1 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: I told you, I told you we were gonna do this. 2 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: It's overflow time. I don't even know what to call this. 3 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:22,760 Speaker 1: I guess Josh Paton's College Football Show Extra podcast Only 4 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: Mailbag Edition, whatever the acronym is there. I just had 5 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: too much. I could not pack it all into the 6 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: Sunday Night Show or the Monday podcast version if you 7 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: listen on audio only. And so this is gonna be 8 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 1: really informal. We just got a lot more questions to 9 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,480 Speaker 1: get to. I'm gonna pull it up right now. This 10 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: is like you and I having lunch together. We're just 11 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: gonna chop it up, and I'm gonna go through a 12 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: whole bunch of your questions in the mail bag, starting 13 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: with Brandon. He's in Chicago, our conference strength debates, overrated 14 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: and meaningless. Yes, yes, I hate him. I don't ever 15 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: do him. I always hated him. Now, what normally used 16 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:05,839 Speaker 1: to happen is back when bowl season mattered, we would 17 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: get to bowl season and we would have the what 18 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: did they call it, like the Capitol One bowl Mania? 19 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: I think maybe they still call it that, but it 20 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: was a challenge thing. ESPN would always put up the 21 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: graphic the SECS won this many games, the accs won 22 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: that many games, blah blah blah, and you would also 23 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: have conference versus conference, so it would be like the 24 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: ACC has gone three and six in bowl season or 25 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,199 Speaker 1: the Big Ten's gone nine and one in bowl season. Well, 26 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: I always hated that, not because I hated bowl season. 27 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: I love bowl season. I hated the logic or lack thereof, 28 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: behind comparing conferences. Here was always my point of contention 29 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: with this. It didn't make sense. We never got a 30 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: bowl season, and we've never had any kind of tournament 31 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: or anything like that in college football, where we took 32 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: each conference and we seeded the teams one through eight, 33 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: one through ten, one through four team however many teams 34 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: there are, and then we played them equally, So the 35 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: ACC's number three played the SEC's number three, the DIDs, 36 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: the Big Ten's number four played the Big Twelves number four. 37 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: If we did that, then and only then, would we 38 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: have ever had a real accurate gauge on how conferences 39 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: stack up against each other. Now, that still would have 40 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: been imperfect, but it would have been by far the 41 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: closest thing we ever got. Okay, absent that we were 42 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: never gonna find out definitively or even close to definitively. 43 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: How conference is stacked up? So all we had to 44 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 1: go on and all we still have to go on, 45 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: is this anecdotal evidence of well, so and so had 46 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: a better conference record? Like the ACC last year was 47 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: not remotely close to the caliber of league the SEC was, 48 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: but because of the way the matchups happened, I think 49 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: I'm right on this. The ACC had a winning record 50 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: against the SEC. Why because a lot of good teams 51 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: in the ACC played a lot of bad teams in 52 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: the SEC. I didn't care. I didn't care. Then you 53 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: get the whole rebuttal of well, you're just an SEC 54 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: homer and I wish you guys could have existed down 55 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: in Columbus, Georgia when I used to do sports talk 56 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 1: radio down there very early in my career, which was 57 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: not that long ago, and we used to have to 58 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: take calls on this in bowl season, and I used 59 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 1: to tell my friends who were SEC fans, Guys, I know, 60 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: you just dominated bowl season, and I think the SEC 61 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: is the best conference in college football. But that doesn't 62 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: prove it. Like they were coming to the table using 63 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: the same bankrupt logic that I am talking about on 64 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: the other side, just because it may happen to benefit 65 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: your point doesn't mean you should use it if it's 66 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: bankrupt logic, and I think it is so. Yes, I 67 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: never talked about it, Brandon. I think it's completely overblown. 68 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: I mean, if you're the best team in the country 69 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: and your conference sucks, you're still the best team in 70 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: the country. Your strength of schedule may be bad, but 71 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: if you're the best, you're the best. Next up. I've 72 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: even said, are you planning on doing a show from 73 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: Augusta during Master's Week one year? Well, I would love to. 74 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: Now that's not on the table as far as I 75 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: know for this year. Certainly open to it. I will 76 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: say this, though, and I can't say anything more because 77 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: we haven't confirmed it. There is a major annual event 78 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: that is not football related that has their committee reaching 79 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: out to me to attend that event and to do 80 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: a show from that event. It is an annual event. 