Speaker 1: Welcome to the Solid Verbal. Hell for me, I'm a man.
Speaker 1: I've heard so many players say, well, I want to
Speaker 1: be happy, you want to be happy for a day?
Speaker 1: Edith state is that woo woom?
Speaker 2: And Dean and Tye.
Speaker 3: Welcome back to the UFO Show. Mister Rubinstein. My name
Speaker 3: is ty hilden Brandt. His name, of course is Dan Rubinstein.
Speaker 3: This is the Solid Verbal, but on Fridays, on Fridays,
Speaker 3: this is the UFO Show where we talk about big
Speaker 3: picture subjects. While we're on this Friday Orbit. This currently
Speaker 3: unnamed you Friday.
Speaker 1: Maybe that's the U. Maybe it's unnamed this week.
Speaker 3: It could be undeterred, unturned, deterred, undeterred Friday Orbit.
Speaker 1: I like it the Big ten and potentially the PAC
Speaker 1: twelve restart, possibly in the case of the BAC twelve
Speaker 1: their football season in the fall of twenty twenty. Undeterred.
Speaker 1: What about underrated?
Speaker 3: As we think forward to our game that we're going
Speaker 3: to play this evening.
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's fully underrated, though, I think
Speaker 1: what we're our game, which we can call right now
Speaker 1: and you can play our kind of spooky ambient music
Speaker 1: is called Stars Are Born. So I'm not saying these
Speaker 1: players that we will be naming after we discuss some
Speaker 1: news are underrated. I'm just saying they are going to
Speaker 1: come into their own. They're not fully formed like stars
Speaker 1: proto stars. I learned that's what stars are called when
Speaker 1: they're infant stars. And I had to look up how
Speaker 1: stars are formed on NASA dot gov because my science
Speaker 1: knowledge is lacking. But that's why we're here tying the
Speaker 1: while we're undeterred.
Speaker 3: Friday orbit could be undulating too. It's always an option
Speaker 3: throwing that out.
Speaker 1: Stars are born within the clouds of dust and scattered
Speaker 1: throughout most galaxies. A familiar example of such this is
Speaker 1: from NASA dooc gov as a dust cloud is the
Speaker 1: Orion nebula. Of course, really fun phrasing to say, turbulence
Speaker 1: deep within these clouds gives rise to knots, not with
Speaker 1: sufficient mass that the gas and dust can begin to
Speaker 1: collapse under its own gravitational attraction. So I guess it's
Speaker 1: sort of foggy gassy explosions.
Speaker 2: Something like that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it takes millions of years literal explosions
Speaker 3: in the sky right for these types of reactions to occur.
Speaker 1: Dan, Yeah, explosions in the sky. That's what we're going
Speaker 1: to call it. So we are going to look at
Speaker 1: stars just forming right now that are I don't know
Speaker 1: if it's a new starter. I don't know if it's
Speaker 1: someone who showed potential limited action last year, a transfer,
Speaker 1: a highly touted recruit, somebody making a leap. But before
Speaker 1: we get there, Ty, and we'll play that music once again.
Speaker 1: I promise, Yes, should we get into some news, let's
Speaker 1: get into Solid Verbal universe. The universe is a space term. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and uh, just college football. Let's do it.
Speaker 2: At long last, Dan, we have break no.
Speaker 3: Boop, My god in heaven. We have been teasing this
Speaker 3: for as far back as I can remember. Now my
Speaker 3: memory ain't as good as it used to be, Dan,
Speaker 3: But for at least the last couple months, you and
Speaker 3: I have been kicking around things that we're working on
Speaker 3: in the lab, and well, we're finally at a point
Speaker 3: where we're ready to start revealing more details about the
Speaker 3: forthcoming Solid Verbal podcast network.
Speaker 1: Yeah, long has to be coming.
Speaker 2: In the lab.
Speaker 3: And not only are we pleased to announce the Soliverble
Speaker 3: podcast network, we're also very excited to announce the first
Speaker 3: podcast new podcast on the solivrable podcast networked in and
Speaker 3: not only that, but the first episode is out there now.
Speaker 3: We did it under all y'all's noses so that you
Speaker 3: can move right from what you're doing here and listen
Speaker 3: to something we're calling Big Boy Bets.
Speaker 2: Here's the trailer.
Speaker 1: Have a listen, hey, everybody, and welcome to.
Speaker 2: Big Boy Bets.
Speaker 1: Big Boy Bets a show that celebrates college football courage
Speaker 1: with your hard earned currency, and celebrates big boys of
Speaker 1: all shapes and sizes, because being a big boy, Jeff
Speaker 1: has nothing to do with your size or gender, but
Speaker 1: rather a state of mind that separates you from mediums everywhere.
Speaker 1: My name is Dan Rubinstein. On the other line is
Speaker 1: Jeff Schwartz, arguably the biggest boy of all big boys. Jeff,
Speaker 1: How's life?
Speaker 4: It is fantastic, you know, being a big boys much
Speaker 4: being called fat, So I appreciate going with big boys
Speaker 4: that are just fat people who gamble, which there's a
Speaker 4: lot of us, though a lot.
