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Speaker 1: Are welcome to Lake Agaslab. It is Thursday night, August nineteenth.

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Speaker 1: An extra busy day. Been all around Nashville doing all

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Speaker 1: at home and that has resulted in me wearing a

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Speaker 1: V neck. So from the white tea, I now introduce

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Speaker 1: you to the white V. But nevertheless, we are jam

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Speaker 1: packed tonight, wall to wall college football all over the place.

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Speaker 1: I want to ask you a question. You've heard about

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Speaker 1: all these Georgia injuries by now. We will discuss in

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Speaker 1: just a couple of minutes. Has it really changed Week

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Speaker 1: one or the season at all for Georgia or for

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Speaker 1: Clemson In a way? Yes, I would argue in another way,

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Speaker 1: it's changed it in the total opposite direction that I

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Speaker 1: think most people expected to have changed. I'm going to

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Speaker 1: discuss that to lead the show. Also, there are a

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Speaker 1: ton of things out there, obviously, that you could be

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Speaker 1: talking about right now. If you're a Utah Utes fan,

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Speaker 1: you're probably excited for different reasons than if you're a

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Speaker 1: there are a lot of things that you could be

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Speaker 1: excited about. However, as you know, in preview magazine culture

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Speaker 1: or just preview culture in general, some things bubble to

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Speaker 1: the top and other things tend to get overlooked. Earlier today,

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Speaker 1: I go on Twitter and I say, what are some

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Speaker 1: under the radar things that you think need to get

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Speaker 1: a lot more push, but don't get pushed right now?

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Speaker 1: And you guys gave me like a one hundred or

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Speaker 1: because I thought some of them were really good, and

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Speaker 1: to be honest with you, I realized we're part of

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Speaker 1: the problem because I haven't spoken about a lot of them. Well,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna speak about a lot of them tonight. Also,

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Speaker 1: I have something in my hand that I'm not supposed

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Speaker 1: to have. Didn't say it, Colin, you see that didn't

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Speaker 1: say it, And what it is, in all actuality, is

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Speaker 1: the twenty four seven Sports True Freshman All American List. Again,

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Speaker 1: this is not released until tomorrow, But because I got

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Speaker 1: my hands on it and threatened to leak it earlier

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Speaker 1: But we're going to do some of that tonight. All

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Speaker 1: that plus whispers and intel from no less than five

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Speaker 1: or six camps as quarterback races in some cases are

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Speaker 1: being decided, but in some other cases it's still a

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Speaker 1: dead heat. And now that we're approaching scrimmage, to you

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Speaker 1: start asking the question, could fill in the blank university

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Speaker 1: So tonight, as I often do, I've got something to

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Speaker 1: thank you for, and it's a wide ranging thank you

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Speaker 1: show to show, but tonight specifically, as we have approached

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Speaker 1: the season and camps have gotten underway, something's been happening

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Speaker 1: that has greatly impacted the show, and it's been on you.

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Speaker 1: Information is the lifeblood of anything like this. Information is currency.

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Speaker 1: If you don't have information, you're just regurgitating what everyone

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Speaker 1: very quickly. I would I wouldn't watch the show if

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Speaker 1: there wasn't anything unique here. Well, A lot of the

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Speaker 1: way that we have come to get our information around

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Speaker 1: twenty four to seven Sports network of Team Insiders is

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Speaker 1: a phenomenal resource to have. I used it before I

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Speaker 1: We have had trainers from major programs. We have had

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Speaker 1: But people who are in all walks of life in

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Speaker 1: major programs reach out in the DMS. That's why I

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Speaker 1: leave them open at late kick, Josh, And you know

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Speaker 1: by now if you watch the show, I don't violate

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Speaker 1: And if you're out there, because I know good and

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate that. I mean that obviously helps more

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Speaker 1: than you can know. So let's dive into this whole

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Speaker 1: of injuries earlier this week. So Georgia opens against Clemson.

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Speaker 1: That much we know. Clemson is a slight favorite. That

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Speaker 1: They have been whispered about, but I didn't have specifics.

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Speaker 1: It's a huge test for both teams. It was going

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Speaker 1: Number One, if you haven't already, if you're a Georgia fan,

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Speaker 1: the rest of the dominoes are going to fall. Quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: And Jim Harball's been pretty definitive about this when he's

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Speaker 1: talked about it. So, just like Auburn, you do not

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Speaker 1: associate Michigan with great, great wide receiver play, at least

429
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Speaker 1: you haven't recently, just like he hadn't with Auburn. At Auburn,

430
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Speaker 1: they're very happy with their receiver room. At Michigan, you

431
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Speaker 1: got people around there who would look you dead in

432
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Speaker 1: the eyes and say wide receiver is our best position

433
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Speaker 1: group on this team, and they have names now names.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't necessarily go as far as to say it's

435
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Speaker 1: a bunch of proven production. But then if I were

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Speaker 1: to say that in a debate stage, they would come

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Speaker 1: back at me and say, Okay, but we haven't done

438
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Speaker 1: from an offensive standpoint, what we're going to do this year.

439
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Speaker 1: I can buy that in August again, it's August right now.

