1 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: Unbelievable, just an unbelievable feeling. I mean, I used to 2 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: pee in the bed three feet from where I sit 3 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: right now. Welcome in. It is the Late Kick Extra Podcast. 4 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,959 Speaker 1: It's a Valentine's Day edition. And if you're new to 5 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: the program, a lot of what was just said makes 6 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: no sense to you until I inform you of the 7 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: context in which I bring you the show today. I 8 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: am down in Harris County. I'm not in Nashville. I 9 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,480 Speaker 1: took a little two or three day sabbatical, if you will, 10 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: which is supposed to mean you don't work, but I 11 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: work even down here because there is no off season 12 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: and I'm actually in my childhood bedroom right now. Kind 13 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: of having to speak down, keep my voice a little 14 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: bit low because people are sleeping here because I like 15 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: to record at night. But yeah, we're home and we're 16 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: jam packed. As you probably heard last week, we brought 17 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: the Late Kick Extra Male podcast back. That's what you're 18 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: listening to today. I bring it to you, or at 19 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: least I try to every Tuesday, and it is wall 20 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: to wall. That's I think the best content we do. 21 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: And I'm not gonna waste any more time because I've 22 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: got about fourteen trillion questions that you submitted. Can't get 23 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: to them all. I'll get to as many as I can. 24 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: If you want to submit a question at Late Kick 25 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: Josh on Twitter, at late Kickjosh on Instagram. First up, 26 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: Seth hit me and asked which program is closest to 27 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: obtaining blue blood status for the first time, which is 28 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: an argument we've had, not Seth and I, but in general, 29 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: we've had this argument in college football forever what makes 30 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: a blue blood program? And I'm always very aware that 31 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: anytime we do a show, there's this certain small percentage 32 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 1: that's brand new. You just happen to have been drawn 33 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: to college football, and you happen to be listening to 34 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: this podcast for the first time. And it may not 35 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: even make sense to you when someone says a blue blood, 36 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: because it's different than someone who's just winning right now. 37 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: You could win right now, but have been terrible historically. 38 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: So we've always argued amongst ourselves what is the definition 39 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: of a blue blood? And kind of the loose definition 40 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: I've always gone with is you have to have had 41 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: success over multiple generations. You need to have either one 42 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: championships or been right there in the championship mix in 43 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: multiple generations. I basically sum it down to I shouldn't 44 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: be able to tell the story of college football without you. 45 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,959 Speaker 1: And most recently a few years ago, Clemson started to 46 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: get hot and they went to the title game in fifteen, 47 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 1: and they won it in sixteen, and they won it 48 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 1: in eighteen, and they played Fording in nineteen. So certainly 49 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: that is a very hot run. You could even call 50 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: that a dynasty if you wanted to. That's a whole 51 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: other set of criteria and arguments. But I did not 52 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: call Clemson a blue blood. I still don't think Clemson 53 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: is a blue blood. The fact of the matter is 54 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: they could have won five titles in a row by 55 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 1: a million points each. There's nothing you can do in 56 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 1: a short amount of time that makes you a blue blood. 57 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: That's the whole definition. That's the difference between being on 58 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: a run and being a blue blood program. So with 59 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: that in mind, which program that isn't already considered one 60 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: could be the next one? That's what Seth is asking. 61 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: And I guess Clemson is my first answer. I think 62 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: Georgia would be another answer, which leads me to my 63 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 1: following question back to you, Seth, and I'm going to 64 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 1: have to listen really hard. I mean really hard. If 65 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 1: you give me an answer here, probably a little telepathy 66 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: is going to be required for me to hear you. 67 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: But just shouted as loud as you can do. People 68 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: out there consider Georgia a blue blood program. I have 69 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 1: obviously no objective way of knowing this because I grew 70 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: up in the state, so I'm really close to the program, 71 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: so I don't know I But then again, I myself 72 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: did not consider them a blue blood growing up, which 73 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: gets you called a hater in your own state, by 74 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: the way, And so I don't think they're a blue 75 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: blood now. They haven't won titles across multiple generations. You 76 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: could tell the story of college football without including the 77 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: University of Georgia. Here's what you couldn't do. You couldn't 78 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: tell the story of the last several years of college 79 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: football without including Georgia. Could you. So, all of a sudden, 80 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: they're kind of in that Clemson ship. They're on a run. 81 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: How long does that run have to go? Well, I 82 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: would argue decades years to a couple of decades. There 83 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: was another point of contention I had one time where 84 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: people started to argue, is Miami a blue blood. And 85 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: the thing about it is they appeared on the radar 86 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: in the eighties, So had they just been on the 87 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: scene long enough. Well, if we're arguing that about Miami 88 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: in the eighties, certainly Georgia nor Clemson have done enough 89 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: to obtain a blue blood status. Here could be the 90 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: honest answer, Seth. Here could be the reality. It may 91 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: just be that we're never going to have a new 92 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: one because by default of what it takes to be 93 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: a blue blood. It may just be that we're never 94 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: going to have a new one. In people's attention span 95 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,720 Speaker 1: isn't even large enough to process this question. I hope 96 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: I delivered for you, But yeah, I don't. I think 97 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 1: if there are a couple out there, Clemson in Georgia, 98 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: it's ridiculous that Texas A and m is not one 99 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: because they've always had the resources to be one. But 100 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: I don't know. Outside of the ones we already have 101 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: and the construct of the sport, I'm not sure that 102 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: we're going to see play field that is conducive to 103 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 1: producing us a new blue blood. Good question though. Next up, 104 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: Candice asked, what is a stadium that I haven't visited 105 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: yet that I want to get to. I have three 106 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: of them that always pop in the top of my head. 107 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: Two of them are in Utah, so the University of 108 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: Utah and Brigham Young. The closest I came is connecting. 