Speaker 1: Of fat people gamble on our chalkboard of potential names.
Speaker 1: Fat people who gamble I don't think.
Speaker 4: Was in the final flour, but Big Boy Bets is
Speaker 4: a much nicer way to talk about gambling. And food
Speaker 4: and being big and everything we're going to do on
Speaker 4: this podcast.
Speaker 1: I agree. So everybody, take a second. Subscribe to Big
Speaker 1: Boy Bets wherever you listen to podcasts. We've got big picks,
Speaker 1: big stories, big guests, you name it, and it's all
Speaker 1: for you. See as soon that was great, let me
Speaker 1: stop this.
Speaker 2: Whoo.
Speaker 3: So this is exciting, Dan, tell me more about Big
Speaker 3: Boy Bets.
Speaker 1: All right. So, Big Boy Bets is the first part
Speaker 1: on an expanding solid verbal universe universe say it, universe, universe,
Speaker 1: universe universe. It's the first part. There are there are
Speaker 1: there's more news to come, I believe within the next
Speaker 1: I don't know week or so something like that. We
Speaker 1: are hoping dotting eyes and crossing lowercase t's and jays
Speaker 1: and all those sorts of things like that. So Big
Speaker 1: Boy Bets, as you just heard, is a show I
Speaker 1: co host with our dear friend Jeff Schwartz, stemming from
Speaker 1: the fact that we used to host for ESPN plus
Speaker 1: a college football picking show together as it relates to
Speaker 1: wagering and betting, and also every time I eat food
Speaker 1: with Jeff, he has to sit and explain to me
Speaker 1: what his life is like as a very large human.
Speaker 1: I'm not talking fat, I'm not talking tall, although he
Speaker 1: is tall. I'm talking he just has mass and I
Speaker 1: don't have mass. And so he explains to me, and
Speaker 1: it's always wild and entertaining what he goes through as
Speaker 1: a former NFL and obviously college football offensive lineman. And
Speaker 1: so we are going to include that in the show
Speaker 1: Big Boy Bets. And once again, as I mentioned in
Speaker 1: the trailer, you do not have to be big. You
Speaker 1: do not have to be a boy. It has nothing
Speaker 1: to do with your size or your gender to make
Speaker 1: Big Boy Bets or learn or lead the lifestyle of
Speaker 1: a big boy. So we're very excited because Jeff is
Speaker 1: sort of endlessly fascinating to me when he talks about
Speaker 1: his theories and how he lives his life. For example,
Speaker 1: I know he loves DM music, but he would only
Speaker 1: go to an EDM show if he is allowed to
Speaker 1: sit down somewhere, which generally and typically is not the
Speaker 1: point of an DM show. So just Jeff's Jeff's takes,
Speaker 1: and I love them. So that is going to be
Speaker 1: weekly throughout the college football season and hopefully beyond. But
Speaker 1: we're going to be making picks and celebrating all things
Speaker 1: big and boy, and it could be celebrating a large animal,
Speaker 1: a large rock, a large town. Whatever. We're going to
Speaker 1: celebrate an honor and can't wait to do more of it.
Speaker 1: So the first episode is up. We're making picks for this.
Speaker 1: This is a Friday, so it's tomorrow's games and we
Speaker 1: talk about core body temperature. That's bodisode one, correct.
Speaker 3: All right, Well, I'm excited to have this now as
Speaker 3: part of our growing universe, and very excited to welcome
Speaker 3: Jeff to the family. On timefront of the show call
Speaker 3: siding yes, much more to come. We promised you elsewhere
Speaker 3: in actual college football, non podcast network related news, the
Speaker 3: Big Ten is back. We were down it back. We
Speaker 3: were right what we called it. There was some speculation
Speaker 3: that maybe it would be October tenth, the seventeenth flow
Speaker 3: and behold, it's the twenty fourth. They're going to kick
Speaker 3: off their season after a unanimous vote to resume competition
Speaker 3: among the league's presidents and chancellors. They cited daily testing
Speaker 3: capabilities and a stronger confidence in the latest medical information.
Speaker 3: This was all announced on Wednesday morning, so when we
Speaker 3: recorded our show that we dropped on Wednesday morning, that
Speaker 3: of course was recorded as we said, at around five
Speaker 3: pm on Tuesday evening. The news did come out the
Speaker 3: very next day. It was not unexpected, but many folks
Speaker 3: have been asking what what changed. What they're saying changed
Speaker 3: is the daily testing capability and this stronger confidence, specifically
Speaker 3: citing stronger confidence based on what the medical people are
Speaker 3: telling them.
Speaker 2: Dan.
Speaker 3: So not sure how all this is going to work.
Speaker 3: I do know we have to figure out a way
Speaker 3: to do a.
Speaker 2: Big ten preview.
