1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Nothing gets the sports world more excited than 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,319 Speaker 1: a superstar free agent on the move. You think back 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: to Lebron the decision to go to Miami, shack leaving Orlando, 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: and remember Peyton Manning. We weren't sure where Peyton was 6 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,959 Speaker 1: going yet, people who were staking out local airports to 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: see if Peyton was coming or going, and then the 8 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: Greek freak. He had the opportunity to hit the open market. 9 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,560 Speaker 1: He would have been in that category, but instead he 10 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 1: doesn't care about our content, and of course this show 11 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: is all about content. If he had left, then it's 12 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,840 Speaker 1: a big deal. He signs the Supermax. He stays in Milwaukee, 13 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: so we don't get any rumors, no whispers, No I'm 14 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:49,959 Speaker 1: hearing source close to me says he wasn't looking at 15 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: mansions in Beverly Hills or condos South Beach. Nope, He's 16 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: staying in Milwaukee. So now the topic becomes can they 17 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: do enough to win it titled there? He's going to 18 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: be there for five years. He'll be thirty one when 19 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: this contract ends, plenty of time to get another Max contract. 20 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: But the Bucks haven't been able to find the right 21 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: formula for the Greek free but they've signed him up 22 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: and it's now time to get to work. We were 23 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: robbed of the potential for some good content here, but 24 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: maybe rewarded with some great basketball. And I started to wonder, 25 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: was this a great day for the NBA? And you 26 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: probably have an immediate reaction of of course, he stayed 27 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 1: in Milwaukee. We loved the smaller markets, But was it 28 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 1: a great day for the NBA? Because had he decided 29 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: to bypass the supermax and let's say he wanted to 30 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: join the Miami Heat, Let's say he wanted to join 31 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: the Dallas Mavericks, and I was told those were the 32 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: two teams that he was strongly considering that he liked 33 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: the makeup of the teams, but also the tax implications 34 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: and the fact that you state income tax with you 35 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: don't have that in Texas and Florida. That was factoring 36 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: in as well. We'll talk to Mannix about that, but 37 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: that's what I was told yesterday. But we like it 38 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: when we have these super teams. You may not like 39 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: Golden State when Kevin Durant was there, but you knew 40 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: he was there. That was the topic of conversation either 41 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: loved watching it or hated watching it. Lebron going to Miami, 42 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: you either loved it or you hated it. Kyrie kd 43 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: in Brooklyn, maybe James Harden going there. That's what gets 44 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: us talking. And if the Greek Freak had gone to 45 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: Miami or Dallas, it would be a bigger deal than 46 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: him staying in Milwaukee. I love that Milwaukee has a 47 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,800 Speaker 1: franchise and that it's a formidable franchise. It's a relevant 48 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: franchise from the standpoint of they're going to be there 49 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. They're usually up there with the best 50 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 1: record in the NBA during the regular season. But I 51 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: don't think that other teams fans around the NBA go 52 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: gotta beat Milwaukee. They care about the regular season. A 53 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: lot of these teams with a lot of these stars, 54 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: aren't really concerned about what their seeding is going to 55 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: be as long as you have a home court advantage 56 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: in the first round and you don't even have fans 57 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: in the stands and then you were in the bubble. 58 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: But the Greek Freaks staying there, I don't think it's 59 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: great for the NBA. It's great for Milwaukee, it's great 60 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: for small markets. But if I'm the commissioner and I 61 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 1: was wondering about Adam Silver, not that he would ever 62 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: say it publicly, Like play, it would have been great 63 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: to have him team up with Luca, Chris Stops or 64 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: South Beach, and I got that roster and now I 65 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: got another. Like you want great teams, I don't want parody, 66 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: and not that Milwaukee falls into the category of hey, 67 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: they're just an average team. I like superpowers. I like 68 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: when there's a villain. I like when there's a team 69 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: that is must see TV, and you have that with 70 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: the Lakers. I don't like that Anthony Davis did what 71 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: he did with New Orleans, but then in my job, 72 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: I like the fact that he did because it gave 73 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: us something to talk about. Although Anthony Davis in New 74 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 1: Orleans with Zion Williamson would have been pretty juicy as well. 75 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: But that's what we like. You know, Kawhi wants to 76 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: go to La bring Paul George in. We spent a 77 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: lot of time talking about that. How many teams do 78 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: we not talk about in the NBA, And the teams 79 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: we do talk about usually have star power. You know, 80 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: somebody wants to join the team, somebody has joined the 81 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 1: team and they create something there. When I was growing up, 82 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: players would never leave to go play for somebody else. 83 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: I mean it was really rare. I go back to 84 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 1: Kareem when he was lu Alcindor and he won a 85 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: title in Milwaukee and he wanted to go to Los 86 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: ange He wanted out of Milwaukee. He wanted to go 87 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: to Los Angeles, and that was a big deal at 88 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: the time. Shack leaving Orlando, he wanted to get out. 89 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: He wanted something bigger, and that wasn't as big a 90 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: deal because you're thinking, oh, okay, I get it. But 91 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: when lu Alcindor did that, that was a big deal 92 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: because he did not want to stay there and he 93 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: wanted to go to Los Angeles, back where he played 94 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 1: his college ball. When Will Chamberlain got traded from Philadelphia 95 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: to the Lakers, I don't remember it at the time, 96 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: but I'm sure that it was a huge, huge moment 97 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 1: in the NBA. But you know, the media covering the 98 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: NBA back then was a whole lot different than it 99 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: is now. And we're waiting for James Harden because James 100 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: Harden's the big winner, believe it or not, Because now 101 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: it's James Harden. It's his world with free agency or 102 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: the trade possibilities there. You know, there's no real free 103 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: agents there. It's about James Harden and I watched the 104 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: game last night. I don't know what James Harden's philosophy is, 105 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: what his game plan is. But if your game plan was, 106 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: let me show up out of shape and give the 107 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: impression I don't care, well done. He's one for one. 108 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: I thought that he'd be a good soldier and then 109 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 1: just say behind the scenes, Look, I'm gonna go out there. 110 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be fair to my new coach Steven Silas 111 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 1: and John Wall coming in. But make no mistake about this. 112 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: I want out, and I'm gonna be a good soldier. 113 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: I want out. But maybe he'll He didn't talk to 114 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: the media last night. He doesn't look like he's in shape, although, 115 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 1: in fairness to him, Luca don Chick doesn't look like 116 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: he's in shape. I think they were hanging out together 117 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: somewhere at some point. Yes, setn O'Connor. I don't think 118 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: that was necessary. James Harden is the big winner. Oh okay, 119 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 1: all right, that is just an unnecessary shot to take it. 120 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: James Harden wow. Wow, Okay, my apologies, my apologies. Yes, 121 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: it's tough to tell whether James Harden is or is 122 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: not in shape because they put a picture of him 123 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: last night. It was a picture and he's in a 124 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: he's wearing his sweatsuit, you know, over so's it's a 125 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: little puffier. He looks a little sweaty. His beer looks 126 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: a little scraggly. And then they put a picture of 127 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: him playing in the playoffs three months ago and his 128 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: shirts off, and he looks kind of jacked. And I 129 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: don't know, and I know it's not photoshop, but I 130 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: can't tell underneath there he's pudgier or just the picture 131 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: appears to be puggier. He looked large and in charge 132 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: last night. I will say that he did look a 133 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: little thick. Yes, McLevin, I saw a tweet fear the 134 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: beer slash be fear the beer. Oh that's being not 135 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: implying it anyway. The new Fritzy Christmas t shirts are 136 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: available thirty percent off the calendars four more days for 137 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: guaranteed Christmas delivery, and you can go to dan patrick 138 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: dot com shop dot dan Patrick dot com to playsher orders. 