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Speaker 2: For me, I'm a man, I'm forty.

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Speaker 1: I've heard so many players say, well, I want to

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Speaker 1: Edith State is that? Woo whoom and down and tie.

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Speaker 3: Home and Homes Part two, Yeah, baby, coming at you.

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Speaker 3: Andy Staples, Mike Gulick Junior on deck. Here go back

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Speaker 3: and listen to part one. We talked to col Kubulick,

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Speaker 3: We talked to Richard Johnson. On today's episode we round

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Speaker 3: things out. We figured it'd be best to do this

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Speaker 3: Dan do a part one Part two, instead of putting

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Speaker 3: out eight ginormous two and a half hour episode, which

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Speaker 3: I am certain people would see that and assume that

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Speaker 3: something happened like one of us died. Of course, right

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Speaker 3: definitely raise some red flags. We're not doing that. Broke

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Speaker 3: them up into more bite sized episodes. Today we finished

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Speaker 1: I can't wait. I've already heard everything I was on

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Speaker 1: the shows. I can't wait for people to hear this

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Speaker 3: zero preview coming up tomorrow. Obviously there are only four games.

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Speaker 3: In addition to that, you and I are going to

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Speaker 3: give our college football playoff predictions, our big picture predictions

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Speaker 3: for what transpired with these Week zero games, the most

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Speaker 1: Oh baby, yes, how about this? How about this? Tie?

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Speaker 1: You already we're in the business of teasing. Yeah, so

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Speaker 1: we got new merch. How about a new show? How

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Speaker 1: about that? Done, done, done. Yeah, we're announcing a new show.

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Speaker 1: Keep your your eyes peeled, your ears attuned. That's gonna

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Speaker 1: a new weekly show all season long. How about that.

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Speaker 1: I know your heart just skipped a beat. Mine too.

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Speaker 2: I'm excited.

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Speaker 3: Without further ado, much more to come on that front,

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Speaker 3: much more to come on today's front as well. Have

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Speaker 3: a listened to Andy and Michael A Jude.

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Speaker 1: All right, I am now joined. Tie is not here

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Speaker 1: because he's preserving his instrument, Andy Staples on three Sports.

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Speaker 1: You can catch them every morning. The hours are.

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Speaker 2: Eight am to nine am Eastern time. But that is

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Speaker 2: a temporary time because there is a scheduled change upcoming

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Speaker 2: for the season. Okay, and I can't get into specifics

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Speaker 1: Don't I don't want to speak out of turn here,

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Speaker 1: and we can cut this, but I think people in

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Speaker 2: I have no its. That's a very large country, Dan,

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Speaker 2: It's an untapped audience. That's what I'm saying that at

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Speaker 2: be the world's largest on tap market for college football fans.

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Speaker 1: That's exactly right. You're buying low and you and the

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Speaker 1: changes to your show are going to reflect that. Okay,

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Speaker 1: what we're doing is what we've been doing, and we've

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Speaker 1: You're very familiar with him if you've listened to this show.

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Speaker 1: So this is my opening question. Nine to six, Bama

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Speaker 1: Right, every well, look everything, whether it's sports, politics, culture, whatever,

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Speaker 2: A soccer fan though, day, Like I know, I watch

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree, I I why isn't the goal bigger?

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Speaker 1: You know there are things that could be done? Or

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Speaker 1: why don't they just shoot more? Yes, exactly, just try

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Speaker 1: Somehow, I feel like I know how you are as

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Speaker 1: like a Mortal Kombat player. Strategists for sure. Exactly. You're

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Speaker 2: You figured out in Mortal Kombat how to get right

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Speaker 1: certain aspects of college football, whether it's postseason, whether it's nil,

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Speaker 2: Still the most scarce postseason in major sports for now,

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Speaker 1: Right right, Okay, fair enough. The thing that I love,

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Speaker 1: and I haven't thought about this, We've talked about this

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Speaker 2: Right. But, like Dan, this is also why college football

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Speaker 2: The NFL, unless you want to pay for Sunday ticket,

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Speaker 1: What is a speed bump that college football still has

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Speaker 2: I think this streaming era has made this more difficult.

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Speaker 2: Think about it because you and I obsess over this.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we're still also dealing with the fact, I understand

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Speaker 2: Game beyond As as much as people complain about the SEC,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it would it would be wonderful if

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Speaker 2: Worked with so many different people at this point between

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Speaker 2: He doesn't only do college football, but I feel like

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Speaker 2: he is excellent at interpreting college football, explaining college football,

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Speaker 2: Wetzel from Yahoo. Yeah, is tremendous at that and just

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Speaker 2: even like college football, but all of a sudden you're engrossed.

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Speaker 2: Because he's not only great at writing opinion pieces, he's

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Speaker 2: an incredible storyteller. Going back to Like Sole Influence, the

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Speaker 2: just a kind of a five tool player. So I

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Speaker 2: I didn't mention you, it's because we've probably worked together

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Speaker 1: We're at the same time. Yeah, No, I wasn't looking.

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Speaker 1: I wasn't fishing for a solid verbal response there. Actually

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Speaker 1: college football, So okay, fair enough. Who's the most physically

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Speaker 2: I mean, for me, it's it's still like walking into

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Speaker 2: it is, it's it's amazing and and this happens. I

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Speaker 2: all standing there watching Chance Warmack and DJ Flucker come by.

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Speaker 1: And he can move like ridiculous.

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Speaker 2: And this is you know, man Ty Taya's talking about

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Speaker 2: that tunnel walk and there's like Manti is Okay, he's

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, I remember meeting to Devion Clowney and saying to myself, Oh,

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Speaker 2: I remember, I'll give you another one. Yeah, not the

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, there's a lot of big dudes.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. But the special quality of movement in some of

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Speaker 2: No, humans should be that smooth. It's like watching someone

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Speaker 1: There there is a subset of players, and I really

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Speaker 2: That quickly you can tell because like I just said,

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Speaker 1: The Supreme Alien. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was That was

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Speaker 1: that to me is everything. What is the what is

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Speaker 2: for nine months now, We've been talking ourselves blue in

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Speaker 2: You're like, there's games tonight, there's games tomorrow, there's games

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Speaker 1: I agree, I still go with like that first conference

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Speaker 1: we get Kansas State, Texas Tech. I don't have to

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Speaker 2: You get real data at that point, you start you

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Speaker 1: Also, the temperature is kind of clicked down a little

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Speaker 2: Yeah, in Florida, we like we don't actually get cold

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Speaker 1: pull this to college football, is the great promos right

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Speaker 1: before a game. They were almost like wrestling, like Jordan

435
00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,679
Speaker 1: Thomas right, like that would really get you there. I

436
00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,280
Speaker 1: wonder who is in that for college football from a

437
00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:22,960
Speaker 1: coaching perspective minus Nick Saban and Jim Harbaugh. Now, like,

438
00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:27,679
Speaker 1: who are the most mainstream coaching faces that like I

439
00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,520
Speaker 1: can show a neighbor who kind of only care cares

440
00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:33,560
Speaker 1: about their team or whatever, like in twenty twenty four,

441
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,080
Speaker 1: I don't know who that is. Who are those faces?

442
00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:43,040
Speaker 2: Kirby smart yep, Dabo Sweeney, Okay, Lane Kiffin interesting but yeah,

443
00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:50,719
Speaker 2: James Franklin, Okay, Ryan Day. It's pretty much it like

444
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:55,840
Speaker 2: there's a drop vision among fans, among diehard fans. Maybe

445
00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:57,919
Speaker 2: Brian Kelly, maybe Lincoln Riley.

446
00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:01,399
Speaker 1: Yeah, but not at their schools. They're not like the

447
00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:05,080
Speaker 1: most recognizable yet to me, no on a national level.

448
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,480
Speaker 2: And like it still feels weird to see Brian Kelly

449
00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:11,639
Speaker 2: and LSU colors, Lincoln Riley doesn't feel as weird to

450
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,560
Speaker 2: see him in the USC gear. But then he's spent

451
00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,879
Speaker 2: this whole offseason trying to tell us he doesn't think

452
00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,080
Speaker 2: they're going to be very good, right, And either he's

453
00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,640
Speaker 2: sandbagging or he's managing our expectations, one of the two.

454
00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:29,320
Speaker 2: But that's not what I want from my iconic coach exactly. Yeah,

455
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,119
Speaker 2: to me, it almost stops it too with Kirby and

456
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:38,280
Speaker 2: Dabo pretty much. And the thing is, by the middle

457
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,439
Speaker 2: of the afternoon on the first Saturday of the season,

458
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,600
Speaker 2: Kirby may have dramatically changed how we feel about Dabo.

459
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,760
Speaker 1: That's true. It's exactly right. They play each other week one.

460
00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:53,359
Speaker 1: Speaking of retirement, are you retired from anything? Because we

461
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,800
Speaker 1: have Nick Saban retiring, we have Jim Harbaugh not retiring,

462
00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,359
Speaker 1: but moving on. I've done this as I've entered my

463
00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:02,800
Speaker 1: forties decided I'm I'm retiring from blank. Have you done

464
00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:03,240
Speaker 1: that at all?

465
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,440
Speaker 2: I believe I retired from deadlifts about six weeks ago

466
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:12,000
Speaker 2: because there was a day where I had done some

467
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:16,360
Speaker 2: dead lifts the day before and then I ended up

468
00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:22,239
Speaker 2: on my bathroom floor calling my wife saying I'm going

469
00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:23,800
Speaker 2: to need you to come in here and help me

470
00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,600
Speaker 2: on the phone because she was coming home from work.

471
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,640
Speaker 2: I was like, I don't want to yell out because

472
00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,280
Speaker 2: I don't want the kids to worry, and also I

473
00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:32,440
Speaker 2: haven't put my clothes on yet.

474
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:37,520
Speaker 1: M hm, So your your arms just felt like or what? What?

475
00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:38,280
Speaker 1: What went?

476
00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:44,040
Speaker 2: You're back? I heard, not a disc just just a

477
00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:51,680
Speaker 2: massive blinding pain. You're down and it's uh oh am,

478
00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:53,320
Speaker 2: I ever gonna be able to walk again? But of

479
00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:56,240
Speaker 2: course you can't like it. In a few minutes, it passes.

480
00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:58,919
Speaker 2: But like I called my wife and I was like, listen,

481
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,520
Speaker 2: I'm not going to say anything cause I don't want

482
00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:04,440
Speaker 2: the kids to come in here, but your husband is

483
00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:06,480
Speaker 2: a geezer, please get home soon.

484
00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:10,240
Speaker 1: Yes, no, I've had that moment, maybe not deadlifts, but

485
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,480
Speaker 1: where you something seizes up and you're like I'm done

486
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,720
Speaker 1: with doing this or not or doing this that often was.

487
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:21,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, my son has started lifting weights. He's a freshman

488
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,560
Speaker 2: in high school. Now he's playing football, and so I'm

489
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:29,520
Speaker 2: trying to work with him. And I know there's a

490
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,879
Speaker 2: day that'll come when he's stronger than me. I just

491
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,320
Speaker 2: didn't want it to come on any particular lift right now.

492
00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,359
Speaker 2: And it's already here because I can't physically do some

493
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,240
Speaker 2: of these. But I realize I'm maybe a year and

494
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,200
Speaker 2: a half away from him being just stronger than the

495
00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:46,560
Speaker 2: period at everything.

496
00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, how do you feel about that?

497
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,439
Speaker 2: Not great, Bob, I'm not ready for that. I'm not

498
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,640
Speaker 2: ready for that because it's not that I don't want

499
00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:57,080
Speaker 2: him to be big and strong. I want him to

500
00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:01,480
Speaker 2: be a big and strong adult. I just and because

501
00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,600
Speaker 2: it makes me think. Okay, so he's in ninth grade,

502
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,719
Speaker 2: our daughter's in eighth grade. We're not that far away

503
00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 2: from being empty nesters. Like, I'm not ready for that.