Speaker 3: Now, yes that's true amid games actually going on out there,
Speaker 3: which would be new territory for us. But eight games
Speaker 3: is the way it's looking. They're not going to have
Speaker 3: the wiggle room during the season the way that the
Speaker 3: SEC and the Big twelve and the ACC have kind
Speaker 3: of done. But provided they can complete their season before
Speaker 3: December twentieth, which is when selection day is for the playoff,
Speaker 3: presumably these teams could and should be included in that discussion.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and by wiggle room, you of course mean there's
Speaker 1: no spare weeks to throw in a postponed and rescheduled
Speaker 1: matchup the way other conferences. So that's interesting certainly because
Speaker 1: if Big Twelve teams, namely perhaps ones that are teams
Speaker 1: with playoff aspirations if they miss a game or two
Speaker 1: and suddenly they go six and oh instead of eight
Speaker 1: and o, nine and oh, seven and oh and other
Speaker 1: teams that are competing are nine and oh, ten and oh,
Speaker 1: eleven and oh something like that. That's interesting, or nine
Speaker 1: and one ten and one is what is more impressive
Speaker 1: right now, and that you also neglected to mention perhaps
Speaker 1: the weirdest part of all of this, which is on
Speaker 1: championship weekend, number one versus number one in the divisions
Speaker 1: play each other as per usual and normal protocol, but
Speaker 1: number two and number two play number three, and number
Speaker 1: three play number four, number four play and so forth,
Speaker 1: so we get a full championship slate, I guess, instead
Speaker 1: of strictly a championship game. So it's going to be different.
Speaker 1: And tip of the hat to the Big ten for
Speaker 1: being as specific as possible about the testing and how
Speaker 1: often they're, you know, doing these these antigen tests, and
Speaker 1: they're setting up a cardiovascular database to to be as
Speaker 1: transparent as possible so experts can study the result of
Speaker 1: positive tests on athletes, on high level athletes, and that
Speaker 1: anybody who does test positive will have to be cleared
Speaker 1: from a cardiovascular perspective, so it seems like they're taking
Speaker 1: all protocols. I guess there's a red, orange, and green
Speaker 1: level both as relates to the team and to the
Speaker 1: population as a whole. And if positive tests dip too
Speaker 1: far into a certain percentage, then the team has to
Speaker 1: take a week off. So there there, it's spelled out
Speaker 1: better than it ever has been within the Big Ten.
Speaker 1: So hopefully this is a difference maker and players can
Speaker 1: stay healthy and teams can make informed decisions and everybody
Speaker 1: around players has a certain amount of peace of mind
Speaker 1: given the structures in place.
Speaker 3: Well, with that news coming out, the next logical question
Speaker 3: was what would the Big Tens dance partner do the
Speaker 3: PAC twelve your recall. When the Big Ten announced its news,
Speaker 3: the PAC twelve also followed suit. This is initially when
Speaker 3: they decided to postpone until spring. Now, yeah, the dust
Speaker 3: has been kicked up on the PAC twelve as well.
Speaker 3: There are more hurdles, at least as it relates to
Speaker 3: local governments. I saw the governors of both California and
Speaker 3: Oregon had initially posed some issue with this being so
Speaker 3: it was not going to be allowed. It seems as
Speaker 3: if that part has been rectified. Dan, maybe you can
Speaker 3: clear that up for me, because I don't fully understand
Speaker 3: what all that entails. But yeah, it also seems as
Speaker 3: if the PAC twelve may try to shoot for that
Speaker 3: very same weekend. Whether or not that's attainable remains to
Speaker 3: be seen. It sounds like it might be easier for
Speaker 3: the PAC twelve to shoot from maybe early November. Of course,
Speaker 3: that make it very difficult to squeeze it under the
Speaker 3: wire if they want to be part of the playoff.
Speaker 3: But I think this is all going to a place
Speaker 3: where we've got Power five football in its entirety in
Speaker 3: some way, shape or form before the end of October
Speaker 3: or first weekend of November.
Speaker 1: Yeah, hypothetically. Hypothetically, Yeah, so some of it, as best
Speaker 1: as I can tell, as best as I know and
Speaker 1: from what I've read, the hurdles that the PAC twelve
Speaker 1: at least was they were facing. It was a matter
Speaker 1: of the state of California and the state of Oregon
Speaker 1: not allowing for gatherings and sports gatherings and practices and competition.
Speaker 1: Whereas now Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, and Kate Brown,
Speaker 1: the governor of Oregon, have essentially given waivers to the
Speaker 1: f I guess, not FBS, but the Power five schools
Speaker 1: looking to restart perhaps this fall in twenty twenty Oregon,
Speaker 1: Oregon State in Oregon, and Stanford, cal usc UCLA in California.
Speaker 1: So that's a hurdle. Obviously, the air quality with all
Speaker 1: of the fires is a more natural hurdle, I suppose.
Speaker 1: And so they're still figuring all that out because there
Speaker 1: aren't indoor facilities everywhere. We don't want to, you know,
Speaker 1: see athletes practicing playing exerting force with possible danger to
Speaker 1: their lungs. But yeah, that is a hurdle that appears
Speaker 1: to be cleared. I did see our friend Bruce Feldman.
