1 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: And welcome out to lay kick on the air. It 2 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: is Tuesday night, March thirtieth, the year of Our Lord, 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. We're here at a strange time. We're 4 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: here at a strange night, but hey, we're working around 5 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: your schedule. Some of you said I could care less 6 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: about basketball. Most of you at least have a passing 7 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: interest in the Elite eight. So whine getting the way. 8 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: It's spring, We're flexible. We got a jam packed show 9 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: either way. So let's talk to college football. We're going 10 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: to talk about something that I last visited Colin I 11 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: would say around this time back in spring of last year, 12 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: and that was the balance of power. We didn't do 13 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,520 Speaker 1: it for every conference or every division. The SEC East 14 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: is fascinating, though, and it remains fascinating for a lot 15 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: of the same reasons we talked about last year. So 16 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: tonight I'm going to revisit that balance of power sort 17 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: of dynamic in the East. It's something that's fun a 18 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: lot of people strangely like to talk about it. I'm 19 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: going to discuss that. We're going to give you several 20 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: different nuggets and tidbits from different spring practices going on 21 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: across the country. It's our Whispers and Intel Spring edition segment. 22 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: We're going to continue that. I'm gonna visit one of 23 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: these videos that's been making the rounds about Nick Saban 24 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 1: talking at a coaches convention I believe it was in 25 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: Louisiana and just talking about a lot of the stuff 26 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: that we have, of course well documented on this show, 27 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 1: about changing philosophy and about how hard it is to 28 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 1: do but necessary that it is to do even when 29 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 1: you're on top. Sometimes Saban basically reiterating what a lot 30 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: of us have said already. But it was really interesting 31 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: to hear him talk about it because it wasn't just 32 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: this ho hum, how much longer do I have to 33 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: be here? He was talking to other coaches, so he 34 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: was pretty engaged, and fortunately we recorded it. Someone recorded 35 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: it off zoom. So we're going to talk about that. 36 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: And there's been some movement in the National Championship odds picture, 37 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: and so we're gonna before we go off the air tonight, 38 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: sort of reset the scene. It's some of the familiar 39 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:54,919 Speaker 1: contenders at the top, but I think there's some value 40 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 1: plays on down the board a little bit. If someone 41 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: out there gets quarterback figured out, you can end up 42 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: a lot of money off these teams, So we're talking 43 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: about all that tonight. It's a jampacked show. There is 44 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: no X season. We don't even put the O in 45 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: front of the word around here. I do want to 46 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:12,119 Speaker 1: remind you we are marching ever so closer towards two 47 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: thousand followers on Instagram. We'll get that thing up in 48 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: like the hundreds of thousands, but right now we kind 49 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: of just started it. So the next time we do 50 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: a Late Kickshow Owners Association meeting, which is going to 51 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: be really fun and it'll be even better than the 52 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: last one we did. It's when we get over two 53 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: thousand followers on the Instagram page that is at Late 54 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: kick Josh, same as it is on Twitter. So go 55 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: give me a follow over there. It's not just a 56 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: follow for follow's sake. I put a lot of college 57 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,959 Speaker 1: football stuff out there that's unique to that platform. I 58 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 1: don't put it anywhere else. You'll see a lot of 59 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: stuff in that Instagram story that I don't put anywhere else. 60 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: I've got an eye Josh full. Director Colin has seen 61 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: this stuff, but many of you haven't. I've got an 62 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: eye Josh full of footage that I've shot behind the 63 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: scenes when I've gone to games in locker rooms, being 64 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: in stadiums before fans are allowed in, being in there 65 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: after fans are allowed in, so much stuff that you 66 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 1: don't get. I've just recorded it over time. I've got 67 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: all that saved in there. I've been leaking some of 68 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: it out on Instagram, and I will continue to do 69 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 1: so leading up to this season, at which point hopefully 70 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: we get some new stuff behind the scenes which we 71 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: didn't have last year. There's like a void, So at 72 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 1: Lake Kick Josh on Instagram, give me a follow there. 73 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: I'm done begging you. All right, let's dive into the 74 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: show tonight. How about the balance of power in the 75 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: SEC East. You know, this was something that we talked 76 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: about at pretty good length back in March of last year. 77 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: Some of you were asking we had just started the show, 78 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: and you were asking, who do you think the best 79 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 1: team is? And then the best program is in the 80 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: SEC and the Big Ten, and so I did it 81 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: by division. But the first thing I said was, it's 82 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: in not interchangeable. Team and program are not interchangeable. And 83 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: the thing about it was we were entering the twenty 84 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: twenty season and it looked like Florida Georgia, they were 85 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: going to be as closed as they've been. We know 86 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: how that story turned out. More on that story in 87 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: a second. But to me, doing this whole balance of 88 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: power thing, it's a lot more about program than team, 89 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: because a team in any given years capable of doing 90 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: crazy stuff like Auburn in twenty ten won a national championship. 91 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: They were averaged the year before, they were averaged to 92 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: below average after that, and then they were terrible the 93 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: year following that their coach got fired. Does that mean 94 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: Auburn was at any given point the best program in 95 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: the SEC West. No, they happened to have the best 96 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,919 Speaker 1: team for one year. So I'm not saying that Florida 97 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: right now correlates to Auburn. What I'm saying is, in 98 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: any given division, any given conference, any given year, stuff 99 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: can happen. You can have the right kind of influence 100 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: of events come together, and Florida had that last year. 101 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 1: The question now becomes, whereas we entered last year thinking 102 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 1: Georgia was the number one program in the East, has 103 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: anything changed? So team is one year? Program is like 104 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 1: three or four years. Let me just remind you, I 105 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 1: still can't get over how twenty twenty panned out. I 106 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: still cannot get over the fact that we were sitting 107 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: here in March or April or May and hoping we 108 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: had a season, but then in August when we figured 109 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: out we were gonna have a season. As I've said 110 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: many times and I'll say at least one more time here, 111 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: could you imagine how close we thought Georgia and Florida were. 112 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: Mind you, could you imagine looking anyone in the eye 113 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: and saying, let me tell you what's gonna happen here. Florida. 