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Speaker 1: Please subscribe. We want to get to five hundred thousand

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Speaker 1: before Thanksgiving. Our reputation really depends on it at this point.

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Speaker 1: So that's it, and that's all. Just subscribe. I mean

432
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Speaker 1: thousands of you have been doing it per day, so

433
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Speaker 1: it's not like you're not doing it. Just the remaining holdouts.

434
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,320
Speaker 1: That's who I'm talking to. The LSU coaching search continues,

435
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Speaker 1: and dare I paper pop. The alignment has been a

436
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Speaker 1: buzzword down in Baton Rouge. Well, we got a new

437
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Speaker 1: president on board. Now. This guy's name is Wade Rus.

438
00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:44,359
Speaker 1: His last name is spelled Roussee. I was watching some

439
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Speaker 1: of the local news reports now I'm there, and some

440
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Speaker 1: of the anchors took the strategy that I used to take.

441
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,439
Speaker 1: I used to be a news anchor in Columbus, Georgia,

442
00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:53,760
Speaker 1: and they'd throw all kinds of names at me with

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Speaker 1: no phonetic guide, no pronunciation. And so what I would

444
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Speaker 1: do with a last name like this is I would

445
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:05,199
Speaker 1: I would just do every possible phonetic pronunciation, like my

446
00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,760
Speaker 1: news report what's not like this. LSU hired a new

447
00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:11,600
Speaker 1: president today, Wade Ruse takes over. Rause met with the

448
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Speaker 1: media today and here's what Rose had to say, because

449
00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,040
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get it right at some point, and I

450
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Speaker 1: heard some of the local reports down there do something similar,

451
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Speaker 1: so I picked up what you guys were putting down.

452
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Speaker 1: But that's not all. Also, athletic director Verge Asperry, he

453
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Speaker 1: is now permanent, rip the interim tag off. Verge has

454
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Speaker 1: been there forever. He's been there since the colors were

455
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Speaker 1: actually decided on being purple and gold. So we got

456
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Speaker 1: people who know LSU, and we've got we've got alignment,

457
00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:41,920
Speaker 1: we got the tumblers starting to fall into place, we

458
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Speaker 1: got a search committee put together, and it's November fourth. Okay,

459
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,639
Speaker 1: it's time to go to work. Now, it's time to

460
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Speaker 1: go get ourselves a head coach. It's not going to

461
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Speaker 1: be Nick Saban. Last night my phone blew up with

462
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Speaker 1: matters It never should have been blown up in reference

463
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Speaker 1: to However, I understand how the message board culture works.

464
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Speaker 1: So I had to spend a solid seven and a

465
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Speaker 1: half minutes of my evening last night confirming Saban's not

466
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Speaker 1: getting back into coaching and he's not going to LSU.

467
00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 1: I accomplished that pretty quickly and pretty definitively, So no Saban. However,

468
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Speaker 1: beyond that, the lane Kiffin name is out there. Uh,

469
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Speaker 1: the lane Kiffin name's funny because no decision is ready

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Speaker 1: to be made. Doesn't matter if he doesn't want to

471
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Speaker 1: come or he doesn't want to come. There's just there's

472
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Speaker 1: no decision to be had right now. And I'm gonna

473
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Speaker 1: tell you why because lane Kiffin is in the middle

474
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Speaker 1: of a playoff run right now. So I know there's

475
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Speaker 1: some rumors floating around that he's been very turned off

476
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Speaker 1: by the political theater that we all saw last week.

477
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Speaker 1: Of course he was turned off by that. That's not rumor,

478
00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:50,160
Speaker 1: it's fact. Who's turned on by that? LSU fans hated it,

479
00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:53,200
Speaker 1: like who would possibly be turned on? That's the bad news.

480
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:57,919
Speaker 1: Here's the good news. I repeat, It's November fourth, So

481
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Speaker 1: if the governor keeps his mouth shut public about this,

482
00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,200
Speaker 1: you're not gonna hear another thing about him and about

483
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 1: this for the next month, and you're gonna get a

484
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Speaker 1: legitimate search put together and it's gonna have a month's

485
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Speaker 1: worth of steam behind it. And then Lane's gonna finish

486
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Speaker 1: this season. At least there's regular season, and then when

487
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Speaker 1: it comes time in late November early December for the

488
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Speaker 1: actual in person interview to happen, if you choose to

489
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Speaker 1: have one, and if he agrees to have one, that's

490
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Speaker 1: really when the decision will be made. I am telling

491
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Speaker 1: you my opinion on this has not changed. I don't

492
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Speaker 1: think Lin Kiffen knows whether he's gonna take that job

493
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Speaker 1: if it gets offered to him. I think there's a

494
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Speaker 1: lot of theoretical it's fifty thousand foot stuff, it's floating around.

495
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Speaker 1: There is no shame in just waiting it out. Let's

496
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Speaker 1: just see how it settles. Let's see how Verge does

497
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Speaker 1: in the AD's role. Let's see how involved person AB

498
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Speaker 1: or C is in this search. Let's see how I

499
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Speaker 1: feel in a month. Let's see how my season finishes.

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Speaker 1: Let's see if they're okay with me making a deep

501
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Speaker 1: into January, or if they want a guy named by

502
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 1: mid December. Like, there are a million different variables. You

503
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Speaker 1: don't have to have it figured out right now, and

504
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,920
Speaker 1: I don't think Lane does, and I don't think LSU does.

505
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,600
Speaker 1: That search in many ways is just now starting. What

506
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Speaker 1: that doesn't mean is people don't have opinions on coaches.

507
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,119
Speaker 1: But there's a big difference in having an opinion on

508
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Speaker 1: a coach, you know, like, hey, I think drink could

509
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Speaker 1: do really good there. I think some roll to do

510
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Speaker 1: really good there. That's not a search, that's an opinion.

511
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Speaker 1: A search has fifteen different layers to it, really like

512
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Speaker 1: fifteen hundred different layers to it. So that hasn't begun yet.

513
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,560
Speaker 1: But let me toss a theoretical to you, and this

514
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,280
Speaker 1: could just as easily apply at other places. How long

515
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Speaker 1: are you willing to wait? How long is LSU willing

516
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Speaker 1: to wait? Let's say they identify option A. Let's say

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Speaker 1: it's Lane Kiffin for an example. How long are you

518
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Speaker 1: willing to wait? Let's say it's Marcus Freeman. That'd be

519
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,920
Speaker 1: the guy I contacted before anyone, by the way, how

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Speaker 1: long are you willing to wait? So let's say my

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Speaker 1: option A is Marcus Freeman. Let's even say I know

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Speaker 1: he's seventy five percent willing to come. That is a

523
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Speaker 1: number I pulled out of thin air. I know nothing

524
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Speaker 1: about how attracted Marcus Freeman is to the LSU job,

525
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Speaker 1: but let's say he was how long am I willing

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Speaker 1: to wait? So a couple of scenarios here. Scenario one,

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Speaker 1: I identify one of those guys my option A, and

528
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Speaker 1: he's Option A by a mile, but he's gonna go

529
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Speaker 1: all the way to the National Title Game. Am I

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Speaker 1: willing to wait until the third week in January because

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Speaker 1: he's my slam dunk option A? Or am I making

532
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,600
Speaker 1: that a non starter? Am I looking at it and saying,

533
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Speaker 1: you know, if he makes the playoff but gets eliminated

534
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Speaker 1: first round, we'll hire him. Maybe even if he gets

535
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Speaker 1: eliminated second round, we'll hire him. But if it goes

536
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Speaker 1: past that, Ah, because we got that window in early January,

537
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Speaker 1: we got to have a coach in place by them.

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Speaker 1: Is that how important that window is? I'm asking? Now,

539
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 1: there's another scenario there. What if you've got an option A.

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Speaker 1: What if my option as freeman, my option be's Kiffin

541
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Speaker 1: and there's not a lot of separation in my mind

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Speaker 1: between the two and Marcus is headed the National Title

543
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Speaker 1: Game and Kiffin gets eliminated first round? Am I willing

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Speaker 1: to just say forget this man, just call Lane, let's

545
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Speaker 1: get it done. If he's willing to come. How that

546
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 1: plays out? At Penn State, or at Florida, or at

547
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,920
Speaker 1: Auburn or at LSU's really fascinating to me because we

548
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,560
Speaker 1: just haven't seen this kind of atmosphere, Like we haven't

549
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Speaker 1: seen this kind of climate. I guess is a better

550
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Speaker 1: way to put it. Lately. I'm just telling you, unaligned

551
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,360
Speaker 1: LSU is a very scary LSU. There's the hot board,

552
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Speaker 1: according to NACOS, and it's got Kiffing on it. It's

553
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Speaker 1: got Freeman on at, Kenny Dillingham, Jeff Brahm, Eli drinkwitzs Clark, Lee,

554
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Speaker 1: Brent Key, some raw, Joe Brady. I am firmly convinced

555
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Speaker 1: there are names out there that are really big that

556
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Speaker 1: are not even listed on that board, that would be

557
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: very attracted to an offer from a fully aligned LSU.

558
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,040
Speaker 1: But they got to be convinced about the alignment. And

559
00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 1: that's really not something you do in newspaper articles. What

560
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,000
Speaker 1: is in nineteen ninety seven not really anything you do

561
00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 1: in press conferences. That's something you do face to face,

562
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Speaker 1: eye to eye, and you lay it all out. Here's

563
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Speaker 1: how it's gonna work. Here the guarantees we're gonna give you,

564
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Speaker 1: Here are the resources you're gonna have here's who is

565
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,480
Speaker 1: and isn't gonna be involved in the day to day

566
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Speaker 1: around here. That's alignment. If you've got it at LSU,

567
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:21,320
Speaker 1: aren't many jobs better? Let's move on. Speaking of LSU

568
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:26,120
Speaker 1: got big games this weekend. LSU plays VAMA Saturday night,

569
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Speaker 1: seven point thirty in Tuscaloosa Kaylen de Bor fifteen and

570
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Speaker 1: two off of by This game presented by Academy Sports

571
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,600
Speaker 1: and Outdoors as they often are around here. A lot

572
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 1: of academies in Tuscaloosa. We actually stay next to one

573
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:41,800
Speaker 1: in the hotel we stay at when we go there.

574
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,320
Speaker 1: So BAM has won twelve or fourteen in this series.

575
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Speaker 1: Most of that was Nick Saban, However last year it

576
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Speaker 1: was Kaylen de Boor. I remember that game last year

577
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Speaker 1: firstly because we were there. Secondly because that's really the

578
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Speaker 1: night that the end began for Brian Kelly. We couldn't

579
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Speaker 1: have known that at the time. We kind of could have,

580
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Speaker 1: but we didn't know that at the time. Yeah, maybe

581
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Speaker 1: we did. Hmm. General expectation that I have for this

582
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Speaker 1: game is I expect I expect the most fight you've

583
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Speaker 1: seen out of LSU all year. So that doesn't guarantee

584
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Speaker 1: anything in terms of outcome. But if anyone out there

585
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 1: is thinking to themselves sort of the generic oh coach

586
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 1: got fired, seasons mailed in. Sometimes that happens. I cannot

587
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Speaker 1: in strong enough terms express to you how much disdain

588
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 1: some people in that building had for the predecessor, and

589
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Speaker 1: how much love they have for Frank Wilson. Therefore, how

590
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 1: over the cliff they're ready to go for him. So

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Speaker 1: they may lose by thirty. They may win outright, but

592
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Speaker 1: if they lose by thirty, I highly doubt it's going

593
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Speaker 1: to be because LSU showed up unprepared to play and

594
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,680
Speaker 1: unprepared to just light the hair on fire if that's

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Speaker 1: what it takes. So if I'm Alabama, I'm preparing for

596
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Speaker 1: a fastball under my chin from LSU. Now talk about

597
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Speaker 1: the actual matchup. This is a piece of paper. We

598
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,400
Speaker 1: all know football games are not playing on paper. We

599
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 1: could pop the paper, but we can't play on the paper. However,

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Speaker 1: we can have some things written on the paper, and

601
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Speaker 1: I'm looking at some things right now as it relates

602
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Speaker 1: to the LSU Alabama matchup. It doesn't look good for LSU.

