WEBVTT - The Big March Q&A: Part 1 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:05.560 Welcome to the solid verbal ll that for me. 0:00:06.680 --> 0:00:08.119 I'm a man, I'm forty. 0:00:08.240 --> 0:00:10.119 I've heard so many players say, well, I want to 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:12.080 be happy, you want to be happy for a day? 0:00:12.520 --> 0:00:17.080 Edith state is that woo woom? And Dan and Tye. 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:21.360 Welcome back to the Salid Verbo boys and girls. My 0:00:21.440 --> 0:00:23.599 name is ty Hill and brand that fine gentleman over there, 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:27.240 the one, the only, still, the incomparable, Dan Rubinstein. This episode, 0:00:27.320 --> 0:00:31.960 all our episodes driven by our good friends over at Guico. 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:35.199 Dan Rubinstein, Sir, Yeah, what's going on? 0:00:35.240 --> 0:00:35.559 Man? Hi? 0:00:35.640 --> 0:00:39.159 Ben? I've been great. I'm excited to do a public 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:42.560 Q and A. We've been doing the weekly bruin as 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:45.680 on brus and a brew I don't know brewin a 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:50.559 on Verballers dot Com on our Patreon weekly live for patrons, 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:53.560 and it's been incredibly fun. Uh. Today we've got a plan. 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:55.520 We're doing sort of a a mego one with a 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:58.120 part one and part two, and part two goes exclusively 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:02.040 to Patreon. This is my understanding. I'm especially excited for 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:04.920 today's Q and A both because we have fantastic questions 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:09.160 and I am especially well rested. My wife is out 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:11.520 of town, Jody with and I out of town the 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:13.960 last couple nights, and last night I made a very 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:17.920 specific plan and had a semita, which is sort of 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:20.760 like a Mexican sandwich, a torta type sandwich on a 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:26.959 crustier roll, breaded chicken, avocado, cheese, beans, whatever. Had it 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:29.800 delivered the moment I put down my older child. I 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:32.160 ordered it like two pm to be delivered at seven 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:36.160 point thirty and grabbed the sandwich, sat on my couch, 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:40.080 watched Encanto and went to sleep. Wow, that was a 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:42.559 wonderful little evening for me. So I feel great. 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:44.039 Well, welcome back in. 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:46.679 It's great to have you with us and vibrant, yeah 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:50.840 and ready to attack. Just a meaty slate of questions. 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:51.080 Now. 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:54.040 We got from the verballer hood very excited to do this, 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:56.600 not only in one part, but two parts. Second part. 0:01:56.600 --> 0:01:57.880 As you said, we'll. 0:01:57.720 --> 0:02:00.840 Be available on verballers dot com. All so now available 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:05.040 on forballers dot com Extra Nuggets. It's a new show 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:07.560 that you are doing with our friend Adam Amein. It 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:11.560 is available exclusively to our Patreon community out there at 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:14.720 for ballers dot com. All throughout the month of March, 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:18.160 we are going to be posting new episodes every Wednesday morning, 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:22.239 and unlike most of the podcasts that I think you 0:02:22.360 --> 0:02:26.760 listen to, we are actively seeking your feedback and your help. 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:30.800 This is a Solid Verbal Lab project and so we 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:32.280 very much value your input. 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:34.120 We very much value your feedback. We want to make 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:34.600 it better. 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:36.920 And so if you join Forballers dot com and give 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:40.440 it a listen, We're going to give you every option 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:42.360 when it comes to giving us feedback. 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.119 We're excited. Yes, I don't know what every option means, 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:46.400 but I think it just means that you can be 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:49.600 like it stinks, like Jay Sherman and that's okay. I 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:51.360 please be nice. We've been working on it for a 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:54.480 long time. Should we get to some questions. We should 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:56.240 get to some questions. Let's do it. 0:02:56.280 --> 0:02:58.079 I'm ready, let's dive. He right, I got my sound. 0:02:58.120 --> 0:02:59.880 I actually charge up my iPad here. 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:05.160 Congratulations, Skippy, you've got mail. You've got mail on the Solid. 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:08.520 Verbal as often as we can Dan and actually once 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:12.520 a week on Patreon. Yes, we like to pay homage 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:17.400 those of you who write in to the Solid Verbal 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:22.840 question line. That's soliverbleotgmail dot com. Folks will leave messages 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:27.120 on Twitter. Folks leave messages on discord, over on Patreon, 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:30.440 actually on Patreon proper. When we put up a post 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:34.040 yep we're not getting text messages. Thankfully, that's one fewer 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:34.920 places we have to check. 