81 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 1: It is a very big deal. It's not the one 82 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: or two or three that will come to your mind. 83 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: But as soon as I say the event, it would 84 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: make you go, oh wow, that's interesting, because that's how 85 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: I was reacting when they first reached out so I'll 86 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: let you know. It wouldn't be too far down the road. 87 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: It would be I think in the spring. So stay 88 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 1: tuned on that. That's all I can tell you. I'm sorry. 89 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: Next up, Room forty four Bets says, is they're actually 90 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 1: more parody now or are people just seeing what they 91 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: want to see. I think there's more parody now. I 92 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: don't think you can deny what the Portal's done to 93 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: the depth of rosters. I don't think that if you 94 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: looked a decade ago. I was doing this exercise the 95 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 1: other day. I went and looked at Clemson's roster, Alabama's roster. 96 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: I think they played in the title game. I looked 97 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 1: at that FSU roster, A couple of them that played 98 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: in playoff games and back to back seasons under Jimbo. 99 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: Those teams were loaded, and the twos on those teams 100 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: could start for most places in America. You don't see 101 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: that so much anymore, which makes what Notre Dame's doing 102 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 1: all the more incredible because Notre Dames had a ton 103 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: of injuries and they're still playing for a title next 104 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: Monday night. And I don't care how favorable or not 105 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: you think someone's draw was, which theirs hasn't been really 106 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: and they had to play a first round game too, 107 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: they didn't get a buy that's incredible. So yeah, there 108 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: is a lot more parody because of what the lack 109 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: of elite depth has meant. Team like George, I've mentioned 110 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: this many times. I thought they were a perfect example 111 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: this year of a team that a few years ago 112 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: would have had a backup answer at left tackle or whatnot. Well, 113 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: they just had to roll with who they had to 114 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: roll with this year. Now I'm not a believer that 115 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,039 Speaker 1: that's a wonderful thing, but I guess I'm in the 116 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: minority on that because it inserts more randomization into the equation, 117 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:26,359 Speaker 1: it inserts more volatility, it inserts, as you said, a 118 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: lot more parody. Which these things aren't bad things. It 119 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 1: just kind of messes with me because of the way 120 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: I've trained my mind to think over the years, and 121 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 1: it disrupts the natural order of things. Now, that just 122 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:38,359 Speaker 1: means a lot of the teams that have won for 123 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: a long time are a little more vulnerable. So I 124 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: guess in the aggregate a lot of people think that's 125 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: a good thing. I'm not suggesting it's a bad thing. 126 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: I'm just not as crazy about it as everyone else is. 127 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: Next up from Simpsonville, South Carolina. What is something you 128 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,239 Speaker 1: hope to achieve next season. I want to have Dabbo 129 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: on the show and I want to go to a 130 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: stadium that I haven't been to yet for an hour 131 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: actual game. So, for those of you who don't know, 132 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: Dabo's like the white whale of the show. We've had 133 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: every other coach in America invite us to campus. We've 134 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: had every other coach in America on the show. Not 135 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: every one of them, but most of the big names 136 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: out there. Lincoln Riley and USC have never reached out 137 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: Dabbo and Clemson we've talked to him, but we've never 138 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: been able to make it happen. And Dabo, I think 139 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: would just be interesting. I'd be fascinating conversation Peyton State 140 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: Speaker Series. We do it every spring. We'd love to 141 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: come to Clemson and do it. And since he's doing 142 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of other things that he hasn't done before, 143 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: maybe he'll do that this spring. Next up from Detroit 144 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: and Michigan. With Michigan willing to spend now and having 145 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: a large number of rich alumni or boosters. Where do 146 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: you see their playoff and championship prospects in the next 147 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: five years? Very much on the table. I don't know 148 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: how you answer that otherwise unless you just think Sharon 149 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: Moore is a total fraud, which I don't. So they 150 00:07:55,880 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: improved throughout this past year. Don't ignore that they moved 151 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: steadily and they did not look good early in the year. 152 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: So that would be impressive if Harbaugh did it. So 153 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: Sharon Moore did it, that staff did it. And now 154 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: what you're saying is true. You can be upset about it, 155 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: not like it. Love it. Your emotion towards it, My 156 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: emotion towards it is irrelevant to the fact that it's happening. 157 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: They just went and got Bryce Underwood. That'll be the 158 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: best quarterback prospect in America. That is a difference maker. 