139 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: Lebron James played seven years with Cleveland when he left 140 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,239 Speaker 1: to go to Miami. He was twenty six at the time. 141 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: Jannis has played seven years in Milwaukee. He decided to stay. 142 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: He's twenty six. I get it. Greek freaks comfortable there. 143 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: Good for him, Happy for him that he's content, he's 144 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: getting paid the biggest contract in NBA history. But I 145 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: don't know if it was a great day for the NBA. 146 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,559 Speaker 1: As strange as my logic may sound. If you said 147 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: he was going to be paired up with Luca and Kristopsporzingis, 148 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 1: or he was going to be with Jimmy Butler and 149 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: that young Miami Heat team, that is must see TV. 150 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: I've said this before, and I watch a lot of NBA. 151 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: The Bucks, to me, that is not an exciting team. 152 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: They win, it's but it's not an exciting team. It 153 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: felt like there was a glass ceiling for them when 154 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: we get to the playoffs, usually the second round. But 155 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: if you're a Bucks fan, you got to be happy today. 156 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: I think you were holding your breath and I understand that. 157 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: But now, what are you going to add for the 158 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: Greek freak? Drew Holiday quality guard going to need more 159 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: than that? You know, Philadelphia is going to be better. 160 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: We know Brooklyn's going to be better. Boston is good, 161 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: Miami is good, like the East is not. You know, 162 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: Toronto might might take a step back, but you know, 163 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: the East is a little more formidable. It used to 164 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:36,319 Speaker 1: be the West was top heavy with the great teams, 165 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: but the East. And we don't know what's going to 166 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: happen with James Harden if he goes to Philadelphia, if 167 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: he goes to Brooklyn. You know what that does with 168 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 1: the balance of power in the NBA. But it was 169 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: a great day for Wisconsin sports. But I anybody understand 170 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: what I'm saying at but they disagree with what I'm saying. 171 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 1: I like the super teams because we go out of 172 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: our way to watch them, like there's a there's something 173 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: that you always think they could win a championship. I 174 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: don't think Milwaukee can win a championship, not right now. 175 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: And I think he saw with the Miami Heat did 176 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: to the Milwaukee Bucks in the playoffs and probably went, 177 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 1: if I can't beat them, maybe I joined them. And 178 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:21,959 Speaker 1: I've told you I've a source who works with the 179 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: Heat and he said he sent us a sad face 180 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: emoji last night when they got the news about the 181 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: Greek freak. I think they thought they had a great 182 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: shot and the possibility of maybe, you know, and I 183 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 1: still think Miami is in the running for James Harden 184 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: and it would be Bam out of Bio and Tyler 185 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 1: Hero as a possibility. And if I'm Houston, you got 186 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: my attention because I got an All Star and Bam 187 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:53,959 Speaker 1: out of Bio and I got an emerging star in 188 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: Tyler Hero. You got my attention. But that's just something 189 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: that you can put that on the back burn. Yes, Polly, 190 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 1: you're right though, because you know you don't want to 191 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: admit it. But when the Golden State Warriors were dominant, 192 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: it was really great for the NBA. When when the 193 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: Bulls put all their guys together, or the Miami Heat, 194 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:13,319 Speaker 1: the Miami Heat Lebron years are kind of peak Lebron 195 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: and that's when the NBA has a focal point that 196 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: everyone can consume. It's easy to consume when you have 197 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: to know all these different teams, it's tougher. It's tougher 198 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 1: on the average fan. It's fantastic day for Milwaukee sports, 199 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: but for the concept of the NBA, it's not so much. 200 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: All Right, some other things. So Giannis gets two twenty 201 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 1: eight for five years. The NFL says, no playoff bubble. 202 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: I thought that there might have been that possibility of 203 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: once we got to the conference championship games, but the 204 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:44,679 Speaker 1: commissioner says no. The rankings came out the college football 205 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: selection committee, Alabama notre named Clemson, Ohio State. No real 206 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: movement there. You got A and M on the doorstep, 207 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:59,319 Speaker 1: Iowa State, Florida. Florida loses to LU, a subpar LSU 208 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 1: team and I'm being polite and loses at home and 209 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: drops one spot. Okay, once I once again, I just 210 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 1: would love, you know, just give me transparency here, Like, 211 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: let me not add logic to this because when I 212 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: add logic, my head explodes. I hope one day we 213 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 1: get to watch a meeting. You know, it's like the 214 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: selection committee with college basketball and march mandus, Like I 215 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 1: would just let us see, just let us hear what 216 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: you talk about so we understand it. So at least 217 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 1: let us be in on, you know, the joke, because Florida, 218 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: that's that's a terrible loss by Florida. Now you can say, well, 219 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: it's a last second field goal, and you know, a 220 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: player threw a shoe you. It shouldn't have been that close. 221 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: You're playing LSU and you have Alabama coming up, but 222 00:12:55,679 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: they've left the door open for Florida. Florida beats Alabama, 223 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:05,199 Speaker 1: does Florida get in? And my college source said again 224 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: last night that he thinks if Clemson loses to Notre Dame, 225 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: A and M gets in And I said, well, many 226 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: they love shiny objects there to get Trevor Lawrence in there, 227 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: and Dabbo, I don't know. And I said, you know, 228 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: Tennessee plays A and M. Is there any chance? He goes, no, 229 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 1: it's Tennessee, And I go, okay, my man, I said, 230 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:35,439 Speaker 1: you know, we always subscribe to the there's always a chance. 231 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 1: There's always a chance. You can't say you got no 232 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:41,559 Speaker 1: chance because we've seen that that yes, Hunt, they'll never 233 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: let us listen in on those conversations as much as 234 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: we love to because they and if they did put 235 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 1: cameras in there, they'd been passing secret notes like we 236 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: got to have a Ohio state and it's the Buckeyes. 237 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? There's no way that could actually 238 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: verbalize that for the world to hear, even though it's 239 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: blatantly obvious to most of us. It just feels like 240 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 1: they have you ever had thee a marketer who calls 241 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: and and you say something and they got an answer 242 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: back for you, and then you say something, and then 243 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: they got an answer back for you, and you're going, man, 244 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: they're really good. It feels like the College Football Playoff 245 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: Committee has posteds. So when you go, okay, so what 246 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: what Okay? When they bring up Coastal Carolina, Oh, say 247 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 1: say that, say that, Okay, they haven't played a tough schedule, 248 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: and then it'll be Cincinnati. Cincinnati hasn't played since the 249 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: third week of November. Yeah, how am I doing? You? 250 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: Are you doing? Greed? Um? Ohio States played five games, 251 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 1: but they passed the eye test. Okay, all right, why 252 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: do you Why do you guys love Iowa States so much? 253 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: Why why do we love ia State? Uh? Um? They 254 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: have a really good quarterback, they have a good wide receiver, 255 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 1: good tight end, and good running back and they're playing 256 00:14:56,640 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 1: really well as of late. How am I doing good? Yeah? Okay, 257 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: that's what it feels like. They have talking points. We'll 258 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: talk to Greg Sankey, the SEC commissioner, because if we 259 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: expanded the playoffs to eight teams, they'd have what three 260 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: four teams in there? Yeah, if if there was an 261 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 1: eight team playoff this year, the SEC would have three 262 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: of the teams currently in the first round matchup as 263 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: of right now would be George Obama, Florida, Notre Dame. 264 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: That would be a lot of money, a lot of 265 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: good football. But I get A and M two yep, 266 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: oh yeah and M right, yes, mccleman. I think they 267 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: put I with State at six, so when Oklahoma blows 268 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: the doors off them, they could have the same final 269 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: four they do every single year, I know. But when 270 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: the season started, I think I didn't have Notre Dame 271 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: in the final four, but it was Clemson, Alabama, Oklahoma, 272 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: and I don't know what the other school was. But 273 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 1: you know, you just go, okay, it's it's probably around five, six, 274 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 1: seven teams that we factor in there every year, and 275 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: it's going to be the same. It's National signing Day check. 