WEBVTT - ACC Coastal and AAC East Previews 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:06.000 Welcome to the Solid Verbal. 0:00:04.880 --> 0:00:08.160 I'm that for me. I'm a man, I'm forty. 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:10.119 I've heard so many players say, well, I want to 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:10.639 be happy. 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:13.440 You want to be happy for Dake Edith State is 0:00:13.520 --> 0:00:16.439 that whoo whoom? And Dan and. 0:00:16.640 --> 0:00:21.640 Tye welcome back to the Solid Verbal Boys and girls. 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:25.320 My name is ty Hildebrand, joining me as always over 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:28.560 there in New York City, My man, Dan Rubinstein, Sir. 0:00:29.520 --> 0:00:31.560 That was very FM radio voice of me. 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:34.320 Come that Tie, Hilda Brown Allan. 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:36.559 Dan Rubenstein, sir, how are you? 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:38.040 I'm good. 0:00:38.360 --> 0:00:41.000 I am excited for this show. I have made a 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:43.839 big deal this offseason and when we preview the ACC 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:48.959 fatlantic of saying the ACC is joke free. Yeah, so 0:00:49.120 --> 0:00:52.279 I have to back that up in talking about the 0:00:52.280 --> 0:00:56.800 ACC Coastal today. But I'm feeling good. I had a 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:59.600 lot of energy for our big ten show. This one, 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:02.760 I'm feeling more like standard Dan, which is either good 0:01:02.840 --> 0:01:06.360 or bad depending on everybody listening and how they shape 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:07.039 their opinion of me. 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:09.160 You're back to absolute Dan, is what I'm mean. 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:12.160 I'm back baby, Absolute Dan. That's right. The pH balance is. 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:13.240 On, so listen. 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:17.360 Solid Verbal tickets dot com mm hmmm, you've got what 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:22.119 six days now? 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Don't 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:04.320 just need to be a overballer or a college football fan. 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:07.360 I'm telling you, Dan and I put as much energy 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:09.680 as we can into this and we try to make 0:02:09.720 --> 0:02:11.400 it a show for everyone. We say it at the 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:13.720 top of all of our live shows. If you're not 0:02:13.800 --> 0:02:15.840 a college football fan, even if you don't listen to 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:19.320 the show, come on out anyway, come hang out. It'll 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:21.320 be a fun night out in Chicago. Can I ask 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:24.600 you a question about the show. Yes, please, I pitched 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:31.040 you on something over so that the show here. Actually, 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:33.519 that's true. Yeah, that's your only hint. 0:02:33.639 --> 0:02:36.520 I pitched you on something that will add an element 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:40.560 to the show unlike any elements we've ever put on 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:42.560 stage at any of our live shows. 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:44.760 Can I do it? 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:45.919 Can't do it? Sure? 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:50.679 On an affirmation? Confirmation, Let's do it. Okay, we will 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:54.639 be doing something visually. Yeah, this is starting to sound strange, 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:55.679 but let's stay with me. 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:56.359 I'll do it. 0:02:58.040 --> 0:02:58.960 So there is. 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:02.839 Something happening visually this show that has never occurred any 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:03.720 of our live shows. 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:06.280 No, now, that's that's very fair. 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:10.480 I assume we'll get out if somebody is at the 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:13.720 show and takes a picture. But I would say it's 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.000 going to be a special happening. 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:18.320 Exclusive to this that's going to be special, all right. 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:22.440 Yeah, okay, just making sure now that that has me excited. 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:23.720 Absolutely the solid verbal. 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:26.800 By the way, we are supported by Adventure Stage Chicago, 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:31.400 where the theater inspires kids to become storytellers of their 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:36.520 own lives. Adventure Stage Chicago presents their new season, opening 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:41.160 this October with the Adventures of Robin Hood Ooh. Tickets 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:45.520 I love robin Hood. Information available at www dot adventure 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:49.520 stage dot org, so check them out. Friar Talk, Little John, 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:53.360 Yeah buddy, Sure, yeah, buddy. So what are we doing 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:56.520 today on the show? What's our what's our plan of attack? 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:58.200 Here our poe. 