159 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: That is a program maker. But Michigan doesn't need to 160 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: be made as a program. Michigan just needs to be 161 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 1: brought back to a place that they were at what 162 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: one calendar year ago, I was in Houston watching the 163 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: maize and blue confetti rain down. It's not like they 164 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 1: don't know it, they haven't tasted it. They've all tasted 165 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 1: it in fact, I would argue, having tasted it and 166 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: then entering, you know, the wild West, nil era has 167 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: really given those folks a bigger appetite to open the 168 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: check book. And as we've seen up there, it doesn't 169 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: take ten folks. It really takes one or two of 170 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: the right ones. This is real. This, I don't know 171 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: how how else to describe this. This is real. They're 172 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: going to be a national championship player. Alec is next up? 173 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 1: Where did it go? I scrolled past it? All right, 174 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: well I found it. Now, stop looking. I found it. 175 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: Which big program that had a down year is most 176 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: poised to bounce back and contend for their conference? Very 177 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: easy answer there, It's Alabama. Alabama will be right back 178 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: in the mix this next year, I believe, and if 179 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: they're not, the next year after that, they absolutely will be. 180 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: And I'm talking about the national title picture as well. 181 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 1: Like I know right now, it's very popular to have 182 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,559 Speaker 1: the last impression in your mind be the Bowl game 183 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: they played, which was a disaster. I watched it just 184 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:50,559 Speaker 1: like you guys probably did. I think in the very 185 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: very near future, the image of twenty twenty four will 186 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: be so much of a one off like the rest 187 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 1: of Kaylin de Bor's tenure there, let's say it's you know, 188 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 1: ten years or whatever. I think it'll be nine years 189 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 1: of one thing, and then the twenty twenty four Alabama 190 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: team will be that one year or that one exception, 191 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 1: which is not a concept that you should struggle with 192 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: if you're an Alabama fan, because you think about Sabin 193 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: the same way Saban from two thousand and what two 194 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: thousand and eight to twenty twenty three, they were a 195 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: contender for the national title every year, but the first 196 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: year they were bad, just had to turn the program over. Now, 197 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 1: the difference is he did not inherit a championship caliber roster. 198 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:35,199 Speaker 1: Kaylin de borr inherited a lot better players than Sabin inherited, 199 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 1: But the thing he inherited at Alabama was a quarterback 200 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: that did not mesh well. Jalen Milroe did not mesh 201 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: well and fit into what they wanted to do, and disproportionately, 202 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: they were completely held hostage by schizophrenic quarterback play weekend 203 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 1: and week out. It's totally wild that they played the 204 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: Georgia game the way they did, they played the LSU 205 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,679 Speaker 1: game the way they did, but they also played Vandy 206 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: in Oklahoma. The way they did just crazy, And what 207 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 1: I'm telling you is, I don't think that'll be the 208 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: norm for de Bord Alabama, and I think as soon 209 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: as this upcoming year they'll be back there. I mean, 210 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: they got offensive tackle depth concerns. I think is something 211 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: I'll circle for them in spring. They made some staff moves. 212 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: We've got to find out who's going to start at 213 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 1: quarterback for him. But just overall, I think collectively, the 214 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: program and the team they put on the field this 215 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: upcoming fall will be a better version than last year. 216 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 1: Bobby from making Georgia up next. Is it okay for 217 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 1: teams to finish fourth in their conference like Ohio State 218 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: and win a national title? Did they finish fourth in 219 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: the conference? Oregon, Penn State? Who was third? I really 220 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: trying to think off the top of my head, because 221 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: I don't think in terms of conference standings. I think 222 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 1: in terms of power rating in my head. Anyway, the 223 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: point is taken. Ohio State didn't even play for the 224 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,719 Speaker 1: conference title, and yet they're going to play for a 225 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: national title. Is it okay? Well it is. If it's 226 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,679 Speaker 1: not okay, it is And that's not a new concept 227 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: even in the fourteen playoff era, we had teams that 228 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: didn't play for their conference title playing for and winning 229 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 1: national championships for that matter. In the BCS era, what 230 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 1: was it twenty eleven, LSU beat Alabama in the regular season, 231 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: Bama didn't even play in the SEC title game and 232 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:23,839 Speaker 1: they went on to play for and win the title, 233 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: And I thought it was the right decision by the BCS, 234 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 1: by the way, So it it all comes down to 235 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 1: personal