109 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: On my trip to Oregon last year, I connected in 110 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:27,039 Speaker 1: Salt Lake City and I also flew over Provo. I 111 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: looked right down and saw the stadium. So that's as 112 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: close as I've gotten, which is not close enough. So 113 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:33,919 Speaker 1: I want to go to a game out there. It 114 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: certainly helps that Brigham Young is joining the Big Twelve. 115 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: It certainly helps that Utah is just really good, and 116 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: it also should be noted keep this on your radar. 117 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: They open against Florida this year. We haven't named the 118 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 1: tour for twenty twenty three, but whatever we name the tour, 119 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: could the tour start Week one in Salt Lake City? 120 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: Could we upset some people who think we should never 121 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: go to Pack twelve games for some reason or Pack 122 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 1: twelve stadiums. You're talking to PAC twelve paid here. It's 123 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: my constitutional right to good to as many PAC twelve 124 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 1: stadiums as I want to. So those are two of 125 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 1: them bringing me on Utah, and then the other one's 126 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,799 Speaker 1: Oklahoma somehow in the upset of the year. I've never 127 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: been to a game in Oklahoma. And here's the thing. 128 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: I've been to Norman. I've been to Norman, but I've 129 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 1: always been through their stormchasing, never for a college football game. 130 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: Is that a dereliction of my duty? Well, not in spring, 131 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: but in fall. Absolutely it is. But I'm looking to 132 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: rectify it. See, I admit I have a problem. My 133 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: problem is I haven't been to a game in Oklahoma 134 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 1: and I'm trying to fix it. I'm trying to but 135 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: it's not an overnight process. But that does remind me. 136 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: Where's this question? Okay? Yeah, Jack hit me with a 137 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 1: question speaking of college football road trips, I've forgotten I 138 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: told this story. So Jack said, do you still drink 139 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: that coldbrew plus water plus protein powder road trip concoction 140 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: you mentioned last year? Any new developments in the recipe 141 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: from Birmingham, Alabama? Jack, There is a significant development, and 142 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 1: that is I don't drink coldbrew anymore. And there's a 143 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: very good reason for it, and it has to do 144 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: with the every given Saturday tour this past year. I 145 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: told the story like a month ago or so, but 146 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 1: I'll tell you once more because it was a lightly 147 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: trafficked show. And now everyone's back, so everyone will hear 148 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: this one. I was chugging cold brew coffee out of 149 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: a can, the Starbucks stuff. I didn't even put it 150 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: in the fridge half the time, like a psychopath. I 151 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: just drank it at room temperature. Even though it says 152 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: cold brew on the can, I was drinking it at 153 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: room temperature. I like my ice the same way, or 154 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: as you might know it water. But I was drinking 155 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: those cold brewis like five or six a day. So 156 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: here's the problem. You're not supposed to do that, and 157 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: they don't necessarily tell you on the can, but trust me, 158 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: you're not supposed to do that five or six times 159 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: a day. Maybe once in the morning, maybe once after lunch, maybe, 160 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: but not half a dozen. So I ignored all that and 161 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 1: I was drinking those cold brews. And then a funny 162 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: thing started to happen. When I would open up my 163 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: laptop screen in the morning to do work, it got 164 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: brighter and brighter, but I wasn't adjusting anything. Something was 165 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: adjusting in me. And it got to the point where 166 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: I had to squint to look at my laptop screen. 167 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: When I went outside, I had to squint, like the sunlight, 168 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: even if it was cloudy, was bothering my eyes to 169 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: the point where I couldn't fully open them up. Then, 170 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: since I didn't properly diagnose what it was to begin with, 171 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: I thought I just needed to change my contacts, because 172 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: I wear the two week disposables like three months at 173 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: a time. I just changed my contacts and I thought, 174 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: all right, that'll be good next morning. No, it wasn't good, 175 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: and it was kind of coming in waves, so it 176 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:29,679 Speaker 1: would ebb and it would flow. It didn't consistently get worse, 177 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: but over time and the aggregate, it got worse. So 178 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 1: we get to the beginning of the season last year, 179 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: Cincinnati at Arkansas, and that's about when it was the worst, 180 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: and I realized I couldn't open my eyes on the 181 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: live shots like we have led sh lighting on our 182 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: live shots, and I could not even see, so I 183 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 1: had to wear sunglasses on air. Some people thought I 184 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:53,959 Speaker 1: was just trying to make a fashion statement, and if 185 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: you know anything about me, you know fashion is the 186 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,079 Speaker 1: last thing on this god forsaken planet I'm concerned about. 187 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:01,719 Speaker 1: I was in it because I couldn't see, believe it 188 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: or not, there is at least one person out here 189 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: that still wears sunglasses for the functional proper purpose, and 190 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: that proper purpose is coldbrew has made you go blind, 191 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: which brings me to my next point. I started to 192 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: lose vision in one of my eyes, so one of 193 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: them was far more blurry than the other. I hardly 194 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 1: remember anything about the Sinsy Arkansas game because I kind 195 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: of couldn't see it. And so I asked myself self, 196 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 1: what is it you've changed about yourself in the last 197 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: four or five months that could have led to this. 198 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: Diet was the same, lifestyle was the same, exercise routine 199 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: was the same. I realized I started drinking those cold brews, 200 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 1: so I stopped drinking them completely, and forty eight hours later, 201 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: vision is totally back. Light sensitivity is gone. So Jack, 202 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: to answer your question, yes, my friend, there has been 203 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: a change in the recipe. I still do the protein powder. 