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:04.720 We're we're talking about the ACC Coastal and the AAC East, 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:10.560 the American Athletic Conference Eastern Division, which has a number 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:15.800 of teams that I think we could best define as 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:18.039 sauce filled. 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:20.880 Wait, what sauce filled. 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:24.800 Sa u se like if you look at certain position groups, 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:27.800 as if you look at certain momentum from last year 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:29.839 to this year additions to the roster. 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:32.240 I think a lot of these teams have some sauce. 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:36.280 I'm looking at ECU, Cincinnati and Yukon at the bottom 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:36.919 of our sheet. 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:38.440 Oh, now you're cherry picking. 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:41.000 And each one, I'm not kidding, each one in the 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:46.279 notes field says me, okay, meh, meh accurate, and me 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:50.200 ten wins combined among those three teams from a year ago. 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:51.359 So that is true. 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:52.039 That's fair. 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:57.760 And I don't know if ECU, if Pirate or Bearcat 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:02.520 or Husky fans would argue vehemently that. 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:05.560 There's that much more to say, is the sexy Randy 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:06.640 Etzel still at Yukon? 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:07.960 Hell yeah he is. 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:10.720 We got to play sexier than Etzel at some point, 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:12.040 maybe later on in this show. 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:14.920 We can do it with coaches in the AAC East. 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:16.719 Okay, that's fair, Okay. 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:16.920 All right? 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:23.080 ACC Coastal is you know one of those sides of 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:25.520 the ACC that you and I have had some fun with. 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:28.520 I believe it was last year, maybe the year before, 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:32.479 maybe three years running now, or we've played this little 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:35.919 game of did these two ACC teams play? 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:38.320 It was an impossible game. 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:41.200 It really is an impossible game because there are a 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:45.640 lot of similarities among these teams, and for better or worse, gosh, 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:46.919 a lot of them feel the same. 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:49.200 Well, you watch them the game. A lot of these 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:52.800 games between the non heavyweights of the conference are that 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:58.120 noon Eastern kick on you know whatever local channel the 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:03.640 ACC network is in your local community where Wake Forest, NC, 0:06:03.880 --> 0:06:07.839 State Georgia Tech Syracuse And you're like, I. 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:12.080 Think I flipped past that has right? 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:17.120 Yeah? Okay? What is your general takeaway? 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:17.240 Now? 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:20.920 Keep in mind the framework for all of our previews 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:26.360 is why should people care? M Because we're all adults 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:29.040 at this point. Most of us are and we've all 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:33.279 got busy lives. Why should why should anyone give a 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:37.440 damn about like pit football? Why tell me why? So 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:40.000 we'll get to tell you right now, but we'll get 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:42.599 to pit football. Don't spoil the surprise. Sorry, sorry, sorry, 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:46.000 don't talk about Jester wea out of turn? Please, thank you? 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:51.640 But why should people care in general about the ACC Coastal? 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:55.880 Sure? Tell me, oh about in general? About the coastal 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:56.520 in general? 0:06:56.640 --> 0:07:02.480 Yeah, there is something to every team that you can 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:06.120 talk yourself, not just into Bowl eligibility, but if there's 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:11.040 one element firing that I mean after the end of 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:15.160 last year where we saw Miami lose to Pitt Canny 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:18.280 Pickett and like his very first start, like go off 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:23.840 against Miami. So there is something that is very democratic 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:28.320 about the ACC Coastal and that everybody has a voice. 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.000 I'm not going to say in any given week anybody 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:33.560 can win, because I think Virginia has a ways to 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:37.440 go on offense. But we saw Virginia beat Poise State. 