor Green. I really like Taylor Green at

913
00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:21,919
Speaker 1: Boise State. The best of tailing Green. Yeah, the best

914
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:24,560
Speaker 1: of Tailor Green, thank you. But sure how I feel

915
00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:28,040
Speaker 1: about Boby Petrina though? Okay, so I would not be

916
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:30,600
Speaker 1: a fan of having Bobby Petrino as my team's offensive

917
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:34,080
Speaker 1: coordinator at this stage in his career. And I don't know,

918
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:38,400
Speaker 1: just seems like people don't like being around him within

919
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:43,040
Speaker 1: various programs across America, college and professional, and the best

920
00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:45,360
Speaker 1: of Tailing Green is interesting. Arkansas had one of the

921
00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:48,359
Speaker 1: absolute worst offensive lines in college football last year. How

922
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:53,960
Speaker 1: that changes via portal, via development, via recruiting TBD. You

923
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,440
Speaker 1: would assume. I assumed that this was going to just

924
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:59,440
Speaker 1: continue and continue to be a strength under Sam Pittman,

925
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:05,000
Speaker 1: given his background, But kJ Jefferson constantly under fire running

926
00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:07,319
Speaker 1: game all over the place. Not the fault of the

927
00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:10,480
Speaker 1: running backs, because you know, guys like Rocket Sanders very talented,

928
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:13,520
Speaker 1: but this was an offensive line that that did this

929
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:20,640
Speaker 1: offense almost zero favors and just nowhere near ready to

930
00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:26,319
Speaker 1: be an anchor for a super intriguing, excellent offense last year.

931
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:30,319
Speaker 1: So as tantalizing as Taylor Green in a spring game

932
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:31,239
Speaker 1: whatever might be.

933
00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:35,880
Speaker 2: Hope it works would be a cool story because of

934
00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:40,200
Speaker 2: Tailor Green's athleticism and ceiling. But like, we're gonna have

935
00:49:40,239 --> 00:49:44,879
Speaker 2: to see an overwhelming change from this Arkansas offensive line

936
00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:47,840
Speaker 2: to get me truly lustful about the potential.

937
00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:52,400
Speaker 1: The problem that I have with Arkansas is that you

938
00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:56,480
Speaker 1: can't focus too much on any one thing in team sports.

939
00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:00,239
Speaker 1: I like Tailor, I like Tailor Green a lot. I'm

940
00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:05,520
Speaker 1: not totally out on Bobby Petrino, Okay, I have questions

941
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:07,719
Speaker 1: about the line that was obvious from a year ago

942
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:13,800
Speaker 1: and sort of perplexing given Sam Pittman's pedigree. Defensively though

943
00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:17,839
Speaker 1: they're almost completely new. Yeah, and even on offense, there's

944
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:21,560
Speaker 1: something like ninety ninth in terms of returning production. This

945
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:24,440
Speaker 1: is not an easy schedule. Arkansas had to deal with

946
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:26,200
Speaker 1: a difficult schedule a year ago. They're going to have

947
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:29,640
Speaker 1: to deal with it again this year. So I don't

948
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:34,800
Speaker 1: know what a realistic ceiling is for this team. Frankly,

949
00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:36,120
Speaker 1: there are a lot of teams in the schedule. I

950
00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:39,200
Speaker 1: don't see them being even in the same neighborhood as

951
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:45,560
Speaker 1: lsu Ole miss Texas, say Missouri. Who knows where A

952
00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:49,000
Speaker 1: and M is at Tennessee with nik like, there are

953
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:51,239
Speaker 1: a lot of teams on here as there are for

954
00:50:51,280 --> 00:50:54,680
Speaker 1: anybody playing in the SEC that could be it And

955
00:50:54,719 --> 00:50:57,040
Speaker 1: so that to me is sort of the wet blanket.

956
00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:01,839
Speaker 1: What does he look like against that competition? And are

957
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:03,719
Speaker 1: they putting him out there in a situation where he's

958
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:06,400
Speaker 1: essentially playing hero ball, having to make up for a

959
00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:10,080
Speaker 1: bad defense and scramble away from an offensive line that stinks? Again,

960
00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:11,799
Speaker 1: I don't know.

961
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:14,799
Speaker 2: And did Arkansas just hire an interim coach head coach

962
00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:17,759
Speaker 2: in Bobby Patrino. Now if they lose twenty eight to

963
00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:20,120
Speaker 2: seven to text A and M a few weeks into

964
00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:24,080
Speaker 2: the year, Yeah, all right. We were just we were asked,

965
00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:27,239
Speaker 2: we were asking people to bring in optimism and flowery

966
00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:29,759
Speaker 2: hope and romance, and then we just decided to be

967
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:33,879
Speaker 2: sopping wet blankets on Arkansas because we're not good.

968
00:51:33,920 --> 00:51:37,120
Speaker 1: People probably play the spring music for Arkansas line.

969
00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:37,480
Speaker 2: Thank you.

970
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:42,560
Speaker 1: All right, let's go to Blaine and to somebody's name

971
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:45,600
Speaker 1: his back points A little bit of rest reference there,

972
00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:50,400
Speaker 1: Dan Blaine says, convincing himself slowly falling in love with

973
00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:56,080
Speaker 1: Iowa having more explosive runs versus the defense this spring

974
00:51:56,160 --> 00:52:00,239
Speaker 1: than the last five years combined. He cites specific the

975
00:52:00,239 --> 00:52:03,600
Speaker 1: amount of pre snap motion, which yes, was very new

976
00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:07,160
Speaker 1: as part of the Iowa spring game. Back points is

977
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:10,440
Speaker 1: calling out Iowa's new Australian punter. We can all get

978
00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:10,840
Speaker 1: behind that.

