1 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back in another edition of 2 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: the Late Kick Extra podcast Tuesday morning, August third, the 3 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: year of our laurd in twenty twenty one. You hear 4 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: the keys, hear the keys in the background. You hear 5 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: the eye Josh rattling around. Just got in the office. 6 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: It sounds better when I record here. But we're also 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: doing some other things. I've got a jam packed Tuesday 8 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: and then headed out of town for just a couple 9 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: of days. We'll still have Late Kick Live on Thursday night, 10 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: don't you worry about that. But we've got a loaded 11 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: mail bag this morning. And it occurred to me for 12 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: about two weeks because of the mailbag's been so loaded, 13 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 1: I haven't even reminded you how to submit to the mailbag, 14 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: which is important when you consider that over the past 15 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: sixty days, and I'm not making this up, Stats and 16 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,919 Speaker 1: Info has confirmed it. A calculator sitting nearby has confirmed it. 17 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: Our audience for this podcast, just the podcast alone has 18 00:00:56,040 --> 00:01:00,040 Speaker 1: grown forty six percent in the middle of for the 19 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: last time, what you would be led to believe is 20 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: called the off season. So that word got punted entirely 21 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: by you, guys. But because you are so new. Many 22 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: of you are brand new. Welcome. Firstly, welcome, you'll learn 23 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: the nomenclature in time, which is a fancy word for 24 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: the way we talk around here. We sort of have 25 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: our own language. But secondly, I have not reminded you 26 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: how to submit questions every. 27 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 2: Tuesday and Thursday. 28 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: The way we do it around here is we have 29 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 1: a Q and A and the entire concept behind this 30 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: is you're a lot better at driving the show than 31 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: I am, so I let you drive and I just respond. 32 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: I'll sit in the passenger seat. You guys can sit 33 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: in the driver's seat. Josh pat seven zero six at 34 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: gmail dot com. That's one way to submit. Also, I 35 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: beg and just outright plead with you. Follow me on 36 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: Twitter at Latekickjosh. Follow me on Instagram at Latekickjosh. The 37 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: dms are always open. Whether you do or not, I 38 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: would suggest you do, but whether you follow or not, 39 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: you can submit questions there. And also, as I put 40 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: out the other day, I'll put it out here and 41 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: then maybe one or two more times and I'm not 42 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: going to do it anymore because I've gotten a lot 43 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: of submissions. If you're looking to help out with the 44 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: show this year, I don't care what capacity it is. 45 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: You could be an economics major, you could be a 46 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: graphics design major. You could have not gone to college 47 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: at all. I don't care. If you think you have 48 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: something to offer, hit me up. Josh paid seven zero 49 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 1: six at gmail dot com. Think I already gave you 50 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: that once, But that's the email again. Here's what I'm 51 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: specifically looking for in the social media field. I want 52 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: to master in the world of TikTok. Want someone who eats, sleeps, 53 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: and breeds. It understands, it speaks the language, et cetera. So, hello, 54 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: fellow kids, if you're listening and you want to get 55 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: on board, that would be one way in the door. 56 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: We got the contact tipo out of the way, We 57 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: got to thank you's out of the way. Now let's 58 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: get to the mail bag. Tony has asked the question 59 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: that many of you have asked. Tony asks, why did 60 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: Texas fans magically think that the move to the SEC 61 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: will solve their recruiting problems? This is layered. This is 62 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: a layered question. The first part of the layer is 63 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 1: what are the problems facing Texas recruiting? Because I could 64 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: argue they really have not had one Texas recruiting classes 65 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: have not been rased in the thirties and forties. Southern 66 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: cal two cycles ago, they had a recruiting problem. Texas 67 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: hasn't had the problem. Texas has had a developmental problem, 68 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 1: a really big one. 69 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 2: Now. 70 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: I don't even think Texas fans argue that the problem. 71 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: I don't think it has been as pronounced on the 72 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: front end, So the recruiting end, I don't think it's 73 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: been as pronounced as many have been led to believe. 74 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: I think the old narrative out there, which is one 75 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: of the words that we're just trying to rid ourselves 76 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: from entirely, but the old talking points out there, they 77 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: don't really match up with what I think recent history 78 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: has shown us. However, if you're asking what does Texas 79 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: have to do to put a product on the field 80 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: that is more comparable and how will the move to 81 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: the SEC give them a product on the field that's 82 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: more comparable to that of the elite teams in the country, 83 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: I am not a believer that the move to the 84 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: conference is really the answer at all. 85 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 2: Tony. 86 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: So this is the part where I got to slow 87 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: down and I got to tell you what I didn't 88 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: just say. I didn't just say Texas moving to the 89 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: SEC is irrelevant. I didn't say Texas moving to the 90 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,839 Speaker 1: SEC won't help them. I'm sure it can help them. 91 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: In a case by case basis, it can help them. 92 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: But what I'm telling you is, if you've got a 93 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: kid from Laredo or Tyler or Dallas or Houston or 94 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: wherever you're recruiting in the state of Texas, or maybe 95 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: even outside the state of Texas. But I want to 96 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 1: talk about in state kids here for a second. Texas 97 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: has watched some kids leave. They've gone to Alabama, they've 98 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 1: gone to Ohio State, they've gone to Texas, A and M. 99 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: And the thought process around there has and I do 100 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: agree with this part, has been we haven't given them 101 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: a good enough reason to stay home. 102 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 2: I am not a believer, nor should anyone be. 103 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: That Texas kids are just all of a sudden being 104 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: born and going through their adolescence and their childhood and 105 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: then their pre teen years in an early adulthood just 106 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: turned off by Texas. There will be some, I mean, 107 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: there are some kids who grew up hating Texas. But 108 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: that's always been the case and that always will be 109 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: the case. But I don't believe the average child in 110 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: the lone star state has all of a sudden had 111 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 1: it bred inside them that no, no, no, you don't 112 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,559 Speaker 1: go to Texas. We root for the Buckeyes in this state. 113 00:04:58,640 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: That's not the way it is. 114 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 2: The reason they've been leaving the state is because you 115 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 2: haven't given them good enough reason to stay home. And 116 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 2: the one huge sea change. 117 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: That has happened in college football that has worked against 118 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 1: Texas is state boundaries have never mattered less that technology 119 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: you hold in your hand. You're probably listening to me 120 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: on it right now, that cell phone and all of 121 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: the things that that opens you up to the new 122 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,160 Speaker 1: technological portals. I guess they're not new anymore. That that 123 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: opens you up to make someone who lives in Sacramento, California, 124 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: or bangor Maine or Tallahassee, Florida feel like they're right 125 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: next door. Well, as a result, it doesn't really feel 126 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 1: like that huge elite to leave and go to the 127 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: University of Oregon or Florida State. And I'm just throwing 128 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: names out there, and so you have to fight against that. 129 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: But again, the default for those kids is they would 130 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: prefer to stay closer to home. They haven't been given 131 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: a reason. So then that circles back to Tony's question, 132 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 1: why do Texas fans feel that a change of scenery 133 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: and moving to a new conference is going to improve 134 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: their recruiting. Well, they feel that way, Tony, because there 135 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: is a in a thought that Texas A and M 136 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: has had a big leg up on kids because they 137 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 1: can pitch you can come play for us and play 138 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 1: in the best conference in America. 139 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 2: That is an effective recruiting pitch. I'm not saying it's not. 140 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 1: I'm not saying they haven't landed a few kids over 141 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: Texas because of that. What I am telling you is 142 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: slapping the SEC sticker on your helmet all of a 143 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: sudden is not, in and of itself, what changes that. 144 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: It does not change that dynamic, because if kids are 145 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: still looking at Austin and seeing a lot of pretty 146 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: highly rated four and five star kids go in there 147 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 1: and then their MIIA on draft day three or four 148 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: years later, that does not do anything to help you. 149 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 1: What helps is if Steve Sarksan in year one or 150 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: year two or year three shows that they have changed 151 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: the development strategy over there, and they have changed the 152 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: results therefore that are being pumped out of the program. 153 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: And of course if you're doing that, then on the field, 154 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: you're going to be playing better too. But the answer 155 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: is not a new conference. The answer is a new culture. 156 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,359 Speaker 1: If that happens overlapping with you changing a conference, so 157 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 1: be it. I will say, there's going to be a 158 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: lot more pressure on whoever the head coach at Texas's 159 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: Steve Sarkisian, or if he doesn't get it done down 160 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: the road, the next guy and the next guy and 161 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: the next guy. There will be more pressure than there 162 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: ever has been on the staff, the coaching staff at 163 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: the University of Texas. You know, maybe some people think 164 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: that the spotlight can't possibly be brighter, the pressure can't 165 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: possibly be any greater if you're at Texas. Can this 166 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: is where that conference change really comes into play. Oh 167 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: it can. It absolutely can. In the Big Twelve, you're 168 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: looking at Oklahoma, and really that's the only program you're 169 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,679 Speaker 1: looking at that if you were to be honest with yourselves, 170 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: if we take care of business, should still give us 171 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: a real solid fight on a Saturday. Everyone else, be 172 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 1: honest with yourselves when you look up and down the 173 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: lineup of the Big Twelve, when you look at Kansas State, 174 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: you look at TCU, you look at Baylor. You think 175 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: to yourself, if we at the University of Texas are 176 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: taking care of our business, we should be able to 177 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: show up with a B plus effort or a solid 178 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: B effort, and we should be beating these teams. You 179 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: cannot walk into the SEC and think like that. The 180 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: big difference when you walk into the SEC is not 181 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: that all the teams have ten wins per year. No, 182 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: some of these teams are gonna look no different record 183 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: wise than a lot of the teams that you played 184 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: in the Big Twelve. And this is one of my 185 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: big gripes. No I'm getting off track here for a second, 186 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: but it's one of my big gripes with the way 187 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: strength of schedule works in college football for some people, 188 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: rankings work for some people, and the mentality in college 189 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: football that you are what your record says you are 190 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: works for some people. 