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Speaker 1: Sunday night, May twenty second, the year of our lower

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, less than one hundred days to kick off.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know how to tell you this, but

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Speaker 1: I think we're going to be all right. I think

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Speaker 1: that case to you tonight. We are jampacked. We are

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Speaker 1: high a top a very saturated downtown Nashville, Tennessee. There's

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Speaker 1: no need to worry about college football because we are

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Speaker 1: going to save it before this very show is over.

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Speaker 1: And I'm kind of joking but kind of serious about that.

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Speaker 1: Had so many conversations with so many people far more

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Speaker 1: informed than yours, truly this week about things I used

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Speaker 1: to not care about, but now I do. I've got

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Speaker 1: some things to share with you tonight. Bold Predictions has

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Speaker 1: to Roman numerals now. Also, some boosters down south are

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Speaker 1: saying some things about some people that may be they

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Speaker 1: were rumored to try and rid of a job this

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Speaker 1: past February. I hope I haven't been unclear there. We

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Speaker 1: will discuss in due time Also it's Michigan Mood Tracker Night.

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Speaker 1: We're going to talk about like half a dozen true

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Speaker 1: freshmen to keep an eye on. There is no such

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Speaker 1: thing as an off season, and I'll tell you where

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Speaker 1: they know that, because they're watching tonight. And oh boy,

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Speaker 1: I'm going to get to that and win in a second.

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Speaker 1: Because it's tough to pronounce a Blakely, Georgia Peanut Proud

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Speaker 1: probably pronounce the city India. It's a crapshoot and normally

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Speaker 1: we're on the losing end of that. The show did

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Speaker 1: major league numbers this weekend. Obviously we had Jimbo and

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Speaker 1: shouldn't be in at a mere two years old. But

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Speaker 1: thank you for getting us there. And as we enter

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Speaker 1: tonight's show, I wanted to read a DM. I can't

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Speaker 1: give you the name for what will soon be obvious reasons,

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Speaker 1: want to know what kind of ethics and morals that

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Speaker 1: we appreciate at Peate State. The snap of the paper

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Speaker 1: indicates that I'm about to give you something very much worthwhile.

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Speaker 1: I quote, I hacked into my girlfriend's brothers and dad's

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Speaker 1: YouTube accounts and I subbed to the channel keep up

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Speaker 1: the good work Peate State material. We need more of

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Speaker 1: let's dive into the show tonight. Well, what a week

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Speaker 1: we had. Okay, So we had Nick Saban, we had

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Speaker 1: I came on the show Thursday and I said, you know,

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Speaker 1: for me because I think that I probably learned enough

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Speaker 1: The NCAA's business model would be flatly illegal. In almost

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Speaker 1: I have grown up knowing it as. But the more

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Speaker 1: could play in the ACC Championship and be in talks. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so a lot of the other was hypothetical, But the

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Speaker 1: key number here is FSU winning at least nine games.

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Speaker 1: That's the other way to word that they were five

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Speaker 1: and seven last year. You could reasonably argue, with different

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Speaker 1: injury luck or bounce of the ball loock, they could

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Speaker 1: have been seven and five. That matter, because they were

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Speaker 1: five and seven. What's the roster made of? Because we're

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Speaker 1: asking for a four win jump in production this year,

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Speaker 1: So what is the roster made of? We always want

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Speaker 1: to go, as you know, if you watch the show

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Speaker 1: to the last five recruiting classes, well, their last five classes,

441
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Speaker 1: they've been really consistent. They have finished between eleventh and

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Speaker 1: twenty first the last five years. You add on to

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Speaker 1: that that they have very notably had two five portal

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Speaker 1: classes over the last two cycles. So they've got a

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Speaker 1: roster that probably screams to you somewhere between seven and

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Speaker 1: nine win caliber. It's not an elite roster. They're not

447
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Speaker 1: chock full of elite players, and if they have gotten

448
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Speaker 1: them typically so far under Mike Norveld, they've come out

449
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Speaker 1: of the portal rather than traditional recruiting. Doesn't mean that

450
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Speaker 1: can't change, but that's the way it is right now.

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Speaker 1: The Travis Hunder loss on signing day was a big blow.

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Speaker 1: But the quarterback position was rough last year. I'm not

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Speaker 1: telling anyone in Tallahassee anything they don't already know, but

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Speaker 1: think about these numbers. Stat's an info AKA producer. Jesse

455
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Speaker 1: told me that they didn't have a single three hundred

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Speaker 1: yard passing game last year. But if that's not bad enough,

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Speaker 1: they had seven games where they were under two hundred

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Speaker 1: yards passing. You are not winning nine games, or probably

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Speaker 1: eight or seven if that continues. So Jordan Travis has

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Speaker 1: to have a big year here. They have to have

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Speaker 1: a lot of their portal guys step up. That's just

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Speaker 1: the way it is, Bruce Hornsby right now. But here's

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Speaker 1: the good news. As you look at their schedule, four

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Speaker 1: of the twelve teams that they're playing won less than

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Speaker 1: seven games last year. More than seven games, only four

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Speaker 1: of them had more than seven wins, So it's not

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Speaker 1: like they have a murderer's road to play here. However,

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Speaker 1: last year is not always the best indication of how

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Speaker 1: good a team will be this year. They also have

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Speaker 1: a third of their schedule against first year head coaches.

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Speaker 1: Eight wins is the number that everyone in Florida State

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Speaker 1: Land seems to be aiming for. If you go on

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Speaker 1: the Noles twenty four to seven board, that's what they're

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Speaker 1: talking about. That's kind of the benchmark. Eight wins under

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Speaker 1: that we don't like it. Over that, we can take it.

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Speaker 1: The over under in Vegas is seven and a half,

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Speaker 1: and it's just a little bit to the under. So,

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is right around a solid bold prediction.

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Speaker 1: But if they're going over eight wins, I got to

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Speaker 1: put that at a seven at least. I mean, FSU

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Speaker 1: at nine wins, that's a little bit too rich for

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Speaker 1: my taste. I gave that a seven on the Boldness scale.

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Speaker 1: Next up, this one's prey bold. Brennan said, Bama and

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Speaker 1: Georgia will each have a loss during the month of September. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I don't think this is going to happen. This is

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Speaker 1: this is a nine on the Boldness scale. Here's your problem.

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Speaker 1: Before you even look at Georgia's schedule, you are asking

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Speaker 1: Alabama to lose as a sixteen point favorite at Texas

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Speaker 1: because Obama doesn't really play another losable game in September,

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Speaker 1: so you're saying both of them are going to have losses. Well,

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Speaker 1: Obama's got to lose to Texas, which is not out

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Speaker 1: of the realm of possibility, but right off the bat,

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Speaker 1: you're asking a sixteen point underdog to beat Bama outright

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Speaker 1: by the way with a brand new offensive line and

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Speaker 1: a first year starter at quarterback. So it's a tall task,

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Speaker 1: not impossible, but tall task. But if the Horns do

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Speaker 1: pull the upset, then we got to ask a couple

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Speaker 1: of things to happen one or the other. I guess

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Speaker 1: with Georgia. Either Oregon's gotta beat Georgia in Week one

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Speaker 1: and the line on that game also happens to be sixteen,

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Speaker 1: or Georgia's gotta lose at South Carolina in Week three.

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Speaker 1: That'll also be a double digit favorite situation for Georgia.

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Speaker 1: Got to have both of those happen. Bama's got to

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Speaker 1: lose to Texas and Georgia's got to drop one of

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Speaker 1: those games. I just don't think it's gonna happen. These

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Speaker 1: are the top two preseason favorites in the National Championship

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Speaker 1: odds at Caesars Bama's plus two hundred Georgia plus three

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Speaker 1: twenty five at Peyate State Sportsbook. I would probably have

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Speaker 1: Ohio State at number two in Georgia number three. But

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Speaker 1: I digress. They do a pretty good job at Caesars two.