979
00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:13,439
Speaker 2: Dan. I'm fully in on like the you know, every

980
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:16,040
Speaker 2: team has like the poster schedule where it's just like

981
00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:16,520
Speaker 2: all in.

982
00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:20,840
Speaker 1: All gas, no breaks.

983
00:52:21,239 --> 00:52:25,719
Speaker 2: Iowa can't get worse, right like that. I'm all in.

984
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:28,840
Speaker 2: I'm totally in and Iowa having a below average offense

985
00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:29,279
Speaker 2: this year.

986
00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:33,560
Speaker 1: That's not necessarily a controversial take though.

987
00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:35,840
Speaker 2: No I know, But what I'm saying is I'm fully

988
00:52:35,880 --> 00:52:39,520
Speaker 2: aligned with you know this. Who did you say it was?

989
00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:45,640
Speaker 2: Back brace some back points, backpoints saying that more explosive

990
00:52:45,680 --> 00:52:50,000
Speaker 2: runs Absolutelyane Blaine says, the explosive runs. Blaine says, the

991
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:53,000
Speaker 2: explosive runs, and the Australian punter. I'm all in. I

992
00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:55,320
Speaker 2: am all in on the optimism for Iowa football in

993
00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:58,000
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. Can't get worse.

994
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:02,680
Speaker 1: Twenty twenty four. It can't get worse. Can we make

995
00:53:02,719 --> 00:53:03,960
Speaker 1: that shirt? We can make that shirt.

996
00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:07,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's harder, thank you, of course.

997
00:53:07,239 --> 00:53:09,960
Speaker 1: Let's go rapid fire here. Okay, here's some of these

998
00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:12,920
Speaker 1: other ones that we got again across social media and

999
00:53:13,239 --> 00:53:14,840
Speaker 1: overballers dot com.

1000
00:53:15,160 --> 00:53:16,239
Speaker 2: All right, rapid fire me.

1001
00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:19,200
Speaker 1: I called this one out earlier from Steven h I

1002
00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:24,800
Speaker 1: wrongly attributed his optimism to that of the Oklahoma receiver room. Instead,

1003
00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:28,719
Speaker 1: he's optimistic about the Utah receiver room. So one of

1004
00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:32,000
Speaker 1: the things we saw was Cam Rising came back after

1005
00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:35,160
Speaker 1: his devastating knee injury that kept him out all last season.

1006
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:39,840
Speaker 1: Dorian Singer for those who haven't been paying attention after

1007
00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:42,799
Speaker 1: transferring up to USC last year from Arizona has now

1008
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:45,799
Speaker 1: transferred to Utah. So yeah, therein why some of the

1009
00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:49,680
Speaker 1: optimism I think for Steven h about Utah having some

1010
00:53:49,719 --> 00:53:51,040
Speaker 1: receiving threats out wide.

1011
00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:54,320
Speaker 2: Dan death taxes and this is the year Utah finally

1012
00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:57,880
Speaker 2: stretches the field. It's not gonna happen. But that's okay,

1013
00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,160
Speaker 2: because that doesn't mean Utah is not going to succeed.

1014
00:54:01,040 --> 00:54:03,440
Speaker 2: They brought in what Darren Carrington from Oregon a few

1015
00:54:03,480 --> 00:54:05,600
Speaker 2: years ago, he was great down the field for Oregon,

1016
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:08,279
Speaker 2: did not work out for Utah. I think what Brank

1017
00:54:08,360 --> 00:54:12,560
Speaker 2: Keefe's back for Utah, Keithy, Michael Bernard in the backfield

1018
00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:15,360
Speaker 2: they lose to Quentin Jackson, also to Arkansas. And we

1019
00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:21,120
Speaker 2: just talked about the Hogs. But let's I'm not saying

1020
00:54:21,120 --> 00:54:23,759
Speaker 2: pump the brakes. I'm saying be optimistic. I'm saying you

1021
00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:27,440
Speaker 2: should say this is the year. I'm just saying I

1022
00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:29,680
Speaker 2: am not going to be a party to you saying

1023
00:54:30,280 --> 00:54:33,200
Speaker 2: the combination of Kyle Whittingham, Cam Rising and Andy Ludwig

1024
00:54:33,239 --> 00:54:36,719
Speaker 2: is going to result in pop downfield.

1025
00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:39,319
Speaker 1: It will likely look exactly the same.

1026
00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:40,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's okay.

1027
00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:43,120
Speaker 1: And that's okay because the quarterback position will be better

1028
00:54:43,120 --> 00:54:45,279
Speaker 1: and having more threats out wide is never a bad thing.

1029
00:54:45,520 --> 00:54:48,000
Speaker 2: But even if it happens just once in a big game,

1030
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:52,920
Speaker 2: that's seven hundred percent more than usual. So great, Tim

1031
00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:55,960
Speaker 2: says he's fallen in love with Troy the Trojans Dan.

1032
00:54:57,320 --> 00:55:01,279
Speaker 2: Okay for taking Jared Park so Notre Dame could bring

1033
00:55:01,320 --> 00:55:03,800
Speaker 2: Mike Denbrock back. Thank you, Tim, And I assume what

1034
00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:07,120
Speaker 2: it's Notre Dame's going to have Malik Neighbors and Kyen

1035
00:55:07,200 --> 00:55:10,120
Speaker 2: Lacy and Brian Thomas like they're gonna have all those

1036
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:13,319
Speaker 2: gusss for Riley Leonard prow too, with Mike Denbrock to

1037
00:55:13,360 --> 00:55:14,080
Speaker 2: call plays for.

1038
00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:17,000
Speaker 1: I need, I need to send a text to our guy,

1039
00:55:17,120 --> 00:55:21,120
Speaker 1: Pete Sampson. Okay, his ride up of the Blue Gold game.

1040
00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:25,040
Speaker 1: Not just giving me vapors over the CJ. Carr stuff.