191 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 2: Well, that's not true. 192 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: And the pros it is in college you are not 193 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: just what your record says you are. And Texas and 194 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: any team that moves to this conference finds that out. 195 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 1: When not when you play Alabama, everyone knows they're good 196 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: or Georgia or Florida LSU, those are all big names. 197 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: Everyone expects a fight. What happens is you face a 198 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: team like Mississippi State. Mississippi State any given year, maybe 199 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 1: they're floating right around five hundred, but then you play 200 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 1: them on Saturday and you realize. 201 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 2: What is this? This doesn't seem like a six win team. 202 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 2: Oh no, they are. They are. 203 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 1: But you've got to also understand in this world, you 204 00:08:57,720 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 1: find it out the hard way. Sometimes you are not 205 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 1: what your record says you are. I can take some 206 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 1: of those five hundred teams in the best conference in 207 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: college football, and I could drop them in a G five, 208 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: I could drop them in the Sun Belt and they're 209 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: probably a ten win team, and at that point, that 210 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: exact same squad with nothing changed, but a new conference 211 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: is all of a sudden ranked in the top twenty five, 212 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: and you would look at them a lot different, but 213 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: you're not. And so you're facing a five hundred team 214 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:26,719 Speaker 1: and random Saturday in early November, and it's just a dogfight, 215 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 1: and you're wondering, what is happening. We're Texas, they're Mississippi State. Well, 216 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 1: what's happening is unlike the five hundred teams that you 217 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: faced in the Big Twelve. This team, on average, the 218 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 1: teams in the SEC in general, are going to have 219 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: way more future Sunday players on them. Now, what does 220 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: that mean. Well, over the course of a season, maybe nothing. 221 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: Maybe they still struggle to make a bowl game. But 222 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: on any given Saturday, Georgia almost found this out last 223 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: year against ironically, Mississippi State. You take in any given 224 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: Saturday situation, which everyone loves to say, but it's not 225 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 1: always true in college football either, just like any given 226 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: Sunday is true in the pros Saturday. Now, there are 227 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 1: some teams that are gonna win ten times out of ten. 228 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: But against a program like Mississippi State, even in their 229 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: five hundred years, you're going to be watching NFL games 230 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: a decade from now and you're gonna be watching those 231 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:15,079 Speaker 1: starting lineup introductions, and you're gonna have a couple of 232 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: Mississippi State Bulldog shoutouts there, and you're gonna say, oh, man, 233 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: that guy forgot he played at Mississippi State. They barely 234 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: made a ball game when he played there. That's crazy. 235 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: You imagine what the competition must have been like down there. 236 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 2: My point is, you. 237 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: Bring your average to just a little bit above average 238 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: performance into the deeper waters of the SEC, all of 239 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: a sudden you can't get away with maybe a performance 240 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: you could have gotten away with in another conference. Now, 241 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 1: in Major League Baseball, one win versus one loss not 242 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: a huge deal. But in this sport, the difference between 243 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: nine and three and seven and five, I mean, it's 244 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: a huge difference. It's a career's worth of a difference. 245 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: That's where the pressure is going to be. It's gonna 246 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: be ramped up significantly. Also, knowing that you just got 247 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 1: more eyeballs on you now, even as Texas, I know, 248 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: but even as Texas you got more eyebes you so, Tony, 249 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 1: I don't know that the recruiting is going to improve 250 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: just because they're in the SEC. If they properly harness 251 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,559 Speaker 1: the fact that they're in the SEC, and that coincides 252 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: with better player development and kids see it, that's where 253 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: that gets turned around. 254 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 2: Moving right along. Also, there was a submission the other day. 255 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: It was kind of a suggestion, I'll put it out 256 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: there to you since it's your show. Do you guys 257 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 1: think I should get a soundboard for this podcast? The 258 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: other day, you remember, actually I gotta pause, I gotta 259 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,559 Speaker 1: pause recording. Since we're not live, I can do this 260 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:32,839 Speaker 1: and it'll be magically and I could never happen. But 261 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: I'm telling you I'm pausing, So hold on just a second. 262 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,319 Speaker 2: Okay, I'm back. No time elapse. That's crazy how that works. 263 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: So remember a couple of months ago, since I was 264 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:42,959 Speaker 1: in the studio that I'm in right now, which I'm 265 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: not normally in, I went and grabbed the guitar out 266 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: of the comic book office that they don't know I 267 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: have access to, so keep that between us, and I 268 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: did a little sound chime. I did a little chord 269 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: in the middle of each transition from question to question. 