preference. I think I will say this. Back then, 236 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: you had to really thread the needle. Like when Bama 237 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: did that, there was only one way that that could 238 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: have played out. There weren't five or six different, you know, 239 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: different paths where that could have happened. Now there are 240 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,319 Speaker 1: many different paths where that can happen. Ohio State lost 241 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: two games, two conference games, including their last one of 242 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 1: the regular season, and ended up hosting a playoff game. So, man, 243 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 1: the barrier to entry has been greatly lowered and the 244 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 1: safety net has been greatly refortified under a lot of 245 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: these teams. I don't love that concept. I've been well 246 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 1: spoken and I have articulated my thoughts on playoff expansion 247 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: for a long time. So as I promised you, and 248 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: as I'll promise you again, I'm not going to keep 249 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 1: on going back to that. Well, so is it okay 250 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,439 Speaker 1: for teams to finish fourth and win the national title? Well, 251 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,079 Speaker 1: if they make the playoff and win their games, then yes, 252 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: I guess the answer is it's okay. Next up, this 253 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: is a really good question. Is it worth it to 254 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,559 Speaker 1: save up and go to the college football playoff championship 255 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 1: game in an NFL stadium as a once in a 256 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: lifetime thing or should you go to a big time 257 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: rivalry in a premier college football venue. This is not 258 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: close to me. I know, I don't believe in blank 259 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: and it's not close, but I believe in it. Here 260 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:57,439 Speaker 1: go to the regular season game in a college football venue. 261 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: It's not even close. Now, the magnitude the implication on 262 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: the national championship game will be greater, like it'll have 263 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: more riding on it. But what I always tell people is, 264 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 1: if you're trying to buy something, if you're saving up, 265 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: if you're going to spend a whole bunch of money, 266 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: to me, you're buying a memory. You're not buying something tangible. 267 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: You're not buying an asset like the ticket. First off, 268 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: they don't even give you a paper ticket anymore. And secondly, 269 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: that's worth nothing more than the paper it's printed on. 270 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: It symbolizes something. It is access to an event, and 271 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: that event you're trying to secure a memory. This is 272 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 1: the way I've always thought about these sorts of things. So, 273 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: if you've ever been at LSU on a Saturday night, 274 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: if you've ever been in Eugene, Oregon on a Saturday night, 275 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: if you've ever been in Happy Valley in State College 276 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: on a Saturday night, these environments dwarf anything that a 277 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 1: sterilized NFL venue is going to give you. Now, the 278 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: trade off is if it's Ohio State at Penn State, 279 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 1: what's on the line is a regular season college football game. 280 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: To some of us, that is of maximum importance. To 281 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: some of us, I'm including myself, we value the regular 282 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: season over everything. That's the way I was raised, That's 283 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: the way I will always look at this sport. Now, 284 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: I would guess most of you don't feel that way, 285 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: or maybe you do, but by and large, the ramifications 286 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: on a playoff game or a national title game are more. 287 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: I mean, they're gonna hand out a championship trophy at 288 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: the National championship game next Monday in Atlanta. I'll be there. 289 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: I'll be on the field for that. It's wonderful, but 290 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: there is no substitute. I'd rather be sixty miles down 291 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: the road in Athens, Georgia. Then I'd rather be in 292 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: Mercedes Benz Stadium. You will never change my mind on that. 293 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: So if you're saving up money, number one, you're not 294 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: gonna have to save as much to go to the 295 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: college football venue. And number two, when you get there, 296 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: I've always encouraged people to do this. Close your eyes 297 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: for a little while and just feel it all around you, immunity, 298 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: just feel it for real, just like soak in the 299 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: environment or you know what. You don't have to close 300 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 1: your eyes. You can open your eyes and just walk 301 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: around and immerse yourself in it all day. The drive in, 302 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: the tailgating experience, the pregame, the endgame, the post game, 303 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: the atmosphere. All of that on a college campus on 304 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: a Saturday dwarfs anything that you're going to get in 305 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 1: an NFL venue next up from Dallas, Texas. I know 306 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: it isn't your preference, but considering the ratings, especially for 307 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: non playoff bowls, being up under this new format. What 308 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 1: are your thoughts in the future of college football. Well, firstly, 309 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 1: they're not up across the board. Secondly, that's irrelevant cause 310 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: a lot of them are up. Thirdly, if they're up 311 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: or down, it's still irrelevant to an overarching principle that 312 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 1: I've always talked about, the current ratings of any product 313 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: are totally detached from the current format, structure, or decision 314 00:16:56,640 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: making process of that product. This is born out over 315 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 1: time across multiple forms of sports, multiple forms of entertainment. 