204 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: I still cut it with water, none of that milk nonsense, 205 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: but I do not add the cold brew. I have 206 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: supplemented it with Mio energy shots. This is a very 207 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: very big seat that I'm given away. But if you 208 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: will watch Late Kick Live and you want to know 209 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: what the mysterious liquid is and the Chalice of Supremacy. 210 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 1: It is water with a couple of shots of Meo energy. 211 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: It's got let me see, I've got one right in 212 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: front of me. So these things have well, first off, 213 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: they're not a sponsor of the show, so I'm going 214 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: to do this quickly. They have ninety milligrams of caffeine 215 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 1: per squeeze. I do a couple of squeezes Bomb one eighty, 216 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: which is the exact same caffeine content as one of 217 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: those cans of cold brew. Except here's the added benefit. 218 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: Doesn't say it on the label, but it doesn't take 219 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 1: your eyeside away. So that's a good day for me. 220 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: Next up, this is my favorite thing when we record 221 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: a podcast and there's breaking news and someone asks me 222 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 1: about it, which is oftentimes the way I hear about 223 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: the breaking news. Now not with this. I actually knew 224 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: this was coming. Not to flex on you, but this 225 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,959 Speaker 1: was kind of known in the industry. So Heather asks 226 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: with the Ravens, Todd Monkin news, breaking your thoughts on 227 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: Georgia's next offensive coordinator, and if you are unfamiliar with 228 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 1: what is happening today, the Ravens have high Todd Monkin 229 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: away from Athens as their new OC, and Georgia needs 230 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator. Except they don't because this was already 231 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 1: taken care of weeks ago, and it's kind of been 232 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 1: known around Georgia circles that Mike Bobo, who's already on campus, 233 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 1: already on the staff, has been there was just going 234 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: to be elevated to OC. That is what Dogs twenty 235 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 1: four to seven is reporting has happened. As I look 236 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: on my screen right in front of me, and that's 237 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: not a surprise. I would have been surprised if it 238 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: was not Mike Bobo. Now pay close attention, because this 239 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:32,719 Speaker 1: is where the fun starts. Like I said a few 240 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 1: minutes ago, I know, any given show we do, there 241 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 1: are some new listeners. And if you're new here, maybe 242 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: you're just new to the sport. Let me tell you 243 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: what happens in real life. In real life, if you 244 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: have success over a sustainable period of time, people just 245 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: kind of stop questioning you. Basically, what they do is 246 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: they learn through observation that what you do is working, 247 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: so they don't question you. Even if they don't understand 248 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: your methodology, they understand the results prove that the method works. 249 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: I'm not going to question it. Well, now you are 250 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: stepping into the world of college football and this is 251 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: not the real world, and those principles get left at 252 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: the door. So you got a guy like Kirby Smart 253 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 1: at Georgia who's won the past two championship games that 254 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 1: we have played in this sport, and yet you will 255 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:25,080 Speaker 1: hear people from wall to wall, from Savannah to Columbus 256 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: to Albany to Clayton in the state of Georgia question 257 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:33,199 Speaker 1: the elevation of Mike Bobo as new offensive coordinator. I'm 258 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,319 Speaker 1: not going to waste time with you today breaking down 259 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 1: in an analytical fashion how I think Mike Bobo's offense 260 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: will do. Here's why he was elevated. These are the 261 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: things I know to be true. Number One, he knows 262 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: the system. Number Two, Kirby Smart trusts him, and that 263 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:53,320 Speaker 1: concludes the list. It concludes the list. It's like in 264 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: the office when Michael names Dwight the manager of the 265 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 1: dunder Mifflin branch, and Stanley looks around and says why Dwight, 266 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: and Michael says, because he has never lied, And then 267 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 1: Stanley says, how does that qualify him to run a branch? 268 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: And then Michael says, because that is all it takes. Yeah, 269 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: that's all it takes. Head coaches got to trust you. 270 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: You got to know the program in the organization. That 271 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: is all it takes. Next question, I think Jonathan had 272 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: a good one here. He said, outside of Jim Harbaugh, 273 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: who do you think the next coach to make the 274 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 1: leap to the NFL could be? That was from what 275 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 1: I hope is pronounced is mischall waka Indiana. Check Steve 276 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: Wilfall on that pronunciation, I think. So to be clear, 277 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh did not go to the NFL. But what 278 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 1: he's asking is, yes, there's been flirtation with Harbaugh, whereas 279 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: everyone else never lets you know they're interested until they go. 280 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,960 Speaker 1: So who could that be? I worry about this, and 281 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 1: I live a pretty worry free life, but I do 282 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,439 Speaker 1: worry about this. Losing our big coaches to the NFL 283 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: seems like there was a lull for a little while, 284 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: and now there's the threat again. And you always hear 285 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: rumors about Ryan Day, and you will hear rumors about 286 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 1: Smart at Georgie. You'll hear rumors as you already do 287 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 1: about Lincoln Riley at USC and truthfully, all of them could. 