603
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Speaker 1: So the question becomes, how does LSU wad the paper up?

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Speaker 1: How do they change the dynamics here? How do they

605
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,560
Speaker 1: change the paradigm in this game? Let me give you

606
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Speaker 1: a couple of them. Alabama's run defense seventy third in

607
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Speaker 1: the country. You can run on Alabama, but LSU can't

608
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Speaker 1: run on anyone, or at least they haven't been able

609
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Speaker 1: to one hundred and twenty fourth in the country. So

610
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Speaker 1: there's one glaring area where you should be able to

611
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Speaker 1: maybe maybe have an edge on Alabama, maybe start tilting

612
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,120
Speaker 1: the game in your favor a little bit. But if

613
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Speaker 1: you're incapable, it doesn't matter. And then Bama's pass defense

614
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:57,479
Speaker 1: twelfth in the country. So I mean LSU, they've tried

615
00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,640
Speaker 1: to make a living throwing the ball. That's Bama's strength defensively.

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00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,160
Speaker 1: They've not been able to run the ball. Well, that's

617
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Speaker 1: Bama's relative weakness defensively. How do you wand that paper up?

618
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Speaker 1: How do you just basically start two point zero version

619
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Speaker 1: of your season? They kind of mirror each other the

620
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 1: teams do. There's one critical difference. When Bama hasn't been

621
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Speaker 1: able to run the ball, they've still been able to

622
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:21,920
Speaker 1: throw it. They've been able to scale a passing attack.

623
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Speaker 1: LSU has not always been able to do that. I

624
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Speaker 1: think Alabama shot at a national title right now sort

625
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Speaker 1: of rests in the theory that they haven't peaked yet.

626
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Speaker 1: A lot of them talk about that around there. If

627
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Speaker 1: you've listened to them coming out of their bye week,

628
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Speaker 1: a lot of them keep talking about how we haven't

629
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Speaker 1: put our full game together yet. You know, we haven't

630
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Speaker 1: played our best football. That's a hallmark of any contending team.

631
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Speaker 1: They normally peak late in the year. Ohio State Classic

632
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Speaker 1: example of that last year. There are two examples here

633
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Speaker 1: where that could be true. Okay, Firstly, they're in the

634
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Speaker 1: one hundreds in rush yards per game and that's been

635
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Speaker 1: a huge focus in Tuscaloosa over the last well by

636
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 1: game time it will be thirteen days. They've only had

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Speaker 1: one one hundred yard rusher this whole season, and I

638
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,279
Speaker 1: think that was jam Miller against Vanderbilt, if I'm not mistaken.

639
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 1: So that is something obviously if they're going to go anywhere,

640
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 1: like if they're really going to get the job done,

641
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,200
Speaker 1: compete for a national title, They're not going to be

642
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:23,319
Speaker 1: an elite rushing attack, but they can be better than

643
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,640
Speaker 1: they've been. They've got to be, and there's got to

644
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 1: be at least enough there. And then the second thing

645
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,840
Speaker 1: is something you would think is there, but it hasn't

646
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:35,439
Speaker 1: been explosive passes, passes of twenty plus yards in the air.

647
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,399
Speaker 1: They've had some, they hadn't had a ton of them.

648
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:41,880
Speaker 1: Ty Simpsons blow fifty percent on that front. And I

649
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 1: just I look at the skill they have. I look

650
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,719
Speaker 1: at the speed they have and the versatility they have

651
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,240
Speaker 1: in the wide receiver room. I look at the talent

652
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: they have at quarterback. That should be better, and I

653
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,640
Speaker 1: think it can be better. And getting lots heer Brooks

654
00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:57,320
Speaker 1: healthier and Isaiah Horton back, which they should have both

655
00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:59,840
Speaker 1: for Saturday, that will go a long way in that.

656
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 1: But remember they struggle with Texas A and m Marcel

657
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:07,480
Speaker 1: Reid ran all over the place, struggle with Vandy Pavia

658
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 1: got his on the ground, Trinidad Chambliss ran very successfully.

659
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:15,520
Speaker 1: Those are mobile quarterbacks. Ty Simpson can make some plays

660
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,880
Speaker 1: with his legs, but that's not an integral part of

661
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:22,160
Speaker 1: Alabama's offense. It's mainly a traditional offense in that sense

662
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,640
Speaker 1: at least. So you got to throw the ball to

663
00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:27,880
Speaker 1: beat Blake Baker here, You're going to be able to

664
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,360
Speaker 1: do that, And does it look more efficient, does it

665
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:32,399
Speaker 1: a little more razor sharp coming out of the buyer

666
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,839
Speaker 1: than it has so far this year? LSU still dealing

667
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 1: with offensive line issues. I don't love that dynamic being

668
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: thrown into Tuscaloosa on a Saturday night. The pass rush

669
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:44,800
Speaker 1: for Alabama seems like it's a facet of that defense

670
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:48,759
Speaker 1: that's continued to improve. Look, I expect LSU to come

671
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 1: out hot by hot, I just mean very very much,

672
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 1: playing with passion, playing with purpose. I think they'll be

673
00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:59,920
Speaker 1: zoned in. I think they'll try and make a statement

674
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 1: about the changes that have happened down there. If you're

675
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 1: picking up what I'm putting down there, can they sustain it?

676
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:06,759
Speaker 1: Because that's like a sugar high that doesn't last all game,

677
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:09,080
Speaker 1: that doesn't really matter in the third quarter, fourth quarter,

678
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 1: Alabama's in that spot again where they're a two possession favorite.

679
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: Now it's not on the road, it's at home, so

680
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,000
Speaker 1: it's a big difference here. Let's take a look at

681
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,759
Speaker 1: what the model thinks. FanDuel's got Alabama minus nine and

682
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:25,160
Speaker 1: a half right now. Alabama is the Model's favorite play

683
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:29,200
Speaker 1: of the entire week. I thus far am not making

684
00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:31,520
Speaker 1: it a best bet we'll see what the number does

685
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,680
Speaker 1: throughout the week. I will lean Alabama to win. I

686
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 1: will take them to cover. I think that I think

687
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:39,719
Speaker 1: that two possession favorite dynamics a little different at home

688
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,640
Speaker 1: for them than it is on the road. This is

689
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:46,520
Speaker 1: no easy game by any stretch for them. I think

690
00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,399
Speaker 1: it takes a four quarter effort. Could very much look

691
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:52,080
Speaker 1: like the Tennessee game where you end up winning by

692
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:54,960
Speaker 1: double digits, but it's like one or two plays and

693
00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:57,480
Speaker 1: you're sitting there saying, if they went differently, Oh, but

694
00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:00,279
Speaker 1: they didn't. So I'll take Alabama to win, and of her.

695
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:03,719
Speaker 1: This is game gonna be well worth watching Saturday. Right now,

696
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,600
Speaker 1: Bama's the favorite twin the SEC right now, just ahead

697
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 1: of A and M and in Georgia and Ole, miss

698
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:14,920
Speaker 1: little ways behind. They're watching us in Charlottesville, Virginia, in Geneva, Alabama,

699
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,160
Speaker 1: in Fort Collins, Colorado. I appreciate all of you. I

700
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:23,000
Speaker 1: just hope wherever you're watching or listening, that you're subscribed.

701
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,319
Speaker 1: And you know what else, I hope, I hope your

702
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,840
Speaker 1: friends are and I hope Mom and Dad is mema

703
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 1: bless her. The font may be a little bigger on

704
00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:34,240
Speaker 1: her phone, but that doesn't change how the subscribe mechanism works.

705
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,920
Speaker 1: Just press it for, just press it for. She won't know.

706
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: It's fine. We will be in Lubbock, Texas Saturday. The

707
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 1: fauldont Live Tour is headed to Texas Tech. So is

708
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,560
Speaker 1: Brigham Young off a by no less, We got a

709
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:52,120
Speaker 1: top ten matchup right there, eleven am local kickoff. We

710
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:56,759
Speaker 1: are fueled by Quick Trip, as is the Fauldon't Lie Tour. Unofficially,

711
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 1: this game will be fueled by Quick Trip. Is it

712
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,960
Speaker 1: elleital for me to say officially? It'll officially be fueled

713
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:07,200
Speaker 1: by Quick Trip. Who's gonna stop us? So this may

714
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,359
Speaker 1: be the biggest game of the weekend, you know, well,

715
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 1: you know what it is, the biggest game of the weekend.

716
00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:14,480
Speaker 1: But you know what else it is. I don't mean

717
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 1: to pop the paper this early, Jesse, but we've got

718
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 1: ourselves a good old fashioned scheduling dynamic advantage, maybe one

719
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:27,400
Speaker 1: of the biggest scheduled dynamic edges of the season in

720
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 1: this game. Be careful on this. Texas Tech playing their

721
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:35,320
Speaker 1: sixth consecutive game, bring him Young coming off a bye

722
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,960
Speaker 1: so late in the year, this matters, So let's just

723
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 1: keep an eye on that. Could be an iconic scene.

724
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:46,399
Speaker 1: There are a lot of memories being drug up about

725
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,680
Speaker 1: the last time college game Day was in Lubbock, the Fall,

726
00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:52,719
Speaker 1: the Lye Tour's never been there, but the Michael Crabtree

727
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:56,440
Speaker 1: touched down against Texas circa eight. I know I've got

728
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:59,439
Speaker 1: a college audience that's too young to remember the game.

729
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:03,040
Speaker 1: Do yourselves a favor. I don't think you can really

730
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:06,480
Speaker 1: appreciate what the night was, how impactful it was in

731
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:10,399
Speaker 1: college football. But just go watch it, Go find it,

732
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 1: go plug it into YouTube, go watch that, and then try,

733
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:19,600
Speaker 1: as you might, try to understand how insane that was.

734
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 1: That was a different era, Okay, that was back when

735
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,800
Speaker 1: Texas Tech was supposed to be honored that the University

736
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:31,279
Speaker 1: of Texas was even in their building, and you appreciate

737
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:33,960
Speaker 1: the fact that the Longhorns are allowing you to compete

738
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:37,319
Speaker 1: on the same field with them. It was a different era.

739
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 1: But what a night it was. So in this one,

740
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a day game. Brigham Young has to

741
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 1: run it. They run it on everyone, right, They've successfully

742
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:49,800
Speaker 1: run the ball all year. Now. There are many dynamics,

743
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 1: There are many variables in this game. This one's not

744
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 1: a variable. This is a non negotiable if Brigham Young,

745
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 1: I'm gonna put the number at four. If they don't

746
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,240
Speaker 1: have four yards per carry on Saturday, they lose the game.

747
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:02,600
Speaker 1: It's not a guarantee they'll win it. If they have

748
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 1: four point three. I think it's close to a guarantee

749
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 1: they lose it if they can't average four yards per carry.

750
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 1: So far this year, they've averaged five point four. Okay,

751
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:17,759
Speaker 1: So the thing about a ground game against inferior competition,

752
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 1: and the best run defense they face so far this

753
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 1: year is fifty fifth. The thing about a ground game

754
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 1: that's clicking against inferior competition is you don't know until

755
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 1: you know how they'll do when they face legit competition.

756
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:36,719
Speaker 1: They face the number one run defense in the country Saturday.

757
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,320
Speaker 1: So if this is an elite rushing attack, they will

758
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:44,080
Speaker 1: scale their performance because an elite rushing attack is gonna

759
00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:48,080
Speaker 1: get yards no matter who they play. I don't need

760
00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 1: them to have over five yards per carry Saturday. That's

761
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,960
Speaker 1: a little unrealistic unless they pop like an eighty yard run.