114 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: They're gonna beat George Florida. They're gonna win the East. 115 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: Florida is going to play the eventual national champion as 116 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 1: close as any team in America plays them all year, 117 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: and they're gonna have a Heisman Trophy finalist. And the 118 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 1: fan base is going to be pissed at the end 119 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 1: of the year. I mean, great, a irate at many aspects, 120 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: They're not irate overall. They were very happy at times, Okay, 121 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: and I'm in some cases maybe that's maybe that's over 122 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: selling the reaction. It could be far worse. It's not 123 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: like Florida fans felt like, you know, the LSU fan base. 124 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: Although ironically LSU beat off or Florida last year, it's 125 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: not like that. The anger stems from the fact that 126 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: they know Florida fans know they had a shot, they 127 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: had a window. How big is the window? We don't know. 128 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: They had a window last year, and they had a door, 129 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:57,679 Speaker 1: let's say, a cracking the door, and instead of kicking 130 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: it down, it's like they opened the door just enough 131 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: to where they could slide through, and then they let 132 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: the door shut behind them. And so it looks no 133 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: different now than it did this time last year, which 134 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: brings me to my next point. What is the hierarchy? 135 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: What is the balance of power in the SEC East? 136 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: I think the answer is the exact same as it 137 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 1: was coming into last year. Is Florida improved as a program? 138 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 1: They absolutely are. Have they pulled alongside Georgia as a program? 139 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: I don't think they have. They certainly pulled, certainly have 140 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: not pulled ahead of them as a program. That mean 141 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: they can't beat them. We just saw any given year 142 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: this last year. That doesn't mean that at all. But 143 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: even after twenty twenty, I still think Georgia is a 144 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: top the SEC East. The question becomes was last year, 145 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 1: any kind of one hit. Wonder was last year any 146 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: kind of one off? Okay, I'm not going that far 147 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: with Florida. I'm certainly not going that far. They could 148 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 1: win it again this year. This is far from a 149 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: prediction segment. They could win it again this year, but 150 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 1: when you look at the critical factors, I don't think anyone, 151 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: at least at this desk right now, which is a 152 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: desk of one, is ready to say Florida has overtaken 153 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: Georgia and anyone other than Georgia is a time the 154 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: SEC East, it's a clear one two. I'll grant you that. 155 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 1: How big is the gap, Yeah, to varying degrees, we 156 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: can debate that. But you know what, that's not where 157 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: it's most interesting to me. Where it's most interesting me 158 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: is in the B tier, kind of the tier two 159 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: of the SEC East. So you got Georgia and you 160 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: got Florida, Tennessee a lot of question marks, mainly NCAA 161 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: related Vanderbilts hitting the reset button. But there are three 162 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: other programs over here. One of them South Carolina, brand 163 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: New Coach and Shane Biemer. One of them is Kentucky 164 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: where Mark stoops even though he's been there were like 165 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: it seems like forever they're injecting a lot of new 166 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: into their program. And then also Colin, did I what coach? 167 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: Did I just say? With Kentucky? Did I just you 168 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: know what we were doing basketball earlier? So there's a 169 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: chance I said, Mark fut if I did, erase it 170 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: from your memory, if I said Stoops, forget I ever 171 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: brought this up. So you got Stoops at Kentucky doing 172 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: a lot of new things. But then at Missouri, which 173 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: for all intents and purposes, according to other people in 174 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: the SEC is like halfway to Canada Missouri and Elia Drinkwitz, 175 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: they're doing a lot of things off the radar. That's 176 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: the nature of Missouri. Like if you're not contending for 177 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: the division, which they did not too long ago, in 178 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: a couple of years in a row under Gary Peakle, 179 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: not a lot of attention up there. But I want 180 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: you to think about that. Plus, that constitutes Tier two 181 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: of the SEC East right now. And with the SEC East, 182 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: someone's gonna pop in Tier two. These programs aren't all 183 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: gonna have down years. These programs aren't all gonna go 184 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: seven and five. So someone's gonna figure something out either 185 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: you're gonna have the year two pop effect with Missouri 186 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: with new coaching staff in town. Either you're gonna have 187 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: that happen at South Carolina with a new coaching staff 188 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: in town, period and just something happens, don't know, takes 189 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: grand total of one year. Or you could have a 190 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 1: fresh infusion of new ideas offensively at Kentucky that bears 191 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: a lot of fruit. I think the Tier two, the 192 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: second level of the SEC East, for my money, may 193 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 1: be one of the most fun subplots of college football 194 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: to watch, not just in the Conference of the Sea, 195 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 1: but overall nationally in this upcoming year. Really fun to 196 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: watch and listen. I'm not saying good Zaga basketball is bad. 197 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: I'm just saying they don't have a place. In conversation 198 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: about the SEC East Spring intel. We do a bunch 199 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: of whispers and intel basically everything that we hear, a 200 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: network of team sites there to provide us info, and 201 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: we do this all throughout spring and especially during fall camp. 202 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: We like to do this segment a lot, and so 203 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 1: I just want to kind of whip around the country. 204 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: There's no real order to this. I wanted to start 205 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: with some of the early feedback that we're hearing about 206 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: true freshman quarterbacks. This is exciting. It's a quarterback driven league. 