1 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back another edition of the 2 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 1: Late Kick Extra podcast. I'm Josh Paid. You guys are 3 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: simply those who make this possible. Thank you so much 4 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: for the five star reviews. Let me get that in 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: right off the top, because much to the delight of you, 6 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: I don't think I said it a single time the 7 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: other day, So five star reviews, keep them coming. We 8 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: are somewhere in like the eight forties or eight fifties 9 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: where I'm going to get to a thousand. I've made 10 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 1: that very clear. I want a thousand minimum five star 11 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: reviews before the end of the season. But if you 12 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: want to do it before the end of the day, 13 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: I'm not mad at it. By all means, you live 14 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: your life the way you want to, just as long 15 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: as it includes dropping a five star review every now 16 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: and then. Steal your sister's phone, steal your grandma's phone, 17 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: do the same thing. Just make sure you give it 18 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: back afterwards. This is all Q and A. It's wall 19 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: to wall. You know how it works. You submit the 20 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: questions Josh Paid seven zero six at gmail dot com, 21 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: in the DMS, on Twitter at late kick Josh. It's 22 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: college football and beyond which to be honest with you 23 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: would probably be a better name for this podcast than 24 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: what we call it. Jordan Tani, I hope you're writing 25 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: that down, by the way, So we've got some good 26 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 1: stuff this morning. I also want to remind you we've 27 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: got Latekick Live coming up tonight on the twenty four 28 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 1: to seven Sports YouTube channel. The other night, I gotta 29 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: be honest with you, I was very proud of our 30 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: effort because we were finding out as the day went on, 31 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: this game's postpone, that game's postpone, and Tuesday night, as 32 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 1: you may well know, is prediction night for us, So 33 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: we had our entire show stacked, and then all of 34 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: a sudden, our show wasn't stacked because all the games 35 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: were gone, and so then we just had to talk 36 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: about stuff. And that's where your background in radio really 37 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: really comes in handy, because if you're doing four to 38 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: seven pm drive time like I did for a little while, 39 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: there are many times you get to five thirty five, 40 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: five forty in the afternoon and you're just kind of 41 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: tapped out in terms of content and you stick got 42 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: an hour, fifteen hour, twenty left to go, and so 43 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: either the callers have to carry you to the finish 44 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: line or you just got to do it the old 45 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 1: fashioned way and come up with stuff to talk about. 46 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: And that was kind of the Tuesday Night show. But 47 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: I thought it went really well. You guys contributed as 48 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: you always do, because after all, it is your show, 49 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: and so we made it there and we'll figure out 50 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: a way tonight. I think we'll have some good stuff 51 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: for you tonight. I think we got some good stuff 52 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: for you this morning too. Again, thank you for listening, 53 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 1: and I'm going to kick it off with James, but 54 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: I might as well kick it off with about fifteen 55 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: to twenty of you, it seems like one hundred at 56 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: this point who have asked a question about Hugh Freeze 57 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: and where's he going to go? Where's Hugh Freeze going 58 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: to be? Now, it's just assumed, and I should note 59 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: this at the beginning. It's just assumed that Hugh Freese 60 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: is coaching his last days at Liberty. But you probably 61 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: saw the news yesterday. If you didn't, Hugh Freese signed 62 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: a contract extension with Liberty through twenty twenty six. Now, 63 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: those of you who have watched college football and watched 64 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: the business side of it for a little while, now 65 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: you probably know that that means little to nothing in 66 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: terms of whether he'll be on the move at the 67 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: end of this year. I guess what it does is, 68 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: if we're gonna be cynical, is it probably builds in 69 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 1: a nice little payout window, a nice little buyout window. 70 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,119 Speaker 1: I guess you could call it for liberty. Whenever whoever 71 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: comes calling for Hugh free So if it is filling 72 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: the blank university or fill in the blank state you 73 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: they're gonna have to pay Liberty some cash to get 74 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: Hugh Freeze out of that contract. And they will. They'll 75 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: have no problem doing it. They expect to do it. 76 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: That's the expectation when you go after a big coach. 