1 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:12,799 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back in another edition of 2 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: the Late Kick Extra podcast. It is Thursday. It is 3 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: August twenty sixth. Dear Our Lord, twenty twenty one college 4 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: football games are just hours away from us. Now a 5 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: full slate is a week away from us. Now, we 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: made it. They said we couldn't do it. They were wrong. 7 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: They doubted us. We persevered, we overcame. We never said 8 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: the word off season, and we have made it. So 9 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: now this is our reward for the next four or 10 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: five months streaking in. I was thinking about this when 11 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: I was driving in here tonight, which reminds me. It 12 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: is currently eleven forty nine pm. I'm in the office 13 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: all by myself. Even the janitorial staff has left. Great people. 14 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: By the way, I have some of the best conversations 15 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: I have all day with anyone with the janitorial staff 16 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: that comes in here. I don't think anyone else who 17 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: works here and knows them, mainly because they're not psychopaths 18 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,279 Speaker 1: who stay at the office twenty four to seven. There 19 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: you go free plug for the company there. But I 20 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: find it's peaceful around here. All we have is the 21 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: hum of the fridge in the kitchen and the janitorial 22 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,479 Speaker 1: staff comes in, chatted up with them for a few minutes, 23 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: and otherwise it's silenced. This is when I get my 24 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: best work done. But anyway, so I'm in the office 25 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: where I originally was at seven am this morning. So 26 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: I was driving back in tonight. Had to go to 27 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: the gym. Of course, I'm not a savage. And I 28 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: was driving back in and I was thinking about one 29 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: of the many things that makes college football special is 30 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: it's a uniter. You know, it's something that brings people 31 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: with different backgrounds and belief systems and whatnot together. And 32 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: if you really think about it, lately, past year, past 33 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: two years, the things that we've been in together have 34 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: been terrible things, you know, pandemic and whatnot. And so 35 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: it's very very nice that something comes along that brings 36 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: you together that you actually get joy out of. I 37 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: don't think that should be overlooked. I mean, we always 38 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: look forward to college football season, you and I do, 39 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: at least anyway, But for folks who may be casual 40 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: or I'll tell you another thing, for folks who may 41 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: have once watched collegeege football buddies, you know, friends, you 42 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: have cousins of yours, relatives and they kind of walked 43 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: away from the game. You know, they watch it every 44 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: now and then, but they're not hardcore. This is the 45 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,519 Speaker 1: time to bring them back, I mean bring them fully back, 46 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: Like have some Temple and Rutgers injected into their veins 47 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: in week one, on a Thursday night next week and 48 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: tell them if they need a podcast to go to 49 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: to escape quite literally all the other garbage out there 50 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 1: that they would love to avoid anyway, whether they know 51 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: it or not, this is the one. I think that 52 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: is one of the reasons, to be brutally honest with you, 53 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: that our numbers have grown so quickly. It's because we 54 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: filter out a lot of the stuff that none of 55 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: you want inside your sports coverage. In this case college football. 56 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: This is the place for him. But this is the sport. 57 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: Whether they listen to this show or not, this is 58 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: the sport. When's the last time you brought someone to 59 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: college football and they looked around and said, Nah, don't 60 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: really care for this. Everybody loves it when they experience it. 61 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: How could you not? What kind of crazy person would 62 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: experience all of the tradition and pageantry and everything that 63 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: we love about the game and not like it you 64 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: just got to bring folks in the door. So I'm 65 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: happy to make this podcast in the late Kick brand. 66 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: I'm happy to make it. Your welcoming committee will do 67 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 1: the work on the talking end. The players will do 68 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: the work on the field. The coaches will do the 69 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: work on the field. The bands, the crowd, they'll do 70 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: the work on Saturdays. We'll take care of it and 71 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 1: supplement it during the week. Bring them in, though, Bring 72 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: them in. You got a miserable buddy at the office. 73 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: Tell them you need some college football in your life. Man. 74 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: You want to know why I seem so chipper on 75 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: Tuesday morning when we go into this financial reports meeting. Well, 76 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 1: number one, I've got perspective in life. I'm living for 77 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 1: something more than just this life to begin with. But 78 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: number two, there's a light at the end of my tunnel, 79 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: and it's called Saturday. And I'm going to wake up 80 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: at seven thirty am, and I'm going to have that 81 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: unmistakable jolt of energy that a human being only feels 82 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: when they wake up on a Saturday morning in the fall, 83 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: and they know you are four hours away from wall 84 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: to wall college football up until the Hawaii game ends 85 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: at two AM, and you've got an uncomfortable amount of 86 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: money riding on kids whose names you have never heard 87 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: before and we'll never hear from again. I think that's beautiful. 