504
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,320
Speaker 2: I'm not ready for them to be out of the house.

505
00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:18,560
Speaker 1: Oh that's wild. So it's not your impending doom as

506
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,320
Speaker 1: a physical human as much as it is.

507
00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,160
Speaker 2: You don't know. I just like them. I think they're

508
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,160
Speaker 2: peopl I like hanging out with them and they're probably

509
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,760
Speaker 2: going to be in college and somewhere else and moving

510
00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:32,199
Speaker 2: on like finding you know, spouses and getting married and

511
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,199
Speaker 2: having kids and all that stuff has happening, is going

512
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,919
Speaker 2: to happen sooner than I realize. And it's just like

513
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:42,040
Speaker 2: it is wild to think because I don't think I'm

514
00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:46,639
Speaker 2: that old, Like I don't feel that old, but like,

515
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,440
Speaker 2: and I'm assuming my parents felt this way at this age.

516
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:54,920
Speaker 2: But like nobody tells you right when you start doing

517
00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:59,080
Speaker 2: that math and it's like, oh my god, yeah he's

518
00:26:59,119 --> 00:26:59,840
Speaker 2: gonna be driving.

519
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:05,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, do you have like an upside to your eventual

520
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,440
Speaker 1: empty nest situation? Let's say, as it relates to college football,

521
00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:12,760
Speaker 1: is there something you'd like to do with more flexible

522
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 1: the two of them pick schools that I want to visit? Yeah,

523
00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 1: a lot?

524
00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:18,680
Speaker 2: What like that would be fun?

525
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:22,640
Speaker 1: Is there a place that you haven't been to that

526
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,240
Speaker 1: maybe it's not that they go there, but you're like, man,

527
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,159
Speaker 1: I would really like to get out to this place.

528
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,359
Speaker 2: Finally, I would like them to take all five of

529
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,399
Speaker 2: their officials. Now, like I actually I think I've have

530
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,440
Speaker 2: I been No, I have not been to Purdue.

531
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,760
Speaker 1: Okay, big drum, but that might be.

532
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,480
Speaker 2: The only let's say no for doing Illinois. I think

533
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 2: that was the only two Power conference campuses I've never

534
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,879
Speaker 2: been to. So I've been very blessed. I've been very

535
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,720
Speaker 2: lucky to get to go to all these places. Yeah,

536
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:56,120
Speaker 2: and so now it would probably be more of just like, hey,

537
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 2: you know, the food in Baton Rouge is pretty good.

538
00:27:58,560 --> 00:27:59,439
Speaker 2: Have you thought about LSU?

539
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:02,560
Speaker 1: Have you been a Fargo.

540
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,880
Speaker 2: And not been to Fargo times one? I'm not sure

541
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,720
Speaker 2: I can talk either of the Native Floridian kids into

542
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 2: uh oh, this is North coast state.

543
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,120
Speaker 1: This is way harder. This is talking your wife when

544
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 1: you're an empty nester into making a Fargo trip to

545
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:19,280
Speaker 1: go to the Fargo Dome. Yeah.

546
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:23,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, and remember she's the pragmatic one who's gonna

547
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 2: say you do realize there's a very large state university

548
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:31,439
Speaker 2: that is academically considered a pretty good school ten miles

549
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 2: from our house.

550
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:39,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, fair enough. Next question, what's the what's the

551
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:43,320
Speaker 1: nicest uniform in college football that you've come across? Like,

552
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,040
Speaker 1: even especially in person, we're.

553
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 2: Like, man, that really, pops. I love USC's okay. I

554
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,440
Speaker 2: think I like their road uniforms more than white their

555
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,959
Speaker 2: home uniforms. Even Yeah, the white with the gold pants

556
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,880
Speaker 2: cardinal helmet. I love shoulder yolks. I'm a big fan

557
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:01,720
Speaker 2: of shoulder yolks, and they have some great shoulder yolks

558
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:07,360
Speaker 2: at USC. The Michigan helmet in person is absolutely beautiful.

559
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:12,120
Speaker 2: It's so cool to see in person see other ones

560
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 2: that I just truly love. You know that. I do

561
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,960
Speaker 2: like the Oregon chrome helmet ones. Sure, those are pretty

562
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 2: amazing in person. You know, when we talk great uniforms,

563
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,720
Speaker 2: usually we talk about the programs that don't ever change anything,

564
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:32,200
Speaker 2: but I do, you know Oregon. I like it when

565
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 2: they'll when they innovate, it is fun. Now sometimes they

566
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,040
Speaker 2: do like the eggshell ones. Don't like those at all,

567
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 2: Like those are hideous. They should have sent those back

568
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 2: before wearing them. But I think those are cool. I'll

569
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 2: try to think of anything like when you see the

570
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 2: Ohio State helmet. Yeah, sparkling in the sun with the

571
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:58,440
Speaker 2: buckeye stickers. That's pretty amazing. And I just remember, like

572
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,840
Speaker 2: I think it was my freshman year of college, they

573
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:04,040
Speaker 2: had the ESPN commercial with the guy playing the Ohio

574
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,760
Speaker 2: State equipment manager. There's like make a big play buck a. Yeah,

575
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:13,240
Speaker 2: I am an exam buck. I just imagine the Ohio

576
00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:16,760
Speaker 2: State equipment managers every time anybody does anything to earn

577
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 2: when they're like buck.

578
00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:17,720
Speaker 3: Ah.

579
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Speaker 1: It's one of the things that I appreciate about college

580
00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:25,440
Speaker 1: football that I can't really explain clearly. It's that it

581
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:29,840
Speaker 1: looks unique, right that every major sport in America. You're like, well,

582
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:33,200
Speaker 1: that's a lion, right, that's a bear, and like this

583
00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 1: is an anthem aboard? What those the word I'm looking for.

584
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:40,880
Speaker 1: It's like a humanized more nut yeah, right, stuff. Like So,

585
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,240
Speaker 1: the thing that I remember that struck me when I

586
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,680
Speaker 1: used to travel a ton was the Tennessee end zone.

587
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:46,800
Speaker 1: You're like, oh, this is different.

588
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:47,640
Speaker 2: Oh, the checkerboard.

589
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, the checkerboard is just like this doesn't exist in nature,

590
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 1: like the nature of sports in this way, and like

591
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,160
Speaker 1: you have checkerboards and other sports like the checkerboard end zone.

592
00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:00,200
Speaker 1: You're like, I am somewhere right now, yes, And I

593
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:01,560
Speaker 1: sort of love that.

594
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:03,920
Speaker 2: And when they did checker Neilan the first.

595
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 1: Time, Yeah, that stuff is amazing.

596
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,480
Speaker 2: Think about the organization required for these people to wear

597
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 2: orange shirts and these people to wear white shirts, and

598
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,360
Speaker 2: I realize you can put the shirts on the seats.

599
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:17,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, make little cells. Yeah, that to me is

600
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 1: something special. Final question is what gets you going for

601
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,680
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four? What is your pet storyline, your pet player,

602
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 1: your pet coach, whatever. Actually have two more questions, but

603
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,160
Speaker 1: this one first, okay, go for it?

604
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 2: Is what is for sense the unknown? Okay, because all

605
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 2: of our assumptions I think are going to be more

606
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 2: worthless than usual this year because there are so many

607
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:44,160
Speaker 2: different variables, so many teams changing conferences, so many new

608
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:49,000
Speaker 2: dynamics to the season that we've never seen before. That

609
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,600
Speaker 2: basically all this crap we've talked about for nine months,

610
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 2: it's going to be out the window in the first

611
00:31:55,960 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 2: few weeks. And that's great. That's great micro Avery Johnson, Yeah,

612
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,720
Speaker 2: there it is. And I have no idea if he

613
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:09,200
Speaker 2: can throw very well, Like maybe he doesn't throw very

614
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:12,960
Speaker 2: well and he's just an average college quarterback, but he's

615
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:17,760
Speaker 2: so fast. So if he's a pretty good thrower, their

616
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 2: offense is going to be extremely fun to watch.

617
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 1: Yeah. No, he has folk hero written all over him.

618
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 1: And maybe it's just the hair. Maybe it's just having

619
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 1: long blonde hair.

620
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 2: It's also he's from Kansas. Yes, he's kind of emblematic.

621
00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:32,960
Speaker 2: The Anil era where the state of Kansas made it

622
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 2: possible for Kansas and Kansas State to have a better

623
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 2: shot of keeping their best players home. He's the one

624
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,120
Speaker 2: who did stay home when he could have gone to

625
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,160
Speaker 2: a bunch of big places. I think that's fun. And

626
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 2: then you add the added dynamic of they chose him,

627
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:51,720
Speaker 2: and now Will Howard is at Ohio State surrounded by

628
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:53,320
Speaker 2: maybe the best talent in America.

629
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 1: Right is there? This is my final question that I'm

630
00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 1: always curious about a coach that is funnier than people know,

631
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 1: or more of a killer than people know, like appears

632
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,400
Speaker 1: to be lightly you know, it's easier to get to

633
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 1: know coaches now because of social media, and obviously people

634
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 1: are very careful about what they do and don't put out.

635
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:18,719
Speaker 1: But who is misunderstood on the national stage.

636
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 2: Kirk Farence is very funny, okay, very dry sense of humor.

637
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 2: He's great. Like That's one that I think if people

638
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 2: watched his press conferences every time instead of just the

639
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 2: clips where people get mad about the offense, like, you

640
00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:39,600
Speaker 2: would understand that this is a person who has a

641
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:44,160
Speaker 2: very you know, dry ry sense of humor, is enjoying

642
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:48,400
Speaker 2: himself and looks at the world in in not as

643
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:52,239
Speaker 2: serious way as you probably think he does. Who's more

644
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,959
Speaker 2: of a killer? I think when he was winning national

645
00:33:56,000 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 2: championships Dabbo, right, And I think people get this this

646
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 2: image of Dabo, But Dabbo and like Dabbo and Nick

647
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 2: Saban were not that fundamentally different. Dabbo will cut your throat,

648
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 2: and Sean Alexander said it like Dabbo is Sean Alexander's

649
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 2: position coach at Alabama, and and Sean Allasanner basically said

650
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 2: like he will smile as he cuts your throat. Like,

651
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 2: so you need to understand that even though some of

652
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,600
Speaker 2: these guys may joke around, maybe they seem folks, maybe

653
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:28,680
Speaker 2: they seem corny, almost everybody who gets to that level

654
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:30,360
Speaker 2: is a stonecoke killer.

655
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Speaker 1: I believe that. Yeah, that That's always been my sense,

656
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 1: and that, like you, just you can't win that often

657
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:42,960
Speaker 1: in this sport without being necessarily cold, and that strikes

658
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 1: me right. All right, Andy Stables, thank you so much

659
00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,280
Speaker 1: for your time. Your back is coming along.

660
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 2: Yes it's yeah, yeah, I'm I'm back, But there will

661
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:56,840
Speaker 2: be no more deadlifts ever, ever, ever, again.

662
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Speaker 1: I think that's for the best ever. I retired from

663
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Speaker 1: casual hot dogs. I just I got hard hot dog.

664
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Speaker 1: Like if I'm at a baseball game with like one

665
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Speaker 1: of my kids, I'll have a hot dog.

666
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Speaker 2: See. And now I was thinking differently because you live

667
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:14,200
Speaker 2: in Chicagoland, And yeah, there's some really good hot dogs.

668
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:18,520
Speaker 2: Definitely very seriously dress them in a very special way.

669
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Speaker 1: Yeah, like I thought, that's.

670
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Speaker 2: The kind of hot dog we were talking about, Not

671
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Speaker 2: like I'm at a game, let's get some Dodger dogs.