207 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: Hasn't always been, but it certainly is now. I'm moving forward, 208 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: and so I'm looking at whichever league we want to 209 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,680 Speaker 1: talk about, whether it's the ACC or whether it's the SEC, 210 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: and it's really quarterback driven sport. But there are two 211 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: names popping up right now. One of them is Drake 212 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: May in coming freshmen at North Carolina. Another is Garrett Nusmeyer, 213 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: incoming freshman at LSU. These are two names that are interesting. 214 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,319 Speaker 1: Neither of these guys are being pressed into early action. 215 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: Both of them probably would be capable. At a school 216 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: smaller in stature or a thinner roster wives and stature, 217 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 1: they probably would be capable of starting. So here's what's interesting. 218 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: Whether you listen to the insiders at North Carolina talk 219 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: about Drake May, or you listen to the insiders down 220 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: in LSU talk about Garrett Nusmier, what they say is 221 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: they say, you can tell. It's very evident when you 222 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: look at the raw tools, when you look at the 223 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 1: physical makeup, you can tell why these guys were rated 224 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: as they were. You can tell why they were recruited 225 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 1: as heavily as they were. You can tell they're going 226 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 1: to be a factor down the road. But yet you 227 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: always get to add that little caveat down the road. 228 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: Why not because it's a negative or a pejorative in 229 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: context towards them. It's because you have the luxury of 230 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:45,199 Speaker 1: having full quarterback rooms. You've got obviously Sam Howell, who 231 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: is ready to not only start at North Carolina again 232 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: this year, but be I mean a dark horse, if 233 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: not an outright Heisman contender this year. And then at LSU. 234 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: Here's what's really crazy. LSU's coming off with terrible year 235 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 1: record wise, but LSU may have the best quarterback room 236 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: situation that they've had I don't know how long, maybe 237 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: ever in the program's history. TJ. Finley started games for 238 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: them last year, and he's like second or third or 239 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: fourth in some people's minds on their overall depth chart. 240 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: If you were to just stack quarterbacks right now, who 241 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 1: would you trust in games? Max Johnson is the name 242 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 1: to watch. Obviously started later in the season. I was 243 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: sitting at this desk the other day. We were doing 244 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: something else. We had Tray Scott in here actually, and 245 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: he said, do you assume that Miles Brennan is going 246 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: to be the starter for LSU, and I quickly said, no, 247 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't assume that. It's because I don't. 248 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: It wasn't reactionary. I've already talked about that obviously on 249 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: this show. But I've spoken with some of my LSU 250 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: brethren who, well, Number one, you believe I've turned on 251 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 1: the program because I was mildly critical of d Orsern. 252 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: Not the case. But secondly, I've spoken to some of you, 253 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 1: and you some of you do consider Miles Brennan to 254 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: be the favorite as long as he's healthy. Now here's 255 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: the difference. Some of you assume that because you think 256 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: he's better. Others I you assumed that because you think 257 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 1: or Jeron thinks he's better and he's going to stick 258 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,679 Speaker 1: with his guy. Either of those may be true. What 259 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: I'm telling you is, I don't think this is decided, 260 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: even close to decided. I think Max Johnson, according to 261 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: again the people close to the program, easily looks the 262 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: best that he's ever looked. That's to be understood and 263 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 1: to be expected because he got some starting action under 264 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: his belt last year. So I would keep a very 265 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: close eye on both of those cornerback rooms, because number one, 266 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 1: you have legit outfront talent ready to start this year. 267 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: And then number two, they're starting to develop levels of 268 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: talent to where Drake may hey, he's the guy down 269 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 1: the road for North Carolina or you know Max Johnson 270 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: or Garrett nus Meyer for example, maybe not now for 271 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: nuss meyerbut down the road he's the guy. That's how 272 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 1: you build a sustained championship caliber program and not just 273 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 1: sort of a flash in the pan. Hey, remember that 274 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: one year we contended that's not what they're building at 275 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 1: those two places at Clemson with a z er with ans. 276 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: You know, some of us struggle more than others with this. 277 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: It's the perception versus the reality. Deal the perception right now, 278 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 1: and I understand this because even I think this way, 279 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: the perception with the Tigers would be they got to 280 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:08,839 Speaker 1: get dj Ouyangala lay ready. We saw him, We saw 281 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: glimpses of him last year. Had to start the Notre 282 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: Dame game, looked really good through for like half a mile. 283 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: They lost a close game, but yet he validated a 284 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: lot of his twenty four to seven Sports player ranking 285 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: coming out of high school. Yeah, he did, so you 286 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: would think that's the focus there. They had Sean Watson, 287 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 1: they had Trevor Lawrence. This is the next guy online 288 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 1: always skip over Kelly Bryant doing it wasn't a special year, 289 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,079 Speaker 1: overly special year. But he's the next guy on line. 290 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: DJ's the next guy in line, and he is. And 291 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: you would think that'd be the focus there. And I'm 292 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 1: not saying that that's not a focus. But there's another, 293 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 1: to me, more primary focus in spring for comes in offensively, 294 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 1: and that's the running game. Because as we speak about 295 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: that Notre Dame game last year, two of them, by 296 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 1: the way, what was the difference there? I mean one 297 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 1: of them was a close loss on the road, and yeah, 298 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: you had your backup quarterback in when you had Trevor back, 299 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: it was a blowout. I think maybe from a Blimps 300 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: point of view, you would say quarterback made all the difference. No, 301 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: he didn't. The quarterback. Obviously it didn't hurt you having back. 302 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 1: But they were able to run the ball the second time. 303 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: They weren't able to run the ball the first time. 304 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: Dablos twenty has seen that. And here's the other thing. 