440
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Speaker 1: I can buy that. Now. In November, I'm gonna I'm

441
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Speaker 1: gonna have all this intel and I'm gonna be able

442
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Speaker 1: to throw it in your face. So it better tell

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Speaker 1: me what you're promising me right now. But I can

444
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Speaker 1: buy that. Aid mc namara. Really good backfield, hopefully a

445
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Speaker 1: very very good offensive line, but they believe certainly the

446
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Speaker 1: best wide receiver group they've had. Let's do it. Let's

447
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Speaker 1: you got Washington coming in their week two. I'm not

448
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Speaker 1: necessarily overlooking the Broncos of Week one Western Michigan, but

449
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Speaker 1: you got Washington coming in their week two. I think

450
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Speaker 1: we all understand how borderline disastrous it would be if

451
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Speaker 1: Michigan's already got a loss on the resume before they

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Speaker 1: open conference play against Rutgers. So let's do it. It's

453
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Speaker 1: there to be done. And last, but not least, the

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Speaker 1: Oregon Ducks. Kind of like another situation we just talked

455
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Speaker 1: about with Man. I skipped over Texas A and M.

456
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Speaker 1: I forgot all about it. You know what, guys, After Oregon,

457
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Speaker 1: I'll hit Texas A and M right quick. It's not

458
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Speaker 1: about QB one at Oregon. That is again, I think

459
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Speaker 1: been made pretty clear. When we talked about Oregon on

460
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Speaker 1: the show the other night, had some folks from Oregon

461
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Speaker 1: hit me up, folks very close to the program and

462
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Speaker 1: say it's it's will be okay, We'll be fine. We

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Speaker 1: feel very good regardless who we're running with a quarterback,

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Speaker 1: So I trust that person's opinion. Having said that, again,

465
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Speaker 1: it's not about Week one. It's that Week two game

466
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Speaker 1: everyone circles, and that Ohio State game is going to,

467
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Speaker 1: I think provide a very good filter for that team,

468
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Speaker 1: and you're going to run that offense through that filter

469
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Speaker 1: and you're going to see what's left. And then we're

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Speaker 1: going to I think reassess the Oregon season and we're

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Speaker 1: going to ask where is ty Thompson at that point,

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Speaker 1: because Anthony Brown's in all likelihood starting the season. But

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Speaker 1: if they go on the road and the worst fear

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Speaker 1: is realized, I mean, worst things have happened and they

475
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Speaker 1: can't move the ball even though they got all these weapons,

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Speaker 1: one of which we're going to talk about at great

477
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Speaker 1: length later in the show, then I think we got

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Speaker 1: to have a strong conversation because we haven't lost a

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Speaker 1: conference game by that point, still got our entire conference slate.

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Speaker 1: But I mean, we've got to make sure we're maximizing

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Speaker 1: the functionality of the offense. And since I skip right

482
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Speaker 1: over Texas A and M, let's shoot back down to

483
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Speaker 1: college station right quick. Still feel like it's Haines King here.

484
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Speaker 1: I don't think that's ever changed. I don't think there's

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Speaker 1: been a point where anyone close to the programs looked

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Speaker 1: and said, nah, now, I think things have changed. Having

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Speaker 1: said that, Zach Calzada has gotten a lot of meaningful

488
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Speaker 1: reps in camp. Zach Calzada is somebody that if you

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Speaker 1: ask Jimbo Fisher about him right now, he would speak

490
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Speaker 1: probably about three times as fast as I am. But

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Speaker 1: h'd say I feel like Zach can win US football games.

492
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Speaker 1: I do too. For the record, that's not a bad

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Speaker 1: quarterback there. And so I think the follow up is

494
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Speaker 1: because it's a little different dynamic, Texas A and M

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Speaker 1: doesn't open with Marque opponents. They play Kent State Colorado

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Speaker 1: in Denver, no less fun fact coming up, and they

497
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Speaker 1: play New Mexico, and so we get to find out,

498
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Speaker 1: we probably get to find out in some stretched score situations,

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Speaker 1: if you will, what these two quarterbacks are all about.

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Speaker 1: Now here's the fun fact. The fun fact is you

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Speaker 1: see this game they're playing in week two, they're playing Colorado.

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Speaker 1: They're playing them in Denver. You know, Vanderbilt plays Colorado

503
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Speaker 1: State the same day and Colin. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: you've got stats and info in there. No, you don't,

505
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Speaker 1: because you're aally one person here. Okay, so our stats

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Speaker 1: and info department's not ready, but if they were, I

507
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Speaker 1: would venture to think this has got to be the

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Speaker 1: first time two SEC programs have played a game in

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Speaker 1: the state of Colorado in the same day in the

510
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Speaker 1: history of the Earth. And that's going back a long way.

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Speaker 1: So that's a look at the quarterback situations around just

512
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Speaker 1: America and Earth, but not necessarily extending far from that. Okay,

513
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Speaker 1: now this is where we can get in some trouble.

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Speaker 1: So yesterday I heard rumors around here, and that's normally

515
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Speaker 1: about as far as they get with me. I don't

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Speaker 1: get to be on the editorial staff. Let me correct you.