1041
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:30,960
Speaker 1: A lot was written about Notre Dame and its receiver room, Okay,

1042
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:35,520
Speaker 1: a lot. And I don't know if that is just

1043
00:55:36,239 --> 00:55:39,279
Speaker 1: spring vapors and everybody's excited to see football again, or

1044
00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:42,600
Speaker 1: if this is real. I don't know what to make

1045
00:55:42,640 --> 00:55:45,160
Speaker 1: of it. I am pumping the breaks because I am

1046
00:55:45,160 --> 00:55:49,120
Speaker 1: not so sure. However, I'd be very excited if that

1047
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:52,080
Speaker 1: were true. Excited, Yes, yeah, thank you.

1048
00:55:52,080 --> 00:55:53,759
Speaker 2: That was the names? Who are the names? It's like

1049
00:55:53,800 --> 00:55:56,839
Speaker 2: Deon Colsey, Jeremiah love Well.

1050
00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:59,600
Speaker 1: Jeremiah loves in the backfield. Sorry, yeah, they have a

1051
00:55:59,600 --> 00:56:02,319
Speaker 1: bunch of answers that they brought. House is still there, right, Hiden? Great?

1052
00:56:02,320 --> 00:56:04,719
Speaker 1: Hoouse is my guy always in forever? Yeah? I mean there.

1053
00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:07,839
Speaker 1: It's been an influx of new names that have come

1054
00:56:07,880 --> 00:56:10,160
Speaker 1: from elsewhere, and.

1055
00:56:10,239 --> 00:56:12,040
Speaker 2: The tight ends should be really good. So maybe that

1056
00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:14,440
Speaker 2: all things up downfield with some more Yeah.

1057
00:56:14,440 --> 00:56:22,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, James Longtimer, James, Dylan Ryola, Wait.

1058
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:23,600
Speaker 2: Do you have any CJA car thoughts? We tease that

1059
00:56:23,640 --> 00:56:26,279
Speaker 2: at the front. Don't make me do this, No you don't.

1060
00:56:26,320 --> 00:56:27,960
Speaker 2: Don't go over the top make me do but just

1061
00:56:27,960 --> 00:56:30,560
Speaker 2: tell me what you saw with your beautiful color blind

1062
00:56:30,560 --> 00:56:34,359
Speaker 2: eyes watching Notre Dame spring game because he got more

1063
00:56:34,360 --> 00:56:37,280
Speaker 2: reps because no Riley Leonards, so it was him and Angelly.

1064
00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:43,319
Speaker 1: Look, he looks good, he looks accurate. He seems like

1065
00:56:43,360 --> 00:56:47,720
Speaker 1: he processes the game very quickly. He's in size, good size,

1066
00:56:47,800 --> 00:56:50,960
Speaker 1: Like he's another one of these kids who came in

1067
00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:56,040
Speaker 1: early and has been chomping at the bit to get

1068
00:56:56,080 --> 00:57:00,200
Speaker 1: in there and show what he can do. And I

1069
00:57:00,200 --> 00:57:02,640
Speaker 1: think he lived up to that hype. He looked very

1070
00:57:02,640 --> 00:57:05,040
Speaker 1: accurate with football. I'm going to go through it like

1071
00:57:05,080 --> 00:57:07,960
Speaker 1: eighteen more times, frankly and watch some of these highlights.

1072
00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:10,799
Speaker 1: I have not watched this nearly enough, but in my

1073
00:57:10,920 --> 00:57:15,279
Speaker 1: limited viewing thus far, I've been pretty optimistic about what

1074
00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:17,680
Speaker 1: I saw, and it's important. Again. Notre Dame's in an

1075
00:57:17,720 --> 00:57:22,240
Speaker 1: interesting situation on the quarterback front as well, because we

1076
00:57:22,280 --> 00:57:26,919
Speaker 1: saw Angeli, Steve Angeli in the Bowl game look pretty good.

1077
00:57:27,520 --> 00:57:30,040
Speaker 1: He's obviously been there now for a couple of years,

1078
00:57:30,080 --> 00:57:33,880
Speaker 1: knows the system, or at least knows the supporting cast

1079
00:57:33,920 --> 00:57:35,800
Speaker 1: and the coaching staff, and is learning the new system

1080
00:57:35,800 --> 00:57:38,120
Speaker 1: at the same rate as everybody else. But he's been

1081
00:57:38,160 --> 00:57:42,320
Speaker 1: there a veteran presence of sort. CJ. Carr comes in

1082
00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:47,600
Speaker 1: Blue Goal game. It's capable. Riley Leonard is dealing with

1083
00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:53,680
Speaker 1: surgery's plural and injuries plural over the last couple of years.

1084
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:58,160
Speaker 2: By the way, I'm constantly dealing with injuries plural. Leonard

1085
00:57:58,280 --> 00:57:59,040
Speaker 2: the same page.

1086
00:57:59,120 --> 00:58:01,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, same problem is that he's twenty years younger than us.

1087
00:58:02,360 --> 00:58:05,920
Speaker 1: All right, he's twenty years younger. If he is unable

1088
00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:08,720
Speaker 1: to play for any period of time, I feel confident

1089
00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:12,000
Speaker 1: that Notre Dame at least has capable backups, and hopefully

1090
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:14,760
Speaker 1: it is not Drew Pine's situation, which is always I.

1091
00:58:14,720 --> 00:58:16,520
Speaker 2: Thought Angel came out looking pretty sharp.

1092
00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:19,160
Speaker 1: He did. He looked good. He looked good. They have

1093
00:58:19,360 --> 00:58:24,520
Speaker 1: options in a quarterback room, which is exciting. Dylan Roola

1094
00:58:24,840 --> 00:58:28,480
Speaker 1: Dylan Riola was the comment from James longtimer. James.

1095
00:58:30,200 --> 00:58:33,000
Speaker 2: Look, they haven't played their spring game yet.