88 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: We all think it's beautiful, So yeah, bring them in. 89 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: So we got a loaded mail bag. If you are 90 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: unfamiliar with the brand, what you just experienced is not abnormal. 91 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: That's pretty much the kind of tangent I go on 92 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: every week to start the show. It is all mail 93 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 1: bag on Tuesday and Thursday. And it has also occurred 94 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 1: to me I kind of need to relay our entire 95 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 1: format out because we have a lot of I mean 96 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: a lot of new folks to the brand. But on 97 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: the podcast side, here's what you get. Every week. You 98 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: get the replays of Late Kick Live, which airs Sunday, 99 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 1: Tuesday and Thursday night eight eastern seven Central Live if 100 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: you want to watch the live version on the twenty 101 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: four seven Sports YouTube channel, So that gets put into 102 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: this podcast feed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning, but 103 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: obviously that leaves a gap on Tuesday and Thursday. On 104 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: Tuesday and Thursday mornings, you get exactly what you're about 105 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: to hear for the next I don't know how many 106 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: minutes will go. It's mail bag Josh paid seven zero 107 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: six at gmail dot com. Yeah, that's my personal email. 108 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: I open it up for you guys, and it's flooded 109 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 1: right now. Trying to work my way through the in 110 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: a question that way. Also, I highly encourage you to 111 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: follow me on Twitter and Instagram at late kick. Josh 112 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 1: and I know I've been telling you that we got 113 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: a big announcement coming tomorrow morning. Big one. Pate State mascot, 114 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: Peate State logos, Pate State everything. We got it. You 115 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: helped me. We have arrived at the finish line. It 116 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: is time to unveil this finally, when I got the 117 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: finished product, which I have now I'm actually looking at 118 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: it on a computer screen as we record. You're gonna 119 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: have to use theater of the imagination. I cannot help 120 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: but have an ear to ear smile. This one came 121 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 1: from you, and then I took it to one of 122 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: you because I have a lot of you that helped 123 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 1: me out in graphics and whatnot. And I said, here's 124 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: the vision. We need a logo, and we need a 125 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: secondary logo. We want Pate State University and the mascot 126 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: and the logos and the helmets and all that looking 127 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,799 Speaker 1: like an actual university. And boy, within forty eight hours, 128 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: you came through. You guys gave me the name. First off, 129 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 1: the best submission when we had the contest several months 130 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: ago became the mascot name. I haven't revealed it yet, 131 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: but now we got it. I took it to you. 132 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: You designed it, so we've got everything. I mean, it's awesome. 133 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 1: I love it. There will not be a single one 134 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: of you that looks at this and says, ah, that 135 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: didn't really work out the way I wanted it to. 136 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 1: You will love this. And then what we're gonna be 137 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 1: able to do is we're gonna be able to take 138 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: this logo and secondary logo everything that we release tomorrow 139 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: morning tomorrow being Friday, by the way, and well you 140 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: can use your imagination as to what all we can 141 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: do with that. So I'm looking forward to that. But anyway, 142 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: like I was saying, if you're new to the whole 143 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:29,799 Speaker 1: Lake Kick brand, that's what this is. It's a college 144 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: football community. It used to be small. Now it's very big. 145 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 1: It is on its way to being even bigger. It 146 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: will never lose that feel that I can promise you 147 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 1: or else I'll quit. It'll never lose that feel. Authenticity 148 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: and staying true to the values will always always carry 149 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: the day around here. But anyway, I leave all the 150 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: dms open, I leave the email open, and it's wall 151 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: to wall mail bag, and we filled the Tuesday and 152 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: Thursday show with well, whatever you want to talk about. 153 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: So let me give you an example. Here's how it 154 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: works this morning. Let's kick it off with Shane Beemer's 155 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: burn that's the Twitter handle, and he says, I'm a 156 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 1: new listener. I love the show. First off, welcome aboard. Secondly, 157 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 1: he says, can you give me a quick rundown on 158 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: what exactly the rama noodle expresses? Yes, I can. That's 159 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: another good question. A lot of you are new and 160 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: don't have any idea what that means. You think I'm 161 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: talking about soup, and I kind of am. So. Back 162 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: in the day, I used to do sports talk radio 163 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: down in Columbus, Georgia WIOL ninety five to seven, ESPN 164 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: The Zone, and we would do betting picks. Now everyone 165 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: does betting picks, but we had a guy call in 166 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: one day and he was in a bad place and 167 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: he was telling us I think it was the Monday 168 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: Night game. He needed a pick for the Monday night 169 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: game or else. According to him, his kids were going 170 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: to have to survive on rama noodles until the next 171 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: paycheck came in. So what did we do? Did we 172 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: counsel him, did we offer him help? Did we send 173 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: him to Gambler's anonymous? Of course not. We told him 174 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: Chiefs plus six and a half and it ended up cashing. Now, 175 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: that was very irresponsible, but I say that to tell 176 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: you I ended up taking that idea, and it's stuck 177 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: with me, and so down the road. I as you 178 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: know by now, or if you're new, maybe you don't. 179 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: I teamed with a data scientist well back in the day, 180 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: back in Columbus, and we perfected our own proprietary everything. 