672
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Speaker 1: No, No, it's it's much more like the circumstance than

673
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:28,719
Speaker 1: the quality. I mean, I'm not gonna eat a bad

674
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:30,600
Speaker 1: hot dog. But yeah, there are some things I just

675
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,080
Speaker 1: did a similar to you. Like I did a workout,

676
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Speaker 1: like a high intensity workout, one of those classes with

677
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Speaker 1: my wife. I was sore for five days. I already

678
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 1: have bad hamstrings and a bad lower back. I can

679
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 1: get great workouts without doing burpies and push ups and

680
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 1: working with weird cables. I can be done with that.

681
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 1: I feel like I can live a very happy, fit

682
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:50,480
Speaker 1: life without those classes.

683
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 2: Listen, you can just walk, you definitely, I definitely can't

684
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:57,280
Speaker 2: listen to the solid verbal, which I highly recommend. Thanks

685
00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:00,359
Speaker 2: for a wonderful walk. Just keep a nice, brisk pace

686
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 2: and you're gonna be doing good.

687
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 1: How do you feel about because just while we're on

688
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 1: the subject of getting older, I just made another decision

689
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:09,840
Speaker 1: in my life. Do you feel like you're done with

690
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:12,520
Speaker 1: how you dress? Do you feel like you are set

691
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:16,759
Speaker 1: with your style as somebody now? You feel like you'll

692
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,680
Speaker 1: you'll adapt to the times constantly.

693
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I because sometimes stuff comes out that I'm like, ooh,

694
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 2: I like that better. Like the athleisure movement of the

695
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:28,759
Speaker 2: last five years is tremendous. I love it. I don't

696
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:30,919
Speaker 2: necessarily want to go, but I still like to dress

697
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,240
Speaker 2: up occasionally, Like I have a suit in my closet,

698
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Speaker 2: even though I don't necessarily have a job that requires

699
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Speaker 2: me to wear it. I just I've always liked fashion

700
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Speaker 2: and stuff like that. I am not a Steve Jobs

701
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:48,919
Speaker 2: where you're set Homer Simpson, where I just I want

702
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:52,120
Speaker 2: to take that variable out so I don't have to

703
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 2: think about it. I like thinking about it. I've become

704
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 2: I was always a bit of a sneaker head. I

705
00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:00,160
Speaker 2: always felt like it was a little bit extravagant to

706
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,960
Speaker 2: buy lots of different pairs of shoes. But as I've

707
00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:05,480
Speaker 2: gotten a little more financially successful. I'm like, you know

708
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,399
Speaker 2: what those Air Jordan ones that that just came out.

709
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 2: I like those, yeah, those, even though I already have some.

710
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:17,200
Speaker 1: It's uh, I just discovered that people know you're older

711
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:20,279
Speaker 1: if you wear no show socks. Right then you wear

712
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,839
Speaker 1: the socks that you can't see under your shoes, and

713
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,799
Speaker 1: it's you seem to be younger and cooler if you

714
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,879
Speaker 1: wear calf socks, so I found out.

715
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Speaker 2: So I wear no shows. Yeah, I've worn no shows

716
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 2: since I was young because I have nice calves. Sure,

717
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:36,320
Speaker 2: so why to show them? But these are the socks.

718
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 2: I'll show you right now, show me on video. These

719
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:39,919
Speaker 2: are the shocks, socks where you know you're old.

720
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Speaker 1: Yeah, oh wow.

721
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Speaker 2: The compressions, full calf compression, twenty to thirty compression, not

722
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 2: the forty thirty to forty you like, have an active

723
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:54,200
Speaker 2: blood clot work. But no, I got I got a

724
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:57,480
Speaker 2: big pack of these coming in later this week, and

725
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:00,239
Speaker 2: I run in them. I work out in them. Like

726
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:03,320
Speaker 2: I look incredibly stupid in the gym, but I feel

727
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 2: so much.

728
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:07,879
Speaker 1: Better when I found out caf socks, which are more

729
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 1: comfortable than no shows that can slip down onto your feet,

730
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:14,280
Speaker 1: are also considered to be cooler and make you look younger.

731
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 1: And I don't care if it's ironically, I don't care.

732
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:17,919
Speaker 1: Look at this these this is what I'm wearing right now.

733
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:19,719
Speaker 1: Let me see if I get it in the frame

734
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:21,960
Speaker 1: where it is right now. Oh, I like the stripes,

735
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,440
Speaker 1: the bombas couple stripes. It's it's been a revelation.

736
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,560
Speaker 2: See now I've got I've got some black compression socks

737
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 2: coming with the gray stripes. It's great. Oh they're hot,

738
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:33,759
Speaker 2: I'm telling it.

739
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,400
Speaker 1: Oh, this is what happens when you get married and

740
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:38,560
Speaker 1: you don't care anymore. We're you're just like, this is

741
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,959
Speaker 1: better for my life. My wife that my wife pushed

742
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:41,359
Speaker 1: me into these.

743
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 2: She's like, your veins are getting kind of nasty there

744
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 2: on your lower legs. You really need to wear some

745
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 2: compression socks.

746
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,279
Speaker 1: On that note, Andy Stables on three Sports, thank you

747
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: very much for your time. It's the easiest place for

748
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 1: people to find your show, So the on three Sports.

749
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:58,040
Speaker 2: YouTube channel is the easiest place, but anywhere you get

750
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,719
Speaker 2: your podcasts also if you just want to listen and

751
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 2: don't want to have to look at me, And then

752
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:04,839
Speaker 2: also on three dot com if you want to read

753
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:08,720
Speaker 2: my Stories, Andy Underscore Staples on Acts and the Underscore

754
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:09,839
Speaker 2: Staples on Instagram.

755
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 1: Perfect, Andy, thank you so much for your time.

756
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:13,239
Speaker 2: Thank you, Dan.

757
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:21,960
Speaker 1: I am now thrilled ty to welcome in Mike Golick Junior.

758
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:27,120
Speaker 1: We actually did his show earlier, Gojoe and Golic and

759
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,919
Speaker 1: streams every day, every day, every day, every damn day

760
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:33,799
Speaker 1: on the Draft Kings Network. I'm thrilled to have him

761
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,760
Speaker 1: on because we're doing something with some of our guests.

762
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:39,879
Speaker 1: Because you always get if you work in this line

763
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:44,080
Speaker 1: of work, like people throwing insults at you and accusations

764
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:47,799
Speaker 1: you're biased, you just hate this team, you just love

765
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 1: that team, whatever, And I just want to put it

766
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Speaker 1: all on on the table here. I want to know

767
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 1: Mike Golick Junior from a like, this is where this

768
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 1: guy is coming from when you watch him or listen

769
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:02,880
Speaker 1: to him, or see his tweets or wherever you find

770
00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:05,440
Speaker 1: Mike Golick Junior. I just want to get to know

771
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 1: what makes him go lick? Right?

772
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 2: Ty?

773
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:09,479
Speaker 1: Does that makes that's good?

774
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:13,279
Speaker 3: That the lick at the end there was was very good. Yeah. No, Look,

775
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:16,880
Speaker 3: we're excited to have Mike on. We're excited to better

776
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:21,120
Speaker 3: introduce his sensibilities to our audience, we already know a

777
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,319
Speaker 3: good portion of them. You were in the taco van

778
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:26,120
Speaker 3: with us. We know that is a part of your character.

779
00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 3: But not only are we hoping to get some college

780
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:30,359
Speaker 3: football takes, but we're hoping to get a little bit

781
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,479
Speaker 3: more of you, mister Golic. So thank you for joining

782
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:33,120
Speaker 3: us here today.

783
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,560
Speaker 4: Thank you guys for having me, for wanting to more

784
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:40,799
Speaker 4: intimately understand my DNA, and for now allowing me for

785
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 4: the second time today. Remember that taco truck trip one

786
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:48,080
Speaker 4: of my favorite preview experiences ever, and certainly as someone

787
00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:50,799
Speaker 4: that was at that point a very new Los Angelino,

788
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:54,480
Speaker 4: incredibly helpful in mapping the city. Dan, you're someone that

789
00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:58,239
Speaker 4: I already had mine for food recommendations out here, considering

790
00:40:58,239 --> 00:40:59,439
Speaker 4: your expertise in the area.

791
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:01,760
Speaker 1: So thanks was going to be with you again, of course,

792
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:04,360
Speaker 1: of course. Okay, So this is basically, yeah, this is

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Speaker 1: the back of your sports card, right the back of

794
00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:09,759
Speaker 1: your fandom and football head sports card. We'll start here.

795
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:16,080
Speaker 1: Asked this to a couple of people. Joe Burrow, TUA

796
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:20,840
Speaker 1: or nine to six, So Bama LSU shootout version or

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00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:24,600
Speaker 1: Bama LSU twenty eleven. I want to say, nine to

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00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,240
Speaker 1: six version. What does it for you? Yeah?

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Speaker 4: Man, the that was like the As for me and

800
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,960
Speaker 4: my friends, we would have killed et with Hammer's version

801
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:38,799
Speaker 4: of college football. I think, even as someone that you know,

802
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 4: lived my life in the trenches for the entirety of

803
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:43,879
Speaker 4: my football life, like I didn't even get to play

804
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,160
Speaker 4: some of the fun positions in Pop Warner football, when

805
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,400
Speaker 4: everyone gets to play the fun position. I was in

806
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,880
Speaker 4: alignment forever, from the minute I put on a helmet

807
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,480
Speaker 4: and shoulder pads till the time I finished up. I'd

808
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,040
Speaker 4: probably still prefer the pace and space version. Like I'm

809
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 4: human like everybody else, I love offense. I remember having

810
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:02,080
Speaker 4: this argue on the NFL level with Trey Wingo when

811
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 4: we were doing the morning show me him and Dad

812
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 4: about that Patriots ram Super Bowl that was awful and

813
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 4: set offensive football back hundreds of years. Even if we

814
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,439
Speaker 4: could sing in wax poetic about Bill Belichick's game plan

815
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Speaker 4: against Sean McVay and Jared Goff and all the intricacies

816
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:18,080
Speaker 4: of that and the physical play along the lines of scrimmage,

817
00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:22,920
Speaker 4: which I love. At some point, less than stellar offense

818
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:24,799
Speaker 4: is less than stellar offense. I don't care how great

819
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:26,600
Speaker 4: the defensive players are on the other side. There's a

820
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,360
Speaker 4: reasons all these leagues try and game it for offense.

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Speaker 4: So I would take the pace in space Joe Urrow

822
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Speaker 4: to a tongue of Ilo a version, and I would

823
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Speaker 4: probably take that most days over the nine to six.

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Speaker 1: I'm with Mike ty, where are you?

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Speaker 3: I think I agree?

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Speaker 1: It's a TV show, right, Yeah, quarterback play on a

827
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Speaker 1: TV show?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I'm with you, guys. So I don't

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Speaker 3: have a hot take here. What's the next question that

830
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Speaker 3: one works for me?

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Speaker 1: Okay, okay, this one I think is kind of difficult.

832
00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:55,439
Speaker 1: So it's very easy in twenty twenty four or whatever

833
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:58,640
Speaker 1: to become cynical about, like, oh, TV's ruining everything with

834
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:01,480
Speaker 1: college football. What's happening to the rivalries, the playoff love,

835
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Speaker 1: There's a lot that you can be bummed out about

836
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:05,680
Speaker 1: at Some people don't like nil, some people hate the

837
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:08,399
Speaker 1: transfer portal. It makes it more difficult to follow as

838
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,520
Speaker 1: a sport. Whatever, all valid. What do you think is

839
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:14,520
Speaker 1: the best thing to come of the modern era in

840
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:15,520
Speaker 1: college football?