1096
00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:34,040
Speaker 1: I haven't played their spring game yet.

1097
00:58:34,040 --> 00:58:34,560
Speaker 2: It's Saturday.

1098
00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:37,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, but I understand why if you're a Nebraska fan,

1099
00:58:37,600 --> 00:58:40,920
Speaker 1: you're already talking yourself into Dilan Roiola. Dylan Roola is

1100
00:58:41,040 --> 00:58:44,560
Speaker 1: sort of the bedrock on which this whole Matt Rule

1101
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:47,840
Speaker 1: project in year two is built. Frankly, if you're a

1102
00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:50,480
Speaker 1: Nebraska fan and you're not talking about Dylan Royola, something's

1103
00:58:50,480 --> 00:58:53,160
Speaker 1: wrong with you. You need to talk about Dylan Royola.

1104
00:58:53,280 --> 00:58:55,120
Speaker 1: He's the dude that you need to talk about if

1105
00:58:55,160 --> 00:58:58,160
Speaker 1: you're an Abraska fan. So it's probably a little premature

1106
00:58:58,200 --> 00:58:59,720
Speaker 1: for us to talk too much about it because we

1107
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:03,640
Speaker 1: see him first. Yeah, but I think the vibes are

1108
00:59:03,720 --> 00:59:06,040
Speaker 1: very strong in Lincoln right now, just getting him to

1109
00:59:06,080 --> 00:59:11,040
Speaker 1: flip from Georgia. Well, it's it's a centerfold situation for

1110
00:59:11,320 --> 00:59:14,880
Speaker 1: Nebraska fans. This isn't just like a romance. It's like

1111
00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:20,480
Speaker 1: you are now getting to associate yours on your there's

1112
00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:23,160
Speaker 1: arm candy in a way that you've never had as

1113
00:59:23,200 --> 00:59:25,640
Speaker 1: a Nebraska fan that all of a sudden, You're going

1114
00:59:25,640 --> 00:59:28,400
Speaker 1: to prom with Kathy Ireland in nineteen ninety three, didn't you?

1115
00:59:28,640 --> 00:59:31,000
Speaker 1: Didn't you meet a playmate once in Lincoln, Nebraska.

1116
00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:33,840
Speaker 2: I actually did one of your own videos. I did.

1117
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:39,240
Speaker 2: Her name was Jordan. Yeah, she was just at a tailgate.

1118
00:59:39,680 --> 00:59:43,520
Speaker 2: She was super sweet and super nice, and I barely

1119
00:59:43,520 --> 00:59:47,840
Speaker 2: composed myself at the time. I was twenty three or so.

1120
00:59:48,480 --> 00:59:51,560
Speaker 2: I was not the mature scholar that I am now,

1121
00:59:51,880 --> 00:59:55,280
Speaker 2: gentleman who's well traveled and well seated. No, no, I was.

1122
00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:59,080
Speaker 2: I was like, Oh, I am Dan. Oh you want

1123
00:59:59,080 --> 01:00:02,080
Speaker 2: to be at my video? Oh, sports illustrated. And that's

1124
01:00:02,120 --> 01:00:05,280
Speaker 2: why I appeared in Playboy magazine because it was like

1125
01:00:05,280 --> 01:00:08,600
Speaker 2: a Playmates about Town or something like that section, And

1126
01:00:08,640 --> 01:00:12,240
Speaker 2: there was my stupid face in the page of the Playboy.

1127
01:00:12,760 --> 01:00:17,000
Speaker 2: In two thousand and seven eight somewhere in there. I

1128
01:00:17,040 --> 01:00:17,360
Speaker 2: don't know.

1129
01:00:19,080 --> 01:00:22,000
Speaker 1: This is a this is a very circuitous way.

1130
01:00:22,640 --> 01:00:26,320
Speaker 2: This is my Dylan Royola. Okay, if you are a

1131
01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:31,000
Speaker 2: Nebraska fan, you should absolutely be entranced whatever, even even

1132
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:33,720
Speaker 2: if he looks terrible in the spring game, you'd be like, ah,

1133
01:00:33,800 --> 01:00:36,720
Speaker 2: there's some games and ship at foot here at hand.

1134
01:00:38,240 --> 01:00:40,760
Speaker 2: You should be in love with Delan Royola. Nebraska fans

1135
01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:46,480
Speaker 2: have an extraordinary amount of painful baggage at quarterback. You're

1136
01:00:46,560 --> 01:00:48,600
Speaker 2: going through the Age of Martinez years, You're going through

1137
01:00:48,600 --> 01:00:51,200
Speaker 2: the Tommy Armstrong years. You're going through the best and

1138
01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:54,040
Speaker 2: worst of the Taylor Martinez years. You're going through like

1139
01:00:54,080 --> 01:00:56,800
Speaker 2: a five and a half game promising Tanner Lee stretch,

1140
01:00:57,240 --> 01:01:02,120
Speaker 2: Like you can't you like a good Tanner Lee drop

1141
01:01:02,160 --> 01:01:05,200
Speaker 2: out of nowhere? Oh my god, that that was what

1142
01:01:05,280 --> 01:01:08,480
Speaker 2: the genesis, That was the birth of our Like, if

1143
01:01:08,480 --> 01:01:10,760
Speaker 2: you look at what he did in the many passing Academy,

1144
01:01:10,920 --> 01:01:14,560
Speaker 2: I think you're gonna change your mind about Tanner Lee.

