WEBVTT - Dude Watch List 0:00:02.200 --> 0:00:06.880 Welcome to the solid verbal I'm that for me. I'm 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:09.719 a man, I'm forty. I've heard so many players say, well, 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:11.640 I want to be happy. You want to be happy 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:13.000 for Dake Edith State. 0:00:13.360 --> 0:00:19.239 Is that? Whoo whoo? And then and Tie, welcome back 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:21.799 to the solid urbal boys and girls. My name is 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:25.400 ty Hid the brand joining me over there in steamy 0:00:25.720 --> 0:00:28.800 New York City. My man, the one, the only Dan Rubensteins. 0:00:28.800 --> 0:00:29.319 Sir, how are you? 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:32.959 I have been waiting for this show for a good 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:35.159 amount of time. Have you really have that? 0:00:35.440 --> 0:00:36.960 I've given it, I've given it some thought. 0:00:37.200 --> 0:00:40.440 Yes, it is because this is the perfect time to 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:44.880 do our dude preseason watch list. Yes, and I got 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:49.200 I know, I know, and I just got even more 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:53.520 hot and bothered. Whoa subtle that's a solid verbal cannon. 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:58.360 Now as a phrase. I just watched the trailer, the 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:02.560 initial whatever it is teaser trailer for the New Top Gun. Okay, 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:08.360 it ended with such a dude line. I don't know 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:08.959 if you watched it. 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:10.800 I haven't seen it yet. Don't spoil it for me. 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:13.119 I mean, I'm not saying the movie ends with this line. 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:15.920 I'm saying the trailer ends with this line. But it'll 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:19.720 get you, it'll get your sweaty tie. So that just 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:23.200 added to my excitement for this dude show. And so 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:27.040 you can take it from here. Yeah, but I've got 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:28.280 waves pulsing through me. 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:30.880 All right, Well, I want you to give yourself a moment, 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:34.120 maybe go a little cold compress here, to compose yourself 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:38.280 as we progress forward. As Dan mentioned, tonight's going to 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:41.240 be our dude watch list, and we will explain momentarily 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:43.640 a little bit more about what that means and how 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:47.120 it fits into the war of this show. This wonderful 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:49.160 podcast is soliverbal that we've built over there. 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:51.560 We're not at all making up this concept as we go, 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:53.880 not at all making it out as we go. This 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:56.600 is part of a well hatched plan. We can promise 0:01:56.640 --> 0:02:01.360 you that while we are figuring out how to describe this. Yeah, 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:03.920 I would like to take the opportunity to remind folks 0:02:04.360 --> 0:02:08.320 that we now have tickets on sale for not one, 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:11.959 but two live shows that we are going to be doing, 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:16.960 literally on the same weekend, Boys and Girls, starting in 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:20.639 Dallas on August the seventeenth. That show is at the 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:24.800 Alamo Draft House at eight pm. Tickets are on sale, 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:27.480 but going like hotcakes. 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We're also going to be putting 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:17.440 together a different show in some capacity for both audiences. 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:19.280 So it's not going to be like a comedian going 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:21.440 on the road doing the same stick night after night. 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:23.160 Dan and I are going to put a little bit 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:26.160 a little bit more muscle into it. What that is yet, 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:29.560 we haven't decided, but we're working on it. We're excited 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:33.200 about it. If you are in the general DC area, Yeah, 0:03:33.280 --> 0:03:34.680 you don't want to miss this. We're going to be 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:37.480 in town. Soliverbletickets dot com. 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So these are flying off the shelves 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:57.440 and we cannot stress enough how much we want to 0:03:57.520 --> 0:04:01.640 hang out with you, which is to say, also, we're 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:03.320 going to do a show for you, and then we're 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:05.360 going to go somewhere nearby or just stay there and 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.360 hang out and drink beer and hashtag tendos tenders with 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:11.400 tie we'll eat chicken tenders and whatever else is around. 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:15.880 Because it's incredible to put faces to names and just 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:19.040 to meet listeners. It's the coolest thing. I say that genuinely. 