316 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: TV ratings, popularity, viewership, traffic, whatever you want to call it. 317 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: It is always well downstream of decision making. So in 318 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: college football's case, college football's popularity built up and built 319 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 1: up and built up, and there were good enough decisions 320 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 1: that were made for a while, and there was a 321 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 1: good enough plan in place. This is all relative, by 322 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: the way, and it built to a crescendo, and we're 323 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,640 Speaker 1: still enjoying the benefits of that. I do not look 324 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: at the you know, the twenty twenty four Orange Bowl 325 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,400 Speaker 1: doing seventeen point seven million viewers and think to myself, Oh, 326 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 1: look at that decision making from earlier this year by 327 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: the playoff committee or by the rules committee yielded this result. 328 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: It's not the way it works. It's always disingenuous. Therefore, 329 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: to me, when someone argues for the current format, and 330 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: maybe I'm arguing against it, and the person who's arguing 331 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: for it, well, my evidence that it works is look 332 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:03,399 Speaker 1: at the ratings. Well, first off, you don't have the 333 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: slightest clue how to interpret ratings in all likelihood. And secondly, 334 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: even if you're a professor of television ratings and metrics 335 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: and viewership, you should know nothing about current traffic, nothing 336 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 1: about current audience trends and patterns. Is reflecting the current 337 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: state of anything as much as it's reflecting the past. 338 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 1: So here's an example. Let's pretend this past spring, the 339 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 1: NCAA and the rules committees and the playoff committees and 340 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 1: the commissioners of the sport and everyone got together and 341 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: they made ten of the most disastrous decisions that anyone 342 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 1: could ever comprehend. I hate them, You hate them. Just 343 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,679 Speaker 1: pretend everyone hated them. Would you or would you not 344 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: watch Ohio State versus Notre Dame this coming Monday night? 345 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 1: The answer is of course you would, and of course 346 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:55,919 Speaker 1: I would. And the reason is because our want, our need, 347 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 1: to watch. That game was already baked in long before 348 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: those decisions were made. You're not gonna lose us overnight. 349 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: College football, you can make the worst decisions imaginable. You 350 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: wouldn't lose me overnight. It'd be hard to ever rip 351 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 1: me away from this sport. So ratings, Television is good 352 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: right now, viewership's good right now. That's great. I hope 353 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: it is. Man, I'm in this business, so I hope 354 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: it is. But when the follow up is given the ratings, 355 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: what are your thoughts on the future of college football. Well, 356 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 1: I've got concerns about the future of college football now. 357 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 1: I'm very optimistic about it. It's not doom and gloom 358 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: or anything like that. But current ratings, to me, are 359 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: totally detached from the present and future state of college football. 360 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 1: Next up, Man, we're rolling here. Teresa asked. Can Carson 361 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: Beck lead Miami to its first ACC championship? Of course 362 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: he can. They could also lose four games, so I 363 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 1: don't think that Miami will feel much different this fall 364 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: than they did last year. That is to say, they'll 365 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 1: be competitive in every game, They'll be favored in most 366 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: every game. They'll have a shot to win every game. 367 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: There'll be some one possession games that go either way 368 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: and decide the state of the season. Now, I don't 369 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 1: know which ones they're gonna be, and I don't know 370 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:14,360 Speaker 1: which way those games are gonna go, but sure he 371 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 1: can do that. Is he gonna be healthy enough, he's 372 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: gonna miss Spring? You know, someone brought up to me, well, Josh, 373 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: they didn't have cam Ward for Spring last year either. 374 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: Cam Ward was and I don't use this word a 375 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,919 Speaker 1: lot a dog, cam Ward came in and took that 376 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: program by the throat. Is Carson beck that kind of guy, 377 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 1: I'll ask you and leave it open ended. Is Carson 378 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 1: beck the kind of guy that walks in and just 379 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: basically militarizes a program to follow him. If he is 380 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 1: and he's healthy, then absolutely, because I've seen Carson Beckett 381 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,400 Speaker 1: his best and he's plenty good enough to win the ACC. However, 382 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: there's no guarantee, there's no guarantee the synergy and the 383 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: chemistry is gonna be there. There's no guarantee the health 384 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: and arm strength that's gonna be there. You can hope, 385 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 1: and then also remember you just hired a new DEF'TO 386 