181 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: We built our own model from the ground up. Everything 182 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: about it we own. We have never publicized it, probably 183 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: never will, I mean, you know, unless Google comes along 184 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: and wants to pay five trillion dollars for it. Maybe 185 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: six Probably not five, maybe six trillion. But anyway, we 186 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: built that well. When we built it, and we calibrated it. 187 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: Now we're very comfortable with it. I started giving out 188 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: picks on the shows that I was doing well as 189 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: you can tell, I'm all about branding, so I want 190 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: to name on everything. And so I thought about that guy, 191 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: and I thought about the quickest way to get his 192 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: kids off that Ramen noodle diet was probably for him 193 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: to bet those picks. And so I started calling the 194 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: group of picks that I would give out every week 195 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: the Ramen Noodle Express. Because I love trains, so I 196 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: try and work train metaphors in anywhere I can. I 197 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: mean college football and the railroad. That is really what 198 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 1: holds this country together. If you think about it. That's 199 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: probably a T shirt idea in and of itself. But 200 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: I called it the Rama Noodle Express one night, just 201 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: off the top of my head, and like most of 202 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: my good ideas, that happened by accident, and so it stuck. 203 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: And that's what we call our weekly betting picks, the 204 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: Rama Noodle Express. I do not do a gambling show. 205 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: And let me make this very clear, because I know 206 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: some of you do not bet. Some of you are 207 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: smart enough, not too, some of you are morally opposed 208 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: to it. I never have a problem with that. But 209 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: what I try and do is I try and format 210 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: our show where we talk about gambling and odds making rather, 211 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 1: I guess, is the better way to put it in 212 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: a way that fascinates everyone, because I know there are 213 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: a lot of people out there who do not bet 214 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: a penny per year, who are really fascinated by why 215 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: Ohio State is only favored by thirteen and a half 216 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: against Minnesota in Week one. That's the kind of thing 217 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: that we talk about. But I do know that many 218 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: more of you do bet, and so we do hand 219 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: out picks per week. Now here's the added bonus. And 220 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: I haven't really decided yet. I'll take your feedback on this. 221 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: In fact, really I will decide based on what you 222 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: gout tell me you want. I want to take advantage 223 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: of Instagram Live, and I want to do something that 224 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: is a little more gambling centric. But I don't want 225 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: to dedicate entire episodes of Late Kick Live to it, 226 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: and I don't want to dedicate entire podcasts to it. 227 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: But I do know there are a lot of you 228 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,679 Speaker 1: out there who want this, and I do know I 229 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: have access to an entire model that is spitting out 230 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: a score generation and a cover probability on every single 231 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: game on the slate, and I only talk about a 232 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:27,959 Speaker 1: fraction of them on the show. So here's what I'm 233 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: thinking Instagram Live. Haven't really messed with it yet, but 234 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: I'm thinking I may. When I get into towns that 235 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: I'm going to travel to for that Saturday's games, I'm 236 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 1: normally flying during the day, so I'll be there that 237 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: Friday night, and I'm thinking late at night. A lot 238 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: of you go to high school football games. Maybe you're 239 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,439 Speaker 1: back home or maybe you're just out on Friday night. 240 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: By the time you're back home, one of the last 241 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: things that I could do before I hit the sack 242 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: for that night is I could have an Instagram Live session. 243 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: Maybe it's twenty minutes, maybe it's an hour. It's very 244 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,559 Speaker 1: very informal. It's probably in some hotel room somewhere, and 245 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 1: we just talk you and I about the next day's games, 246 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: and we talk about lines and my thoughts on a 247 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 1: game that I haven't spoken about that week. And it's 248 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 1: very gambling centric. We would talk a lot about maybe 249 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 1: derivative bats. We would talk about game totals, half totals. 250 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: We would talk about all kinds of different things. If 251 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: I don't have an opinion, I'll tell you. If you 252 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,719 Speaker 1: do have an opinion, maybe you sway me to put 253 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: an extra dime or two on a game that I 254 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,959 Speaker 1: previously have not even thought of. So I'm thinking about 255 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: doing that. Let me know how you feel about it. 256 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: If it's not something you're interested in, then I'll just 257 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: move on and probably just get forty five minutes extra 258 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: sleep the night before, Jeb up next. Do teams that 259 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: play in week zero have an advantage against the team 260 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,079 Speaker 1: who is playing for the first time in week one, 261 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: So this is happening, I think, most notably with UCLA. 262 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:50,439 Speaker 1: Ucla plays Hawaii this Saturday and LSU doesn't play anyone. 