762
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:56,839
Speaker 1: But if they can get in that four range, then

763
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 1: they can start doing some things. Because no one's done

764
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 1: that against Texas tack so then they can start doing

765
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:04,880
Speaker 1: some things. Secondly, as it relates to Texas Tech, you

766
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,880
Speaker 1: got to make Brigham Young uncomfortable because they are masters

767
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 1: at making you uncomfortable. They're so good at creating the

768
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,359
Speaker 1: game they want to play and then beating you play

769
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 1: in it because they're playing their game and you're trying

770
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:19,440
Speaker 1: to play their game. They're number three in the country

771
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 1: and turnover margin. So they've taken the ball away consistently.

772
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,160
Speaker 1: They have not trailed a ton, and even when they've trailed,

773
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:29,399
Speaker 1: it hasn't been my multiple multiple possessions. They've never had

774
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,640
Speaker 1: to abandon the run this year. They've never had to

775
00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:34,000
Speaker 1: lean on throwing the ball to get back in a game.

776
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:39,120
Speaker 1: Brigham Young has the eighty eighth passing offense in the country,

777
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 1: so you would think to yourself, oh man, all you

778
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 1: got to do is get ahead of them. Okay, do it.

779
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:46,319
Speaker 1: Everyone else has tried to. Everyone else has tried to

780
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:49,120
Speaker 1: get that two possession lead and then make bear Bachmeyern

781
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,919
Speaker 1: Company come back on them through the air. They're very

782
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:55,759
Speaker 1: good at making you play their game, So you got

783
00:41:55,760 --> 00:42:00,040
Speaker 1: to make them uncomfortable. Now, your road environment should do that.

784
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:04,680
Speaker 1: But that's that alone is not gonna do the trick here.

785
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:08,600
Speaker 1: What will do the trick is Texas Tech is in

786
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:13,200
Speaker 1: the ninety ninth percentile in HAVOC rate. They affect quarterback

787
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 1: as well as anyone in the country. You watch Texas

788
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:19,799
Speaker 1: Tech and then compare that to like what Georgia does

789
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 1: or even what Alabama does. I'm mentioning those two because

790
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,839
Speaker 1: you're used to those two having premier defensive front talent

791
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,040
Speaker 1: year in and year out. Texas Tech is in a

792
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:32,120
Speaker 1: different class than them this year, this particular year. So

793
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:38,759
Speaker 1: it's a major culture test because if I'm Kalani Seitaki, like,

794
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:43,959
Speaker 1: you can visualize what the vibe is around there right now.

795
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:48,399
Speaker 1: You're selling your guys on the fact that everyone who's

796
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 1: in this building is here for a reason because you

797
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:54,960
Speaker 1: chose to be a BYU cougar, and that means something.

798
00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:58,479
Speaker 1: We've got critical traits and characteristics of what it takes

799
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:02,440
Speaker 1: to be that this culture is ironclad. There's no tearing

800
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:05,880
Speaker 1: us apart, and we're dogs a bunch of weeks and

801
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:09,320
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter because we win anyway, and they'll write

802
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:11,600
Speaker 1: us off and they'll ignore us. Most of America has

803
00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:13,879
Speaker 1: not watched a full quarter of US play this year.

804
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:18,799
Speaker 1: That's okay, we're all we need. That team is a

805
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:22,640
Speaker 1: bunch of mercenaries. That team is bought and paid for

806
00:43:23,239 --> 00:43:26,080
Speaker 1: and we're not. And so they look good until they

807
00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:28,799
Speaker 1: got to play someone like us. We're the bowl and ball.

808
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,600
Speaker 1: They're the pins. In other words, that's what it sounds like.

809
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:36,319
Speaker 1: I guarantee you in Provo, Utah, I will tell you

810
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:39,440
Speaker 1: what it sounds like in Lubbock, Texas. It sounds loud.

811
00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:44,080
Speaker 1: One of the things that I have spoken to Joey

812
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,680
Speaker 1: Maguire a couple of times about this this year. In

813
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:50,279
Speaker 1: spring he was talking like this. In fall camp, he

814
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,279
Speaker 1: was talking like this. During the season, he has talked

815
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,640
Speaker 1: about this. He has said repeatedly, I don't really care

816
00:43:56,680 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 1: what the outside perception is. I know the perception will

817
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,960
Speaker 1: be one thing. And a lot of guys came here

818
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:04,840
Speaker 1: because they made a lot of money and it's just

819
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,040
Speaker 1: a bunch of free agents. Blah blah blah. He said.

820
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:09,520
Speaker 1: Is one of the strongest cultures I've ever been around.

821
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,080
Speaker 1: It's one of the tightest knit groups I've ever been around.

822
00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:15,880
Speaker 1: Here's the good news. You get to test it Saturday.

823
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:19,239
Speaker 1: That's why I say it's a culture test. That's really

824
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:21,879
Speaker 1: what we're talking about there. So you swear you've got

825
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:23,840
Speaker 1: a vibe in your building, you've got a dynamic in

826
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 1: your building. They know they got it in theirs. They

827
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:28,160
Speaker 1: got to come into your house to prove it. But

828
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:32,560
Speaker 1: what better stage the world gets to watch it? What

829
00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:35,120
Speaker 1: better stage. So let's take a look at what the

830
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:38,200
Speaker 1: model thinks on this thing. Texas Tech is favored by

831
00:44:38,239 --> 00:44:41,000
Speaker 1: ten and a half. Model agrees. By the way, model,

832
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:42,960
Speaker 1: I'll give you, I'll give you a time out for

833
00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:46,800
Speaker 1: a second. There, Bradley the once every other week blip

834
00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 1: hit the monitor. There, I'll give you a clean cut here, Bradley.

835
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:55,799
Speaker 1: The model has Texas Tech minus ten FanDuel Texas Tech

836
00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 1: minus ten and a half. There is a world where

837
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,440
Speaker 1: a Briga Young wins this game outright by doing the

838
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:04,400
Speaker 1: exact same thing that they've done for a long time.

839
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 1: The reason I'm gonna go the direction I'm gonna go

840
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,200
Speaker 1: is because I think that there are a couple of

841
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:14,160
Speaker 1: damn breaker moments that could happen here where if they happen,

842
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:16,120
Speaker 1: they're kind of happening in Brigham Young for the first

843
00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:19,240
Speaker 1: time this year. And if they're putting an unfamiliar spot.

844
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:23,120
Speaker 1: I think there is some chance to get margin here

845
00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:25,319
Speaker 1: for Texas Tech because what I haven't even mentioned is

846
00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:28,439
Speaker 1: they're number one in the country in explosive plays, their

847
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:31,319
Speaker 1: top twenty five run in pass. I think it's just

848
00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:33,759
Speaker 1: a different caliber team than Brigham Young's face so far

849
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 1: this year. I've said that before. I said it about Utah.

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Speaker 1: with flex Power. Let's continue. I have reached the portion

891
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:50,799
Speaker 1: of the show we call the Jesse Memorial portion of

892
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:55,520
Speaker 1: the show. He's still alive. Penn State's coaching search, where

893
00:47:55,520 --> 00:47:59,160
Speaker 1: are we well? James Franklin was fired two twenty three

894
00:47:59,239 --> 00:48:02,759
Speaker 1: days ago. As of tonight, twenty three days ago. We

895
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,879
Speaker 1: came on this show and I was in mild disbelief

896
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:08,560
Speaker 1: at the fact that James Franklin had been fired. And

897
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:10,799
Speaker 1: I still don't agree with the move, by the way,

898
00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:12,719
Speaker 1: so I haven't changed my thoughts on that. But that

899
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:16,520
Speaker 1: doesn't matter. I doubt they're rehiring him. So then remember

900
00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:19,759
Speaker 1: the immediate you know, everybody's got to take in. The

901
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:23,480
Speaker 1: immediate take was, oh, this is Matt Rule's job. No,

902
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:27,400
Speaker 1: it's not, because Matt Ruhle has since resigned with Nebraskan. Frankly,

903
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:29,360
Speaker 1: he's lost a couple of games, and everyone's cooled on

904
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:33,600
Speaker 1: Matt Rule, which sort of illustrates how insane the logic is.

905
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:37,239
Speaker 1: Behind coaching searches or lack thereof behind coaching searches sometimes,

906
00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:42,560
Speaker 1: but anyway, here's the deal. Mike Elko's name continues to

907
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,720
Speaker 1: be mentioned in Penn State circles, and it should be

908
00:48:45,719 --> 00:48:47,760
Speaker 1: because Mike's one of the best coaches in the country.

909
00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:50,760
Speaker 1: So if Peate State had an opening like Penn State does,

910
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:54,800
Speaker 1: I would hit up Mike Elcho and I would pitch

911
00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:59,359
Speaker 1: the benefits of my program, and I would sell the positives,

912
00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:01,799
Speaker 1: and I would offer a ton of money. I would

913
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:04,279
Speaker 1: do that, and I think Penn State may very well

914
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:09,120
Speaker 1: do that with Mike Elko. He's an ideal fit there, Josh. Absolutely,

915
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:13,200
Speaker 1: of course he's an ideal fit there. Got some ties there, Josh,

916
00:49:13,239 --> 00:49:16,080
Speaker 1: I know that. I certainly know that. You know where

917
00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:19,120
Speaker 1: else he's a good fit, College Station, Texas or most

918
00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:22,239
Speaker 1: any place they're serious about football. And you know what

919
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,040
Speaker 1: I think they're going to do down there. I think

920
00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:26,000
Speaker 1: they're going to make him every bit as happy as

921
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:28,839
Speaker 1: Penn State ever could. So my official stance on Mike

922
00:49:28,840 --> 00:49:31,279
Speaker 1: Elko is I think Mike Elko is going to be

923
00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:33,040
Speaker 1: the head coach of Texas A and M next year

924
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:37,319
Speaker 1: and will be mildly to moderately shocked. If he's not now,

925
00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:41,160
Speaker 1: I was mildly to moderately shocked they fired James Franklin.

926
00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:44,200
Speaker 1: So if there's one job search, there's one coaching search

927
00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:47,200
Speaker 1: that's going to mildly to moderately shock me, it makes

928
00:49:47,239 --> 00:49:50,279
Speaker 1: sense that it would be this one. I think A

929
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:52,120
Speaker 1: and M knows what they have to do, and I

930
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:54,840
Speaker 1: think they'll do it. And even if they don't, I

931
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,880
Speaker 1: don't think that this has any traction until at the

932
00:49:58,080 --> 00:50:00,680
Speaker 1: very least the end of the season, because if you

933
00:50:00,719 --> 00:50:03,080
Speaker 1: think this dude's about to screw up a potential national

934
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:08,160
Speaker 1: title run over coaching searches, then you're crazy. So I

935
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:12,640
Speaker 1: doubt this ends with Mike Oco. I doubt that where

936
00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:14,640
Speaker 1: I think it may be more likely to go. If

937
00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:18,319
Speaker 1: you look at Pete and Nikos's hot board, here is

938
00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:21,560
Speaker 1: the second name, Clark Lee. Clark Lee makes a lot

939
00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:25,160
Speaker 1: of sense to me at Penn State, and Clark's done

940
00:50:25,160 --> 00:50:27,840
Speaker 1: big things at Vanderbilt the last couple of years. I

941
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:31,359
Speaker 1: have some and you know I'm not running the search

942
00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:33,799
Speaker 1: at Penn State pat Craft. Pat Craft and I got

943
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:36,080
Speaker 1: into a big argument earlier in the year. Did I

944
00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:39,000
Speaker 1: tell this story Jesse on air? About the playoff thing.

945
00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:41,600
Speaker 1: I was up at Penn State. I was watching practice,

946
00:50:42,200 --> 00:50:44,640
Speaker 1: like the first week of fall camp, and Pat Craft

947
00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:46,640
Speaker 1: was out there. That's the athletic director at Penn State.