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: coordinator down there now. In fairness, there's nowhere to go 387 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,640 Speaker 1: but up defensively for Miami. So I've got to assume 388 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,719 Speaker 1: at the very least they'll improve a little bit defensively, 389 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: which hopefully leads to Carson Beck not needing to do 390 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: as much as Cam war did. But yet Theresa, he 391 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,879 Speaker 1: can win it. He absolutely can. I'm very interested to 392 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: see how that comes together for them. The next one 393 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: comes from Greenwich Village, New York. With players moving and 394 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 1: coaches moving every year, how do we as fans find 395 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: a team to root for? Well, the same way you 396 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,639 Speaker 1: always did. You root for a brand, don't you. I 397 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: mean you root for you know, if you're in New York, 398 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 1: maybe you're pulling for Syracuse, maybe you're pulling for Rutgers, 399 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: maybe you're pulling for Notre Dame. You're just rooting for 400 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: the logo. You're rooting for the same team. You're rooting 401 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: for the same program you always have. There may be 402 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 1: a little more churn now. I will give you some 403 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: optimism here. I don't know that it's gonna look like 404 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:57,360 Speaker 1: that forever. I know there's a lot of movement right now. 405 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: I know the portal's crazy right now. It a couple 406 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: of more years, just hold on Wilson Phillips style. Maybe 407 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: not hold on for one more day, hold on for 408 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 1: a few more days when rev share gets here. When 409 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,680 Speaker 1: revenue sharing gets here, I think that's also going to 410 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: come closely followed by maybe some overhaul in rules. And 411 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 1: I do think there's going to be a lot more 412 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 1: incentive for players to stick around, because really, the only 413 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 1: reason players are going in the portal and mass right 414 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 1: now is to try and make more money. And when 415 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: the money is a little bit bigger and there's a 416 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 1: little more incentive to stay where you are. And I'll 417 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: explain how that works later. I've talked about it before. 418 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 1: It's kind of boring, but we'll probably do that in 419 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:40,400 Speaker 1: spring sometime. But my point is I think it'll greatly 420 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: reduce the amount of player movement. Now. The coaching movement's pathetic. 421 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: One out of every three coaches in college football changed 422 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 1: jobs last year, and that's pathetic. That should never happen. 423 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 1: I'm all for upward mobility. A lot of you guys 424 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 1: are moving just to move, and that should not be 425 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 1: the case. Should not be the case. You cannot be 426 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: preaching continuity and loyalty. And then how having a statistic 427 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:02,919 Speaker 1: like that floating around a lot of coaches listen to 428 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 1: this show. Every time I mentioned that number, I hear 429 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 1: from a lot of you, and you always have a 430 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: reason because you think I'm targeting one of you and 431 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: I'm not. And you always have an excuse why you moved. 432 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 1: And you know what, if you were a defensive line 433 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: coach and some major P four offered you the defensive 434 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: coordinator position, yes it's a no brainer you move. But 435 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 1: some of you have just put together a mercenaries Wikipedia 436 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: page for your resume and it's not been necessary, certainly 437 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 1: not if you're going to look kids in the eyes 438 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: and ask them not to act the same way. Next 439 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: up Brendan with the ever popular why do you hate 440 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 1: Notre Dame so much? I don't even know if he's 441 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: kidding or not, but a lot of you aren't when 442 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 1: you ask this, So yet again, it is time for 443 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,640 Speaker 1: me to reveal to you that I love Notre Dame 444 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 1: and am constantly accused amongst my Southern brethren of being 445 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 1: a closet Notre Dame Homer. They always have to insert 446 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: the pejorative on closet there, and they think that I 447 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: am in the tank for Notre Dame. This has been 448 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: a running joke down in Columbus and the TV market 449 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 1: down there for a long time. Columbus Georgia, not Ohio State. 450 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:08,359 Speaker 1: Columbus Georgia and I have fought these allegations, which makes 451 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: it all the more hurtful when the people who were 452 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: supposed to be my fellow Notre Dame fans, their words, 453 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: not mine, cast me out just because I picked them 454 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 1: to lose a few games. Yeah, yeah, I have feelings. 455 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: I'm a person. It hurts, So I don't hate Notre Dame. 456 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 1: I love Notre Dame. It's my favorite campus to go 457 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 1: to in the entire country. It is my favorite venue 458 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 1: to go to in the entire country. I've admitted this before. 459 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: See I'm not hiding it. 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Savannah State has 478 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: just walked in the room. She would like to submit 479 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:45,159 Speaker 1: her question herself. Yeah, you want to submit your question yourself? Yeah, 480 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: all right. Are there any coaches that you met in 481 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:51,920 Speaker 1: the last year that you were pleasantly surprised? 