77 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to pay his buy out these days. 78 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: So there's that. Now. As for the question, James, and 79 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: an entire army of you asked, where is he going 80 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: to go? There are assumptions anywhere from Tennessee being on 81 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: the table, which I don't think is the case, to 82 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: South Carolina, which is a little more realistic. But I'm 83 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna attack it from a different angle in 84 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: a second. Let's see Auburn. I had someone bring up Auburn, 85 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: to my knowledge, Gus Malzan is still fine there. And 86 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: then there's an interesting new proposal out there and a 87 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: lot more of you have picked up on this, and 88 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: that's Michigan. Michigan started to gain some traction. Now let's 89 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: remember the past with Hugh Freeze. It is not without reproach. 90 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 1: It is a little bit checkered. And let's also remember 91 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: typically the kind of higher that Michigan wants to make. 92 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 1: You got to button that sweater vest really tight to 93 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: get that job at Michigan. Just typically just putting it 94 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: out there. You guys know it to be true. Some 95 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: of you hate that it is true, but you know 96 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: it to be true. So where could he be going? Well, 97 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: I do want to share this. I on the Sunday 98 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: Night Show was very very emphatic, and I still am. 99 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 1: For the record, I haven't backed off my stance in 100 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: general on this that you really need to understand how 101 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: to properly weigh the risk reward if you're an athletic 102 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: director and the decision is solely in your hands, So 103 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: if your administration is on board, and if the faculty 104 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: and president and all, if you've gotten the proper signatures 105 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: and everyone's on board, and it's really just about you, 106 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: and you're making your decision, but you got the cash 107 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: backing and you got the vote of confidence. You need 108 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: to understand properly how to weigh risk reward. I think 109 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: a lot of ads today are not like ads of 110 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: the past. Today. Athletic directors, in some cases not all 111 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 1: elevated to their position, not because they were the best 112 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: athletics man or woman, not because they ever played or coached, 113 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: not that that's a necessity. But these days, some of 114 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: them elevated to the position they have because they were 115 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: the best fundraiser and they were the best at being 116 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: able to generate cash. And that's great, I mean, you 117 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: got to have it, But that inherently means they are 118 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: non risk takers. They don't like it. They recoil at 119 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: the very notion of taking risk, and so anytime there's risk, 120 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: they I don't want that. I don't want to do that. 121 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 1: And so Hugh Freeze inherently carries some risk, or at 122 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: least some perceived risk. I think the reward so much 123 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 1: outweighs the risk. If you were listening to the Sunday 124 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: Night Show, I was talking about Jaws, and I was 125 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: talking about the scene in Jaws where everyone's on the beach, 126 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: but no one wants to go in the water, and 127 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: the mayor is saying, why aren't you in the water? 128 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,359 Speaker 1: I was letting my suntan lotions set in. Please go 129 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: in the water. And so finally everyone goes in the water. 130 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: And everyone wanted to go in the water. They was 131 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: waiting for someone else to be the first one. Well, 132 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 1: at least those people had something to really be scared of. 133 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: There was a shark out there, after all, and they 134 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: were smart enough to know it, even if the mayor 135 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: wasn't smart enough to know it, but he was acting 136 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: in the best interest of the town. Amity, as you know, 137 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: means friendship. What is the shark here? What is the 138 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: real fear that an athletic director may have? Let me 139 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: tell you what the actual real fear is. When you 140 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: look under the bed, you open the dark closet, or 141 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: in this case, you go out into the ocean, you 142 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: realize the boogeyman or the monster or the shark is 143 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: actually just some negative press clippings and some h maybe 144 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 1: a few high level boosters rub the raw way. But 145 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: as long as you have the right ones on your side, 146 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: that doesn't matter. And it'll all be solved once Hugh 147 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: free starts winning in like week two of year one 148 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: under his tenure in his regime at your school. I 149 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: was doing a radio hit with the guys in Knoxville yesterday, 150 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: Trey Wallason and those guys at Fox Sports and Knoxville, 151 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: and they asked, well, what do you think, man, Cause, like, 152 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: if if Hugh Freeze takes a job, the first day, 153 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: it's going to be a really embarrassing press conference because 154 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 1: people are going to be asking about, you know, burner 155 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: phones and paying recruits in the past and all of 156 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: kind of the cd underbelly of Hugh Freeze's tenure at 157 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: Old Miss. Maybe they will, maybe they will not. If 158 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: you beat him to it, though, what you do is 159 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: again we talk about it all the