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Speaker 1: I ask not to be on the editorial staf because

518
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Speaker 1: there's too many meetings. So I let Tray Scott handle

519
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Speaker 1: all that. I just show up five minutes before the

520
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Speaker 1: show and hope that we stay on air, But sometimes

521
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Speaker 1: I hear rumors around here, and so let me paint

522
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Speaker 1: you a little picture. Here's the scene tomorrow morning at

523
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Speaker 1: twenty four to seven Sports. There's a lot of hustle

524
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Speaker 1: and bustle. It's a Friday morning, it's a release morning,

525
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Speaker 1: and there's a lot of suspicion around here Tomorrow morning,

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Speaker 1: and there's a lot of distrust and looking over shoulders,

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Speaker 1: and there is probably an entire HR department on a

528
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Speaker 1: roller coasters morning trying to remember how they handle espionage

529
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Speaker 1: and how they handle a mole. Well, if you'll lean

530
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Speaker 1: in right quick, I'm the leak. I'm the mole. Tomorrow morning,

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Speaker 1: the rumor, as it turns out, was true. They're releasing

532
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Speaker 1: the twenty four to seven Sports True Freshman All American Team.

533
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Speaker 1: But I got the entire list right here, So allow

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Speaker 1: me to share this highly confidential information for you. The

535
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Speaker 1: whole thing releases tomorrow morning. But I got one, two, three,

536
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Speaker 1: I'm going to tell you five of them right off

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Speaker 1: the top. Mason Smith at LSU is one of our

538
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Speaker 1: true Freshman All Americans six five, three point fifteen. Now,

539
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Speaker 1: this guy was a five star in every sense of

540
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Speaker 1: the word. When he committed to LSU, big defensive lineman,

541
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Speaker 1: big time prospect in high school. And also, if you'll

542
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Speaker 1: think about where LSU was last year, it's not very much.

543
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Speaker 1: It wasn't very good defensively, and they couldn't stop the

544
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Speaker 1: run to save their life. And so not only did

545
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Speaker 1: ed Orzarn obviously know we had to hit the reset

546
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Speaker 1: button at everything up to an including defensive coordinator, but

547
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Speaker 1: also you know when you bring in Deronte Jones, and

548
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Speaker 1: you and he and your entire defensive staff, you do

549
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Speaker 1: an assessment. It would never benefit you more than it

550
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Speaker 1: does right now to give everybody open access to these

551
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Speaker 1: starting spots. Now, LSU, contrary to popular belief, will not

552
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Speaker 1: be a sieve defensively, far from it. Upfront. Defensively this

553
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Speaker 1: year they feel exceptionally good, unlike last year about the

554
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Speaker 1: depth and talent and skill and versatility that they have

555
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Speaker 1: along the defensive line. But Mason Smith, even having said

556
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Speaker 1: all that, you look at this resume here, he will

557
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Speaker 1: factor in, and he will factor in heavily. Now they

558
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Speaker 1: got Feral and Logan. Glenn. Logan's been hurt. I think

559
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Speaker 1: he'll eventually be back. But you got Evans, you got

560
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Speaker 1: of course Smith, you got Roy. They've got a lot

561
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Speaker 1: of really, really good bodies that they can rotate on

562
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Speaker 1: the interior alone of the defensive line. But I was

563
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Speaker 1: hitting up someone really close to the program today and

564
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Speaker 1: I said, I want you to take your best guess.

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is someone who has their ear very

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Speaker 1: much up against the pulse of every day to day practice.

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Speaker 1: And I said, if I were to take Mason Smith,

568
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Speaker 1: and I asked you, how many snaps you think he'll

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Speaker 1: be playing in games early in the year, the guest

570
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Speaker 1: was about thirty to forty snaps against UCLA if it's

571
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Speaker 1: normal game, seventy to eighty snaps in the game. That

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Speaker 1: is heavy rotation. And so they feel really good where

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Speaker 1: they are now. But you know, Glenn Logan or no

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Speaker 1: Glenn Logan, Mason Smith's going to factor in. So that's

575
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Speaker 1: one of our true freshmen All American. How about Javari Ritzy,

576
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Speaker 1: same position, different university. Let's go to North Carolina. Javari

577
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Speaker 1: Ritzy is going to be a true freshman All American

578
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Speaker 1: for the preseason at least here six five, two eighty five.

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Speaker 1: This is a guy, along with Keishawn Silver, two of

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Speaker 1: the hallmarks of North Carolina signing class, regardless of whether

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Speaker 1: it says starter next to their name. These again are

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Speaker 1: guys who are going to factor in very heavily this year.