288 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: That doesn't mean there's first hand knowledge of any of that. 289 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: There's not. You're not going to have firsthand knowledge of that. 290 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,559 Speaker 1: But what you can do is you could put context 291 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 1: clues together. You could look and say, number one, who's 292 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: good not just a building a team, but at running 293 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 1: an organization at the college level, because that translates very well. 294 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 1: Number two, who has a hyper focused specialization on one 295 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: side of the ball, think Lincoln Riley offense, Kirby smart defense, 296 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 1: et cetera. And number three, who's in a place right 297 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: now where there could be things bubbling beneath the surface 298 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: that maybe out of their control or out of the 299 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: program's control. That just leaves them fed up with the 300 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 1: college game. And so again these are all hypotheticals. Please 301 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: understand these are hypotheticals. But I could see a world 302 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: where Lincoln Riley is at USC and they go to 303 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: the Big Ten and it's just a really, really weird fit. 304 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: It puts them at a competitive disadvantage because of travel. 305 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: There could be other things about college he just doesn't like, 306 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: like how Nil is evolving all sorts of things, the 307 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: transfer portal, even though that works to his benefit. The 308 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 1: Kirby smart, same way Kirby smart. You know, I could 309 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: see him in a situation where he's just at Georgia 310 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: and wins a lot and realizes, Wow, I'm not even 311 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: fifty years old yet, maybe I do want to try 312 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 1: the NFL. At Ohio State, I could see Ryan Day 313 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: being fed up with the inequity of his university's approach 314 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: to the changing landscape of college football versus some other 315 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: big time programs out there. Ohio State has famously been 316 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: very hesitant and or drug their feet when it comes 317 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: to things like nil. Well, that's out of a coach's control, 318 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: and yet it affects a coach because you're the one 319 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 1: that has to have the record next to your name 320 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: at the end of the day. So those are three 321 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: that come to mind. But you never know what an 322 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: organization is looking for, because all it takes is one 323 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: You could look at, I don't know, Mike Norvel at 324 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: Florida's just draw a name out of the hat. You 325 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: could look at him, and you could have twenty nine 326 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: or thirty nflgms in front offices say no, I would 327 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: never touch that guy. But if there's that one or 328 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: two out there who have a different formula for winning, 329 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: and therefore they have different critical factors and traits they 330 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: want in their coach, and Mike Norvel fits it. It 331 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: doesn't matter if thirty or even thirty one other teams 332 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: wouldn't have you. If there's one out there that will, 333 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: that's all it takes, and so you can't possibly know, 334 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: is my point. You can't possibly know what the critical 335 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 1: factors for all thirty two of the teams at that 336 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: level are. Therefore, just as soon as you and I 337 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: could sit here and talk about these major names, it 338 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: could be that there's some guy totally off the radar 339 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 1: that ends up being the most attractive choice. Next question 340 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: is from Drew in Nashville, Tennessee, where I eventually will be. 341 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: This week, Drew said, how do you think the new 342 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: schools in the Big twelve all fare in their first year? 343 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 1: Crapshoot in their first year? And frankly, I won't even 344 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: feel comfortable predicting that until the summer, when rosters are 345 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 1: finalized and I've paid more attention to it. But let's 346 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 1: just pretend, Drew that you asked, how will they fare? 347 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 1: In general? This is a great question right now, I 348 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:16,639 Speaker 1: think in college football so Cincinnati, Houston, Central Florida and 349 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: bringing me Young. Those are the four teams that have 350 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:21,919 Speaker 1: come to the Big twelve. How will they fare now? 351 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: I know immediately your mind probably does what my mind does. 352 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 1: You think Big twelve wide open, and you think Texas 353 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: and OU about to leave, and you think Central Florida 354 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:37,160 Speaker 1: has been good recently. Since he's been good recently BYU 355 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: they always have tough teams. Houston's located in a very, 356 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: very talent rich geographical hot bed, and they've done things 357 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 1: in the past too, So in other words, you're thinking 358 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 1: they could pinball their way in there and instantly be contenders, 359 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 1: which is one of the cards in the deck. But 360 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 1: I do want to point something out. None of them 361 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: are recruiting at a high enough level right now, none 362 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 1: of them. And I was looking at this on signing 363 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: Day and I was gonna ask Wilfong this, but we 364 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: ran out of time on the Signing Day show. But 365 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:08,680 Speaker 1: you've got to ask yourself, just like Utah, think about 366 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: when Utah came into the Pac twelve. Utah was putting 367 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 1: up undefeated seasons out there in the Mountain West, and 368 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:16,360 Speaker 1: they were right there on the precipice of crashing the 369 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 1: BCS party, and people rightly looked at Utah and said, ooh, 370 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 1: they're ripe to go into a Power five league. Well 371 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker 1: they did. They went into the PAC twelve and they 372 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: have not lost fewer than two games in any year. 373 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: Why is that? Did Utah get worse? No? I actually 374 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: would argue in the aggregate, they've gotten better, but so 375 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: has the level of competition. Now there's a pause. I 376 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 1: paused there on purpose because I know what just happened. 377 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: I said, the competition level's gotten better, and sure enough, 378 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 1: someone down in Louisiana, let's call you Shane from Shreveport 379 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: yelled across the entire country, No, the PAC twelve sucks. Well, 380 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: I did not say the PAC twelve is the equal 381 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: of the SEC. What I did say, in context was 382 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: the PAC twelve's level of competition across the board is 383 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: significantly better than the Mountain West. That can be true. 384 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: Both of those things can be true. There's a little 385 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: context that has to be grasped here. So Utah goes 386 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:19,439 Speaker 1: to the PAC twelve and they've been good. They've actually 387 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 1: been one of the more consistent programs out there. Kyle Whittingham, 388 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:24,440 Speaker 1: same head coach, has been there in the entire time. 389 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,360 Speaker 1: But what they haven't done is they haven't broken through 390 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: on the national level. They've won the conference two years 