305 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: He understands all these championship caliber programs. Coaches understand this. 306 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: Ryan Days the same way, Savans the same way. Lincoln 307 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: Riley is the same way. They don't care if they're 308 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: running over someone's face. Fifty five to thirteen and a 309 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: meaning well, I'm going to say meaningless in the grand 310 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: scheme of things, not to them A meaningless conference game 311 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: where they're favored by thirty five and they win fifty 312 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: five thirteen, and it doesn't matter what they did there 313 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: as it relates to what they're going to be able 314 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: to do against better competition. Dabos Whinny looked at his 315 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: run game grind to a halt at their worst moments 316 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: last year, and he understands there's probably some direct correlation there. 317 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: And so I've listened to some of the reports out 318 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: of Clemson. Talked to one person. I don't have a 319 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: huge network at Clemson, but that's what they've talked about. 320 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: This huge focus, this premium being placed on developing that 321 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: run game and getting it back to the caliber it 322 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: needs to be to compliment the other aspects, developing talent, 323 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: the receiver position, obviously having dj uyangol Le emerge as 324 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: the guy that you need him to emerge. As speaking 325 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: of the quarterback position. And speaking of developing, there's sort 326 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: of a backup to move ahead sort of situation unfolding 327 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: on the planes at Auburn. Bo Nix is the now 328 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: third year quarterback at Auburn. Normally that's a really good thing, 329 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: but right now not so much. So bo Nicks has 330 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: underachieved to me relative to his potential so far. There 331 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 1: a million different reasons. Some of them are on his shoulders, 332 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 1: some of them not so much tied to the former staff, 333 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: and we've talked about that. What we haven't talked about 334 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: as much because springball just start him is how much 335 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: this new staff can get done. So Brian Harson's the 336 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: new head coach at Auburn. Mike Bobo, you may or 337 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: may not know, is the new offensive coordinator. There. Here's 338 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: the way it was explained to me. The way it 339 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 1: was explained to me, and this kind of ties into 340 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: what we've already talked about from Auburn. If you have 341 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: ever tried to tie your shoes and then you look down, 342 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: and especially if you're in a hurry and you look 343 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: down and you realize there's a knot, what do you 344 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: have to do? You can't just tie the shoes. You 345 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 1: got to untie the knot before you can ever tie 346 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: the shoes, and it sucks, but it's part of the 347 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 1: process that is Auburn football right now. That is the 348 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: task that Brian Harson and Mike Bobo have on their 349 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: plate as developers of the quarterback position, as installers of 350 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: a new offense. They can't go anywhere until they get 351 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: quarterback figured out. And what they've learned, and it's not 352 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: a surprise to anyone who's watched bo Nicks is there's 353 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: a lot of untying of knots to be done before 354 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: you even start day one of install and day one 355 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: of development of him doing things your way. They got 356 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: to untie the knot. It's unfortunate, but that's why they 357 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: know they don't have a rep or a practice or 358 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: a day that they can waste over there. Because you 359 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: don't get grace periods. When you get paid the way 360 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 1: you get paid in major college football, no one wants 361 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: to give you a grace period. So Auburn folks think 362 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: their roster's good enough. They think that they've given the 363 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: coach everything that he needs win. Not telling you to 364 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 1: win eleven games in year one, but you better not go. 365 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,639 Speaker 1: You have three and nine or whatever the case may be, 366 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: so you better win. There's one more name I want 367 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: to point out. It's kind off the radar. It's out 368 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: at Texas Tech. I'm keeping an eye on Tyler Shuck. 369 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: Tyler Shuck probably a name that you know you've heard, 370 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 1: but you can't remember. Tyler Shuck. Tyler Shuck, who was that? 371 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: That was the starting quarterback at Oregon and Tyler Shuck 372 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: has since moved on. Now, the prevailing wisdom that I 373 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: buy into, by the way, has been ty Thompson came 374 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 1: in big time recruit out of Arizona. I think he's 375 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: going to end up starting for them at some point 376 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: this year if he just doesn't start the regular season 377 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: in Week one, and because of that, you know, talent 378 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 1: cream rises. Tyler Shuck was able to see that, so 379 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 1: he moved on. Maybe that's true, But I think what 380 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:49,439 Speaker 1: what is tied to that if you believe that, is 381 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 1: the notion that, oh, we'll probably never hear much from 382 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: him again. In two years. You'll look up and say 383 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 1: where Tyler Shuck end up going to? And then you 384 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 1: google his name and he's at some FCS program And 385 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 1: now he's selling insurance somewhere. That's probably how you think 386 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 1: his career is going to go. I'm not so sure 387 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: about that. So Matt Wells as the head coach at 388 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,919 Speaker 1: Texas Tech Sunny Comby is the offensive coordinator. They believe 389 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: they've got a perfect fit there. And I want to 390 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: note there were a lot of options for Tyler Shuck 391 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: when he decided to transfer. You've got a game proven 392 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: starter at the Power five level, by the way, on 393 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: a team that won the Pactal Championship, and he decides 394 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 1: to enter his name into the portal. He had a 395 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 1: lot of suitors. He had a lot of I've heard 396 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: him say as many as twenty to thirty programs that 397 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 1: came after him. So he had options, and he chose 398 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: Texas Tech. And I think part of it was the 399 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,439 Speaker 1: realization from that coaching staff that whatever they want to 400 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: do offensively, Tyler Shuck is a really, really good fit 401 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: for this. So don't be surprised if this is one 402 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: of those situations that sort of flies in the face 403 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,439 Speaker 1: of the conventional wisdom, and it could be one of 404 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 1: those deals where Oregon ends up better for it and 405 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,120 Speaker 1: Tyler Shuck ends up better for it, which, of course 406 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,120 Speaker 1: is the way you want all those dynamics to play out. 407 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: All right, we move on. Let's just close the book 408 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: on bring Intel, and let's open the book on philosophy 409 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: football philosophy, because otherwise it would fly over everyone's head, 