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:21.880 So if you are on the fence, we are telling 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:24.920 you it's a great time and we can't wait too personally, 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:28.560 thank you for listening. And because we are doing a 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.120 Saturday then a Sunday show, it has like a tour vibe, 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:33.960 right yeah, yeah, can we get one of those giant 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.719 road cases and that has like stenciled on Soliverrble nineteen 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:40.400 tour even though we have no gear all the gear 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:43.640 will already be on the venues. That's how we'll transport Taylor. 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:46.120 Yeah, that's gonna be Taylor will be in tow by 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:48.680 the way. Yeah, he's coming with us to both locations. 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:51.280 We need our guy in the production booth to make 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:52.359 sure things go smoothly. 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:54.279 Should we figure out how we're doing today's show. 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:59.839 Today's show is what we're calling the Dude watch List. Now, 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:02.599 as you know, if you've listened to the show for 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:05.920 any period of time, you're probably pretty familiar with this sound. 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:10.960 By now, it's one of the most popular things we do. 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:14.880 We've incorporated it into every Sunday show. Looking back at 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:17.599 the week that was calling out the dudes that were 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:21.719 people get into it. So we started thinking much in 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:25.200 the spirit of the Bolitnikoff watch List or the Ray 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:30.000 Guy watch list, the Banski Yeah, all of these watch 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:31.880 lists that come out that we make a lot of 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:34.440 fun of, quite frankly, because everyone's on the watch list, 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:37.800 we decided we're going to put together our own dude 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:41.480 watch list, but with a few very simple provisions. 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:43.360 Yeah, by a few. 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:46.520 I mean one, and that one is you can't use Tua, 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:50.280 you can't use Trevor Lawrence, you can't use the guys 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:54.480 that are super duper obvious on your dude watch list because, 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:57.640 to be honest, everyone already knows that they're on this list. 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:01.520 Yeah, we're saying no dubos, and dubos are dude bonafides 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:02.359 bona fides. 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:02.880 Correct. 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:05.880 So if you are Jonathan Taylor, for instance, you've got 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:08.680 your dubos, you got your dude bonafides, you have your 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:12.520 your gold dude jacket. No sleeves, by the way, absolutely 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:17.000 no sleeves, often dude bonafide jacket. So there are certain players, 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:20.880 previous All Americans, previous guys who have torn it up 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:24.279 and you know, are clear dudes. If we leave somebody 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:27.120 off that has produced like crazy these past few years 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:30.520 and has received a ton of attention, this isn't what 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:33.080 this show is about. It's not a preseason All American show. 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:33.479 It is not. 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:37.000 So I want to act this from a couple different perspectives. 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:38.600 Yeah, first and. 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:42.760 Foremost, I tried to identify a slew of sleeper dudes. 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:45.159 What is a dude to you? 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:47.599 A dude to me is someone who's out there on 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:52.080 the field with a presence, Okay, a game impacting presence. 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.480 Doesn't mean they're scoring all the touchdowns, but it could 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:58.400 mean that they're so effective in the passing game that 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.360 they draw the attention of defender and make somebody else 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:01.880 get open. 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:03.640 It's just somebody. 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:06.520 It's just somebody who opens up the game in a 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:09.680 meaningful way for his team, somebody who goes out there 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:12.840 and has a very positive impact in a way that 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:15.400 if you're watching at home, you look at it and 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:17.840 you say, yeah, that guy's that guy's a baller. 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:18.640 Yeah, I looked at it. 