Speaker 1: He wrote a piece in which he quoted he was
Speaker 1: an anonymous PAC twelve coach who I'm getting really good
Speaker 1: I think at deciphering the speech patterns of anonymous coaches
Speaker 1: and figuring out who they are. It sounded a whole
Speaker 1: lot like a coach who coached a team I used
Speaker 1: to root for, who now coaches a different Pac twelve team.
Speaker 1: But it's just a guess on my front. But the
Speaker 1: coach seemed particularly salty about the conference not doing what
Speaker 1: was right for the player's health and safety, saying that
Speaker 1: they were essentially following the Big Ten out of public
Speaker 1: pressure and that they were going to be practice too
Speaker 1: soon and playing too soon, and that he was worried
Speaker 1: about a number of injuries much more so than normal
Speaker 1: occurring because of undue stress and pushing athletes too far,
Speaker 1: too quickly. So we'll see what happens. I know Oregon
Speaker 1: dismissed its players until they knew more information, and now
Speaker 1: they're coming back and quarantining, so I suppose, Yeah, October
Speaker 1: seems ambitious. Maybe early November, maybe Halloween weekend, so the
Speaker 1: very very end of October. But there's no way they're
Speaker 1: gonna be able to squeeze in enough games, it seems
Speaker 1: before that December twentieth selection show for the College Football Playoff.
Speaker 1: Not that the Pac twelve is a terrific record sending
Speaker 1: teams to the College Football Playoff, but if a six
Speaker 1: and oh team that dominates its schedule will be at
Speaker 1: I don't know USC or Oregon, whoever it's, and you're
Speaker 1: going to start making arguments, just like the Big Ten,
Speaker 1: like what does a does a six and oh move
Speaker 1: the needle? A seven and oh move the needle like
Speaker 1: a ten and one, a nine to one. It's it's
Speaker 1: going to be a very I think, probably not, but
Speaker 1: it'll be an interesting discussion depending on what that six
Speaker 1: or seven and oh looks like. I'm curious. I'm curious
Speaker 1: to see what types of just out of thin air
Speaker 1: arguments we're going to have to construct.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it's going to be a very interesting fall,
Speaker 3: to say the least. We have not seen schedules yet, correct,
Speaker 3: So we need schedules.
Speaker 2: I think before we can do our previews.
Speaker 3: But it is coming. We will do our best to
Speaker 3: try and stay on top of it here. But at
Speaker 3: long last the news is official, at least on the
Speaker 3: Big Ten side, and we'll see see where things go,
Speaker 3: see what kind of format this takes on, and what
Speaker 3: kind of logistical challenges there are in front of us.
Speaker 2: Now, I should add on that.
Speaker 3: Very point, just because there is this now desire and
Speaker 3: apparently capacity to conduct games this fall from the Big
Speaker 3: Ten and other conferences, it does not mean by any
Speaker 3: stretch that the virus is defeated.
Speaker 2: Right. We're seeing that now.
Speaker 3: This very weekend with Charlotte and UNC being canceled, not postponed,
Speaker 3: just straight up canceled. Also, the UVA in Virginia Tech
Speaker 3: game which was previously postponed. They've got a new date,
Speaker 3: which is December of the twelfth, to try and replay
Speaker 3: that Commonwealth Cup game. So, you know, this is going
Speaker 3: to be an interesting state of affairs, especially for the
Speaker 3: Big Ten not having that buffer that they can work
Speaker 3: with with regard to scheduling. What happens if a game
Speaker 3: is in a similar state postponed, we've got positive COVID tests,
Speaker 3: How or when can they even replay that game? You
Speaker 3: know a lot of unanswered questions here, but we're just
Speaker 3: driving right into it and well again, see what happens.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, that's all right. And you know we've
Speaker 1: seen with the Big Ten. We saw well Wyatt Davis,
Speaker 1: the star offensive lineman for Ohio State. He is now
Speaker 1: trying to opt back in after opting out, given where
Speaker 1: he thought the Big Ten was going before and you know,
Speaker 1: a lack of Ohio State season, it was going to
Speaker 1: declare for the NFL Draft. I did see Dylan McCaffrey,
Speaker 1: who seemed to be in the running for the Michigan
Speaker 1: starting quarterback job. He decided to opt out of the
Speaker 1: season and he has entered that I don't know if
Speaker 1: it's the transfer portal whatever he has entered, he is
Speaker 1: transferring out of Michigan. Oh, we should do. We got
Speaker 1: a good transfer portal with our space UFO theme here actually,
Speaker 1: so we'll file that away. So. Yeah, there's still movements
Speaker 1: across the sport as it relates to opting out opting in,
Speaker 1: And it's going to be fast and furious in terms
Speaker 1: of trying to track everything and what it means and
Speaker 1: where everything is going. But that's why we're doing three
Speaker 1: plus sneak sneak preview tees shows a week here. So
Speaker 1: I'm fascinated by this all. And you know, most of
Speaker 1: thirty four percent of this is going to be rendered,
Speaker 1: you know, old by the time this show goes up.