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:36.400 But you name it. 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:40.840 All modern communication channels are factored in here when it 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:44.080 comes to our Q and A episodes. So, without further ado, 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:44.920 where we going first? 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:47.640 All right, let's start here. I'm gonna give priority to 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:54.120 our premium elite, you know, certified verbalers. We've got a 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:56.400 group of alphas here that are asking us questions, so 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:59.880 they get priority. Last year, Jen asks the over under 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:02.880 Michigan's win total was seven and a half. They're twelve wins, 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:05.600 surprised a lot of people. Which teams do you think 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:09.839 are going to surprise everyone this year, either with far 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:13.360 more wins than are expected or with far fewer than expected. 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:17.400 And for the record, we are answering or attempting to 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:23.200 answer this question before springball, before summer, before injuries, before 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:29.200 any late transfers, coaching moves, anything like that. So to you, 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:34.880 what qualifies a team as a surprise, like somebody who 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:37.120 is expected to be bad expected to be good, whatever, 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:40.800 And what are the pathways that let's stay positive at 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:45.200 first that a team can outperform the conventional wisdom of 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:45.880 their future. 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:49.960 Yeah, well, I mean again, you said it. It's March 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:52.719 the tenth, as most people listen to this show or 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:56.680 this part of this show, so it's before springball. There 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:59.159 will probably be another wave of transfers at some point, 0:04:59.839 --> 0:05:02.640 just not going to stop. So that's another thing that 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:05.359 will we'll need to factor in at some point, but 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:09.080 at least at present March the tenth. One thing that 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.279 I think we can use as a guide is returning production, 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:14.719 which teams are bringing back a lot. So on the 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:17.960 show that we did on Tuesday, we talked a lot 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:21.279 about Stanford. Stanford went three to nine last year. Stanford's 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:25.239 road schedule in twenty twenty two is in all that optimal. However, 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:30.280 they're like third in the nation with respect to returning production. Right, 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:33.520 that's a team that is of interest to me. I 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.479 could see that happening. Another team that kind of falls 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:38.920 into the same category as Florida State. Florida State brings 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:42.560 a lot back. Florida State didn't make the Bowl game, 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:46.159 you know, relative to last year. I think Florida State's 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:47.719 got to be better than they were a year ago, 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.840 but what is the expectation. We haven't seen over unders yet, 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:53.159 so we're kind of flying blind. 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:53.880 Yep. 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:57.000 From that standpoint, Stanford I think is an easy candidate. 0:05:57.120 --> 0:05:59.960 Florida State I think will continue to improve. That's another 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:04.040 the one that jumps out to me as for teams 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:07.599 beyond that that could maybe exceed expectations. I'm actually quite 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:13.839 interested in Pitt. Pitt, of course loses Canny Pickett. Canny 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:16.360 Picktbull most likely going to be a first round pick. 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:19.880 Mark Whipple goes over to Nebraska, but Pitt still has 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:22.039 Jordan Addison. 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:22.719 They brought over. 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:24.719 Keaton's Slovas, who I think could be a good plug 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:27.960 and play guy. Sure, I can pull up Pitt's schedule, 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:30.120 but my guess is that it's fairly workable. 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:32.280 So that's of. 