270 00:11:55,480 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: It sounded a little something like this. Okay, well, I 271 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 1: know some of these fancy podcasts out there that we 272 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: have rapidly closed on and or passed have nice soundboards 273 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:08,959 Speaker 1: where they can play a little sound effect every time 274 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 1: they transition from one question to the next, Whereas if 275 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: you're listening to me, it's just one stream of consciousness 276 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 1: for thirty minutes to an hour, broken up only by 277 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: an AD that gets inserted after I record. 278 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 2: So I don't even know where it's going to be. 279 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 2: Should I do that? 280 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: Should I get the soundboard, because if I do, it's 281 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: not just going to be a boring little soundboard. I'm 282 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: gonna put some very very interesting sounds in there. 283 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 2: So you let me know if you want that. 284 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: If you don't, if you're happy with the product the 285 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 1: way it is, then we'll keep this thing pure off 286 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: brand cereal style. They can have the stuff on the 287 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,199 Speaker 1: middle of the shelf will be that cereal on the 288 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: very bottom Malti meal. I think it's called where You've 289 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: got to get down in the catcher's stance to even 290 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: see it. And it's like instead of fruit loops, it's 291 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: fruity O's kernel crunch instead of Captain crunch. You get 292 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: it out a buddy Street named Byron who grew up surviving. 293 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 2: Off that stuff. And so I just ask you do 294 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 2: you want that? 295 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna leave it there, But next question, but pretend 296 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: we played the tone there. 297 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 2: David just has a heater here. 298 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: He brought it the other day and I had to 299 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 1: push it to this one because I didn't have time 300 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,079 Speaker 1: and I wanted to give this one time, David said, 301 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: so I literally just paused this morning's pod to write you. 302 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if this qualifies as a question for 303 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: the podcast or just a purely selfish request, but can you, please, 304 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:18,079 Speaker 1: all bold italicized, please explain the current state of college 305 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 1: football as it relates to the two thousand classic film 306 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: The Perfect Storm. I feel if anyone can do this 307 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: with the magnitude it deserves, you can now. David wrote 308 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 1: this before I, in my opinion, peaked My career peaked 309 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,319 Speaker 1: the other night on Late Kick Live when I metaphorically 310 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: tied in Jim Harbaugh to the plotline of the movie 311 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: Twister and Bill Paxson's character in Twister. David did not 312 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: know that was coming. He submitted this question before that, 313 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 1: But since then, I've had several requests, why don't you 314 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 1: do this in conjunction with that movie? Why don't you 315 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: do that in conjunction with this movie? Well, David wants 316 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,199 Speaker 1: to know, with the magnitude it deserves, how do we 317 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 1: explain college football against the backdrop of the two thousand 318 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: classic film The Perfect Storm. Well, first, I would have 319 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:03,199 Speaker 1: guessed this movie came out in like two thousand and 320 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 1: eight or nine, so I was way off on the year. 321 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: So thank you for that, David. I want to give 322 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: this the magnitude it deserves. So firstly, if you have 323 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 1: not seen The Perfect Storm, I'm not giving you a 324 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: spoiler alert. 325 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 2: It's been two decades. 326 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 1: You should have seen it by now, or I'm gonna 327 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 1: assume you're not interested. So remember towards the end, there's 328 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: a lot of pressure on that crew. I mean there's 329 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: a ton of pressure. They have not met their quota 330 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: of fish. And there's a lot of pressure on you 331 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 1: as a captain because if you don't meet your quota, 332 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: number one, your vendors end up going elsewhere, but number two, 333 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 1: you can't pay your crew. And then the M word 334 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: starts to creep in as a possible threat, mutiny. We 335 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: don't need mutinous crew, I mean that's why I mentioned 336 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: Director Colin every show around here. We can't afford a 337 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: mutiny on lay Cake, especially with the season so close. 338 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: And so what did they do? Well, remember they go 339 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: back out late in the season. They go back out 340 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: and they're headed towards the Grand Banks. And you know, 341 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: I don't know the area quite like some of you 342 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: Northeastern fishermen do, but that's where you got to go 343 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: to catch the fish. Well, the Grand Banks, not to 344 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: be confused with Outer Banks, which is the show I 345 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: allegedly produce and and created on Netflix Season two out now, 346 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: not to be confused without our Banks. The Grand Banks 347 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: is where they're headed. But they're still not getting the 348 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: job done, and so George Clooney, the captain, makes the 349 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: executive decision. He's not happy, the crew's not happy. They've 350 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: got to get results. And so where do they head? Well, 351 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: they head to an expanded college football Excuse me, they 352 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: head to the Flemish cap. That's where they head, or 353 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: at least they think that's where they're headed. 354 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 2: Of course, you've got. 355 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: Hurricane Grace merging with a powerful nor'easter off the Eastern 356 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: seaboard that had other ideas. 357 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, I had said that right by the way. 358 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 1: Yet sometimes once every I don't know, two or three 359 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: hundred years, hurricanes just flat out combined forces with nor'easters. 