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Speaker 4: I mean, I do think the part of this is

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Speaker 4: going to be kind of a joke answer, but the

843
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,640
Speaker 4: fact that players are getting money now is sick to

844
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:26,000
Speaker 4: me as someone that went through this and saw buddies

845
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 4: that had to go and at times send money that

846
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:31,120
Speaker 4: we were getting from you know, stipend or any of

847
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Speaker 4: the things that were there the financial aid to help

848
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Speaker 4: guys like I had BUDDI who had to send that

849
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:36,719
Speaker 4: home to their parents to help pay bills. And now

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00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,279
Speaker 4: not only that you have that taken care of, where

851
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:43,320
Speaker 4: guys are now breadwinners for their family much earlier thanks

852
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:44,319
Speaker 4: to their skills so than they.

853
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Speaker 3: Used to be.

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00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:47,600
Speaker 4: But we also get things like we had with Dacoldest Crawford,

855
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:51,240
Speaker 4: where we get awesome deals where now ambulance chasing, lawyers

856
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:53,840
Speaker 4: in town or a local you know, h vac company

857
00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:55,799
Speaker 4: or anything like that can do these ad deals with

858
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 4: players in a way that has introduced that to our ecosystem.

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00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,440
Speaker 4: In college football, we've seen like we just had the

860
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:03,960
Speaker 4: Pop tarkt eaten alive at a bowl game this last year.

861
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:06,480
Speaker 4: The best of college football is when we can combine

862
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:09,760
Speaker 4: these great athletes in their stories with the dumbest settings

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Speaker 4: and brand partners known to man.

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Speaker 1: So I do think that.

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Speaker 2: Has worked out really well.

866
00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:17,880
Speaker 4: And then I think from a granular standpoint, I was

867
00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:20,000
Speaker 4: glad to see that some of the rules around the

868
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:23,880
Speaker 4: clockstoppages last year started to more closely mimic their NFL counterpart.

869
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 4: I think that's good and just more fair to the

870
00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 4: players in terms of getting ready for that level. And

871
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,200
Speaker 4: like I understand, cutting ads out is really what would

872
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 4: shorten television windows, but having some consistency there for me works.

873
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:38,000
Speaker 3: Let me throw something else out here, guys, I think

874
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:40,719
Speaker 3: the ability to watch a game now from wherever you

875
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:43,759
Speaker 3: are on the planet, just about with whatever is in

876
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,239
Speaker 3: your pocket, with whatever is in your pocket, is a

877
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:49,840
Speaker 3: huge development for US college football fans. I know that

878
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:53,200
Speaker 3: there is a movement of foot to ban the fall weddings.

879
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:56,600
Speaker 3: I have been at many fall weddings. I have watched

880
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,040
Speaker 3: many a game on my phone or at a bar

881
00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:03,239
Speaker 3: TV or through some other surreptitious means. The truth of

882
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:06,120
Speaker 3: the matter is most people are not social degenerates. Like

883
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:07,319
Speaker 3: Dan and I or.

884
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:08,000
Speaker 1: Even you, Mike.

885
00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:10,080
Speaker 3: We sit in front of a TV and watch for

886
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:13,239
Speaker 3: however many hours on any given Saturday because we have

887
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:16,280
Speaker 3: a show to do. Most people are out and about.

888
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:18,879
Speaker 3: That's why we do a window of opportunity on this show.

889
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,920
Speaker 3: And so I think the fact that modern technology has

890
00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:25,960
Speaker 3: enabled the best of us to go out there picking

891
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:29,120
Speaker 3: apples and then being able to throw up a game

892
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:31,400
Speaker 3: on your phone and still watch it. To me, is

893
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:34,920
Speaker 3: a huge step for mankind here as it relates to

894
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:36,279
Speaker 3: our college football ecosystem.

895
00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:36,959
Speaker 1: So I am.

896
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:39,759
Speaker 3: Thrilled that we're never that far away from a game,

897
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:41,200
Speaker 3: even if you do have other things you have to

898
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:42,280
Speaker 3: do on a Saturday afternoon.

899
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:45,600
Speaker 4: I would say to that vein too. The YouTube TV

900
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:49,760
Speaker 4: quad box thing now popping into our lives has given

901
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:53,160
Speaker 4: everyone the ability to live like the man cave of

902
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:56,600
Speaker 4: your dreams that you've seen online somewhere that might not

903
00:45:56,680 --> 00:45:58,839
Speaker 4: always be attainable, might not be something that you can

904
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:01,959
Speaker 4: logistically pull off for financially, And so now the fact

905
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:04,080
Speaker 4: that we're finally getting to the point where, and I

906
00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:06,759
Speaker 4: think they're now far enough along in it where you

907
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:09,080
Speaker 4: can actually customize those windows that used to just be

908
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:11,799
Speaker 4: whatever they would throw at you. So I think that

909
00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:13,879
Speaker 4: being a part of the experience, because, like you guys

910
00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:17,080
Speaker 4: have mentioned, college football can be a big, unwieldy animal

911
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:19,160
Speaker 4: to try and watch all of it in the ways

912
00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:21,480
Speaker 4: that you want to, and so anything that streams like that,

913
00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:22,359
Speaker 4: I'm a fan of.

914
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:23,840
Speaker 1: By the way, can I I want to jump on

915
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:26,880
Speaker 1: something Ty said, I actually have really good memories of

916
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,800
Speaker 1: watching college football games at weddings. Oh it's my best

917
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:34,000
Speaker 1: made new friends. Like you get to do two fun things.

918
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:36,120
Speaker 1: Hopefully the wedding is fun on a certain level at

919
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:39,600
Speaker 1: the same time, right, you're watching college football and you're

920
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:42,280
Speaker 1: having a shot of something and dancing to Bruno mars

921
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:45,200
Speaker 1: All in the same venue. It's not the worst.

922
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:47,319
Speaker 3: When I say it's the best, I don't mean it's

923
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:50,719
Speaker 3: the best situation or watch a game. But you're right,

924
00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:53,120
Speaker 3: there is a camaraderie that goes along with it. I

925
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:55,440
Speaker 3: always felt an immense source of pride that I was

926
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:56,359
Speaker 3: able to pull it off.

927
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:58,480
Speaker 4: Of course, and you remember the game, right, I was

928
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:01,279
Speaker 4: gonna say the pull it off heart because I've been

929
00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:04,400
Speaker 4: at weddings where timing wise, you've been in the church

930
00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:06,800
Speaker 4: while that's going on. Right, So to have a couple

931
00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:10,479
Speaker 4: of rows of dedicated, like minded individuals, one of whom

932
00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:13,080
Speaker 4: has the phone out on silent while this is going on,

933
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:16,120
Speaker 4: and is providing either knowing nods or very sad facial

934
00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:18,680
Speaker 4: expressions to the rest of the team to come help

935
00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:21,680
Speaker 4: pass that information along. There is there is a all

936
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:24,359
Speaker 4: of us in the fox hole together kind of mentality

937
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:26,960
Speaker 4: that is unique to that environment. And get married when

938
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:29,440
Speaker 4: you want. I hate that debate. People get married when

939
00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:30,680
Speaker 4: you can, when you want to do whatever.

940
00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:33,400
Speaker 3: There is nothing more endearing to fellow college football fans.

941
00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:36,600
Speaker 3: And finding a way to broadcast the game at an

942
00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:39,799
Speaker 3: event such as that. There is also nothing more repulsive

943
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:42,920
Speaker 3: for you if you're like a single guy and maybe

944
00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:45,560
Speaker 3: look in to see if you can find somebody else

945
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:48,680
Speaker 3: at the wedding. That will not help you, but at

946
00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:50,759
Speaker 3: the same time, you'll at least be able to watch

947
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:54,160
Speaker 3: the game and enjoy it in some small screen fashion.

948
00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:56,440
Speaker 1: What is the best week of the season. You can

949
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:59,239
Speaker 1: go Rivalry week, you can go Opening week when you're

950
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,200
Speaker 1: you know, you have this long absence of games. You

951
00:48:01,239 --> 00:48:03,520
Speaker 1: can go like when you have that first full slate

952
00:48:03,560 --> 00:48:07,000
Speaker 1: of conference matchups in late September early October. You could

953
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,760
Speaker 1: have that one magical week where there's like seven banger

954
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:12,960
Speaker 1: matchups where it's like Lsubama Oregon Wash. You know, there's

955
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:15,080
Speaker 1: a bunch of stuff happening at the same time. What

956
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:18,320
Speaker 1: is your ultimate week of the season, the regular season?

957
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:22,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think for me it's still like, and I

958
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:25,560
Speaker 4: know people have lots of varying opinions on week zero

959
00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:27,799
Speaker 4: and it's placed in the sport and all that. I'm

960
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:29,879
Speaker 4: generally a fan because you know, it's like a nice

961
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:33,480
Speaker 4: practice round for that. But that first week one weekend

962
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:36,040
Speaker 4: when the sport is all the way back, even if

963
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:39,400
Speaker 4: there aren't as many tantalizing matchups, and certainly at this

964
00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:41,600
Speaker 4: point we all have, you know, talked in sports media

965
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:45,000
Speaker 4: about the validity of a preseason top twenty five and

966
00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:47,720
Speaker 4: who that's for and how it's about selling TV matchups

967
00:48:47,719 --> 00:48:50,359
Speaker 4: before we know the quality of these teams. We still

968
00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:52,520
Speaker 4: haven't had it in a while. And so anything you

969
00:48:52,560 --> 00:48:55,000
Speaker 4: can attack with volume, it's the same reason March Madness

970
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:58,000
Speaker 4: opening weekend works so well, because any problem you can

971
00:48:58,040 --> 00:49:00,520
Speaker 4: work in sports that are this variable that you can

972
00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:03,120
Speaker 4: solve with volume, to me is always a huge win.

973
00:49:03,239 --> 00:49:06,200
Speaker 4: So I look forward to that like more than my birthday,

974
00:49:06,239 --> 00:49:09,719
Speaker 4: probably more than Christmas at this point, it's definitely up there. Well,

975
00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:12,640
Speaker 4: you also don't know in that opening week one, like

976
00:49:12,719 --> 00:49:17,480
Speaker 4: you've been thinking about Penn State, Texas Tech, Oklahoma all

977
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:19,120
Speaker 4: off season long, right, if you're a fan of one

978
00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:20,040
Speaker 4: of those teams, you're like.

979
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:22,879
Speaker 1: Man, I really hope somebody steps up here. I really

980
00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:25,160
Speaker 1: hope we can stop the run. I really hope this

981
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:29,359
Speaker 1: new coach is doing something interesting. And so it's that God,

982
00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:31,560
Speaker 1: I'm about to get gross tie. I can't really help myself, right,

983
00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 1: It's that tantric moment where like everything has been building

984
00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:37,840
Speaker 1: up for so long, Let's see what happens when we

985
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:39,960
Speaker 1: finally get to this moment. You know what, I'm tired.

986
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:41,960
Speaker 1: I'll explain this to you after we get off, Thank you.

987
00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:45,279
Speaker 3: It's also sort of anticipation, right, there's a lot of

988
00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:48,120
Speaker 3: what it is. Yeah, it's a lot of anticipation and

989
00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:52,000
Speaker 3: unknown quantities. You don't know what you're signing up for.

990
00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:54,879
Speaker 3: In week one, we know which games to look for,

991
00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:57,240
Speaker 3: but even still, there will be other ones that creep

992
00:49:57,320 --> 00:50:00,520
Speaker 3: up on us, and before long we're talking about a

993
00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:03,000
Speaker 3: game perhaps we didn't expect to talk about. So there's

994
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:06,680
Speaker 3: just with so much uncertainty coming into a season, with

995
00:50:06,760 --> 00:50:10,759
Speaker 3: so many teams playing with such big questions, you know

996
00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:13,120
Speaker 3: we will see upsets in week one, and we will

997
00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:17,680
Speaker 3: see storylines emerge that we hadn't thought possible back in April, because.