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:42.120 We saw Virginia put the fear of life into Miami 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:44.400 with Kurt Banker last year two and a half, three 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:50.000 quarters worth whatever, and every so often Georgia Tech comes 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:51.520 back to the party and it's like, oh, yeah, we're 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:53.840 gonna win ten games? Do we not mention that we're 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:58.640 gonna win ten games? And there is something ultimately entertaining 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:04.560 and very middle of the third quarter, change the channel, 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:07.760 y about the ACC Coastal and there's like a random 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:10.520 Duke Thursday night game at Virginia or Virginia text at 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:13.240 Duke or something, And there is always that element of, 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:15.400 you know what, I think I'm gonna hang out and 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:18.160 stay on this channel because it's getting a little weird. Yeah, 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:22.040 And whether it's Pit upsetting Clemson a couple of years 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:26.880 ago with your guy Matt Canada, there's always that element 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:30.320 of it's halfway through the third quarter, I'm going to 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:34.760 ignore everything else because for whatever reason, Virginia is feeling 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:35.679 spunky this week. 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:38.840 Yeah, I like that. I like that. An it's good TV. 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:43.319 What kind of motto can we give the ACC Coastal 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:46.720 to really jazz it up? You know, because there's a 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:50.320 dog eat dog quality to it mm hmmm where every 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:53.960 week you're just not sure what's gonna happen. Can you 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:56.520 help me workshop this? Over the course of an episode, 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:59.120 what happens along the coast what was. 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:02.320 The show on HBO with Reese Wetherspoon. The uh, there's 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:07.040 like a murder lies. Yeah, there's something very like. Everything's 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:09.160 calm and nice on the coast. 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:12.439 But because I mean we had ACC fat Atlantic, I 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:15.680 feel like we need an equal counterpart in the coastal. 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:18.560 Right, Okay, let's think this about it. 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:21.319 Let's think this through. Okay, Okay, we're big on branding. 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:24.920 Where should we start in the ACC DAN in the 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:26.439 a SEC coastal Excuse. 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:29.240 Me, Let's let's start with the most acc coastal team. 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:30.040 That's Georgia Tech. 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:33.160 Georgia Tech. All right, Georgia Tech. 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:33.640 Every year. 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:36.400 Interesting, they lose ted Roof, which I think is good 0:09:36.400 --> 0:09:41.000 for business. They're bringing in Nate Woodie, Yes, who I 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:44.240 know is a guy from app State that you have 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:47.600 sung the praises of for as long as. 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:49.160 I can remember. Now, this is. 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:52.079 Kind of a big deal because the thing with Georgia Tech, 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.880 we know about the offense and Paul Johnson and the 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:59.079 option and gosh, there are plenty of controversial opinions about that, 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:04.520 but offensively speaking, that has not really been the wheelhouse 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:06.319 for Paul Johnson since he took over. 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:09.120 Really for as far back as I can remember. 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:12.000 Instances here and there quarter wise. 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:16.520 So what does Nate Woody bring over from app State 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:19.760 that can aid Georgia Tech in twenty eighteen. 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:24.600 So coaching ability, organization, They shift to a new defensive 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:27.480 scheme a lot more attacking three to four. I got 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:32.719 attacking aggressive Mondel. No, the big thing is it's the 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:38.480 refreshing things on defense. And he has consistently developed players 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:42.680 and developed defenses that cause havoc, which if you are 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:46.160 Georgia Tech, and if you're Georgia Tech, thanks for listening. 