time with coaches 160 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: who are currently at major programs who keep losing, and 161 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: what do I say. The first thing they do is 162 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: they run to the nearest microphone and they start practicing 163 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: their PR one oh one techniques that they get taught 164 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: in the off season. Remember, remember, coach, they only chase 165 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: as long as you run, So just lay down, take 166 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: the baseball bat, lay down, and then beat yourself in 167 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 1: the head with it, and they'll look around puzzled and say, wait, 168 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: that's our job. Oh, I guess we'll just ask about 169 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: the game instead. That's why you hear coaches constantly walk 170 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: through the podium after games and say, hey, we got 171 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: out coach today. Let me tell you something. We got 172 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: out physical, almost like they're proud of it, and we 173 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: just got circles run around us. We got out hustled, 174 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: we got out whipped, we got out blogged and out tackled. Hey, 175 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: I hope the fans are pissed off. They should be 176 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,959 Speaker 1: pissed off. Yeah. I heard that two times last week alone. 177 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 1: So if you're Hugh Freeze, why would you handle your 178 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: introductory press conference any different? You step up, you say, 179 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 1: I'm a flawed man. I'll be the first to admit it, 180 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: and we're gonna build a program full of flawed individuals. 181 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: But together, collectively, I think we can achieve something that, 182 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: in terms of result, is much greater than the sum 183 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: of individual flawed parts. And I got to promise you something, 184 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: And there's no way you can know this for certain. 185 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 1: I don't have that written down here anywhere. And that 186 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: was a one take recording. So now that I think 187 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: about it more thoroughly. I probably should be in the 188 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 1: business of coaching higher speech writing. It's a very nuanced, 189 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: very niche based industry, But I'm not so sure. I 190 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: wouldn't be great at it. Because I just shoveled that 191 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: right into this microphone. I think some of you may 192 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,719 Speaker 1: have even bought it. So anyway, picture Hugh free is 193 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: doing that. Picture Hugh Freees being totally accountable and totally 194 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 1: atoning for all of his past misdeeds and misgivings and 195 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: misgivings mistakes. Do you really think that reporters are still 196 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: going to hammer on him for the next six months? 197 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: And then ask yourself this, if he starts winning, are 198 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: they really going to do that? I don't think they are. 199 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: I don't think they are at all. And secondly, what 200 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: does it matter if they do? What does it matter? 201 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: If you're winning, and if the players believe in him, 202 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: and if players are coming to play for him, what 203 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 1: does it matter? What is the real risk? I looked 204 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: up statistics and I found out that bad headlines kill 205 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,839 Speaker 1: zero point zero zero people per year. The next one 206 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:12,439 Speaker 1: will be the first one. It's kind of like ghosts. 207 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:16,680 Speaker 1: Ghosts and negative headlines kill zero point zero zero people 208 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: per year. So that was a real long tangent. And 209 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: to be honest with you, I have no clue what 210 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: I was even talking about when I started. But let 211 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 1: me circle back around. So now we've at least addressed 212 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: proper risk reward ratio. I don't know that the SEC 213 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: is going to be an option for him. That's why 214 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: when I'm hearing from South Carolina, I'm here for Tennessee 215 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: or Auburn. I went to Sunday night. I remember where 216 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: I was now Sunday Night. I was very emphatic that 217 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: that should be the mentality. But then you notice I 218 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: said the caveat there. If it's in your hands as 219 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: an athletic director, well listen, if you're handcuffed by maybe 220 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:54,199 Speaker 1: powers that be above your pay grade that are telling you, hey, 221 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: this is not an option. It could be your university 222 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: president says no, could be your board of regents seven 223 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: to three vote no. Or what if someone at the 224 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: league office is telling you no go. Whatever the case 225 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 1: may be. There are a lot of people, and I 226 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: don't have firsthand knowledge of this, but I'm telling you 227 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: there are a lot of people in the know who 228 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,559 Speaker 1: believe that that may be the case in the SEC 229 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: in general, at least through the next year. So if 230 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 1: that is the case, then you got to ask youself 231 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: a couple more questions. Where does Hugh Freeze really want 232 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 1: to be the first one? And if he wants to 233 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 1: be in the SEC, I don't see why he wouldn't 234 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: be willing to wait out whatever that edict is. And 235 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: maybe he just hangs out at Liberty another year. But 236 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 1: if he's itching to get out of there, or maybe 237 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: he's not itching to get out of there, but he 238 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: can't pass up a really good opportunity. Now, what if 239 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: just pulling a name out of the blue no fun intended? 