948
00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:51,640
Speaker 1: It's the first time I've met Pat. Delightful conversation. But

949
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:55,200
Speaker 1: then we started talking about expanding the playoff and that

950
00:50:55,360 --> 00:50:57,920
Speaker 1: was the week where that report came out about you know,

951
00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:00,000
Speaker 1: could there be a twenty team, a twenty four team,

952
00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:03,440
Speaker 1: twenty eight whatever, And so he and I we're just

953
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:06,759
Speaker 1: like really loudly debating how big the playoffs should be.

954
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:09,560
Speaker 1: I think some people thought we were about like I

955
00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:13,440
Speaker 1: think some people heard our voices and thought we were serious. No, no,

956
00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:16,759
Speaker 1: just passionate. You see this guy right here, Manny Diaz. Ironically,

957
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:19,960
Speaker 1: I had a very very similar exchange with him when

958
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:21,799
Speaker 1: he was at Penn State a few years ago when

959
00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:23,560
Speaker 1: we went up there. So I always have my best

960
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:27,440
Speaker 1: playoff debates in state college Pennsylvania. Anyway, I say that

961
00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:31,000
Speaker 1: to say Pat Kraft is running this search, not me,

962
00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:34,200
Speaker 1: But if I was running this search, there are some

963
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:37,759
Speaker 1: unique characteristics about the Penn State job that I want

964
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:40,960
Speaker 1: my guy to have. He needs to be elite at evaluation.

965
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:44,120
Speaker 1: He needs to be a plus developer of talent along

966
00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:46,680
Speaker 1: with the staff that he brings them. He needs to

967
00:51:46,719 --> 00:51:51,319
Speaker 1: have a magnetic culture. Because with the magnetic culture, I

968
00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:55,080
Speaker 1: get what I call the market magician vibe, and that

969
00:51:55,239 --> 00:52:00,239
Speaker 1: is a place created by a guy that is so

970
00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:03,200
Speaker 1: attractive to players that they're willing to take a little

971
00:52:03,239 --> 00:52:07,040
Speaker 1: bit less to play there. Now, Penn State's not poor,

972
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:10,440
Speaker 1: but at Penn State, I'm not going to count on

973
00:52:10,520 --> 00:52:14,520
Speaker 1: them to match dollar for dollar with Miami or Ohio

974
00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:20,399
Speaker 1: State or Texas or whatever. Basically, the pool that you're

975
00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:22,319
Speaker 1: going to be drawing from, that you're going to try

976
00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:24,759
Speaker 1: and get elite talent from, and the teams you're going

977
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:27,480
Speaker 1: to be competing against. Give me a guy that builds

978
00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:29,480
Speaker 1: a culture that makes a player say, you know what,

979
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:32,360
Speaker 1: it may take one point two million for me to

980
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:36,600
Speaker 1: go there and play for them, but for you, seven

981
00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:39,400
Speaker 1: hundred it'll do. And then you apply that principle across

982
00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:41,799
Speaker 1: the board. Look how much it saves you. Look how

983
00:52:41,800 --> 00:52:44,839
Speaker 1: many extra players you can go get. This happens by

984
00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:48,080
Speaker 1: the way this exists. Now, sometimes it's just going to

985
00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:51,320
Speaker 1: be a straight bidding war, and candidly, Penn State's probably

986
00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:54,759
Speaker 1: not winning the bidding wars anyway, So Clark Lee is

987
00:52:54,760 --> 00:52:57,000
Speaker 1: that guy. He's not the only one out there that

988
00:52:57,040 --> 00:53:00,600
Speaker 1: fits this. Clark is the guy that creates the culture

989
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:04,160
Speaker 1: that gets you a little bit of a market discount

990
00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:08,920
Speaker 1: on players, and he also possesses the ability to evaluate

991
00:53:09,719 --> 00:53:15,120
Speaker 1: talent that may not even be attracting the huge multi

992
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:18,920
Speaker 1: I say, multimillion dollar offers, the seven figure offers out there,

993
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:20,839
Speaker 1: and he goes and wins with him. Anyway, Clark Lee

994
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:24,440
Speaker 1: exhibits those characteristics. He's got that. I think Eli Drinkwoitz

995
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:27,319
Speaker 1: has that as well. For some reason, Clark strikes me

996
00:53:27,320 --> 00:53:30,520
Speaker 1: as a better fit at Penn State than Eli Drinkwitz.

997
00:53:30,560 --> 00:53:33,840
Speaker 1: But I'd have no problem with Eli Drinkwoitz. You'll notice

998
00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:36,319
Speaker 1: when this job first came open, I threw out Matt

999
00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:39,520
Speaker 1: Campbell's name immediately. I believe in Matt Campbell every bit

1000
00:53:39,560 --> 00:53:41,959
Speaker 1: as much today as I did three weeks ago. You'll

1001
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:44,240
Speaker 1: notice they've lost a couple of games at Iowa State,

1002
00:53:44,719 --> 00:53:47,480
Speaker 1: and so I had someone dm me today is the

1003
00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:50,040
Speaker 1: reason I mentioned this, And they said, now that Matt

1004
00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:53,000
Speaker 1: Campbell's name isn't as hot anymore, who do you turn

1005
00:53:53,080 --> 00:53:57,120
Speaker 1: to what? And they said, no, Well, I mean you

1006
00:53:57,160 --> 00:53:59,840
Speaker 1: know when you first mentioned them, they were still in

1007
00:53:59,880 --> 00:54:02,120
Speaker 1: the chase for the Big Twelve. But now they're out

1008
00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:04,720
Speaker 1: of it, and so he's not as hot as a candidate.

1009
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:08,279
Speaker 1: I don't think that way. Just a full stop there.

1010
00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:12,200
Speaker 1: Matt Campbell today is the same football coach Matt Campbell

1011
00:54:12,239 --> 00:54:14,920
Speaker 1: was twenty three days ago. To me, and let me

1012
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:18,040
Speaker 1: just take that name compared to Clark Lee and do

1013
00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:21,080
Speaker 1: nothing more than hit the rewind button one year or

1014
00:54:21,080 --> 00:54:24,680
Speaker 1: two years, I go back one or two years. Within

1015
00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:27,080
Speaker 1: that span, Clark Lee's been on the hot seat. Do

1016
00:54:27,120 --> 00:54:30,479
Speaker 1: you understand at SEC media days last year, Clark Lee's

1017
00:54:30,560 --> 00:54:32,719
Speaker 1: name was on the hot seat. It was stupid then,

1018
00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:36,560
Speaker 1: but he was on the hot seat. Matt Campbell then

1019
00:54:36,600 --> 00:54:38,759
Speaker 1: went and made a run to the Big Twelve championship

1020
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:41,480
Speaker 1: game last year. So imagine the Penn State job just

1021
00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:45,440
Speaker 1: comes open a year earlier. What are we saying about it?

1022
00:54:45,719 --> 00:54:49,280
Speaker 1: We're saying, oh, man, Matt Campbell, home run Grand Slam?

1023
00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:51,759
Speaker 1: Just are we willing to wait? What if Matt makes

1024
00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:54,120
Speaker 1: the playoff? And then a year later it's like, well

1025
00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:58,160
Speaker 1: they've lost a few games, Yeah they have. It's Iowa State, dude,

1026
00:54:58,640 --> 00:55:01,200
Speaker 1: of absolutely, they lost a few games they may even

1027
00:55:01,280 --> 00:55:04,360
Speaker 1: lose a few more. They were in Dallas last year,

1028
00:55:05,239 --> 00:55:08,360
Speaker 1: the dudes taking Iowa State the conference title game. So anyway,

1029
00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:10,759
Speaker 1: I don't know how much traction his name has up

1030
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:13,719
Speaker 1: there or not. He is another guy that fits all

1031
00:55:13,800 --> 00:55:20,239
Speaker 1: those parameters elite evaluation plus developer, magnetic culture. Guys love

1032
00:55:20,320 --> 00:55:22,160
Speaker 1: to play for him, guys love to work for him.

1033
00:55:22,680 --> 00:55:26,640
Speaker 1: Probably can attract talent for less dollar for dollar than

1034
00:55:26,680 --> 00:55:29,200
Speaker 1: some of the major programs would have to pay. So

1035
00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:31,480
Speaker 1: that's what I'm looking for at Penn State. So those

1036
00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:35,560
Speaker 1: guys would all fit to me. Let's move on. I

1037
00:55:35,600 --> 00:55:38,920
Speaker 1: gotta see man, Jesse. You know what I left my

1038
00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:44,120
Speaker 1: chest stick. This is terrible, all right. Anyway, we got

1039
00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:46,960
Speaker 1: a big game in Iowa City this weekend. Big game

1040
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:50,360
Speaker 1: in Iowa City. Oregon plays Iowa. This is the Saturday

1041
00:55:50,520 --> 00:55:54,240
Speaker 1: CBS game in a week three thirty Eastern, two thirty

1042
00:55:54,280 --> 00:55:57,279
Speaker 1: local time. There's no way to sugarcoat this. It's gonna

1043
00:55:57,320 --> 00:56:02,960
Speaker 1: be gross. At last check, we are predicting rain again,

1044
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:07,240
Speaker 1: We're predicting wind again, and tempts in the mid forties.

1045
00:56:07,320 --> 00:56:10,880
Speaker 1: Let me give Dan Landing a little friendly piece of advice. Publicly,

1046
00:56:11,880 --> 00:56:13,560
Speaker 1: you got to stop wearing cotton in the poor and

1047
00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:18,960
Speaker 1: rain that can't feel good. You risk hypothermia and the

1048
00:56:19,080 --> 00:56:21,720
Speaker 1: game's already gonna be hideous. You don't have to feel

1049
00:56:21,840 --> 00:56:25,600
Speaker 1: terrible along with it. So I trust Kenny and the

1050
00:56:25,600 --> 00:56:27,879
Speaker 1: guys up there in the equipment department to make sure

1051
00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:31,000
Speaker 1: we're better equipped this week to deal with the conditions.

1052
00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:34,719
Speaker 1: I know most of you did not watch Oregon versus Wisconsin,

1053
00:56:34,760 --> 00:56:38,239
Speaker 1: but I did. They also played that day in a downpour,

1054
00:56:38,480 --> 00:56:42,319
Speaker 1: sideways rain, gross game. This should be every bit that

1055
00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:46,000
Speaker 1: except a little colder. Iwa was offens is turned to corner.

1056
00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:50,120
Speaker 1: I don't know if you've heard Iowa was offense turn

1057
00:56:50,200 --> 00:56:53,480
Speaker 1: the corner? Yeah, how's that? Well, they're four to one

1058
00:56:53,520 --> 00:56:56,040
Speaker 1: in Big Ten play and they've scored thirty eight thirty

1059
00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:57,919
Speaker 1: seven to twenty five and forty one in those wins.