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:21.480 There's something about him that's a wrecking ball, Yes, something 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:24.440 you know it's It always comes back to Miley Cyrus obviously, 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:30.000 but somebody where I will watch your mixtape where I 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:33.480 will question the music choices on the mixtape and. 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:36.000 I will think to myself, damn, I want him on 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:37.800 my team. That's right. 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:42.240 Maybe one of those guys that you hate, yeah play against. 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:45.520 I used to have this thing with Dustin pedroia as 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:48.000 a Yankees fan. I know that you saw yourself and him. 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:50.400 I didn't see myself in him. It was ever that 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:54.960 good at baseball. But Dustin pedroya classic example of someone 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:57.040 who you hate from the outside, but if you were 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:59.200 a red sox fan. I'm sure you loved him. Yeah, 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:03.640 that's all right. So definitely we and by we I 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:06.440 mean Dan put together just this little sound to signify 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:17.840 the occasions. A little bit of Chainsmokers, a little bit 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:19.720 of z in there. I think I heard it's it's 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:20.520 a dude mood. 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:23.440 Ty. That's what we're all in now. It is a 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:24.080 dude mood. 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:27.160 I approached this from the standpoint of trying to find 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:32.720 sleeper dudes on varying levels, some more notable than others. 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:37.800 I may have inadvertently included a dude bow in mine, 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:40.560 but we'll cross that bridge when we get to the SEC. 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:43.959 It's always you know, there's gonna be a scattered doobo 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:44.520 here or there. 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:47.560 Which conference do you want to start with first? Or 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:49.440 how do you want to list your dudes off? 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:53.120 Let's start out with America's conference, the PAC twelve. How 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:53.480 about that? 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:56.840 All we do is take questions about can the PAC 0:08:56.920 --> 0:08:59.800 twelve ever get its respectability back? Can they make it 0:08:59.880 --> 0:09:03.120 the playoff? Let's start out with some PAC twelve dudes, 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:04.920 how about that? Let's do it? Who you got first? 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:05.640 All right? 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:08.400 Top of my list? And this is no particular order, 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:10.520 it's not alphabetical. It's just people I thought of when 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:12.800 I was scanning rosters and depth charts. I have Josh 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:15.600 Kelly at UCLA, Okay, I think he has a really 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:17.400 nice year. He put Ucla and they didn't make a 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:19.199 bowl last year, but they were pretty frisky by the 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:20.960 end of the year. He put them on his back, 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:24.520 putting up major numbers. And I believe their new offensive 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.480 coordinator is former offensive line coach. So I just I 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:29.439 think there's gonna be an identity built around the run 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:31.800 for UCLA that is going to benefit Josh Kelly. The 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:36.559 UC Davis transfer, go ags and so enormous dude qualities 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:38.840 built to carry this team. I think he's going to 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:44.160 do damage. Okay, who else? My next dude, Max Borghie. 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:46.680 I believe that's how you pronounced it. If we pronounce 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:49.520 something incorrectly, it's the off season for us too. 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:50.880 Yep. It definitely is. 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:54.040 Max Borgie's sort of an all purpose offensive weapon for Wazoo. 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:57.280 And I remember watching Wazoo against Oregon and a number 0:09:57.280 --> 0:09:59.400 of games where he just keeps getting open and keeps 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:00.840 making and she's. 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:02.560 Like, Damn, I like that kid. 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:03.559 I like him a lot. 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:07.679 So Max Borgy especially with some new faces on offense 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:10.880 and Gaje goubrud for for Wazoo. I like him a 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:14.360 lot to be consistent. Piney Sewel. I hope they pronounced 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:17.240 that right offensive tackle for Oregon. He's just a monster. 