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Speaker 1: That's kind of why they're in business. I don't think

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Speaker 1: this is gonna happen. This is a nine on the

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Speaker 1: boldness scale. I would be more interested if you guys

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Speaker 1: think one of them is gonna have a loss in September,

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Speaker 1: Like what would Jesse always sends me an info packet

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Speaker 1: with his own boldness scale. I think he made this

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Speaker 1: one at ten. Jesse, what would you say, I mean,

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Speaker 1: just one of them lose Georgia or Bama have a

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Speaker 1: combined one loss or more. I'd say even that's like

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Speaker 1: a five or six. Seven Jesse says seven. Thank you, Jesse,

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Speaker 1: the alleged Jesse moving on, Okay, this one gives us

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Speaker 1: a little more wiggle room. Joseph said Notre Dame's gonna

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Speaker 1: lose at Ohio State in week one, but then they're

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Speaker 1: going to run the table and they're gonna get in

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Speaker 1: the playoff. I appreciate this, Joseph, because you gave us

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Speaker 1: more wiggle room than our viewer a couple of weeks ago,

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Speaker 1: who just said Notre Dame is gonna run the table. Okay.

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Speaker 1: I have a very hard time, just me personally seeing

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Speaker 1: Notre Dame go into the shoe and beating Ohio State

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Speaker 1: in week one. There's a lot of new at Notre Dame,

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Speaker 1: and there's a lot of really really aggravated seasoned players

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Speaker 1: and coaches at Ohio State that aren't particularly happy with

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Speaker 1: the way last year ended, and a lot of them

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Speaker 1: are back, so they're they're a more talented team too.

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Speaker 1: So you're giving us the ability to chalk up the

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Speaker 1: first week as a loss. Here. I think it will

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Speaker 1: be I don't want to make this a prediction segment yet,

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Speaker 1: but I think it will be okay. But after that

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Speaker 1: there is good news, I guess, depending on how you

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Speaker 1: want to look at a schedule, Notre Dame is not

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Speaker 1: going to be a decided underdog the rest of the way,

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Speaker 1: and their four toughest games the rest of the way

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Speaker 1: are games like at North Carolina. Then they play Brigham

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Speaker 1: Young in Los vais Is the following week, and actually

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Speaker 1: they got to buy between that. Okay, so at UNC

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Speaker 1: versus Brigham Young in Vegas. They've got Clumson at home,

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Speaker 1: They've got Boston College at home, they go to USC.

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Speaker 1: There are one of two ways to look at this. Remember,

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Speaker 1: there's no margin for error. I would guess the two

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Speaker 1: loss notre name is not making the playoffs, so they

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Speaker 1: got to win every one of these. Let's just assume

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00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,320
Speaker 1: you could take one of two approaches. Either you could say, well,

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Speaker 1: which game are they definitively gonna lose, which I don't

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Speaker 1: like to use as my methodology behind schedule breakdowns. Or

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Speaker 1: you could just say, how are they going to overcome

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Speaker 1: the totality of that schedule. They don't play FCS team,

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Speaker 1: so there's no true cupcake on there. There are some

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Speaker 1: games where they'll be double digit favorites, but there is

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Speaker 1: no true cupcake. My strong lean is they are going

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Speaker 1: to drop another game at some point there, and that's

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Speaker 1: even if they beat Ohio State. I just think the

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Speaker 1: totality of the schedule will be too much for a

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Speaker 1: team with a lot of First Tyler Buttner has got

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Speaker 1: to come through at quarterback. Marcus Freeman's got to come

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Speaker 1: through as a head coach. And here's a fun fact

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Speaker 1: about Brigham Young. As you're looking at the schedule here,

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Speaker 1: you know they play Brigham Young October eighth. They got

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Speaker 1: to buy before that. It's in Vegas, it's a neutral

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Speaker 1: site game. I don't like to give credit to Parker

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Speaker 1: at Stats of War on Twitter, but he did find

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Speaker 1: a pretty interesting stat. So thank you, Parker. One of

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Speaker 1: nineteen teams in the country, that's Brigham Young. One of

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Speaker 1: nineteen teams that return both coordinators, head coach and quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Now that's a fun little fact to put in your

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Speaker 1: back pocket. And if Brigham Young ends up pulling the upset,

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Speaker 1: I will never recall crediting Parker and I will absolutely

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Speaker 1: take all the credit for myself in five or six

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Speaker 1: months if that happens. But that's a good one to

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Speaker 1: keep in mind. So I'm gonna call this an eight

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Speaker 1: on the boldness scale. Notre Dame losing week one, but

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Speaker 1: running the table that's still pretty bold. I'm gonna call

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Speaker 1: that an eight. Here's one that will not make too

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Speaker 1: many people happy, especially down on the Bido. If it

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Speaker 1: comes to fruition. Frank said, Brian Kelly is overhyped. That's

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Speaker 1: a mean thing to say, Frank, And LSU was nothing

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Speaker 1: special last year. The second part checks out. I don't

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Speaker 1: know about the first part. He continues. They won't be

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Speaker 1: anything special this year. They won't even make a bowl

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Speaker 1: game from Conway, Arkansas. Now, Frank, I feel some bias

590
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Speaker 1: in this tweet, but I'm telling you, I think it's

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Speaker 1: only a six on the boldness scale. I personally happen

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Speaker 1: to believe there are six wins at least on this schedule.

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Speaker 1: But here's what you need to do. If you could,

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Speaker 1: if you could do me a favor here, if you're LSU,

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Speaker 1: if you could beat Florida State in Week one, it

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Speaker 1: would make me a whole lot less stressed out about

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Speaker 1: them getting to six wins, because if they don't beat

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Speaker 1: FSU a game, they are favored by around a field

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Speaker 1: goal in to start the field gold a field goal

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Speaker 1: in to start the season. If they don't beat FSU,

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Speaker 1: they're going to probably need some upsets. It's going to

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Speaker 1: be very very tricky. They have a very very backloaded schedule.

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Speaker 1: So here's what they need to do. They need to

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Speaker 1: start four and zero. That would be Florida State, Southern

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Speaker 1: Mississippi State, and New Mexico. The good news is those

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Speaker 1: games are all at home. I know they play FSU

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Speaker 1: in New Orleans. I stand by my statement these games

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Speaker 1: are all at home. The reason they need to be

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Speaker 1: four and oh there to make sure that they go

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Speaker 1: six wins or more and go to a bowl game

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Speaker 1: is because starting October first, if you're listening on podcasts,

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Speaker 1: you can't really appreciate the ridiculousness of what we're looking

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Speaker 1: at here. They run off a streak of at Auburn, Tennessee,

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Speaker 1: at Florida Ole, Miss Alabama, at Arkansas, here's supposed to

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Speaker 1: be the cupcake UAB, which they would compete in the

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Speaker 1: SEC very very readily, and then at Texas A and

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Speaker 1: M to end the year. There is no gimme, there's

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Speaker 1: no layup. There's nowhere to catch your breath other than

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Speaker 1: the bye week, and at that point, giving that lineup

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Speaker 1: even the bye week may be tough for them. They

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Speaker 1: need to be four and oh. I trust Brian Kelly

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Speaker 1: to not have the catastrophic upset there in year one.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they're falling to New Mexico. I'm just

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Speaker 1: gonna cross my fingers and hold my breath and think

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Speaker 1: by the second or third of last week of the

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Speaker 1: year they'll be able to handle UAB. But who knows.

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Speaker 1: Right now they're over under his seven total wins, and

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Speaker 1: it's heavily juiced to the under. So the expectation in

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Speaker 1: Vegas is somewhere between six or seven wins. We'll see.