1145
01:01:14,600 --> 01:01:17,520
Speaker 2: This year he was fine, he was good again, had

1146
01:01:17,560 --> 01:01:22,400
Speaker 2: a really good stretch. But if you are a Nebraska

1147
01:01:22,440 --> 01:01:26,520
Speaker 2: fan and you have this guy who's a legacy, which

1148
01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:29,440
Speaker 2: obviously comes with its own bit of baggage. When you

1149
01:01:29,640 --> 01:01:33,280
Speaker 2: are just coming off of the Scott Frost era, you

1150
01:01:33,320 --> 01:01:36,160
Speaker 2: should You could say this guy is going to drag

1151
01:01:36,320 --> 01:01:42,000
Speaker 2: our offense into respectability and consistency because that's arm talent.

1152
01:01:42,080 --> 01:01:45,760
Speaker 2: That's pure talent that Nebraska has not started out with

1153
01:01:46,720 --> 01:01:50,960
Speaker 2: at quarterback. That hasn't been a building block upon arrival

1154
01:01:51,320 --> 01:01:53,800
Speaker 2: in quite some time. So yeah, you should be over

1155
01:01:53,840 --> 01:01:57,000
Speaker 2: the moon. I'm not crazy about the coordinator. I'm not

1156
01:01:57,080 --> 01:02:01,440
Speaker 2: crazy about skill talent in this moment, added an Oregon

1157
01:02:01,680 --> 01:02:04,320
Speaker 2: depth piece running back who was highly regarded as a

1158
01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:06,600
Speaker 2: as a recruit. But I think there's still a lot

1159
01:02:06,600 --> 01:02:08,800
Speaker 2: of work to be done along the offensive line. But

1160
01:02:08,920 --> 01:02:12,680
Speaker 2: if Dylan Roola is as advertised, he will be too

1161
01:02:12,720 --> 01:02:15,280
Speaker 2: good for Nebraska's offense not to succeed.

1162
01:02:15,640 --> 01:02:17,520
Speaker 1: Have you seen any of the Dune movies that have

1163
01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:18,320
Speaker 1: been out? No?

1164
01:02:18,680 --> 01:02:20,240
Speaker 2: I know about them, but I haven't watched him yet.

1165
01:02:20,280 --> 01:02:21,120
Speaker 2: I know you're into him.

1166
01:02:21,480 --> 01:02:28,400
Speaker 1: Dylan Raola as Nebraska's paul A Trade's is something worth watching?

1167
01:02:28,560 --> 01:02:29,320
Speaker 2: Is that Shalo May?

1168
01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:32,680
Speaker 1: That's Shallo May. Yeah, I'm a Shalomania. I love s Yeah,

1169
01:02:32,960 --> 01:02:37,560
Speaker 1: shalamaniac here I Dylan Royola as like the savior of

1170
01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:41,520
Speaker 1: Nebraska has to be the only thing any Nebraska fans

1171
01:02:41,520 --> 01:02:43,800
Speaker 1: talking about. Forget the line and the defense and the

1172
01:02:43,800 --> 01:02:48,560
Speaker 1: coach and Matt rule with the emojis like yeah, Dylan

1173
01:02:48,640 --> 01:02:50,720
Speaker 1: roil Is, Paul Trade's man, Yeah, can you do it?

1174
01:02:50,760 --> 01:02:51,000
Speaker 2: Okay?

1175
01:02:51,440 --> 01:02:55,400
Speaker 1: Can he do it? Some other ones? Quick? Yanick Yanick

1176
01:02:55,760 --> 01:02:58,720
Speaker 1: our friend, Yonick long timer, Yanick Love It runs the

1177
01:02:58,800 --> 01:03:01,440
Speaker 1: Saturday Kick. It is a German college football podcast.

1178
01:03:01,640 --> 01:03:02,160
Speaker 2: Beautiful.

1179
01:03:03,520 --> 01:03:07,560
Speaker 1: He is slowly talking himself into how quickly Jedfish is

1180
01:03:07,560 --> 01:03:09,120
Speaker 1: building momentum for Washington.

1181
01:03:10,440 --> 01:03:13,320
Speaker 2: Ooh, I think it's gonna take a minute. I like

1182
01:03:13,400 --> 01:03:15,520
Speaker 2: Jedfish as a coach. I think it's gonna take a minute.

1183
01:03:15,520 --> 01:03:17,440
Speaker 2: I like Will Rogers as a quarterback, been beat up.

1184
01:03:17,560 --> 01:03:23,400
Speaker 1: But will that momentum be stunted when he leaves Washington

1185
01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:25,000
Speaker 1: in the offseason and takes the Florida job?

1186
01:03:25,040 --> 01:03:26,400
Speaker 2: Coach DJ Lackwell, we take that?

1187
01:03:26,720 --> 01:03:31,120
Speaker 1: Does is that transferable over to Gainesville? Oh?

1188
01:03:31,200 --> 01:03:33,080
Speaker 2: Man, I don't think it's I honestly don't think it's

1189
01:03:33,120 --> 01:03:37,040
Speaker 2: gonna happen. But I'm not there with Washington. Can be surprised.

1190
01:03:37,120 --> 01:03:38,680
Speaker 1: I do kind of want it to happen.

1191
01:03:38,920 --> 01:03:42,400
Speaker 2: I think if we had an incredible Pacific northwest corner

1192
01:03:42,520 --> 01:03:46,080
Speaker 2: of this college football universe where Washington, Oregon is this

1193
01:03:46,320 --> 01:03:49,960
Speaker 2: like annual warring situation like it's been these last couple

1194
01:03:49,960 --> 01:03:52,080
Speaker 2: of years. With Dan Lanning and Kaylin de Boor, I

1195
01:03:52,120 --> 01:03:53,720
Speaker 2: think they'd be incredible for the sport.

1196
01:03:53,480 --> 01:03:57,280
Speaker 1: A nice little outposts northwell, Little Lewis and Clark's situation.

1197
01:03:57,720 --> 01:04:00,800
Speaker 1: I like it. Sure, I don't know what that is.

1198
01:04:00,880 --> 01:04:04,600
Speaker 1: Okay Chaka, says Kentucky's transfer quarterback.