276 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: You know who's got the best recruiting classes coming in? 277 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 1: Chances are Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State. They're gonna be up 278 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: there in the top three. Yes, my club. Yeah, So 279 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: what would a spread be? I keep asking this, but 280 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: isn't there an argument that Clemson would be, like, you know, 281 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: huge favorites over these other teams, even that Cincinnati. I 282 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: don't know about Cincinnati. But Florida, I know they've lost, 283 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: but they're a better team than some of the other teams. 284 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: But do they deserve to only drop one spot when 285 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: they lost at home to LSU? Shoe, lshoe. But that's 286 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: what I want to know. Just tell me, because it 287 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: just feels like all else fails keep power conferences in 288 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: the top ten. I mean, that's just what it feels like. 289 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: And there's no way you can convince me Florida should 290 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 1: drop only one spot at home against LSU and they lost. 291 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,679 Speaker 1: Georgia has not even been in the conversation for a 292 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 1: long time, and they still hover because they're in the SEC. 293 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 1: That's all. Just let us know, what are you playing chess? 294 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: Playing checkers? Like maybe you're playing part cheesie, Like we 295 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: don't know. But that's why I'm trying to figure out here. 296 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: I don't think that's asking too much. N Be sure 297 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 1: to catch the live edition of The Dan Patrick Show 298 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:29,479 Speaker 1: week days at nine am Eastern six am Pacific on 299 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio and the iHeart Radio app. He's the 300 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: senior NBA writer for Sports Illustrated, Chris Mannix, back on 301 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,440 Speaker 1: the program. Was it a great day for the NBA 302 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: that the Greek freak is staying in Milwaukee. It was 303 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: a great day for the NBA, a great day for 304 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: small markets, a great day for the hope that Adam 305 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 1: Silver has to ultimately establish league wide parody. I mean, look, Dan, 306 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 1: small markets have take in a pounding in the last 307 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 1: few years, whether it's Kawhi Leonard and San Antonio Lebron, 308 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis forcing his way out of New Orleans. You know, 309 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: this wasn't Yannis saying, all right, I'm gonna give you 310 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: a one plus one type extension to buy a little 311 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:18,119 Speaker 1: bit more time. This was Yannis saying I'm all in 312 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: on the Milwaukee Bucks. I mean, remember, he could have 313 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: signed this exact same contract next summer, exact same one. 314 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:29,400 Speaker 1: But by doing it now, he is showing really endorsing 315 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 1: the Bucks and everything they do. And I think it's 316 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:34,400 Speaker 1: great for the NBA. But what was he thinking about it? 317 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 1: It felt like he was contemplating the possibility of maybe Florida, 318 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 1: maybe Texas to play with the MAVs or play with 319 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: the Heat, or like I'm just trying to figure out 320 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: what was he factoring in of whether or not he 321 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 1: was going to stay or not. Well, from what I understand, 322 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 1: I mean, there were a lot of variables, not just 323 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 1: going to play in those areas, but the tax ramifications 324 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 1: of playing in Florida and to exists, and look, there 325 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 1: were a lot of things to talk about. He had 326 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: a meeting with ownership earlier this month that reinforced to 327 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 1: him that the Bucks were not going to be cheap 328 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,160 Speaker 1: when it comes to payroll. I mean, we've seen teams 329 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: in recent years skimp a little bit when it comes 330 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: to not one to spend deep into luxury tax Bucks 331 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,719 Speaker 1: ownership assured him that they would be willing to do that. 332 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,719 Speaker 1: He had another meeting with John Horse, who has been 333 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: really masterful Dan at assembling this roster around him, and 334 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,120 Speaker 1: Horst assured him that we're going to continue to look 335 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: for talent. Like they've depleted a lot of their assets 336 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: in the last couple of weeks with that Drew Holiday deal, 337 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 1: but there still are things the Bucks can do to 338 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:43,120 Speaker 1: improve this team around Jannis, and Jannis heard from management 339 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: that they're going to try to do it. So I 340 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: think he was just weighing everything, and look, it's the 341 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: biggest decision, you know, outside of his personal life, that 342 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 1: he's ever gonna make. He's going to be a Buck 343 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: until his early thirties, and I think he just wanted 344 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 1: to weigh every option appropriately. Give me the team that 345 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 1: was disappointed, slash devastated by the Greek freak staying in Milwaukee, 346 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,440 Speaker 1: it starts with Miami. I think the Heat really believed 347 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: that they had a legitimate shot and making a run 348 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 1: at Jannis in twenty twenty one. I mean, they're their 349 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: best audition for Yannis was what they did to them 350 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: to the Bucks in the playoffs just this past season. 351 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 1: I mean, they they dismantled Milwaukee, and I think that, 352 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: you know, certainly showed Yannis that this was a team that, 353 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 1: you know, he could step into a co star at 354 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler, a big man in bam At, a bio 355 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: that he could win championships with for years to come. 356 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,239 Speaker 1: But it wasn't just limited to Miami Dan. I mean 357 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: you could hear the groans in Toronto where the Raptors 358 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: were certainly preparing for a run at Yannis. Dallas another 359 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 1: team that wanted a shot at Yannis even the Lakers, 360 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 1: you know, had some some thoughts on being able to 361 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,200 Speaker 1: clear enough cap space to sign Jannis next summer as well. 362 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: So I think there'll be a ripple effect here, you know, 363 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,639 Speaker 1: like these teams were protecting their cap space for the 364 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: summer of twenty twenty one. Now that they don't have 365 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: to do that, I think we might see more activity 366 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: on the trade market. We're approaching the start of the 367 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 1: NBA season. Aside from Milwaukee, who had the best offseason 368 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:17,360 Speaker 1: in your opinion? After watching Brooklyn play in its preseason opener, 369 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,679 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say Brooklyn, and they didn't do much because 370 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: they just got Kevin Durant back and brought the band 371 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 1: back together. But I watched Kevin Durant d and this 372 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: kind of reinforces everything I heard over the last few 373 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 1: months from people that participated in the scrimmages with Durant 374 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: or watched the scrimmages. I kept hearing over and over 375 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: again that Kevin Durant was all the way back, that 376 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 1: he was the same player we saw before the Achilles injury, 377 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,159 Speaker 1: and watching him in that preseason opener, I thought he 378 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 1: moved fluidly, he had explosiveness. It's only a short burst 379 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 1: of time playing in a game like that, But watching him, 380 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 1: I have no reason to believe that we're not going 381 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: to see something close to the old Kevin Durant. And 382 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: if we see that combined with a healthy Kyrie Irving, 383 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,959 Speaker 1: two guys that are proven playoff performers, it's hard not 384 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,679 Speaker 1: to look at the Nets as at least being a 385 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: co favorite in the conference. I'm not worried about Durant, 386 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: which sounds strange for a guy who hasn't played in 387 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,360 Speaker 1: a year and a half coming off Kelly surgery. I'm 388 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: worried about Kyrie. Yeah, should I think? Ye? Yes, Shot 389 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 1: answers Yes. I mean it's look, there are a lot 390 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 1: of parallels to this version of the Nets to the 391 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: eighteen nineteen Celtics, and not just because Kyrie was a 392 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 1: part of both teams. You've got, you know, young guys 393 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 1: that have kind of already proven themselves to a degree 394 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 1: they're now being asked to accept lesser roles, And all 395 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: the public comments I'm hearing out of Brooklyn now, Dan 396 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,639 Speaker 1: are comparable to what I've heard what I heard in 397 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: Boston in eighteen nineteen when these guys said, no, we'll 398 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:55,880 Speaker 1: take a secondary role. We're fine, we just want to win. 399 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: You know, how does Kyrie manage some of that? Like 400 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 1: he has the point, Hard is going to have to 401 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 1: make sure that these guys are involved. A bigger issue though, Dan, 402 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: at least in the early on, is you know, Look, 403 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: the James Harden chatter isn't going to die down. The 404 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 1: Nets are going to be a contender for James Harden 405 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: as long as he's available, much in the same way 406 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: that Boston was for Anthony Davis during those last couple 407 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,679 Speaker 1: of years. So if the chatter continues to focus on 408 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:28,239 Speaker 1: James Harden Brooklyn, those players in that locker room are 409 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 1: going to look around and go, I mean, if you're 410 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,959 Speaker 1: talking about acquiring James Harden, that means I go, that 411 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,400 Speaker 1: means I'm not part of this. And look, we've seen 412 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: kind of firsthand with the Celtics a year earlier with 413 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,120 Speaker 1: the Lakers when Brandon Ingraham and those guys were talked 414 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,880 Speaker 1: about in the Davis trade. That can really toxify your 415 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: locker room. So how the star players on that team, 416 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,880 Speaker 1: Kyrie and Kevin Durant handle that stuff. I think it's 417 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 1: going to be a factor in the success of the Nets. 418 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,639 Speaker 1: He's Chris Mannock's senior writer for Sports illustrated, what is 419 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: James Harden's approach here aside from showing up looking like 420 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 1: a big man on campus. Literally, it didn't look great. 