998
00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:21,000
Speaker 4: Wasn't was TCU Colorado Week one last year, Like, was

999
00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:23,279
Speaker 4: that the face that lost launched a thousand ships in

1000
00:50:23,320 --> 00:50:26,120
Speaker 4: terms of the discourse around that team was a TCU

1001
00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:29,080
Speaker 4: Because that's the other thing, especially in this era where

1002
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,120
Speaker 4: I mean for TCU it was a little bit more

1003
00:50:32,239 --> 00:50:35,120
Speaker 4: normal because it was, Hey, they just graduated a bunch

1004
00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:37,600
Speaker 4: of their key talent from that team. But in this

1005
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:40,160
Speaker 4: day and age, where the portal can warp so many

1006
00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:43,359
Speaker 4: teams so quickly, you can have a situation where we're

1007
00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:45,800
Speaker 4: all still viewing a team one way, like Washington is

1008
00:50:45,840 --> 00:50:48,080
Speaker 4: going to be a fascinating case study in that this year,

1009
00:50:48,239 --> 00:50:50,359
Speaker 4: because I've heard plenty of people in preview list them

1010
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:52,640
Speaker 4: as a game of note on a schedule of someone

1011
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:55,960
Speaker 4: and I'm like, Jetfish a really good coach, but it's

1012
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:58,239
Speaker 4: a completely new football team, Like, I don't know how

1013
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:00,400
Speaker 4: to couch them yet, And so some one is going

1014
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:03,120
Speaker 4: to draft off reputation from last year, have a weirdo

1015
00:51:03,239 --> 00:51:05,160
Speaker 4: game in the first week of the season, and we're

1016
00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:07,439
Speaker 4: all of a sudden going to color their entire year.

1017
00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:10,759
Speaker 4: And especially with these standalone games like we've seen this

1018
00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:13,400
Speaker 4: happen with you know, Brian Kelly before it Notre Dame

1019
00:51:13,440 --> 00:51:15,879
Speaker 4: and LSU has played a bunch of those where if

1020
00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:18,160
Speaker 4: you're the only thing we can watch in a window,

1021
00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:21,000
Speaker 4: that is going to affect the way we think about

1022
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:23,440
Speaker 4: you at a juncture where you're not your real version

1023
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:26,000
Speaker 4: of the team yet for a long time. So this

1024
00:51:26,120 --> 00:51:29,600
Speaker 4: weekend or actuld say, week one definitely can affect narrative

1025
00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:31,000
Speaker 4: wise these teams for a good bit.

1026
00:51:31,239 --> 00:51:33,879
Speaker 1: What what would your preference be to watch a big

1027
00:51:33,920 --> 00:51:37,520
Speaker 1: game with buddies, at a watch party at somebody's house,

1028
00:51:37,560 --> 00:51:43,840
Speaker 1: your house, whatever, or at a tailgate. Is my team

1029
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:47,080
Speaker 1: playing or is this just a team playing? Your team

1030
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:49,080
Speaker 1: is playing? Notre Dame is playing a big game. Do

1031
00:51:49,120 --> 00:51:51,480
Speaker 1: you want to be on a familiar couch with a

1032
00:51:51,680 --> 00:51:55,480
Speaker 1: nearby bathroom with food that you have a good amount

1033
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:58,880
Speaker 1: of choiceover or would you like to be in you know,

1034
00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:01,680
Speaker 1: the environment, in a parking lot, standing up with the

1035
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:05,160
Speaker 1: beer whatever? What to you is your quintessential Saturday.

1036
00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:10,080
Speaker 4: I would like to be in the friends couch, okay,

1037
00:52:10,239 --> 00:52:13,080
Speaker 4: my own space preferably, I would like to be alone.

1038
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:15,640
Speaker 4: I hate watching Notre Dame play with other people because

1039
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:18,799
Speaker 4: I am the worst version of myself while they are on.

1040
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:20,920
Speaker 4: But at least if I am around friends and like

1041
00:52:20,960 --> 00:52:24,160
Speaker 4: minded individuals that know me well enough to know hurt

1042
00:52:24,239 --> 00:52:26,200
Speaker 4: in all the same ways. And if I need to,

1043
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:27,880
Speaker 4: I can duck off in a side room and like

1044
00:52:28,120 --> 00:52:31,320
Speaker 4: scream into a pillow so as not to like upset

1045
00:52:31,360 --> 00:52:33,640
Speaker 4: the locals of I'm out in public. That's that's probably

1046
00:52:33,719 --> 00:52:36,160
Speaker 4: my go to. Ty and I both have stories about

1047
00:52:36,200 --> 00:52:39,919
Speaker 4: watching big games with the wrong people. Mm hmm, dude,

1048
00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:40,400
Speaker 4: not awful.

1049
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:44,120
Speaker 3: Yes, I watched wedding watch parties. Yeah, I've had more

1050
00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:46,719
Speaker 3: than a few of those. I had Notre Dame when

1051
00:52:46,719 --> 00:52:48,839
Speaker 3: Notre Dame played Texas to start the season. I guess

1052
00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:51,799
Speaker 3: this was like twenty sixteen in the double overtime. You know,

1053
00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:55,600
Speaker 3: Texas is back when for them. I was getting ready

1054
00:52:55,640 --> 00:52:57,799
Speaker 3: to start a new college football show at ESPN. It

1055
00:52:57,840 --> 00:53:00,120
Speaker 3: was me, Jason fitz Al, Kasadegi and College FOOTBA on

1056
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:03,680
Speaker 3: Mondays down at ESPNU, and that week was our warm

1057
00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:05,399
Speaker 3: up show, and so we were down there.

1058
00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:07,080
Speaker 4: As a crew. We went over to our producer's house

1059
00:53:07,080 --> 00:53:09,960
Speaker 4: for dinner, and we started watching that game for the

1060
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:12,959
Speaker 4: first half because we were all together. And the third

1061
00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:15,080
Speaker 4: quarter got going and it was close, and I could

1062
00:53:15,080 --> 00:53:16,520
Speaker 4: tell the way it was trending because I've been a

1063
00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:18,799
Speaker 4: Notre Dame fan, and I've lived this hell my entire life.

1064
00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:20,560
Speaker 4: I've been a part of that hell as a player

1065
00:53:20,600 --> 00:53:22,680
Speaker 4: my entire life. And I looked at the rest of

1066
00:53:22,719 --> 00:53:25,239
Speaker 4: them and said, I'm going back to the hotel to

1067
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:27,719
Speaker 4: watch the end of this game, because you guys are

1068
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:30,640
Speaker 4: not ready to see me this way. And sure enough

1069
00:53:30,719 --> 00:53:33,480
Speaker 4: I am back at the hotel. That tractor trailer of

1070
00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:36,200
Speaker 4: quarterback dives over the goal line for Texas to win,

1071
00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:39,200
Speaker 4: and I just knee jerk grabbed the remote in my

1072
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:43,040
Speaker 4: hotel room, yuck it right at the wall next to

1073
00:53:43,080 --> 00:53:46,000
Speaker 4: the TV, shatter it into a thousand pieces, and then

1074
00:53:46,120 --> 00:53:48,279
Speaker 4: once my senses came back, had to quickly try and

1075
00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:50,960
Speaker 4: reassemble it on the other nightstand so that the maids

1076
00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:53,040
Speaker 4: wouldn't find it until well after I was gone.

1077
00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:57,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, at all tracks, I've been there. Ty has spiked

1078
00:53:57,280 --> 00:53:58,560
Speaker 1: a cell phone in the middle of a bar.

1079
00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:04,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, that okay, Mike, what is your pet storyline

1080
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:07,759
Speaker 3: for the twenty twenty four season? The thing maybe that

1081
00:54:07,800 --> 00:54:11,160
Speaker 3: you care more about than anyone else? Right? We talked

1082
00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:14,200
Speaker 3: about some things that the modern game has brought us,

1083
00:54:14,280 --> 00:54:16,520
Speaker 3: the likes of which is, you know, players getting paid,

1084
00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:18,839
Speaker 3: being able to watch games anywhere you see fit et cetera,

1085
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:23,040
Speaker 3: et cetera. But with specific regard to this college football season,

1086
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:25,880
Speaker 3: a lot of new storylines out there, which one is

1087
00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:28,439
Speaker 3: the Mike Gulick pet storyline that you care about maybe

1088
00:54:28,480 --> 00:54:29,560
Speaker 3: more than anyone else, you know.

1089
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:33,759
Speaker 4: I really and this is probably one that I'd say

1090
00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:35,799
Speaker 4: a lot of people care about considering the team that

1091
00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:38,319
Speaker 4: I'm about to say, but it's just the most fascinated

1092
00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:42,000
Speaker 4: I've been because of the style that this coach brings,

1093
00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:45,120
Speaker 4: like the Andy Cottlenicky higher for Penn State. The biggest

1094
00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:47,800
Speaker 4: hire in the Big Ten was Chip Kelly at offensive coordinator,

1095
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:50,680
Speaker 4: we know, but for Andy cottle Nicky and what he

1096
00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:53,640
Speaker 4: was at Kansas, how much of that is going to

1097
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:55,400
Speaker 4: live at a place where you've got more talent than

1098
00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:58,680
Speaker 4: Penn State. The expectation and what that offense needs after

1099
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:01,840
Speaker 4: last year where they were great versus everyone that wasn't

1100
00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:04,480
Speaker 4: one of the you know, Michigan or Ohio State. Basically,

1101
00:55:04,920 --> 00:55:07,759
Speaker 4: I'm just so curious what that's going to look like

1102
00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:10,400
Speaker 4: with the talent they've got, because that's always been a

1103
00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:12,920
Speaker 4: team that you know, I think when you guys were

1104
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:14,399
Speaker 4: on the show with us this morning, we talked about

1105
00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:16,239
Speaker 4: Utah and said, we've been playing footsie with them in

1106
00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:19,719
Speaker 4: the college football playoff forever. That's been James Franklin's Penn State,

1107
00:55:19,760 --> 00:55:22,160
Speaker 4: where you've been always the bridesmaid, but never the bride

1108
00:55:22,160 --> 00:55:24,960
Speaker 4: in terms of the playoff in Big Ten conversation, Now

1109
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:28,400
Speaker 4: that we've expanded this with what that defense always has

1110
00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:30,760
Speaker 4: been under James Franklin, and I get they've changed coordinator

1111
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:33,000
Speaker 4: on that side again too, Manny Diaz is now you know,

1112
00:55:33,080 --> 00:55:36,359
Speaker 4: off head coaching again, but that seems like blue chip

1113
00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:38,120
Speaker 4: stock with the kind of guys they bring in there.

1114
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:41,719
Speaker 4: If this offense can manufacture even the slightest bit of

1115
00:55:41,760 --> 00:55:44,480
Speaker 4: the creativity and excitement that we saw in Lawrence, Kansas

1116
00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:47,120
Speaker 4: for the last couple of seasons, then I think that

1117
00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:49,239
Speaker 4: all of a sudden becomes a markedly more interesting team.

1118
00:55:49,239 --> 00:55:51,799
Speaker 4: There's a bunch of reasons to downgrade expectations on that,

1119
00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:54,000
Speaker 4: but I just want to see what they're going to

1120
00:55:54,120 --> 00:55:56,560
Speaker 4: let him do with that particular group.

1121
00:55:57,000 --> 00:55:58,120
Speaker 1: Ty, do you have a pet story?

1122
00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:03,640
Speaker 3: I mean, I think for me, I am just most

1123
00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:06,279
Speaker 3: interested in the expanded playoff. And I know it's kind

1124
00:56:06,320 --> 00:56:09,000
Speaker 3: of a cliche answer, but I don't think we fully

1125
00:56:09,080 --> 00:56:12,120
Speaker 3: understand yet what it does to the month of November.