391 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: in a row, actually, but they haven't broken through on 392 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 1: the national level because they haven't been able to navigate 393 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:39,199 Speaker 1: their schedule unscathed. That's the challenge, and that's what you 394 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 1: have to recruit good athletes enough of them to be 395 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: able to do. You will not ever run up on 396 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: any one team that's the equal to a Georgia or 397 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: Clemson or Alabama on those schedules. But what you will 398 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,119 Speaker 1: do is you'll run up on a lot of teams 399 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 1: that have somewhere between the thirtieth and the fiftieth best 400 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: rosters in the country. While that may not impress you 401 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 1: if all you care about is the playoff, the cumulative 402 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:08,199 Speaker 1: effect that upping that level of competition has over the 403 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 1: span of four quarters and then over the span of 404 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: twelve games equals a couple of losses unless you're recruiting 405 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: enough to overcome it. You got to recruit enough good 406 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 1: athletes to overcome that. So that brings me back to 407 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: these teams. These teams I just mentioned are not recruiting 408 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 1: top twenty classes, So it could just be that they're 409 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: thrown into the barrel out there in the Big Twelve, 410 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 1: and it's the most fun regular season product to watch 411 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:32,959 Speaker 1: in all of college football. I could see a world 412 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: where we get a few years into the new landscape 413 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: of college football and we learn two things. Number One, 414 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 1: the Big Twelve is unlikely to produce a national championship 415 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: contender once they get to the playoff, even an expanded playoff. 416 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:52,120 Speaker 1: But number two, it's okay because the regular season product 417 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: out there is going to be incredible. So you may 418 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,959 Speaker 1: be watching. It's like a seven A football team watching 419 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 1: four A football. The four A football could be hard 420 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 1: core competitive, and it could be down to the wire 421 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: every week. Now the seven A team watches and knows 422 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 1: now we're better than the teams we're watching, But that 423 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 1: doesn't make it any less entertaining. You could be a 424 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 1: Big ten fan and you could be watching. You don't 425 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:16,159 Speaker 1: have to just watch it and say, hey, so and 426 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,719 Speaker 1: so would be favored by Ten over all of those teams. 427 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,160 Speaker 1: By the way, ask Michigan how much that mattered against TCU. 428 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 1: My point is it doesn't always have to be framed 429 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: against the backdrop of a playoff. I encourage you just 430 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 1: at least try this lifestyle out that I live. At 431 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: least try it out for a week or two. Think 432 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 1: about something in a bubble, college football. Think about a 433 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:41,120 Speaker 1: college football matter in a bubble. If you could understand 434 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 1: how great this world is. Where you could watch Texas 435 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: Tech versus Baylor and it's thirty six to thirty three 436 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: with two minutes left, and you just be entertained by 437 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: the game, and you just think about who could win 438 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 1: the Big twelve championship and it doesn't get followed up 439 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 1: with this sentence, Yeah, but either one of them get 440 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 1: blown out in the playoff. You don't have to live 441 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 1: that way. It's a great life. You can just compartmentalize 442 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 1: things in the sport. I'm telling you, guys, I promise 443 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: there's an unlimited amount of chairs over here. It's a 444 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,199 Speaker 1: lot more fun. We're watching an amateur boxing match and 445 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: it's ultra competitive. There's a guy behind us screaming, well, 446 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: neither one of them could take down Ali in his prime. 447 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: We know, guy, you haven't figured out anything that the 448 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,399 Speaker 1: rest of us don't already know. We've figured out something 449 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,399 Speaker 1: you don't know. There's some enjoyment to be had in 450 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 1: the subtlety and nuance of college football. It's not always 451 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 1: Steelers versus Ravens. Yeah, but could either of them beat 452 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:41,400 Speaker 1: the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game. That's how pro 453 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 1: sports are because pro sports are constructed to be postseason centric. 454 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: College sports are not. This is kind of a recent phenomenon. 455 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: Actually college sports are not like that. So anyway, I 456 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: think the Big Twelve with the new additions, could just 457 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 1: be an ultra attractive, entertaining league that may fall well 458 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 1: short of being able to deliver in the postseason. And 459 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: both of those things are okay. There are things in 460 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: life that people tell you you should be frustrated by, 461 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,959 Speaker 1: and yet you're okay with it. I got something that 462 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 1: I guarantee you most people will be frustrated by, But 463 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 1: if you're a longtime listener here, you're totally okay with 464 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:20,119 Speaker 1: and that is this. That's right, ladies and gentlemen. The 465 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: quickest ad toss in the business is still in business, 466 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: and that is yours truly. Here. Next up is Shane. 467 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: He said, Hey, I need an underrated movie to watch. Yeah, 468 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: so most of you do. You need to go find 469 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 1: a movie called The Words. It stars Bradley Cooper and 470 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,920 Speaker 1: Zoe Saldana. I don't know why this wasn't a smash 471 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: hit because it's got big names in it. It is 472 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: a great movie, great story. It's like twenty twelve, so 473 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 1: it's fairly recent, like within the last decade or so. 474 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: There were members of the staff here at Late Kick 475 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: that recently had not seen the movie. They have watched it, 476 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 1: They've all given their approval. There is famously another employee 477 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: here who i'll remain nameless, who has been a holdout, 478 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: and you know what, that's that's her problem. That's her issue. 479 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: Don't let it be your issue. Though. The words or 480 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: the thch the words really good movie. I have previously 481 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: not given chaalai of supremacy to movies, but if I 482 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 1: start doing it, the words gets a chalice of supremacy. 