482 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 2: Who is your favorite? 483 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: Thank you for your submission? Okay, good question here? Mac Brown? 484 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 1: Without question, Mac Brown. If any of you watched the 485 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 1: Spring Paate State Speaker series we did last year, we 486 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,880 Speaker 1: had Mac Brown on. We went over to Chapel Hill. 487 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 1: I had never met him in person, and Mac Brown's 488 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,120 Speaker 1: one of those dudes who you hear nothing but good 489 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 1: things about your whole life. Because he's been a head 490 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 1: coach as long as I've been alive, which I reminded 491 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,959 Speaker 1: him of several times, and I didn't know that it 492 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: was his last season, but even if it wasn't, the 493 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: few hours we spent there were amazing. The stories were amazing, 494 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 1: the anecdotes, the access, but just the wisdom man like 495 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 1: a lifetime, like a career in a lifetime in the 496 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,399 Speaker 1: sport of college football and being around college athletics, it 497 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 1: meant a lot. Some of our crew got emotional just 498 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,679 Speaker 1: being around him, listening to him talk about all different 499 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,239 Speaker 1: sorts of things. I wish we could have stayed there 500 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: all day. I would legitimately love to do a long 501 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,479 Speaker 1: form series with Mac Brown. I've told him this, by 502 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: the way. I was talking to him the other day 503 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:58,679 Speaker 1: and I told him, Hey, I'd actually like to do 504 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 1: some more stuff with you. So it was so amazing, 505 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 1: and I'd never met him before that day. And I 506 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 1: don't know if you've ever felt this before. I mean, 507 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 1: like the chemistry or the synergy or whatever you want 508 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,399 Speaker 1: to call it that you just have with some people 509 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,679 Speaker 1: the first time you meet them, it sounds like a 510 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,880 Speaker 1: love story. It sounds like you're talking about meeting your 511 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:22,439 Speaker 1: future husband or your future wife or whatever. But also 512 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 1: you meet some people sometimes where you know it's just 513 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: a dude. In this case, it's a guy who's been 514 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: a head coach for a long time, but you feel 515 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,239 Speaker 1: like you've known him forever. I've got people in my 516 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,679 Speaker 1: life I've met several times who I feel like I 517 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 1: know fractionally as much as I know Mac Brown. And 518 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 1: I've only spent one day with the guy. So that 519 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 1: was an amazing trip. I love that, all right? Next 520 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 1: up from Manhattan, Kansas. Can we get Big twelve pate 521 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:53,160 Speaker 1: in Ireland for Farmageddon this August? What a question? They 522 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 1: tagged quick trip as well for good measure? What a question? 523 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: Do you know that there are many, many, many people 524 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: listening to this who may have their significant other in 525 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: the passenger seat, and you know, like Stacy over there 526 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 1: knows very little about college football. She's just along for 527 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 1: the ride. Hey, Stacy, we love you. And she just 528 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 1: listened to that question and it doesn't even sound like 529 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,120 Speaker 1: real life. Can we get Big twelve paid in Ireland 530 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,439 Speaker 1: for Parmageddon this August? This is a real football question. 531 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 1: Here's how it translates. Iowa State and Kansas State are 532 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 1: opening in Dublin, Ireland for Week zero this upcoming season. 533 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 1: Should I go? It's just that our boy hero Keegan's 534 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: Johnson his actual handle, by the way. That's how he 535 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 1: decided to ask the question, and the answer is a 536 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 1: solid Maybe I am receiving immense peer pressure, including by 537 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 1: someone who is walking in and out of the room 538 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: I'm recording in to get my passport. It's true, guys, 539 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 1: the only Dublin I've ever been to is Dublin, Georgia. 540 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 1: I am incapable of leaving the country as I always 541 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 1: have been, because I have never gotten my passport. It 542 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 1: used to be because I was too poor to leave 543 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 1: the country, and now it's because I just have put 544 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 1: it off. So so in a very weird, twisted, but 545 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 1: also romantic and beautiful way, probably the way I was 546 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 1: always going to get my passport. It was a college 547 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: football game was gonna dictate that I needed one, And 548 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 1: if Matt Campbell needs me in Ireland, then I will 549 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 1: go to Ireland, but also go Wildcats, you know, for 550 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 1: the sake of non favoritism. Scooter is next up from 551 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: beautiful rest in Virginia. Why is there so much pain 552 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 1: in this sport? I love, it does hurt. It hurts. 