410 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: myself included. I wanted to talk a couple of minutes 411 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:12,439 Speaker 1: about Nick Saban here with some great audio from this 412 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,920 Speaker 1: past week. I mean great. Anytime you get to see 413 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: a coach talking to other coaches, which you normally don't 414 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,119 Speaker 1: get access to unless you go to a clinic or 415 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: you hack into someone's zoom, it's fascinating and this will 416 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: be no different. We're going to play the video in 417 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 1: a couple of minutes. But let me just ask you 418 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,159 Speaker 1: a question. Let me frame it here. What would you 419 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: do if you were a salesman or a saleswoman and 420 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: your record in sales was consistently among the best in 421 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: the company, huge company, and you're either right at the 422 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: top or near the top every single year. What would 423 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: you do if you were like a runner, if you 424 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 1: were a person who entered themselves on a bunch of 425 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: those marathons and you were consistently placing right there near 426 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 1: the top, or if you're just working. I don't know 427 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 1: whatever you do, and you guys come around to performance 428 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: review time, and for the ninth straight year, your performance 429 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 1: review is right there at or near the top of 430 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,879 Speaker 1: the company. What would you do? Your answer probably was not, 431 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:14,360 Speaker 1: I change everything. This is what really cements Nick Saban's legacy. 432 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: To me, I've spoken about this many times. I've spoken 433 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 1: to him about it on this show. Before Nick Saban 434 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:25,199 Speaker 1: gets to around twenty thirteen, twenty fourteen, and he is 435 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: at or near the top of the sport. They have 436 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: won already three national championships during his tenure by this 437 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:35,159 Speaker 1: point in his career at Alabama, and he changed everything. 438 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: They didn't have to have a five loss season to 439 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: do it. They didn't have to have crippling setbacks, they 440 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: didn't have to fall out of the top ten and recruiting. 441 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,160 Speaker 1: He changed everything while he was on top. A lot 442 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: of people have noticed it now that we're several years 443 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:53,199 Speaker 1: removed from it, but he didn't have several years' perspective 444 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 1: before he had to make the decision. So I'll talk 445 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: about how difficult that is and how huge it's been 446 00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 1: for college football and Alabama on the other side. But 447 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: this was audio from a sort of a coach's clinic setting. 448 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: That was last week. I believe he was speaking to 449 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:09,400 Speaker 1: some coaches in Louisiana. So we're gonna roll the footage. 450 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 1: Jesse's gonna play this for you, and then I'll talk 451 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,239 Speaker 1: about it on the other side. Take a listen to this. 452 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:17,480 Speaker 2: We have a good defense. I mean, we gave up 453 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 2: nineteen points a game last year and that was first 454 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 2: in the SEC. Nineteen points a game that's six points 455 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 2: above are what we think is average, which is given 456 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,880 Speaker 2: up thirteen points a game, and it's first in the SEC. 457 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:35,639 Speaker 2: So the game is different now people score fast. The 458 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:41,640 Speaker 2: whole idea, like I grew up with the idea that 459 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 2: you play good defense, you run the ball, you control 460 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 2: vertical field position on special teams, and you're going to win. 461 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 2: Whoever rushes the ball the most for the most yards 462 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 2: is going to. 463 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:53,680 Speaker 1: Win the game. 464 00:21:54,760 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 2: You're not gonna win anything now doing that a the 465 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 2: way the spread is, the way the rules are to 466 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 2: run our pos. The way the rules are that you 467 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 2: can block downfield and throw the ball behind the lock 468 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,360 Speaker 2: of scrimmage. I mean those rules have changed college football 469 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 2: all right, and no huddle fastball has changed college football. 470 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 2: So I changed my philosophy about five or six years ago, 471 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 2: all right, But it was more than that. When Lane 472 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 2: came here, we said we got to outscore him. 473 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 1: I think that's some of the best audio that we 474 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 1: get to hear because it's real. It's not a press 475 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,640 Speaker 1: conference setting. I'm not saying he's fake at press conferences, 476 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: but I'm saying coaches have a certain guard about themselves 477 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,400 Speaker 1: in a press setting that they don't have when they're 478 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 1: talking to their peers, when they're talking to other coaches. 479 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: That's why I always love being in those settings if 480 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,679 Speaker 1: you can ever get yourself in one, and believe me, 481 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: it's hard to do. And so you saw how animated 482 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: he was, You saw passionate, and how in that moment 483 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: he was He's talking about something he cares about. It 484 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,879 Speaker 1: really matters to him. But I want you to again 485 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: think about how hard that must have been. If you're 486 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:03,399 Speaker 1: running a limonade okay, and you got good sales, but 487 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 1: then other lemonade stands coming set up on the corner. Yeah, 488 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: you may have to change some things about your operation, 489 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: but it impacts a total of one person. It's you, 490 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,679 Speaker 1: it's your lemonade stand. You don't employ hundreds of people. 491 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: You're not responsible for the futures of dozens two hundreds 492 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: of student athletes. You don't have all that weight, not 493 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 1: to mention the razor sharp, white, hot spotlight focus of 494 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 1: a massive fan base. Oh and by the way, you're 495 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 1: the most high profile coach and program in the sport 496 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: in a country that's rabbit about that sport. You got 497 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: all that attention, you got all that pressure, you got 498 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 1: all that responsibility, and you decide we're on top of 499 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: this sport. But my instinct is telling me I need 500 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: to change everything. And he did it, and now they 501 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: dominate to a level that they never had even dominated before. 