1060
00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:01,120
Speaker 1: That means their offense is turned to corner. Right, No, No,

1061
00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:04,040
Speaker 1: it hasn't. They haven't thrown for two hundred yards in

1062
00:57:04,040 --> 00:57:06,440
Speaker 1: a game this year. They do not have a wide

1063
00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:10,200
Speaker 1: receiver with over seventy five yards in a game. I

1064
00:57:10,239 --> 00:57:12,600
Speaker 1: gotta pop the paper for this one. This is so

1065
00:57:12,840 --> 00:57:17,640
Speaker 1: classic Iowa. They have as a team one thousand and

1066
00:57:17,680 --> 00:57:21,560
Speaker 1: sixty one receiving yards. San Jose State has a kid

1067
00:57:21,600 --> 00:57:27,120
Speaker 1: with more receiving yards than that, Danny Scudero, good player,

1068
00:57:28,120 --> 00:57:32,800
Speaker 1: more receiving yards than Iowa. So yeah, it's not like

1069
00:57:32,880 --> 00:57:35,280
Speaker 1: the offense has necessarily turned a corner. I was just

1070
00:57:35,320 --> 00:57:38,000
Speaker 1: doing what they do. They're playing the ball they play

1071
00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:39,760
Speaker 1: and it's working for them, and they're number twenty in

1072
00:57:39,800 --> 00:57:42,479
Speaker 1: the playoff rankings right now. So this is a big

1073
00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:44,960
Speaker 1: prove it spot for Oregon. I know what I'm getting

1074
00:57:44,960 --> 00:57:48,520
Speaker 1: from Iowa. Iowa sits there and waits for you to

1075
00:57:48,520 --> 00:57:50,200
Speaker 1: hand the game to them, and then they're really good

1076
00:57:50,200 --> 00:57:52,680
Speaker 1: at taking it. They are not gonna go get it,

1077
00:57:52,800 --> 00:57:54,480
Speaker 1: They're gonna wait for you to hand it to them,

1078
00:57:54,720 --> 00:57:57,400
Speaker 1: and then they will take it. So do you play

1079
00:57:57,400 --> 00:58:00,400
Speaker 1: their game or do you play your game? So weather

1080
00:58:00,440 --> 00:58:02,640
Speaker 1: would indicate it's going to be really hard to play

1081
00:58:02,640 --> 00:58:06,760
Speaker 1: basketball on grass here. However, Oregon can run the ball

1082
00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:08,960
Speaker 1: fairly well, okay, So Oregon doesn't have to sit there

1083
00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:11,400
Speaker 1: and rely on the things that the video gamers out

1084
00:58:11,400 --> 00:58:17,440
Speaker 1: there think Oregon has to rely on. They Iowa already

1085
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:21,680
Speaker 1: played Indiana just like Oregon did. Iowa dealt with Indiana

1086
00:58:21,800 --> 00:58:24,560
Speaker 1: better than Oregon, so we have a common opponent there,

1087
00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:26,400
Speaker 1: so it can be a very tough out for Oregon.

1088
00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:28,880
Speaker 1: Their last game was twenty one to seven in a

1089
00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:33,480
Speaker 1: downpour against Wisconsin. Iowa has beaten Wisconsin thirty seven to

1090
00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:36,120
Speaker 1: nothing already this year, so there are multiple common opponents here.

1091
00:58:37,360 --> 00:58:41,040
Speaker 1: Penn State as well. Close game against Penn State so

1092
00:58:41,280 --> 00:58:43,919
Speaker 1: was Oregon. They went to overtime. So if you're trying

1093
00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:47,080
Speaker 1: to understand why this game spread is only six and

1094
00:58:47,120 --> 00:58:49,480
Speaker 1: a half, buddy, if we looked at the common opponents,

1095
00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:52,080
Speaker 1: you could make the counter argument, why is Iowa not

1096
00:58:52,120 --> 00:58:56,200
Speaker 1: a slight favorite at home this game? This spread implies

1097
00:58:56,320 --> 00:58:58,160
Speaker 1: Iowa as about a nine and a half or a

1098
00:58:58,200 --> 00:59:04,120
Speaker 1: ten point favorite neutral field, So it's a little hefty number.

1099
00:59:04,200 --> 00:59:09,360
Speaker 1: Fifty two, pass number nine, rush number one. Explosive runs

1100
00:59:09,640 --> 00:59:13,439
Speaker 1: that is Oregon. That's their offensive profile this year. So far,

1101
00:59:13,960 --> 00:59:18,680
Speaker 1: Iowa has allowed one explosive run all year. So whose

1102
00:59:18,720 --> 00:59:21,880
Speaker 1: game gets played the number one team in the country

1103
00:59:21,880 --> 00:59:25,160
Speaker 1: in explosive runs or the team at home who's given

1104
00:59:25,240 --> 00:59:28,360
Speaker 1: up one of those all year? Oregon has to kind

1105
00:59:28,360 --> 00:59:31,440
Speaker 1: of make Iowa's game their game is basically what I'm saying.

1106
00:59:31,920 --> 00:59:35,240
Speaker 1: Forget about the early knockout that is very unlikely to

1107
00:59:35,240 --> 00:59:37,680
Speaker 1: happen here. Look, if you can go grab a seventeen

1108
00:59:37,720 --> 00:59:40,360
Speaker 1: point lead in a game where the over unders forty

1109
00:59:40,400 --> 00:59:42,160
Speaker 1: and a half, you may have scored enough to win

1110
00:59:42,200 --> 00:59:43,680
Speaker 1: the game. So if you can go do that, be

1111
00:59:43,840 --> 00:59:48,560
Speaker 1: my guest and do it. It's far more likely that

1112
00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:51,120
Speaker 1: it gets drug out into the deep end and the

1113
00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:53,600
Speaker 1: scores like thirteen to nine in the fourth quarter or

1114
00:59:53,640 --> 00:59:57,240
Speaker 1: something like that, and you have just jabbed and jabbed

1115
00:59:57,320 --> 00:59:59,560
Speaker 1: and jabbed the whole game, and then there's like this

1116
00:59:59,720 --> 01:00:02,320
Speaker 1: three minute chunk of the game where you got a

1117
01:00:02,360 --> 01:00:05,800
Speaker 1: couple of chances to deliver a knockout blow and it

1118
01:00:05,840 --> 01:00:08,640
Speaker 1: comes down to whether you landed or not. Oregon under

1119
01:00:08,720 --> 01:00:11,840
Speaker 1: Dan Landing has been very good at jab jab jab

1120
01:00:11,880 --> 01:00:14,960
Speaker 1: boom knockout blow. They did it against Ohio State last year.

1121
01:00:16,040 --> 01:00:18,440
Speaker 1: That's this kind of game. That's the kind of game

1122
01:00:18,480 --> 01:00:20,280
Speaker 1: I expect this to be. Let's take a look at

1123
01:00:20,280 --> 01:00:23,560
Speaker 1: what the model thinks. Oregon is a six and a

1124
01:00:23,560 --> 01:00:27,160
Speaker 1: half point favorite FanDuel. We've got it, Oregon minus six.

1125
01:00:27,840 --> 01:00:30,120
Speaker 1: This was the one I wrestled with the most all day.

1126
01:00:31,320 --> 01:00:34,000
Speaker 1: From the From the examples of these teams I've seen

1127
01:00:34,040 --> 01:00:36,520
Speaker 1: so far this year, not only would I pick Iowa

1128
01:00:36,600 --> 01:00:38,000
Speaker 1: to cover, I just pick them to win the game.

1129
01:00:38,560 --> 01:00:41,760
Speaker 1: So there's that part of me, the part of me

1130
01:00:41,840 --> 01:00:43,800
Speaker 1: that's going to go on the record here is the

1131
01:00:43,800 --> 01:00:47,479
Speaker 1: part of me that thinks Oregon learned a lot from

1132
01:00:47,520 --> 01:00:51,440
Speaker 1: going wired to wire undefeated last year but then fizzling

1133
01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:53,959
Speaker 1: in the playoff, and I think a lot of their

1134
01:00:54,280 --> 01:00:58,040
Speaker 1: offseason focus there was what it was a year ago

1135
01:00:58,040 --> 01:01:01,360
Speaker 1: in Columbus, Ohio that was, let's make sure we peak

1136
01:01:01,400 --> 01:01:04,520
Speaker 1: at the right time. In Ohio state mastered it. I

1137
01:01:04,520 --> 01:01:07,720
Speaker 1: think Oregon has invested a ton of energy and focus

1138
01:01:07,960 --> 01:01:10,680
Speaker 1: into making sure they peak in November. They're coming out

1139
01:01:10,680 --> 01:01:14,400
Speaker 1: of a bye week. If I'm right, then that should

1140
01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:19,200
Speaker 1: begin here. So I'm gonna take Oregon very hesitantly to

1141
01:01:19,320 --> 01:01:22,200
Speaker 1: win and cover because I'm banking on a different gear.

1142
01:01:22,240 --> 01:01:25,520
Speaker 1: They're able to hit that they haven't hit yet. This

1143
01:01:25,600 --> 01:01:28,400
Speaker 1: is going to be a very difficult game. I will

1144
01:01:28,440 --> 01:01:30,480
Speaker 1: take Oregon to win and cover. I will not bet

1145
01:01:30,480 --> 01:01:34,600
Speaker 1: a penny on it. I'm saving my pennies. And do

1146
01:01:34,640 --> 01:01:36,880
Speaker 1: you want to know why I'm saving my pennies Because

1147
01:01:36,920 --> 01:01:39,920
Speaker 1: I promised you something Sunday night, because we got it

1148
01:01:40,000 --> 01:01:43,760
Speaker 1: demanded to us by the thousands and thousands, and I

1149
01:01:43,880 --> 01:01:47,800
Speaker 1: kid you not thousands, Well what Josh like? Thousands of

1150
01:01:47,800 --> 01:01:51,000
Speaker 1: people don't even beg for oxygen these days, true, but

1151
01:01:51,080 --> 01:01:55,800
Speaker 1: they begged for Christmas gear. So tonight in the Pate

1152
01:01:55,880 --> 01:01:59,040
Speaker 1: State Store, I am happy to announce that tis the

1153
01:01:59,080 --> 01:02:03,640
Speaker 1: season collection has dropped. And I'm telling you, of all

1154
01:02:03,680 --> 01:02:07,240
Speaker 1: the designs we've ever dropped in there, these Christmas sweaters

1155
01:02:07,880 --> 01:02:12,960
Speaker 1: will sell out. They unequivocally will sell out. I'm buying

1156
01:02:13,040 --> 01:02:15,439
Speaker 1: Jesse and Bradley one. They don't even know about it yet.

1157
01:02:15,920 --> 01:02:20,160
Speaker 1: Look at the little Chuggy woven in there. Tis the

1158
01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:23,720
Speaker 1: season to be Chuggy is so brilliant, It's so simple,

1159
01:02:23,960 --> 01:02:26,800
Speaker 1: it's so brilliant. We've got one in there that we

1160
01:02:26,840 --> 01:02:30,600
Speaker 1: can't even picture here. Merry Christmas. You felt the casual

1161
01:02:30,640 --> 01:02:34,200
Speaker 1: I believe we have in there, Just art, pure art

1162
01:02:34,440 --> 01:02:37,280
Speaker 1: in the Peate State Store right now, so it's November fourth,

1163
01:02:37,720 --> 01:02:40,480
Speaker 1: I would strongly encourage you to get ahead start on

1164
01:02:40,560 --> 01:02:43,560
Speaker 1: your Christmas shopping because I can't guarantee that those bad

1165
01:02:43,560 --> 01:02:46,840
Speaker 1: boys are going to be there all throughout December. Peatestatematerial

1166
01:02:46,920 --> 01:02:50,080
Speaker 1: dot com. I am so proud. I was never into

1167
01:02:50,120 --> 01:02:52,800
Speaker 1: Christmas sweaters to my knowledge, I've never won one in

1168
01:02:52,840 --> 01:02:54,640
Speaker 1: my life, so this year will be a first for me.

1169
01:02:55,160 --> 01:02:58,080
Speaker 1: Maybe you feel the same way. It's a great time

1170
01:02:58,120 --> 01:03:02,840
Speaker 1: in the Peate State Store. Let's continue the Auburn coaching

1171
01:03:02,880 --> 01:03:05,400
Speaker 1: search that's going on as well. We might as well

1172
01:03:05,480 --> 01:03:08,440
Speaker 1: update that one. People talking a lot about Auburn. Have

1173
01:03:08,560 --> 01:03:13,360
Speaker 1: you noticed people are taking shots Bradley don't stand for this.