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Speaker 1: And when you talk to coaches about Ritzy, and you

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Speaker 1: talk to people on the North Carolina staff about Ritzy,

585
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Speaker 1: they say, motor is there? Strength, is there, leverage, everything

586
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Speaker 1: that we need from a raw, god given standpoint, is there? Techniques. Never,

587
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Speaker 1: It's never been anything about other than technique with him,

588
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Speaker 1: And it's not something that there's a Grand Canyons gap

589
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Speaker 1: between him right now and being able to get on

590
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Speaker 1: the field. But when he came in there, that was

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Speaker 1: the talk. That's still the talk. He'll get it at

592
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Speaker 1: some point this year. He'll get it. And so it's

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Speaker 1: not necessarily just a week one thing with a guy

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Speaker 1: like Javari Ritzy. Check on him in week one when

595
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Speaker 1: they play Virginia Tech, but then come back in week

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Speaker 1: six or week seven, you know, when Miami's coming in

597
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Speaker 1: there and it's the midpoint of the season, you've reached

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Speaker 1: the teeth of your conference schedule. And then ask me

599
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Speaker 1: how many snaps per game Javari Ritzy, keishon Silver, guys

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Speaker 1: like that are getting because I think that number in

601
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Speaker 1: the second half of the season will be a whole

602
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Speaker 1: lot higher. Now let's go to Texas, and we didn't

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Speaker 1: think we were going to be saying the University of

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Speaker 1: Texas with this name, but we are another true freshman

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Speaker 1: All American four twenty four to seven sports in the

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Speaker 1: preset as Xavier Worthy absolutely probably the biggest slam dunk

607
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Speaker 1: or one of the biggest slam dunks that I saw

608
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Speaker 1: on this list. He's a wide receiver. He's sixty one,

609
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Speaker 1: about one hundred and seventy pounds. An unexpected addition to

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Speaker 1: this Texas signing class. And the reason is because I

611
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Speaker 1: sat right here at this desk and made a huge

612
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Speaker 1: deal on signing day about him going to Michigan. Well,

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Speaker 1: it turns out he didn't go to Michigan. He ends

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Speaker 1: up at Texas, and a lot of folks in n

615
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Speaker 1: Arbor salty about it. You have reason to be. I've

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Speaker 1: heard your excuses. They are valid, but that doesn't change

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Speaker 1: the fact that he's going to be dressing for Texas

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Speaker 1: this year. And I think he's going to be starting

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Speaker 1: as a true freshman for Texas this year. Remember what

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Speaker 1: Texas has lacked, namely speed at the receiver position, which

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Speaker 1: is why I have never really gotten into this whole.

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Speaker 1: Texas has got a lot of talent. Look at the

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Speaker 1: team talent composite. They should be winning games. I could

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Speaker 1: have forty seven five star linebackers on my team and

625
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Speaker 1: be really high in the twenty four to seven team

626
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Speaker 1: talent composite. I'm gonna suck because I don't have it

627
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Speaker 1: evenly distributed. Well. One of the places that Texas has

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Speaker 1: had critical under Oh boy, Colin, how about this word

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Speaker 1: distribumant distribution. Yeah, that's what I wanted to go with.

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Speaker 1: Under distribution of that talent, it's been receiver that had speed. Man,

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Speaker 1: they can't pop the top off defenses. Well, Xavier Worthy,

632
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Speaker 1: cam Steve Sarksan knows that, and that's why right in camp,

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Speaker 1: not even the season, in camp, he's been right at

634
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Speaker 1: the forefront of all the conversations. You go over to

635
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Speaker 1: Horns twenty four to seven, you read Chip Brown's practice reports,

636
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Speaker 1: you read Mike Roach and the folks over there. All

637
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Speaker 1: they talk about when they talk about receiver is got

638
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Speaker 1: to fill out from a depth perspective. But Xavier Worthy

639
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 1: has been one of the main stage. You got Whittington,

640
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:43,360
Speaker 1: you got o'meary I'm not discounting more. I know he's there.

641
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 1: When I've spoken about the quality depth here, I'm talking

642
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,280
Speaker 1: about having dudes like Alabama's had, I'm talking about lacking

643
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:53,720
Speaker 1: those kinds of dudes. Xavier Worthy was recruited by Alabama

644
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:55,960
Speaker 1: for a reason. He is one of those kind of dudes.

645
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,200
Speaker 1: Michigan got him, but now his home is Austin, Texas.

646
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 1: Sox He's going to be maybe not the finest technician

647
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 1: in the world in twenty twenty one, but a huge

648
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,520
Speaker 1: weapon for Texas in twenty twenty one. Let's go out

649
00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: to the West Coast. Corey Foreman, former number one player

650
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,360
Speaker 1: in the country, also a twenty four to seven Sports

651
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:18,840
Speaker 1: Consensus preseason All American six four two sixty five defensive lineman.

652
00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,640
Speaker 1: Huge deal for USC to keep him home. That goes

653
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 1: without saying, but also you've got elite pass rush traits here,

654
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 1: and unlike some of the time, especially at this kind

655
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 1: of position, where you get a guy with five stars

656
00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 1: next to his name him, but he's kind of raw

657
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:39,080
Speaker 1: from a college perspective, and so he doesn't immediately get

658
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 1: on the field and flash in week one to week two.

659
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 1: Corey Foreman's there. Those defensive coaches at Southern cal have

660
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,960
Speaker 1: gushed about him, and they don't have to. They are

661
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,400
Speaker 1: volunteering this information. So he is going to be right

662
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 1: there a central part of their defensive approach. With Drake

663
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,480
Speaker 1: Jackson on the other side, those two are going to

664
00:31:57,520 --> 00:31:59,640
Speaker 1: make up one of the best pass rushing duos in

665
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 1: the country, much less on the West Coast now Caveon

666
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 1: Thibodeau up. Eugene will get a ton of run, as

667
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 1: he should. He's probably the best defensive player in the

668
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,280
Speaker 1: country along with Derek Stingley in the preseason at least.

