1 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: And just like that we were back. He had another 2 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: episode of Late Kick Extra. I am Josh Pate. Thank 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: you so much, thank you, thanks, thank you. Five star 4 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: reviews continue to come in, Subscriptions continue to come in. 5 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: I've been notified and I didn't know people did this 6 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: because I'm subscribed to like every podcast I listened to. 7 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,479 Speaker 1: I've been notified that some of you may listen and 8 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: you don't even know you're not subscribed. Double negative there, 9 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 1: but just doing me a positive and subscribe if you 10 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: haven't already to the aforementioned podcast that you're a no 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: doubt listening to right now, if you're hearing my voice, 12 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: and thank you for that in advance, because I know 13 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,160 Speaker 1: you will. We've got a loaded mail bag this morning. 14 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: Stayed up a little bit late last night. I watched 15 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: a movie that was recommended to me called wind Creek. 16 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: Don't know if you've ever heard of it. It sounded 17 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 1: to me like a casino that is not too far 18 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: from where I grew up in Columbus, but it wasn't. 19 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: It was actually really good movie that reminded me of 20 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: Frozen Ground, which is also on Netflix right now, starring, 21 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: among others, Nicholas Cage who used to get his just 22 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,759 Speaker 1: due and does not anymore. Big National Treasure got too. 23 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: I digress. We have got so much to get to. 24 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: Five star reviews, as I said, continue to come in 25 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: subscriptions to the twenty four to seven Sports to YouTube channel, 26 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: continue to come in ten second overview of the format. 27 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: Here it's Q and A Joshpait seven zero six at 28 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: gmail dot com, at Latekickjosh on Twitter, comments on the 29 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: YouTube channel itself. I aggregate all of them in two 30 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: times per week, Tuesday morning and Thursday morning. We do 31 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: a nice Q and a mail bag show here that 32 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: many of you openly say is our best content. And 33 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: you know what, if it is, so be it, because 34 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: you write the show for me, So all I have 35 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: to do is sit down and press record. So it 36 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: was a very very busy day on Wednesday, to say 37 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: the least, in many ways historic, to say the least. 38 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: And I think looks like that's going to extend at 39 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: least one more couple of days, and I think I 40 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: think we need to start there. So I'm gonna hit 41 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: you with Maxwell's question to kick us off this Thursday morning. 42 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: Maxwell said, I'm surprised the big ten flip flopped, and 43 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 1: now I'm out here in Oregon and I feel like 44 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: I'm deserted on an island. Please give me hope we'll 45 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: have a season now. Full disclosure. Maxwell sent this to 46 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: me yesterday morning. So a lot's changed since then. You 47 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: could ask, what do you mean A lot's changed since then? 48 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: This has been going on for months. How could something 49 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: change that radically? Let me read you this tweet as 50 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: we opened the show from John Wilner, who covers the 51 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: PAC twelve as well as anyone in the industry. He said, 52 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 1: at seven am, after the Big Ten announced, the PAC 53 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: twelve was in a very bad place. By seven pm, 54 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: both schools in LA had gotten good news. The conference 55 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: was in a better place, maybe better than anyone could 56 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: have predicted. What a twist, What a day, What a pandemic. 57 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: What he's talking about is yesterday after the Big Ten 58 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: made their announcement that we're coming back and we will 59 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: start up October twenty four, the weekend of October twenty fourth, 60 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: it triggered a chain reaction the likes of which nobody 61 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: yours truly included expected to happen in the PAC twelve, 62 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, around midday which is the 63 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: morning on the West coast, you started to hear Gavin Newsom, 64 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: who is the governor of California. He had a media 65 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: availability and he just said that there's nothing standing in 66 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: the way of the PAC twelve playing. And then others 67 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 1: come out and say, yeah, but that's just a fancy 68 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: turn of phrase, because while there's nothing standing in the 69 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: way of them playing, there is a ton standing in 70 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: the way of them practicing. They had rules out there 71 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: that essentially, when you broke it down, you had to 72 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: practice in groups of five or six, and some unnamed 73 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: official out there actually suggested, well, you can do mental 74 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: reps and you can do five on five practice. Yeah, 75 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: that's right, I didn't misspeak. Someone out there anonymously actually 76 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: suggested five on five football practice would be adequate to 77 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: get you ready to play a game. Now, those of 78 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: you who have ever watched the game, or played the game, 79 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: or even thought about the game at any kind of 80 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: in depth level know that that's absurd. So then you 81 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: get further clarification. As the day goes on and you 82 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: hear looks like things are changing rapidly, You say, what's 83 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: rapidly mean? What were you guys going to have a 84 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: spring season after all. No, no, no, Actually, it looks 85 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: like the governors and the PAC twelve CEOs as they 86 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 1: call themselves, they're working to rapidly overhaul any kind of 87 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: procedure of protocol that will allow PAC twelve football to happen. 