1199
01:04:04,840 --> 01:04:10,160
Speaker 2: Oh, Brock Vandergriff Sure, are you a vander Grifter? I

1200
01:04:10,160 --> 01:04:12,720
Speaker 2: don't know yet. I'm not sure. I like the receivers

1201
01:04:12,720 --> 01:04:15,080
Speaker 2: at Kentucky. I think the offensive line will be all right.

1202
01:04:16,040 --> 01:04:18,480
Speaker 2: Apparently he's gotten good reviews. They didn't they didn't show

1203
01:04:18,520 --> 01:04:20,160
Speaker 2: all that much, didn't go downfield a ton in the

1204
01:04:20,160 --> 01:04:24,600
Speaker 2: spring game. But he's another one where the portal universe

1205
01:04:24,640 --> 01:04:29,080
Speaker 2: in which we live, especially at quarterback, that a lot

1206
01:04:29,120 --> 01:04:34,520
Speaker 2: of teams are going to gamble on the mysterious. Yeah,

1207
01:04:34,560 --> 01:04:36,320
Speaker 2: and that's what it is with Brock Vandergriff. Right, he

1208
01:04:36,360 --> 01:04:38,560
Speaker 2: was committed, I think, to Lincoln Riley and Oklahoma before

1209
01:04:38,560 --> 01:04:41,280
Speaker 2: flipping to Georgia, which opened the door for Caleb Williams

1210
01:04:41,880 --> 01:04:44,600
Speaker 2: and didn't win the job out. Carson Beck we know

1211
01:04:44,760 --> 01:04:49,120
Speaker 2: is of high quality, and so you are gambling either

1212
01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:53,040
Speaker 2: on if a previous five star quarterback for whatever reason

1213
01:04:53,080 --> 01:04:55,000
Speaker 2: doesn't work out at his first stop, that you're like,

1214
01:04:55,040 --> 01:04:58,200
Speaker 2: the raw talent is there to build something around. And

1215
01:04:58,320 --> 01:05:02,400
Speaker 2: so Kentucky's offense was not super fun to watch last year.

1216
01:05:03,240 --> 01:05:07,840
Speaker 2: I'm in on Rock Vandergriff adding a new element to

1217
01:05:07,880 --> 01:05:10,240
Speaker 2: this offense, and I think they're gonna play faster, like

1218
01:05:10,280 --> 01:05:12,440
Speaker 2: there's sort of a new vision for the Kentucky offense.

1219
01:05:12,840 --> 01:05:18,120
Speaker 2: So yeah, I stamp approve on Brock Vandergriff optimism.

1220
01:05:18,160 --> 01:05:20,200
Speaker 1: If it doesn't work out at quarterback. I just sent

1221
01:05:20,240 --> 01:05:23,400
Speaker 1: you a picture could try out as the West Virginia Mountaineer.

1222
01:05:23,960 --> 01:05:28,360
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, he absolutely looks the part perfect. Yeah, I

1223
01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:31,600
Speaker 2: love it Big red Beard and reading about Brock Vandergriff forever.

1224
01:05:31,720 --> 01:05:32,800
Speaker 2: I hope it works out.

1225
01:05:33,280 --> 01:05:36,040
Speaker 1: A few other ones very quickly here and then we'll

1226
01:05:36,280 --> 01:05:39,280
Speaker 1: put a bow on this thing. David out on Verbowlers

1227
01:05:39,320 --> 01:05:42,600
Speaker 1: dot Com as an Indiana quote unquote fan. I don't

1228
01:05:42,600 --> 01:05:44,400
Speaker 1: know what the quote unquote means. David, You're gonna have

1229
01:05:44,400 --> 01:05:46,360
Speaker 1: to explain that one to us. He has a fan

1230
01:05:46,400 --> 01:05:48,920
Speaker 1: in air quotes here or real quotes, I'm putting them

1231
01:05:48,920 --> 01:05:49,520
Speaker 1: in air quotes.

1232
01:05:49,720 --> 01:05:51,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's just the difficulty of being an

1233
01:05:51,760 --> 01:05:52,840
Speaker 2: Indiana football fan.

1234
01:05:53,520 --> 01:05:58,720
Speaker 1: I am really optimistic about Curtis Rourke. When healthy, he

1235
01:05:58,760 --> 01:06:01,440
Speaker 1: looked like a late round NFL pick at Ohio. I

1236
01:06:01,480 --> 01:06:03,479
Speaker 1: think he can be surprisingly good with that new coaching

1237
01:06:03,520 --> 01:06:06,800
Speaker 1: staff these days healthy and get IU to Bowl eligibility.

1238
01:06:07,160 --> 01:06:09,800
Speaker 1: Maybe he looked pretty good in the spring game.

1239
01:06:10,640 --> 01:06:12,720
Speaker 2: He looked pretty Okay. I didn't I didn't catch the hoosias.

1240
01:06:12,800 --> 01:06:16,160
Speaker 1: I think he threw like fifty two passes or something

1241
01:06:16,160 --> 01:06:20,960
Speaker 1: of that nature. But the one common thread across pretty

1242
01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:23,080
Speaker 1: much everything you read about Indiana football here in the

1243
01:06:23,080 --> 01:06:27,080
Speaker 1: off season, everybody loves Kurt Signetti. They looked that he

1244
01:06:27,120 --> 01:06:30,160
Speaker 1: came out on the basketball court and was like Purdue sucks.

1245
01:06:31,800 --> 01:06:32,360
Speaker 2: Immediately.

1246
01:06:32,440 --> 01:06:35,439
Speaker 1: Was building up those vibes, and it seems as though

1247
01:06:35,560 --> 01:06:39,360
Speaker 1: he is hopefully very quickly using some of his coaching

1248
01:06:39,360 --> 01:06:44,400
Speaker 1: acumen to raise the floor on that Indiana offense and

1249
01:06:44,440 --> 01:06:49,040
Speaker 1: get them to a better place of respectability through the air.