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:33.719 Interest to me. Are there any of that jump out 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:33.919 to you? 0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:37.760 Sometimes teams who lost a quarterback early and have a 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:41.520 record that was not necessarily representative of their ceiling of 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:44.080 their potential, like Boston College with Phil dri Khovic, who 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:47.599 I know because of his size and physical ceiling, has 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:51.160 garnered some NFL draft talk for next year's cycle, and 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:54.680 they finished what six and six and almost pulled off 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:58.640 wins against good two very good teams like Clemson with 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:01.400 you know, Dennis gross Out, like guys that shouldn't be 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:04.440 winning those types of games. So this is year now, 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:06.159 year three of Jeff Hafley. I think he just got 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:09.720 the extension, so right, it's returning production. And it's also 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:13.560 to me, a team that even Miami, Right, Miami, we 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:15.800 don't really have a great concept for, but they certainly 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:18.840 look like a different team offensively once Tyler van Dijk. Now, 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:22.640 of course, different staff, different offense presumably, but that to 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:24.920 me is interesting when a team made a quarterback change 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:29.760 that paid off in big ways and just in terms 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:33.720 of teams developing and improving in a sort of natural state, 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:37.280 like I think Michigan State could fall off because they 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:39.240 had some breaks, and I still think they're going to 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:42.120 be very good. But eleven win good, I think, and 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:45.120 that's with the Bowl game. I think that's asking a lot. 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:47.560 Indiana made a lot of wholesale changes. I don't think 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:49.280 they're as bad as their zero to nine in the 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:52.760 Big Ten record might indicate, and just I mean, they 0:07:52.840 --> 0:07:56.320 lost a ton of transfers. We'll see, but that's another team. 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.800 I think that's that's due Nebraska. Obviously a lot has 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:01.400 been talked about how they are better than their record 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:04.240 indicated last year. Well, we talked about that on the 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:07.880 three and nine episode. Other teams that are going to 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:10.280 make significant jumps in that same way, you know what, 0:08:10.320 --> 0:08:12.280 Michigan went from seven and a half to twelve. I 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:14.760 actually think Michigan's do to fall off a bit back 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:17.040 in the other direction. Yeah, yeah, we talked about lost 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:20.200 lost a ton of key pieces on defense. They lose 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:22.840 Josh Gaddis and now look, they could be getting better 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:25.480 at quarterback full time with JJ McCarthy if that move, 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:28.920 which is looking like it's going to be the case, happens. 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:32.120 I don't think Arizona State has the makings of an 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:35.000 eight win program after what they've lost both in the 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:37.840 on the coaching staff and now at quarterback with Jayden Daniels. 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:41.240 I think Arizona is a team that could jump up 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:44.240 and make some more noise as a one and eleven program. 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:47.079 I think they could win four or five. He's just 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:48.800 a portal hard yeah, hit me. 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:52.400 I think Clemson could be an interesting study here. 0:08:54.120 --> 0:08:56.560 This is Clemson's all over the place for me. 0:08:56.640 --> 0:09:00.320 Continue Yeah, I mean I'm trying to avoid purpose league 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:03.720 teams that had coaching changes or of new coaches, because frankly, 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:04.199 that could. 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:06.360 Go any direction. You have no idea. 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:10.640 Clemson's interesting because the top guy, Dabostwueeny's still there, but 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:14.760 a lot of the support staff, top assistants, the ad 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:18.640 guys went everywhere, and so they're rebuilding that thing from 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:23.000 the inside out. The season last year was quote unquote underwhelming, 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:25.920 even though they won ten games whatever. It was so 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:27.720 still a pretty good team. They had a ton of 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:30.679 injuries to deal with, but at least on the coaching side, 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:33.000 they're going to be starting over in many respects, and 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:35.800 that that, like you said, kind of all over the 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:37.480 map could go almost any direction. 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:40.280 Ole Miss is a team that I think could jump 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:43.559 back a couple games, winning ten games with an experienced quarterback. 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:45.959 Now it's the Jackson Dart led team. I think they're 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:48.240 going to have a terrific offense. But I just think 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:51.199 there is a margin for err involved with ole Miss. 