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:19.320 It's the most talented player on that offensive line, a 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:21.480 very good offensive line. But they're going to be running 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:24.840 behind him a lot. He's protecting Justin Herbert's blindside. Started 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.479 at left tackle for Oregon as a true freshman. Incredible 0:10:27.520 --> 0:10:30.840 Bradley Ane for Utah. The defensive end is the anchor 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:33.400 of the best defensive line in the Pac twelve. He 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:37.840 is just an unstoppable weapon off the edge. Evan Weaver always. 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:39.480 Terrible Evan Weaver. You have Evan Weaver. 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:44.720 He's a Cali crush, your Cal crush, big linebacker at 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:48.240 like six three, two fifty and I think he wears 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:50.520 a tight he like Whear's like eighty nine or ninety nine. 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:53.120 It's very confusing, like he accidentally ran on the field 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:56.760 at the wrong time. But he is everywhere making plays 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:59.480 and is really the anchor. It's a really good secondary 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:01.880 for Cal, but the anchor of that defense. And then 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:04.360 I'm gonna try for this one, ty, I swear to you, 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:08.800 I'm trying Paula Ea. Paula EA. 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:12.559 Now Tayote, now Tayote. 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:15.400 I mean that's already better than I would do. Okay, 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:18.319 I think a star in the making for USC. AT 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:22.200 linebacker is going to be a stud for them. They 0:11:22.240 --> 0:11:24.720 have a young defensive lineup front, and let the rotation's 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:26.800 pretty young as well. I think he's going to make 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:29.199 a lot of plays and I think he's the next 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:30.600 great USC linebacker. 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:33.160 And I don't. 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:37.080 Love that USC. He's going to have another incredible linebacker. 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:38.199 But he's gonna be fun to watch. 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:41.199 So let's start with Evan Weaver for me. Evan Weaver, 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:45.800 the linebacker from KEL one hundred and fifty nine tackles 0:11:45.880 --> 0:11:48.560 last year, which put him second in the nation. That'll 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:52.040 he could have gone pro if he wanted. He decided 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:55.480 though he didn't want to go out on that losing 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:56.480 note in the cheese At Bowl. 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:59.960 Dan O No, who does who among us wants. 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.960 That as their legacy? He decided he's coming back. Our 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:05.560 friends over at Pro Football Focus love the guy. They've 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.680 got him as the highest graded returning linebacker in the 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:12.200 Pac twelve. Cal has done a pretty good job on 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:15.480 defense the last two seasons, and I'm excited to see 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:20.040 what he can do in his final season at cald 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:23.640 So that is a point of overlap for us. I'm 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:26.280 assuming Laviscus Chanault is too much of a dude bo 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:26.800 to put him. 0:12:26.880 --> 0:12:27.079 That's it. 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.160 That's a dude du bona fide. Yeah, dude bona fide. 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:31.360 Leviscashanalt might be the best receiver in the country. He 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.320 has been recognized as such. I understand because not a 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:36.600 lot of people watched a ton of Colorado football last 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:38.800 year and he gets hurt in the middle of the year. 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:42.920 But yes, clearly a dude establishment. What about your boy 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:47.000 Troy Die from Oregon. Oh, he's real good, Troy Die. 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:49.160 You know more about him than I do. But I 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:52.640 know he's led the team in tackles three straight years. 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:57.320 In fairness, it is easier when you're playing on a 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:01.040 defense where nobody tackles. But that being said, Troy Dye 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:04.560 has been very productive. They were good in twenty twelve. 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:09.640 Okay for Orgon and I don't think he gets enough press. 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:12.480 Yeah, came back this year. The two clear dudes to 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:14.560 me on that Oregon defense are Troy Dye. It's up 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:18.320 the middle, Troy Dye and Jevon Holland that's safety who 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:21.200 led the team in interceptions. I believe last year a lot 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:23.920 of decent players, but those two guys are special. I 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:27.160 think where do we stand on Khalil Tait as a dude? 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:32.280 Is he fringe dudebo? Two years ago he had it? 