Speaker 1: Can we play a game? Can we do that?
Speaker 2: I want to play a space game. Let's do it.
Speaker 2: Let's play that creepy music.
Speaker 1: Dan, did you know about star formation before I paced
Speaker 1: it in that paragraph?
Speaker 2: Generally?
Speaker 1: Yeah? Like I know, somebody were to stop you on
Speaker 1: the street and say, Tyler James hilden Brandt, what is
Speaker 1: the formation of a star?
Speaker 3: Like?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean did you answer it? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Of course, Okay, I don't know. I couldn't really, I'm
Speaker 1: just supposed to know. And as a star exploding a
Speaker 1: nova or super nova, is that what that is?
Speaker 3: I think a super nova is bigger than a nova.
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, well I think we can agree on that
Speaker 1: a super nova is the biggest explosions that humans have
Speaker 1: ever seen. Okay, super powerful explosion of a star.
Speaker 3: And here today a nova is from maybe a white
Speaker 3: dwarf star and it's not quite as elaborate reserves.
Speaker 1: Let's get into explosions of talent. Let's get into.
Speaker 2: So pro Let's get into it. Let's do it.
Speaker 1: The names and I will give you your first pick
Speaker 1: here and I want to try and be as specific
Speaker 1: as possible. You can't say sam Ellinger. Sam Ellinger is
Speaker 1: a star. Sam Ellinger' is a star because he is
Speaker 1: nationally known. He has performed well a lot, not always,
Speaker 1: but well a lot on the national stage. You know,
Speaker 1: going back to that USC overtime win, you know, has
Speaker 1: win over Georgia with Texas, we know Sam Ellinger is
Speaker 1: a star. There is star power, star potential. I am
Speaker 1: talking about who to you looks like they're going to
Speaker 1: come into their own as a nationally not conference wide,
Speaker 1: not statewide.
Speaker 2: Known name nationally subjective?
Speaker 1: Is it subjective on my end because I'm the decider here,
Speaker 1: it kind of is yes, But nonetheless we plow forward.
Speaker 3: I'm going to throw out a name from Penn State.
Speaker 3: How do you feel about Journey Brown.
Speaker 1: I think that's a good it's a good candidate. He
Speaker 1: has performed on the national stage some but he was
Speaker 1: sharing was a Noah Kane got a number of carries
Speaker 1: last year, and it looks like Journey Brown with the
Speaker 1: restart of Penn State season. Yeah, Michaeh Parsons definitely had
Speaker 1: already shown star stuff, right, Journey Brown hit me with
Speaker 1: the case.
Speaker 3: Journey Brown, I think is going to be the featured
Speaker 3: back in this Penn State backfield. It should be a
Speaker 3: very good backfield. There's no doubt about that, no doubt
Speaker 3: about it. You know, he's going to have some help.
Speaker 3: He won't have to shoulder the entire load. But I
Speaker 3: think he's the featured guy. Last year, got the most
Speaker 3: carries off anyone in the backfield, had twelve touchdowns, so
Speaker 3: got the job done down at the goal line. He
Speaker 3: averaged I want to say, close to seven yards of carry.
Speaker 3: And so if Sean Clifford, if Sean Clifford can be
Speaker 3: a little bit more consistent against better teams in the game,
Speaker 3: that should presumably open up running lanes for guys like
Speaker 3: Journey Brown. And he's versatile in what we've seen of him,
Speaker 3: very versatile. So my guess is, if we see another
Speaker 3: season like you had last year, if Sean Clifford can
Speaker 3: take that step forward, he's up over a thousand yards easy,
Speaker 3: maybe gets a little bit more active in the passing
Speaker 3: game as well. And Jerney Brown is a name that
Speaker 3: a lot more people know outside the state of Pennsylvania.
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, I if penn State has any hope of
Speaker 1: going to the playoff or threatening the playoff light, it's
Speaker 1: going to because Jerney Brown has an enormous year because
Speaker 1: I don't see it happening through the air. So I
Speaker 1: think that's a good pick. I have a pick similar
Speaker 1: similarly to that he only had it looks like seventy
Speaker 1: three carries in the SEC last year. Jerry and Ealy
Speaker 1: for Ole Miss Okay, go on a ton of home
Speaker 1: run potential. Not a new name within the SEC, but
Speaker 1: last year, certainly as we discussed the best national running backs,
Speaker 1: he was not in that conversation. He was not the bell.
Speaker 1: Cowie was not the focus of the ole Miss offense
Speaker 1: all season long. I don't He had his first game
Speaker 1: with fifteen carries in the egg Bowl, so single digit
Speaker 1: carries most of the year until November where he really
Speaker 1: broke out against LSU when they did run all over
Speaker 1: the Tigers. He and John Reese plumbley, but had a
Speaker 1: nice egg Bowl average almost six yards per carry. Two
Speaker 1: sports star. I believe he plays baseball for ole Miss
Speaker 1: as well in a new, maybe even more offense friendly
Speaker 1: program under Lane Kiffin. I'm anticipating the use of Jerry
Speaker 1: and Eely to be versatile enough where he has cut
Speaker 1: in potential. We hear about running backs making cuts. I'm
Speaker 1: talking cut in like you're watching Penn State, Ohio State
Speaker 1: and we're cutting in to watch a Jerry and Eely run.