0:10:46.480 --> 0:10:49.480 But Georgia Tech, particularly with how they have the ability 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:52.319 to control the ball on offense, if they are able 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:57.120 to field a team that generates havoc a good amount 0:10:57.120 --> 0:11:00.920 of the time and gets opposing offense is off the 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:05.760 field quickly consistently, even if it's just a top sixty 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:08.439 five to seventy defense, if they can generate two or 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:11.520 three defensive possessions where it's only five or six plays 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:14.840 in a punt, that's almost assuredly a win. With what 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:18.000 their ceiling looks like, it could be offensively this year. 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:21.319 So whether or not Nate Woody is that, dude, I 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:24.360 think there's still a couple of years away recruiting wise, 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:27.439 even though they've been recruiting better of late. I don't 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:30.600 think it matters how often Ted Roof, how often Nate 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:33.560 Woody reaches back into his quiver. 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:36.200 That's a Robin Hood reference. 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:38.280 It's a Robin Hood reference. Y, Yeah. 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:41.000 Just you know he The arrows aren't necessarily there. The 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:44.320 talent is not necessarily in Atlanta yet to feel the 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:47.360 kind of defense and to build the type of death depth, 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:50.640 excuse me, that is needed with Georgia Tech. The good 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:53.880 news is to Kwan Marshall has a pretty high ceiling 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:55.880 as a runner. We'll see as a passer loses his 0:11:55.920 --> 0:12:00.000 best receiver in Ricky June Caravante Benson is suitably dangerous. 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.000 There's a couple of pieces still on that defense. I 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:04.800 think Victor Alexander has been all over the place. But 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:10.880 Georgia Tech, to me, feels and it's a pretty balanced schedule. 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:13.480 I think they play Miami before Miami goes to Virginia Tech. 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:16.080 They go to USF in the non conference part of 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:18.839 the schedule. There are a little bit of ways away, 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:22.840 but I think there's something pretty dangerous about this Georgia 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:29.400 Tech team. If the defense is even kind of below average. 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:32.480 So we could probably blow like an entire show talking 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:36.720 about whether or not Paul Johnson is the right. 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:38.240 Move for Georgia Tech moving forward. 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:42.439 I know we're both fans on some level of the option, sure, 0:12:42.960 --> 0:12:46.840 but what will very quickly, what will this year do 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:53.280 for the Paul Johnson tenure, Paul Johnson era at Georgia Tech. 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.200 What will it do the Nate Woody higher. 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:59.560 Yeah, well, just in general, what will this team's performance 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:03.280 in twenty eighteen mean for Paul Johnson now moving forward? 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:05.959 I mean it's hard to say they've recruited to this 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:08.199 system for so long that it'd be hard to transition 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:11.000 away from quickly if they hired somebody else, if they 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:13.040 just said, you know, it was a good fun era. 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:17.440 We want an Orange Bowl, but we're in Atlanta. I 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:20.439 know there's academic issues getting people in, but there's so 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:24.520 much talent in Georgia and surrounding areas kids that want 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:27.880 to play in the ACC that we're going to go 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:31.920 away from the option. If Georgia Tech goes nine to 0:13:31.960 --> 0:13:35.920 three this year, which I don't think is crazy, then 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:39.360 I think it's cements him for a decent amount of time. 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:43.320 Unless there are personal issues with people in the Georgia 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:44.120 Tech administration. 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:46.880 The news that is. 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:49.920 Disappointing is they play Clemson this year, so that's not 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:53.240 the greatest cross division. They go to Louisville and they 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:57.560 finish with it's not great. They go to Virginia Tech, Miami, 0:13:57.679 --> 0:14:01.199 and Georgia in the final five games the year. So 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:05.200 if Georgia Tech goes nine to three, that means a 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:09.640 probable loss to Miami, Georgia, and Clemson, which isn't bad. 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:15.480 They again beat Virginia Tech, they and basically everybody else 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:17.959 on their schedule, which means a win at USF, which 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:21.720 means beating Duke, which wins at North Carolina, wins at 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:25.840 you know, Virginia. It's a really really good year. And 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:28.240 if they have the capability of going nine and three, 0:14:28.240 --> 0:14:30.080 I think they jump up and beat one of those teams. 