553 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 1: It's more painful at the end of the season for 554 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 1: most of you than it is enjoyable or gleeful. But 555 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 1: I will say this, if you've ever won a championship, 556 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 1: you cannot fully appreciate how incredible that feeling is. If 557 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 1: you're a Michigan fan, think about this past year. Michigan's 558 00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: a very prideful and prestigious but they had not won 559 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 1: a national title in most of your lifetimes. What was 560 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: it ninety seven? I think they split a national title. Okay, 561 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,720 Speaker 1: so they won it in twenty twenty three. So any 562 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: of you who were in college or a little bit 563 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 1: older than that, either were not alive the last time 564 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: they won one, or you have no recollection of it 565 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,040 Speaker 1: because you were like fourteen days old. And think about 566 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 1: what you went through. Think about all the losses to 567 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 1: Ohio State. Think about I mean the Brady Hokee era 568 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 1: of the Rich Rodriguez era, Like you guys go through 569 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:38,120 Speaker 1: that all and then you finally get Jim Harball there 570 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: and things look okay for a little while, and then 571 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 1: they look like they're going south for a little while. 572 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 1: Think about how much pain there was when you tell 573 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,200 Speaker 1: the story of Michigan football. When you tell the story 574 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 1: of Jim Harbaugh and Michigan, all people will remember is 575 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: the national title, and people will remember the multiple wins 576 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 1: at the very end of his tenure against Ohio State. 577 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 1: Great because that's the highlight. But there's so much pain 578 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 1: baked into the cake. Look underneath the icing. But my 579 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: point I was making is I was down in Houston. 580 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 1: We were talking about this earlier. I was down in 581 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 1: Houston when they finally won the title and I saw 582 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:16,120 Speaker 1: a bunch of you guys and you beat Washington because 583 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,120 Speaker 1: I was there at the Rose Bowl when you beat Bama, 584 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 1: and then I was there a few days later when 585 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: you beat Washington in Houston. So I was there. I 586 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 1: was at the Ohio State game as well, the last three. 587 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:28,000 Speaker 1: I was at all three that you had beaten them, 588 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 1: and then this past year I wasn't there. We've gotten 589 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: to that point now where we have to clarify which 590 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 1: Michigan win over Ohio State. We're talking about, which in 591 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 1: and of itself is painful for the folks in Columbus 592 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,280 Speaker 1: and they're playing for a national title this coming Monday. 593 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,240 Speaker 1: So anyway, I promise I'm going to get to my 594 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,600 Speaker 1: point here. It was all worth it. Seriously, if you 595 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,800 Speaker 1: can ever experience what it's like to win that national championship, 596 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 1: I mean, if your program's capable of doing it, not 597 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 1: all of them are. I'm not talking to a Utah 598 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 1: State fan right now, but I'm talking to a Michigan fan. 599 00:31:57,680 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: You go through all that pain, it's all worth it. 600 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 1: You can't fully appreciate what that championship win means until 601 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:07,960 Speaker 1: you've gone through the crap that they went through, or 602 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: at least its meaning cannot be maximized in your mind 603 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 1: and your heart and your soul until you've gone through that. 604 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:17,720 Speaker 1: Which is so funny. Like when you look at dynasties 605 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 1: in the sport, I always am very curious, especially with 606 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 1: the one that Bama just went on. So they went 607 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 1: on a very atypical win because it lasted so long. 608 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: Think about being like, you know, three years old in 609 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 1: two thousand and seven when Sabin gets there, so your 610 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: earliest memory two years later, you're five years old, you 611 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,480 Speaker 1: remember them win in a championship and then they win 612 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 1: what I guess five more when he's there. You are 613 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,719 Speaker 1: ruined for life because you were never taught to appreciate it. 614 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 1: You never had to hurt, you never had to go without, 615 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:51,000 Speaker 1: you never you never went to bed figuratively hungry for 616 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:53,080 Speaker 1: a championship because you had always had one within the 617 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: last couple of years. And those kids are ruined as adults, 618 00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 1: by the way, Well tough. There are kids walking around Alabat, 619 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,640 Speaker 1: kids walking around Prattville. They're gonna grow up to be 620 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:07,200 Speaker 1: very unproductive adults in the sporting society because they grew 621 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 1: up rich. It's tough. They will suffer from affluenza their 622 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:15,480 Speaker 1: entire lives because their adolescent years were filled with half 623 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 1: a dozen national titles when everyone else out there is 624 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:22,480 Speaker 1: telling stories about when they won a share of a 625 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:27,800 Speaker 1: title in like nineteen ninety one. So the pain is necessary, Scooter, 626 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 1: The pain is necessary to fully appreciate how beautiful it 627 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,960 Speaker 1: is and how euphoric it is when you finally win it. 628 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 1: All good mailback thought it was a good solid mailbag. 629 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 1: Make sure you guys are subscribed. 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