1174
01:03:13,400 --> 01:03:16,880
Speaker 1: Bradley's from Montgomery, he lives close by. People are taking

1175
01:03:16,920 --> 01:03:19,720
Speaker 1: shots at Auburn. And you know what, I've noticed. I've

1176
01:03:19,760 --> 01:03:22,560
Speaker 1: noticed that the further away people are about Auburn, the

1177
01:03:22,600 --> 01:03:24,440
Speaker 1: more likely they are to take shots at Auburn. And

1178
01:03:24,440 --> 01:03:26,680
Speaker 1: these people have not the slightest clue what Auburn is.

1179
01:03:27,440 --> 01:03:30,480
Speaker 1: They think they do. There are these stereotypes that exist

1180
01:03:30,480 --> 01:03:33,240
Speaker 1: about Auburn to some extent because they've been true in

1181
01:03:33,280 --> 01:03:37,120
Speaker 1: the past. But they say stuff like, oh man, Auburn,

1182
01:03:37,240 --> 01:03:41,080
Speaker 1: no one wants that job. The boosters meddle too much there,

1183
01:03:41,760 --> 01:03:45,080
Speaker 1: and they say this stuff and it goes unchecked, and

1184
01:03:45,120 --> 01:03:47,439
Speaker 1: so I'd like to check it. I'd love to get

1185
01:03:47,440 --> 01:03:49,360
Speaker 1: some people if they want to call in live. We

1186
01:03:49,400 --> 01:03:51,480
Speaker 1: don't have that capability, but if I could have them,

1187
01:03:51,800 --> 01:03:53,720
Speaker 1: if I could have some of the national media types

1188
01:03:53,840 --> 01:03:57,280
Speaker 1: or you know, people just with columns space to fill,

1189
01:03:57,360 --> 01:03:59,440
Speaker 1: so they got to write something and they take shots

1190
01:03:59,480 --> 01:04:01,880
Speaker 1: at Auburn. All the boosters are meddling down there too much.

1191
01:04:02,120 --> 01:04:07,360
Speaker 1: Which ones name them? What are they doing specifically right now? Like,

1192
01:04:07,400 --> 01:04:09,800
Speaker 1: if I'm a candidate for the Auburn job, you're telling

1193
01:04:09,800 --> 01:04:12,440
Speaker 1: me I don't want this job cause the boosters are

1194
01:04:12,440 --> 01:04:17,400
Speaker 1: meddling Which ones? What are they doing? Specifics? Please give

1195
01:04:17,440 --> 01:04:20,120
Speaker 1: me specifics? So what's that you don't have any? And

1196
01:04:20,200 --> 01:04:22,320
Speaker 1: I know a lot of you sent me the clip

1197
01:04:22,720 --> 01:04:25,440
Speaker 1: from Next Round the other day where Klatt goes on

1198
01:04:25,520 --> 01:04:29,120
Speaker 1: there and he was talking about the quality of the

1199
01:04:29,120 --> 01:04:31,480
Speaker 1: Auburn job. I got so many people to send me

1200
01:04:31,520 --> 01:04:36,360
Speaker 1: this clip, so he said, basically, I'm paraphrasing because I

1201
01:04:36,400 --> 01:04:39,560
Speaker 1: hate when people do this to me, so I'm paraphrasing.

1202
01:04:39,960 --> 01:04:44,200
Speaker 1: But essentially his message was the expectations at Auburn amongst

1203
01:04:44,200 --> 01:04:46,600
Speaker 1: Auburn fans are probably a little too high as it

1204
01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:48,520
Speaker 1: relates to the higher they're going to be able to make.

1205
01:04:49,320 --> 01:04:52,640
Speaker 1: And you can't be a great job if you aren't

1206
01:04:52,680 --> 01:04:57,000
Speaker 1: even the best job in your own state. Those were

1207
01:04:57,000 --> 01:05:01,600
Speaker 1: his sentiments and the logic there I really disagree with

1208
01:05:02,600 --> 01:05:05,040
Speaker 1: because I'm watching what Mike Elko's doing at Texas A

1209
01:05:05,120 --> 01:05:08,040
Speaker 1: and M right now, and I'm thinking to myself, did

1210
01:05:08,080 --> 01:05:11,360
Speaker 1: Texas A and M ever waste a second wondering whether

1211
01:05:11,400 --> 01:05:14,240
Speaker 1: their job was better than Texas or did they just

1212
01:05:14,400 --> 01:05:16,400
Speaker 1: block out all the noise as they screw every one

1213
01:05:16,480 --> 01:05:19,400
Speaker 1: of you. Here's what we are, here's how good we

1214
01:05:19,480 --> 01:05:22,360
Speaker 1: think we can be, and here's who we're gonna go get.

1215
01:05:22,600 --> 01:05:24,919
Speaker 1: That's exactly what Auburn should do right now. I hope

1216
01:05:24,920 --> 01:05:27,600
Speaker 1: that's exactly what they are doing right now. The barriers

1217
01:05:27,600 --> 01:05:30,919
Speaker 1: of yesterday are gone. There was a while there where

1218
01:05:30,960 --> 01:05:34,120
Speaker 1: if the Auburn job was open, the first words out

1219
01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:36,840
Speaker 1: of anyone's mouth were, boy, you're gonna have to go

1220
01:05:36,840 --> 01:05:39,520
Speaker 1: in there competing against Saban. No, you don't. This is

1221
01:05:39,560 --> 01:05:42,320
Speaker 1: the first hire they've made post Saban. You don't have

1222
01:05:42,360 --> 01:05:44,400
Speaker 1: to go in there anymore compete against him. And even

1223
01:05:44,400 --> 01:05:47,600
Speaker 1: if he was still there, the means to acquire talent

1224
01:05:47,680 --> 01:05:53,040
Speaker 1: today are different. They don't have a choke hold Alabama

1225
01:05:53,080 --> 01:05:56,160
Speaker 1: and have a death grip on recruiting over you like

1226
01:05:56,200 --> 01:05:58,920
Speaker 1: they used to. Kirby Smart's up the road at Georgia

1227
01:05:59,120 --> 01:06:02,920
Speaker 1: Kirby smart real relatively speaking, has his most vulnerable roster

1228
01:06:03,000 --> 01:06:05,320
Speaker 1: that he's had probably since his first year of being

1229
01:06:05,360 --> 01:06:09,480
Speaker 1: at Georgia. So these barriers that used to exist, and

1230
01:06:09,520 --> 01:06:13,840
Speaker 1: then this stigma, this cloud that floated over the Auburn job.

1231
01:06:14,080 --> 01:06:17,680
Speaker 1: Forget that they've got as good of an alignment situation

1232
01:06:17,800 --> 01:06:19,800
Speaker 1: right there, frankly as they've had in a long time,

1233
01:06:19,840 --> 01:06:23,880
Speaker 1: maybe in my lifetime. So Auburn's a fine job. Auburn's

1234
01:06:23,880 --> 01:06:25,680
Speaker 1: like one of the best fifteen jobs in the country.

1235
01:06:25,880 --> 01:06:29,160
Speaker 1: And if I'm a quality candidate, by the way, I'm

1236
01:06:29,160 --> 01:06:31,360
Speaker 1: not shying away from the other stuff. If you show

1237
01:06:31,440 --> 01:06:33,160
Speaker 1: me you've got alignment, I don't care what it was

1238
01:06:33,160 --> 01:06:35,800
Speaker 1: like there in nineteen ninety three or two thousand and three,

1239
01:06:35,840 --> 01:06:38,480
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. If I've got what I need now,

1240
01:06:38,760 --> 01:06:40,000
Speaker 1: if you can sell me on the fact that I

1241
01:06:40,040 --> 01:06:42,040
Speaker 1: got what I need there to win, and they do,

1242
01:06:42,880 --> 01:06:46,439
Speaker 1: then I'll take the job. That's it. And if that's

1243
01:06:46,480 --> 01:06:48,480
Speaker 1: not the way it's going, it's cause the powers that

1244
01:06:48,520 --> 01:06:50,520
Speaker 1: be at Auburn have done a pispour job of presenting

1245
01:06:50,520 --> 01:06:53,240
Speaker 1: their job properly. So if they do a good job

1246
01:06:53,280 --> 01:06:55,840
Speaker 1: of presenting the job properly, they'll be able to get

1247
01:06:55,840 --> 01:06:58,560
Speaker 1: a good candidate here. If John Cohen is serious about

1248
01:06:58,560 --> 01:07:01,040
Speaker 1: what he's saying, that's the ad there. If he's serious

1249
01:07:01,080 --> 01:07:03,000
Speaker 1: about what I listened to him say in that press

1250
01:07:03,040 --> 01:07:06,840
Speaker 1: conference the other day, and what I mean by that

1251
01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:10,000
Speaker 1: is it sounded like he wanted an offensive minded head coach.

1252
01:07:10,320 --> 01:07:12,680
Speaker 1: If he's serious about that, then he's not going to

1253
01:07:12,760 --> 01:07:15,720
Speaker 1: hire John Sumral, who's the head coach at Tulane right now.

1254
01:07:15,920 --> 01:07:18,040
Speaker 1: Some rawl was sort of number one on my list.

1255
01:07:18,080 --> 01:07:21,240
Speaker 1: He's been number one on many people's lists apparently, and

1256
01:07:21,320 --> 01:07:23,240
Speaker 1: who knows, maybe he is the number one guy on

1257
01:07:23,280 --> 01:07:26,520
Speaker 1: the list. But he's not an offensive guy. So John

1258
01:07:26,560 --> 01:07:30,520
Speaker 1: Cohen may have just been speaking exteporaneously and I may

1259
01:07:30,560 --> 01:07:32,840
Speaker 1: be reading too much into this, And if I am,

1260
01:07:33,280 --> 01:07:36,200
Speaker 1: I'm happy to have him text in and let me

1261
01:07:36,240 --> 01:07:38,920
Speaker 1: know that. But if he's not watching the show live

1262
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:41,439
Speaker 1: right now, I'm going to continue. If he's really looking

1263
01:07:41,440 --> 01:07:43,480
Speaker 1: for an offensive minded head coach, then you ought to

1264
01:07:43,520 --> 01:07:45,480
Speaker 1: go get Eli Drinkwitz, or you ought to go get

1265
01:07:45,520 --> 01:07:48,000
Speaker 1: Kenny Dillingham. That's who you ought to go get for

1266
01:07:48,080 --> 01:07:50,880
Speaker 1: your head coaching position. Either one of them would be

1267
01:07:50,920 --> 01:07:53,520
Speaker 1: fine with me. Either one of them I think would

1268
01:07:53,560 --> 01:07:56,400
Speaker 1: win there with Eli. Obviously he's got a better feel

1269
01:07:56,440 --> 01:07:59,000
Speaker 1: on the SEC because he's a sitting SEC head coach.

1270
01:07:59,440 --> 01:08:01,200
Speaker 1: You got to ask yourself, would he make the jump

1271
01:08:01,240 --> 01:08:04,240
Speaker 1: from Missouri to Auburn. I tend to believe he would.

1272
01:08:04,720 --> 01:08:07,160
Speaker 1: I don't know that. We haven't spoken about it, but

1273
01:08:07,240 --> 01:08:09,880
Speaker 1: I tend to believe he would, especially, like I said,

1274
01:08:09,880 --> 01:08:13,600
Speaker 1: if the job is presented properly. There's that alignment word again,

1275
01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:16,920
Speaker 1: if you can convince him and his people that you've

1276
01:08:16,920 --> 01:08:19,720
Speaker 1: got good alignment there. What stands out to me about

1277
01:08:19,800 --> 01:08:23,240
Speaker 1: Drink is how many times desperate programs have gone to

1278
01:08:23,320 --> 01:08:29,000
Speaker 1: Missouri to pluck quality staffers, Like, for example, when LSU

1279
01:08:29,240 --> 01:08:31,680
Speaker 1: needed to bail themselves out defensively, where did they go?

1280
01:08:31,840 --> 01:08:35,160
Speaker 1: They went to Missouri to get well. Kevin Peeples was there.