88 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: Then you have the governor of Oregon talking. Then, as 89 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: I said, you had the governor of California talking. Then 90 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 1: Larry Scott puts out a statement Commissioner of the PAC 91 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: twelve and says, we're going to expedite this, We're going 92 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 1: to try and make it happen. And your head spinning 93 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: and you're just like what, And you remember the past 94 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: several weeks, and you remember the past couple of months 95 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 1: when you were told there's zero chance that we can 96 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 1: get things underway out here. And then all of a sudden, 97 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: it seems like in a matter of a few hours, 98 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 1: and it seemed that way because it was actually what happened. 99 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: Things just turn upside down, which kind of sidebar lead 100 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: you to ask what was really holding this back all 101 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: a But again, I digress, second time I've used the 102 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: digress word this morning. I digress. As long as you 103 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: give me football, I won't question you too much. So 104 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: now it looks like Friday, which is tomorrow if you're 105 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: listening on Thursday at the day of this recording, looks 106 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: like we've got a big meeting happening out west to 107 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 1: try and get Pack twelve football off the ground, not 108 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: by the spring, but by late October. I'm surprised by that. 109 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm genuinely stunned by that. I'm not surprised 110 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: the Big Ten finally got it tacked together, but that 111 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: was rumored for a while. We were expecting that. But Maxwell, 112 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 1: as you just asked, you want hope. I don't know 113 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: if I gave you hope, but I absolutely think you 114 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: should get hope from what's happened out there over the 115 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: past twenty four hours. At the very least, you should 116 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: have hope. I think that this may happen, and they've 117 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: got some stuff they're dealing with out there. In the 118 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: problem of the hurdle that was always standing in the 119 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: way were state regulations and the fact that some of 120 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: these Pack twelve schools, especially in California, they couldn't even 121 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: get into their building. I don't know the last time 122 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: I'm chip Kelly and UCLA were even allowed in their building, 123 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 1: and so it's almost like someone grabbed officials by the 124 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: shoulders and shook them and said, are you aware that 125 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: this is keeping us from doing that? And they said no, 126 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 1: I didn't know that. Well, let me see what I 127 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 1: can do about that once I get back from lunch. No, no, no, 128 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: we need it done now. Okay, I'll do it now. 129 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: It feels like that's the way that things are being 130 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: handled on the West Coast right now. But at least 131 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: they're being handled. So, you know, Larry Scott feels like 132 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: he's looking around saying, wait a second, this is all 133 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: it took all along. Yes, Larry, maybe that's what it 134 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: took all along. So Maxwell, I think you got hope. Brother, 135 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: think you got much more hope than you had this 136 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: time yesterday. Butcher's next up. In your podcast today, you 137 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: said people thought you said Texas is back. Well that 138 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 1: got me thinking, if I told you one of USC Michigan, 139 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: Texas or Miami would be back in five years, could 140 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: you rank them in order of the possibility and explain why. Okay, 141 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: so we got four blue blood programs here. We've got 142 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: four traditional power type programs, and they've all seen their 143 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: time in the sun in order, if five years from 144 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: now one of them's back, which one from most to 145 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: least likely would they be. I guess I didn't need 146 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: to reword your question, Butch, but I did for my 147 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: own sake. I think Texas would be the first. Naturally, 148 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: I'm picking them to go to the College Football Playoff 149 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: this year, so I feel like they're much closer. Miami 150 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: would be second, Michigan would be third, Southern Cal would 151 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: be fourth. And now you asked me to explain, so 152 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: I will Texas. I feel like with a change of 153 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: athletic director and then now the subsequent changes with both 154 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: coordinator positions and the consistently recruiting in top ten fashion 155 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: over the past few years, I think they're much more 156 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: set up to where you know, if you have the 157 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: right things fall into place from an operational standpoint, if 158 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: you have things In other words, I think Texas has 159 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: fractional degrees of change that need to happen there relative 160 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: to what needs to happen at some of these other programs. 