240 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: What if that Michigan job came open, And what if 241 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: they actually offered Hugh Freeze? Now I would have a 242 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: hard time seeing it. Now, if I were a Michigan fan, 243 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: I'd love it, don't get me wrong. But when I 244 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 1: know the culture there and I look at Hugh Freeze, 245 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: the first two words that come to my mind aren't 246 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: exactly Michigan man, if you know what I mean. So 247 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 1: I don't know, Maybe he just hangs out at Liberty 248 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: another year, or maybe, like I said, he wants to 249 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: take the biggest opportunity, and maybe the biggest opportunity comes 250 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: in the form of a job that's not in the 251 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: sec And maybe you wanted him if you were at 252 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: South Carolina, let's say, but you have to watch him 253 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: go elsewhere. Well, that wouldn't be the funnest day in 254 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: the world, would it. But the guy can coach, there 255 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: is no doubt about it. There's no doubting that. And 256 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 1: so at this point, the assumption, generally amongst obviously the inbox, 257 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: but also amongst people kind of inside that business, inside 258 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: that world of coaching hires and coaching rumors, the assumption 259 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: is Hugh Freeze will be on the move, if not now, 260 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: the next year at the very latest. The questions, though, 261 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: James and those of you elsewhere who asked the questions 262 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: very much still remain as to where he could be 263 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: available and also where jobs will be available for him 264 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: to potentially land. All right, Jodie's next up. She asked 265 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: a question the other day. It was the last one, 266 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: and for some reason I had it folded on the 267 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 1: back of a piece of paper. Therefore I didn't get 268 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: to it. So instead of throwing that piece of paper away, Jody, 269 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 1: here it is, and here is your question. It's still 270 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: every bit as relevant today as it was Tuesday. She said, 271 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: what is the thing that has changed the most for 272 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: you about this season? Well, Jody, easily, the part that's 273 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 1: changed the most for me is i haven't been to 274 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 1: a game this season, and I'm normally at one every Saturday, 275 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 1: which is as much as it's turned Saturday upside down. Strangely, 276 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,559 Speaker 1: Friday has been the most different for me. So keep 277 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: in mind this is my first year at twenty four 278 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,200 Speaker 1: to seven. Up until this point, I had been down 279 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:42,599 Speaker 1: in Columbus, now whereas I had been doing the independent 280 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:44,839 Speaker 1: version of Late Kick down there, So if you live 281 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 1: in say North Carolina, that's the only time you would 282 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 1: have seen me. I was also a news anchor in Columbus, 283 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 1: but I also, before that, was a sports director there, 284 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: so I still had my hand in the local sports scene, 285 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: and I shot high school football down there. So it 286 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: was a very hectic time anywhere from Thursday night through 287 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: Sunday night. Those days go by like a blur during 288 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: the season because Thursday night you have high school football, 289 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:12,839 Speaker 1: so you're shooting your high school games on Thursday night. 290 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 1: Then you come in Friday and you're getting ready for 291 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,719 Speaker 1: a full night of Friday night high school football. For us, 292 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: that would mean at a minimum two games. Sometimes you'd 293 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: have to shoot three games and the deadline. You're on 294 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: the crunch. Everybody who's ever worked in a newsroom understands 295 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: what I'm talking about here. The crunch on a Friday 296 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: night is unlike anything you've ever seen before. You are 297 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: out the door as soon as you get off the 298 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: air for your six pm newscast, and you are trying 299 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: to grab food, but you're probably not going to Hopefully 300 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: a press box somewhere has some so you get to 301 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: your first game. I used to always go to Callaway 302 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: High School anytime Callaway High School was home. That's where 303 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: Tank Bigsby played, who is the current Auburn running back 304 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: starting as a true freshman. I'd always go up there 305 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: if they were playing a home game. First number one, 306 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 1: cause it was the furthest school away from our home office. 307 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 1: Number two because they were notorious for scoring on their 308 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: opening drive, so I would hope to get an opening 309 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: drive score from them. Because you got to get out 310 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: of your first game in ten to fifteen minutes. You 311 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: got to go up there. You got to get some highlights. Shot, 312 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: and then I would probably have to head across the 313 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: river over into Alabama. It's right on the Chattahoochee River 314 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: to catch the eight pm Eastern time kickoffs over there. 