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:53.120 I mean, look, they got to ten wins with a 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:56.160 couple of super close calls, notably that Arkansas game, and 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:58.000 that's going to be the case every year. Texas A 0:09:58.040 --> 0:09:59.559 and M is interesting to me. Another one of those 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:02.760 teams that dealt with a very early quarterback injury, and 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.360 for better or worse, doubt Kyle Zada was probably at 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:08.880 best an eight win quarterback, which is where Texas A 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.280 and M finished. They now add Max Johnson. They've got 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:14.600 interesting young options. You know, Haines King is presumably healthy, 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:16.760 and with what they've done these past couple of years 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:19.199 on the recruiting trail, they should be deeper than ever. 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:21.360 And who did Texas A and M early on? I 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.640 think they have Miami. I think they host Miami. Yep, 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:28.320 So that's that's actually a terrific time probably to get 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:31.360 a newly coached and a new look Miami team, and 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:34.840 Kyle Field's a pretty difficult place to play generally speaking. 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:37.840 I think they could pop up two or three oh yeah, wins. 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:41.240 By the way, that's a perfect segue into Melty's question, 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:44.880 which you've got high made. Next, here's the question, if 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:47.520 you got a pair of tickets to any regular season 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:50.240 game this year, which would you go to and who 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:54.240 would you take? Okay, so the friends matchup and spouses 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:57.600 and children not allowed, So all right, I am approaching 0:10:57.600 --> 0:11:02.679 this from the standpoint of low hanging fruit, low hanging 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:06.360 fruit being big neutral site games. Now, I know where 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:09.160 you're aut on neutral site games. I'm with you, but 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:12.440 we've got some really good non conference games early that 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:15.040 are played at neutral sites. The one that I want 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:16.360 to talk to you about, well, the two that I 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:19.240 want to talk to you about are both on Labor 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:22.880 Day weekend. The first is the Chick fil A kickoff 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:25.320 game between your Oregon Ducks and Georgia. I think that's 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:27.520 just going to be a cool matchup. I'd love to 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:29.560 see it. I'm excited about that game. We may go 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:33.520 to that game, I don't know. Secondly, the next day, 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:36.160 I guess it would be on Sunday, September the fourth, 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:41.080 Florida State versus LSU. They played in the Superdome. That 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:42.679 could be a hell of a time. Like if you 0:11:42.720 --> 0:11:45.680 and I are just like going without any kind of 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:49.360 you know, spouses or kids with us, NOL is a 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:51.880 pretty good place to go. So I'm looking at that 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:53.840 one and I'm thinking, all right, LC's got a new 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:58.240 new coach, no expectations, Florida State's going to be loaded 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:00.840 for bear. They bring a fair amount back. I think 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.400 they'll be better based on the question we just answered 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:06.679 that could be interesting. I kind of think that might 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:07.360 be my answer. 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:11.040 Yeah, I'm not going to a neutral side game. You 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:13.400 give me an opportunity to go to Atlanta or New 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:17.559 Orleans and watch it in an NFL stadium. I would 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:20.240 love to go to Georgia, Oregon, and I may go 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:22.360 to Georgia, Oregon. But if you're gonna give me a 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:26.640 choice of any of these games, both from an environment 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:31.360 a location perspective, I just I don't know. We have 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:35.120 what another Clemson Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State is in 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:40.280 Columbus this year, saying MBAMA is in Tuscaloosa. Continue, how 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:44.400 about Texas against Alabama? But where's that game? Games in Texas? 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:48.600 Week two? Is it it's in Austin or is it 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:53.679 at Jerry World? No, it's in Austin. That that might 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:56.080 be my answer. I'm looking right now. It's week two, 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:58.880 so it's about September tenth I just looked in Austin. 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:04.160 Yeah, it's September the tenth um. 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:07.959 Yeah, I mean yeah, I would. I think that's probably 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:10.640 my answer. If I get to go to Austin and 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:12.800 I get to watch that matchup, you have the narrative 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:18.040 sark and Saban. We presume Quinn yours in his second game. 