502 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: And keep in mind that was a program that at 503 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:54,439 Speaker 1: this point had run off a string of three titles 504 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,159 Speaker 1: in four years at one point. That's legacy. That's what 505 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: separates really good from great greatest of all time. That's 506 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: why that acronym exists. That's why you see the little 507 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: goat emojis all over Nick Saban's face all the time, 508 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,680 Speaker 1: because that is the greatest of all time. Because not 509 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 1: very many are capable of doing that, even if their 510 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: instinct tells them to, not very many people will be 511 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: capable of pulling that trigger. What is it meant though, 512 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,640 Speaker 1: you've seen what it's meant for Alabama. Man, Alabama's rolling. Now, 513 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: Now all Alabama did was keep winning. They just changed 514 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: the way the scoreboard looks. Instead of beating you twenty 515 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 1: seven to thirteen, now they can beat you sixty three 516 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: to thirty eight if they want to. It feels like 517 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: they're vulnerable only because you've grown accustomed to seeing Bama 518 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 1: dominate defensively. And now uh oh, lane Kiffin. Lane Kiffin 519 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 1: nearly hung half a hundred on him, doesn't matter because 520 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,400 Speaker 1: you couldn't hold them under sixty. So it really doesn't matter, 521 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 1: does it? And so now what does it mean for 522 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,880 Speaker 1: college football? That's what I want to talk about. We've 523 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:48,919 Speaker 1: played or heard, at least I don't know Colin if 524 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:50,400 Speaker 1: we've played it on this show whole lot, but we've 525 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: heard several times, now, dozens of times, that old quote 526 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: that o'ld sound by from Nick Saban back in ironically 527 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: around this time. It was a little bit before this 528 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:03,959 Speaker 1: time where the RPO was really proliferating itself through the 529 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 1: SEC and Nick Saban did not like it. And the 530 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 1: reason he didn't like it is, as he mentioned there, 531 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 1: it really changed the rules or made the rules unenforceable. 532 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:15,639 Speaker 1: The you know, three yards versus one yard down the 533 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,639 Speaker 1: field and RPO and lineman downfield throwing the ball and 534 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:23,440 Speaker 1: all that stuff that some of these RPO coaches fought against. 535 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,880 Speaker 1: They tried to get the rule changed a little while ago. See, 536 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 1: they wanted the rule to reflect the NFL rule where 537 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 1: lineman can't be more than one yard downfield on the 538 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: on the passes, obviously, and so they wouldn't do it. 539 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: The league wouldn't go for it, the NCAA didn't go 540 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: for it, and so Nick Saban looked around and he 541 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 1: just said, is this what we want football to be now? 542 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 1: At the time, everyone because they needed to get clicks, 543 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: they labeled him a whiner. And I remember vividly. I 544 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 1: was doing radio down in Columbus at Georgia, and I 545 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: remember thinking to myself, there's no way this guy is 546 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,199 Speaker 1: going to let the sport leave him behind. He's adapted 547 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 1: at every turn, it's documented, he's done it throughout his career. 548 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:04,239 Speaker 1: There's no way he's going to let the sport leave 549 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: him behind. And the reason you could rest assured that 550 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: wasn't going to happen is because he can recruit at 551 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: the highest level in the sport, So there's no way 552 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 1: he's going to have access to any kind of athlete 553 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: he wants and not get the best kind of athlete 554 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,640 Speaker 1: to play the best kind of ball that's best suited 555 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 1: to winning in modern day college football. So what he 556 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: was doing there, basically, as it turns out, was serving 557 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:28,399 Speaker 1: a warning to the rest of college football that college 558 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: football should have listened to, because, to be honest, back 559 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: in the day, you had a shot, get a much 560 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: better shot to me at beating Alabama. Alabama was built 561 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 1: like a bowling ball. Essentially, Nick Saban did not want 562 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,400 Speaker 1: to put all of the focus of his entire team 563 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 1: on the quarterback position, kind of like it is now, 564 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: and the reason is because he thought he could build 565 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 1: such a physically superior roster that I will just build 566 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,679 Speaker 1: a machine that leans on you for four quarters and 567 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: we will disassemble you, will kind of crush you, will 568 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: suffocate you. But it won't be you know, it won't 569 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: be like it now because we won't have that kind 570 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 1: of dynamic quarterback play. Well, then, as the sport started 571 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 1: to change, Nick Saban looked and he was never incapable 572 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 1: of doing that. What folks were doing in the Big twelve. 573 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 1: For example, Alabama was never incapable of doing that. They 574 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 1: were unwilling to do that because they had access to 575 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: a bunch of three hundred pound defensive lineman who could 576 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 1: also run sideline to sideline. Why in the world would 577 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: you voluntarily play that style of ball, which, by the way, 578 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: was not winning a bunch of national championships. He wanted 579 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,199 Speaker 1: to play the style that was winning championships. But when 580 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,920 Speaker 1: the sports started to change, he looked around and said, 581 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,199 Speaker 1: we're fully capable of doing that. Whether you realize it 582 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: or not. It's not a great mystery what you guys 583 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,400 Speaker 1: are doing. I mean, you got Mike Leech wandering around 584 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 1: out there at Texas Tech with a playbook about the 585 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 1: size of my driver's license in his hand. You can't 586 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 1: possibly think that this is too complex for us to 587 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:52,479 Speaker 1: figure out. I can figure it out. Do you want 588 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 1: me to run my football program that way? And there 589 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 1: was silence, which was taken by him as a complicit guess. 590 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: And so now you just changed everything he does. And 591 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 1: so now whereas you used to be able to, if 592 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 1: you could, you could turn Alabama over a couple times, 593 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 1: they did not have the dynamic quarterback play that it 594 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: takes to come back in games like they have had 595 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: to done against Georgia, for instance, in a National championship game. 596 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: They didn't used to have that. Well, they got it 597 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,440 Speaker 1: now because they changed their entire recruiting philosophy. They changed 598 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,200 Speaker 1: their critical factors. They look for at skill positions. They 599 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: put a premium on a different kind of receiver. You 600 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,440 Speaker 1: notice they don't have many six or four receivers walk 601 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: through the door anymore. You notice how they all look 602 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 1: like Jalen Waddle or DeVante Smith, or Henry Ruggs or 603 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,920 Speaker 1: Jerry Judy. It's like all of those guys. You give 604 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: or take twenty pounds, you give or take one or 605 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 1: two inches in height and weight, they're all the same. 606 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 1: They prioritize speed and space. That's all they prioritize. They 607 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 1: don't care if you can win a jump ball because 608 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 1: they don't really have many of them they can outrun you. 609 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: They just recruit a bunch of race horses instead a 610 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 1: bunch of instead of a bunch of really really tall 611 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: superior athletes. That's how they do it now, and so 612 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:00,600 Speaker 1: that's what they wanted the game to be. I guess. 