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:35.800 Last year he had dude moments, but he wasn't that 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:38.559 obvious dude for a number of reasons, health and otherwise. 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:43.160 So if you were predicting big things, big production, and 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:46.400 a redudness of Khalil Tate, I'd say for. 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:48.679 Sure, cause, like you said, two years ago, we were 0:13:48.720 --> 0:13:52.400 launching an impromptu Heisman campaign for the guy. Last year 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:54.240 had a new coach, didn't run as much, and he 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:57.600 was pretty banged up for half the season. But even still, 0:13:57.640 --> 0:14:01.280 even in spite of that, he showed flat. This year, 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:03.880 he's got JJ Taylor back in the backfield with him 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:05.840 as well. We know he's a playmaker. He could be 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:08.520 on this list. Backfield's going to be a ton of fun. 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:10.840 I think they'll get a ton of chances to make 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:15.280 plays because the defense will be awful, so he's gonna 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:17.240 put up stats. I think Khalil Tate's in a good 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:19.720 position here to be to regain his dude noss. 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:21.560 As you said, it's a good dude reminder. I think 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:22.040 that's fair. 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:25.240 And then the final one, I have a question about 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:27.119 what about Eno Benjamin. 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:31.840 That's a great one. He was a dude at times 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:34.600 last year, but he's a great underrated dude to talk 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:36.520 about going into this year because I think he's probably 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:38.760 one of the best, probably five or six running backs 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:39.160 in the nation. 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.560 Keep this in mind when you talk about EEno Benjamin 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:44.880 again running back Arizona State. He ran the ball three 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:48.120 hundred times last season, which was the third most of 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:51.480 any back in college football, over sixteen hundred yards on 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:55.680 the ground, nineteen touchdowns, also caught thirty five balls out 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:59.280 of the backfield, and scored two more receiving touchdowns. Clearly 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:03.720 a dude from a stats perspective. Yes, consider the fact 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:06.800 that all of that was with Manny Wilkins who's now 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:11.120 gone and Nikhil Harry who's now playing for the Patriots. Yes, 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:14.040 both those guys are gone. He's gonna be the whole 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:15.640 offense dan for Arizona State. 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:17.240 They're gonna figure it out. 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:20.440 Herm Edwards had at a nice and normal season last year. 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:21.000 It was fine. 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:26.320 But eno Benjamin is the offense as they break camp, 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:30.400 as we go into September, certainly, I think he stands 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:34.200 to maybe be worked to death here just as a 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:34.960 football player. 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:36.880 But if he stays healthy, he's going to have. 0:15:36.800 --> 0:15:41.200 Ample opportunities to establish his dudinas in twenty nineteen. Who's next, 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:46.440 Let's go to the SEC next. Oh, okay, let's get 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:49.320 it out of the way. Well, I want to start 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:54.400 with Braiden Man. Okay, new Braidman. We brought him up 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:57.480 last episode. Yeah, I want to start with him again. Yeah, 0:15:57.760 --> 0:16:01.320 Braiden Man punter Texas. A and M won the Ray 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:04.720 Guy Award last year, average fifty one yards per punt. 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:07.800 He's gonna get picked in the draft in April. 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:08.640 Mm hmm. 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:11.720 And remember a couple episodes ago we talked about in 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:15.360 our Bama LSU book report, how having Brad Wing in 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:17.440 a key spot can flip the game and really have 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:21.520 an impact. A good punter is not something that grows 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:22.080 on a tree. 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:26.600 A and M replacing a lot on defense, so you know, 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:29.160 an ability to pin a team back and force them 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:32.440 to drive eighty one yards seventy three yards ninety yards 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:35.840 pretty important as a and m revamps things a little 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:38.360 bit under Mike elcho on defense revamps in terms of 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:41.200 it's obviously a second year, but some new faces there. 