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:21.880 I don't know who Texas has week one. The environment 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:23.439 at DKR is not the best, but I think it 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:26.439 should be pretty electric for Bama. Yeah, and it's a 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:31.280 two thousand and nine national championship rematch. Yeah. I mean 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:33.680 that that may be more for food and friends I 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:36.480 have in Austin than anything else. I've been to a 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:38.960 couple of games already at DKR, so there's no novelty 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:43.000 factor there. I think that's my answer. Sure, great, excellent. 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:44.600 Where are we going? Next question. 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:46.080 Here? 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:48.600 This is in line with that Cheddar, who is obviously 0:13:48.720 --> 0:13:52.600 an alpha on the Discord server runfoballers dot com. What 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:55.880 is the matchup that would create the best meal if 0:13:55.880 --> 0:14:00.960 you combine the unique local cuisines from each school, So 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:06.160 you probably have to either do food and drink or 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:09.440 entree dessert. So if you were coming up with a 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:13.520 matchup so you could use okay for beer, you could 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:14.320 use a number of plays. 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:16.559 So you know, I'm not gonna be good at this one, right, 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:19.440 I'm just not as well versed in the travel aspect 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:23.000 of college football, So I understand as you the former 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:28.120 SI Tour guide. Yeah, so you're gonna have to answer 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:29.960 this one. I will do my best to tell you 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:33.400 with grunts and with gunneral sounds what sounds good and 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:36.080 what doesn't. But I just don't have the local flavor 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:36.480 like you do. 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:41.760 Yeah, it's really difficult to combine foods that would work 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:46.600 well together. I think there is something I'll go. I mean, 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:48.840 I'm gonna be a selfish homer here, I'll go Oregon 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:54.200 LSU because of both the seafood in both places. So yeah, 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:56.800 good seafood in the Pacific Northwest. Obviously your salmon, you 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.920 have your special your guy ducks, right, the huge oyster 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.600 or type things, and you have the Cajun food, and 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:05.360 you have the beer, and you have the wine. You 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:08.080 have breweries in Oregon, You've got a wine area if 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:12.480 you're into wine vintner is that what a wine enthusiast 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:16.880 is called. And then all the crazy food of Louisiana, 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:21.360 all the incredible food, your Cajun influence. So that's probably 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:23.160 my answer that would give us both a good football 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:26.120 matchup and a good food matchup. You can go across 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:28.920 the country very easily. You can go you know, Mexican 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:32.200 food with USC or UCLA, just geographically usc is going 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:35.240 to give you better Mexican food in that downtown LA area, 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:39.880 then you're going to get in you know, Westwood. You 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:42.280 compare that with somewhere that does really good beer. 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:42.680 Whatever. 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:45.640 But yeah, that's that's probably my dream. And we got that, 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:49.040 albeit on a neutral site Oregon LSU in like twenty eleven. 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:51.200 There it is. How about that? Sure? 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:55.600 I'm thinking like a Wisconsin Ohio state matchup this year 0:15:56.640 --> 0:16:03.400 between the Brats and there are some good breweries in Coloria, Columbus. Yeah, 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:06.280 just craft brewery type places. None that I could probably 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.040 name off the top of my head. I think Great Blake, 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:10.520 Great Lakes Brewing excuse me, is in Ohio. 0:16:10.640 --> 0:16:13.840 But yeah, yeah, that's a tough question. You get some 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:16.600 Jenny's ice cream? Yeah, if you if you really want 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:19.960 to go dairy heavy with you know, Wisconsin, bringing the 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:22.040 brots and cheese cards and finish it off with some 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:24.560 ice cream with Jenny. It's not a sponsor, could be. 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:26.040 That's pretty good. 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:29.120 Is there anything you could mix with Skyline Chili in Cincinnati? 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:32.240 I would prefer not to. That might be last on 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:36.800 my list. Cincinnati has very good food. I'm not into that, 0:16:38.480 --> 0:16:40.440 all right, No, there's there's a lot of interesting things 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:41.320 you could do with that answer. 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:41.880 Just let us know. 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:44.160 Just a tweet at us with Instagram whatever. Next top 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:48.680 next question, Frank wants to know who do you think 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:50.960 will do better over the next few years at their 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:55.200 new locations. Lincoln Riley or Mario Cristo ball Kay Mario Crystabal. 