263 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: LSU then will travel to Ucla for the Week one game. 264 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:57,319 Speaker 1: So Jeb, this is one of those classic I'll take 265 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: either side of the debate and win sort of deals. 266 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: Because if if it were you on one side and 267 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: I was on the other side, I could look at 268 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: you and I could say, Jeb, listen, man, you could 269 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: go play the week zero game all you want to. 270 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:11,199 Speaker 1: You're showing me your cards. Meanwhile, I'm in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 271 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 1: and I'm number one. I'm checking the model runs because 272 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:15,719 Speaker 1: it looks like we could have some mischief down in 273 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: the Gulf of Mexico early next week, So head's up 274 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: for that. All right. That concludes the late kick weather report. 275 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 1: I am watching you, and I'm watching you play, and 276 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: you haven't watched me play, so I get an added 277 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: scouting report on you that you don't get on me. Okay, 278 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 1: So then, Jeb, what I can do is I can 279 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: I can walk across the stage. Don't know what kind 280 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: of shoes I'm wearing there, but I can walk across 281 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: the stage. I can take your microphone. I could say 282 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: step aside for a second, Jeb, And then I could 283 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: look across at where I used to stand and I 284 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: could say, okay, yeah. But if I'm UCLA, I get 285 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,559 Speaker 1: to straighten things out. And historically, you know, we've had 286 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: trouble getting off the ground to a fast start. But 287 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 1: we don't have to worry about that because we get 288 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: one game under our belt. And also, you've got some 289 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 1: new pieces of your own, don't you wouldn't you like 290 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: to get your feet under you, Ed or Zaran? You 291 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: got a couple of new coordinators, you got a new quarterback, 292 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: you got all sorts of new pieces. How's that offensive 293 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 1: line going to work out for you? Oh? You don't 294 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: know how about all those injured players that you've been 295 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: trying to work back into the rotation, or are they 296 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: just gonna take off one hundred miles an hour like 297 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: they've been shot out of a cannon in Week one? 298 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: They're just gonna be full speed. I don't think so. 299 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 1: So see, I could win both sides of that debate. 300 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 1: Here is the way that I come down on this, Jim. 301 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: It is my belief that there will come a time 302 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: midway through the third quarter of UCLA versus LSU, and 303 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: LSU's gonna be driving. And the spread on this game 304 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 1: is four, So let's just say for argument's sake, it's competitive. 305 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: So we're tied, it's twenty to twenty, and LSU's driving, 306 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: and it's third and one on the UCLA forty five 307 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: yard line, and they're looking to convert and keep the 308 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: chains moving or else they're gonna punt it away in 309 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: all likelihood, and we get to five four, three seconds 310 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: to go on the play clock. Two. Johnson's got to 311 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 1: snap it. One. Is anyone thinking about whether or not 312 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 1: you played last week? Okay, now they snap it and 313 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: now John Emory halfback dive. Oh, it's gonna be closed. 314 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: They're gonna bring the chains out? Did he get the 315 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 1: first down? At these moments? Is anyone thinking about whether 316 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: or not you played last week? Is anyone saying, well, 317 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: you know, I think he probably gained that extra yard 318 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: because LSU did not play last week, and they knew 319 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: what kind of front, and they knew what kind of 320 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: potential run blitz package UCLA was going to throw at him, 321 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: and they were ready for it, and that's why he's 322 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 1: going to pick up this first down. The answer is no, 323 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: So in all likelihood, we will not talk about it. 324 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: It's something that a lot of folks are going to 325 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: talk about leading up to the game in lieu of 326 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: actual football. I do not believe that regardless of how 327 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: that game shakes out. In the postgame commentary, from wall 328 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: to wall, you'll hear many people saying, you know what 329 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: determined the outcome here to me was the UCLA played 330 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: a game and LSU didn't last week. So Jeff, I 331 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: don't make too big a deal of it. Moving right 332 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: along this morning, let's go with Daniel's question. Next, Hey, 333 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: here we go, he said, So the payte State logo 334 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: and everything, they're on their way. Now, you just need 335 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: a foot football team and everyone wants to be a 336 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: part of history. So if you could take any team's 337 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: position groups, whose current position groupings would you take to 338 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: fill out your ultimate team? So I had to write 339 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: this down. Obviously, let's see what I went with quarterback room. 340 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: I think a lot of you would go Ohio State. Here, 341 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: I actually went Oklahoma. Now I will take Ohio State 342 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 1: if Oklahoma's already off the board. But the reason I 343 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: went Oklahoma is because I have to what I think 344 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: are sure fire studs, and I have one of them 345 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: in Spencer Rattler, who is already proven at this point 346 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 1: and is right at the forefront of the Heisman conversation 347 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 1: this year. Caleb Williams. Caleb Williams has been pushing hard 348 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: in Oklahoma fall camp. Obviously you got Spencer Ratler in 349 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 