315 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: So the way they do it, they stagger it. The 316 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: Georgia games kick off at seven thirty Eastern and then 317 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: Alabama games kick off at eight o'clock Eastern or seven 318 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: Central their time. So you got to get a couple 319 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: maybe three game shot. Then you got to get back 320 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: to the studio. You got to edit, you gotta cut them, 321 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: you gotta stack them, you gotta ride them, you gotta 322 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 1: label them, as I like to call it, but that's 323 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 1: a really old school way of saying, put lower thirds 324 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: on everything. And then you got to stack it in 325 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: the rundown. You got to get all that done before 326 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: you go on the air at eleven o'clock. So that's 327 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: really fun. And then you leave the studio and you're 328 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: totally exhausted. But you know, in a regular season you're 329 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 1: about to be up at like four am the next 330 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: morning because you're driving to Tuscaloosa or Baton Rouge, or maybe, 331 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: if you're lucky for me, Auburn, which is just forty 332 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: five minutes back then, or Knoxville Athens, whatever, And so 333 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: you're going there and you're gonna be all day there 334 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: and you're not getting out of there until way after 335 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: the sun goes down, and you're not getting home until 336 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: way after midnight. And so then you finally get to sleep. 337 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: But then you wake up, you get to church the 338 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: next morning, and then you get home and you stack 339 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: your show for Sunday night, and then you go to 340 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: your Sunday night show. And then finally when you drive 341 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: home or maybe a taxi takes you home because you 342 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: feel too sleep impaired to drive, then finally you decompress. 343 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 1: That's a normal weekend. Right now. I have number one 344 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: come to twenty four to seven, so I'm not doing 345 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: high school football anymore. And number two COVID has set in, 346 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: so I'm not on a campus any Saturdays so far 347 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: this year. And so Friday is the weirdest day cause 348 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 1: Friday you just kind of sit around. I mean, we're 349 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: working here, like there's stuff we do on Friday, but 350 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: it's not nearly the the fourteen to fifteen hour day 351 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: that you would normally be used to if you're working 352 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: at the local news level. And then I guess maybe 353 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: the one benefit is since I'm in the office, I 354 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: go to the office to watch games. On Saturday, I'll 355 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: go to the gym, then I'll go over to the office. 356 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: I got six monitors on in front of me. That's 357 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: normally not the case. Normally I'm at a game. If 358 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: I'm at a game, I'm just on the sideline and 359 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:22,879 Speaker 1: you're checking your phone for score updates, but you're not 360 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: seeing the games. So I would have to get home. 361 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 1: And Sunday after church I would go watch condensed games 362 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: that were sent to me, and so I would try 363 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 1: to catch up on what I missed the day before. Well, now, 364 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:36,880 Speaker 1: I guess that's one added benefit. I'm able to watch 365 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 1: all the games live, so that wasn't the case in 366 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: the past, but I would still much prefer it to 367 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: be with the in person experience and I'll catch the 368 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: rest tomorrow. Next up. Technically this is Brock's question, but 369 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,239 Speaker 1: a lot of you asked it, and it's simply this, 370 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 1: tell me, if you've heard this before, is an undefeated 371 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 1: PAC twelve champion? When you say it, you really mean Oregon. 372 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: Most of you do is as a seven, and is 373 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:02,439 Speaker 1: that going to be good enough? For them to make 374 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: the college football playoff. I'll tell you why that answer 375 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: is not as clear cut as you think it is. 376 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: Right after this, all right, so Brock and his army 377 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: of people have asked, in not so many words, Oregon, 378 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: if they're seven and oh, can they make the playoff? 379 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 1: So this fits for USC, it fits for anyone else. 380 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 1: Southern cal what to come from behind win in Week one? 381 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 1: By the way, so the assumption is no, that's the 382 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:26,439 Speaker 1: assumption from a lot of folks. But I want to 383 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: caution you this is also under the assumption that everyone's 384 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 1: just playing a full slate. Well, now this has finally 385 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 1: started to hit home for a lot of you that 386 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: that's not realistic. It's not realistic just because if you 387 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 1: look at Alabama's schedule and it has ten games on 388 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,880 Speaker 1: their schedule, plus you presume an SEC championship game, which 389 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,159 Speaker 1: would be eleven, you assume or you're going to have 390 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,879 Speaker 1: an Alabama with eleven games. Maybe they're eleven and oh, 391 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 1: maybe they're ten and one. And how are