1126
00:56:12,840 --> 00:56:15,320
Speaker 3: You know, and I've talked about it on this show before.

1127
00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:21,560
Speaker 3: We often see this rising sense of anticipation and excitement

1128
00:56:22,360 --> 00:56:24,880
Speaker 3: throughout the early part of September, and as teams start

1129
00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:28,279
Speaker 3: losing as we get into October, it's only natural that

1130
00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:31,880
Speaker 3: some of the interest in college football starts to decline.

1131
00:56:32,200 --> 00:56:34,400
Speaker 3: Your team loses, you maybe don't care as much as

1132
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:36,239
Speaker 3: you did back in the first week of September. But

1133
00:56:36,800 --> 00:56:40,560
Speaker 3: now with there being more impetus for more teams to

1134
00:56:40,600 --> 00:56:43,279
Speaker 3: play hard deeper into November, whether you're either trying to

1135
00:56:43,320 --> 00:56:46,040
Speaker 3: qualify for the playoff or maybe trying to knock somebody out.

1136
00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:48,160
Speaker 3: I just think it's going to drive a new interest.

1137
00:56:48,200 --> 00:56:50,520
Speaker 3: I hope it's going to drive a new interest in

1138
00:56:50,520 --> 00:56:53,400
Speaker 3: college football. But because we don't fully know yet and

1139
00:56:53,440 --> 00:56:56,120
Speaker 3: we haven't seen it, who knows.

1140
00:56:56,160 --> 00:56:56,759
Speaker 1: If I'm right.

1141
00:56:56,840 --> 00:56:59,520
Speaker 3: That's probably why it's my pet storyline. I think it

1142
00:56:59,560 --> 00:57:02,799
Speaker 3: could have an effect on this sport that either we

1143
00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:04,919
Speaker 3: didn't see coming or haven't experienced yet.

1144
00:57:04,920 --> 00:57:06,320
Speaker 2: And it's long history.

1145
00:57:06,680 --> 00:57:08,880
Speaker 1: You guys are both wrong, and it's like the Great

1146
00:57:08,920 --> 00:57:13,200
Speaker 1: Cicada hatchlings of twenty twenty four, Bobby Petrino re emerging

1147
00:57:13,640 --> 00:57:15,960
Speaker 1: as the Arkansas head coach in mid October.

1148
00:57:16,360 --> 00:57:20,600
Speaker 4: Oh, it's would that do more for the sport or

1149
00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:23,400
Speaker 4: would Nebraska being back do more for the sport. I'm

1150
00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:25,960
Speaker 4: trying to figure out what would be more fun for us.

1151
00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:29,400
Speaker 3: To cover Nebraska, because we've done the Bobby Petrino thing

1152
00:57:29,440 --> 00:57:32,320
Speaker 3: time and again. That's an old joke at this point.

1153
00:57:32,360 --> 00:57:35,080
Speaker 3: But Nebraska kind of rising from the ashes with an

1154
00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:38,920
Speaker 3: exciting freshman quarterback, with a coach in Matt Ruhle who

1155
00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:41,960
Speaker 3: is a known quantity among college football fans as a

1156
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:45,880
Speaker 3: program builder, and Nebraska's just kind of been out of

1157
00:57:45,920 --> 00:57:48,960
Speaker 3: the conversation for a while. Them emerging, I think for

1158
00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:50,040
Speaker 3: sure would be more fun.

1159
00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:53,400
Speaker 1: I think it would have more long lasting staying power,

1160
00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:56,080
Speaker 1: But it's far less funny Bobby Petrino.

1161
00:57:56,080 --> 00:57:58,120
Speaker 4: I would say for the memes, like just for the

1162
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:01,240
Speaker 4: neck brace meme to become I'm a thing once again

1163
00:58:01,840 --> 00:58:04,520
Speaker 4: all over because God forbid, Like if that happened, and

1164
00:58:04,640 --> 00:58:06,480
Speaker 4: like something could happen and they wound up on game

1165
00:58:06,560 --> 00:58:09,200
Speaker 4: day or something that in the background of a bunch

1166
00:58:09,240 --> 00:58:11,600
Speaker 4: of drunk college students at six am warring the neck

1167
00:58:11,640 --> 00:58:13,680
Speaker 4: brace would be incredible. Yeah, and look, this is also

1168
00:58:13,760 --> 00:58:16,919
Speaker 4: a sport that like will welcome you back whatever, We'll

1169
00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:19,880
Speaker 4: welcome you back. This is it would be the least

1170
00:58:19,920 --> 00:58:24,000
Speaker 4: surprising thing. This is the most precedented thing where somebody's

1171
00:58:24,040 --> 00:58:28,280
Speaker 4: able to come back after whatever situation. You can win

1172
00:58:28,400 --> 00:58:31,760
Speaker 4: games in college football. We will forgive everything.

1173
00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:35,560
Speaker 1: Absolutely. I have a question. You mentioned you've been alignment

1174
00:58:35,600 --> 00:58:38,520
Speaker 1: in your entire life until you stopped being alignment. But

1175
00:58:38,840 --> 00:58:42,920
Speaker 1: who is the most physically imposing human that you have

1176
00:58:43,080 --> 00:58:45,480
Speaker 1: lined up against? Not at practice, so not a Notre

1177
00:58:45,520 --> 00:58:48,760
Speaker 1: Dame player, but in a Notre Dame game, who, before

1178
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:51,320
Speaker 1: every snap made you say this is probably not going

1179
00:58:51,400 --> 00:58:52,040
Speaker 1: to go well.

1180
00:58:53,560 --> 00:58:53,920
Speaker 2: Damn.

1181
00:58:55,200 --> 00:58:57,320
Speaker 4: I mean, I think the easy one and the biggest

1182
00:58:57,320 --> 00:58:59,600
Speaker 4: point of pride I had in my career was probably

1183
00:58:59,720 --> 00:59:03,960
Speaker 4: my life last year was Aaron ascending Aaron Donald. He

1184
00:59:04,080 --> 00:59:07,520
Speaker 4: wasn't fully formed super weapon Aaron Donald, but he was

1185
00:59:07,640 --> 00:59:10,880
Speaker 4: Aaron Donald enough to where not And I guess this

1186
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:13,600
Speaker 4: is physically imposing in a different way because obviously Aaron

1187
00:59:13,680 --> 00:59:16,880
Speaker 4: stature wise, was not like Stefan Twittt was a teammate

1188
00:59:16,880 --> 00:59:18,280
Speaker 4: of mine who spent a bunch of time with the

1189
00:59:18,280 --> 00:59:19,320
Speaker 4: Steelers in the NFL.

1190
00:59:19,760 --> 00:59:21,080
Speaker 1: Just a freak of nature.

1191
00:59:21,160 --> 00:59:23,760
Speaker 4: Lewis Knicks, God rest his soul was a big mountain

1192
00:59:23,800 --> 00:59:27,560
Speaker 4: of a man on our defensive line. But Aaron provided

1193
00:59:27,640 --> 00:59:31,280
Speaker 4: such a different Like I can so vividly remember when

1194
00:59:31,320 --> 00:59:32,960
Speaker 4: you're an offensive lineman and you go up to the

1195
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:36,160
Speaker 4: line of scrimmage, you survey the defense, especially the center

1196
00:59:36,200 --> 00:59:39,360
Speaker 4: and guard you're helping kind of set protection. And I

1197
00:59:39,440 --> 00:59:42,080
Speaker 4: remember before certain snaps when I knew we would run

1198
00:59:42,080 --> 00:59:43,360
Speaker 4: you know, a lot of protection where it was just

1199
00:59:43,440 --> 00:59:45,960
Speaker 4: us on the line. And so I was playing right guard,

1200
00:59:46,200 --> 00:59:48,800
Speaker 4: and you know, based on the point, if the center

1201
00:59:48,840 --> 00:59:50,280
Speaker 4: is going to go help the left guard or if

1202
00:59:50,280 --> 00:59:52,640
Speaker 4: he's gonna come help you. And in that snap when

1203
00:59:52,640 --> 00:59:54,720
Speaker 4: I see the defense set up and I see, oh,

1204
00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:57,520
Speaker 4: the center's got to go left now, and Aaron Donald's

1205
00:59:57,560 --> 00:59:59,520
Speaker 4: here at three technique ye, and we're about to go

1206
00:59:59,560 --> 01:00:02,360
Speaker 4: for a five step drop. There were probably plays where

1207
01:00:02,400 --> 01:00:05,000
Speaker 4: you could literally see my head go down as I

1208
01:00:05,080 --> 01:00:07,800
Speaker 4: just went, well, I see where this is going. Here

1209
01:00:07,840 --> 01:00:10,040
Speaker 4: we go again, like hold on to your butts. And

1210
01:00:10,120 --> 01:00:13,600
Speaker 4: to my credit, yeah, my one goal with Aaron Donald

1211
01:00:13,760 --> 01:00:17,240
Speaker 4: was do not end up on his draft day highlights.

1212
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:20,320
Speaker 4: I'd seen that happen to friends of mine, where my

1213
01:00:20,360 --> 01:00:23,080
Speaker 4: buddy Eric Olsho played interior line for US. Bj Roji

1214
01:00:23,120 --> 01:00:24,880
Speaker 4: and Ron Brace were on the cover of the Boston

1215
01:00:24,920 --> 01:00:28,240
Speaker 4: College Media Guide their senior year and were monsters, and

1216
01:00:28,440 --> 01:00:30,880
Speaker 4: Eric was going into that game playing on a peg

1217
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:33,880
Speaker 4: leg basically hit a really bad high ankle sprain and

1218
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:36,040
Speaker 4: was gutting through it. Was one of our better guys,

1219
01:00:36,240 --> 01:00:38,360
Speaker 4: but just I mean at that point couldn't plant on

1220
01:00:38,440 --> 01:00:41,040
Speaker 4: his left foot at left guard, so life was going

1221
01:00:41,120 --> 01:00:43,920
Speaker 4: to be tough in that spring. When bj Roji went

1222
01:00:43,920 --> 01:00:46,560
Speaker 4: in the first round of Green Bay, he was all

1223
01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:48,720
Speaker 4: over that highlight reel, and after I saw that, I

1224
01:00:48,760 --> 01:00:50,600
Speaker 4: was like, all right, that's the thing you've got to

1225
01:00:50,600 --> 01:00:53,480
Speaker 4: avoid if you're me as a middling college offensive lineman.

1226
01:00:53,760 --> 01:00:56,040
Speaker 4: And I watched as Aaron Donald was getting ready to

1227
01:00:56,040 --> 01:00:58,520
Speaker 4: get drafted, and my ass was nowhere in the frame

1228
01:00:58,600 --> 01:01:02,080
Speaker 4: on that. So that is the for sure imposing one,

1229
01:01:02,240 --> 01:01:04,360
Speaker 4: probably him and Luke Keekley up in the same breath,

1230
01:01:04,360 --> 01:01:07,000
Speaker 4: but staying off Aaron's highlight reel for draft day was

1231
01:01:07,000 --> 01:01:08,439
Speaker 4: my biggest career accomplishment.

1232
01:01:08,440 --> 01:01:10,840
Speaker 1: Whoever was playing, I think it might have been left

1233
01:01:10,840 --> 01:01:15,560
Speaker 1: guard for Syracuse against Aaron Donald's in whatever twenty eleven,

1234
01:01:15,600 --> 01:01:19,240
Speaker 1: whatever year it was, should receive residuals. He has been

1235
01:01:19,280 --> 01:01:21,960
Speaker 1: on air so much so I think that was like

1236
01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:25,120
Speaker 1: a He was still in his stance as Aaron Donald

1237
01:01:25,280 --> 01:01:27,720
Speaker 1: is up and by him, You're like, and it was

1238
01:01:27,800 --> 01:01:31,600
Speaker 1: not a penalty. It was just like, yeah, the snapcount

1239
01:01:31,680 --> 01:01:34,280
Speaker 1: was very obvious to him in that moment, and it

1240
01:01:34,320 --> 01:01:35,240
Speaker 1: went very poorly.