161 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: I think Texas is much much closer. Is the reason 162 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: I would put Texas there, And you'll never have to 163 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: worry about passion or investment at Texas. Miami is the 164 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: second one, and the Miami one's kind of a hunch, 165 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: and I'll admit that to you, but it's kind of 166 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: a hunch just going off some very recent recruiting momentum 167 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: that they've had in South Florida. It cooled a little 168 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: bit when Jason Marshall and Collier and a couple of 169 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 1: those guys from Homestead down there committed to Florida. But 170 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 1: still there's a lot of energy about Miami and I 171 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: think they have an opportunity if they are you know, 172 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: that's why this Louisville game they play this weekend so important. 173 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: If they are to surprise some people this year and 174 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: just announce to the world at least we're back to 175 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: being a factor in the acc To me, that's all 176 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: little take to convince South Florida talent to start to 177 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: stay home. And that is the key to Miami contending. 178 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: Michigan is the third. And the reason Michigan is the 179 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: third is because they are in the Big Ten, which 180 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: means you don't have access readily to the kind of 181 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: talent base that Texas or Miami do. That doesn't mean 182 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: you can't get them, but you got to go down 183 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 1: there to get them. And secondly, it means as much 184 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: as I think Jim Harbaugh may have made the right 185 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: move in bringing in Josh Gaddis offensive coordinator and thus 186 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 1: overhauling what was badly needed, and that is an offensive 187 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 1: overhaul in Michigan, it's still in the process sort of deal. 188 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: We don't know that Josh Gaddis was the right hire. 189 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,559 Speaker 1: You have to wait. You have to, for instance, get 190 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy in your future quarterback. You have to get 191 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: receiver talent that you are starting to make inroads on 192 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: and get commitments from. You have to get him in 193 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: and so Michigan. If all those things fall in place, 194 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: that'd be great. Michigan's number three, though for those reasons, 195 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: still a lot of uncertainty there. Southern Cal's number four. 196 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: It's hard for me to put Southern Cal any high 197 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: er than four on here, only because I think most 198 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: of us would agree the current head coach, Derek clay 199 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: Helton is not perceived to be the long term answer, 200 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 1: and I don't perceive him to be the long term answer. 201 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: They are also affiliated with the conference that by the 202 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: very nature of that affiliation gives them some obstacles and 203 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 1: puts some external roadblocks in their path before you even 204 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,599 Speaker 1: try and deal with your own issues internally. So I 205 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: go Texas, Miami, Michigan, USC. Tristan is next. What are 206 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: your thoughts on Georgia Florida playing at a neutral site 207 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: every year. I'm kind of an outsider to this event 208 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: as a Tennessee fan. I've never been to the game 209 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: experienced the atmosphere, but from the outside looking in, I 210 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:42,719 Speaker 1: feel the event would be more of a spectacle. If 211 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: Georgia travel to Gainesville or Florida travel to Athens for 212 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 1: a big game, the atmospheres would be insane. I don't 213 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:52,079 Speaker 1: think the current fifty to fifty fans split is dull, 214 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: but it doesn't seem as intense. Tristan, I've been to 215 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 1: this one several times. It's plenty intents my friend, so 216 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: I would suggest making that trip if you can. As 217 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,680 Speaker 1: a Tennessee fan, I don't know if you want to 218 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 1: justify slashing your weekly budget by about a half or 219 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: a third to buy tickets, but I would suggest going. 220 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: I like it. I've always enjoyed the neutral side event 221 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: only because it's unique. It's just something different. I've never 222 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,599 Speaker 1: been a believer that you have to have such congruency, 223 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: and you have to have everything symmetrical in college football. 224 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 1: And there's this pro sports mentality that sometimes gets applied 225 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 1: to college football, and it's always aggravated me. You got 226 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:37,559 Speaker 1: a bunch of I think it's done by a lot 227 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: of sports writers who grew up covering pro football that 228 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: were only assigned to cover college football in the last 229 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five years, once the sport really exploded on 230 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: a more national level, and so they brought a pro 231 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:55,439 Speaker 1: sports mentality to covering college football. And that meant, all right, well, 232 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: that you got to have a certain number of teams here, 233 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 1: a certain number teams there. Everyone plays the same number 234 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: of games. That's not college football. College football is totally unique. 235 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: Notre Dame doesn't until this moment playing a conference. Georgia 236 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: does play in a conference. Alabama and LSU never play 237 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: at a neutral site. Georgia Florida only play at a 238 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: neutral site. They're all kinds of little idiosyncrasies about college football. 239 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: I think that add to the flavor and uniqueness of 240 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 1: the sport. This is a sport unlike any in the world. 241 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:29,359 Speaker 1: And so the Georgia Florida example, this is just one example. 