you justifying 392 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: measuring them against a seven to oh PAC twelve. Well 393 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: that's if everyone plays their games. It doesn't look like 394 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: anyone is going to be playing their games. So now 395 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 1: luckily we're recording this Thursday instead of Tuesday, because now 396 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,199 Speaker 1: we know something we didn't know them. We suspected it, 397 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,920 Speaker 1: but we didn't know it. We know that Ohio State 398 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 1: is not playing this Saturday. We know Alabama is not 399 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 1: playing this Saturday. Ironically, I think Oregon is as of 400 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: this point, playing this Saturday. But the point is, we 401 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 1: don't know how many games any of those contending teams 402 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: are going to end up having under their belt. So 403 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,359 Speaker 1: if you were to be able to magically tell me 404 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: we're going to be measuring a seven to oh team 405 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: like Oregon against let's just for the sake of argument, 406 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 1: say a nine to one Texas A and M, Well, 407 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: then you've got some serious discussions to have. And then 408 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: you have the merit of an undefeated conference champ versus 409 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: a non conference champ, but one that played two more 410 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 1: games or three more games. Oh and by the way, 411 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: their only loss was to the conference champion. Then you 412 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: can start having all those discussions. But I don't know 413 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 1: how this entire playoff picture is going to work out 414 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 1: to begin with. It will work itself out. I'm just saying, 415 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: we always love to start asking these questions in September, October, or, 416 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 1: in this case, on a different timetable, November. But most 417 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: of the time, the events that are going to most 418 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:19,640 Speaker 1: heavily impact the playoff haven't even happened yet. And mark 419 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 1: my words, it's the exact same this year we are. 420 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,160 Speaker 1: I'm recording right now. It's the morning of November twelfth, 421 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: the year of Our Lord, twenty twenty, and a lot 422 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 1: of folks talking about the playoff and oh, well, now, 423 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 1: what is it going to be Clemson and Notre Dame 424 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 1: in the playoff? Is it going to be Clemson, Notre Dame, Alabama, Florida? 425 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: Are we going to have sort of an all SEC 426 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: all SEC? Well, how do you make room for Ohio State? Well, 427 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 1: clearly you're not going to leave Ohio State out. Listen. 428 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 1: The whole point is it's pointless. At this point, it's pointless. 429 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 1: I said point like nine times in that sentence, and 430 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 1: I just wanted to really poignantly say, don't waste your time. 431 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,439 Speaker 1: There is no skill in doing this. Right now, the 432 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 1: events that will have the biggest impact on the outcome 433 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 1: of the college football Playoff haven't even happened yet. There's 434 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: still to come. They're still down the road. You're driving 435 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: down I twenty four, trying to get back home to Georgia, 436 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,880 Speaker 1: and you see road work ahead, and that could mean 437 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 1: many different things in the state of Tennessee right now. 438 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: So you see that road work ahead, it may mean 439 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 1: there's a pothole that's getting fixed, or you may take 440 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 1: about seven hours to get from here to Chattanooga, whatever 441 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 1: the case may be. The things that are going to 442 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: most directly impact your trip home are not in your 443 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 1: rearview mirror. They're not even right there in your immediate 444 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: line of sight. They are down the road a little ways. 445 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: College football playoffs the same way. David is next up. 446 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: He had a good one. He said, let's say you 447 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: get your hands on a time machine, what moments in 448 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: college football history would you have wanted to witness in 449 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: person the most prior to your existence. I always have said, 450 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 1: I'd love to go back to Legion Field in Birmingham 451 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy. I think it was the season opener. It 452 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: was very early in the year Southern col played Alabama. 453 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 1: That was the same Cunningham game, and a lot has 454 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: been made of that game since then. It was a big, 455 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 1: big deal in the South because it was a black 456 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 1: tailback who came down here and ran all over Alabama, 457 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 1: and it was a time where a lot of change 458 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: was in the immediate future of Alabama. Some people think 459 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: that may have expedited it a lot. I tend to 460 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:23,159 Speaker 1: agree later down the road, that's been sort of romanticized 461 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,879 Speaker 1: as will Bear intentionally scheduled a loss to jog some 462 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,439 Speaker 1: people and wake them up to see that change was needed. 