1: the way, but I would feel more than confident. I 350 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: think Oklahoma and their coaching staff would feel confident if 351 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: today you know the worse comes to worse and they 352 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: knew they had to start Caleb Williams. That's not really 353 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: a have to, that's a okay, we're in position too, 354 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: So I like their quarterback room. However, you can go 355 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: wrong with Ohio State. I understand that, so it's not 356 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: getting a fight where we don't need to. Speaking of 357 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: the Buckeyes offensive line, I'm taking Ohio State wide receiver room. 358 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: I'm taking Ohio State so therefore we have atoned so 359 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: pipe down over there running back room. I went with 360 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: Texas not just because I love Bejehon Robinson. I think 361 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: Keelan Robinson, who is the Alabama transfer, is one of 362 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: the more underrated players in the country this year. I 363 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: don't know how much they're going to utilize him. I 364 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: would expect to see him play a lot. Keelan Robinson 365 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: is a guy I kept hearing about last year. Keilan 366 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: Robinson was one of the only Alabama players who opted 367 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: out of the season. Some of you may know that. 368 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: What you don't know is I tracked him all year. 369 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: He didn't go home back up to I think Maryland. 370 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: He's from somewhere in the DMV area. He didn't go home. 371 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: He went out to California and he trained the entire year. 372 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: They had some family circumstances that forced him to opt out, 373 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: but he trained all year. Keelan Robinson is a monster. 374 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: Now they're just too loaded at Alabama and so he 375 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: transferred out of there. I think he's going to be 376 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: a factor at Texas. So I like that running back room. Actually, Texas, 377 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 1: I'll take Jon and Keeland Robinson among others. Those aren't 378 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 1: the only two guys in that room. How about defensive line, 379 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: gimme Clemson and if you want to argue Georgia, that's cool. 380 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 1: We'll see him both in Game one anyway. Linebacker Bama 381 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 1: by a country mile, defensive back Bama. So I'll take 382 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: Bama in the second and third levels of the defense. 383 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:22,640 Speaker 1: I think Alabama could have a good defensive line too. 384 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: I just don't think they have the proven commodities quite 385 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: yet that the Clemsons of the world have. Maybe even 386 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 1: the Georgias of the world have. Ohio State's right there too. 387 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: So I know you hear a lot of these programs 388 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 1: mentioned very often, but that's how they recruit. I mean, 389 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: recruiting is the lifeblood of this sport. Moving on, let's 390 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,400 Speaker 1: go with a Mark's question next. He said, since all 391 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 1: the big boys this year do have some vulnerabilities, do 392 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 1: you think this season has a chance to top two 393 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: thousand and seven when it comes to the chaos factor? Mark, 394 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 1: this is not a good question. 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This perplexes me, and 415 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: you know how rarely I use that word, but I 416 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 1: am perplexed by the traffic we get on the twenty 417 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 1: four seven Sports YouTube channel, which is great, but then 418 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: I go look inside the analytics and it's wild what 419 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:58,159 Speaker 1: you can see on YouTube. By the way, the analytics 420 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 1: tell me seventy one point three percent of our viewers 421 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: are not subscribed to the channel. So here's the key. 422 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 1: It's all up to you. The key is keep this 423 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: show free. The key is never have them put this 424 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: thing behind the paywall. 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It is so valuable in marketing. 433 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 1: When you do nothing more than say hey, I love 434 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 1: this podcast or you know you guys say nicer things 435 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 1: than that, and you tag me in it, that is 436 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: worth it's waiting gold. But along with that, even if 437 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:45,400 Speaker 1: you don't watch on YouTube, if you want to help 438 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 1: the show, go to the twenty four to seven Sports 439 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: YouTube channel and just click subscribe. It doesn't do anything. 440 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: It's in case some of you are unfamiliar with the platform. 441 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: It doesn't do anything. It doesn't send you spam mail, 442 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: it doesn't cost something on your credit card after six months. 443 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 1: It's nothing. You click it and then you forget it, 444 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:03,439 Speaker 1: kind of like the Ronco grill. You set it and 445 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 1: you forget it. Well, you click it and you forget 446 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 1: it here. So that's it. That's all I'm asking for. 447 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: That's the end. I'm going to do something here that 448 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 1: I promised you i'd do the other night. I'm gonna 449 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 1: take a break. Sometimes I don't telegraph when the AD 450 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,919 Speaker 1: break's coming up, and you guys get mad at me, 451 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 1: So I'm telling you ad break alert. We're about to 452 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: go into one. On the other side of this ad break, 453 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,880 Speaker 1: we are going to do a couple of season previews, 454 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: Grand season previews. I decided to go a different route 455 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:30,959 Speaker 1: with these this year. I'll explain why in just a second. 456 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: But we're going to do the ACC We're going to 457 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 1: do the PAC twelve, and I'm going to do it 458 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 1: in a way that I think will entertain every single 459 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:38,160 Speaker 1: one of you, even if you live in hell Anda, 460 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: Montana and you've never been in the conference footprint for 461 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 1: either one of them. So we'll do that right after this. 462 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: So normally in years past, when I've done conference previews 463 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,160 Speaker 1: or season previews for teams, I've called them Grand season previews. 