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Speaker 1: I think they're gonna make a bowl game. This is

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Speaker 1: a six. Calling LSU to not make a bowl game

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Speaker 1: is a six on the boldness scale. That's the kind

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Speaker 1: of thing where I go ooh, I don't know about that,

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Speaker 1: but I say it very quietly because there is that

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Speaker 1: possibility at least last, but not least This was a

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Speaker 1: well worded question. Alex said, NC State is the real deal.

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Speaker 1: They will finish with the best record of all the

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Speaker 1: teams in both Carolinas. Are we serious with this town

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Speaker 1: name Fuquaverina, North Carolina. I guess, I hope, so we

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Speaker 1: win all the Power fives. I assume he meants Power

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Speaker 1: fives out of all the Power five teams in the Carolinas.

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Speaker 1: Here's part A. Can all of you readily name all

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Speaker 1: the Power five teams in the Carolinas. Well, director Colin

644
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Speaker 1: just spoiled it for you if you're watching on YouTube.

645
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Speaker 1: We got Clemson, we got North Carolina State, we got

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Speaker 1: Wake Forest, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Duke. And you

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Speaker 1: see the win totals there for Vegas. Because all we're

648
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Speaker 1: asking here is can NC State win more games than

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Speaker 1: any of these teams. Clemson is the favor here. They're

650
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Speaker 1: over unders ten and a half. North Carolina State and

651
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Speaker 1: Wake are kind of second and third respectively at eight

652
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Speaker 1: and a half. Little bit more juice favor by the

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Speaker 1: way of NC State, So clearly we're gonna mark Duke

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Speaker 1: off all due respect, I don't think they're going to

655
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Speaker 1: contend for having the best overall Power five record in

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Speaker 1: the Carolinas. I don't think South Carolina, all due respect,

657
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Speaker 1: and we appreciate the inclusion in the hype videos, I

658
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Speaker 1: don't think they're going to have the most wins of

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Speaker 1: anyone in the Carolinas. So we got four teams here

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Speaker 1: probably that we're picking from Clemson, NC State, Wake Forest,

661
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Speaker 1: North Carolina. I would be interested to hear what you

662
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 1: think about this if you're riding around listening on podcasts.

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00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 1: I don't care, just shout it out. Make sure your

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Speaker 1: wind does not roll down. But if you're watching the

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Speaker 1: live show, like in the live chat or wherever, I

666
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:16,640
Speaker 1: actually want to read the comments on this because I

667
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 1: have a little feel on this. You know, I'm not

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Speaker 1: totally sold on Clemson yet this year. There's still a

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Speaker 1: couple of months for you to sell me on them.

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Speaker 1: But Clemson and North Carolina both face Notre Dame in

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Speaker 1: the out of conference because it doesn't happen to be

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Speaker 1: a conference game this year. N C State does not.

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Speaker 1: You know, in C State's got a former workable schedule.

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Speaker 1: But if you're looking at clemson schedule right here, they

675
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Speaker 1: opened at Georgia Tech, which has is all kinds of

676
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Speaker 1: fascination around it just as a standalone game. But then

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Speaker 1: they go to Florida State later in the year, they

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Speaker 1: go to Notre Dame. They've got Miami at home. Wait,

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Speaker 1: I think also has a very very workable schedule. Jesse

680
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: described Wake's schedule earlier today and I said, is it

681
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Speaker 1: really that soft? Yeah, that's that soft, and it's just

682
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Speaker 1: the way it is second Bruce hornsby reference. But I

683
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Speaker 1: still think NC State can pull this off. So this

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Speaker 1: is a six on the boldness scale for me saying

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Speaker 1: that NC State's gonna have the best record of all

686
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Speaker 1: these teams. I'm going to go back to that pesky

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Speaker 1: little stat that Parker over at Stats of War brought up,

688
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Speaker 1: because out of all these teams Clemson, NC State, Wake,

689
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Speaker 1: North Carolina, South Carolina, Duke, out of all those teams,

690
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:30,960
Speaker 1: there's only one that brings back quarterback, offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator,

691
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Speaker 1: and head coach, and that's NC State. And by the way,

692
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Speaker 1: that returning quarterback could be a fringe Heisman contender this year,

693
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Speaker 1: and that defense is incredible, was already last year and

694
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Speaker 1: stands to be as good or better barring injury. Of course,

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Speaker 1: this year. They were nine and three already last year,

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Speaker 1: so they're sitting at eight and a half as the

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Speaker 1: over under here. They go to Clemson on October eleventh.

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Speaker 1: That may very well decide who wins this not only

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Speaker 1: the ACC but who wins in this hypothetical. I don't

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Speaker 1: think it's anything more than a six. I don't think

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Speaker 1: it's bold at all to suggest that NC State could

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Speaker 1: have the best record of all those teams. That is

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Speaker 1: how bold prediction segments are supposed to work. We appreciate

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Speaker 1: the participation. That tweet went out like two months ago.

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Speaker 1: I'll probably have to release a new one cause we're

706
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Speaker 1: still getting feedback on that. I don't even know how

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Speaker 1: you guys find it, but I'll probably put another one

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Speaker 1: out this week so we can have a fresh batch

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Speaker 1: to take us to a bold prediction version twenty. They're

710
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Speaker 1: watching us in Van Wert, Ohio. They're watching us in Monroe, Louisiana.

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00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:36,920
Speaker 1: Got the posted here, Omaha, Nebraska tuned in, and Taipei,

712
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: Taiwan a little bit easier to pronounce there. You know,

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Speaker 1: we hadn't done a mood tracker in a little while,

714
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Speaker 1: and I've been badgered and badgered. This is not a

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Speaker 1: tease for Wisconsin. I've been badgered and badgered in my dms.

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Speaker 1: Where's the Michigan mood tracker? Well, the answer is right

717
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Speaker 1: here tonight. We had to wait on the Michigan mood

718
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Speaker 1: tracker for what I think are obvious reasons. I couldn't

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Speaker 1: do it pre spring, because well we had just realized

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Speaker 1: Jim Harball still going to be around. But now we're here,

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Speaker 1: everything's calmed down. We know Jim Harbaugh is going to

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Speaker 1: roll on as Michigan head coach, and I am sensing

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Speaker 1: a growing fissier, probably the first time we've ever used

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Speaker 1: that word on the show, between the way Michigan fans

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Speaker 1: feel about the program and maybe just the general national

726
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:22,240
Speaker 1: perception of the program. Here's why most fans not ours,

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00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,279
Speaker 1: not the folks who roll with Payton State, but most

728
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Speaker 1: casual fans. They tuned out around the time the whole

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Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh NFL stuff was really hot, and so their

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Speaker 1: lasting impression was Michigan got blown out in the playoff.

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Speaker 1: Then Harbaugh tried to leave, and his coordinators left even

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Speaker 1: though he didn't leave, and so I don't think Michigan's

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Speaker 1: going to be good this year. I mean, I probably

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Speaker 1: just summed up what a lot of the national casual

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Speaker 1: college football population thinks about Michigan. I don't get the

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Speaker 1: sense that's how the locals feel at all. They certainly

737
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 1: didn't like the way things went down, but there's been

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Speaker 1: a difference since that happened because Michigan fans have been

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00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:00,399
Speaker 1: tuned into their program all along, whether you been paying

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Speaker 1: attention in Illinois or not. And the reason why I

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00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,960
Speaker 1: think that is because I think they feel like everyone

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Speaker 1: checked back in and there's another thing, and I'm kind

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00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:13,720
Speaker 1: of gonna mention it at the end, but the mood

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00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 1: here from Michigan, it's not gonna make sense unless you

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00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:19,240
Speaker 1: follow me a little bit. The mood from Michigan fans

746
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:24,600
Speaker 1: is finally home. Finally home, meaning they didn't beat Ohio

747
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 1: State for a long time, they didn't feel good at all.