1250
01:06:51,440 --> 01:06:55,320
Speaker 1: For as much as I like Raven Tavian Jackson, I

1251
01:06:55,400 --> 01:06:58,440
Speaker 1: like Curtis and Brendan Soresby. Yeah, I'm a big Curtis

1252
01:06:58,480 --> 01:07:00,280
Speaker 1: rock guy. I've always been. So we'll see if the

1253
01:07:00,360 --> 01:07:05,320
Speaker 1: rocking works at Indiana. But thank you, David, appreciate.

1254
01:07:04,880 --> 01:07:08,560
Speaker 2: Turning to Canada. Yeah, they weren't far off last year,

1255
01:07:08,720 --> 01:07:12,640
Speaker 2: like they were close enough. Let's see against Michigan State,

1256
01:07:12,880 --> 01:07:17,160
Speaker 2: Illinois Louisville. I think they gave Louisville a lot in

1257
01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:21,560
Speaker 2: that game and lost late, but they weren't terribly far

1258
01:07:21,600 --> 01:07:23,040
Speaker 2: off froming a bowl team last year. I think the

1259
01:07:23,080 --> 01:07:25,200
Speaker 2: problem with Indiana it's not going to be optimism over

1260
01:07:25,280 --> 01:07:28,520
Speaker 2: Curtis Rourke. It's going to be when you find and

1261
01:07:28,560 --> 01:07:32,760
Speaker 2: develop players, how aggressive are you in keeping them in Bloomington,

1262
01:07:32,920 --> 01:07:37,080
Speaker 2: which I think has been an issue. And so that

1263
01:07:37,280 --> 01:07:39,520
Speaker 2: is the work Kurt Signetti has because I'm positive he's

1264
01:07:39,520 --> 01:07:43,120
Speaker 2: a good football coach. It's how good of a roster

1265
01:07:43,320 --> 01:07:48,480
Speaker 2: maintainer is Kurt Signetti and everybody behind the scenes in Bloomington.

1266
01:07:48,640 --> 01:07:53,400
Speaker 1: That's all Davis Soudoverbawlers dot Com Missoo's wide receiver group

1267
01:07:53,440 --> 01:07:56,840
Speaker 1: is so deep and it really showed in the spring game.

1268
01:07:56,880 --> 01:07:59,000
Speaker 1: The other storyline, I love this one. This is my

1269
01:07:59,120 --> 01:08:02,160
Speaker 1: maybe my favorite star line of all time. The other

1270
01:08:02,200 --> 01:08:04,960
Speaker 1: storyline is the new joker position on the defensive side

1271
01:08:04,960 --> 01:08:07,640
Speaker 1: of the football. I love that we have a good joker,

1272
01:08:07,680 --> 01:08:09,720
Speaker 1: he says. The new scheme has made him very hopeful.

1273
01:08:10,160 --> 01:08:14,720
Speaker 2: New defensive coordinator South Alabama. I believe replaces outgoing defensive

1274
01:08:14,760 --> 01:08:19,360
Speaker 2: coordinator off tell Usu. Missoos gonna be very fun this year.

1275
01:08:19,520 --> 01:08:23,760
Speaker 2: Miszoo no Cody Schrader. Some new look at corners, but

1276
01:08:24,840 --> 01:08:27,920
Speaker 2: I don't know. I drink Witz has recruited well enough.

1277
01:08:28,080 --> 01:08:31,799
Speaker 2: They add pieces to the offensive line. I think Missoo's

1278
01:08:31,800 --> 01:08:33,400
Speaker 2: gonna be a really fun place this year. I'm Luther

1279
01:08:33,479 --> 01:08:34,880
Speaker 2: Burden is everything. Yeah.

1280
01:08:35,040 --> 01:08:40,240
Speaker 1: I saved this one for last from Sean. Okay, I

1281
01:08:40,240 --> 01:08:43,280
Speaker 1: think Haines King could actually develop into a top TIERYCC

1282
01:08:43,479 --> 01:08:47,720
Speaker 1: quarterback and lead an explosive Georgia Tech offense. The Jackets

1283
01:08:48,040 --> 01:08:50,640
Speaker 1: may actually have a chance to win the conference. Not

1284
01:08:50,680 --> 01:08:51,760
Speaker 1: so sure about Sean.

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Speaker 2: I'm not laughing at optimism. I'm laughing. I'm sort of

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Speaker 2: overwhelmed by it.

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Speaker 1: Ty him overwhelmed by it. Sean, appreciate the spring vibes.

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Speaker 1: You passed the assignment. Yes, I like Haines King. I

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Speaker 1: like him a lot, and I am trying to figure

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Speaker 1: out in my head, I am doing the calculus like

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Speaker 1: the Zach Gallifanakis at the blackjack table type thing, try

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Speaker 1: to figure out how high I should be on Haines King,

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Speaker 1: because the healthy Haines King is a pain in the

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Speaker 1: ass to defend. Are Haine in the ass to defend

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Speaker 1: and crafty and resourceful and as good at improvising. We've

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Speaker 1: talked about the ACC quarterback situation before as well. Like right,

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Speaker 1: he's not too far off the lead pack. So I

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Speaker 1: don't know about them winning the conference, but a better

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Speaker 1: Georgia Tech offense for sure, Haines King getting better, making

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Speaker 1: the team as a whole better. Still a tough schedule,

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Speaker 1: but by and large I appreciate the optimism here. I

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Speaker 1: think it's right on point.

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Speaker 2: So I think the optimism, or at least the hope

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Speaker 2: for Georgia Tech the Haines King thing is good. I

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Speaker 2: think he's talented, and I think he's interesting and potentially

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Speaker 2: very very good in the ACC up in the air ACC.