464 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:56,439 Speaker 1: I've probably done somewhere between twenty and thirty of them 465 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: per season, and I would do them for a team, 466 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: and I would do our standard template was three biggest questions, 467 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: three areas of focus, the mood tracker for that team, 468 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: best worst and most likely record scenario, and then my 469 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 1: official prediction. And we got decent numbers on them. But 470 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 1: what I've noticed is there's a term that's dirty in 471 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: our industry. It's called oversaturation. And I'm looking around. Maybe 472 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: I'm off base here. You can tell me if you 473 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: think otherwise, but I'm looking around and everybody's got it, 474 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 1: and there's just so many of them out there. The 475 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: college football media landscape is saturated with the same looking predictions. 476 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: Everybody's got a graphic of one through seven and the 477 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,639 Speaker 1: Coastal division of the ACC and one through seven in 478 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 1: the Atlantic. And that's all well and good, that's fine, 479 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:41,959 Speaker 1: that's what we all do this time of year, but 480 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 1: I never like late kick looking average or looking normal. 481 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: I never like it, So every so often I just 482 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: change everything up. We're about to do that with another 483 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: aspect of the show, by the way, but that's not 484 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,680 Speaker 1: happening today. And so I'm looking around and I'm saying, 485 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: you know, maybe we should invest our time in some 486 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: other ideas, which we've been doing over the last couple 487 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,639 Speaker 1: of months. Some have already happened, some will happen. So 488 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 1: for the conference previews, here's what I'm gonna do instead 489 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: of doing a long winded and here's what I think 490 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 1: the record will be for every team. I'm gonna hop 491 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,399 Speaker 1: around these conferences. I'm gonna give you some thoughts, I'm 492 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: gonna give you some records, and I'll just talk about 493 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: what I think you care about the most. The ACC 494 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: is a hard conference to quote unquote predict or break 495 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: down in a way that is truly fascinating and captivates 496 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: the imagination of the entire country because it is viewed, 497 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 1: right or wrong, as a one team conference. Now, the 498 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 1: hope is there are some teams that are very very 499 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,439 Speaker 1: much coming that are going to change that perception. But 500 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 1: I think you understand it's a remains to be seen 501 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 1: for the rest of the country. If you're in Chapel Hill, 502 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 1: North Carolina, you don't have time for hearing that. If 503 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: you're in Miami, you don't have time for hearing that. 504 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,360 Speaker 1: But if you're in Fresno, California, you don't really care 505 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: until they get it done on the field. So with Clemson, 506 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: I'm obviously going to pick them to finish number one 507 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 1: in the Atlantic. I ran it through our model. I'm 508 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 1: looking at it right over here and cutting my eyes 509 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,360 Speaker 1: at it right now. The best, worst, and most likely 510 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: records per our model, we're twelve to zero. Best case. 511 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: Ten and two is the worst case for Clemson, and 512 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: the most likely record is eleven and one. And for 513 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 1: the record, I like to group games you play into 514 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,439 Speaker 1: four different categories. Our model gives a toughness rating for 515 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: every game you play, and it has a lot of 516 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: factors that go into it. Not all games against Wake 517 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: Forest would be equal. If Wake's got to buy and 518 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 1: you're coming off six straight games, then it may be 519 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: rated differently. Clemson has one game rated ten. It's a 520 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 1: one to ten scale. Clemson has one game rated ten. 521 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:33,640 Speaker 1: That's the toughest kind of game you can play. That's 522 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 1: the opener against Georgia. They only have one game on 523 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 1: their entire schedule rated eight or nine, so the rest 524 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 1: of the way they play one of those games. They 525 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: have five of them rated six to seven, and they 526 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 1: have five games rated five or less. That's so inexcusable. 527 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: As a conference. That is so inexcusable, especially in the 528 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: ACC because there's talent over there, So that's not on Clemson. 529 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: That's just something that has to be rectified by the 530 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: rest of the conference. So I got Clemson winning that. 531 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: I've got Clemson winning the conference. I'm very fascinated with 532 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: NC State. I've got them finishing second in the Atlantic. 533 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: I'm fascinated because the Vegas over under win total here 534 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: six and a half, and our model says eight and 535 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 1: four is the most likely. So I'm not going to 536 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: bet it personally because I don't think there's a lot 537 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 1: of value at this point in the win total market. 