242 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: If you look at college football. It's sort of a 243 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 1: Christmas tree. It's just one of the ornaments on the 244 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: tree that I don't have a problem with. I actually 245 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: love it because I know every other game. You know, 246 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: you said you're a Tennessee fan, Tristan, So you know, 247 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: even if you don't so much care for the Georgia Florida, 248 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: that's one event when you guys play Georgia, it's going 249 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: to be a Kneeland. Every other year when Alabama plays LSU, 250 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 1: you're gonna be able to watch that a couple of 251 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 1: weeks later, either in Tuscaloosa or Baton Rouge. So we 252 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: just kind of like a buffet. You get a little 253 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,079 Speaker 1: bit of everything instead of walking up to the buffet 254 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: and it's all collar greens. I love collar greens, but 255 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,959 Speaker 1: if you don't like them, it's not gonna be a 256 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: fun day at the buffet for you, my friend. So, 257 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: I like a little bit of everything in college football, 258 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: and I love that atmosphere. Now. I really think if 259 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: you went to the game, you'd probably have your mind 260 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: change there. Tristan, no is next up. I appreciate that 261 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: you've brought to light the awful situation in Louisiana with 262 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: the hurricane, hoping and praying those down there are safe. 263 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 1: Endorse that second that, and we continue to urge you. 264 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,719 Speaker 1: This is me talking for the moment. We continue to 265 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 1: urge you please reach out and help the folks in 266 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 1: Cameron Parish and Lake Charles, Louisiana any way you can. 267 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 1: Since then, we've just had another hurricane come on shore. 268 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: Talk to some folks in Pensacola yesterday that decided to 269 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: ride it out. Some bad flooding happening in the Florida Panhandle, 270 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 1: the Alabama coast all the way up through my hometown 271 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:53,839 Speaker 1: of Columbus, Georgia. I got about half a foot of 272 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: rain yesterday. But the folks down there need your help, 273 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:59,199 Speaker 1: So please continue to reach out and help. I know 274 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: a few of you have reached and asked how. I've 275 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: gotten feedback that a few of you have done that, 276 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 1: and so thank you so much for that. All right, 277 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 1: Noah continues his question. My question is, out of every 278 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: college football game you've been to, which was your absolute 279 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: favorite and why. I've only been to a few games, 280 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: but my favorite was the twenty fourteen ACC title game 281 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 1: between Florida State and Georgia Tech. Noah, I tried and 282 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 1: tried and tried. I couldn't narrow this down to one, 283 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: so I wrote down a few. I was on the 284 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 1: let's see one, two, three. I was on the field 285 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: for every single one of these games. I'm about to 286 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: list twenty seventeen Alabama Georgian National Championship game. That's the 287 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 1: second and twenty six game. Think that's at the top 288 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: of my list and probably always will be unless I 289 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: have some sentimental favorite that overtakes that. But you'll never 290 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 1: to me. I don't think anyone in this business could 291 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: ever experience anything. I don't think any fan, especially if 292 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 1: you were invested is double, especially if you were invested 293 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: on the Alabama side of things. I don't think anyone 294 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: could ever experience anything like that. That was the most 295 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: surreal moment. It was the most time stand still moment 296 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: that I've ever witnessed in person or on TV, to 297 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: be honest with you. And also it was in Atlanta. 298 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: I was working down the road one hour down the 299 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: road in Columbus, so that's that was my drive home 300 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 1: after the game. I didn't get home until I think 301 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: it was eight forty five or nine am the next morning. 302 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 1: We just stayed there like the folks who had worked 303 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: the event just kind of stayed there. When I say 304 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: time stand still, that makes it pretty obvious, doesn't it. 305 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: The other one involving that year that twenty seventeen season 306 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: was the Georgia at Notre Dame game. It was the 307 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: first time I had ever been to go to a 308 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: game at Notre Dame because I only cover teams at 309 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: that point, I was only covering teams in the South, 310 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: so you know, stands to reason we didn't have many 311 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: visits to South Bend, Indiana, but we made the drive 312 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: up there back same day, good old fashion turn and burn, 313 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: and that was a really, really fun time. That was 314 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: another one where I kind of lingered a little bit 315 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: longer than I would after a game. I'm normally out 316 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 1: of there about an hour and a half two hours 317 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: after the game ends. I stayed there a little bit longer, 318 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: and I just kind of walked around empty stadium up 319 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: there and just kind of like I remember sitting on 320 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: one of the bleachers, just sitting there for like five 321 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: ten minutes, thinking, how in the world have you entered 322 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: a world wherein someone is paying you to come up 323 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: here and do this? And for the record, I still 324 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: don't have an answer to that. How about twenty nineteen 325 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:41,359 Speaker 1: LSU Alabama last year some of the biggest stakes, biggest spotlight, 326 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: biggest stage of any game that you'll ever see in 327 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: the regular season. That was a fun time. Had to 328 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: get their six hours early. Secret Service really fun chatting 329 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: with Secret Service. You know, the bad part if you're 330 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: at a game at any point with any president when 331 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: they're coming in, is you got to get there early. 