463 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 1: I've always wondered, regardless of how much that's been romanticized, 464 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 1: I would love to have been there that day. And 465 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: number one, I would just like to take in the 466 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 1: environment of a game that I've only seen on old 467 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: school like VHS tape and that probably got transferred from 468 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,679 Speaker 1: some even older technology. But number two, I'd love to 469 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 1: feel what it was like that day because every time 470 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 1: that you talk about that game now, it's spoken about 471 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 1: with such reverence. Oh, that was the day Sam Cunningham 472 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 1: changed the SEC, changed the course of history for Alabama 473 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 1: and Bryant. But what did it feel like when you 474 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: were driving home that day? Because I can tell you personally, 475 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 1: whether it was the twenty sixteen championship game, we were 476 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,399 Speaker 1: there for that when in Tampa, Clemson wins it with 477 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,360 Speaker 1: one second to go. I remember driving back up seventy 478 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 1: five really really late that night, and I was talking 479 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: to a buddy who was a chief meteorologist at the time, 480 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 1: who somehow I got credentialed to the game, and we 481 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,439 Speaker 1: were talking and we were saying, we just saw something historic. 482 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 1: Like you don't have to wait fifty years for the 483 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 1: documentaries to come out. We know. We just stood on 484 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 1: the field right here and Hunter Renfro ten yards away 485 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: from us, caught a pass with one second to go 486 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 1: and clums and won a title. That's historic a year later, 487 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: wasn't it. Yeah? A year later, standing in the end 488 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 1: zone as DeVante Smith catches second twenty six from Tuatongue 489 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: of Iiloa, you know, in the immediacy you just witnessed history. 490 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 1: You may have witnessed the greatest ending in the history 491 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: of college football. Given number one the circumstances and number 492 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: two the ramifications, you may have just witnessed all time history. 493 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 1: You know that. Well. I've watched the documentaries about the 494 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: Sam Cunningham Game, and I've listened to folks who are 495 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 1: now very elderly who were in the stands that day, 496 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 1: and they've talked about how historic it was. I just 497 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 1: wonder on the ride home, did it feel that day 498 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: like I felt driving home from those two games that 499 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 1: I just mentioned. Did it feel that way or did 500 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: it take a little while to understand the impact that 501 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 1: that game had. So I've always wondered that. I think 502 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: a lot of people may go to like the Doug 503 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: Fluteie game, or maybe pick a herschel Walker or po Jackson, 504 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: something like that. I've always wondered about that game. Jake 505 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: is next up, Jake asked, as I'm recording, which, by 506 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 1: the way, is ridiculously early in the morning, Jake, I 507 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: don't know. I Jake's been to bed yet, and I 508 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 1: don't know what in the world he's influenced by. He asked, Yo, Bro, 509 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 1: what do you eat post workout? Excuse me? Excuse me? 510 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 1: You know what, Let me read it in a more 511 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 1: authentic manner. Yo, bro, what you eat post workout? Jake? 512 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 1: You might as well be related to me. First off, Secondly, 513 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: I have switched this. I'm glad you asked. As it 514 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: turns out, I've made a switch in the past month. 515 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: Normally I eat a rotisserie chicken immediately after I work out, 516 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 1: but I have stopped doing that because where I go 517 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: right now, and I'm not disclosing that because I know 518 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,239 Speaker 1: you guys. I'm not disclosing that. But where I go 519 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 1: right now, it is conveniently close to a Smoothie King. 520 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 1: So I go by there one day because I'm in 521 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: a rush. Actually, what I was doing was I was 522 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: working out and I was going to drive all the 523 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: way home, so I don't I don't want to be 524 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: eating chicken out of my passenger seat. So what I 525 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: did was I went to SMOOTHI King. I was just 526 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,639 Speaker 1: going to get me a so I grabbed one. I 527 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 1: just kind of closed my eyes and pointed and said, 528 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,199 Speaker 1: give me that one. Hadn't been a Smoothie King in 529 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 1: like a decade. Last time I was going to Smoothi 530 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: King regularly, I ended up dating a girl who was 531 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:44,159 Speaker 1: the catch here there. So I just I thought it 532 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 1: was time for a little break. Well, it was time 533 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 1: to pick it back up. So I got what I 534 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,160 Speaker 1: got and it was really good. And I've been going 535 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 1: there every day since then, and i've been and they 536 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,119 Speaker 1: have not paid me to say this. I've been getting 537 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: the I think it's called coffee high Protein, which to 538 00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 1: me are two of the best things in the world 539 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: combine them, and so I've been getting that and it's 540 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,879 Speaker 1: really filling and it wakes you up, and it also 541 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,120 Speaker 1: gives you the adequate amount of protein and added benefit, 542 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 1: you know. Circle of life deal. Here you allow one 543 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 1: more little chicken a stay of execution, who otherwise would 544 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,640 Speaker 1: have had to be led to the slaughter in order 545 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: to fulfill your nutritional needs, which is a lie because 546 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: I ate the chicken later that night anyway, So scratched 547 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: the last part there, but the first part the endorsement 548 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 1: of Smoothie King. I believe in coffee, high protein, big 549 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 1: fan of that, as long as you take the almond 550 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 1: milk option and not whatever the other one is. Because 551 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: I'm not attesting to it because I haven't tried it. 552 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: I'm just saying I don't think it could taste better 553 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 1: than the way I get it with the almond option. 