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:30.560 All right. 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:34.120 Well, look, I don't have any deep, dark opinions about 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:37.520 Georgia Tech. I'm just really excited to see this offense again. 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:40.320 They bring most of their offense back, their quarterbacks back, 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:44.400 and usually that's a pretty good recipe for an exciting 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:45.960 option offense. 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:48.960 That game at USF will be really fun. That's strength thought, 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:50.680 that'll be fun. That'll be fun, and. 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:52.320 The Bulls put out a really good defense, and. 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:54.560 I care to see what the defense looks like underneath. 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:54.880 Woody. 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:59.840 So I think on some level we agree talking about 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:01.800 org Tech, Let's talk about Virginia Tech. 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:07.160 Dan, I think they go eight and four, oh, seven 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:08.120 and five, seven and five. 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:09.920 I'll go seven and five. That's what I'm thinking. 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:13.840 Let's go to Virginia Tech. Okay, Virginia Tech is coached 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:19.360 by a fine gentleman, a friend of a friend of 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:22.320 a podcast justin Foo and Tay. 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:23.400 Fo and Tay. 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:30.480 So let's start with Josh Jackson. M hmm. Okay. 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:35.800 Josh Jackson was what rumored to maybe be in some limbo. 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:36.960 Yes. 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:39.400 I don't know if it was because of academics or 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:43.400 another reason, but for whatever case, Josh Jackson for a 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:46.760 while seemed like maybe his eligibility would be in doubt. 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:50.160 It does not seem like that will really play any 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:54.160 kind of effect on the twenty eighteen version of Virginia Tech. 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:56.800 And I think that's a really big deal. They need 0:15:56.880 --> 0:16:00.960 Josh Jackson back to have that offense firing on all cylinders. 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:03.280 I think he has got a good line in front 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:06.240 of him, I think he's got good receivers to throw 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:11.360 to potentially. Yeah, the defense is usually pretty good for 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:15.080 Virginia Tech, led by Bud Foster and that lunch pale 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:17.040 defense dan blue collar. 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:19.080 Yeah, it does hurt that they lose. 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:21.560 Tremay and Edmonds though at linebacker, Like, I don't really 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:26.480 want to undersell what that means for them, and I 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:29.120 guess we're gonna find out pretty much in Week one 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:34.400 when they square off against Florida State. But beyond that, 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:39.840 I look feel pretty good about the schedule. I'm being honest. Here, 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:45.520 give me reasons why I shouldn't be bullish on Virginia Tech. 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:50.560 The back half of their defense is real new, and 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:52.720 one of the things that they've been able to count 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:56.200 on is continuity and developing talent and not having to 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:59.400 fill in too many places year over year just because 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:01.280 a lot of players so they've gotten experience and have 0:17:01.400 --> 0:17:04.240 rotated in and there's a lot of green players both 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:09.320 at linebacker and in the secondary. And I'm worried. I'm 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:12.239 worried because what has allowed this defense to flourish is 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:15.120 that familiarity and that experience within the defense, and there's 0:17:15.119 --> 0:17:18.320 just not a ton in that back half. So if 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:23.160 Bud Foster fields a top twenty to twenty five defense, one, 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:26.440 it'll be because of the line up front, Trevon Hill 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:29.879 really really solid, but losing big Tim Settle, who is 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:33.840 a huge presence inside, Losing not just Tremaine Edmunds, but 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:39.119 Tarrell Edmonds, Trell Edmonds, whatever, it's it's a blow. I 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:41.800 don't think there's any Fullers or Edmunds on this defense, 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:46.560 which is new for Virginia Tech, and so it appears 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:48.840 to be in long term. I mean, he's been there 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:52.320 like twenty plus years. It could be more of a 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:55.120 rebuilding than a reloading year for Virginia Tech defensive. 