421 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 1: It didn't look great in that preseason debut. I mean 422 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 1: his approach, and I think this is going to be 423 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,639 Speaker 1: his approach. He's just keep his head down, keep playing hard, 424 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 1: and sort of anticipate that the Rockets trade him before 425 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 1: the deadline in March. Looks like he is down on 426 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: his plate. That's the problem. Touch on that one at 427 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: the moment, But this is he certainly isn't in the 428 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: best of shape coming into this season. But he's got 429 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:36,479 Speaker 1: to go out there and play. He has got to 430 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 1: be a active member of this team. He's got to 431 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 1: be a good soldier, all those cliches, He's got to 432 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 1: do all those things. Because if you're a distressed asset, 433 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: you're you just become more difficult to trade. And the 434 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 1: Rockets have made it clear in conversations they've had with 435 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 1: teams that have inquired that they're not just gonna dump 436 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,639 Speaker 1: James Harden, like come to them with a massive offer 437 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: or else don't come to them at all. That's been 438 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: their position. Chris, I have a I've heard an offer yet. 439 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 1: Has somebody made a tangible offer for James Harden where 440 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 1: you say those players are going to Houston in exchange 441 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: for Harden and whatever else. Well, I don't think it's 442 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,440 Speaker 1: as simple as you know, like here's an email, I'll 443 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: trade you this, this, and that. There have been broad 444 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: strokes conversations, you know, with Brooklyn, there have been conversations 445 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: with the Philadelphia seventy six. So I don't know exactly 446 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 1: how far those conversations have gone, but there have been 447 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 1: broad strokes conversations about what it would take to get 448 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:30,159 Speaker 1: James Harden. That means a core of young players, including 449 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: a blue chip guy, and basically all the draft picks 450 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 1: you have left in your arsenal. That's what it's going 451 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 1: to take. From Houston's perspective, the question is dan over 452 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 1: the next month, and this is the big one, will 453 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 1: Philadelphia deal Ben Simmons for James Harden. That's the player 454 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:48,439 Speaker 1: the Rockets would absolutely jump at in a James Harden deal. 455 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: They'll probably want more and there will be some haggling 456 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: between both sides, but that's a deal that could come 457 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:56,360 Speaker 1: together relatively quickly if the Sixers are willing to move off. 458 00:25:56,359 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons explain, give me the download on the Lakers 459 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: new secret weapon coming off the bench, Horton Tucker. He 460 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: did a good player, man. He played mostly the G 461 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 1: League last year and was really effective. But always in 462 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: the G League, you have no idea what you're gonna get. 463 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 1: But you know, the last couple of weeks and months, 464 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 1: you've heard Lebron James speak glowingly about this kid, a 465 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: guy that can plays, versatile, plays multiple positions, can shoot 466 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: the three. I mean, I think he's gonna be a 467 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 1: real factor for the Lakers, almost like a found like 468 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 1: found gold with la who is badly in need of 469 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: rotation players on the back end of that bench. When 470 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:37,119 Speaker 1: he was out of Iowa State, Yes, and I think 471 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 1: he's only like nineteen, maybe he's now twenty, but I 472 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 1: think he just turned twenty. Yeah, I just turned twenty. 473 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,679 Speaker 1: And looks he's just one of those guys that you 474 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 1: don't see coming. And as I said, you saw Lebron 475 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: saw him coming for the better part of the last 476 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: couple of months after watching him and working out with him. 477 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 1: I mean, when you have a versatile guy that can 478 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 1: play a few different positions that can shoot the three 479 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 1: on that Lakers team. That is in valuable. That is 480 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 1: exactly what you're looking for on a team that needs versatility. 481 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 1: Great to see again, Chris, thanks for joining us. As always, 482 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 1: you got Dan. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports 483 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows 484 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 1: at Fox sports Radio dot com and within the iHeartRadio 485 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:22,360 Speaker 1: app search FSR to listen live. He's the SEC Commissioner, 486 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 1: Greg Sanky back on the program home Stretch there, Greg, 487 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: who would have thought all those times we were talking 488 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 1: over the summer, now you can come clean, full disclosure. 489 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: How nervous were you that you were going to get 490 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 1: in a full season when we were speaking back in 491 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: the summer. You know, do our best, but you know 492 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 1: they're never a guarantee. Dan, And so I've talked about 493 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:51,160 Speaker 1: hold your breath moments, which is COVID testing me every 494 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,880 Speaker 1: week has been a challenge. It is been weiring, but 495 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 1: we're close. We're not quite there. We're close though, and 496 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: testing results today are NEGA, which is positive for playing 497 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,479 Speaker 1: this weekend. You get updates every week on every school, 498 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 1: three times, three times a week. So we have a 499 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 1: conference managed testing program through a third party in football, 500 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 1: it's Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and those results will trail either 501 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:21,439 Speaker 1: that evening or the next morning. So I started the season. 502 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 1: It's like Friday was my hold your breath moment as 503 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,200 Speaker 1: you waited to see if people get on the plane, 504 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: because we wanted to test before people travel to avoid 505 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: some of the controversies we've seen in other circumstances. And then, 506 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 1: as you know, we played three weeks uninterrupted, which may 507 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: be the greatest accomplishment this season. We had seven games 508 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 1: for three straight weeks, and then just got into the 509 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 1: cycle of disruption and all of a sudden, I hold 510 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,479 Speaker 1: your breath moment on Friday was Monday morning when we 511 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: were waiting for testing results because we had some disruption 512 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 1: occur early in the week, and again on Wednesday and 513 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 1: then on Friday. So it's been a constant, constant cycle 514 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: of I don't know if it's worry, concern, attention, focus 515 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: on will we be able to play games. What was 516 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: your reaction to the latest college football playoff rankings. Well, 517 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:16,240 Speaker 1: obviously have an sec perspective, and I think we set 518 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 1: ourselves up with a ten game schedule that has been 519 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 1: recognized over time as incredibly rigorous. Even when it's eight, 520 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: and even with records that may not be what people anticipated, 521 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 1: it is still difficult to win games in the Southeastern Conference. 522 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: I think the committee recognizes the quality of football here. 523 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: So for the top eight, certainly encouraging, but there's still 524 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 1: football to be played. What changes would you make to 525 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 1: the process the selection process? Well, let's just remember twenty 526 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 1: twenties an odd year. I would love to have played 527 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 1: non conference games in football, but we needed to move 528 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,080 Speaker 1: those early so we could then play a conference schedule. 529 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: That wasn't the mindset that was shared. So the fact 530 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 1: we had to play conference only in many circumstances, in 531 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: fact and most is one that was out of my control. 532 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 1: I think the first change is just make sure we 533 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:16,720 Speaker 1: have quality non conference competition in football, because that gives 534 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:20,920 Speaker 1: you this scale. Are there other metrics that could be used? 535 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 1: I don't know that I go there. So now what 536 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 1: I watch is the reaction from yesterday is will the 537 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:29,680 Speaker 1: BCS was better? It didn't have these humans making decisions. 