360 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 2: The reason that this. 361 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 1: Was so unexpected was because all you're doing when you're 362 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: forecasting is you're using previous analogues of model data, and 363 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: if you don't have history or record of something happening, 364 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: then the computer has no idea how to ingest it. 365 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 1: And so how in the world were they about to 366 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: know what was going to happen. And so you're out there, 367 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: you're all alone, and you're used to rough weather, but 368 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: you're not used to a hurricane. Nor'eastern tag team Mega 369 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: Powers collide. Shout out Macho Mann and Hulkogan, And so 370 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 1: they're headed to the Flemish Cap. Going to be a 371 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: big payoff. All their hopes and dreams a wait out there, 372 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: and when they arrive home, they'll arrive home. 373 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 2: Heroes. 374 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: They never make it. They never make it. This is 375 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: a true story. The entire crew is lost at sea. 376 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: And not to make light of a very very tragic situation, 377 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: but something happens when enough time's gone by that you 378 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: can speak about it in metaphorical tones to something as 379 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 1: relatively as insignificant as college football, and it just is 380 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: okay for the public. So I think we're going to 381 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 1: okay this. How does that tie into college football? Well, 382 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: remember in twenty eleven when we had that All SEC 383 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: National championship game, and there are some out there who 384 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 1: would wrongfully argue that it was the wrong matchup. No, 385 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: it was the right matchup. It was absolutely the right matchup. 386 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: And this one is not particularly arguable. You go ask 387 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: any reputable odds maker out there, and he'd tell you 388 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: BAMA and LSU would both have been over a touchdown 389 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: favorite on a neutral field against Oklahoma State. Not an 390 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 1: undefeated Oklahoma State, mind you, one that went and lost 391 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:07,679 Speaker 1: on the road to my Iowa State Cyclones. 392 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 2: So not an unblemish team. 393 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: And I remember being at the Alabama LSU regular season game, 394 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: the nine to six game, which all of you made 395 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 1: fun of, kind of ignored both of those teams, that 396 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: Bama LSU squad. They both hung over thirty five or 397 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: forty points on everyone else they played, so it could 398 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 1: have just been that there was incredible defense being played 399 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: that night. Anyway, So you have that game, which is 400 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: the right matchup, but it rubbed people the wrong way 401 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: cause too many were under the misguided notion that it's 402 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 1: impossible for the two best teams in the country to 403 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: reside in the same conference, even though a conference is 404 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: just imaginary lines on a map. And if I were 405 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: to have drawn that imaginary line between Tuscaloosa and Baton 406 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,679 Speaker 1: Rouge and those two teams would have been in separate conferences, 407 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:47,239 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, the same crew would have had 408 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: no problem with it, even though the same two teams 409 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: are playing in scenario A and scenario B. Well, anyway 410 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: the game plays out, Bama wins the national title, then 411 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: there's that huge push. 412 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 2: Okay. 413 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,360 Speaker 1: In other words, we're not meeting our quota in college football. 414 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: We can't be letting this happen. We can't be shut out. 415 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: You can't be shut out when you're fishing. You can't 416 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 1: get shut out of the national title game. How are 417 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,120 Speaker 1: we going to solve it? Well, naturally, what we're gonna 418 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 1: do is we're going to create a playoff so that 419 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 1: more SEC teams have a chance to get in. Surely, 420 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: this will never happen again until four years later when 421 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: your playoff gave you an all SEC national championship game 422 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,719 Speaker 1: in Atlanta, Georgia. No less, so in an SEC venue, 423 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: two SEC teams play for a national championship, and so 424 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, Buy and David, where are 425 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: we at? Well, I'll tell you where we're at. We're 426 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 1: on the Grand Banks. 427 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 2: What we are. 428 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 1: I'm happy here. It's cool here to me. Look see go, 429 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 1: I'm fine where we are. But enough people aren't. We 430 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 1: got a mutiny. People are threatening a mutiny. In reality, 431 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: these people don't have power to do anything, but they 432 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: are threatening a mutiny, and so here we go, George 433 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: Clooney at the helm. We're gonna drive this thing hell 434 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 1: bent towards the Flemish Cap and a twelve team playoff 435 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,880 Speaker 1: and conference realignment, and we're. 436 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 2: Going to. 437 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 1: And that's where the story ends, because we haven't seen 438 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: the ending for college football. 439 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 2: Yep. I just think that there is a great, big 440 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:04,679 Speaker 2: rogue wave out there somewhere. I don't know. 441 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: I was watching the movie and I thought, Man, if 442 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: that boat could have only executed a full flip underwater, 443 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: all these folks would have been saved, and I wouldn't 444 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: have had to watch those terrible last few moments of 445 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: the crew on the boat. Yes, I fast forward through 446 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: that now when I watch it again. Anyway, David, I 447 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: wish I could give you a happy ending, but you 448 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: wanted magnitude, and I can only be as reality based 449 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 1: as reality lets me be. And right now, I think 450 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: that's where we're at. 451 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 2: Now. 452 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,239 Speaker 1: Hey, it's not too late. We can turn around. Ok, 453 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: we have not hit the wave yet. We can turn 454 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: it around. I hope the right people are listening. Just 455 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 1: to just go back to shore. Go back to shore. 