1281
01:08:35,200 --> 01:08:39,280
Speaker 1: He came, but Blake Baker came as well. My point is,

1282
01:08:40,160 --> 01:08:42,439
Speaker 1: you are going to be as good as the staff

1283
01:08:42,479 --> 01:08:45,439
Speaker 1: you hire underneath. You know, drink gave up play calling

1284
01:08:45,520 --> 01:08:47,679
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago as well. Some other folks

1285
01:08:48,080 --> 01:08:52,400
Speaker 1: are clinging to play calling. Billy Napier cost himself a

1286
01:08:52,479 --> 01:08:54,360
Speaker 1: job because he wouldn't let it go. Eli drink Witz

1287
01:08:54,360 --> 01:08:56,559
Speaker 1: has let it go and they're fine, what kind of

1288
01:08:56,560 --> 01:08:58,840
Speaker 1: staff are you hiring there? Drink's been as good as

1289
01:08:58,880 --> 01:09:02,600
Speaker 1: anyone at hiring a very underrated staff with less resources

1290
01:09:02,640 --> 01:09:05,920
Speaker 1: to offer. They've been very good at punching up from

1291
01:09:05,960 --> 01:09:10,040
Speaker 1: a disadvantage talent standpoint relative to the big boys. Got

1292
01:09:10,080 --> 01:09:12,840
Speaker 1: no doubt he'd win at Auburn. Kenny probably win at

1293
01:09:12,880 --> 01:09:16,080
Speaker 1: Auburn too. Kenny's been there before for one year. The

1294
01:09:16,080 --> 01:09:19,439
Speaker 1: thing about Kenny Dillingham and I mentioned him because I

1295
01:09:19,479 --> 01:09:21,519
Speaker 1: know he's gonna get a lot of traction, because I

1296
01:09:21,520 --> 01:09:23,639
Speaker 1: do think he's a really serious candidate for the job.

1297
01:09:24,000 --> 01:09:25,479
Speaker 1: So I know he's gonna get a lot of traction.

1298
01:09:25,560 --> 01:09:28,160
Speaker 1: The thing about Kenny is he runs a different kind

1299
01:09:28,160 --> 01:09:31,640
Speaker 1: of program that is not a bad thing to me.

1300
01:09:31,720 --> 01:09:34,920
Speaker 1: It's a good thing, but it's a different thing. So

1301
01:09:35,280 --> 01:09:38,200
Speaker 1: if you are sixty eight years old and you're living

1302
01:09:38,240 --> 01:09:40,360
Speaker 1: in Smith's Station down there, or you're living in with

1303
01:09:40,439 --> 01:09:43,160
Speaker 1: Tumpka and your lifelong Auburn Tiger, and you remember the

1304
01:09:43,200 --> 01:09:45,400
Speaker 1: way Pat died did it, and you remember you remember

1305
01:09:45,400 --> 01:09:49,000
Speaker 1: the Bowden days, and you remember when when Tommy Tuberville

1306
01:09:49,040 --> 01:09:51,599
Speaker 1: even came in there, But you just think about Auburn

1307
01:09:52,120 --> 01:09:56,760
Speaker 1: as being a certain kind of gravelly hard knows US

1308
01:09:56,760 --> 01:09:59,040
Speaker 1: against the world. Kenny can give you US against the world.

1309
01:09:59,280 --> 01:10:01,320
Speaker 1: But Kenny's also going to have basketball hoops in his

1310
01:10:01,360 --> 01:10:03,679
Speaker 1: team meeting room. So Kenny just does it a little

1311
01:10:03,680 --> 01:10:06,240
Speaker 1: different way. Now. I've sat in one of Kenny's team

1312
01:10:06,280 --> 01:10:08,960
Speaker 1: meetings before him, and he goes from a circus to

1313
01:10:09,080 --> 01:10:13,200
Speaker 1: military real quick. Part of the stigma around him is, oh,

1314
01:10:13,240 --> 01:10:17,880
Speaker 1: it's just happy, go lucky. No, it's really it's really

1315
01:10:18,000 --> 01:10:21,800
Speaker 1: loose until it needs to be tight, and then they're

1316
01:10:21,840 --> 01:10:23,800
Speaker 1: all business. I'm not going to immunity. I know what

1317
01:10:23,800 --> 01:10:25,080
Speaker 1: you guys want me to do, I'm not doing it.

1318
01:10:25,439 --> 01:10:29,080
Speaker 1: So my point is, optically that plays fine at Arizona State.

1319
01:10:30,080 --> 01:10:32,880
Speaker 1: I think it could be okay at Auburn. I could

1320
01:10:32,960 --> 01:10:36,040
Speaker 1: see the second he los as a game some people

1321
01:10:36,040 --> 01:10:37,880
Speaker 1: being rubbed the wrong way by that. The other thing

1322
01:10:37,920 --> 01:10:42,559
Speaker 1: about Kenny is he has a valve that sometimes gets broken.

1323
01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:46,519
Speaker 1: It's the emotion valve, and it just pours out because

1324
01:10:46,560 --> 01:10:48,680
Speaker 1: no one cares more than him, and he sucks at

1325
01:10:48,720 --> 01:10:52,200
Speaker 1: hiding it. To me, that is not a flaw. That's

1326
01:10:52,240 --> 01:10:54,320
Speaker 1: a plus. That's a green check mark, not a red

1327
01:10:54,320 --> 01:10:58,639
Speaker 1: ex There there is a certain level of college football

1328
01:10:58,640 --> 01:11:01,640
Speaker 1: that that flies at. And then there are these programs

1329
01:11:01,640 --> 01:11:04,760
Speaker 1: that sometimes take themselves too seriously and they're worried about

1330
01:11:04,800 --> 01:11:07,360
Speaker 1: optics and when they should just be worried about winning games.

1331
01:11:07,439 --> 01:11:10,920
Speaker 1: And so anyway, those are some things to just think about.

1332
01:11:11,240 --> 01:11:14,080
Speaker 1: With Kenny, I would go very hard after either one

1333
01:11:14,120 --> 01:11:16,840
Speaker 1: of them. I would heavily pursue John Sumrall. I think

1334
01:11:16,880 --> 01:11:20,679
Speaker 1: we're still in this era with these coaching searches where

1335
01:11:20,720 --> 01:11:26,040
Speaker 1: a lot of places want fully proven commodities multiple years

1336
01:11:26,120 --> 01:11:28,840
Speaker 1: as a winning power fore head coach. And I just

1337
01:11:29,080 --> 01:11:33,839
Speaker 1: want to remind you those guys aren't moving. They're not moving, okay,

1338
01:11:33,920 --> 01:11:37,639
Speaker 1: And it shouldn't even be something that scares you. Go

1339
01:11:37,680 --> 01:11:40,040
Speaker 1: get the guy that's gonna make his name and make

1340
01:11:40,080 --> 01:11:44,559
Speaker 1: his legacy as an Auburn Tiger. Go get the next guy.

1341
01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:47,160
Speaker 1: Go get the next guy that's going to be a star.

1342
01:11:47,640 --> 01:11:49,759
Speaker 1: And he's not a star because he became one somewhere

1343
01:11:49,760 --> 01:11:52,360
Speaker 1: else and you plucked him. He became a star at Auburn.

1344
01:11:52,680 --> 01:11:56,040
Speaker 1: Landing has become a star head coach at Oregon, Kirby

1345
01:11:56,040 --> 01:11:59,080
Speaker 1: Smart became a star head coach at Georgia. Go find

1346
01:11:59,120 --> 01:12:01,880
Speaker 1: that guy if he's a coordinator so be it. If

1347
01:12:01,880 --> 01:12:04,000
Speaker 1: he's a head coach somewhere like John somerre else, so

1348
01:12:04,080 --> 01:12:05,840
Speaker 1: be it. But he ought to be an Auburn for

1349
01:12:05,840 --> 01:12:07,840
Speaker 1: the next fifteen years. That's who you ought to be

1350
01:12:07,920 --> 01:12:10,160
Speaker 1: going in hiring. And if you know, if there's a

1351
01:12:10,200 --> 01:12:13,519
Speaker 1: little professional development, if there's a little learning on the

1352
01:12:13,600 --> 01:12:16,720
Speaker 1: job on the front end, the rewards you reap on

1353
01:12:16,720 --> 01:12:19,120
Speaker 1: the back end because of that will be worth it.

1354
01:12:19,280 --> 01:12:21,080
Speaker 1: That's how you have to think to me about that.

1355
01:12:21,560 --> 01:12:25,559
Speaker 1: Let's continue folks taking the shots at the Auburn job,

1356
01:12:25,600 --> 01:12:29,479
Speaker 1: though it seems like it seems like the dumber shots

1357
01:12:29,479 --> 01:12:31,880
Speaker 1: are being taken by people the furthest away from the job.

1358
01:12:32,200 --> 01:12:34,960
Speaker 1: Like I grew up near Auburn, I know Auburn intimately.

1359
01:12:35,280 --> 01:12:38,479
Speaker 1: Auburn's been a disaster at times throughout its recent history.

1360
01:12:39,120 --> 01:12:43,120
Speaker 1: There has been a lot of meddling at times. Brian Harson,

1361
01:12:43,160 --> 01:12:47,080
Speaker 1: for example, walked in the door and had hands tied

1362
01:12:47,080 --> 01:12:49,559
Speaker 1: behind his back because there were powerful people down there

1363
01:12:49,600 --> 01:12:51,720
Speaker 1: that never wanted him to have the job to begin with.

1364
01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:55,360
Speaker 1: That is lack of alignment. Okay, that's where the stereotypes

1365
01:12:55,360 --> 01:12:59,240
Speaker 1: come from. They are earned, they are well earned. I

1366
01:12:59,400 --> 01:13:01,719
Speaker 1: don't view that to be the case there right now,

1367
01:13:03,160 --> 01:13:05,639
Speaker 1: So right now, it's not a problem. And if you're

1368
01:13:05,640 --> 01:13:08,479
Speaker 1: properly aligned and you get the right guy and you've

1369
01:13:08,479 --> 01:13:10,920
Speaker 1: got your act together, then the Auburne job can be

1370
01:13:10,960 --> 01:13:12,839
Speaker 1: one of the ten or fifteen best jobs in the country.

1371
01:13:13,200 --> 01:13:15,080
Speaker 1: And if you marry one of the ten or fifteen

1372
01:13:15,080 --> 01:13:17,679
Speaker 1: best situations in the country with one of the ten

1373
01:13:17,720 --> 01:13:21,639
Speaker 1: best candidates in the country, you are a national championship contender.

1374
01:13:22,160 --> 01:13:26,519
Speaker 1: It's as simple as that. We move on. I've got

1375
01:13:26,520 --> 01:13:28,800
Speaker 1: the week eleven edition of the JP Pole in my hand.

1376
01:13:29,040 --> 01:13:33,320
Speaker 1: These are not rankings. So the playoff rankings just came

1377
01:13:33,360 --> 01:13:37,160
Speaker 1: out tonight. I cannot in strong enough terms remind you

1378
01:13:37,760 --> 01:13:39,479
Speaker 1: this right here, what I have in front of me.

1379
01:13:39,840 --> 01:13:41,760
Speaker 1: These are not meant to mirror what I think the

1380
01:13:41,800 --> 01:13:44,280
Speaker 1: playoff rankings should look like. These are not rankings. These

1381
01:13:44,320 --> 01:13:47,200
Speaker 1: are power ratings. So you can take all the playoff

1382
01:13:47,240 --> 01:13:49,080
Speaker 1: teams and playoff rankings, but if you want to know

1383
01:13:49,120 --> 01:13:52,360
Speaker 1: how those teams would stack up against each other on

1384
01:13:52,400 --> 01:13:56,640
Speaker 1: a neutral field, pure power ratings standpoint, that's what this is.