332 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: But the fun part is Secret Service is their early 333 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: and they don't have anything to do for a long time, 334 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: so you can just chat them up and you know, 335 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 1: you can ask them fifteen questions and fourteen they can't answer. 336 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:10,239 Speaker 1: But when you finally stumble upon that one question they 337 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: can answer, you go, WHOA. So that was really really fun. Also, 338 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: the game wasn't bad. Twenty sixteen LSU Auburn. I've talked 339 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 1: about this one before. I've told entire stories about this one. 340 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 1: This was the game where it was clock winding down. 341 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 1: LSU's driving on Auburn. LSU three two one zero. Snap 342 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 1: gets the playoff, or so it seems, touchdown. LSU wins review. 343 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: Uh oh, didn't get the snap off in time. LSU loses. 344 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 1: So I was in the LSU corner. I was down 345 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 1: there on the field, but I was in the corner 346 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 1: end zone where it looks like they had scored, and 347 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: I was around the LSU fans, so I heard all 348 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 1: the noise you would possibly hear from a road team 349 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: winning a game in dramatic fashion. And then I also 350 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: witnessed the overturn and then you witnessed an higher stadium explode, 351 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 1: and I remember Leonard Fournett and the guys there, it 352 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:06,919 Speaker 1: just like collapsed on the field. And then that was 353 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:10,199 Speaker 1: also the game Less Miles would go on to be 354 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 1: fired from. That was his last game as the head 355 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: coach at LSU. And I've told that story before, watching 356 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: that kind of entire sequence play out after the game 357 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 1: and watching him film as coaches show and his wife 358 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: standing on the field with her back to him, not 359 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: even able to look on because she understands what's coming. 360 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:30,959 Speaker 1: He knew what was coming. So that was I'm not 361 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: saying that was fun to watch. I'm just saying the 362 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: entire experience, if it was gonna happen, where else would 363 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: you rather be than there to witness it? Because I mean, 364 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,640 Speaker 1: it's part of for better or for worse, the fabric 365 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: of what makes the SEC totally unique unto to meet 366 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 1: any other conference in America. Again, sometimes for the worse, 367 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 1: sometimes for the better. The twenty eighteen Alabama Georgia SEC 368 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: championship game was pretty incredible. That's the year after they 369 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 1: played in that same building for the championship, and that 370 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: was the one where two is in the game, he's out, 371 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts comes back in the game after being benched 372 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: against the same team in the year before, and that 373 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 1: was really emotional. There were a lot of folks, the 374 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: head coach over there at Alabama included mister Saban, very 375 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: emotional to the degree that I had never seen before. 376 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: In his postgame interview when they won it, he was 377 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 1: emotional up that tunnel. He was infinitely more emotional than that. 378 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,399 Speaker 1: I can just tell you I witnessed that firsthand. So 379 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: that one is one I will never forget. And I'll 380 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: tell you the final one is the year that Dabo 381 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: and Clemson won their first national championship. I was down 382 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 1: in Tampa at that game and that was the one 383 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: where with one second left, they ran a pick play 384 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: as beautifully designed as any pick play you'll ever see 385 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 1: and they pull off a national championship win, and that 386 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: was a hungry fan base and they got served that night, 387 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: and boy did they eat. Boy did they ever eat? 388 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:02,360 Speaker 1: All Right? Next up, Matthew, how significantly do you expect 389 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,879 Speaker 1: fans and recruits and administrators to evaluate the results of 390 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:10,400 Speaker 1: this upcoming year considering all the external factors and complications. 391 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 1: I'm a Tennessee fan. I'm already preparing myself for a 392 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: tough year based on the struggles we've had with COVID. 393 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,360 Speaker 1: I'm really hoping a week year in the win loss 394 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: column doesn't kill our positive momentum that was surrounding the 395 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:26,879 Speaker 1: program before, because the coaching staff really has no control over. Matthew, 396 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,880 Speaker 1: I agree with you. I was asked this question yesterday. 397 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:31,879 Speaker 1: I was on with Trey Wallace and the guys in 398 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: Knoxville on Fox Sports Radio there and they asked me 399 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: sort of a version of the same question you did. 400 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 1: And here's the way that I looked at it. The 401 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: way I look at it is, on one hand, from 402 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: a rational perspective, everything you said is right. Tennessee has 403 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 1: been decimated behind the scenes by COVID and contact tracing 404 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 1: and guys having to sit out. Jeremy Pruitt the other 405 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: day openly said, we're going to have to carry our 406 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:01,920 Speaker 1: camp structure into the season one or two weeks. Think 407 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: about that camp. We're gonna have to carry our camp structure. 