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Speaker 1: They did not win the Big Ten championship for a

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Speaker 1: long time, they didn't go to the College Football Playoff

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Speaker 1: for a long time. They weren't respected nationally for a

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00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:35,960
Speaker 1: long time. They had started to become the butt of

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Speaker 1: jokes nationally, and then they knocked every single one of

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Speaker 1: those dominoes down in one season. And you know what

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00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 1: that feels like. That feels like if you've ever traveled

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Speaker 1: a lot and you've had to live out of hotels

756
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Speaker 1: and live out of a suitcase, and you finally walk

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Speaker 1: in the door of your home where your address is

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00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:57,359
Speaker 1: the one of the mailbox, and you just go. It

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00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:59,400
Speaker 1: doesn't matter if you got clothes all over the place,

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Speaker 1: It doesn't matter if the dishes aren't done, it doesn't

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Speaker 1: matter if you're starving. You're home. So all those other

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00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 1: things we can take care of we're home. When Michigan

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00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,640
Speaker 1: beat Ohio State for the first time under Harbaugh, when

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Speaker 1: they won the Big Ten Championship for the first time

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Speaker 1: under Harble, when they went to the playoff for the

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Speaker 1: first time under Harbor, and when they gained respect again

767
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,399
Speaker 1: for the first time in a while under Harba, that's

768
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Speaker 1: like coming home. And what does that have to do

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Speaker 1: with this year. Well, once you get over one of

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Speaker 1: those psychological hurdles like that, which I think the fan

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00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,719
Speaker 1: base needed to in the program, both needed to, then

772
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,759
Speaker 1: you're much more likely to be able to weather some

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Speaker 1: NFL drama. So after all that happened, as we all

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00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:43,520
Speaker 1: well know, and it's been well documented, Jim Harbaugh tries

775
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,840
Speaker 1: his luck at landing the Vikings job. He doesn't get it,

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Speaker 1: and a lot of the national folks react. How I

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00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 1: just told you they reacted around the program. While there

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00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:55,919
Speaker 1: was a lot of consternation as that went on. Here's

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00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,759
Speaker 1: what the feedback's been since then. The feedback has been,

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Speaker 1: We're not even worried about it anymore. It's a non

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Speaker 1: issue around Michigan. I need to stress this because I

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00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 1: don't think a lot of you have had time to

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Speaker 1: pay attention to the day to day goings on in

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Speaker 1: and around ann Arbor. They do not think this is

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Speaker 1: going to be an issue. And it's not just it's

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Speaker 1: not just talking points. Okay, you can kind of tell

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00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:18,480
Speaker 1: when someone's bsing you, but the people to trust around

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00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:22,240
Speaker 1: Michigan would tell you. Jim Harbost checked back in. In fact,

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Speaker 1: if you read some of the feedback from some of

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Speaker 1: the job interviews he did, some of those folks said

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00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 1: Harball was actually way more detailed than he's ever been.

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00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,359
Speaker 1: He was actually more dialed in and more thorough than

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Speaker 1: he's ever been. Having to hire replacements for McDonald and

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00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:39,760
Speaker 1: Gaddis and those guys, and they're also doing a pretty

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Speaker 1: good job recruiting. I was reading some of Sam web

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Speaker 1: stuff over on the Michigan Insider earlier today, talking about

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Speaker 1: Jay Harbaugh, a son who's been on the staff for

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Speaker 1: a few years, and the presence that a lot of

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Speaker 1: their recruiters have in Saint Louis and kind of ever

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00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 1: expanding that web no pun intended, and expanding that reach

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Speaker 1: of Michigan recruiting. My point is they are at a

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00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:01,400
Speaker 1: place now that they accomplished several things they needed to

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Speaker 1: do last year where I think They've got a lot

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Speaker 1: of confidence as a program. They feel like the Michigan way,

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00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,680
Speaker 1: you know, that brand, that way of doing things is

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00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 1: bigger than who did we lose and who's coming in.

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00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 1: They feel to a much lesser version. They feel kind

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Speaker 1: of like Bama fans have felt for a long time

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Speaker 1: with Saving. Obviously, I'm not comparing the two programs of

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Speaker 1: the two coaches, but folks around Bama will say, hey,

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Speaker 1: as long as Savings here, I'm not worried about it. Well,

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Speaker 1: that's where Michigan wants to get, and they took a

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Speaker 1: big step in getting there this past year when they

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Speaker 1: accomplished what they accomplished. But now the psychological hurdles cleared,

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Speaker 1: and so Michigan comes in again. And here's what you

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Speaker 1: need to know about twenty twenty two. Here's why you

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Speaker 1: can reasonably have a lot of confidence looking at Michigan.

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Speaker 1: They start so favorably. They start with Colorado State. I'm

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Speaker 1: just going to tell you, I expect them to win

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Speaker 1: that game. I expect them to beat Hawaii. In week two,

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Speaker 1: I expect them to beat Yukon led by Jim Mora junior.

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Speaker 1: By the way, keep up with those off season coaching moves,

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Speaker 1: and then they've got Maryland in week four. They should

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Speaker 1: start four and oh, I mean they should they should

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00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,239
Speaker 1: be perfect in the month of September. That's what they

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00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:06,560
Speaker 1: should be. And then it gets a little little meteor

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Speaker 1: they've got back to back rhodies at Iowa and Indiana.

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Speaker 1: But the point is they come off last year and

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Speaker 1: they got a ton of just mental momentum, if nothing else,

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Speaker 1: and they should start very strong in twenty twenty two.

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Speaker 1: And so any of the lingering questions, my point is,

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00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 1: will be answered. Whether it's mc namara and McCarthy, and

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Speaker 1: how's that quarterback rotation going to work out, and how

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00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:29,400
Speaker 1: are we going to replace guys like bax Hill, it

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00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 1: will be figured out. You will know, for better or

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00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:33,840
Speaker 1: for worse what kind of Michigan football team you have

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Speaker 1: by the time they go to Iowa City October first.

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Speaker 1: So the impact of twenty twenty one cannot be overstated.

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Speaker 1: At the very least, I don't care if they lose

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Speaker 1: three games this year. At the very least, it's good

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00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:48,720
Speaker 1: to have Michigan football meaning what Michigan football should mean again,

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00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:52,480
Speaker 1: if nothing else. In the national conversation, because you always

843
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:54,880
Speaker 1: hear people say oh, college football needs this team to

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00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:56,640
Speaker 1: be good, needs that team. Well, the fact of the

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00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 1: matter is the sport doesn't need any team to be good.

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00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:03,239
Speaker 1: Great helps disproportionately when certain teams are good. And this

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00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 1: one right here, that mays in blue without one hundred

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00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:07,879
Speaker 1: and nine or some odd thousand in the big House,

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Speaker 1: it's really good when that is appointment viewing. And it

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00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:13,880
Speaker 1: became appointment viewing again last year, and I hope, I

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00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,440
Speaker 1: hope it stays that way. We got to talk about

852
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:22,319
Speaker 1: some boosters. Some boosters are talking, namely down south. So

853
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:25,960
Speaker 1: I got a question earlier today about whether I saw

854
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:29,359
Speaker 1: what the Auburn booster, the big name Auburn booster did.