538 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: But I would advise you if you wanted to make 539 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: a move on NC State and you can find six 540 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: and a half out there. I like that, I really 541 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,880 Speaker 1: do like that. I am fascinated by Boston College. I'm 542 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 1: fascinated at the perception versus reality of that program got 543 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 1: them finishing third in the Atlantic over there. Do wholeheartedly 544 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: believe this is one that could surprise. This is one 545 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: that could pop on the national radar. What you think 546 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 1: of when you think Boston College versus what the reality 547 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: of their offense is going to be this year and 548 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 1: moving forward as long as Jeff Haffley's they're two totally 549 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 1: different things. And that's also a program making a huge 550 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: jump up the overall experience ladder this year. They were 551 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: very very inexperience last year, so that helps and now 552 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,880 Speaker 1: everyone else is too, But that helps them. Remember they 553 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:05,400 Speaker 1: unlike some others, they avoid both Miami and North Carolina 554 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 1: out of the other side, and that could be huge. 555 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 1: In fact, that could be what determines whether they end 556 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: up finishing right behind Clemson. The way I got the 557 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,439 Speaker 1: rest of it stacking out is Florida State and then 558 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: Wake Forest, and then Louisville and Syracuse and then over 559 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: in the coastal. This is so hard, man, because our 560 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,920 Speaker 1: numbers are dead even pretty much on North Carolina and Miami. 561 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: We got North Carolina rated a little bit ahead of Miami. 562 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: I think about a point and a quarter is what 563 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,199 Speaker 1: separates them, So not much difference there in terms of 564 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 1: the perceived gap from our model. Now, I think what 565 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 1: needs to be taken into account is that's raw model 566 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: data output. And secondly, you cannot just blindly go off 567 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: that because Miami when they play North Carolina has such 568 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:47,679 Speaker 1: a massive scheduling dynamic advantage. For those of you unfamiliar, 569 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 1: North Carolina will be playing their seventh game in a row. 570 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 1: Miami will be coming off sixteen days rest. I mean 571 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,160 Speaker 1: they play a Thursday game, then they have a bye week, 572 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,399 Speaker 1: then they go to North Carolina. Game is in Chapel Hill, 573 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 1: so you get the home field. But that's a little 574 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: tilt there. So I am by the slimmest of margins 575 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:06,880 Speaker 1: going with North Carolina to win the Atlantic. I've got 576 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 1: Miami right behind them. Now, there are a lot of 577 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: folks who want to be trendy out there, who are 578 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: calling Pitt to either win this division outright or at 579 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 1: the very least to finish runner up. So let's say 580 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: spoil that one to two either way of Miami North Carolina. 581 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:22,919 Speaker 1: I was tempted, and I'm very high on Pitt. I've 582 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 1: got them number three in this division. Do not believe 583 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 1: the lines of scrimmage matchup. I really don't. I do 584 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 1: not believe the lines of scrimmage for Pitt, especially offensive line, 585 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: quite matches up with what you can have with Miami 586 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: and what I think you do have with North Carolina 587 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,400 Speaker 1: the rest of the way in that division. By the way, 588 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:42,400 Speaker 1: I've got Georgia Tech finishing fourth. So that's the year finally, 589 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,159 Speaker 1: this year where I think they break through. They got 590 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: such a tough schedule, and it may be me more 591 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: power rating them as the fourth in this division instead 592 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 1: of where they're actually going to finish. But I'm gonna 593 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:53,160 Speaker 1: roll with the power right in there. I'm gonna put 594 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,439 Speaker 1: Georgia Tech fourth. I really do believe Jeff Sam's and 595 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,400 Speaker 1: especially the slot receiver group they have to go along 596 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,919 Speaker 1: with Jamiir in the backfield. Really think they could do 597 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 1: some things offensively this year. They could keep them in 598 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,159 Speaker 1: games to let them maybe trade points, whereas they couldn't 599 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 1: last year behind Georgiat Tack. I got Virginia then Virginia 600 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 1: Tech than Duke. So that's the way I round it 601 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 1: out there. I do have Clemson winning the ACC That's 602 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: not the question at this point. The question is, is 603 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: this a conference that is gonna present a couple of undefeateds, 604 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 1: let's just say, in that conference title game, And could 605 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: it be a situation where the rest of the country 606 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: is a mess and all of a sudden, we're talking 607 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: about a the perceived inferiority of the ACC in the preseason, 608 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: but then B towards the end. Could this conference get 609 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,479 Speaker 1: two teams in? It could be weird. If you got 610 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: a weird season coming up, that is one of the 611 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: most weird things that could happen. So, as we've learned, 612 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 1: don't discount weird predictions in college football. Meanwhile, out in 613 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:49,880 Speaker 1: the Pac twelve, huh, with much anticipation, I have got 614 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 1: Oregon and you taw, not USC, not UCLA, Utah meeting 615 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,880 Speaker 1: in the Pac twelve championship game. The model spat out 616 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 1: ten and two is the most likely record scenario for Oregon. 