456 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: Nick Saban will retire eventually, Hurricane Grace and the nor'easter. 457 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: They will subside eventually and then just try it again later, guys, 458 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: try it again later. 459 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 2: What about matters pertaining to this year? Though? 460 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 1: As we transitioning. As we transition to the next question, 461 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 1: Steven wanted to know what I'm looking forward to in 462 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: the five Power five conferences? What are you looking most 463 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: forward to? And so I'm going to run through them 464 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: really quick. Obviously I could do five separate shows on this, 465 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 1: and we're going to talk about this a lot more 466 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 1: on Late Kick Live Thursday night. But before I do that, 467 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 1: unlike last podcast, I'm going to remember to toss it 468 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,679 Speaker 1: to an ad break. I'll answer it right after this. 469 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: So Stevens saying, hey, rapid fire, here, give me something 470 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: you're looking forward to in each Power five conference. Well, 471 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: let's go big ten first. I'm looking forward to a 472 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 1: couple of things, so I'm not going to narrow it 473 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: down to one. We really want to know how firm 474 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: a footing Ohio State's offense is on Early in the season, 475 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: they opened against Minnesota and then they got Oregon at 476 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,360 Speaker 1: home the next week and CJ Stroud, I presume we'll 477 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: be the starting quarterback there a lot of new pieces, 478 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 1: ultra talented pieces. I wonder if it's one of those 479 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: games that we've seen play out many times in the 480 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 1: past where the big contender goes on the road and 481 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 1: they get the cattle pride to the neck early, but 482 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: then they end up running away with the game. So 483 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,400 Speaker 1: what was once an upset alert ends up being a 484 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,879 Speaker 1: thirty eight to seventeen route could be like that. They 485 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: could have a knockdown, dragout thirty one to twenty seven battle, 486 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: or they could get beat or they could beat Minnesota 487 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: forty eight to ten, and then all's well, that ends well, 488 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,400 Speaker 1: and they go against Oregon the next week and they're 489 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: off to the races and they're a for sure national 490 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: championship contender at that point. 491 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 2: I also look at Wisconsin. 492 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 1: I think Wisconsin has a chance to break through the 493 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 1: ceiling that's always been on Wisconsin football because they've lacked 494 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: the necessary explosiveness offensively to contend for something past a 495 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 1: nice bowl game, hopefully the Rose Bowl. If the Big 496 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 1: Ten champions in the playoff, you know, that's kind of 497 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 1: been the ceiling on Wisconsin. Well, Graham Mertz and this 498 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 1: entire passing game is underrated right now. And as a result, 499 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: even though you're seeing Wisconsin ranked in the top fifteen, 500 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: I think they're underrated and so I'm very much looking 501 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 1: forward to that because they play Penn State in Week 502 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: one and I could say all the same stuff about 503 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: Penn State could be the biggest turnaround story in college 504 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: football this year. So those are some things from the 505 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 1: Big Ten. This is not an exhaustive list, by the way, 506 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 1: in the ACC really fascinated with Miami and North Carolina. 507 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,159 Speaker 1: Think that game is my circle game in the AC 508 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,400 Speaker 1: this year. That one's in the midpoint of the season schedule. 509 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: Dynamics solidly in the corner of the Hurricanes for that game. 510 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: But I am very much paying attention to ty Chandler 511 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: kind of spoke about this on the show the other night. 512 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 1: Ty Chandler is one of the most important players in 513 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: the country because he is a hinge point, which means 514 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,679 Speaker 1: a guy you have to have come through for you. 515 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: He is a hinge point on a contending team. North 516 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: Carolina is thought to be in an ACC playoff contender 517 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,440 Speaker 1: at the very least capable of giving Clemson a push 518 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: if they were to face them in the ACC title game. 519 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 2: Also, you may. 520 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: Have some people looking at North Carolina saying, Okay, if 521 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 1: they go undefeated, but then their only losses to Clemson 522 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: close in the conference title game. Depending on how the 523 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,120 Speaker 1: rest of the playoff picture looks, maybe they could still 524 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 1: back their way in as the second from that conference 525 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 1: in a playoff. Point being people expect a lot out 526 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: of them. You can't get that without Ty Chandler, the 527 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,400 Speaker 1: Tennessee transfer running back, doing really big things for them 528 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: this year. Just because you lose a bunch of talent 529 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: and they lost two thousand yard rushers there doesn't mean 530 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: you're left for dead. 531 00:22:58,359 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 2: Quite the opposite. 532 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 1: I think people assume North Carolina's offense is going to 533 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: be there, and it's the defense that they have reservations about. 534 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not saying defense is about to vault 535 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: into the top ten, but they got some good pieces 536 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 1: over there. Young guys, but they got some good pieces 537 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 1: over there. It's the running back spot that I think 538 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: if quarterback stays healthy, which is the case for every team, 539 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: if quarterback's healthy, if Sam Howel's healthy all year, that 540 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: running back spot really something to watch. And then Miami 541 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: just the opportunity they get Derek King. We can talk 542 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 1: about the quarterback situation and whether he's healthy. But I mean, 543 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: we know what we know there. We just got to 544 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 1: wait for camp to open, see where he is and 545 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: see where they are. But that game North Carolina Miami, 546 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:35,959 Speaker 1: I'm going to really try and get to that one 547 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: because that is a big game in the SEC. I mean, 548 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 1: they are fourteen different directions. 