1241
01:01:36,360 --> 01:01:38,160
Speaker 4: I'll give you guys one more funny one though.

1242
01:01:38,280 --> 01:01:38,480
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1243
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:41,439
Speaker 4: Place the least physically opposing but most annoying the block

1244
01:01:41,520 --> 01:01:44,240
Speaker 4: Nikita Whitlock. Do you guys remember that name, the noseguard

1245
01:01:44,280 --> 01:01:47,000
Speaker 4: for wake Forest. Yes, who ended up playing like linebacker

1246
01:01:47,040 --> 01:01:48,960
Speaker 4: and fullback for the Giants and the Bengals for a

1247
01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:51,600
Speaker 4: little bit in the NFL. He was like five ten,

1248
01:01:51,800 --> 01:01:54,080
Speaker 4: five eleven. He was like two hundred and forty pounds,

1249
01:01:54,160 --> 01:01:56,400
Speaker 4: and they just moved him around like a top on

1250
01:01:56,560 --> 01:01:59,200
Speaker 4: every play up front. He was the first guy. My

1251
01:01:59,280 --> 01:02:01,920
Speaker 4: first meaningful game action was on the road against wake Forest,

1252
01:02:02,320 --> 01:02:04,280
Speaker 4: and I got in because our starting center got hurt

1253
01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:06,000
Speaker 4: and I had to try and track that dude down

1254
01:02:06,080 --> 01:02:08,720
Speaker 4: all game and it was a living nightmare. So he

1255
01:02:08,800 --> 01:02:11,440
Speaker 4: gets honorable mention not for being physically imposed, which is

1256
01:02:11,440 --> 01:02:12,240
Speaker 4: being one of the most.

1257
01:02:12,120 --> 01:02:14,520
Speaker 1: Unique characters in physical builds. I ever won against the

1258
01:02:14,560 --> 01:02:18,840
Speaker 1: Earl Boykins of acc defensive line. Fair enough, I'm gonna

1259
01:02:18,840 --> 01:02:21,600
Speaker 1: say offensive line here and keep it personal with you.

1260
01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:26,440
Speaker 1: Every person who's ever played football, especially offensive line, especially

1261
01:02:26,520 --> 01:02:28,640
Speaker 1: as they get older, you're still a young man, you

1262
01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:31,800
Speaker 1: deal with nagging injuries. What is the most helpful thing

1263
01:02:32,440 --> 01:02:35,960
Speaker 1: that you have in your life to deal with a

1264
01:02:36,080 --> 01:02:40,280
Speaker 1: nagging injury of any kind? For tips for anybody getting older,

1265
01:02:41,920 --> 01:02:46,600
Speaker 1: foam rolling and pilates. Ooh, I like that combo? Yeah?

1266
01:02:46,680 --> 01:02:49,160
Speaker 4: Those The pham roller is ten feet from me right

1267
01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:51,400
Speaker 4: now in this run rollers in frame it's orange and

1268
01:02:51,480 --> 01:02:54,640
Speaker 4: right back there. See that's dedication right there. It's part

1269
01:02:54,640 --> 01:02:57,360
Speaker 4: of the set at some point. Especially for me. I

1270
01:02:57,480 --> 01:02:59,720
Speaker 4: was lucky I never went under the knife as a player,

1271
01:02:59,800 --> 01:03:03,320
Speaker 4: but every offensive lineman, pretty much every defensive lineman, it's

1272
01:03:03,480 --> 01:03:06,400
Speaker 4: aggression and compression. So your low back basically just has

1273
01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:09,200
Speaker 4: nothing left by the time you're done. And that's all

1274
01:03:09,240 --> 01:03:12,160
Speaker 4: like hips and hip flexers. So yeah, doing that and

1275
01:03:12,200 --> 01:03:15,760
Speaker 4: then the low impact goodness of pilates in helping stabilize

1276
01:03:15,760 --> 01:03:18,560
Speaker 4: my core and lower body has been a godsend.

1277
01:03:18,600 --> 01:03:19,240
Speaker 1: I preach it, you know.

1278
01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:21,840
Speaker 4: Brian dable right now is the very public poster child

1279
01:03:21,880 --> 01:03:24,520
Speaker 4: for footballing men in pilates. You lost a bunch of

1280
01:03:24,520 --> 01:03:27,200
Speaker 4: weight going into the NFL season this year, And I

1281
01:03:27,280 --> 01:03:29,560
Speaker 4: tell it to whoever listen, especially guys that beat their

1282
01:03:29,600 --> 01:03:31,800
Speaker 4: body up for a living for a long time. It

1283
01:03:31,880 --> 01:03:33,760
Speaker 4: is a great way to take care of yourself. That

1284
01:03:33,800 --> 01:03:36,160
Speaker 4: will humble you in front of a group of like

1285
01:03:36,320 --> 01:03:38,280
Speaker 4: ninety pounds. Stay at home moms.

1286
01:03:38,480 --> 01:03:41,080
Speaker 1: I just did a high intensity interval class with my

1287
01:03:41,120 --> 01:03:44,520
Speaker 1: wife and I was sore. Not a joke, five straight days,

1288
01:03:45,040 --> 01:03:47,680
Speaker 1: ice bats, foam roll everything. I was aggressive.

1289
01:03:48,160 --> 01:03:48,200
Speaker 3: You.

1290
01:03:48,520 --> 01:03:50,400
Speaker 1: Low impact is the movie when you get to a

1291
01:03:50,440 --> 01:03:54,600
Speaker 1: certain age. The low impact is really nice core and glutes. Right,

1292
01:03:54,640 --> 01:03:56,680
Speaker 1: If your core and glutes are in good shape, you're

1293
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Speaker 1: gonna be happy.

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Speaker 3: Mike, here's a question for you about this season. Who's

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Speaker 3: overrated this season?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? If Koran Glutz are properly rated.

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Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, Corn glutes always properly rated.

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Speaker 3: You can't answer, notre dame if you want to. I'm

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Speaker 3: not suggesting it, but.

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Speaker 4: No, because I like, I don't think based on the

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Speaker 4: talent on that roster, and like the defense alone is

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Speaker 4: just a terrifying force of nature over there, Like Benjamin

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Speaker 4: Morrison is the best player in their name secondary I've

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Speaker 4: seen in my entire life. Like I understand Xavier Wats

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Speaker 4: got all the headlines last year and he's a very

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Speaker 4: good player. Benjamin Morrison is the best player in that secondary,

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Speaker 4: and I don't think it's super close because of what

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Speaker 4: he affords you. So now they're they're properly rated in

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Speaker 4: my mind for overrated, you know what they're on. They're

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Speaker 4: only at eleven. I just want to see Missouri do

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Speaker 4: it two years in a row now here. Sure defense

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Speaker 4: defense is gonna lose a little bit upfront, lose their

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Speaker 4: coordinator going over to LSU. Like that's a team that

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Speaker 4: all of a sudden, now the expectations jumped after last year,

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Speaker 4: and you're bringing Brady Brady Cook back on offense, You've

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Speaker 4: got what most people think could be the best wide

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Speaker 4: receiver in college football. So there's a lot of expectation

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Speaker 4: now for a team last year that I felt like,

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Speaker 4: all right was the froggy out for everybody, even pushed

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Speaker 4: Georgia on the road in Athens, had some big wins

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Speaker 4: and everything like that, and I think Eli Drinkwitz has done.

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Speaker 1: A good job there.

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Speaker 4: But eleven means there's some expectation up there, like you're

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Speaker 4: a couple of spots behind the team that narrowly missed

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Speaker 4: the playoff last year in Florida State and the defending

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Speaker 4: national champions in Michigan. And I know most of those

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Speaker 4: teams have been the easy target for people, but I

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Speaker 4: think Florida State's gonna.

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Speaker 2: Be able to reload.

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Speaker 4: I'm going to give Mike Norvel credit for what he's

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Speaker 4: built around there. Michigan offensively, like you got a O

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Speaker 4: line coach as the head coach, I get your replacing

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Speaker 4: a lot upfront. They're going to figure that out. The

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Speaker 4: defense is still going to kick ass. So I'll look

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Speaker 4: at Missouri and say I'm interested to watch them try

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Speaker 4: and replicate that in an SEC that's only gotten tougher.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And I also think to that point, it's a

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01:05:53,640 --> 01:05:56,080
Speaker 3: good answer because I said when we did our previews

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Speaker 3: that Miszoo was a team that I liked more before

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Speaker 3: I did the research than I did after. And I've

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Speaker 3: been trying to pinpoint why exactly, because there is so

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Speaker 3: much back on offense, there are some questions, as you mentioned,

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01:06:08,160 --> 01:06:11,600
Speaker 3: on defense. I don't know if we are just sort

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Speaker 3: of panning the loss of Cody Schrader. Cody Schrader meant

1345
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Speaker 3: a lot to that offense a year ago. He took

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Speaker 3: some of the pressure off of the passing game. Granted,

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Speaker 3: Brady Cook had a renaissance obviously, Luther Burden is one

1348
01:06:23,520 --> 01:06:26,360
Speaker 3: of the best receivers in the country again this season.

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Speaker 3: But to lose that much production, I just especially in

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Speaker 3: the SEC, It's just I think it's a fair question

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Speaker 3: to be a little bit more cautious on the Mazoo

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Speaker 3: predict predictions.

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Speaker 1: Excuse me, so I'm with you. Let's say somebody comes

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Speaker 1: up to you at a very powerful place, right, it's

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Speaker 1: a lot of important people. Let's say Mike Goel Junior

1356
01:06:46,040 --> 01:06:50,120
Speaker 1: is at Davos with you know, world economic thinkers, and

1357
01:06:50,160 --> 01:06:52,640
Speaker 1: they say, give me a hot tip, give me a

1358
01:06:52,680 --> 01:06:56,520
Speaker 1: bi lo. This is your area of expertise. Like I

1359
01:06:56,600 --> 01:06:59,959
Speaker 1: see all these preview magazines. Everybody's Georgia and Ohio state

1360
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Speaker 1: babity blah. Give me some Biloa thing that I can

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Speaker 1: press my buddies with.

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Speaker 4: I mean, this one shouldn't be overly surprising because we've

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Speaker 4: been doing this with them for a while. But between

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Speaker 4: the schedule, the talent that we know lives there in

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01:07:15,760 --> 01:07:19,840
Speaker 4: the coach texts A and M Man, I think I

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01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:22,880
Speaker 4: might just be super elco pilled, But all of a sudden,

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Speaker 4: like Notre Dame already they're favored, they're favored in that game,

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Speaker 4: and with the Notre Dame injury on offensive line, kind

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Speaker 4: of putting that position group even more into focus. Not

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Speaker 4: the place that you want to go to test that

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Speaker 4: out real early on. And so even if that's a loss,

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Speaker 4: even if I give the most optimistic view of that

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Speaker 4: for a Notre Dame fan here, you don't see Texas

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Speaker 4: all the way till the end of the season. You

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Speaker 4: get Missouri in the middle, who we just talked about.