1385
01:13:56,680 --> 01:13:59,360
Speaker 1: I've got the model right next to me here, and

1386
01:13:59,439 --> 01:14:01,840
Speaker 1: it spits out our own numbers. So these are not

1387
01:14:01,920 --> 01:14:04,880
Speaker 1: exactly what FanDuel would have. There'll be a lot of similarities,

1388
01:14:05,160 --> 01:14:07,639
Speaker 1: but there's some notable differences. There's some teams were higher

1389
01:14:07,640 --> 01:14:11,160
Speaker 1: on than FanDuel's traders would be, some teams were lower on.

1390
01:14:12,160 --> 01:14:13,800
Speaker 1: So one thing I want to tell you, in fact,

1391
01:14:13,800 --> 01:14:15,360
Speaker 1: a couple of things that I want to tell you

1392
01:14:15,400 --> 01:14:17,519
Speaker 1: as I get into this. We don't have any G

1393
01:14:17,640 --> 01:14:19,920
Speaker 1: five teams in the top twenty five, but we almost do.

1394
01:14:20,600 --> 01:14:25,280
Speaker 1: James Madison. We've got four points better than the next

1395
01:14:25,320 --> 01:14:28,080
Speaker 1: closest G five team. The model is sky high on

1396
01:14:28,200 --> 01:14:31,519
Speaker 1: James Madison. It almost has James Madison top twenty five.

1397
01:14:32,280 --> 01:14:36,280
Speaker 1: And that is saying something in a power rating for

1398
01:14:36,360 --> 01:14:39,519
Speaker 1: a G five team. So that's the first thing. Second thing,

1399
01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:42,000
Speaker 1: nineteen of the top twenty five or from the big

1400
01:14:42,080 --> 01:14:45,880
Speaker 1: ten in the SEC. That's not bias, that's just power rating.

1401
01:14:45,960 --> 01:14:49,840
Speaker 1: That's how that works. Georgia Tech, you'll notice that we

1402
01:14:49,960 --> 01:14:52,720
Speaker 1: never had them in the top twenty now in my

1403
01:14:52,800 --> 01:14:56,599
Speaker 1: rankings I have in power ratings, the model has not

1404
01:14:56,640 --> 01:14:58,719
Speaker 1: really been that high on Georgia Tech. They are thirty

1405
01:14:58,760 --> 01:15:03,000
Speaker 1: eighth this week one lost Georgia Tech thirty eighth. Just

1406
01:15:03,040 --> 01:15:06,360
Speaker 1: to kind of give you some calibration here, Ohio State

1407
01:15:06,680 --> 01:15:11,400
Speaker 1: is the number one team U Mass currently playing is

1408
01:15:11,479 --> 01:15:15,400
Speaker 1: number sixty one, well, actually number one thirty six. Ohio State,

1409
01:15:15,680 --> 01:15:17,839
Speaker 1: the model would have is a sixty one point favorite

1410
01:15:17,880 --> 01:15:21,519
Speaker 1: against U Mass right now, U Mass, I kid you

1411
01:15:21,560 --> 01:15:23,839
Speaker 1: not try to flee flicker on their opening play tonight

1412
01:15:23,920 --> 01:15:27,439
Speaker 1: and fumbled it and turned it over. It's a tough

1413
01:15:27,479 --> 01:15:29,600
Speaker 1: time right now for you Mass. Nowhere to go it

1414
01:15:29,640 --> 01:15:32,680
Speaker 1: up though. Michigan kind of quietly dropping a little bit.

1415
01:15:33,080 --> 01:15:36,960
Speaker 1: Like Michigan, they won against Purdue, came nowhere close to covering,

1416
01:15:37,200 --> 01:15:40,840
Speaker 1: so they're underachieving relative to what expectation is. Michigan's dropped

1417
01:15:40,840 --> 01:15:43,759
Speaker 1: four and a half points since week four, their power

1418
01:15:43,840 --> 01:15:46,000
Speaker 1: rating numbers dropped four and a half points. So those

1419
01:15:46,000 --> 01:15:47,840
Speaker 1: are just some things to keep in mind, all right.

1420
01:15:47,920 --> 01:15:54,679
Speaker 1: Number twenty LSU nineteen Vanderbilt eighteen Iowa. So models got

1421
01:15:54,720 --> 01:15:58,440
Speaker 1: Iowa higher than the playoff committee does. Missouri is number seventeen.

1422
01:15:59,360 --> 01:16:02,240
Speaker 1: Missouri's got am this week they are a seven and

1423
01:16:02,320 --> 01:16:07,920
Speaker 1: a half point dog at home against anm LSU is

1424
01:16:08,040 --> 01:16:11,519
Speaker 1: number or wait, I wrote this down wrong. Who's number sixteen?

1425
01:16:11,560 --> 01:16:16,839
Speaker 1: Louisville's number sixteen? That's bad handwriting. My lou looked like LSU.

1426
01:16:16,880 --> 01:16:21,040
Speaker 1: That's so terrible. So top fifteen here, I'm gonna stop

1427
01:16:21,080 --> 01:16:24,679
Speaker 1: at fifteen for a second. So USC is number fifteen. Now,

1428
01:16:25,040 --> 01:16:28,679
Speaker 1: the model dropped USC after last week. This is where

1429
01:16:28,720 --> 01:16:32,679
Speaker 1: we differ from rankings. USC went on the road and won,

1430
01:16:33,920 --> 01:16:37,880
Speaker 1: Yes they did. USC also benefited from Dylan Ryola going

1431
01:16:37,920 --> 01:16:40,200
Speaker 1: down in a game where at that point they were trailing,

1432
01:16:40,320 --> 01:16:42,519
Speaker 1: and the Model thinks that USC only won that game

1433
01:16:42,560 --> 01:16:45,719
Speaker 1: because Nebraska lost its quarterback and it's not rewarding USC.

1434
01:16:46,080 --> 01:16:49,320
Speaker 1: It actually dropped them a point. So USC is at fifteen.

1435
01:16:50,439 --> 01:16:52,479
Speaker 1: Not that you should have your feelings hurt about that.

1436
01:16:52,800 --> 01:16:54,639
Speaker 1: I'm just trying to explain to you why they dropped

1437
01:16:54,880 --> 01:16:59,320
Speaker 1: oh U Oklahoma fourteen, Miami is at thirteen, Texas Tech

1438
01:16:59,400 --> 01:17:04,360
Speaker 1: is at twelve, Tennessee's at number eleven. So Tennessee, There's

1439
01:17:04,360 --> 01:17:06,720
Speaker 1: been a lot talked about this week. There have been

1440
01:17:06,760 --> 01:17:11,040
Speaker 1: some irresponsible quote edits and graphics put out that takes

1441
01:17:11,200 --> 01:17:13,160
Speaker 1: something I said on our show the other night out

1442
01:17:13,200 --> 01:17:16,559
Speaker 1: of context and makes it sound like I trashed Tennessee fans.

1443
01:17:17,320 --> 01:17:21,920
Speaker 1: I didn't. So my take on it was, hey, I'm

1444
01:17:21,920 --> 01:17:24,639
Speaker 1: not down on Josh Hipel in Tennessee right now, and

1445
01:17:24,720 --> 01:17:28,040
Speaker 1: I had some fringe Tennessee fans text me and talk

1446
01:17:28,080 --> 01:17:30,280
Speaker 1: about how down on Hypool they were, and I said,

1447
01:17:30,320 --> 01:17:32,280
Speaker 1: you shouldn't be down on him. Stop talking about hot

1448
01:17:32,280 --> 01:17:35,760
Speaker 1: seat with him. In the aggregate, they're actually better than

1449
01:17:35,800 --> 01:17:37,760
Speaker 1: I thought they were going to be in the preseason,

1450
01:17:38,200 --> 01:17:39,679
Speaker 1: where I thought they were going to be eight and four.

1451
01:17:40,080 --> 01:17:43,439
Speaker 1: So I don't do my recalibration of expectation like some

1452
01:17:43,479 --> 01:17:45,960
Speaker 1: people do. Like there's some people coming at me this week.

1453
01:17:46,000 --> 01:17:47,439
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter if you thought they were gonna go

1454
01:17:47,520 --> 01:17:50,360
Speaker 1: seven and five. Once they almost beat Georgia, it's on.

1455
01:17:50,600 --> 01:17:53,680
Speaker 1: You should recalibrate your expectation. No, I don't do that

1456
01:17:53,720 --> 01:17:56,960
Speaker 1: because that's stupid. So what I've done is I thought

1457
01:17:56,960 --> 01:17:58,720
Speaker 1: they were going to go eight and four, and the

1458
01:17:58,760 --> 01:18:01,280
Speaker 1: guy may end up going nine and three. The Model

1459
01:18:01,320 --> 01:18:04,080
Speaker 1: has bumped them up two and a half points in

1460
01:18:04,120 --> 01:18:06,320
Speaker 1: their power rating from the preseason, so they've actually been

1461
01:18:06,360 --> 01:18:09,080
Speaker 1: a little bit better than the Model expected them to be.

1462
01:18:09,400 --> 01:18:13,280
Speaker 1: So in the overall grand scheme of things, I'll look

1463
01:18:13,280 --> 01:18:16,840
Speaker 1: at what Josh Shipel's done this year. It's not without criticism,

1464
01:18:16,880 --> 01:18:21,160
Speaker 1: that's fine, But anyone thinking the guy's underachieved, I don't

1465
01:18:21,160 --> 01:18:24,080
Speaker 1: think he has. The model doesn't think he has, but

1466
01:18:24,200 --> 01:18:26,800
Speaker 1: that's okay, cause some dude named John on Twitter does

1467
01:18:26,840 --> 01:18:32,200
Speaker 1: think he has. So whatever. Utah's number ten. Utah, according

1468
01:18:32,240 --> 01:18:35,599
Speaker 1: to the model, would be a one point favorite against

1469
01:18:35,600 --> 01:18:39,840
Speaker 1: Texas Tech if they played today on a neutral site. Now,

1470
01:18:40,200 --> 01:18:44,439
Speaker 1: I'm firmly convinced FanDuel would have Texas Tech favored. So

1471
01:18:44,720 --> 01:18:48,200
Speaker 1: the Texas Tech Utah comparison here, That is one area

1472
01:18:48,240 --> 01:18:50,719
Speaker 1: where it's very obvious to me the model is higher

1473
01:18:50,720 --> 01:18:54,479
Speaker 1: on Utah than the odds makers would be. The model

1474
01:18:54,520 --> 01:18:58,040
Speaker 1: loves Utah. We are a Utah show now. Notre Dames

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Speaker 1: Texas goes to Georgia next week. Georgia's power rated seventh,

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Speaker 1: The model would have Ohio State as a three and

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Speaker 1: Man. I just want to tell you guys, I've got

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Speaker 1: would never take it on air, Jesse. We all know

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Speaker 1: I'm ethical. I would never take it on air. But

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Speaker 1: get out of here. I put Florida State plus two

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Speaker 1: adding a you. No, we can't. We were gonna add

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Speaker 1: Hate that, so we're adding Maryland instead. Oh. I think

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Speaker 1: also I should break some news. I should take this

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Speaker 1: opportunity to inform you Mike Locksley is still the head

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Speaker 1: the future holds for him, but this week we're betting him. Now, Jesse,

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Speaker 1: let's double check the line. Do we got minus one

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Speaker 1: we are gonna bet Maryland. I just wanted to make

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Speaker 1: sure we had the right number because I had it

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Speaker 1: They're everywhere. We're taking Maryland plus one and a half.

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Speaker 1: Good work, Jesse. Okay, Maryland plus one and a half

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Speaker 1: We got to get home. Bradley does have a bedtime

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Speaker 1: after all. For director Bradley. For producer Jesse, I'm Josh Pate.

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Speaker 1: Thursday night, we start to show an hour earlier than usual,

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