549 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 2: We could go. 550 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: Really wonder if Missouri is being slept on. I wonder 551 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: about the status of the LSU quarterback room now with 552 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 1: the news yesterday that Miles Brennan is going to be 553 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: out for an extended period of time. I know a 554 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: lot of you thought Max Johnson was going to win 555 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: that job anyway, Well, look it's obviously his job now. 556 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: But if you're looking at this and saying, oh, nothing 557 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:00,080 Speaker 1: really changed there, you know cause I already though what 558 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 1: Max Johnson was going to win the job. Nothing really 559 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: changed there. I don't think you understand competition, and I 560 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: don't think you understand athletics. If you think nothing has 561 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: changed there, oh, things have changed, you just can't quantify it. 562 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 1: You can't quantify, in other words, what the day to 563 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: day grind mentally and physically of a quarterback battle through 564 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: three or four weeks of fall camp was going to 565 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: mean maybe something, maybe nothing. You can't quantify also what 566 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: it means, because, for all you know, Max Johnson could 567 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: sprain his ring finger midway through the third quarter of 568 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 1: the UCLA game in Week one and you need your 569 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,959 Speaker 1: backup quarterback. Well, whereas that would have been Miles Brennan, 570 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:39,879 Speaker 1: Now who is it. It's Garrett Neusmeyer. I've got a 571 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: lot of hope for Garrett Usmeyer down the road, but 572 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 1: I don't know that I necessarily apply that to twenty 573 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 1: twenty one. So my point is, even if we're getting 574 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 1: the same starter, there there is a lot of unknown, 575 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: and there's a lot of unknown because of what happened yesterday. 576 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 1: Now that goes on top of a lot of the 577 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 1: unknown that just circulates around the LSU football team. So 578 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,959 Speaker 1: I think LSU pound for pound, is the most interesting team, 579 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 1: and as I've called them, the mo dangerous team to 580 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 1: watch in college football this year because of what the 581 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: ceiling is and what the floor is wide variance on 582 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,879 Speaker 1: that team in the Big twelve. Oklahoma, I'm not gonna 583 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: beat around the bush Oklahoma first time that I think 584 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: they have gone into a season where people are looking 585 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: at them as a bona fide national title contender instead 586 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: of saying I like him to win the Big Twelve. Now, 587 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: of course they're not going to get past Alabama if 588 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 1: they face him. People aren't saying that, or at least 589 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 1: the general national consensus is not that. 590 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 2: Now. 591 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: The general national consensus is I may not pick Oklahoma 592 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: to win the title, but I think they can win 593 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: the title. And if they get in one of those games, 594 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 1: I don't think they're just going to be blown out 595 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: like I saw them against LSU a couple of years ago. 596 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 1: I don't think that's going to happen. Well, that's the 597 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,640 Speaker 1: consensus I think now. I'm interested to see what they 598 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: do with it. I'm interested to see what Spencer Ratler 599 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 1: does with Heisman hype behind him in that team with 600 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: title hype behind him, because I told you this time 601 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,159 Speaker 1: last year, I did a segment, got a lot of 602 00:25:58,160 --> 00:25:58,639 Speaker 1: heat for it. 603 00:25:59,040 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 2: I don't know why. 604 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:01,679 Speaker 1: To me, it was common sense, but I did a 605 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 1: segment and I said, I think Lincoln Riley's gonna win 606 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: a title in his time at Oklahoma, and I think 607 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,199 Speaker 1: it's coming sooner rather than later. I haven't made my 608 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,160 Speaker 1: predictions for this year yet and this is not that, 609 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: but I'm interested to watch that in the PAC twelve. 610 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 1: It's the city of Los Angeles you have got. You 611 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 1: could argue at least two programs where the head coaches 612 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:20,200 Speaker 1: cannot afford seven win seasons. 613 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:20,640 Speaker 2: This year. 614 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: USC certainly can't. If the Trojans are any worse than 615 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,360 Speaker 1: nine and three, I think Clay Helton's out the door. 616 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 1: I mean they have a workable schedule about as workable 617 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 1: as workable gets out there. This year, they have to 618 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,439 Speaker 1: win the South. They absolutely have to win it. They've 619 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: obviously got the talent roster always do to do it. 620 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:40,360 Speaker 1: And it's not that they got the talent roster once 621 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 1: they get in a playoff to go up against anyone, 622 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 1: but it's baby steps Right now at USC, we're trying 623 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: to win the Pac twelve. They haven't been in the 624 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 1: playoff yet. Think about that. Oregon and Washington have been there. 625 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: USC hasn't been there. So if they don't get that done, 626 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: and I haven't gone as far as to pick the 627 00:26:57,359 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 1: Pac twelve either, but it's not a slam dunk for 628 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 1: me that I'm picked us. If they don't get that done, 629 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 1: I think you'll have a coaching decision to make there, 630 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: and Chip Kelly's got a much harder schedule at UCLA, 631 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 1: so I wonder if he gets a little more leeway. 