Speaker 1: That's what I think of him, and so I think
Speaker 1: his star power will will take a giant leap. How
Speaker 1: about a It'll take off ty at a launch into
Speaker 1: the stratosphere. This it's a themed show, people, Yeah, my
Speaker 1: pick is Jerry and Eally running back.
Speaker 2: I do like it.
Speaker 3: Does Tanner Morgan fit into the discussion, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I think he broke through last year.
Speaker 3: Had a good year last year thirty two piggyback off
Speaker 3: of that thirty two hundred yards, thirty touchdowns, just seven interceptions.
Speaker 2: How do you want to piggyback off that?
Speaker 1: Chris Otman Bell Tye was the number three receiver from
Speaker 1: Minnesota last year, down Rashad Bateman and now of course
Speaker 1: Tyler Johnson. Tyler Johnson in the NFL, Rashad Bateman declared
Speaker 1: opting out of the season. Chris Otman bell sneaky weapon.
Speaker 1: Last year they were pretty balanced in terms of run pass.
Speaker 1: But when Chris Atman Bell, if you remember his early
Speaker 1: touchdown against Penn State, really nice with the ball in
Speaker 1: his hands. The yards after catch potential with CAB are
Speaker 1: pretty high. And with him stepping into the role, I know,
Speaker 1: so TOA loses. Uh what is it? Mike Shiraka to
Speaker 1: Penn State, Kirk Sharak, Kirk, excuse me, Kirk Sharaka to
Speaker 1: Penn State. Chris Ottman Bell c A B. I think
Speaker 1: is going to get a lot of attention out of
Speaker 1: this new I believe Mike Sandford offense. So that's my
Speaker 1: pick right there. I think he rises to the occasion.
Speaker 3: Okay, I was looking at two to two at well
Speaker 3: for Louisville pretty good.
Speaker 1: Was not a national name last year, so.
Speaker 3: Definitely not a national name. He caught seven balls in
Speaker 3: Louisville's first game. I think he's got potential. He's a
Speaker 3: little bit undersized, but I think he's he's got a
Speaker 3: ton of potential to maybe burst onto the scene here. Dan,
Speaker 3: you know, I talked about Louisville Louisville before. I don't
Speaker 3: know if I mentioned that to two can run a
Speaker 3: four to two seven, So the Duke Duke can run.
Speaker 3: Had a really good scoot. Yeah, I had a really
Speaker 3: good sophomore season over twelve hundred yard yards and like
Speaker 3: twelve touchdowns.
Speaker 2: So he's just not big.
Speaker 3: You got to get past the fact that he's not big,
Speaker 3: but he can change direction super quickly. And I think
Speaker 3: there's probably a budding relationship between him and our good
Speaker 3: friend Michale Mchall Cunningham.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, he got twelve hundred yards worth last year.
Speaker 1: Not a national name, but certainly a household name within
Speaker 1: the ACC receiving conversations. He finished, what did he finish?
Speaker 1: He finished in the top fifteen nationally in yards per game,
Speaker 1: and I think probably higher than that. In overall yards. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he finished eighth in the nation, right behind Tyler Johnson.
Speaker 1: So he was a top ten receiver in terms of
Speaker 1: total receiving yards. But the guys ahead of him, for sure,
Speaker 1: be it at Texas or LSU or Oklahoma, I think
Speaker 1: we're a little more.
Speaker 2: Household, That's what I'm saying, more household too.
Speaker 1: Is only a sophomore.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Also, his name is two two yeah, short Forgitarius, but
Speaker 1: too too for sure to towo to to two. Who
Speaker 1: else he got Hendon Hooker? I'll stay in the ACC.
Speaker 1: I talked about my crush on Hendon Hooker on our
Speaker 1: ACC preview show for Virginia Tech. But it has just
Speaker 1: felt like far too long since Virginia Tech has had
Speaker 1: a reasonably long term optimistic quarterback name and the best
Speaker 1: of Hendon Hooker as a dual thread able to extend
Speaker 1: plays or just take off with his legs. I think
Speaker 1: he has He has a tantalizing ceiling, and you know,
Speaker 1: maybe the receiving core isn't where it was a few
Speaker 1: years ago, but I think he is the type of
Speaker 1: player who can turn a B plus receiver into an A,
Speaker 1: can turn a C plus receiver into a B plus
Speaker 1: just because he throws with touch, he seems to have command,
Speaker 1: he has poise, and is a part of and I'll
Speaker 1: just speak for myself on this, but he's a part
Speaker 1: of that grouping of ACC quarterbacks that I forget about
Speaker 1: when I when I start listing guys that you know,
Speaker 1: Sam Howell and Michael Cunningham and Trevor Lawrence, that for
Speaker 1: some reason, and I don't know if it's just Virginia
Speaker 1: Tech's rocky last few years, Hendon Hooker gets left out.