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Speaker 4: You've got LSU at home, which who knows if their

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Speaker 4: defense is going to be able to go and make

1378
01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:52,680
Speaker 4: that next step in year three under Brian Kelly. And

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Speaker 4: then the rest of the schedule is full of infinitely

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Speaker 4: winnable games with McNeice. You're on the road at Florida,

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Speaker 4: who's in a nutcutting year, Green Arkansas, Mississippi State, at

1382
01:08:02,880 --> 01:08:05,920
Speaker 4: South Carolina, New Mexico State late in the year, like

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Speaker 4: you avoid most of the juggernauts in the SEC this year,

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01:08:10,920 --> 01:08:13,400
Speaker 4: and you've got a coach that is used to making

1385
01:08:13,440 --> 01:08:16,479
Speaker 4: more out of less talent wise on the roster that

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01:08:16,560 --> 01:08:18,880
Speaker 4: comes over to a place now that yeah, lost some

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Speaker 4: key names to the portal, but still has plenty of

1388
01:08:21,600 --> 01:08:21,960
Speaker 4: dudes that.

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Speaker 2: Are going to keep you up at night.

1390
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Speaker 4: And I got a couple of NFL buddy shout out

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Speaker 4: to Trevor Sikamo over at Pro Football Focus. If Connor

1392
01:08:27,800 --> 01:08:30,760
Speaker 4: Wegman stays healthy, this is a guy NFL people are

1393
01:08:30,920 --> 01:08:34,599
Speaker 4: very excited about running an offense that we saw last year.

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Speaker 4: I mean, it's the reason Notre Name fans are so

1395
01:08:37,240 --> 01:08:39,559
Speaker 4: excited about Riley Leonard is because of what they were

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Speaker 4: able to do with him in that duke offense. So

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Speaker 4: I just think Texas A and M Man, I know

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01:08:44,960 --> 01:08:47,960
Speaker 4: we have. It's like I'm ready to get hurt again

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Speaker 4: by them.

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Speaker 1: But I just correct August answer. Yeah, it is.

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Speaker 4: That's how we know we're fully back. By the way,

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01:08:54,040 --> 01:08:56,400
Speaker 4: if we're selling Texas A and M hope again, we

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01:08:56,439 --> 01:08:57,400
Speaker 4: are truly back.

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Speaker 1: I think Texas A and M is. My answer is, well,

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Speaker 1: I'm just gonna to piggyback off of that, like the

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01:09:03,040 --> 01:09:05,760
Speaker 1: by low teams, like I could see somebody in the

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01:09:05,760 --> 01:09:07,960
Speaker 1: Big twelve because it's wide open enough that you could

1408
01:09:08,000 --> 01:09:10,600
Speaker 1: talk yourself into like, I'm sorry, is Arizona nine and

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01:09:10,640 --> 01:09:12,640
Speaker 1: one right now? Like kind of out of nowhere? But

1410
01:09:12,680 --> 01:09:15,080
Speaker 1: people are high on Arizona. Ty, Do you have somebody

1411
01:09:15,120 --> 01:09:15,599
Speaker 1: out of nowhere?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I mean Rutgers in Minnesota. For me, I know you're

1414
01:09:18,320 --> 01:09:21,960
Speaker 3: in on your deep Big Ten plays Taiyu Ma and

1415
01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:27,599
Speaker 3: the heel Monster at r I'm very in on those

1416
01:09:27,600 --> 01:09:30,960
Speaker 3: two schools, not necessarily as ones that will challenge for

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Speaker 3: any kind of postseason merit, but I think two teams

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Speaker 3: in the Big Ten in particular because of where they

1419
01:09:37,479 --> 01:09:40,320
Speaker 3: catch other teams on their respective schedules, because of what

1420
01:09:40,360 --> 01:09:43,919
Speaker 3: they've got back coming or coming back on their respective rosters,

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01:09:43,960 --> 01:09:47,000
Speaker 3: Excuse me, I think they're both in a really, really

1422
01:09:47,040 --> 01:09:52,240
Speaker 3: good position to make things interesting at a minimum this year.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna give Mike opportunity to give some flowers out.

1424
01:09:55,120 --> 01:09:59,920
Speaker 1: Who is the best national regional local college football talker

1425
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Speaker 1: with whom you've never worked so a fully unbiased answer,

1426
01:10:06,280 --> 01:10:09,200
Speaker 1: who too? You're like that guy or gal really like

1427
01:10:09,520 --> 01:10:12,200
Speaker 1: has their head on straight when thinking about this sport.

1428
01:10:12,960 --> 01:10:15,840
Speaker 1: I really like Kevin Clark and what because he does

1429
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Speaker 1: both NFL and college. I think he does a really

1430
01:10:18,720 --> 01:10:21,360
Speaker 1: good job. I think his perspective, even as a Miami

1431
01:10:21,400 --> 01:10:24,639
Speaker 1: person and having to live the Mario crystal Ball lifestyle,

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01:10:24,760 --> 01:10:26,720
Speaker 1: I think he's really smart about the sport and has

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Speaker 1: a lot of interesting things to say. And I'm not

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Speaker 1: saying I'm surprised. I just didn't know because I knew

1435
01:10:31,439 --> 01:10:32,920
Speaker 1: him only as an NFL guy before.

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Speaker 3: I always appreciate the commentary of Roger Sherman, even though

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01:10:37,880 --> 01:10:39,960
Speaker 3: it tends to be an answer yeah, even though it

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01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:43,880
Speaker 3: tends to be goofy at times, I think Roger's really smart.

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01:10:43,880 --> 01:10:47,000
Speaker 3: We've had him at live shows. He pays attention to

1440
01:10:47,080 --> 01:10:50,640
Speaker 3: the sport in a way that highlights the joy in

1441
01:10:50,760 --> 01:10:51,200
Speaker 3: the sport.

1442
01:10:51,320 --> 01:10:54,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, did that road trip last year and makes it.

1443
01:10:54,160 --> 01:10:56,519
Speaker 3: Fun for people who follow along with him throughout the

1444
01:10:56,520 --> 01:10:57,880
Speaker 3: course of the year. I'm not sure what he's got

1445
01:10:57,920 --> 01:11:00,559
Speaker 3: planned for this season, but I think what he does

1446
01:11:00,640 --> 01:11:04,040
Speaker 3: is very unique as compared to what else is out there.

1447
01:11:04,080 --> 01:11:07,400
Speaker 3: So we could probably name a thousand different people not

1448
01:11:07,520 --> 01:11:10,599
Speaker 3: to name others, but I really like what rog does.

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Speaker 4: As far as people I haven't worked with, I will

1450
01:11:13,479 --> 01:11:16,360
Speaker 4: say and it's total opposite of Roger Sherman because I

1451
01:11:16,360 --> 01:11:18,320
Speaker 4: think he occupies a little bit more of like the

1452
01:11:18,400 --> 01:11:22,280
Speaker 4: crotchety old timer, but like Stephen Godfrey is a fascinating

1453
01:11:22,320 --> 01:11:24,200
Speaker 4: force in the world of college football. Over with the

1454
01:11:24,240 --> 01:11:27,559
Speaker 4: Fellas it Split Zone duo, and I've worked with Alex,

1455
01:11:27,760 --> 01:11:29,840
Speaker 4: you know, I've had Alex and Richard both on the

1456
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Speaker 4: show at different points. Haven't with Steven yet, but obviously,

1457
01:11:33,479 --> 01:11:36,200
Speaker 4: you know, very plugged in the Bagman article that kind

1458
01:11:36,200 --> 01:11:38,240
Speaker 4: of put him on everybody's radar and you know, made

1459
01:11:38,320 --> 01:11:41,200
Speaker 4: him persona non grado over places like the SEC Network.

1460
01:11:41,240 --> 01:11:44,800
Speaker 4: But it just you know, the way and the frankness

1461
01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:48,120
Speaker 4: with which he approaches all of this, especially now in

1462
01:11:48,120 --> 01:11:51,559
Speaker 4: this day and age, all the coaching news, the realignment news,

1463
01:11:51,600 --> 01:11:53,799
Speaker 4: the things that sort of pull the strings on the sport,

1464
01:11:54,160 --> 01:11:56,400
Speaker 4: but just also you know, the nitty gritty of it,

1465
01:11:56,439 --> 01:11:58,240
Speaker 4: how much he cares about the little guys in it,

1466
01:11:58,320 --> 01:12:00,920
Speaker 4: the whole haul coverage type thing. So he's always been

1467
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Speaker 4: someone in just a good I have the home field apparel.

1468
01:12:03,920 --> 01:12:07,560
Speaker 4: Stephen Godfrey hates my team T shirt somewhere in the

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01:12:07,360 --> 01:12:10,120
Speaker 4: in the in the laundry, So yeah, I'll go with him.

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Speaker 2: Ty.

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Speaker 1: You just did one of these with Richard, right, Richard

1472
01:12:12,600 --> 01:12:15,000
Speaker 1: is coming up next to Richard Sah. I watched a

1473
01:12:15,040 --> 01:12:16,800
Speaker 1: ton of college football when I lived in New York

1474
01:12:16,840 --> 01:12:19,080
Speaker 1: with Richard Johnson. He's great, all right. Mike Golic Junior,

1475
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Speaker 1: what is the easiest way for people to find you

1476
01:12:21,320 --> 01:12:22,080
Speaker 1: and your shows?

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Speaker 4: Your content at Gojoe and Golick on every social media Twitter, Instagram.

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Speaker 4: I believe we have TikTok also that is thankfully maintained

1479
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Speaker 4: by someone a lot younger and savvier than me. So yeah,

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Speaker 4: at Gojoe and Golick for all that stuff. We're excited

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Speaker 4: for the fall coming up here in eight to ten

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Speaker 4: am Eastern Monday through Friday.

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Speaker 1: Love it. Michaelic Junior, thank you very much for your time.

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Speaker 1: Thanks alas appreciate it.

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Speaker 3: Great to hear from Andy and Michaelick Junior. As always,

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Speaker 3: make sure you check them out on three Sports as

1487
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Speaker 3: well as Gojoe and Golick both great invited us on

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Speaker 3: their shows as well, so go and listen to that

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Speaker 3: if you have yet to do so. You did mention

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Speaker 3: a new show at the top of this episode. Yes,

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01:13:10,680 --> 01:13:14,200
Speaker 3: I suspected something. We'll be talking a lot more about

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Speaker 3: over the next week and a half and really throughout

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Speaker 3: the course of the season. Yes, more details to come

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Speaker 3: on what exactly what actually this new show is going

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Speaker 3: to be when you can hear it what all entails.

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Speaker 3: But we're very excited about that. For Ballers dot Com

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Speaker 3: is where you can go. That's our Patreon if you

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Speaker 3: want to further support with Dan and I do. We're

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Speaker 3: about to update those tiers and as I said at

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Speaker 3: the very top of this episode, we're going to redo

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Speaker 3: our entire line of merchandise. We've had so many suggestions

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Speaker 3: over the last couple of years for new items we

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Speaker 3: can add, other additions we can include as part of

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Speaker 3: our existing catalog of items. A lot more to come

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Speaker 3: on all of those fronts. It is game week. There

1506
01:13:55,720 --> 01:13:58,760
Speaker 3: are games starting this Saturday.

1507
01:13:59,000 --> 01:14:02,640
Speaker 1: Hell yeah, TI college football. Not a lot, but some.

1508
01:14:03,080 --> 01:14:05,840
Speaker 3: It's here man, just a little teaser. Yeah, it's great

1509
01:14:06,240 --> 01:14:08,280
Speaker 3: for that guy over there, Dan Rubinstein, for myself, Tie

1510
01:14:08,320 --> 01:14:11,599
Speaker 3: Hilding Brand. Big thanks to our guests of honor Andy Staples,

1511
01:14:11,680 --> 01:14:15,440
Speaker 3: Michael Junior. We will talk to you all on Thursday

1512
01:14:15,600 --> 01:14:16,639
Speaker 3: to preview some games.

1513
01:14:16,800 --> 01:14:18,439
Speaker 1: Stay solid, peace,