855
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:31,880
Speaker 1: Here's the question from James York. He said, did you

856
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,920
Speaker 1: see where that Auburn booster said they didn't try to

857
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:39,040
Speaker 1: fire Brian Harrison. Well, I did see that. To give

858
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:40,719
Speaker 1: you a little backstory, and let me pull up some

859
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:44,120
Speaker 1: quotes here, I have some pesky quotes to follow along

860
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:47,560
Speaker 1: with this. There was a golf outing for Jimmy Rain's

861
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:51,160
Speaker 1: charity in Montgomery this past week. Jimmy Rain is a

862
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:53,960
Speaker 1: guy I'll tell you about in a second. I'm just

863
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,719
Speaker 1: going to read you a quote here. I'm going to

864
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:57,360
Speaker 1: come back to the quotes in a few minutes. So

865
00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:00,840
Speaker 1: the quote is, trustees do not hire and fire football coaches.

866
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:04,440
Speaker 1: We hire and fire presidents. So I'm not aware of

867
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:08,600
Speaker 1: any role the trustees played in that at all. I

868
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:11,640
Speaker 1: think there were questions that had the administration had and

869
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:14,120
Speaker 1: the former president there, Jay Goose, is the kind of

870
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:17,040
Speaker 1: president that wants facts, far in facts. That's what we

871
00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:19,640
Speaker 1: were looking for. He's going to do thorough investigations, and

872
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:22,839
Speaker 1: so that was a providence of the administration, certainly, not

873
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 1: the trustees. What are we talking about here, Well, if

874
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:27,799
Speaker 1: you've been out and for some reason, you weren't paying

875
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:29,759
Speaker 1: attention to college football a couple of months ago, but

876
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 1: you are in May, Welcome to the party. A lot

877
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:36,399
Speaker 1: of folks tried to oust Brian Harrison. They don't like him.

878
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:39,080
Speaker 1: Some pote not not all. Some folks around Auburn football

879
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:43,640
Speaker 1: tried to oust Brian Harson. There were some really nasty

880
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:48,200
Speaker 1: and unfounded rumors and allegations, and we didn't happen to

881
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 1: dive into it on this show, but they were out there.

882
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,640
Speaker 1: Some other folks who had no business trafficking in those

883
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:58,680
Speaker 1: rumors did so and they got national legs and it

884
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:02,080
Speaker 1: was Uglyan Harson is still the head coach at Auburn

885
00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:04,799
Speaker 1: because Brian Harson had the stones to stand up and say,

886
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:06,960
Speaker 1: first off, I'm not coming back from my vacation early.

887
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:08,840
Speaker 1: If you want to fire me, fire me. But if

888
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:10,800
Speaker 1: you're going to fire me and get out of this biout,

889
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:12,759
Speaker 1: you better have something in tangible. And it turns out

890
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:17,200
Speaker 1: they didn't. So who is Jimmy Rain? You know who

891
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:20,319
Speaker 1: Brian Harson is. Who's Jimmy Rain. Jimmy Rain is a

892
00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:22,920
Speaker 1: guy that's worth close to a billion dollars from a

893
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:26,160
Speaker 1: lumber empire. He lives in Abbeville, Alabama. He is an

894
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:30,359
Speaker 1: Auburn trustee, been around for a long time. You know,

895
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:35,080
Speaker 1: if you watch lay kick, booster does not automatically equal bad. Okay,

896
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 1: So bookmark that thought. I'm going to tell you some

897
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:40,799
Speaker 1: things I think about this. I think that there was

898
00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 1: a concerted effort to get rid of Brian Harson. I

899
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:47,600
Speaker 1: think that's pretty clear. And whoever trafficked in those rumors

900
00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:50,720
Speaker 1: is whoever trafficked in those rumors. There was a concerted effort.

901
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:54,080
Speaker 1: I think that I'm certainly not confident enough to name

902
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:57,120
Speaker 1: any individuals that includes Jimmy Rain. I'm not confident enough

903
00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,439
Speaker 1: to do that. That leads me to quote number one,

904
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 1: which we just read, which is trustees don't fire football coaches,

905
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:05,160
Speaker 1: we hire in fire presidents. So I'm unaware of any trustees'

906
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:07,839
Speaker 1: role and involvement in that. Okay, I'm going to take

907
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:10,279
Speaker 1: him at his word. It could be that both things

908
00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:12,560
Speaker 1: are true. It could be that someone tried to get

909
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:15,080
Speaker 1: rid of Brian Harrison, and maybe Board of Trustees members

910
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:18,520
Speaker 1: weren't involved in that. I also do think that some

911
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:21,320
Speaker 1: powerful people around Auburn played a role in it. Okay,

912
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:24,440
Speaker 1: go to quote two. I don't know how to help

913
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:27,560
Speaker 1: people with their perception. This is Jimmy Rain talking to

914
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:31,399
Speaker 1: the Montgomery Advertiser Friday. All I know is facts. There's

915
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 1: enough rumor out there that people can make up anything

916
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:35,760
Speaker 1: they want to make up, but facts speak for themselves.

917
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:39,320
Speaker 1: That's just how things are done. I have no clue

918
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:42,680
Speaker 1: what Jimmy Rain's involvement in this was. I have no idea.

919
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:45,440
Speaker 1: I do know on a broad strokes purposes basis, there

920
00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:48,200
Speaker 1: were some people that have some influence around Auburn that

921
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:50,720
Speaker 1: tried to get something to happen that they wanted to happen,

922
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:53,400
Speaker 1: and they probably tried to reverse engineer or a reason

923
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:56,719
Speaker 1: for it to happen. Now as foreign Jimmy Rain and

924
00:45:56,719 --> 00:46:00,279
Speaker 1: Brian Harrison, Jimmy Rerain's he's very powerful, very very from

925
00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:03,960
Speaker 1: name around Auburn Athletics. I don't think he likes Brian Harson.

926
00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:06,719
Speaker 1: If I had to guess based on this quote, I

927
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:08,560
Speaker 1: wish him all the success in the world. I hope

928
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:10,480
Speaker 1: he wins every game he plays. It's a tough league,

929
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:12,879
Speaker 1: it's a tough job for anybody. But I certainly wish

930
00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:15,919
Speaker 1: him nothing but the best. That's what you say when

931
00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:18,399
Speaker 1: you have to say something. Okay, there was nothing about

932
00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:21,759
Speaker 1: I love the guy. There's just hey, I wish him

933
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:25,439
Speaker 1: all the best. I mean, Jimmy Rain loves Auburn and

934
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 1: that's the head coach Brian Harston and Auburn. I wish

935
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:31,399
Speaker 1: him nothing but the best. Translation. He's not my guy,

936
00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:34,560
Speaker 1: but I guess he's our guy right now. Okay, that

937
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:36,719
Speaker 1: doesn't prove anything, is my point. Like a lot of

938
00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:39,560
Speaker 1: people I was reading on various boards and on Twitter,

939
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:41,759
Speaker 1: a lot of people took some of these quotes to

940
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:45,520
Speaker 1: be an indication that up Jimmy Rain complicit as they come.

941
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:48,560
Speaker 1: I have no clue if that's true, nor do you

942
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:51,920
Speaker 1: in all likelihood, And I don't really care what kind

943
00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:53,600
Speaker 1: of Twitter handle you have, and I don't really care

944
00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:55,440
Speaker 1: how many posts you've made on a message board. I

945
00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:58,320
Speaker 1: don't think you know anything about that. To be definitively true,

946
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 1: you got to be careful on this stuff. You've got

947
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:04,960
Speaker 1: to be careful in automatically assuming booster equals bad. We

948
00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:08,640
Speaker 1: have well documented, not just at Auburn, dozens of programs

949
00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:12,240
Speaker 1: around the country the great catch twenty two in college football,

950
00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:15,480
Speaker 1: which is that you need that kind of involvement, you

951
00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:18,360
Speaker 1: need that kind of money in order to make sure

952
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:21,759
Speaker 1: your operation can match the other operations out there. But

953
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:25,239
Speaker 1: then also with that kind of money comes sometimes the

954
00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:27,880
Speaker 1: desire to have a certain level of access and influence

955
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:31,279
Speaker 1: that you really don't have any business having. Jamie Rains

956
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:33,640
Speaker 1: is not a whole lot for Auburn. Sometimes you know

957
00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:36,399
Speaker 1: about it because his name's on buildings. Sometimes you don't.