669
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 1: But these two right here, you're talking about past rushing duos,

670
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:17,520
Speaker 1: Drake Jackson, Corey Foreman. If he fulfills half of the

671
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 1: height that his own coaching staff has created for him,

672
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,719
Speaker 1: they'll be a force. I mean, that's a game changing

673
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: duo that you potentially have there. And speaking of Oregon

674
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: and speaking of weaponry that I wanted to talk about

675
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,480
Speaker 1: from earlier in the show, Boy, Troy Franklin is a

676
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,320
Speaker 1: good football player. You don't know him unless you're probably

677
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 1: around Oregon and you follow recruiting. Troy Franklin is a

678
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: big body, true freshman receiver six y three one seventy

679
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,640
Speaker 1: and the wide receiver culture is about to change in

680
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,719
Speaker 1: a large part because of Troy Franklin. At Oregon. This

681
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 1: has been a ground and pound team as of late,

682
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,200
Speaker 1: and that's going to change. You got other guys like

683
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 1: Dante Thornton in the mix here. They brought in several

684
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 1: true freshman skill guys that I think are about to

685
00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 1: flip that entire oh that dirty world narrative. They're gonna

686
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 1: flip it. I tried to retire the word yesterday to

687
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:08,120
Speaker 1: no avail, So that n word, that narrative. Yeah, they're

688
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 1: gonna flip that thing up at Oregon. And he's gonna

689
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 1: be a big reason why. And let me also tell you,

690
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 1: much like Xavier Worthy at Texas, it hasn't mattered. It

691
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 1: hasn't mattered that that TFR is next to his name.

692
00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:22,200
Speaker 1: He's walked right in. He's running with the ones at

693
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: X receiver. And so the other good news, especially for

694
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,200
Speaker 1: Troy Franklin, is he doesn't have to shoulder the load.

695
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 1: They've got excellent tailback skill there. Troy Franklin is surrounded

696
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 1: by several other big time receivers that could start at

697
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 1: a lot of programs, and so Oregon has got again.

698
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,080
Speaker 1: On paper, they got all the talent in the world

699
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:47,760
Speaker 1: that should spell a pretty high level offense this year.

700
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 1: We're gonna wait and see, but that's what it should

701
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 1: look like at Orgon this year. So those are five

702
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:57,200
Speaker 1: true freshman All Americans, Mason Smith, Javari Ritzy, Xavier Worthy,

703
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 1: Corey Forum, and Troy Franklin. Arrest me if you have to,

704
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,800
Speaker 1: but sometimes you just got a leak sensitive information around here.

705
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 1: Last thing I wanted to touch on tonight, and it

706
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:09,200
Speaker 1: could be the last time we talked for a while.

707
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,759
Speaker 1: Based on what I just did, there are some things

708
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,399
Speaker 1: that are off the radar. True enough here you Colin,

709
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 1: here's your intro. So I hop on Twitter today I

710
00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:18,640
Speaker 1: was looking to fill out the rest of the show

711
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:21,480
Speaker 1: and I said, you know what, let's just crowdsource it.

712
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 1: And so I tweeted out, what are some things in

713
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,040
Speaker 1: college football that are off the radar right now that

714
00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,600
Speaker 1: shouldn't be off the radar? And boyd, as you respond,

715
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Speaker 1: I'm looking right now at my account. There are hundreds

716
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 1: of responses here at this point. So I wrote down

717
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 1: a few and I just want to go down the list.

718
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Speaker 1: This will be the most discombobulated, fragmented segment that we

719
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:43,880
Speaker 1: do all month, but here we go. Home field advantage absolutely,

720
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:45,759
Speaker 1: and this has not been off of our radar if

721
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,399
Speaker 1: you've been watching or listening to the podcast, even we've

722
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:51,320
Speaker 1: talked about this several times. You see in the odds

723
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:55,839
Speaker 1: making world, there is a unique home field advantage that

724
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 1: is ascribed to each program. Boise state for a long

725
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 1: time a disproportionately high home field. You would think that

726
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 1: LSU would have a big one. For longtime, Boise had

727
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:09,480
Speaker 1: a big one. It's directly correlated to what a team

728
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 1: performs like in your building, in relation to what they

729
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,719
Speaker 1: perform like on average, and so anyway, I don't know

730
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 1: exactly how much to quantify this, I'm just telling you,

731
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,120
Speaker 1: and coaching staffs are keenly aware of this. They have

732
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,359
Speaker 1: been working on it a lot, even more so than

733
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:28,480
Speaker 1: they normally would about going into true road environments with

734
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,640
Speaker 1: first and second year players filling out a lot of

735
00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 1: their too deep in a lot of cases starting at

736
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:37,440
Speaker 1: this point and having never experienced it. A lot of

737
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:41,279
Speaker 1: times this is overblown, especially in today's college football, with

738
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 1: how good teams are at running silent. A lot of

739
00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:47,480
Speaker 1: times it's overblown this year. If anything, one of my

740
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:50,319
Speaker 1: most favorite aspects of college sports, that being home field

741
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,880
Speaker 1: advantage in football could be undervalued in Week one. And

742
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 1: I say that even knowing a lot of people in