483 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,680 Speaker 1: Five chalice, So five chawlai. There we go, new idea 484 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: right here, and now we are going to grave things 485 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: like star rankings, only it's going to be a chali 486 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: rating and the words solid four and a half chai 487 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: for anyone. New Chawlai is the plural of chalice. And 488 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: while some voice in your head may be telling you 489 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: chalices is the plural of chalice. That's a lie. The 490 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,119 Speaker 1: new rules are very simple. You can put an accented 491 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: eye on the end of anything and it makes a 492 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: plural status Stati chalice, chai and so on and so forth. 493 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 1: Next up, it's from Daniel. He said, what is a 494 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: shocking result in twenty twenty three that would not actually 495 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:01,359 Speaker 1: shock you? This one's easy to me. Texas contending for 496 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 1: the SEC West would feel like it's out of nowhere, 497 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,400 Speaker 1: right because they just failed to make a bowl game 498 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 1: that were terrible. They were the laughing stock of the sport. 499 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,160 Speaker 1: Here's the problem. Take it from someone who was dumb 500 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 1: enough to say they had a disaster proof roster in 501 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. They've got a really good roster. A 502 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,200 Speaker 1: lot of times when you suck, it's because you don't 503 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 1: have good players. But if you suck and you do 504 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: have good players, that means, well, it's a critical failure 505 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: on your part, but it also means there are tweaks 506 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 1: that could be made that could provide immediate, massive results. 507 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 1: Think about it. If you're in a room where there's 508 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 1: a gas leak, this could be morbid, But follow me here. 509 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 1: If you're in a room and there's a gas leak, 510 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 1: and you know there's a gas leak. You can smell it, 511 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,399 Speaker 1: and you got a lighter in your hand and you 512 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 1: flick it once or twice and the flame doesn't appear. 513 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: If someone flicks that thing a third time, are you 514 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: any less terrified because you know, one spark ignites that 515 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 1: whole place. That is how a failing program with an 516 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: ultra talented roster feels to me. Texas A and M 517 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 1: is a place where you can smell the fumes. You 518 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 1: can tell there's a lot of ingredients that just have 519 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,639 Speaker 1: to come together and sometimes all it takes is a spark. 520 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 1: Now here's the million dollar question. Do we live in 521 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 1: a world where one Bobby Petrino being hired as your 522 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator is the spark. He's been the spark before. 523 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,119 Speaker 1: In fact, he's been on a motorcycle that provided several 524 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 1: sparks once upon a time. Look it up if you're 525 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: two young kids. But all jokes aside, and trust me, 526 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:37,680 Speaker 1: there are several which you earn if you hire him. 527 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: And I'm on board with the hire. You just got 528 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 1: to understand some of this stuff comes with it. If 529 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,719 Speaker 1: Bobby Patrino is that all of a sudden, you got 530 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 1: a good quarterback, you got really good talent, both returning 531 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:51,159 Speaker 1: and already in the program, and you've you've got a 532 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: lot of guys that left. So let's also be real 533 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: with ourselves. What if the spark is provided by ingredients 534 00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 1: not being there anymore? You know, what if the wood 535 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: was wet. We're just using all sorts of ignitable metaphors here. 536 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 1: What if the wood was wet and I just removed 537 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: the moisture from the wood. What if some of those 538 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 1: players that transferred out were moistening the wood immunity and 539 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, I got rid of them, and boom, 540 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,679 Speaker 1: we're rolling. So I think that would shock people. Certainly, 541 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 1: if A and M was ten and zero or even 542 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: nine to one and they were rolling into November, that 543 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 1: would shock people. You're not supposed to be able to 544 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 1: do that, and typically that's true. You're not supposed to 545 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:28,439 Speaker 1: be able to do that. But you're also not supposed 546 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 1: to have one of the most talented rosters in the 547 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: country and miss a bowl game. Certainly that is frowned upon, 548 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 1: but that's where we are right now. Next up, this 549 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: one comes from Morgantown, West Virginia. I'm surprised that I 550 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 1: haven't been asked about this one more Tate. Next up, 551 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 1: he asked a question that I will almost certainly get 552 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:50,679 Speaker 1: mad about, not at Tate, just the general ideas that 553 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 1: exists out there in the college football ecosystem. He asked, 554 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 1: what counts as a ranked win? Are they nullified if 555 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: the team falls out of the top twenty five from 556 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,720 Speaker 1: Columbia South Carolina. So anyone who's been around for a 557 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:06,919 Speaker 1: while knows this is one of the big points of 558 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 1: contention I have with the playoff committee or just the 559 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 1: general conversation about how we discuss teams, records and strength 560 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 1: of schedule. Now, before I tell you my thoughts on this, 561 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:22,399 Speaker 1: let me tell you how I would approach strength of 562 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:27,200 Speaker 1: schedule and rating your strength of schedule. I would take 563 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 1: the Vegas Oddsmaker's poull, so I would take power rankings 564 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,840 Speaker 1: from Las Vegas, and I would have whatever mathematical formula 565 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: I want to have, but I would use their rankings 566 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: and look at who you've played where they rank those teams, 567 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: and that would be your strength of schedule. Now, why 568 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 1: is that different? Some of you don't bet at all, 569 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: and you're not familiar with how that works. The way 570 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 1: it works is they don't adjust you up or down 571 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: simply because you won or lost a game, because they 572 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 1: understand that there are far more things in play in 573 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: college sports than just your record. To be perfectly clear, 574 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: what I did not just say is in the Pac 575 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: twelve conference standings, you shouldn't drop if you lose a game, 576 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: and you shouldn't rise if you win a game. Those 577 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: are different. You're talking about standings, we're talking about rankings. 