958
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:39,759
Speaker 1: My point is for those who may claim, and you

959
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:42,439
Speaker 1: can apply this to your own university with your own

960
00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:47,400
Speaker 1: notable mega boosters, you can't just claim we want Auburn,

961
00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:49,680
Speaker 1: for example, to be Auburn, but we don't want that guy,

962
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:53,160
Speaker 1: when in reality, that guy is partially responsible for a

963
00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:55,400
Speaker 1: lot of what Auburn is because he can afford to

964
00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:58,239
Speaker 1: put more zeros on a check than most anyone else

965
00:47:58,239 --> 00:48:00,520
Speaker 1: in the state of Alabama. And I mean most anyone

966
00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:02,560
Speaker 1: else in the state of Alabama. That guy's nearly a

967
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:06,600
Speaker 1: billionaire off of a lumber yellowood lumber, to be exact,

968
00:48:06,680 --> 00:48:08,480
Speaker 1: because if it doesn't have the yellow tag on it,

969
00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:11,200
Speaker 1: do you really want it? People down there who have

970
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,080
Speaker 1: seen the commercials about ten times a day for their

971
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:17,600
Speaker 1: entire lives know the answer. My question is always how

972
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:19,600
Speaker 1: would you act? I want you to do me a favor.

973
00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 1: This is going to be tough, but I want you

974
00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:24,760
Speaker 1: to do me a favor. I want you to thicken

975
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:27,200
Speaker 1: up your southern drawl, and I want you to put

976
00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:30,520
Speaker 1: on a hat, cowboy boots and whatnot. And I want

977
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:33,600
Speaker 1: you to own yellow wood pressure treated lumber. And now

978
00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:36,560
Speaker 1: you're doing the commercials and now you're worth a billion dollars.

979
00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:40,400
Speaker 1: How would you act as a billionaire? If you're like me,

980
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:42,560
Speaker 1: one of the first things you would probably do is

981
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,160
Speaker 1: you would go attach yourself to a major university and

982
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:49,720
Speaker 1: you would contribute handsomely. Would you expect nothing in return?

983
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:52,400
Speaker 1: For all of you who get on your high horses

984
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:55,839
Speaker 1: about shame on these boosters for wanting access. Really, are

985
00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:58,120
Speaker 1: you going to donate seven figures a year to your

986
00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:01,480
Speaker 1: local institution and expect no thing in return? Are you

987
00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:04,400
Speaker 1: gonna be happy with a luxury suite on Saturdays for

988
00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:06,480
Speaker 1: what eight days out of the year and the ability

989
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:09,920
Speaker 1: to go to road games? Is that it a couple

990
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:12,080
Speaker 1: of speaking engagements where you get to meet the head

991
00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:14,520
Speaker 1: coach beforehand and shake his hand and take a picture

992
00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:17,640
Speaker 1: per year. Is that really where your need for access

993
00:49:17,719 --> 00:49:20,640
Speaker 1: is gonna stop? Of course not. I know you guys,

994
00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:24,400
Speaker 1: I know myself. We want more. After a few years,

995
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:27,480
Speaker 1: you want more. Think about what you would be without me.

996
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:29,920
Speaker 1: Think about how much money I've given to this place.

997
00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:33,520
Speaker 1: I've donated more than that coach's salary, and that coach

998
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:37,480
Speaker 1: is salary is already astronomical. I deserve more access. That

999
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:40,880
Speaker 1: is human nature. Okay, So before everyone demonizes boosters, and

1000
00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:42,600
Speaker 1: I'm not even talking about Jimy Rain here, I'm talking

1001
00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:46,200
Speaker 1: about generic booster who writes a big check and then

1002
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:50,560
Speaker 1: dares to expect something in return. Look, it is very

1003
00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:52,759
Speaker 1: much a cat and mouse game. It is very much

1004
00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:55,359
Speaker 1: a tightrope walk to manage this. That's why I don't

1005
00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:58,279
Speaker 1: envy the role of an athletic director or a compliance

1006
00:49:58,360 --> 00:50:02,400
Speaker 1: officer or a head coach, because you need it. But

1007
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:04,480
Speaker 1: at the same time, the folks you get it from

1008
00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:09,400
Speaker 1: may want things from you that you can't reasonably give them.

1009
00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:13,600
Speaker 1: College athletics is great, like you don't. You don't have

1010
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:16,200
Speaker 1: to hate all that. It's it's okay. I think Arben

1011
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:18,680
Speaker 1: will be okay, and I think Jimmy Rain's gonna be

1012
00:50:18,719 --> 00:50:20,800
Speaker 1: okay too. I hope Brian Harson is gonna be okay.

1013
00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:23,719
Speaker 1: The last question we had, here's a really good one.

1014
00:50:24,719 --> 00:50:27,520
Speaker 1: So here's here's the question, and I'm gonna direct your

1015
00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:33,120
Speaker 1: attention to something Paul said. Paul criticized me. Paul said,

1016
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:35,360
Speaker 1: surely you could come up with more than five true freshmen.

1017
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:37,840
Speaker 1: You're excited to watch this upcoming season. Well, Paul was

1018
00:50:37,840 --> 00:50:39,919
Speaker 1: probably watching the show a couple of weeks ago when

1019
00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:43,960
Speaker 1: it seems I identified right at five true freshmen, and

1020
00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:46,279
Speaker 1: Paul's point is, well, they're a little bit more than

1021
00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:49,919
Speaker 1: just five out there. Well, it was an opportune time

1022
00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:52,800
Speaker 1: to ask this question because Chris Hummer, who does not

1023
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:55,279
Speaker 1: as good at work as anyone out there. Hummer is

1024
00:50:55,360 --> 00:50:57,480
Speaker 1: already a national name to me, but he should be

1025
00:50:57,480 --> 00:51:00,000
Speaker 1: at Everyone follow him if you don't already. Chris hump

1026
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:02,600
Speaker 1: he put out one hundred true Freshmen to watch while

1027
00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:05,160
Speaker 1: everyone else was watching the world burn to the ground.

1028
00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:08,479
Speaker 1: Jimbo versus save and Chris Hummer's just dutifully over there

1029
00:51:09,120 --> 00:51:12,279
Speaker 1: banging out one hundred true freshman to watch this year

1030
00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:15,719
Speaker 1: as part of one hundred days until kickoff. We're only

1031
00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:18,040
Speaker 1: going to do like six here, but yeah, you want

1032
00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:19,880
Speaker 1: five and you want more than five, I got you

1033
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:23,800
Speaker 1: more than five here. Paul Demani Jackson at USC. Somehow

1034
00:51:23,840 --> 00:51:26,640
Speaker 1: we did not talk about him already. Demani Jackson was

1035
00:51:26,680 --> 00:51:29,480
Speaker 1: the number five or number Yeah, he's number five overall player,

1036
00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:33,000
Speaker 1: not just number five overall corner six' one ninety five star.

1037
00:51:33,080 --> 00:51:37,279
Speaker 1: CORNER usc is losing multiple dbs to THE, nfl but

1038
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:39,359
Speaker 1: at the same time may not be a terrible theme

1039
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:42,560
Speaker 1: because they were one hundred and twelfth nationally in pass

1040
00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:45,080
Speaker 1: d last year according TO. Pff so he's a different

1041
00:51:45,120 --> 00:51:47,000
Speaker 1: kind of. Player Demani jackson's the kind of guy that

1042
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:49,960
Speaker 1: when he walks on. Campus if you're A usc, fan

1043
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:51,879
Speaker 1: you'll look at him and, say, ooh that guy looks

1044
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:54,399
Speaker 1: like the guys that used to be here a lot

1045
00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:57,760
Speaker 1: more frequently than they have been Under Clay Helton Demani.