743
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,960
Speaker 1: the gambling community are trying to account for it. I

744
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 1: don't think you can account for the fact that in

745
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,799
Speaker 1: any given game, home field could tilt a game eleven points. Well,

746
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 1: no one in the right mind is attributing eleven points

747
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:10,279
Speaker 1: for home field. You're normally looking at anywhere from two

748
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,520
Speaker 1: to four points, and maybe if you're radical, you bump

749
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:14,839
Speaker 1: it up to five this year in a game. I'm

750
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:16,279
Speaker 1: just telling you there are going to be some games

751
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,160
Speaker 1: where it's so glaring and you look at it and

752
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 1: you say, there's no way I could have ever quantified

753
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 1: that this was going to have this kind of impact

754
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 1: in this game. You're probably looking at the first quarter

755
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 1: of the season where this has max effect. N C

756
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:30,880
Speaker 1: State the wolf Pack. It's another program we have not

757
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:34,319
Speaker 1: spoken about on this show. They return nearly the entire

758
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:37,799
Speaker 1: team from an eight and four campaign. Last year. They

759
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:40,520
Speaker 1: had ten guys carried the ball. Last year, they returned

760
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,279
Speaker 1: nine of them. I mean, that's a really good stat

761
00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:45,760
Speaker 1: They got a lot of experience coming back. Stephen Muma,

762
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 1: I think I read put that out there. I did

763
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:50,759
Speaker 1: not research that on my own. But the question about

764
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:53,239
Speaker 1: NC State is not the quality of team. I mean,

765
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,759
Speaker 1: they have plenty of reason to be optimistic. I will

766
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,879
Speaker 1: tell you why they're skepticism around n C State as

767
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 1: to whether they can improve on that record from last year.

768
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 1: It's called a road trip to Mississippi State, Clemson, at

769
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:08,920
Speaker 1: Boston College, at Miami, Louisville, at FSU at Wake Forest.

770
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:12,880
Speaker 1: That stretch right there is consecutive that is four road

771
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,719
Speaker 1: games in a five week stretch. We're showing you right

772
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:19,880
Speaker 1: now on the YouTube stream. That is not an enviable

773
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:24,399
Speaker 1: spot to be in. And let me make sure one, two, three, Yeah,

774
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,239
Speaker 1: there's no bye week in there. That's tough. That is

775
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,799
Speaker 1: you don't get to see mom very often. I'll see

776
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:33,279
Speaker 1: you at the Louisville game. Otherwise Thanksgiving probably about the

777
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:35,600
Speaker 1: next time I'm going to see you. So yes, yes,

778
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,440
Speaker 1: this is a quality team. And know the schedule for me.

779
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 1: Same deal with Arkansas we're about to talk about. It

780
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,400
Speaker 1: actually does not change the quality of team, but it

781
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,759
Speaker 1: absolutely could change the record, which goes to show you

782
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 1: for the million time, you are not always what your

783
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,399
Speaker 1: record says you are in college. Speaking of records and

784
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:55,800
Speaker 1: speaking of misleading rankings in the preseason, what about Arkansas?

785
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,759
Speaker 1: Because this is another program you guys brought up and

786
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 1: I completely agree with you. Let me pull this up.

787
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,400
Speaker 1: I just I had our friends over at College Football

788
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:08,440
Speaker 1: Unlimited today. That is as a website that I partner

789
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 1: with and I fully endorse. You want to simulate some

790
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:14,879
Speaker 1: tell you what you want a gambling resource aside from

791
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 1: what you get elsewhere, check out college Footballunlimited dot com.

792
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:21,600
Speaker 1: That is that is I know who runs the site,

793
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,759
Speaker 1: very very quality service. So anyway, I had them do

794
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:27,920
Speaker 1: a little research for me and I said, do me

795
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,759
Speaker 1: a favor. Take Arkansas, a team that most people aren't

796
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,120
Speaker 1: expecting to make a bowl game this year and as

797
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,879
Speaker 1: a result, they aren't ranking high. I said, give them

798
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,600
Speaker 1: Coastal Carolina schedule. How many games would they be favored in?

799
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 1: And CEFU comes back about fifteen seconds later says twelve,

800
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,360
Speaker 1: and oh their favorite to go twelve? And oh so

801
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,280
Speaker 1: Coastal's ranked to start the year. It's because you expect

802
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,600
Speaker 1: them to do something schedule wise. I'm guessings I know

803
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,239
Speaker 1: goodwell you are not running down the starting lineups of

804
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 1: Coastal Carolina without checking a magazine. And so I'm asking you,

805
00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:02,160
Speaker 1: this is Arkansas ranked low and off everyone's radar because

806
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:04,240
Speaker 1: you don't think the quality of team is worth anything,

807
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 1: or you just look at this nightmare of a schedule

808
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,120
Speaker 1: that would be tough in the AFC South and say,

809
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 1: I don't think they can do anything against that, Because

810
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 1: you may be right on the back half of that statement,

811
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:16,040
Speaker 1: but I was looking at the JP pole, which we

812
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,880
Speaker 1: are preparing for release. I got Arkansas ranked in the

813
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:22,520
Speaker 1: mid thirties. A team ranked in the mid thirties, let's

814
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,279
Speaker 1: say thirty five, the thirty fifth best team in the

815
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,040
Speaker 1: country should never be in doubt as to whether they're

816
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:30,080
Speaker 1: going to make a Bowl. But they are when they

817
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:32,560
Speaker 1: have to play Texas and then A and M and

818
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 1: at Georgia and at Ole Miss And you see that

819
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:36,640
Speaker 1: highlight if you're watching on YouTube over A and M.