613 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 1: But now as it relates to the sport moving forward, 614 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 1: now you wonder how do you get an edge on them? 615 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 1: Because everyone's looking for an angle. Everyone's gunning for them. 616 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 1: They've been gun in for him for like a decade. 617 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 1: So now how do you get an edge on them? 618 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 1: The answer is I don't know because the last remaining 619 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 1: edge that I thought you could get is taking advantage 620 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: of the fact that they don't have a dynamic offense. 621 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,320 Speaker 1: Well they've got one now, so now what do you do? 622 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 1: But here's the other thing, is we move on here. 623 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: The other thing that it screams to anyone in that 624 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 1: organization is this guy really practices what he preaches. So 625 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: I guarantee you he's always talking about doing your job, 626 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,440 Speaker 1: doing your job, doing your job, and he's always telling 627 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 1: someone your performance review and my attitude towards you will 628 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: be solely based on whether you're doing everything in your 629 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 1: job responsibilities that it takes for us to win. That's 630 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 1: how I'm going to grade you. It doesn't matter if 631 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: you like what I ask you to do. You need 632 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 1: to trust that what I'm asking you to do is 633 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: for the betterment of this organization. It's one thing for 634 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: an employee to get orders from a boss and to say, man, 635 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 1: he's asking me to do something I don't want to do, 636 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 1: and therefore you're not motivated to do it. Well in 637 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 1: this particular organization. You just listen to Nick Saban. Do 638 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 1: you think in your right mind this guy wants offense 639 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 1: to look like it looks right now? Do you really 640 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 1: think if he had his way and he could choose 641 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 1: style of play, and he could choose the overall themes 642 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 1: that exist in the sport of college football, you really 643 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: think this is the tapestry with which he'd want to 644 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: coach in front of No, he likes it the way 645 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: it used to be. But yet this is the example. 646 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 1: This is why the employee is there and that organization 647 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 1: are willing to run through a brick wall for the 648 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 1: guy and do whatever they're asked to do, even if 649 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: they don't want to do it. He himself is doing 650 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 1: something he really doesn't want to do. And so if 651 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 1: the leader of the organization is willing to do something 652 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 1: he doesn't really feel like doing for the sake of 653 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: the betterment of the program or the organization, then how 654 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 1: in the world are you supposed to be any different? 655 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:59,240 Speaker 1: That's the beauty. That's legacy. That's why that's the best. 656 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 1: Before we wrap up tonight, I wanted to update you 657 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: on some National Championship odds. So Brad Crawford, who does 658 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: a lot of work on our national desk at twenty 659 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 1: four to seven Supports dot Com. He does a really 660 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 1: good job of following this stuff and following the ebbs 661 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 1: and flows of the National Championship odds race. So our 662 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 1: friends at William Hill, for example, and a number of 663 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,200 Speaker 1: the other sports books out there, they'll offer futures bets, 664 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: which essentially just means if you woke up this morning 665 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,040 Speaker 1: and you said, you know what, I think that Texas 666 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 1: A and M is going to win the National Championship 667 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:28,239 Speaker 1: this year, there's a place for you to bet that. 668 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:30,239 Speaker 1: And by the way, if you're right about that, can 669 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,240 Speaker 1: make yourself a lot of money. Because right now, what 670 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,479 Speaker 1: are they twenty five hundred to one plus twenty excuse me, 671 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 1: plus twenty five hundred jukes therefore not quite twenty five 672 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,040 Speaker 1: hundred to one plus twenty five hundred juice on Texas 673 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 1: A and M, which means if you bet one hundred 674 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,280 Speaker 1: bucks on the aggies to win the national title, you 675 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 1: would win your stuff twenty five hundred dollars back if 676 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: they indeed won it. But I wanted to go down 677 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,680 Speaker 1: this list and we'll have obviously a graphical representation if 678 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 1: you want to look at this, but it's a usual 679 00:31:56,520 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: suspects lineup at the top. Alabama is sitting at plus 680 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,760 Speaker 1: three hundred right now. They are the odds on favorite 681 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 1: to win the National Championship this upcoming year. All these 682 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:09,320 Speaker 1: numbers mean, by the way, is this would be the 683 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 1: return if you bet one hundred dollars. So Alabama, you 684 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 1: bet one hundred dollars on them, if they win the title, 685 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 1: you'd win three hundred dollars. Friends, That is that is 686 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 1: not a lot, especially when we're talking about essentially betting 687 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:24,520 Speaker 1: Bama against the entire field in March. So I want 688 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 1: to lay off that tide bet right now. Let's just 689 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 1: wait and see what happens. Clemson, Ohio State, and Oklahoma 690 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 1: all have better odds. That's the term I'm going to use, 691 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 1: better odds now than they did the last time Brad 692 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 1: put this thing out. Clemson right now is sitting at 693 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: plus three to fifty, which means they're the second overall 694 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:43,920 Speaker 1: odds on favorite right now. A lot of believers obviously 695 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:47,440 Speaker 1: in the return to dominance, not just prominence, but dominance. 696 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: With Clemson's offense and Clemson's team Buckeys plus five hundred, 697 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 1: Oklahoma's at plus seven hundred. Now this is not a surprise. Again, 698 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:57,200 Speaker 1: the lineup of these teams is not a surprise. Do 699 00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 1: you see any value before we extend into the set 700 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,240 Speaker 1: tier of teams, Because I got to be honest with you, 701 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 1: Bam is always going to be there. In fact, all 702 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 1: these teams are there every year. Now, this is Oklahoma's 703 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 1: best shot by a mile to win a national championship 704 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,520 Speaker 1: this year. They've got some competition in conference like Iowa State. 