1046
00:51:57,840 --> 00:52:01,120
Speaker 1: Jackson even with the injury stuff he had, YEAR i

1047
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:04,440
Speaker 1: highly suspect he'll be a contributor his freshman year AT.

1048
00:52:04,560 --> 00:52:07,200
Speaker 1: Lsu there's another name to watch. Here this is a

1049
00:52:07,239 --> 00:52:09,000
Speaker 1: guy we talked about a little bit in spring with

1050
00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:13,000
Speaker 1: the rotation on the offensive. Line Will campbell AT lsu

1051
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:15,400
Speaker 1: is a name to. Watch that's a forest offensive. Tackle

1052
00:52:15,560 --> 00:52:18,600
Speaker 1: he enrolled, early put on some good weight in. Spring

1053
00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:21,040
Speaker 1: Shade dixon and the guys down at go twenty four to.

1054
00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:25,480
Speaker 1: Seven they documented this very very well about midway through,

1055
00:52:25,520 --> 00:52:28,400
Speaker 1: spring about two weeks. In Brian kelly and that STAFF

1056
00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:32,200
Speaker 1: i think, said, okay we're thin at that. POSITION i

1057
00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:33,880
Speaker 1: know he's a true. Freshman he just got here like

1058
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:36,319
Speaker 1: ten minutes. Ago put him at left, tackle and they

1059
00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:38,480
Speaker 1: put him there and he held his. Own and they

1060
00:52:38,520 --> 00:52:41,239
Speaker 1: don't have a luxury of options, there So Will Will

1061
00:52:41,239 --> 00:52:42,840
Speaker 1: campbell's going to have to pan out for them this

1062
00:52:42,920 --> 00:52:44,920
Speaker 1: year if they're going to have success on the offensive.

1063
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:47,600
Speaker 1: Line but they think he's good to. Go they wouldn't

1064
00:52:47,640 --> 00:52:49,000
Speaker 1: have made that move in the spring if they didn't

1065
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:50,479
Speaker 1: think he was good to. Go even if they lacked,

1066
00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:53,400
Speaker 1: options they would not just throw him to The wolves

1067
00:52:53,719 --> 00:52:56,640
Speaker 1: in his second week or third week on. Campus he's six,

1068
00:52:56,760 --> 00:53:01,640
Speaker 1: six about three to, ten and they have high hopes for.

1069
00:53:01,719 --> 00:53:04,640
Speaker 1: Him he was very heavily, recruited so Will. Campbell that's a,

1070
00:53:04,680 --> 00:53:07,320
Speaker 1: guy for better or for worse on the overall offensive.

1071
00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:09,239
Speaker 1: Line he's a guy they're excited, about and he's a

1072
00:53:09,239 --> 00:53:12,360
Speaker 1: guy that's probably going to contribute. Early this next, name everyone,

1073
00:53:12,440 --> 00:53:16,080
Speaker 1: Knows Walter. Nolan THE a AND m class is so.

1074
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:19,520
Speaker 1: Loaded we Chose Evan stewart the first time. Around Walter

1075
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:22,440
Speaker 1: nolan was ranked number two in the nation. Overall he

1076
00:53:22,600 --> 00:53:26,640
Speaker 1: was one of seven defensive linemen ranked in the top

1077
00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:30,239
Speaker 1: one hundred. Overall wait for, it that signed WITH a AND.

1078
00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:32,800
Speaker 1: M what you, THOUGHT i may say there if you

1079
00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:35,120
Speaker 1: don't pay attention to, recruiting is he was one of

1080
00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:37,319
Speaker 1: seven defensive linemen that were rated in the top one.

1081
00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:39,640
Speaker 1: Hundred oh it was a DEEP d line. Class huh,

1082
00:53:39,719 --> 00:53:43,040
Speaker 1: yeah and all of them signed with AN, m all of.

1083
00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:46,879
Speaker 1: Them he's the best one out of all of. Them

1084
00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:49,319
Speaker 1: he is six,' four he's three. Twenty five there's no

1085
00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:53,880
Speaker 1: sloppy size. On him he's very, advanced technically, very violent,

1086
00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:57,839
Speaker 1: very aggressive but also he does not have a lot

1087
00:53:57,840 --> 00:53:59,960
Speaker 1: of looseness to. His game this is not An a fife.

1088
00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:02,480
Speaker 1: Scouting term this IS how i talked about. Defensive linemen

1089
00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:05,120
Speaker 1: sometimes these guys come out of high school and they're

1090
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:07,799
Speaker 1: just they're so Big because god created them, that way

1091
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:10,319
Speaker 1: and they have all the raw physical potential in, the

1092
00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:13,600
Speaker 1: world but it hasn't, been honed it hasn't, been harnessed

1093
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:17,399
Speaker 1: so it's. Just Loose walter nolan many, things loose not one.

1094
00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:19,520
Speaker 1: Of THEM so i don't care how good they. Are

1095
00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:22,799
Speaker 1: Already walter nolan will be an impact, player eventually if

1096
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:25,719
Speaker 1: not IMMEDIATELY for A. And m his pro comparison from

1097
00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:28,000
Speaker 1: our guys here at twenty four to Seven Was dexter Lawrence.

1098
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:30,799
Speaker 1: AT clemson i don't REALLY think i need to tell

1099
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:32,680
Speaker 1: you too much more Than that i'm going to stay

1100
00:54:32,680 --> 00:54:34,719
Speaker 1: in the State of, texas here but we're not even

1101
00:54:34,719 --> 00:54:36,719
Speaker 1: gonna nail it down to. One person we're Gonna, go

1102
00:54:37,080 --> 00:54:40,560
Speaker 1: texas but just the entire offensive line class and anyone

1103
00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:43,440
Speaker 1: who paid attention to spring practice knows that this has already,

1104
00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:46,520
Speaker 1: been validated the idea That THE texas o line signing

1105
00:54:46,560 --> 00:54:50,359
Speaker 1: class is gonna be impact. In Nature, Kelvin Banks, devin

1106
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:53,280
Speaker 1: Campbell And cole hudson are three guys that we've singled.

1107
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:57,000
Speaker 1: OUT spring, i, mean, look listen they couldn't even have

1108
00:54:57,040 --> 00:54:59,200
Speaker 1: a legitimate spring game because they didn't have enough offensive.

1109
00:54:59,239 --> 00:55:02,720
Speaker 1: Line debb multiple true freshmen are going to, Help here Hudson,

1110
00:55:02,719 --> 00:55:04,800
Speaker 1: and campbell at least one of them is going to

1111
00:55:04,840 --> 00:55:07,160
Speaker 1: grab a starting. GUARD spot I think banks is probably

1112
00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:10,360
Speaker 1: gonna end up starting a tackle, position eventually if. Not

1113
00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:13,080
Speaker 1: immediately just one of my favorite phrases when we're talking about.

1114
00:55:13,080 --> 00:55:16,600
Speaker 1: True Freshman Remember. Calvin banks now that was the one

1115
00:55:16,640 --> 00:55:19,279
Speaker 1: that was the kid who initially made big waves when

1116
00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:21,879
Speaker 1: he Committed, to Oregon but texas ends up. Landing him

1117
00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:25,680
Speaker 1: don't overlook that everyone talks about line. Of scrimmage texas

1118
00:55:25,719 --> 00:55:27,440
Speaker 1: needs to improve on the line. Of scrimmage well they

1119
00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:29,560
Speaker 1: did in this. Last class they did as much as.