632 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 1: But I think people are ready to see results there too, now, 633 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: chip Kelly. There are some believers, some West Coast insiders 634 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: as I like to call them. They believe in UCLA 635 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 1: this year, and so I'm willing to give the benefit 636 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: of the doubt there. But you know, they open with LSU. 637 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: If that's competitive, it's one thing. If it's thirty eight 638 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: to thirteen by way of LSU, then it's another thing. 639 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 1: So the LA schools I'm interested to watch. Of course, 640 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: you got the whole Washington dynamic where no one thinks 641 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: incredibly like elite level high of the team, but yet 642 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 1: some of them are still picking them to win the 643 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,640 Speaker 1: division because they may be favored in every game. That's 644 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 1: always fun to watch. And I know I wasn't asked 645 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 1: about this, but far be it from me to be 646 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 1: a hater of the G five. The G five is 647 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 1: for the twenty twenty one season as interesting to watch 648 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 1: to me as it has been any year. I know 649 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 1: there have been some higher years than others, but this 650 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,679 Speaker 1: one in particular, I want you to think about how 651 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,120 Speaker 1: different it is now. This has been a multi year 652 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 1: build to this point. I have never advocated for a 653 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 1: G five team to be in the playoff. So it's 654 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 1: gonna make me sound like a G five homer here, 655 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: you guys know I am far from that. But I 656 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,880 Speaker 1: also believe in judging case by case, year by year. 657 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 1: This year is a different year, and I'm giving you 658 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:19,479 Speaker 1: the warning now, whether you like it or not, I'm 659 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 1: giving you the warning. A lot of folks have made 660 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 1: this blanket statement the G five will never be allowed 661 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:25,160 Speaker 1: in the playoff. 662 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:25,919 Speaker 2: Well that's false. 663 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: They haven't been allowed in the playoff. Well, they haven't 664 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: been put in the playoff because they have not earned 665 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,919 Speaker 1: a spot in the playoff. No G five team, in 666 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,640 Speaker 1: my opinion and the opinion of the committee, has had 667 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 1: the resume going up against the other four teams to 668 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: overtake any of them. 669 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 2: They have not. 670 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: UCF in twenty seventeen did not, Cincinnati last year did not. 671 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 1: So I share the opinion of the committee. So I 672 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: have never thought anyone got screwed out of anything. Now, 673 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 1: you know, I think the G five should have their 674 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 1: own playoff, But I'm not talking about that, because that's 675 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 1: not the way the system is right now this year. 676 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 1: If Cincinnati is undefeated, that team is making the playoff. 677 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: Willing to bet on that right now. If they're undefeated, 678 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 1: given wins over Indiana, a preseason top twenty five Notre Dame, 679 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 1: a preseason top ten or fifteen in most people's pull, 680 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: plus playing in the AAC, which has as high a 681 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:16,320 Speaker 1: profile about it right now as any Nonpower five conference 682 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 1: has ever had in the playoff era. If they run 683 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 1: the table there and they're undefeated, win that conference, and 684 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: you combine that with two legitimate top twenty five caliber 685 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 1: Power five wins, that team's go into the playoff. I'm 686 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,160 Speaker 1: telling you they're going to the playoff. And so you've 687 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 1: got that, but you've also got Louisiana with Billy Napier, 688 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 1: who opened against Texas. 689 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 2: And then if they get past that. 690 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 1: Game, everything else is winnable, and the Week one game 691 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: against Texas is winnable. But that in the Cincinnati story. 692 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,960 Speaker 1: And then Gus Malzon at UCF, need I remind anyone 693 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 1: what happened the last time that guy was first year 694 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 1: on a job. He took Auburn to within thirteen seconds 695 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: of winning a national title. So there's a lot of 696 00:29:57,840 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 1: fun to watch in the G five. Again, that's not 697 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:02,240 Speaker 1: a comp hintsive list either. I could go down several 698 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: other names, and so there is a lot to watch 699 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,400 Speaker 1: across college football. And I know there's been a lot 700 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 1: of conference realignment and playoff expansion talk over the last 701 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 1: couple of weeks. You notice I didn't really delve into 702 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,440 Speaker 1: that this morning, nor will I on Thursday night unless 703 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 1: something truly historic breaks. Because it's time to talk about football. 704 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: I have heard you loud and clear. I feel the 705 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,959 Speaker 1: same way you do. This stuff is rainy day folder content, 706 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:28,200 Speaker 1: meaning it's just as relevant in February as it is today. 707 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 2: We got to talk about. 708 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: Stuff that is more pressing and at hand, and that's 709 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: college football. So thank you for listening to the podcast. 710 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 1: Our numbers are insane. Continue to tell your friends, family, 711 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: even your enemies. People you don't like, their numbers count 712 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 1: just the same, So thank you. If you're new, especially 713 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 1: welcome to the party. Feel free to participate. Josh paid 714 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 1: seven zero six at gmail dot com and put. 715 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 2: Her on Instagram. Get those numbers up. 716 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,720 Speaker 1: As they have continued to climb, let's continue to add 717 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: to that at late Kick Josh until next time. For 718 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: producer Jordan, I'm josh Pai. Have a great rest of 719 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:01,920 Speaker 1: your day and God bless