538 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 1: When we had the BCS, It's like, oh, these polls 539 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: are nonsense. We need humans in the room making decisions. 540 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 1: Not expanding to eight. I don't think eight solves anything 541 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: from my perspective. You know we're going to be arguing 542 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 1: about nine. We have an agreement to start with four 543 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 1: in a playoff. That's what happened in twenty fourteen, a 544 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: set of objectives. We can't go too long. My coaches 545 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: have told me, in fact, coaches and other conferences that 546 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,720 Speaker 1: played in the championship game that told me, when you 547 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:01,040 Speaker 1: got to the end of that, your team was done, 548 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 1: and there's a physical toll that's taken. So the give 549 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,600 Speaker 1: and take is bigger than just go to eight, and 550 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 1: eight has implications. My friend Jim Delaney one time said, 551 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 1: and I think it's okay to share this because I 552 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: think it's a spot on And we only had two 553 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 1: teams selected for a national championship and you weren't in it. 554 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 1: The impact on your brand or the esprit to core 555 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:25,640 Speaker 1: of your conference wasn't that large. When I went to 556 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 1: four and your left out, that's a bigger deal. And 557 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 1: I've certainly felt that pressure you go to eight, where 558 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: the outcomes there is that the right number. I just 559 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 1: don't go to eight in my mind automatically as the solution. 560 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 1: As Ohio State passed the eye test, I don't watch 561 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 1: them much, so you're going I'm the wrong person to 562 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,800 Speaker 1: ask because I'm immersed in what happens here. That's why 563 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 1: I'm not on the selection committee. Explain to me. Florida 564 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,520 Speaker 1: loses at home to a subpar LSU team and only 565 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:02,840 Speaker 1: drops one spot, well subpart to last year. But you 566 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,680 Speaker 1: know LSU has been in close games, and we play 567 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:10,520 Speaker 1: games because you don't know what happens. They've been embarrassed 568 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: a couple of times, though, Greg, they've been embarrassed this year. Well, 569 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: Alabama's pretty good, and so you're gonna have to make 570 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: a list of people that have lined up against Alabama 571 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 1: and played well. And you know what, Dan, part of 572 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 1: the challenge this year is the mental challenge beyond the 573 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 1: physical challenge of playing football, the unknowns, the COVID testing 574 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,760 Speaker 1: and the results opt outs, who's left and what I've 575 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: watched in a number of situations when teams get down 576 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,360 Speaker 1: to about fifty five players, they've started to play some 577 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 1: of their best football. So that was an upset, but 578 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:49,640 Speaker 1: let's be clear, that's why we play football games. It's competition. 579 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:53,280 Speaker 1: You never know what happens in a competitive environment. And 580 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 1: you know last week some people were probably uncomfortable when 581 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 1: I observed we made a commitment to try to play 582 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 1: every game. The COVID circumstances will dictate that, and I 583 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,760 Speaker 1: think that's the responsibility. It needs to be shared. Is 584 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:12,400 Speaker 1: that a WWE belt your shoulder? Yeah? Can you Greg? 585 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 1: The commissioner sank you? Can you get that? Can you 586 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: go get the con who worked for US and CIA 587 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,440 Speaker 1: and now works for WWE sent me. That was like 588 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 1: the biggest smile I had all fall when I opened 589 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 1: up a package not knowing what it was. Can you 590 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,120 Speaker 1: go get that and bring it over? Yeah, I'll be happy. Yeah, 591 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: let me go look at this. I noticed that back there. 592 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:37,040 Speaker 1: It's like Nick Khana, famous agent, and you see that 593 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:42,520 Speaker 1: apparently my my Moniker and WWE World you should wear 594 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:46,080 Speaker 1: that to the national title game. Well, we've talked about that. 595 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:50,080 Speaker 1: When it showed up, I walked around the office carried 596 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: the CFP trophy in one hand and more the belt. 597 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:54,920 Speaker 1: I like it. I like it. I like it's like, 598 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 1: you know, these kids posing for the heisman, you know, 599 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,680 Speaker 1: before they get the heisman, you know, there's nothing wrong 600 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,800 Speaker 1: with that. You should right. It's like a great talking point, 601 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 1: as we found here this morning. I know you're shorter 602 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:08,320 Speaker 1: on time and you've got to leave us, but congratulations. 603 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:12,240 Speaker 1: So far you did a wonderful job and you've allowed 604 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,560 Speaker 1: us to kind of go along with you the ride 605 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:18,640 Speaker 1: through this process. So yeah, good luck in the SEC 606 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:21,239 Speaker 1: title game getting that and then whatever happens in the 607 00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:24,279 Speaker 1: final four. Greg, thank you very much. Well, Thanks Dan. 608 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,880 Speaker 1: I've appreciated every conversation. You know, some of the questions 609 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:31,360 Speaker 1: are uncomfortable but needed to be asked right and sometimes 610 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:32,759 Speaker 1: I had to say, you know what, I don't know, 611 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:36,879 Speaker 1: But problems yield to effort. And we've got a chance 612 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,000 Speaker 1: to crown a champion on Saturday, and we've got three 613 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 1: other games scheduled too, So I think that's been a 614 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:45,480 Speaker 1: positive experience. It's been hard, but it's been a positive net. 615 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:50,480 Speaker 1: Thank you, commissioner. Yeah that's Greg Sanky. Yeah he's an 616 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:53,560 Speaker 1: SEC commissioner. Of course, you've got football coming up this weekend, 617 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:57,799 Speaker 1: and I look, Florida deserves to drop farther than what 618 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:00,800 Speaker 1: they did one spot. I know Greg saying this LSU 619 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:02,359 Speaker 1: and you can play the games, and I get all 620 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: that floated. You lost it home and LSU has not 621 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:10,800 Speaker 1: been good this year. I think we can all agree. 622 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,279 Speaker 1: If you want to say they've just been average. You 623 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,560 Speaker 1: lost at home to an average team, and I'm being 624 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:20,000 Speaker 1: complimentary here, you shouldn't just drop one spot. It just 625 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:24,640 Speaker 1: feels like the committee is whatever, like whatever they have 626 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,640 Speaker 1: to like. The bottom line has always keep the power 627 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:31,560 Speaker 1: as many Power five conference teams as you can in 628 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:35,279 Speaker 1: the top ten, top eight, like that is the game plan. 629 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:38,680 Speaker 1: That's the feeling I get when I watch it, and 630 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 1: it feels like we have different requirements, restrictions, rules depending 631 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:48,600 Speaker 1: on the school, depending on the conference. I truly believe that, 632 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:52,600 Speaker 1: and I don't think it's fair. And I don't know 633 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:55,960 Speaker 1: if you go to eight, Okay, if I'm a businessman 634 00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,960 Speaker 1: like Greg Sanky, I'd go I'll take eight because now 635 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,480 Speaker 1: I get three school in, maybe four schools in I'm 636 00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,480 Speaker 1: gonna double the playoff money. Why wouldn't I want that 637 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 1: as a businessman. But you know we're going to expand 638 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:15,279 Speaker 1: Every sport has expanded their playoffs and college football will 639 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,239 Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, Paul, that was a great catch by 640 00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:20,680 Speaker 1: you with a WWE belt behind Commissioner Sanky. I was 641 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,120 Speaker 1: hoping it was a better backstory, Like he was originally 642 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,080 Speaker 1: a member of the British Bulldogs back in the ninetees, 643 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:30,480 Speaker 1: and he switched to conference titles. Yeah. I like to 644 00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:33,839 Speaker 1: see him coming off the turnbuckle there, Like if you 645 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,839 Speaker 1: get all the other conference commissioners in there and uh 646 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:42,960 Speaker 1: now like Sanky going against Big ten, Pack twelve, acc 647 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:47,000 Speaker 1: Big twelve, they'd be good. All right, let me get 648 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:48,919 Speaker 1: some phone calls in here. Let me start with Paul 649 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:51,000 Speaker 1: and Iowa. Hey Paul, what's on your mind? And Trevor 650 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:53,600 Speaker 1: Lawrence will join us coming up next hour. Hey Paul, 651 00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:59,040 Speaker 1: Hey Dan, how about my cyclones right in the number six? Yeah, 652 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,839 Speaker 1: two quick points about that. First off, I don't think 653 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,480 Speaker 1: that it's obviously a weird year, but I don't think 654 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:06,759 Speaker 1: there's a better non conference lost by a Power five 655 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:10,520 Speaker 1: school than to Louisiana. And my other point is, I 656 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:14,960 Speaker 1: think besides Cincinnati and maybe even some of Cincinnati fans, 657 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:17,160 Speaker 1: all of the group of five schools are cheering for 658 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,320 Speaker 1: Iowa State to beat Oklahoma and sneak in that fourth 659 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:24,000 Speaker 1: spot because then that helps their argument that the committee 660 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,879 Speaker 1: is biased to Power five schools, and it goes back 661 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,640 Speaker 1: to the UCF argument. All right, Well, thank you, Paul. 662 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,439 Speaker 1: I don't know if people are rooting for Iowa State 663 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,239 Speaker 1: to beat Oklahoma, and even if they do that, they 664 00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:39,200 Speaker 1: would somehow get into the Final four. I know they 665 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:44,000 Speaker 1: really love Iowa State. They really love Iowa State, and 666 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:47,359 Speaker 1: I watched them when they lost their season opener at 667 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:51,520 Speaker 1: home to Louisiana. But they have a ton of talent. 