1120
00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:32,160
Speaker 1: They could they got the kids, to sign and now

1121
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:34,720
Speaker 1: they enroll and now you've eventually got to. DEVELOP them

1122
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:38,399
Speaker 1: i think all three of them will end up seeing

1123
00:55:38,440 --> 00:55:41,000
Speaker 1: the field in some capacity. This year at least two,

1124
00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:45,400
Speaker 1: of them probably. As Starters Jay sean Burham OR burham

1125
00:55:45,719 --> 00:55:47,960
Speaker 1: i didn't even know the pronunciation of the, last name

1126
00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:51,080
Speaker 1: is a kid that Signed. With MARYLAND and i know

1127
00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:54,480
Speaker 1: we don't Talk about maryland, a Lot but hummer pointed this,

1128
00:55:54,560 --> 00:55:55,880
Speaker 1: kid OUT and i think we need to point him.

1129
00:55:55,880 --> 00:56:00,759
Speaker 1: Out too he's a guy at a linebacker position that

1130
00:56:01,160 --> 00:56:04,160
Speaker 1: was already Depleted, for maryland and they weren't all that

1131
00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:07,640
Speaker 1: great at linebacker. Last. Year anyway he was one nineteen

1132
00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:10,880
Speaker 1: overall in the twenty four To Seven sports. Composite rankings

1133
00:56:11,239 --> 00:56:14,040
Speaker 1: really good tackler played outside in. HIGH school i think

1134
00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:16,040
Speaker 1: they'll want to shift him down inside at the, college

1135
00:56:16,120 --> 00:56:19,799
Speaker 1: level but also really good sideline, sideline speed probably kind

1136
00:56:19,840 --> 00:56:24,000
Speaker 1: Of Like walter nolan. Advanced Technically So jayshawn borram is

1137
00:56:24,040 --> 00:56:27,080
Speaker 1: a guy that at, six three two thirty physically is

1138
00:56:27,120 --> 00:56:29,960
Speaker 1: ready to play at the. College level he probably will

1139
00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:32,920
Speaker 1: be a day one Starter. For Maryland and maryland even

1140
00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:35,319
Speaker 1: if you don't expect them to contend, this year you

1141
00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:37,160
Speaker 1: know the conference they, play, in therefore you know a

1142
00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:39,200
Speaker 1: lot of the opponents that they will draw throughout. The

1143
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:41,440
Speaker 1: year so there's a lot of opportunity for you To

1144
00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:44,000
Speaker 1: See jayshon barram on your screen, this Year And keyanta

1145
00:56:44,040 --> 00:56:45,799
Speaker 1: goodwin is the LAST one i wanted to. Touch on

1146
00:56:46,320 --> 00:56:49,360
Speaker 1: that's the number six offensive tackle overall in the class

1147
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:52,760
Speaker 1: thirty eighth overall rated player ended up Signing, with kentucky

1148
00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:55,960
Speaker 1: and this was a. Big deal remember we had him

1149
00:56:55,960 --> 00:56:58,040
Speaker 1: on the signing. This show he was CHOOSING between I

1150
00:56:58,040 --> 00:57:01,120
Speaker 1: Think michigan State. And kentucky so He. Chooses kentucky six

1151
00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:04,520
Speaker 1: eight three point thirty five is what he's at. Right

1152
00:57:04,600 --> 00:57:07,920
Speaker 1: now but you see what his heightweight was when he kind.

1153
00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:10,680
Speaker 1: Of enrolled it was six eight three. Fifty five just

1154
00:57:10,760 --> 00:57:14,440
Speaker 1: a massive. Human being, side note that guy was walking

1155
00:57:14,480 --> 00:57:17,440
Speaker 1: down a high school hallway six. Months ago should be,

1156
00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:20,080
Speaker 1: right now he, early enrolled should be in high school.

1157
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:22,640
Speaker 1: Right now how do you get that big in? HIGH

1158
00:57:22,640 --> 00:57:27,320
Speaker 1: school i. Don't. Know anyway kentucky's replacing, both tackles So.

1159
00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:30,520
Speaker 1: Counta goodwin he was running with the twos. In spring

1160
00:57:31,320 --> 00:57:34,120
Speaker 1: there are very high hopes within that staff obviously that

1161
00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:37,680
Speaker 1: he can eventually secure one of the starting, tackle spots

1162
00:57:38,360 --> 00:57:42,080
Speaker 1: AND selfishly i hope so. As well kentucky is kind

1163
00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:45,880
Speaker 1: of LIKE The nc state OF. The sec they're. Sitting

1164
00:57:45,920 --> 00:57:48,400
Speaker 1: there they're not going to get a ton of national acclaim,

1165
00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:51,160
Speaker 1: year one but, they are, you know a couple of

1166
00:57:51,200 --> 00:57:54,560
Speaker 1: upsets away from doing some SPECIAL things counta goodwin is

1167
00:57:54,760 --> 00:57:56,280
Speaker 1: if they, do that probably going to be one of

1168
00:57:56,320 --> 00:57:58,440
Speaker 1: the true freshmen that plays a big role. In that

1169
00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:01,600
Speaker 1: so those are at least, what's six seven or eight

1170
00:58:01,600 --> 00:58:03,480
Speaker 1: more true freshmen to keep an, Eye, ON paul i

1171
00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:06,600
Speaker 1: hope you're. HAPPY now i got to, tell you we're really.

1172
00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:10,840
Speaker 1: Happy HERE like i said to start, the show we

1173
00:58:11,480 --> 00:58:13,720
Speaker 1: as as a show. Late kick we've been here what

1174
00:58:13,800 --> 00:58:15,960
Speaker 1: colin a little over, two years like two years and,

1175
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:20,040
Speaker 1: two months and we have never spent a dime, on

1176
00:58:20,160 --> 00:58:23,200
Speaker 1: marketing don't have a. Marketing budget we've never even ASKED

1177
00:58:23,240 --> 00:58:24,520
Speaker 1: for i don't know if we can. Get one we've

1178
00:58:24,560 --> 00:58:29,120
Speaker 1: never asked. For one, and man our show is doing

1179
00:58:29,160 --> 00:58:33,840
Speaker 1: some things right now statistically that are, pretty incredible even by.

1180
00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:37,680
Speaker 1: My standards so thank you. For that when we, said no,

1181
00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:39,960
Speaker 1: oh season you fully. Embraced it thank you. For that

1182
00:58:40,680 --> 00:58:43,800
Speaker 1: we are headed rapidly towards a one hundred thousand total

1183
00:58:43,800 --> 00:58:46,960
Speaker 1: subs on the. YouTube channel let's make that HAPPEN because

1184
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:49,080
Speaker 1: i have a pretty good idea of what the surprise

1185
00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:51,480
Speaker 1: from management will be when we. Do it so the sooner,

1186
00:58:51,520 --> 00:58:53,680
Speaker 1: The better the sooner, The better the sooner, the better

1187
00:58:54,160 --> 00:58:58,360
Speaker 1: lease the sooner the better until When this tuesday we'll

1188
00:58:58,360 --> 00:59:00,520
Speaker 1: Have The Late kick extra For you, thursday night another

1189
00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:03,520
Speaker 1: Edition Of Late. Kick live, thank, You guys we're making

1190
00:59:03,560 --> 00:59:06,600
Speaker 1: this thing goy as quickly as possible as media days

1191
00:59:06,600 --> 00:59:08,040
Speaker 1: and kick Off of mead before you. Know it for

1192
00:59:08,080 --> 00:59:10,720
Speaker 1: A director colin For, Producer Jesse I'm. Josh bate thanks

1193
00:59:10,720 --> 00:59:12,560
Speaker 1: so much. For watching have a great start to your

1194
00:59:12,640 --> 00:59:13,720
Speaker 1: Week and god bless