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:58.480 Both are top recruiters, improven winners. They're both moving from 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:00.880 small towns with strong football program to big time beach 0:17:00.920 --> 0:17:02.920 cities with a lot to offer five star kids in 0:17:02.920 --> 0:17:06.760 addition to football. Both enter week conferences, joining historically great 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:12.840 football brands falling recently. And Dan adds parenthetically the last 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:20.840 fifteen to seventeen years on on hard times. Yeah, who 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:23.480 is better set up for? And who do you expect 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:27.960 to if we return to this question in twenty twenty seven, 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:32.520 twenty twenty eight, somewhere along there, who has more whatever 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:37.080 measure of your success ten win seasons, conference crowns, playoff appearances. 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:44.680 I'm inclined to say Lincoln Riley in usc Okay, I 0:17:44.720 --> 0:17:49.880 am focused primarily right now on the recruiting beat. Okay, 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:53.760 these are two areas of the country that have a 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:57.879 fertile crescent of sorts when it comes to Crescent High 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:02.920 School prospects. Yep eh okay, But I feel like USC 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:07.000 now being kind of the splashy program led by the 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:10.480 younger guy, Lincoln Riley, I feel like it's going to be. 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:12.520 It feels like it's going to go a long way 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:15.480 towards keeping some of those kids home. So I think 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:17.840 they've got a built in recruiting advantage there. 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:19.560 I think Lincoln. 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:22.080 Riley, with it with only because he's bringing his own 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:25.119 guys over from Oklahoma, is going to be able to 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:28.360 get that thing out of the gate to a hot start, 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:30.200 and I think he's going to be able to use 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:33.160 that to propel the program forward. As Frank said, both 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:36.719 sides of this equation are pretty weak from a conference standpoint, 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:40.680 Like you've obviously got Clemson to deal with in the ACC. 0:18:42.040 --> 0:18:43.680 You know there are other teams that have gotten better 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:45.679 in the ACC as well, so maybe a little bit 0:18:45.720 --> 0:18:48.760 more resistance there. But I feel pretty good. 0:18:48.640 --> 0:18:52.679 About Lincoln Riley out west. I think my answer is 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:59.000 Mario Christobal h and I think Miami is more serious 0:18:59.200 --> 0:19:02.800 about poor resources into the program when you look at 0:19:02.800 --> 0:19:06.240 how much money they spent on their staff, when you 0:19:07.200 --> 0:19:09.760 look at what Mario Christobal was able to do in 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:13.399 bringing up Oregon's resources and commitment to football and building 0:19:13.400 --> 0:19:16.800 out that program. What Lincoln Riley has done in terms 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:20.879 of staff hires, it doesn't leave me all that excited. 0:19:20.920 --> 0:19:26.200 Are we comparing staves here? Staves? Well, no, we are 0:19:26.280 --> 0:19:32.600 comparing paths, and we're comparing I mean, look, it's the 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:36.080 division and conference in which these teams play. It's the 0:19:36.119 --> 0:19:39.480 ability to find and develop a quarterback into a huge 0:19:39.480 --> 0:19:44.320 success and the ability to build up consistent talent and 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:47.280 depth on the roster. I have no doubt that Lincoln 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:50.080 Riley is going to continuously find quarterbacks. I have no 0:19:50.160 --> 0:19:53.920 doubt that Lincoln Riley is going to elevate USC's regional 0:19:53.960 --> 0:20:00.000 and national recruiting. My question is can the region perduce 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:05.679 enough lineman depth for USC to provide confidence in me 0:20:05.840 --> 0:20:08.280 saying yeah, they'll win ten plus games every year when 0:20:08.720 --> 0:20:12.480 USC is just hasn't been that place. Miami hasn't either, 0:20:12.960 --> 0:20:17.200 but their pathway within that division is pretty clear depending 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:19.880 on what you believe in. In terms of North Carolina 0:20:20.000 --> 0:20:24.040 right now and Brent Prye and Virginia Tech, I just 0:20:24.119 --> 0:20:26.840 the ceiling just seems so much higher for Miami. But again, 0:20:27.280 --> 0:20:29.600 this is in Miami team. How many acc crowns are 0:20:29.600 --> 0:20:33.680 we talking about? I believe that be zero zero? Yeah, 0:20:34.240 --> 0:20:38.280 so you are taking a chance with you taking more 0:20:38.280 --> 0:20:41.040 of a risk with with Miami. Mark Chris Ball has 0:20:41.080 --> 0:20:44.840 taken precisely zero teams to the college football Playoff? 0:20:44.960 --> 0:20:48.760 Right? Is that is factually correct in And yeah, Also 0:20:48.800 --> 0:20:52.240 I'd add as a counterpoint, we've heard this song and 0:20:52.320 --> 0:20:53.720 dance on the Miami front before. 0:20:54.160 --> 0:20:56.040 Of course we joked about it. When they hire. 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:57.760 Cchriyst of Ball, it seems like a race to get 0:20:57.800 --> 0:21:01.679 the most Miami guy possible to coach the program. So 0:21:01.920 --> 0:21:04.280 having him there, Look, I do believe he's a cut 0:21:04.320 --> 0:21:06.960 above what they've had before. He's a known recruiter, he's 0:21:06.960 --> 0:21:09.960 a good coach, he's a good coach. I think he 0:21:10.040 --> 0:21:12.520 will get them going in the right direction. I truly 0:21:12.840 --> 0:21:15.600 honestly believe that. But in terms of who can get 0:21:15.600 --> 0:21:18.879