578 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 1: So in the standings world, merit is earned on the 579 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: field through wins and losses only. But in a rankings world, 580 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: in a world of subjectivity, like for instance, seeding the 581 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: playoff and ranking teams to seed the playoff and in 582 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:37,720 Speaker 1: doing so, deciding who played a stronger schedule. There is 583 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 1: this very very very dumb thing that we do in 584 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,960 Speaker 1: college sports sometimes, and that is we define how many 585 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 1: ranked wins you have, and then we change the definition. 586 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 1: Like if I play the number eleven team in the 587 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 1: country in Week three and I beat them, and I 588 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,560 Speaker 1: bang them up pretty bad in the process, and then 589 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 1: they go on to lose two or more games because 590 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 1: they're unhealthy, and they fall out of the top twenty five. 591 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 1: There are people out there who would say, no, never mind, 592 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 1: it looked like you had a top twenty five win, 593 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 1: but it turns out you didn't. Even though the reason 594 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 1: that team is not in the top twenty five anymore 595 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 1: is doing a large part. To me, beating them makes 596 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:20,360 Speaker 1: no sense, absolute, no sense whatsoever. So here's what I 597 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 1: would love to do. Like the way I define them is. 598 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 1: I like to define the value of your win on 599 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,480 Speaker 1: the day it happens, and rarely do I want to 600 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 1: revisit it now. Certainly, even I understand there are some 601 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 1: extenuating circumstances. For example, there are teams that are just 602 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 1: badly overrated. That is true if I were playing Texas 603 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,239 Speaker 1: A and M since I was speaking about them. If 604 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 1: I were playing them early in the season and they 605 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 1: were ranked in the top ten and it turns out no, 606 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 1: they're not even close to a top ten team, I 607 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 1: don't have a problem with coming in and manually adjusting 608 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: the value of the win I got over them. I 609 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 1: don't mind that. I also don't mind if I beat 610 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,320 Speaker 1: Texas A and M early in the year and they're unranked, 611 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 1: but then they end up being a top five team 612 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 1: at the end of the year. It would be perfectly 613 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 1: acceptable to me to come in and manually upgrade the 614 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 1: value of my win, so I actually retroactively get credit 615 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: for beating a top five team. I don't have a 616 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 1: problem with those. Those are the extremes, those are the outliers. 617 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:21,400 Speaker 1: In general, there is no point whatsoever in trying to 618 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 1: redefine a team's schedule and strength of schedule week by week, 619 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 1: because the fact is something that you did to that 620 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: team when they played you could have negatively impacted them 621 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: the rest of the year. You shouldn't have value taken 622 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: away from your win because you were so good and 623 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 1: so effective at what you did that you sent another 624 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 1: team spiraling out of control. Teams aren't robotic, they're real people. 625 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 1: They aren't robots, so the exact same version of a 626 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 1: team doesn't show up twelve weeks out of the year. 627 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 1: If that were the case, it would be fine to 628 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 1: have a fluid strength of schedule rating because you could 629 00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: be very very sure that the team you were seeing 630 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:01,880 Speaker 1: in week eight was the same team I played in 631 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 1: week two, and if by week eight it turns out 632 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 1: that that team really just wasn't as good as we 633 00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:08,960 Speaker 1: thought they were, Okay, that's fine. But this is not 634 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 1: robot world. This is the real world. So to answer 635 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: the question, no, I'd rarely remove you having a ranked 636 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 1: win just because that team's not ranked at the end 637 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,280 Speaker 1: of the season. I don't personally believe in that. But 638 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: the way that I could remove that entirely is just 639 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,440 Speaker 1: to use vegas Power ratings, because they don't do that. 640 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,520 Speaker 1: There are sometimes where they'll have a four lost team 641 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 1: still inside the top fifteen. Why because they've played four 642 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: of the top twenty teams in the country and lost 643 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 1: to four of them, And that doesn't necessarily mean that 644 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 1: they should fall out of the top forty, whereas you 645 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 1: may have another team in the top ten and the 646 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 1: AP that hasn't played anyone ranked inside the top sixty 647 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:47,440 Speaker 1: all year. So the subjectivity in college football is such 648 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:49,800 Speaker 1: that I think you need that kind of voice to 649 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: define strength of schedule because the way we do it 650 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 1: right now sometimes is really really dumb. Also, here's another 651 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:58,600 Speaker 1: thing to think about. Who said twenty five is the 652 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 1: magic number? So let's just pretend for a second that 653 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:05,960 Speaker 1: your resume is being compared to mine. You have resume A, 654 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 1: I have a resume B. Let's say you played the 655 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:13,120 Speaker 1: number twenty one team in the country, and then you 656 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:18,040 Speaker 1: played eleven other teams ranked in the one hundreds, you 657 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:22,520 Speaker 1: have one top twenty five win. Let's say I didn't 658 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: play anyone in the top twenty five, but I played 659 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,560 Speaker 1: number twenty six, twenty seven, twenty eight, twenty nine, and thirty. 660 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:33,000 Speaker 1: Our resumes when they're put together on that selection show, 661 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 1: makes yours look better than mine, because you played one 662 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 1: team that's inside that magical line in the sand, that 663 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:42,520 Speaker 1: number twenty five. Meanwhile, if you could see a little 664 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 1: bit past that line, I played literally the next five 665 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:48,560 Speaker 1: teams in line, whereas you played not another team even 666 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 1: remotely close. So you had a much easier schedule than me. 667 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: I've got a much more difficult strength to schedule, but 668 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 1: people wouldn't know it because somebody somewhere in I don't know, 669 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,719 Speaker 1: a production room, said hey, let's make a graphic that 670 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:05,520 Speaker 1: shows how many wins you have in the twenty five. 671 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,600 Speaker 1: Should do it top twenty five. That's not at all 672 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 1: the way an informed college football public should be going 673 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,960 Speaker 1: about defining their strength of schedules. All right, moving on 674 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:18,960 Speaker 1: to a much more harmonious question. Someone asked