Speaker 1: And I love Hendon Hooker, I just he's just off
Speaker 1: my grid a little bit. And every time I remember
Speaker 1: that he is also one of those ACC quarterbacks, I'm
Speaker 1: that much more impressed with the grouping. So Hendon Hooker,
Speaker 1: I think gives Virginia Tech a ceiling that they haven't
Speaker 1: had in a while. And if he performs anywhere near
Speaker 1: his potential, people in Phoenix or Minneapolis or Lubbock will
Speaker 1: start to get those Hendon Hooker vapors.
Speaker 3: Do you know who led the SEC last year in
Speaker 3: solo tackles?
Speaker 2: I do not. A gentleman by the name of Nick Bolton.
Speaker 1: Okay, tell me more.
Speaker 3: Nick Bolton was a sophomore last year sophomore linebacker for Missouri,
Speaker 3: seventy four solo tackles that was first in the SEC.
Speaker 3: He had one hundred and three total tackles, eight and
Speaker 3: a half tackles for loss, a sack, and seven passes
Speaker 3: defended to go along with two interceptions. He is clearly
Speaker 3: going to be the best player on the Missouri defense,
Speaker 3: maybe the best player on Missouri's team. He's underrated. I
Speaker 3: expect this is a name that we're going to hear
Speaker 3: a lot more about as we go into this season.
Speaker 3: The problem for him will be that Missouri's I think,
Speaker 3: do for not that great of an actual college football season.
Speaker 3: So a lot of potential to be the star on
Speaker 3: a not so great team. But we know this is
Speaker 3: a Missouri squad that, given some of its churn with
Speaker 3: bringing in a new coach, they tried to keep the
Speaker 3: defensive staff in place to maintain some level of continuity there.
Speaker 3: You would think that that would benefit someone like a
Speaker 3: Nick Bolton, who again probably the best player on that
Speaker 3: side of the football for the Tigers. So I don't
Speaker 3: know how many folks know about Nick Bolton, but my
Speaker 3: guess is if you haven't heard the name before, and
Speaker 3: if you're an SEC fan, you're gonna hear a lot
Speaker 3: more about him.
Speaker 1: I remember hearing the name. I couldn't tell you exactly
Speaker 1: how he plays other than if I had to guess,
Speaker 1: is a sure tackler. Yeah, Miszoo just keeps finding these
Speaker 1: dudes and developing these dudes at all three levels going
Speaker 1: back that I guess this past decade. Who can just play?
Speaker 1: And it's not surprising to me that they have one
Speaker 1: of these guys somewhat because somebody had to make tackles
Speaker 1: last year. It wasn't a defense stocked with guys making
Speaker 1: open field tackles left and right. They did suffer that
Speaker 1: big injury early on in the year last year, but
Speaker 1: I'm I'm always ready for there to be a out
Speaker 1: of nowhere Week nine or ten. This guy's an All
Speaker 1: American a safety or outside linebacker or defensive tackle coming
Speaker 1: from a Zoo, So yeah, ho hum.
Speaker 3: He doesn't have prototypical size for the linebacker position, but
Speaker 3: he's got obviously very good ball skills. It's good at
Speaker 3: defending the past. He's got really good closing speed, takes
Speaker 3: good angle, so he does a lot right. He obviously
Speaker 3: had over one hundred tackles. Last year, so he knows
Speaker 3: how to play the position, but not sure. A lot
Speaker 3: of people know about Nick Bolton, more people should.
Speaker 1: He had committed to Washington Initially. He was an avid
Speaker 1: reader for his high school book club.
Speaker 2: You don't know you're looking this up.
Speaker 1: I'm looking this up from Saturday down South. I'll give
Speaker 1: them the credit right here. That's my his father, Carlos
Speaker 1: played at Louisiana Tech. Our friends at PFF love the guy.
Speaker 1: He is a crazy successful run stopper. Cool.
Speaker 2: Who else you got?
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna stick with linebacker Henry to Toe
Speaker 1: in the SEC. Tennessee, Yeah from I think California came
Speaker 1: in and one of those guys where it's not like
Speaker 1: Tennessee had a lack of dudes, had a lack of
Speaker 1: talent on either side of the ball. Maybe not the
Speaker 1: highest end in their division, but I mean definitely not.
Speaker 1: But when a guy comes in and starts at a
Speaker 1: freshman as a freshman, there's something special about him and
Speaker 1: watching him understand SEC offenses almost immediately, make the correct reads,
Speaker 1: make correct calls, and make plays sideline to sideline. He
Speaker 1: was terrific to watch immediately, which is not always the
Speaker 1: case and for him to be thrown in and succeed
Speaker 1: like he did. I love watching that. And it's his
Speaker 1: name is very easy to say. By the way, it
Speaker 1: might seem intimidating. Hot Tooto, Henry Tooto, hank to to
Speaker 1: because we like changing names to sound weird. But yeah,
Speaker 1: he is all American caliber now and I think he
Speaker 1: is going to reach that ceiling. Is he is just
Speaker 1: a really really fun football watch.