705 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 1: We're going to talk about them in a second. Iowa 706 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:19,240 Speaker 1: State is well within the top ten to top fifteen 707 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 1: range of odds on favorite in their own right. Texas 708 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:26,840 Speaker 1: plus five thousand. Not quite, But think about Oklahoma, Oklahoma. 709 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:30,000 Speaker 1: When you get to the those old proverbial boxes that 710 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:31,720 Speaker 1: you want to check as to whether a team's going 711 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:34,520 Speaker 1: to be capable of winning a title, quarterback you figure 712 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:37,440 Speaker 1: is going to be there, roster is there, coaching staff 713 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,400 Speaker 1: is there. They obviously have got a manageable schedule. So 714 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:44,719 Speaker 1: Oklahoma sit at plus seven hundred, easily the best defensive lineup. 715 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 1: I think that they will have trotted out there easily 716 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:50,760 Speaker 1: the most balanced talent team that Lincoln Riley will have had. 717 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:52,600 Speaker 1: Oklahoma's got some good value here, I think at plus 718 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 1: seven hundred. But then I wanted to go to the 719 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,120 Speaker 1: second tier because this is where it gets fun. This 720 00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 1: is kind of the darts at the board territory be souse. 721 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,600 Speaker 1: Remember this is not to make the playoff. This is 722 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,600 Speaker 1: not to make the title game. This is to win 723 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:06,680 Speaker 1: the title game. And as Notre Dame for example, has 724 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 1: shown us, there's a huge difference between being able to 725 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,279 Speaker 1: make the title or make the playoff and win the 726 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:15,200 Speaker 1: title game. So right now, Georgia, even with the George 727 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:18,560 Speaker 1: Pickens injury, they are still fifth overall. There are plus 728 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:20,360 Speaker 1: eight hundred. That just goes to show you there's a 729 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 1: lot of value on overall talent on a roster, and JT. 730 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 1: Daniels is there too. But then there are some other 731 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,840 Speaker 1: notable teams. The next two teams here I think we 732 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:32,439 Speaker 1: need to circle. I'm going to come back to them. 733 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,960 Speaker 1: Texas A and M's plus twenty five hundred. LSU is 734 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:40,400 Speaker 1: plus thirty five hundred, now Florida was next in line 735 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,319 Speaker 1: at plus four thousand. But I want to pause after 736 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,360 Speaker 1: I have a hiccup there. I want to pause, and 737 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:47,000 Speaker 1: I want to talk about the Aggies and the Tigers 738 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,399 Speaker 1: there because out of all the remaining teams, I think 739 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,359 Speaker 1: those are the two to circle. Because out of all 740 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,040 Speaker 1: of these remaining teams, when we consider what we need 741 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:58,239 Speaker 1: to win a title need we need a good enough roster, okay, 742 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 1: and both of these teams have a good enough but 743 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 1: we got to have really good quarterback play. We have 744 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,120 Speaker 1: seen we have to have that to win a title. 745 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:07,759 Speaker 1: We have no clue who's even going to start at 746 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,000 Speaker 1: quarterback for either of those programs Texas A and m 747 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: We think it's going to be Haines King at LSU. 748 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,279 Speaker 1: You say Miles Brennan, I say Max Johnson. But here's 749 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:18,759 Speaker 1: what could happen. We're betting based on theory at this point. 750 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:22,240 Speaker 1: If we're betting these teams, what could happen the ceiling? 751 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,040 Speaker 1: In other words, what is the max potential? The max 752 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 1: potential at quarterback for these two teams could be good 753 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,680 Speaker 1: enough to make a run in the national title. It 754 00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:32,880 Speaker 1: also could be eight and four. Okay, So there is 755 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,840 Speaker 1: no guarantee. That's why you're taking these bigger odds. But 756 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:39,160 Speaker 1: at A and M, the ceiling there is going to 757 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:42,239 Speaker 1: be championship caliber quarterback play. At LSU it's going to 758 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 1: be two. Whereas Florida being at plus four thousand, I 759 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 1: don't think the ceiling there this year will be championship 760 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:51,560 Speaker 1: caliber quarterback play. Hope for Emery jones sake, I'm wrong. 761 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:53,399 Speaker 1: I just don't think that. And then when you start 762 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,600 Speaker 1: going down the list at Miami and Notre Dame, Iowa State, 763 00:35:56,680 --> 00:36:00,319 Speaker 1: Penn State, they're all plus four thousand. It's the same deal. 764 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:04,480 Speaker 1: They're all kind of comparable. When it comes to roster composition. 765 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:08,520 Speaker 1: These are all good rosters, good to great rosters. There 766 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,680 Speaker 1: is no quarterback on any of these campuses right now. 767 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,040 Speaker 1: This is probably going to be good enough to develop 768 00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:18,080 Speaker 1: into a twenty twenty one at least championship caliber quarterback 769 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:21,120 Speaker 1: or at least capable of leading a team there. And 770 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:25,440 Speaker 1: then Texas is at plus five thousand. You know, ironically, 771 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:29,560 Speaker 1: I think Texas and Casey Thompson, if he was the guy, 772 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,719 Speaker 1: Casey Thompson, for all we know, could fit a lot 773 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:34,840 Speaker 1: more within the realm of A and M. And LSU 774 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,480 Speaker 1: in terms of ceiling overall ceiling, overall potential, granted with 775 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:40,279 Speaker 1: a whole lot of unknown than some of these other 776 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:43,719 Speaker 1: schools do. So those are your updated championship odds. Obviously 777 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,279 Speaker 1: very little skill in talking about this, even as spring 778 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,400 Speaker 1: ball as yet to wrap up. This is the kind 779 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,080 Speaker 1: of stuff that we'll circle back around to towards media 780 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:53,000 Speaker 1: days and then as we get to right before we 781 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,360 Speaker 1: open fall camp. Now, this is something that would be 782 00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,520 Speaker 1: on our content calendar, but right now, I just wanted 783 00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,360 Speaker 1: to toss that out there so that if any of 784 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,840 Speaker 1: you want to make a prediction in the comments section, 785 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,960 Speaker 1: you're on record for it, and then you can go 786 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:06,719 Speaker 1: back and you can screenshot it and you can say 787 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:10,040 Speaker 1: I told you on March thirtieth or thereabouts, in the 788 00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:11,800 Speaker 1: year of our lower twenty twenty one, who would be 789 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,919 Speaker 1: hoisting that trophy. All right, good show here, very good show, 790 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,160 Speaker 1: and we've got some basketball coming up, so appreciate all 791 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:20,520 Speaker 1: of you for watching. Remember at Late Kick Josh on Instagram, 792 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,279 Speaker 1: get us to two thousand and we will get you 793 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:27,840 Speaker 1: the next Late Kickshow Owners Association meeting. Having fun. Every 794 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:32,120 Speaker 1: showdown is another show closer to college football twenty one, 795 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,239 Speaker 1: so for director Emeritus Collum and for our entire crew 796 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:38,279 Speaker 1: with Jesse and Company in Connecticut. I'm Josh Hey, thanks 797 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:40,000 Speaker 1: so much for watching, Have a great rest of your 798 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:48,200 Speaker 1: evening and God bless