me about 675 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,320 Speaker 1: a video that I posted on Instagram in my Instagram 676 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:25,880 Speaker 1: story last night, and it was so, I'm in Columbus, 677 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:27,719 Speaker 1: as I said, I'm in Harris County right now, which 678 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:29,839 Speaker 1: is just north of Columbus, Georgia. That's where I grew up. 679 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,200 Speaker 1: As I said at the beginning, I'm in my childhood 680 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,239 Speaker 1: bedroom as I record right now. So I took a 681 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:38,799 Speaker 1: little drive around downtown Columbus last night, so two nights ago, 682 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:41,280 Speaker 1: I guess, as you're listening, and I was just seeing 683 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 1: some of the sites. And I've told you guys the 684 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:47,600 Speaker 1: story several times before. I'll probably tell this story again 685 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:51,440 Speaker 1: sometime soon. It's about that time again about kind of 686 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,720 Speaker 1: my upbringing, where I came from, what I did before 687 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 1: I got in the media business. And I tell that 688 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: story a lot, not to brag. I mean, who in 689 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,480 Speaker 1: the world would brag that they worked in a fabricare No. 690 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:03,160 Speaker 1: I tell the story all the time out of immense 691 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,160 Speaker 1: pride and understanding that there are a lot of you 692 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,680 Speaker 1: who may be twenty three years old right now, who 693 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,320 Speaker 1: either did or didn't finish college, and if you didn't, 694 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,239 Speaker 1: you feel like a failure because you've dropped out and 695 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,120 Speaker 1: you're going nowhere fast. Or if you did not drop out, 696 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,839 Speaker 1: You got your degree, and you're still feeling like you're 697 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,319 Speaker 1: going no where fast. And I trust me, I know 698 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:23,520 Speaker 1: how that feels because I was there, and those were 699 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:25,080 Speaker 1: the times where I would have been working in that 700 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:28,920 Speaker 1: fabric warehouse. And I really love looking back on that 701 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:30,799 Speaker 1: because I know it's a message to a whole bunch 702 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,719 Speaker 1: of people who are in that position present day and 703 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:35,920 Speaker 1: who have no clue what's going to happen. And I 704 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:38,480 Speaker 1: just like to tell you how I got myself out 705 00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 1: of there with a lot of help. I certainly didn't 706 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,000 Speaker 1: do it on my own, but I was able to 707 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:44,719 Speaker 1: get myself out of there and end up doing what 708 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,319 Speaker 1: I love to do and have a worldwide audience to 709 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,280 Speaker 1: listen to it. So I was there last night. Well, 710 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,960 Speaker 1: Jeff asked if I really worked in a fabric warehouse 711 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,960 Speaker 1: or if it's just a metaphor. I love delving into 712 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,520 Speaker 1: the metaphorical speaking every now and then, but Jeff, yes, 713 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:03,799 Speaker 1: trust me, my friend. I put the video in my 714 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:06,480 Speaker 1: Instagram story last night. If you're not following on Instagram, 715 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,920 Speaker 1: by the way, oh you miss so much at Late Kick, Josh. 716 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,840 Speaker 1: You miss so much on there. So when I was 717 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:15,239 Speaker 1: riding around last night, I went down Twelfth Street in 718 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:17,560 Speaker 1: downtown Columbus. It's like a ghost town at night, not 719 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,680 Speaker 1: a soul down there. And I put video of that 720 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:24,680 Speaker 1: fabric warehouse in my story, which should be up depending 721 00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:26,360 Speaker 1: on when you're listening right now. It should be up 722 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:31,120 Speaker 1: until later when Tuesday night I get my days mixed up, 723 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:33,200 Speaker 1: so you can take a look at it for yourself. 724 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:37,759 Speaker 1: It's everything you would imagine a rundown fabric warehouse to 725 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 1: be in the Mill district of Columbus, Georgia. So yeah, 726 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,600 Speaker 1: there you go, Jeff. It's as real as can be. 727 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:47,080 Speaker 1: But when you look at that place and then you realize, hey, 728 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:50,319 Speaker 1: nowadays we have the number one college football show in 729 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:53,960 Speaker 1: digital media. Understand if that could happen, you can do 730 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,600 Speaker 1: anything you've set your mind to. Basically, it's like a 731 00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,600 Speaker 1: modern day version of Lose Yourself by Eminem. So just 732 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:02,200 Speaker 1: have that playing. Just crank the eight mile soundtrack in 733 00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:05,279 Speaker 1: the back of your subconscious as you watch me drive 734 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,080 Speaker 1: by the fabric warehouse. If I accomplish nothing else today, 735 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:11,200 Speaker 1: but I accomplish that energy, I will succeed him. So 736 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:15,040 Speaker 1: I irresponsibly am up against some meetings and radio hits now, 737 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,600 Speaker 1: so I'm gonna cut it short. Don't worry. I have 738 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,640 Speaker 1: got a loaded mail bag. I'm still looking at a 739 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:22,000 Speaker 1: bunch of questions, so I probably won't even ask for 740 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,560 Speaker 1: new submissions next week. I'll just continue going down the list. 741 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:27,799 Speaker 1: I have now quick reminder, which you did in a 742 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,200 Speaker 1: big way last week, and so if you didn't participate, 743 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:33,920 Speaker 1: now is the time to jump on board. Continue listening 744 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,760 Speaker 1: and everything you're doing. I appreciate it. Our numbers are bonkers. 745 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:41,080 Speaker 1: Just make sure that you follow or subscribe whichever it 746 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,200 Speaker 1: gives you the option to do in the podcast feed, 747 00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:46,200 Speaker 1: because it really really helps us a whole lot. It 748 00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:49,560 Speaker 1: doesn't cost you anything, nothing happens, you don't get spammed 749 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:53,440 Speaker 1: or anything. It just helps our numbers. And you've continued 750 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,600 Speaker 1: to do it, and so this is me just asking 751 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,720 Speaker 1: you to continue to subscribe. I know you can't subscribe 752 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,880 Speaker 1: more than once, but what you can do, and what 753 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,719 Speaker 1: we are not above doing around here, is telling your 754 00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 1: friends and family to do it. And if they're uncooperative, 755 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,239 Speaker 1: it's okay. They'll eventually put their phone down and we'll 756 00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:11,600 Speaker 1: grab it and we'll get the job done ourselves. I 757 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,719 Speaker 1: appreciate it so much I'm sending this off to be 758 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:15,960 Speaker 1: produced and send out to you, So if for producer 759 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,480 Speaker 1: Jesse director Colin pa Bradley on the stick today, I 760 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,120 Speaker 1: think he'll actually edit this. I'm Josh Bay. Take care. 761 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:25,239 Speaker 1: I'll see you Thursday night for Late Kick Live. Until then, 762 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:25,920 Speaker 1: God bless