668 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:54,680 Speaker 1: Feels like they have a ton of NFL talent on 669 00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:58,560 Speaker 1: that team. They got a couple of losses here, I 670 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,520 Speaker 1: mean North Carolina has this much talent is it feels 671 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,480 Speaker 1: like any team in the ACC except for Clemson every year. 672 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:09,160 Speaker 1: But that doesn't mean they weren't being in a top ten. 673 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:14,160 Speaker 1: Although this year North Carolina they got they got some 674 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:17,760 Speaker 1: pros there. It's a good offense. Yes, Polly Seaton's missing 675 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,359 Speaker 1: his window to pub up his love for Iowa State. 676 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,600 Speaker 1: He's been on the Brock party train for about three years. 677 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:26,799 Speaker 1: Checking my note, So you gotta beat your chess Seaton. Yeah, now, 678 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:29,840 Speaker 1: I'll let you guys do that for me. I appreciate that, Polly, 679 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,279 Speaker 1: But yeah, everybody knows all of my cyclone people know 680 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,400 Speaker 1: that I was on that bandwagon early. You're huge there. Yes, 681 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:39,120 Speaker 1: he tore apart West Virginia like two or three years ago. 682 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,200 Speaker 1: And they had this receiver too at the time that 683 00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:42,600 Speaker 1: I was like that dude is going to be the 684 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,840 Speaker 1: best receiver in the NFL. And this kids went in 685 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:46,759 Speaker 1: a heisman because they were just oh, you came in 686 00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:50,280 Speaker 1: on that Monday and you all of a sudden started 687 00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:53,560 Speaker 1: the Iowa State bandwagon and I went, wow, like you 688 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:55,840 Speaker 1: had to start the engine. I don't even think it 689 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:57,640 Speaker 1: add an engine. You had to put an engine in 690 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:01,160 Speaker 1: the bandwagon to get it going. But man, October, yes, 691 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:08,040 Speaker 1: no joke, Yeah, yeah, yeah, they're just you know, I'm 692 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:11,080 Speaker 1: watching the selection show last night and you just go, okay, 693 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,520 Speaker 1: just explain it to me and give me the logic 694 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:18,080 Speaker 1: there and there. I don't know if there's logic attached 695 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:20,600 Speaker 1: to this. And think they pre tape the selection show 696 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:23,000 Speaker 1: like they tape it in September and they tape like 697 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,040 Speaker 1: a dozen of them just in case and just say, 698 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:27,080 Speaker 1: you know what, we'll go with Ohio State, Oklahoma and 699 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:30,360 Speaker 1: they have the five four or five big teams and recesses. 700 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:32,920 Speaker 1: Let's take these. Let's just take these in cases a 701 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:37,520 Speaker 1: technical issue. I know you're joking, but I'm joking because 702 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:40,200 Speaker 1: you could tape these like the like the weather in California. No, 703 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,399 Speaker 1: because there's always these outliers where you know, b YU 704 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,279 Speaker 1: was a big deal for a couple of weeks and 705 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:46,920 Speaker 1: we you know, we wanted to see if they were 706 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:49,359 Speaker 1: going to move up, and you know there's always in 707 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,399 Speaker 1: like USC right now, Like I don't know how good 708 00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:57,080 Speaker 1: USC is, but if USC was in the national title picture, 709 00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:00,800 Speaker 1: let's say two of the last three years, I truly 710 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:05,479 Speaker 1: believe USC would be inside the top ten and out, 711 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,359 Speaker 1: you know, on the outside looking in, just because it's 712 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:12,279 Speaker 1: based off of what is your current resume and what 713 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:16,120 Speaker 1: is your tradition, what is your history? I truly believe 714 00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:21,560 Speaker 1: that that factors in. Because with Ohio State passing the 715 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:26,360 Speaker 1: eye test, Okay, that's one thing, but it's the Ohio State. 716 00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:30,680 Speaker 1: Let's not kid anybody. And they do have a couple 717 00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:33,279 Speaker 1: of you know, you're gonna beat Indiana, or you beat 718 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:36,040 Speaker 1: Indiana and you've beat Northwestern. Okay, you're beating you know, 719 00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:39,440 Speaker 1: top fifteen teams, top twenty teams. Okay, I get that, 720 00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:43,720 Speaker 1: But I don't know what passing the site test truly 721 00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:46,880 Speaker 1: means to the committee. Has anybody else needed to pass 722 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:51,439 Speaker 1: the site test? It's only Ohio State, right, Nobody else 723 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:54,919 Speaker 1: has to pass a site test, just Ohio State because 724 00:40:54,960 --> 00:41:00,640 Speaker 1: they only have five games. Yeah, mclub, I've still wondering 725 00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:03,239 Speaker 1: about Clemson. I know you're saying, I feel like a 726 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:06,160 Speaker 1: two lost Clemson's going to be attractive. If you put 727 00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:10,840 Speaker 1: a two loss Iowa State in wow, Trevor Lawrence. Well, no, 728 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,359 Speaker 1: Clemson would be losing to Notre Dame, the number two 729 00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:15,360 Speaker 1: team in the country, and they'd lose to them twice 730 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:18,160 Speaker 1: right where. But I mean I'm saying like they are 731 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,600 Speaker 1: considering other two loss teams like Florida and Iowa State. 732 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:22,640 Speaker 1: If you're going to pick a two loss team, don't 733 00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:26,080 Speaker 1: you want the biggest star in there? Yeah, I mean 734 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,799 Speaker 1: that would be the logical. Like if I'm trying to 735 00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:31,920 Speaker 1: think like the selection committee is thinking, then I'd go 736 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,560 Speaker 1: I want to have Trevor Lawrence in there. I want 737 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:38,120 Speaker 1: to have Dabo Sweeney now his press conferences, like, I 738 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,600 Speaker 1: want to have all of that magic that goes along 739 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,360 Speaker 1: with this. And it's not being fair to A and 740 00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:47,400 Speaker 1: M or you know, Iowa State. But it's not fair. 741 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:52,960 Speaker 1: I think we all agree it's not fair. And if 742 00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:55,520 Speaker 1: it goes to eight, does that make it more fair? 743 00:41:55,640 --> 00:42:00,600 Speaker 1: I don't know. But yeah, so you're going to have 744 00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,960 Speaker 1: blowouts in the first round, you are, you know, could 745 00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:10,000 Speaker 1: Liberty hold its own against Ohio State, could Coastal Carolina? 746 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:15,840 Speaker 1: Probably not, But then you have to at least admit 747 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:18,680 Speaker 1: to these schools who aren't Power five schools, you're not 748 00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:21,359 Speaker 1: going to play for the national title, like, just so 749 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:25,799 Speaker 1: you know, you'll never ever get a chance to play, 750 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:29,680 Speaker 1: You'll never ever get close to maybe qualifying for the 751 00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:34,239 Speaker 1: final four. Because really that's what it is. Without telling you, 752 00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:39,400 Speaker 1: that's what they're saying. We don't want you. You're not 753 00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:44,880 Speaker 1: good for business, and this is about business. Dave in 754 00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:49,200 Speaker 1: New York joins us Hi. Dave, what's on your mind? Dan? 755 00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:52,640 Speaker 1: I really want you to say how much I appreciate 756 00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:55,640 Speaker 1: the fact that you are exposing this for what it 757 00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:59,560 Speaker 1: really is. There is no way a group of five 758 00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:02,239 Speaker 1: teams is ever going to have a chance to be 759 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:05,560 Speaker 1: in that top four. They don't want to expand it 760 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:09,319 Speaker 1: to a I've said for years they should create their 761 00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:14,120 Speaker 1: own group of five tournaments. There's five teams, have three 762 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:18,759 Speaker 1: at large teams, have their own eight team playoff, and 763 00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,880 Speaker 1: let's just call it a day. This absurdity with the 764 00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:26,240 Speaker 1: Iowa State being where they are and having gotten cleanly 765 00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:31,640 Speaker 1: beaten by Louisiana two shows the laughability of the whole thing, right, 766 00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:35,680 Speaker 1: I really the show. Thank you, Dave. Yeah, I know 767 00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:38,480 Speaker 1: nothing's going to change, but you know they said that 768 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:41,360 Speaker 1: to me when I was railing against the BCS, nothing's 769 00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:43,600 Speaker 1: going to change, but it didn't stop me from railing 770 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:46,399 Speaker 1: on it. That I'd get on my soapbox and you'd 771 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:48,560 Speaker 1: allow me to do this, and then I'd step back down, 772 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:51,160 Speaker 1: and then we'd move on to something else. And it's 773 00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:56,920 Speaker 1: the same thing here. Former college coach said, you know, 774 00:43:57,320 --> 00:43:59,640 Speaker 1: college football is not going to change anytime soon, and 775 00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:02,440 Speaker 1: I say, I know that, and then he said, but 776 00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:06,640 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean you stood. You shouldn't stop shouting. I said, well, 777 00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:10,560 Speaker 1: hopefully I'm not shouting, but he goes, no, no, you're shouting, 778 00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:12,799 Speaker 1: and I said, okay, well then I'm shouting. But it's 779 00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:16,879 Speaker 1: because I love the sports so much. It was so 780 00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:20,160 Speaker 1: important to me growing up. It's still important every Saturday 781 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:24,600 Speaker 1: Saturday night. It doesn't matter the game. I love watching it, 782 00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:28,360 