617 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:02,360 Speaker 1: That's what I'm going with. But of course Ohio State 618 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 1: could very well be one of those. So that's figuring 619 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 1: one loss in conference and I'm looking at it, and 620 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: even if that is at Washington, I still like Oregon 621 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,439 Speaker 1: to win this division. I'm not predicting that it is 622 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 1: going to be Washington. That's not the way I like 623 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: to do my predictions. But I am going to still 624 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 1: take the Orgon Dux to win the North. I'm going 625 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: to take Utah to win the South. And I'll tell 626 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: you what could really surprise you as you sit here 627 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: in August looking ahead to what would be a December 628 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 1: pactwelve championship game. The total on that one, and the 629 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 1: potential scoring that would happen in that one, and the offensive, 630 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: especially in the passing game, the offensive fireworks. You just 631 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: don't associate it really with Utah. But you have not 632 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 1: associated that with either of these teams the last few years, 633 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 1: and I think we could have it from both of them. 634 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,239 Speaker 1: I certainly think we could have it from Oregon. I 635 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,000 Speaker 1: like the potential on the top end of the passing 636 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: game from Utah this year more than I believe I 637 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,479 Speaker 1: ever have, at least over the last decade plus. Now, 638 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 1: I also know, for those of you who are schedule hounds, 639 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 1: you hear me say, even if Oregon were to lose 640 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 1: to WA Washington, I would still like them to win 641 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 1: the North. Well, we would hit the reset button there. Okay, 642 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 1: So I'm having to sit here and tell you now, 643 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: I think they're going to go ten to two. And 644 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 1: even if they do make that one conference loss the 645 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 1: Washington game, I still think they could win the North. Well, 646 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: that obviously would require number one Oregon to lose no 647 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 1: more conference games and two Washington to lose at least 648 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 1: two of them, right, because they've got to lose two 649 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 1: in order for the tiebreaker to go Oregon's way. Here's 650 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: the reason why I'm not totally sold on Washington yet. 651 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 1: It is my belief that there's going to be a 652 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: point somewhere along the pecking order of the PAC twelve 653 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 1: this year that you have just a total hodgepodge. Now, 654 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,960 Speaker 1: if you're above that fray, then you're in a different 655 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 1: little conversation. If you cannot stretch the field enough, if 656 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 1: you cannot score consistently enough, I can't put you above 657 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: that fray. My concern with Washington is they're not going 658 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 1: to be able to elevate above that fray. The consistent 659 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,120 Speaker 1: wide receiver play and quarterback play is not going to 660 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 1: be there to elevate them above that fray. Now that 661 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 1: doesn't mean you can't win, but it means you have 662 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 1: such a smaller margin for error that you can get bitten. 663 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 1: You can get bitten at Stanford, for instance, it's your 664 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 1: second straight road game, Stanford's off a by that kind 665 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,720 Speaker 1: of stuff, you'll be favored, you should win the game, 666 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 1: but it's just one of those weird situations where if 667 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 1: you can't pull away and you're trying to beat someone 668 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: twenty six to nineteen instead of forty four to twenty four, 669 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,640 Speaker 1: it's just a different kind of game you play. And 670 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 1: so that's why I put Washington finishing still number two 671 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 1: in the division, the Northern Division. I don't know how 672 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:32,640 Speaker 1: we really stack it up behind that. I mean, I 673 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 1: went Washington state number three, I went Cal number four, 674 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 1: Stanford five, and I had Oregon State six. But that's 675 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 1: such a crapshoot. I just don't think there's a whole 676 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: lot of skill in predicting that. In the South, I 677 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: went Utah number one. I've got USC finishing number two. 678 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 1: It's a very favorable schedule for the Trojans. But listen, 679 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: if this is to pan out the way I'm telling you, 680 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:56,440 Speaker 1: I don't know that you maintain status quo from a 681 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:59,720 Speaker 1: coaching staff standpoint. At USC, they really have to win 682 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 1: this this year. I've got Utah winning and I got 683 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 1: Southern Cal second. I got UCLA finishing third, very promising 684 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 1: team for Chip Kelly, and a much tougher schedule relative 685 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: to their crosstown brethren, the Trojans. I don't know what 686 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 1: to do with Arizona State. I mean, I think it's very, 687 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 1: very obvious there is a ton of distraction around that program. 688 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: I am of the opinion this is not going to 689 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: be a rallying point for this team. Now. I would 690 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: love to be wrong, and we got a lot of 691 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:29,560 Speaker 1: Arizona State listeners. I just don't feel this is that 692 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: kind of thing. I don't feel like this is a 693 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 1: kind of us against the world deal. I man, I 694 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 1: just don't feel that way. So I could be wrong, 695 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 1: and if I've missed, I've missed badly, because this is 696 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:42,880 Speaker 1: heavily weighing down my opinion of this Arizona State team. 697 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,400 Speaker 1: So I got them fourth, I've got a Colorado fifth, 698 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 1: and Jetfish in Arizona welcome. They're gonna need two years 699 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 1: minimum to build that roster. I got them finishing last 700 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 1: in that division. So the big question then becomes is Oregon. 701 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,200 Speaker 1: If I've got them as my Pet twelve champ, are 702 00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,240 Speaker 1: they good enough? To make the playoff, and that is 703 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,480 Speaker 1: one that I'm not really prepared to answer quite yet. 704 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 1: We will have playoff predictions either Sunday. Probably Sunday night 705 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 1: is when I'll have the playoff predictions. So I'm totally 706 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 1: undecided on that as of now. What I am decided 707 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 1: on is we're just getting started with conference predictions. We're 708 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:17,200 Speaker 1: gonna do the SEC Big ten, and Big twelve on 709 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 1: Late Kick Live tonight, so make sure you tune in 710 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:24,480 Speaker 1: for that. 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