408 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 1: When you're trying to formulate and solidify a team, a 409 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 1: football team that you're gonna play games with, they're having 410 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 1: to carry that structure into the season. And he's just 411 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 1: basically he wasn't even really shy or guarded about it. 412 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 1: He was just flat out telling the media there we 413 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 1: are still trying to build a team. And that was 414 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 1: my question as a follow up, and still is my question. 415 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: When do you have a football team? When do you 416 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: have a team and not just a collection of individuals 417 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 1: and a depth chart that's not a football team. There 418 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 1: is this intangible sort of cohesion and synergy and there's 419 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 1: this again, this glue that makes a team instead of 420 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: just a group of guys, And you have to go 421 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 1: through things like you have a minimum baseline that you 422 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: need to be able to do to hopefully formulate that. 423 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: Sometimes even in the best years where there's no COVID, 424 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: you don't ever get that happen. You certainly have a 425 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:57,920 Speaker 1: hard time doing it though, if you've got all these 426 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: external factors and roadblocks, as you say, that have been 427 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,479 Speaker 1: thrown in front of you, so when do you have 428 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: a team? Now? As I said, it's rational to think 429 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 1: what I just said and what you just said is reality. 430 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 1: But here's what else we know. Rationale does not have 431 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: a place in the sport once it kicks off. Very 432 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: little of it, let's just say, very little exists and 433 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,959 Speaker 1: perspective and all that, because here's what I could just 434 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: as easily see people coming at me with. On the 435 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 1: other side, Matthew, I could just as easily see someone say, well, okay, yeah, 436 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 1: Tennessee dealt with COVID, But so did everyone else? Think 437 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 1: about For instance, if you play a game in pouring 438 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: down rain and you lose the game, inevitably a bunch 439 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 1: of fans are gonna say, well, I mean it was 440 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: raining and we had to play in the rain. And 441 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:45,879 Speaker 1: since someone else is gonna say, yeah, but it rained 442 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 1: for both teams. And that's true, meaning as long as 443 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:51,199 Speaker 1: the factor's equal, as long as the playing field will 444 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: still equal, there's no excuse. There's no more excuse to 445 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,400 Speaker 1: be had than in a normal situation. And I think 446 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 1: someone's gonna say that. I think many someone's would say 447 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:02,719 Speaker 1: that about Tennessee this year if they were to go 448 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 1: four and six and someone said, well, covid someone else 449 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: or maybe as I said five, someone else's would say, yeah, 450 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: But it covided on everyone to steal the rain analogy, 451 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:17,679 Speaker 1: it covided everywhere it did. That's true, But fractional degrees 452 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,479 Speaker 1: of change program to program could be the difference in 453 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: two dozen players being out. And so this is as 454 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,400 Speaker 1: big a case by case basis as you should ever 455 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:30,120 Speaker 1: see or hope to ever see in the sport. It's 456 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 1: not even on one hand, it is even perceptionally, but 457 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 1: it is really not even. So I hope, like you do, Matthew, 458 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 1: that people are able to look at the season for 459 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: what it is and not for what it isn't. And 460 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,159 Speaker 1: what it isn't is normal. It's legitimate, but it's not normal. 461 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 1: Two very different concepts there. One is next up, Josh, 462 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: do you think that the Mac ends up being the 463 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: biggest loser in this whole situation by following the Big 464 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 1: ten off a cliff? They are now in no position 465 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 1: to play while the big boys play in their same footprint. 466 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: The Big Ten's back the Mac's not. Meanwhile, the Sun 467 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: Belt in the American are rolling two one. Well, the 468 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: Mac's not a winner here. It should be noted though 469 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,400 Speaker 1: the MAC did not follow the Big Ten. The MAC 470 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,880 Speaker 1: made their move, and then the Big ten made their move. 471 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 1: Now the Big ten has since backtracked after famously Larry 472 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 1: or not Larry Scott. When in the world am I thinking? 473 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: There After Kevin Warren said we will not revisit this. Well, 474 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 1: then they revisited it, and so they're back. The MAC 475 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: is not, And as you said, the Sun Belt still 476 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 1: good to go, the American still good to go. I 477 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,120 Speaker 1: will not pretend to know all the factors that were 478 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: in play behind the scenes that led to the MAX decision. 479 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: It could be that it was a heavily politicized decision. 480 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: It could be that there were zero politics involved whatsoever. 481 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm not privy to it. I won't 482 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: pretend to know, but I will say, regardless of what 483 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,119 Speaker 1: the circumstances were, it's hard to view the MAC as 484 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 1: anything other than an ultimate loser in this whole thing, 485 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,160 Speaker 1: not just veraging the character, but just in terms of 486 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 1: you're either plus or minus. Well, it's a big minus 487 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: for them. And they are, unlike their brethren in the 488 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 1: Big Ten, ill equipped to deal with this kind of impact. 