Speaker 1: but I do want I want everybody to know the 783 00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:33,480 Speaker 1: rules of the game they're playing. That's all. Be sure 784 00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:36,040 Speaker 1: to catch the live edition of The Dan Patrick Show 785 00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:39,720 Speaker 1: weekdays at nine am Eastern six am Pacific on Fox 786 00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:43,920 Speaker 1: Sports Radio in the iHeart Radio WAPP. He's the Clemson 787 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:47,799 Speaker 1: quarterback Trevor Lawrence on the program. First time that we've 788 00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:50,680 Speaker 1: had Trevor. Thanks for joining us. Got Notre Dame coming 789 00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:53,520 Speaker 1: up this weekend the ACC title game. By the way. 790 00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:57,160 Speaker 1: What's the weather like there in Clemson? A little cold 791 00:44:57,239 --> 00:45:00,120 Speaker 1: this morning? Oh, don't don't say cold. No, this it's 792 00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:02,399 Speaker 1: cold up here. That's not cold. What is it like 793 00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:08,319 Speaker 1: sixty degrees? It's like it's probably upper forties. Oh it is, Yeah, 794 00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:10,759 Speaker 1: not not too bad though, warm up. You know, by 795 00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:14,760 Speaker 1: the afternoon it'll be sixty. So could you have played 796 00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:19,200 Speaker 1: college football in a cold weather clembing? I wouldn't have. 797 00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:21,279 Speaker 1: I wouldn't have preferred it, but I think I think 798 00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:23,480 Speaker 1: I could have done it. But I don't know. I 799 00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:25,160 Speaker 1: kind of I like playing in the cold, just because 800 00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:28,320 Speaker 1: we don't do it often, but to do it every 801 00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:32,719 Speaker 1: week from October on would be would be rough. But man, 802 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:35,160 Speaker 1: I think it'll been fine. But if you didn't go 803 00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:39,960 Speaker 1: to Clemson, where were you going? My other top school 804 00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:43,000 Speaker 1: was probably Georgia, so that's still you know in the South. 805 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:48,879 Speaker 1: It's hot down here and staying in state as well. Yep. Yeah, um, 806 00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:51,920 Speaker 1: how difficult was it to watch the Notre Dame game 807 00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:55,840 Speaker 1: from the sidelines. It's tough. I mean, as a competitor, 808 00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:57,799 Speaker 1: you just want to be out there, and obviously the 809 00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:01,000 Speaker 1: circumstances are just crazy that would be at the game 810 00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:05,520 Speaker 1: but can't play. It wasn't you know, in the I 811 00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:09,240 Speaker 1: guess I wasn't you know, contagious or whatever for COVID anymore. 812 00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,839 Speaker 1: So that was kind of frustrating, but just the way 813 00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:14,520 Speaker 1: it is part of it. But yeah, I was definitely frustrating. 814 00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:17,480 Speaker 1: Obviously DJ played really well, so that, you know, made 815 00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:19,640 Speaker 1: it a little bit easier, just that he was ready 816 00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:22,120 Speaker 1: to go, played well. But I wish I could have 817 00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:24,240 Speaker 1: been out there to you know, give us a chance. 818 00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:26,040 Speaker 1: How long did it take you to learn how to 819 00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:29,759 Speaker 1: pronounce DJ's last name? Not too long. Someone told me. 820 00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:32,000 Speaker 1: You know, I thought it was Ugulele at first, but 821 00:46:32,239 --> 00:46:34,799 Speaker 1: someone told me pretty early, so I kind of made 822 00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:37,080 Speaker 1: it a point to get it right. Well, let's hear 823 00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:41,640 Speaker 1: it OUI nga, okay, all right, just just want to 824 00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:44,440 Speaker 1: make sure that you got that right. When you're watching 825 00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:48,160 Speaker 1: film on Notre Dame what jumps out at you. Oh, 826 00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:50,719 Speaker 1: they're just I mean, just a good team all the 827 00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:53,480 Speaker 1: way around. Really, there's not there's really not any weak 828 00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:56,520 Speaker 1: links um and then they're just really discipline. They know 829 00:46:56,520 --> 00:47:00,239 Speaker 1: what they're doing. They don't try to necessarily confuse you. 830 00:47:00,280 --> 00:47:02,799 Speaker 1: Obviously they have some good third down packages and some 831 00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:06,359 Speaker 1: good disguises, but they're not overly complicated. It's just they 832 00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:07,919 Speaker 1: do what they do, and they do it well. They're 833 00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:10,880 Speaker 1: really good in the run game, really physical, especially with 834 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:14,560 Speaker 1: their you know d line and linebackers. They usually always 835 00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:16,360 Speaker 1: have an extra hat in the box, something they do 836 00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,960 Speaker 1: a really good job of. But yeah, they're just really discipline, 837 00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:21,440 Speaker 1: you know, run game and pass game, their gap sound, 838 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:23,239 Speaker 1: and they know they know what they're doing. So I 839 00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:25,560 Speaker 1: think that's the biggest thing. When did you know you 840 00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:30,440 Speaker 1: were famous? I don't know. I mean I've come from 841 00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:33,319 Speaker 1: a small town, so I guess through high school it 842 00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:36,719 Speaker 1: was everybody kind knew who I was, just being from 843 00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:40,520 Speaker 1: a small football town in Georgia. But I think probably 844 00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:45,200 Speaker 1: after the first National championship, it kind of went to 845 00:47:45,239 --> 00:47:48,680 Speaker 1: a new level, especially around here. Just going out to 846 00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:51,760 Speaker 1: places just kind of changed. So I think that's probably 847 00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:54,840 Speaker 1: when I was like, thanks, things can't go back to 848 00:47:54,840 --> 00:47:57,399 Speaker 1: how they were, you know, it's it's different. Now. What 849 00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:00,759 Speaker 1: were you prepared for it? Yeah? I think I just 850 00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:04,400 Speaker 1: my journey and it's kind of been gradual. All that 851 00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:07,160 Speaker 1: has been building to this point. So I think I've 852 00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:10,879 Speaker 1: been preparing for it and then just realizing kind of 853 00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:14,480 Speaker 1: what my platform and role entails and just kind of 854 00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:17,279 Speaker 1: accepting it. At first, it's like something it's gonna be 855 00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:20,680 Speaker 1: kind of frustrating or whatever, but then you just realize, like, um, 856 00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:22,480 Speaker 1: you know, I'm in this situation for a reason, and 857 00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:26,759 Speaker 1: try to use it for good. Do you read Twitter? Yeah, 858 00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:28,799 Speaker 1: I'm on Twitter. I'm on Twitter. I'm trying to not 859 00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:31,800 Speaker 1: be on it too much because I think everybody knows 860 00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:33,800 Speaker 1: that there's a whole lot of a lot of stuff 861 00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:36,400 Speaker 1: out there, But um, I try to I try to 862 00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:38,760 Speaker 1: keep up a little bit. But it can be definitely 863 00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:40,839 Speaker 1: be distracting if you let it, if you look into 864 00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:43,040 Speaker 1: it too much. But you gotta have a sense of 865 00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:46,279 Speaker 1: humor though. Trevor, Oh yeah, oh yeah, no, it's some 866 00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:49,600 Speaker 1: of the stuff I see. It's it's just funny. But yeah, 867 00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:52,240 Speaker 1: I look at it a little bit I'm not surprised 868 00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:54,400 Speaker 1: you're on it. I'm surprised you're admitting that you're on it, 869 00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:56,040 Speaker 1: because it would be one of those where maybe you 870 00:48:56,120 --> 00:48:59,200 Speaker 1: tell your fiance, hey, just tell me what they're saying. 871 00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:01,320 Speaker 1: Just tell me the good parts of what they're saying, 872 00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:04,280 Speaker 1: not the bad parts. Maybe I should, Maybe I should 873 00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:08,280 Speaker 1: start doing that. You. I really do try to because 874 00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:10,960 Speaker 1: I like to stay uh, you know, involved in kind 875 00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:13,520 Speaker 1: of on social media and just like like that's a 876 00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:16,680 Speaker 1: good tool. But at the same time, I try to 877 00:49:16,719 --> 00:49:18,680 Speaker 1: like limit it a little bit, so i'd only look 878 00:49:18,719 --> 00:49:21,080 Speaker 1: at it certain times. This crazy, I mean, the stuff 879 00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:24,040 Speaker 1: that people send me and you just get tagged in 880 00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:26,400 Speaker 1: all that stuff. It's wild. Did you ever meet that 881 00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:29,759 Speaker 1: woman who looks like you? Did you ever reach out 882 00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:32,440 Speaker 1: to her? I didn't. I didn't reach out, but I 883 00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:34,200 Speaker 1: didn't meet her. She came to a game last year. 884 00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:37,040 Speaker 1: She came we do our tiger walking park on the 885 00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:39,839 Speaker 1: road and walked that little stretch to the locker room. 886 00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:42,319 Speaker 1: She was right there. So of course there's a bunch 887 00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:46,279 Speaker 1: of pictures and stuff. It's crazy, But did you think 888 00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:50,040 Speaker 1: she looks like me? I did? I was like, thank you, Really, 889 00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:53,560 Speaker 1: I don't obviously don't like to admit that, but I 890 00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:56,960 Speaker 1: was like, that's pretty that's pretty close. How important is 891 00:49:56,960 --> 00:50:02,080 Speaker 1: the heisman? I mean, it's I've said it before. It's like, 892 00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:05,480 Speaker 1: that's a hard question. I mean, it's obviously something that 893 00:50:05,560 --> 00:50:08,440 Speaker 1: would be awesome to win. And I'm not going to 894 00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:11,279 Speaker 1: say that it wouldn't be and that wouldn't you know, love, 895 00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:14,160 Speaker 1: that would be great. But honestly, I mean, and it's 896 00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:16,080 Speaker 1: the truth, I just don't really focus on it too much. 897 00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:20,760 Speaker 1: I think that's an award that your play spiece for itself, 898 00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:22,680 Speaker 1: and there's a lot of factors that go into it, 899 00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:25,800 Speaker 1: and especially a season like this where everyone's played different games, 900 00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:30,600 Speaker 1: schedule has been kind of rearranged, blown up, all those things. 