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:42.560 I have more. But who do you go? 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:46.440 Okay, you want to see if we have any overlap? 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:47.760 I have Kylon Hill. 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:49.320 Ooh, good one, I don't have. 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:52.760 I really think if Mississippi State is able to get 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:56.880 anything through the air this year with Tommy Stevens or whoever, 0:16:57.520 --> 0:16:59.960 that Kylon Hill is going to be the big beneficiary. 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:03.400 He was an underrated back last year, and I don't 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:05.920 think it's quite a fantasy thing because I don't think 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:09.119 this conversation will happen a lot. But if he's good, 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:12.240 and if he's good in an all purpose way, it's 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:14.400 there's gonna be a lot of well look what Joel 0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:17.960 moorehead dead first, say Kwon Barkley as he do. 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:18.520 So. 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:23.119 Kylon Hill runs hard, he runs, he's fast and should 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:26.360 have better lanes this year. I anticipate a really nice 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:28.720 year for Kylon Hill and nice games in general. I 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:30.560 think he'll explode a couple of times like he did 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:32.080 against Kansas State last year. 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:34.480 I have Tommy Stevens because I'm biased. 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:38.080 WHOA, Okay, so you're all in. I'm all in. 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:40.520 I have I have him and it is because I'm biased. 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:41.199 Okay. 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:46.520 You just think the familiarity with Morehead and he was 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:47.879 returning pieces on both sides. 0:17:47.920 --> 0:17:50.600 They were splitting him out wide for Penn Stee. They 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:52.000 were trying. Now granted it was a bit of a 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:58.280 gag play, sure, but he's clearly athletics. He caught some passes. Yeah, 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:01.159 he wasn't totally useless. He was waiting his turn. It 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:03.439 didn't quite work out at Penn State. I'm glad he 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.280 was able to latch on with Joe Moorehead and I 0:18:06.480 --> 0:18:09.240 just really like the familiarity he has with that offense. 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:10.959 He would have been a perfect fit for the Joe 0:18:11.040 --> 0:18:13.800 Moorehead offense at Penn State if Morehead hadn't left, and 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:18.000 if Trace wasn't in his path. So I am willing 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:23.000 to stake something of my dude draft here, whatever you 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:25.679 want to call this on Tommy Stevens having a very 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:27.600 positive impact for Mississippi State. 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:30.879 Writing this down to come back to later on in 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:31.439 the season. 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:36.800 Okay, next, next, Next, I want to go to well 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:38.320 Michael p RN for FLOORDA. 0:18:38.359 --> 0:18:39.879 Oh, that's a good one. I have a different Florida 0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:42.480 player on offense, but by all means. 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:47.000 Well, Michael p Rn was essentially a backup last year, 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:51.879 still had almost a thousand yards from scrimmage. Now as 0:18:51.920 --> 0:18:55.240 a senior, the Florida offense is going to continue to 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:59.320 improve under Dan Mullen. And I think that means more 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:02.800 touches for I think it means better stats. I think 0:19:02.840 --> 0:19:04.840 it means more of a chance to have a very 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:05.800 positive impact. 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:06.960 He ran hard. 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:09.800 I liked what I saw from him when we saw 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:12.840 him on the field, kind of split carries with Jordan Scarlett. 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:13.840 If you look at the numbers. 0:19:14.200 --> 0:19:17.800 I have Kadarius Tony sort of an all purpose weapon 0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:22.159 for Florida, And while he doesn't have the top end 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:25.640 speed of Percy Harvin, while he doesn't have the top 0:19:25.760 --> 0:19:30.360 end ability and versatility of Percy Harvin, he has been 0:19:30.440 --> 0:19:33.200 and will continue to be used in a similar fashion 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:36.080 out of the backfield, reverses, hitches, you know, in the 0:19:36.119 --> 0:19:41.439 return game and the best of Kadarius Tony is pretty incredible. 0:19:41.800 --> 0:19:43.959 And I was watching a bunch of clips and it 0:19:44.000 --> 0:19:47.640 reminded me of something that I would not have remembered 0:19:47.720 --> 0:19:50.760 unless it were football season that I cherish shown so much, 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:55.200 not directly about Kadarius Tony, but about Gary Danielson, who 0:19:55.240 --> 0:19:57.680 I think he was calling a long kick return against 0:19:57.720 --> 0:20:03.639 Georgia for Tony, and that that is that Danielson's replay 0:20:03.760 --> 0:20:09.560