489 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: You've already seen the impact. As a matter of fact, 490 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 1: you've seen sort of the windfall up there of all 491 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 1: kind of budget cuts and programs being acted entirely from 492 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:24,440 Speaker 1: athletic departments. This is just the beginning of that. So yeah, 493 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 1: I worry about the MAC being able to sustain its 494 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: image as you know it in the future. If the 495 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 1: Big Ten would have canceled their season, you would have 496 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: seen some people lose their jobs, you would have seen 497 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 1: financial impact, you would have seen a bunch of really 498 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 1: tough headlines. But Wisconsin football would have looked the same 499 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,400 Speaker 1: to you next year. I will football would have looked 500 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 1: the same. I don't know that Akron football will look 501 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: the same next year. Like one of my biggest concerns 502 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 1: is waking up one day and seeing a headline twenty 503 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: four to seven sports overnight. One of our desk guys 504 00:25:56,400 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 1: has put a headline up MAC programing shuttering their football 505 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: team like that would be worst case, And while I'm 506 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: not suggesting that's going to happen, I haven't heard anything 507 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 1: like that. That is one of my biggest concerns, Chris. 508 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 1: Next up asks how do you feel about two quarterback systems? Chris, 509 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: I'm glad you asked this because I had a back 510 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 1: and forth with someone today. Someone dropped one of the 511 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 1: most ignorant statements in all of sports. To me, there's 512 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: a big difference between stupidity and ignorance. By the way, 513 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: ignorance is just not really knowing anything about something. You 514 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:33,360 Speaker 1: could have a rocket scientist that's ignorant about cooking. So 515 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 1: someone was ignorant about quarterback play today. And someone told 516 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 1: me when talking about the Georgia quarterback situation, well, you know, 517 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,160 Speaker 1: if you got two quarterbacks, you don't have any quarterbacks. 518 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 1: And it was so ironic that this was coming from 519 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: a Georgia fan, because I had to remind that Georgia 520 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,640 Speaker 1: fan that it hasn't been more than three or four 521 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: years where in back to back seasons you got beat 522 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,880 Speaker 1: in a National title game and an SEC title game 523 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 1: by a team playing two quarterbacks. One of them's name 524 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: was two a Tongue of Iloa, the other one's name 525 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 1: was Jalen Hurts, and they beat you both times and 526 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 1: kept you from winning championships. So was the answer Alabama 527 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: had no quarterbacks or did they have two quarterbacks? So 528 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 1: I know what this is rooted in. What it's rooted 529 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: in is sometimes when you have a quarterback battle going 530 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,360 Speaker 1: on this close to the start of the season, sometimes 531 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 1: it means no one has separated themselves, and that means 532 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: your head coach and your offensive coordinator and your staff 533 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 1: they haven't found one guy that can get the job 534 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 1: done yet. But that's not always the case. And this 535 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: is irrelevant. This is totally independent of anything happening at 536 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,439 Speaker 1: Georgia right now, because you didn't even ask about Georgia. 537 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 1: I'm using them as an example. It could be that 538 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,400 Speaker 1: once JT. Daniels is medically cleared, oh, he's good enough 539 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,640 Speaker 1: to win the SEC. And it could be Dewan Mathis 540 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:56,919 Speaker 1: is good enough to win the SEC. It could be 541 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,160 Speaker 1: that neither of them are good enough. So the two 542 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: quarterback system question that you're asking me, I guess my 543 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,640 Speaker 1: answer is it depends on how many you can win with. 544 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:08,119 Speaker 1: Do you have two quarterbacks you feel like you can 545 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,360 Speaker 1: win with or are you playing two quarterbacks because you're 546 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,400 Speaker 1: not totally sure you can win with either one of them, 547 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 1: so you're hoping a combination of the two ends up 548 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 1: producing in the aggregate one winning quarterback. If that's the case, 549 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,199 Speaker 1: then no, I don't like the two quarterback system. But 550 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: if you've got two guys you think you can win with. 551 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: We just mentioned Alabama it Listen. They believe Mac Jones 552 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: and Bryce Young are both good enough to play this year. 553 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 1: I think Alabama's got a two quarterback system this year. 554 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 1: And I don't think anyone's going to suggest that coming 555 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 1: into the season, but I'm telling you right now, before 556 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 1: the end of this year, if no one gets hurt, 557 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 1: if no one has to sit out for contact tracing 558 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 1: or whatever, if things just go off without a hitch, 559 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 1: I think Alabama's got a two quarterback system this year. 560 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 1: So Georgia may have one and Alabama may have one, 561 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: and I feel one hundred and eighty degrees opposite program 562 00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: to program. All right, Next up is this is man. 563 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 1: I didn't get a name on this. Oh, I'll tell 564 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: you who it is. It is. They took all the 565 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 1: good names. That's the poster's name in the podcast review section, 566 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: So they took all the good names. Said you said 567 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: twenty four to seven is the best recruiting service for 568 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: ranking recruits. Does that mean when you're looking at star ratings, 569 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 1: you value the twenty four to seven rating over the 570 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 1: composite rating for a player. There are there's a very 571 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,280 Speaker 1: fine way to answer this to me. So I value 572 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: the composite rating. That's the sort of quote unquote industry standard. 