Speaker 3: Give me somebody from Oregon that maybe we will have
Speaker 3: a chance to watch they decide that they want to
Speaker 3: play games.
Speaker 1: Potentially Devin Williams, who transferred from USC, A big receiver
Speaker 1: who Oregon down. What's his name? I'm already forgetting all
Speaker 1: my names. The transfer receiver from Penn State who was
Speaker 1: that big weapon for last year. I've blacked out Johnson,
Speaker 1: Juwan Johnson, Juwan Johnson. There you go. So there's an
Speaker 1: opening at receiver and they lost their starting tight end
Speaker 1: last year to injury and he moved on to the
Speaker 1: next level. So Devin Williams is a name, a big
Speaker 1: receiver target, was a blue chip recruit. He transferred in.
Speaker 1: And then they have the duo of linebackers that are
Speaker 1: coming in as true freshman five stars. That's Noah Sewell,
Speaker 1: who's Piney Sewell's little brother, and Justin Flow. Those are
Speaker 1: the two names that they are going to see action
Speaker 1: because I feel like Kevon Thibodeau is now already a
Speaker 1: known star after how he finished his year last year,
Speaker 1: So that would be that duo on defense, I think,
Speaker 1: more than anything, is going to be fascinating to watch
Speaker 1: because Oregon is not afraid to throw in freshmen into
Speaker 1: the rotation. So Justin Flow and Noah Seouol, Noah Sewell
Speaker 1: a bigger linebacker, Justin Flow, I think a more violent linebacker.
Speaker 1: Violent linebacker, yeah, almost in the I mean, what's his
Speaker 1: name at Asu Fontes Berfect that kind of maybe without
Speaker 1: the personal fouls, but the just controlled abandon If that's
Speaker 1: a phrase that he is just he will he will
Speaker 1: shoot through a gap and it looks like he's seeing
Speaker 1: red and cannot wait to watch what he's able to
Speaker 1: do in this what should be a very good Oregon defense.
Speaker 1: If we get to see the Ducks on the.
Speaker 3: Field for Notre Dame, I'll throw out Michael maher Uh
Speaker 3: the token baby Gronk for token baby gronk, Token baby
Speaker 3: Gronk for the Notre Dame fighting Irish freshman big Kid.
Speaker 3: Big Kid had a really good game in Week one
Speaker 3: against Duke. We'll see if he continues to stay active
Speaker 3: in the passing game.
Speaker 2: I guess is he absolutely will.
Speaker 3: The second player I have a bit of a love
Speaker 3: hate relationship with, if only because I screwed up his
Speaker 3: status when we did the initial preview. But Kevin Austin
Speaker 3: is a name that many a Notre Dame fans are
Speaker 3: excited to see more from. He's only played very very
Speaker 3: limited action, didn't play last year and then got hurt
Speaker 3: in the preseason. He is going to be coming back
Speaker 3: at some point very soon for the Irish and could
Speaker 3: provide a much needed boost in that wide receiving corps. Again,
Speaker 3: can Ian Book take advantage.
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 3: Maybe remains to be seen. Perhaps I shouldn't rush to
Speaker 3: conclusions after week one. But Kevin Austin's a name that
Speaker 3: has been circulating in the Notre Dame world for quite
Speaker 3: some time now. And if he's out there, if he
Speaker 3: can stay healthy, and if they get them the ball,
Speaker 3: if again doing a lot of work in that sentence,
Speaker 3: he's a name that we could hear a lot more
Speaker 3: about especially now given Notre Dames prominence in a conference,
Speaker 3: you know, amid everything that's gone.
Speaker 1: On longtime ACC super fam.
Speaker 3: Amid all that has gone on, and how we've tossed
Speaker 3: and turned about who's playing, who's not playing, and Notre
Speaker 3: Dame jumps in.
Speaker 2: The sides they're going to join.
Speaker 3: The ACC on a one year, one year only basis.
Speaker 3: You have to wonder, now, given circumstances, we're right back
Speaker 3: where we started from. Did they even need to do
Speaker 3: that remains to be seen. But here we are, given
Speaker 3: their prominence in the ACC. Kevin Austin could could be
Speaker 3: a rising star.
Speaker 1: I'm glad to I think we got a number of
Speaker 1: good names out here. Ty, you can play the music again,
Speaker 1: you want it again? As we wrap up the segment.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, so there's like little It sounds like it's
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Speaker 2: There's like de mining. Man, I don't know, it.
Speaker 1: Works for me.
Speaker 3: This is like the kind of music they play in
Speaker 3: a sci fi or a space movie when there's an
Speaker 3: explosion in the back half of the shuttle gets blown
Speaker 3: out and the astronauts are just sort of floating into
Speaker 3: the vacuum.
Speaker 2: To inevitable death.
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