554 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 1: We got one from Valhalla twenty four. Here he says, 555 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: how does the public change a point spread if a 556 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 1: line opens at minus seven but finishes the week at 557 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 1: minus ten? Does it require a percentage of public plays 558 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 1: or is it about how much money is put on 559 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,919 Speaker 1: the team, the amount of plays is largely irrelevant here. 560 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:57,920 Speaker 1: If you're moving a line, you're talking about the handle, 561 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 1: you're talking about the split, in other words, cash split. 562 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,360 Speaker 1: And if you're seventy thirty favorite on a team, then yeah, 563 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 1: maybe you want to even that out a little bit. 564 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 1: But I also want to tell you this, there's a 565 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 1: lot more that goes into line moves than just that 566 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,880 Speaker 1: and anyone out there. Like when your uncle Freddie, who 567 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: doesn't bet but likes to think that he's the smartest 568 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: guy in the room, when he tells you, well, you know, 569 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,399 Speaker 1: all the points spread really is just Vegas trying to 570 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: get equal action on both sides. Sometimes that's true, sometimes 571 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: that's not, because, let me tell you something, odds makers 572 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 1: know full well, or at least they can guess to 573 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,639 Speaker 1: a large degree of certainty where the cash is coming 574 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 1: in on a line when they put it out, and 575 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:41,640 Speaker 1: yet sometimes they'll put it out there anyway. Perfect example, 576 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 1: and we ended up being on the wrong side of 577 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 1: this one. By the way they put out Michigan minus 578 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,880 Speaker 1: three at Indiana last week. You don't think they knew 579 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: a bunch of cash and probably a majority of tickets 580 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: wasn't coming in on Michigan. Do you really think they 581 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: thought they were gonna get a flood of Indiana money. Also, 582 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: you think they didn't know They could have easily put 583 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 1: out Michigan minus five and a half and probably gotten 584 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: the same action. Yet they put out in Michigan minus three. 585 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: Why was that? They don't mind taking some lopsided action 586 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:09,959 Speaker 1: every now and then, as long as it's lopsided on 587 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 1: the side they want it to be lopsided on that's 588 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:17,919 Speaker 1: fine because contrary to popular belief out there, oddsmakers have 589 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 1: an opinion on games too. Now they're not the ones wagering, Okay, 590 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 1: that's up to you, but they have opinions on games too, 591 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 1: and so occasionally they'll allow theirs to be injected. I 592 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 1: had a buddy who does not anymore, but back in 593 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 1: the day kind of lived on the periphery of this world, 594 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 1: and so he'd always laugh because back then I had 595 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: not really bet a whole lot. I mean, I was 596 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: in high school, so fortunately I hadn't bet a whole lot. 597 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: And I would repeat that old Tiger cliche of well 598 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 1: pointspreads don't tell you anything. It just it's Vegas trying 599 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 1: to get equal money both sides, and they'll take the 600 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: veg and be happy with it. And he said, Okay, Bud, 601 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 1: you keep believing that. Sometimes that's true in the NFL, 602 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: most of the time that's true. But sometimes in the 603 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: college game the handle is really not consequential enough to 604 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: sink them one way or the other. They'll have a 605 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 1: little fun with it sometimes, just like you do. So 606 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 1: keep that in mind. Oh, by the way, Eastern Michigan 607 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: plus nine last night, kachinged for us first time that 608 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: we've gone mactionin and I don't I tread those waters 609 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 1: very carefully because of what happened in the Western Michigan 610 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 1: game later last night. If you didn't stay up for that, 611 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 1: my goodness, you know what, if you took Toledo, don't 612 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: go watch the final, cause that final score it affected 613 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 1: the side. Whether you had plus one, minus one, minus three, 614 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: it affected the side. So it was ugly or beautiful 615 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: depending on where you were. I have got to wrap 616 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 1: this up because I've got to number one get to 617 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 1: a meeting and number two got to get ready for 618 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 1: Late Kick Live tonight. I hope you'll join us on 619 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 1: the twenty four to seven Sports YouTube channel. 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