820
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:40,359
Speaker 1: That's a neutral site game, which means Arkansas is going

821
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,880
Speaker 1: on an airplane three weeks in a row only to

822
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 1: welcome in Auburn afterwards brutality. And then, by the way,

823
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:48,719
Speaker 1: in case that wasn't enough for you, I'm going to

824
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 1: go ahead and give you back to back road games

825
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:54,400
Speaker 1: against LSU and Alabama followed by a home game, but

826
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:56,840
Speaker 1: it's really in Little Rock against Missouri. So I'm going

827
00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:58,840
Speaker 1: to give you a grand total of two true SEC

828
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,400
Speaker 1: home games in Fayettle. Well, I'm gonna make you play

829
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:04,600
Speaker 1: well a murderer's row on the road. One of your

830
00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:06,719
Speaker 1: neutral site games is against Texas A and M, and

831
00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:07,960
Speaker 1: then the other ones at the end of the year

832
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:13,480
Speaker 1: against Missouri, Little Rock Arkansas last week of November. It's cold,

833
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:17,080
Speaker 1: it's damp, it is very gray. It looks like the

834
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:20,439
Speaker 1: Big Ten in other words, and you can't skill there's

835
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,480
Speaker 1: no skill in forecasting that that far out. But that's tough.

836
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:26,640
Speaker 1: But my point is that doesn't deter me from thinking

837
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:28,840
Speaker 1: Arkansas as a quality team this year, because if I

838
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,879
Speaker 1: did nothing more than change the schedule around and give

839
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,399
Speaker 1: them Coastal Carolina schedule, all of a sudden we're talking

840
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 1: about whether they could be on the fringes of playoff contention.

841
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:39,279
Speaker 1: Nothing changed except the fact that we think they can

842
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:42,279
Speaker 1: win all their games. Point one hundred and one for

843
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:44,759
Speaker 1: why you're not always what your record says you are.

844
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,880
Speaker 1: What about what about the Pac twelve, some of you

845
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:50,960
Speaker 1: wanted to point out, and I agree with this, you know,

846
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,080
Speaker 1: I agree with this that the PAC twelve may be

847
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:55,360
Speaker 1: way better than people think this year. Now. A lot

848
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:59,359
Speaker 1: of people's ammunition here was that there are five, count them,

849
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: five packed twelve teams in the preseason a people which

850
00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:06,839
Speaker 1: was rumored to have been released this week. I hear, well,

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Speaker 1: that's true. But then the very important follow up that

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Speaker 1: not a lot of you attached as an addendum was

853
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Speaker 1: zero top ten, which is has been and will continue

854
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,520
Speaker 1: to be the story in this conference until proven Otherwise.

855
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:20,839
Speaker 1: You got a lot of decent, you got no great.

856
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:23,919
Speaker 1: Someone's got to flip the script. But this is gonna

857
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 1: be fun conference to watch. I talk about the PAC

858
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:28,319
Speaker 1: twelve more than I should, given what our numbers say

859
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 1: about it, but that's fine. I like PAC twelve. The

860
00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:34,759
Speaker 1: South will be insanity this year. Arizona State was going

861
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:36,799
Speaker 1: to be many people's pick to win it, and now

862
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,120
Speaker 1: you've got all kinds of unrest off the field there,

863
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:40,879
Speaker 1: so no one quite knows what to make of them.

864
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,120
Speaker 1: But then also, I mean, we've got the odds to

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Speaker 1: win the PAC twelve. Right now on the screen, look

866
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:49,359
Speaker 1: at that you've got one to got five teams under

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Speaker 1: plus one thousand to win this thing. Wait a second,

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Speaker 1: I don't know what Utah State's doing on there. Maybe

869
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:58,600
Speaker 1: the University of Utah. Are we re aligning conferences right now?

870
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 1: Did we? I don't think we're allowed to do that.

871
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:05,479
Speaker 1: Hold on a second, hold on there. Okay, So Utah

872
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:07,600
Speaker 1: State is not in the PAC twelve as of tonight.

873
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,480
Speaker 1: We don't know what could happen by daybreak, but I

874
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:14,399
Speaker 1: will say this, Utah inserted for Utah State there they

875
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:16,360
Speaker 1: got a shot to win the PAC twelve. South Arizona

876
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:19,520
Speaker 1: State's in it. USC is favored at the moment, I

877
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:21,919
Speaker 1: think still unless something changed to win the PAC twelve

878
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 1: South Ucla is there with a much tougher schedule than

879
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:27,919
Speaker 1: they're Crosstown Brethren. That's going to be a knife fight.

880
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 1: I don't know if anyone's going to be in contention

881
00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:31,759
Speaker 1: for anything more than the division, but that's going to

882
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:34,320
Speaker 1: be a knife fight. But then, what day is this game?