901 00:50:30,600 --> 00:50:32,680 Speaker 1: It's just a tough thing to gauge. So I don't 902 00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:34,400 Speaker 1: put too much stake in it. You know, I know 903 00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:37,239 Speaker 1: who I am confident in who I am regardless of 904 00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:40,759 Speaker 1: whether I win it or not. But obviously, you know, 905 00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:42,080 Speaker 1: I don't have to say that. It would be a 906 00:50:42,160 --> 00:50:44,840 Speaker 1: huge accomplishment to be able to be considered for it 907 00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:47,440 Speaker 1: to win it. Yeah, but there's nothing wrong with saying 908 00:50:47,520 --> 00:50:51,160 Speaker 1: I want it. Yeah, I mean, it's I mean, obviously, 909 00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:56,000 Speaker 1: when you're competitive and you and you play a sport 910 00:50:56,080 --> 00:50:59,520 Speaker 1: like college football, you put a lot of time in 911 00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:02,400 Speaker 1: a lot of work. So the awards all that stuff 912 00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:04,440 Speaker 1: is really cool, and you know, you kind of get 913 00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:06,880 Speaker 1: recognized for the work you put in, so that, I mean, 914 00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:09,120 Speaker 1: that would be awesome. But if I'm having to pick 915 00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:12,600 Speaker 1: between that in a national championship, no no hesitation from me. 916 00:51:12,719 --> 00:51:14,959 Speaker 1: So I don't know. Maybe those will go hand in hand. 917 00:51:15,080 --> 00:51:17,719 Speaker 1: That would be awesome too. It'll be Notre Dame and 918 00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:21,280 Speaker 1: Clemson in the ACC championship game this Saturday at four eastern. 919 00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:24,680 Speaker 1: We're talking to Trevor Lawrence, like, when's lunchtime. You got 920 00:51:24,719 --> 00:51:32,880 Speaker 1: yelled at by davil Um probably the Miami game, actually 921 00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:34,520 Speaker 1: got yelled at. You know, he's he's kind of got 922 00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:36,840 Speaker 1: onto me a few times, but he cheat shooed me 923 00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:39,160 Speaker 1: out pretty good. After the Miami game, scored a touchdown, 924 00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:44,320 Speaker 1: spiked the ball, got up flag. He kind of ripped 925 00:51:44,320 --> 00:51:45,880 Speaker 1: into me there. So that was the first time in 926 00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:48,000 Speaker 1: a while. So that's what he said after the game. 927 00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:51,719 Speaker 1: He's like, I don't give any chances to so I'm 928 00:51:51,719 --> 00:51:53,920 Speaker 1: gonna take it when I get it. I didn't know 929 00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:56,360 Speaker 1: if you start laughing or you want to laugh because 930 00:51:57,239 --> 00:52:00,319 Speaker 1: you know that he doesn't really mean it, but when 931 00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:02,040 Speaker 1: he can starts yelling at you. Is there any part 932 00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:06,520 Speaker 1: of you that just wants to go no coach stuff. No, 933 00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:11,040 Speaker 1: I think it's it's just like that relationship where, I mean, 934 00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:13,120 Speaker 1: me and Coach we have a great relationship, but just 935 00:52:13,719 --> 00:52:16,439 Speaker 1: it's one of those things where you gotta he's gotta 936 00:52:16,480 --> 00:52:18,160 Speaker 1: make sure he takes his opportunities to get on to 937 00:52:18,239 --> 00:52:21,240 Speaker 1: me when he can, just to show that nobody's bigger 938 00:52:21,239 --> 00:52:23,560 Speaker 1: than anybody else. That's like, that's it's just you know, 939 00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:25,920 Speaker 1: it's all part of it. I respect him, but it's 940 00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:27,959 Speaker 1: funny the other guys and the team kind of laughing 941 00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:29,680 Speaker 1: about it coming up to me after because it doesn't 942 00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:31,120 Speaker 1: it doesn't happen much. Some of those other guys get 943 00:52:31,160 --> 00:52:34,000 Speaker 1: chewed out all the time. Do you do an imitation 944 00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:39,560 Speaker 1: of coach? Uh? Not really. We have some guys that 945 00:52:39,560 --> 00:52:42,600 Speaker 1: that do a really good one. I haven't really, I 946 00:52:42,640 --> 00:52:45,160 Speaker 1: ain't got it down yet. Well, does he have a 947 00:52:45,239 --> 00:52:48,000 Speaker 1: saying or a look that these guys try to imitate. 948 00:52:50,520 --> 00:52:54,440 Speaker 1: I mean, I just it's just funny how internally stuff 949 00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:57,160 Speaker 1: he does to motivate us and U the stuff he says. 950 00:52:57,200 --> 00:53:00,600 Speaker 1: It's just it's just there's too many to I mean, 951 00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:04,520 Speaker 1: he has so many sayings we call him Sweeneyisms that 952 00:53:04,719 --> 00:53:07,560 Speaker 1: he just says all the time. It's like beat into 953 00:53:07,600 --> 00:53:09,759 Speaker 1: our brains. So he's he does a good job of 954 00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:13,160 Speaker 1: making sure we leave here with some quotes. Did you 955 00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:17,279 Speaker 1: grow up an NFL fan? Not really, honest, I grew 956 00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:22,480 Speaker 1: up watching college football mostly didn't watch the NFL too much. Obviously, 957 00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:24,279 Speaker 1: just a big football fan, but yeah, I was more 958 00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:26,960 Speaker 1: of a college football fan growing up. Do you have 959 00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:33,080 Speaker 1: posters growing up? Did you wear NFL jerseys anything like that? Oh? 960 00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:35,560 Speaker 1: Not really. I think I think I might have had 961 00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:36,839 Speaker 1: it when I was a little kid, like a Paint 962 00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:40,080 Speaker 1: Manning jersey from from the Colts. But like I said, 963 00:53:40,120 --> 00:53:41,960 Speaker 1: I really wasn't. I mean, he was my favorite player. 964 00:53:41,960 --> 00:53:44,399 Speaker 1: Better than that, I didn't really watch it too much 965 00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:48,279 Speaker 1: or have a favorite team. Have you met him? I did? 966 00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:51,200 Speaker 1: I met him, I guess. The first time I met 967 00:53:51,280 --> 00:53:54,120 Speaker 1: him was two summers ago at the hit their camp, 968 00:53:54,200 --> 00:53:57,040 Speaker 1: the Manning camp, So it was cool. Their whole family 969 00:53:57,160 --> 00:54:00,359 Speaker 1: is good people, so it was good. Once. Last time 970 00:54:00,360 --> 00:54:04,080 Speaker 1: you watch an NFL game, I actually just watch I 971 00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:06,759 Speaker 1: watched the very end of the game last night, uh 972 00:54:07,120 --> 00:54:09,360 Speaker 1: Browns and Ravens. I caught like, I saw that it 973 00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:11,080 Speaker 1: was like going back and forth, so I turned it on. 974 00:54:11,600 --> 00:54:15,040 Speaker 1: But honestly, I don't watch too much or either in 975 00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:18,440 Speaker 1: practice or um getting home late or whatever, so I 976 00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:20,440 Speaker 1: don't really watch. I keep up with it, you know, 977 00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:23,080 Speaker 1: by keeping up with who's doing well. And obviously the 978 00:54:23,480 --> 00:54:25,000 Speaker 1: I think it was in like the Steelers when they 979 00:54:25,040 --> 00:54:28,680 Speaker 1: were undefeated. Always kind of like root for those teams. 980 00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:30,800 Speaker 1: It would be cool to see them finish that. Obviously 981 00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:33,319 Speaker 1: they're still still playing well. But so stuff like that 982 00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:36,440 Speaker 1: I kind of keep up with. But how can you 983 00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:40,759 Speaker 1: not let the situation with the Jets affect you? Or 984 00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:43,600 Speaker 1: at least you know that you could end up in 985 00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:46,040 Speaker 1: New York if they don't win and you're the number 986 00:54:46,080 --> 00:54:48,520 Speaker 1: one pick. You don't get to pick where you want 987 00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:52,040 Speaker 1: to go. And that's really difficult for you know, somebody 988 00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:55,120 Speaker 1: just starting out. But how prepared are you to do 989 00:54:55,239 --> 00:54:59,120 Speaker 1: something like that? I mean, I think, um, I think 990 00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:03,520 Speaker 1: I'm ready. Um. I think just being here at Clemson, 991 00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:06,840 Speaker 1: my journey has taught me a lot. I've grown up 992 00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:09,160 Speaker 1: a lot in the past few years and I'm really 993 00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:11,879 Speaker 1: just ready to take on whatever challenge it is, um, 994 00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:14,880 Speaker 1: and just have the opportunity. Have you watched the Jets, Trevor, 995 00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:20,440 Speaker 1: I haven't really honestly obviously don't. Don't highlights and stuff, 996 00:55:21,719 --> 00:55:24,480 Speaker 1: don't know. I mean really, like, honestly, I know some 997 00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:27,000 Speaker 1: of this stuff I say sounds cliche, but just to 998 00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:31,480 Speaker 1: have the opportunity to go somewhere, help someone rebuild if 999 00:55:31,480 --> 00:55:33,960 Speaker 1: that's what it is or whatever, and just win, that's what, 1000 00:55:34,080 --> 00:55:36,080 Speaker 1: you know, something I love doing. I think that's what 1001 00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:39,040 Speaker 1: I'm best at, is winning, you know, regardless of stats, 1002 00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:41,120 Speaker 1: whatever it is, that's that's the one I love. So 1003 00:55:41,640 --> 00:55:44,120 Speaker 1: just to have that chance. Obviously some places it'll be 1004 00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:46,680 Speaker 1: more of a challenge than others, but um, I think 1005 00:55:46,719 --> 00:55:48,200 Speaker 1: I'm I think I'm up for it and that that 1006 00:55:48,280 --> 00:55:50,000 Speaker 1: that'll get here when it when it's here. Just trying 1007 00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:52,439 Speaker 1: to focus now on being great where I'm at. You're 1008 00:55:52,440 --> 00:55:57,239 Speaker 1: officially leaving Clemson right after the Final four. I mean 1009 00:55:57,320 --> 00:56:01,040 Speaker 1: it's it's likely obviously I'm not. I don't completely shut 1010 00:56:01,080 --> 00:56:03,920 Speaker 1: any door, but uh, well didn't they introduce you on 1011 00:56:04,040 --> 00:56:06,319 Speaker 1: Senior Day? So that I thought that might have been 1012 00:56:06,800 --> 00:56:11,160 Speaker 1: their way of saying, yeah, so I'm graduating, So coach Sweeney, 1013 00:56:11,239 --> 00:56:13,440 Speaker 1: let me go ahead. Hey, but Christian Wilkins, he did 1014 00:56:13,440 --> 00:56:15,759 Speaker 1: it twice. He ran down the hill twice two years 1015 00:56:15,760 --> 00:56:19,000 Speaker 1: in a row. So you never know on it. How 1016 00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:20,799 Speaker 1: far do you think you could throw it right now 1017 00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:24,799 Speaker 1: in that practice field? Um, if you warmed up, if 1018 00:56:24,800 --> 00:56:29,760 Speaker 1: you warmed up, I would say probably like sixty five. 1019 00:56:30,760 --> 00:56:33,719 Speaker 1: Maybe it's between sixty five and seventy. I don't know. 1020 00:56:33,719 --> 00:56:35,840 Speaker 1: I don't I can't necessarily throw it the farthest, but 1021 00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:40,439 Speaker 1: far far enough I'll say that. Well, hopefully you don't 1022 00:56:40,560 --> 00:56:42,759 Speaker 1: have to throw it that far. But yeah, I was 1023 00:56:42,800 --> 00:56:46,439 Speaker 1: always I was curious, can DJ throw it farther than you? Oh? Yeah, 1024 00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:51,840 Speaker 1: he's got a candidate, but he can sleep. He's a 1025 00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:54,239 Speaker 1: big guy. He's as big as any defensive player you 1026 00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:58,160 Speaker 1: go up against, didn't he Yeah, he's about two fifty 1027 00:56:58,200 --> 00:57:03,560 Speaker 1: probably sixty five two fifty. It's you that's crazy. I've 1028 00:57:03,600 --> 00:57:05,120 Speaker 1: had to try to put weight on. He's trying to 1029 00:57:05,160 --> 00:57:07,040 Speaker 1: keep it off. We go opposite problems that we can 1030 00:57:07,080 --> 00:57:10,320 Speaker 1: just kind of meet in the middle. Well, college football 1031 00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:12,440 Speaker 1: should be proud that they've had you for three years, 1032 00:57:12,640 --> 00:57:15,680 Speaker 1: and the NFL will be proud to have you as well. 1033 00:57:16,280 --> 00:57:18,640 Speaker 1: You have done some great things there and you get 1034 00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:21,680 Speaker 1: an opportunity to hopefully play in the final four there, 1035 00:57:21,960 --> 00:57:24,120 Speaker 1: and we wish you luck against Notre Dame and uh 1036 00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:27,160 Speaker 1: we were glad to have you on Trevor. Yeah, thank you, Dan, 1037 00:57:27,240 --> 00:57:29,920 Speaker 1: thank you for for having me. Appreciate you guys. 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