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Speaker 2: It's just that at times Georgia Tech looked like they

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Speaker 2: had the worst defense in the conference last year, and

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Speaker 2: I know they were super active in the portal and

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Speaker 2: so hopefully your optimism is building depth, adding higher end talent,

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Speaker 2: especially upfront, because as good as Haines King is, how

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Speaker 2: are his run fits right? How good is he stuffing

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Speaker 2: the B gap? And so that's the problem for Georgia

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Speaker 2: Tech right now. If that's not addressed. It doesn't matter

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Speaker 2: if Haines King throws thirty touchdowns to seven interceptions. It's

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Speaker 2: if they're not stopping anybody, then they're not winning.

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Speaker 1: I think we've already established previously in this long, cold

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Speaker 1: offseason that Syracuse is winning the ACC because of.

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Speaker 2: Its Absolutely, yeah, pencil it in.

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Speaker 1: So I don't mean to throw cold water on that assumption. Sean. However,

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Speaker 1: things break well. I mean, this is an advantageous schedule,

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Speaker 1: a couple of tough games here. The later you go

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Speaker 1: in this thing, the harder it gets. But by and large,

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Speaker 1: Haynes King is healthy. If Georgia Tech is able to

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Speaker 1: raise the floor at other position groups, which is probably

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Speaker 1: a longer conversation, I think a better season is possible. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: I'm excited.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I look, I mean, look, the quarterback situation gets

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Speaker 2: difficult back half of the year, and the offense like

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Speaker 2: that's that's the whole thing for Georgia Tech this season.

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Speaker 2: I mean, North Carolina is gonna be worse on offense.

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Speaker 2: They weren't even that great on offensive Drake May last year.

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Speaker 2: Notre Dame. We'll see you're obviously very high on the

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Speaker 2: players around quarterback, and we'll see on along the offensive

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Speaker 2: line as well. It's the d spot. The defense is

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Speaker 2: the thing.

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Speaker 1: For Notre Dame, which we can talk about later.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, right, but I'm saying in terms of Georgia

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Speaker 2: Tech's defense, this back half is going to defend Kyroen drones,

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Speaker 2: the Notre Dame offense. Cam Ward in Miami, Grace McCall,

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Speaker 2: and NC State Carson back in Georgia. Like that's everything.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Well, look, we had other comments that came in

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Speaker 1: that we don't have time to get to. We would

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Speaker 1: encourage you to email us soliverblegmail dot com. Let us

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Speaker 1: know what is it that you are finding yourself taken

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Speaker 1: with here in the springtime as you read about spring

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Speaker 1: games and who's popping and who's not popping, transfer, portal stuff,

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Speaker 1: all sorts of options. Let us on soliverblegmail dot com.

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Speaker 1: Also across social media, if you're listening on Spotify, you

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01:12:35,880 --> 01:12:40,120
Speaker 1: can comment on Spotify. Let us know right there within

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Speaker 1: the app who you're excited about, Yeah, so on and

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Speaker 1: so forth. So we encourage all that feedback. We'll do

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Speaker 1: our best to get to it. Plant that flag whenever

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Speaker 1: it makes sense, hit follow, hit subscribe. Wherever it is

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Speaker 1: you're consuming this podcast, we'd appreciate it. For Bolers dot

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Speaker 1: Com of course, is our patreon Dan. Any parting shots

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Speaker 1: from you before we let the fine people.

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Speaker 2: Go, No, I hope anybody that went to a spring

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Speaker 2: game had a good time. Anybody that's going to a

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Speaker 2: spring game, hope you enjoy being in the stadium. It's

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Speaker 2: one of the true joys of the sport, even if

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Speaker 2: it's somewhat silly on its face. I love going to

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Speaker 2: spring games when I went to school in Eugene. And

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Speaker 2: hope all this optimism carries through as you are listening

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Speaker 2: to solidverbal preview episodes come July, as you're reading magazines

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Speaker 2: or whatever you're doing. Just maintain that hope through the summer,

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Speaker 2: because not doing that makes the sport so much less fun.

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Speaker 2: I am going to do something. What does that keep

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Speaker 2: that energy right? That's what the kids are saying, keep

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Speaker 2: the energy.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to do something for this weekend. That we

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Speaker 1: have never done before in this podcast. Okay, because there

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Speaker 1: are some big spring games taking place this weekend, right,

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Speaker 1: Nebraska notably, or a Gergan notably. Colorado also has its game.

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Speaker 1: I've got the likes of Arizona with a new coach.

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Speaker 1: We've got the likes of Oklahoma State, maybe the top

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Speaker 1: dog in a new conference. Who knows West Virginia has

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Speaker 1: reason for optimism. Definitely a bunch of schools here that

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Speaker 1: are playing their games this weekend. Not an overwhelming number,

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Speaker 1: but just enough for me to open that rever Blind

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Speaker 1: this weekend. WHOA Okay, never done this in the offseason,

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Speaker 1: certainly not for spring football. It's eight five to five

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Speaker 1: verbal three. You can call, you can text either one.

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Speaker 1: I don't care if you were at the Nebraska game, though,

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Speaker 1: you owe it to us to call, even if you're

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Speaker 1: just watching at home. If you're watching the highlights on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: eight five five Verble three called the Reaver Blind. I

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Speaker 1: want to get some comments from people watching Dylan Royola

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Speaker 1: or watching whoever at Oregon, whoever at Rutgers, you name it,

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Speaker 1: eight five to five verbal three, give us a shout, all.

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Speaker 2: Right, do it for that guy over there?

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Speaker 1: My good friend Dan Rubinstein, Form, myself, tie Hilde and Brand.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your contributions helping make this

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Speaker 1: show great. We appreciate it. Soliverable dot com is our website.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk y'all in two days. In the meantime, stay solved, peace,