883
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:39,080
Speaker 1: That November sixth game between Washington and Oregon that could

884
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:41,600
Speaker 1: be huge for the PAC twelve. What if both of

885
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,359
Speaker 1: the teams were undefeated, Well, that would of course mean

886
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:46,719
Speaker 1: there's been a monumental upset pulled off by Oregon at

887
00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:49,440
Speaker 1: Ohio State. That would also mean Washington has gone on

888
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: the road to beat Michigan. Really, either of those would

889
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,600
Speaker 1: be a giant feather in the cap for the Pac twelve.

890
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,960
Speaker 1: But that should be a huge showcase game for them.

891
00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:01,880
Speaker 1: To cross your fingers there. As I said, yes, five

892
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:04,120
Speaker 1: teams in the top twenty five, I don't think it's

893
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:07,000
Speaker 1: radical as a concept zero teams in the top ten.

894
00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:11,400
Speaker 1: I also agree with that. Moving on the Big twelve

895
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 1: coaching situation, and let's just discount Texas, let's discount Oklahoma.

896
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:18,520
Speaker 1: This one I came up with on my own. I

897
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:21,919
Speaker 1: kind of dovetailed it off someone else's point. I think

898
00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:24,120
Speaker 1: it really bears watching in the Big twelve this year

899
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,799
Speaker 1: what TCU is doing, what Kansas State is doing, what

900
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 1: Oklahoma State is doing, what Iowa State is doing. Because

901
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:31,719
Speaker 1: I don't like what's about to come out of my mouth,

902
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,319
Speaker 1: but that doesn't change the fact that this reality the

903
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,800
Speaker 1: sand is shifting right beneath everyone's feet out there, and

904
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:38,600
Speaker 1: if you're not Texas or oh you you don't know

905
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:40,680
Speaker 1: how it ends. And right now you got a lot

906
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 1: of guys like Mike Gundy, like Chris Cleman, I'll throw

907
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:46,960
Speaker 1: Gary Patterson in this. I'll certainly throw Matt Campbell at

908
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:50,600
Speaker 1: Iowa State in this. That currently reside as head coaches

909
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:53,799
Speaker 1: at established Power five programs, And I don't know if

910
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:55,640
Speaker 1: that label is going to be attached to those programs

911
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 1: five years from now or three years from now. And

912
00:43:58,239 --> 00:44:01,040
Speaker 1: I'm saying that to ask you could this year all

913
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:03,920
Speaker 1: of a sudden turn into a giant interview, a giant

914
00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:07,120
Speaker 1: resume builder, a giant job fair for these guys. Dave

915
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:11,000
Speaker 1: Randa at Baylor fits this description too. I don't like

916
00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:14,440
Speaker 1: that at all, But yet, what do you do, especially

917
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:16,560
Speaker 1: if there's demand for you. There would be demand for

918
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:19,279
Speaker 1: Mike Gundy, There's a huge demand for Matt Campbell. Chris

919
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,280
Speaker 1: Kleiman is one of the rising stars in our industry.

920
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:26,319
Speaker 1: Are they staying put even as there's so much uncertainty

921
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 1: and options elsewhere for him? I think that's something to

922
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:32,120
Speaker 1: watch as the season moves on. And some other things

923
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 1: that I couldn't even fit in. Jamior Gibbs at Georgia Tech,

924
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:37,640
Speaker 1: one of the most electric players in the ACC. Had

925
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 1: someone tell me that's the best player on Georgia Tech's team. Yes,

926
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Speaker 1: Malik Willis could be in the Heisman conversation, could have

927
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:49,080
Speaker 1: liberty on the precipice of upsetting someone's New Year's six bid. Yes,

928
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:53,840
Speaker 1: the Sun Belt led by Louisiana, but it certainly doesn't

929
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:55,960
Speaker 1: end with Louisiana. A lot of quality football to be

930
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,480
Speaker 1: played in the Sun Belt this year. Yes, friends, there

931
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:00,799
Speaker 1: is a lot that's off the radar that should be

932
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:02,839
Speaker 1: on the radar a little bit more. And so we're

933
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:04,880
Speaker 1: done being part of the problem. We want to be

934
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 1: part of the solution. So there you go. We almost

935
00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:09,319
Speaker 1: put a team in a new conference tonight. So don't

936
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:12,279
Speaker 1: say we're not trying, because we absolutely are trying. Aroun here, Hey,

937
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:14,239
Speaker 1: do me a favor as I send this into the

938
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Speaker 1: live chat so you know I'm right here. I need

939
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,680
Speaker 1: you to do me a favor. It's very simple. Subscribe

940
00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:22,440
Speaker 1: to the channel. Seventy percent of our viewers still aren't subscribed,

941
00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:24,560
Speaker 1: so please do that and make sure you're following on

942
00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:27,480
Speaker 1: Twitter and Instagram at late Kick Josh and other than

943
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:29,399
Speaker 1: sharing the stuff out there, that's about all I need

944
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:31,839
Speaker 1: to do for Director Colin, for our entire crew down

945
00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:34,160
Speaker 1: in Fort Lauderdale. I'm Josh paid, have yourself as a

946
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Speaker 1: great start to the evening, and God blessed