0:17:55.240 --> 0:18:00.160 But here here's the thing. Yeah, you're right, that can'll 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:03.600 be true. But Virginia Tech could still go four and 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:06.879 one through the first five weeks of the year because 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:10.320 after that Florida State game, there's William and Mary Ecu 0:18:10.359 --> 0:18:13.800 who will talk about later it's unbelievable old dominion on 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:17.720 the road and then at Duke those games are very 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:20.960 winnable before they get to Notre Dame, before they get 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:23.320 to a road spot against North Carolina, but even the 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:27.320 rest of the way, like you could have a below 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:31.240 average defense and still very easily find them at nine 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:31.640 and three. 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:35.239 Yeah, which is sort of I mean, not that they 0:18:35.240 --> 0:18:37.240 had a below average defense last year. Their defense last 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:38.040 year was excellent. 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:39.000 It was really really good. 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:42.639 But they went nine and three, not because they perfectly 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:45.280 embodied what we imagine to be a nine and three team. 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:47.560 Josh Jackson sort of fell off the second half of 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:51.600 the season, and offensively, I think they struggled to run 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:54.639 the ball a good deal. Cam Phillips sort of covered 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:59.000 for a lot of miscues and ugliness on that offense 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:02.000 against better teams. We saw that the Clemson game. So 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:04.600 the good news for them this year I think they 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:08.119 have Notre Dame. They are in the body blow, the 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:10.840 bodyboil stance of the year. They get Notre Dame a 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:15.280 week after Stanford, that's right, right, They host Miami a 0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:18.280 week after Miami travels to Georgia Tech, which is its 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:21.600 own body blow situation. And if you look at the 0:19:21.680 --> 0:19:24.360 schedule in a sort of holistic full way. 0:19:24.440 --> 0:19:25.320 It's awesome. 0:19:25.600 --> 0:19:26.439 Yeah, it's perfect. 0:19:26.560 --> 0:19:29.040 They could very well be a clear six and six, 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:32.320 five and seventeen that goes eight and four, which is 0:19:32.359 --> 0:19:33.200 a good place to be. 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:34.840 No, it's it's a fine place to be. 0:19:35.720 --> 0:19:39.920 And even if if Josh Jackson struggles without really that 0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:42.720 I mean, there's I think there's intriguing talent at receiver. 0:19:42.760 --> 0:19:44.200 But even if he struggles, if he looks like the 0:19:44.280 --> 0:19:46.680 Josh Jackson of the sort of back half of last year. 0:19:47.400 --> 0:19:48.280 They have recruited. 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:50.719 I think they have two blue chip quarterbacks behind him, 0:19:50.800 --> 0:19:53.439 Quincy Patterson from this past class in Hendon Hooker the 0:19:53.480 --> 0:19:58.600 class before that, So they're not in the worst situation offensively, 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:02.240 but they're seem to be more questions. 0:20:01.760 --> 0:20:04.560 Than usual with this Virginia Tech program. 0:20:04.960 --> 0:20:06.360 Here's the thing about Virginia Tech. 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:14.440 Dan In the last I think two years under Justin Fuente, 0:20:14.560 --> 0:20:18.440 Virginia Tech is something like eleven and five in the ACC. Yeah, 0:20:18.680 --> 0:20:21.880 which isn't bad by any stretch. This team this year, 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:24.880 even though they've got some losses on defense, some big losses, 0:20:25.920 --> 0:20:29.480 is probably every bit as talented as both of those teams. 0:20:29.520 --> 0:20:32.680 So I don't expect there to be any kind of 0:20:32.720 --> 0:20:36.639 significant drop off, especially with a schedule that, as you 0:20:36.720 --> 0:20:41.000 pointed out correctly, is very very favorable. So nine and 0:20:41.119 --> 0:20:46.040 three to me feels very attainable, even if to your point, 0:20:46.480 --> 0:20:49.000 we're only talking about a six and six caliber team. 0:20:49.200 --> 0:20:50.959 They might go to a bowl game and get drilled, 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:54.080 But looking at this schedule, it is very favorable for 0:20:54.160 --> 0:20:54.720 the hookies. 0:20:55.040 --> 0:20:59.439 There are only three games where definitively they look like 0:20:59.600 --> 0:21:05.000 UNDERDF Florida State, Notre Dame, and Miami, and they have 0:21:05.359 --> 0:21:07.040 they have not name in Miami at home at a 0:21:07.080 --> 0:21:11.520 tough place to play. So I Virginia Tech has a 0:21:11.640 --> 0:21:15.720 high floor, is what I think we should make peace with. 0:21:16.000 --> 0:21:16.119 AM. 0:21:16.160 --> 0:21:17.719 I that's a good place to be. AM. 0:21:17.760 --> 0:21:19.399 I able to give away a little bit of the 0:21:19.400 --> 0:21:19.920 game here. 0:21:21.440 --> 0:21:23.359 Do do whatever you want. It's it's half your show. 0:21:23.440 --> 0:21:28.720 I mean, we'll just say that Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech 0:21:28.760 --> 0:21:32.080 is something you should pay attention to if you are. 0:21:33.480 --> 0:21:34.000 Interesting. 0:21:34.880 --> 0:21:37.280