573 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 1: That's what you'll hear most people reference. That's what you'll 574 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: hear US reference. It allows total transparency. It factors in 575 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 1: excuse me, hiccup. It bakes in every rating from other 576 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:48,640 Speaker 1: services to where you get, in theory, a more well 577 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 1: rounded evaluation of a player. Here's where I value our guys. 578 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: I see the process here. I know the manpower that's 579 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: put in, I know the infrastructure that's in place, and 580 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 1: so I know there is no one doing a more 581 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 1: thorough job. I say this with bias, but it's not 582 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 1: really biased because I said this long before I ever 583 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,480 Speaker 1: got here. I would talk about it so much when 584 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 1: I was down in Columbus that people thought I worked 585 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 1: for twenty four to seven when I was in Columbus, 586 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: and I can assure you I didn't. I just wasn't blind. 587 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 1: So I can see and a lot of you understand 588 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 1: what I mean by this. So what I view this 589 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: as is I'll take the industry standard being the composite rating. 590 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: But if I see our guys and I see the 591 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 1: twenty four to seven rating on a kid vastly different 592 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:38,320 Speaker 1: than the composite rating, I'm going to assume our guys 593 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:41,600 Speaker 1: are ahead of the industry. That's where I land on that. So, 594 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: in other words, for those of you who have no 595 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 1: clue what we're talking about here, the way that I 596 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 1: if I were a tight end playing here in Nashville, 597 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:53,880 Speaker 1: if if I were rated by Rivals and ESPN and 598 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: twenty four seven Sports. The way that twenty four seven 599 00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 1: does it is they have a composite rating, which is 600 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 1: where they take the appage of all the services for me, 601 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 1: mister tight end in Nashville, and then they spit out 602 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 1: a composite score. But then they also have as part 603 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: of that composite they also have our individual twenty four 604 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: seven Sports player rankings. So what I'm saying is, if 605 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:18,960 Speaker 1: Rivals had me as a three star and ESPN had 606 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 1: me as a three star, and you know twenty four 607 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: seven Sports had me as a high four star, I'm 608 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: gonna value obviously in this case, but I'm gonna value 609 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,480 Speaker 1: in any case. The twenty four to seven rating there, 610 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,640 Speaker 1: just because I lean that way and always have. Matthew 611 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:35,880 Speaker 1: is next up, Josh. I was wondering if you could 612 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 1: rank the big three recruiting hot beds in California, Texas, 613 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:44,960 Speaker 1: and Florida. I go Florida, California, Texas, Matthew in that order. 614 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 1: Florida is because I don't think that there is anything 615 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 1: that you can go there and not find. Big time 616 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,440 Speaker 1: offensive line and defensive line talent comes out of there, 617 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: great speed. In the defensive backfield. You've seen several really 618 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,320 Speaker 1: high quality linebackers come from there. Every kind of offensive 619 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 1: skill you could ever want. A lot of quarterbacks, half 620 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: of that's cheating because you can go to IMG Academy 621 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:11,000 Speaker 1: in Florida, but I think everybody goes to Florida for 622 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 1: an obvious reason. California would be next up. California is 623 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,440 Speaker 1: kind of the same as I would describe them as Florida. 624 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,360 Speaker 1: I think you probably know if you're in the market 625 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 1: for quarterbacks, you're probably in an averagear more likely to 626 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,120 Speaker 1: find high caliber quarterbacks on the West coast in California. 627 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: So the reason I didn't put California above Florida is 628 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,720 Speaker 1: because I think year to year, if I were looking 629 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 1: at line play, I would probably value the line play 630 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 1: that I can get out of Florida over California. Again, 631 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 1: not a huge gap there, to be honest with you. 632 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 1: And then Texas would be third. And the reason with 633 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 1: Texas is because I've viewed it rightly or wrongly, I've 634 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:54,920 Speaker 1: thought of Texas as a place where the players come 635 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 1: out of there, and when the players come out of there, 636 00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 1: sometimes they've been so well coached and they've been so 637 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,479 Speaker 1: highly developed because everybody's got their act together. They're from 638 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:05,240 Speaker 1: the pee wee league to the junior high of the 639 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:08,560 Speaker 1: high school to the college levels. Everyone's on the same page, 640 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 1: and so guys get really really good as good as 641 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 1: they're gonna get pretty quickly. And I look at Texas 642 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:18,880 Speaker 1: guys sometimes and I wonder. People think maybe a Texas 643 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 1: kid underachieves at the college level, But I often wonder 644 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 1: is it just because their potential was already maxed out? 645 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 1: Because the system in Texas did such a good job 646 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 1: of developing them that what you would normally expect for 647 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:34,800 Speaker 1: a kid to increase his performance forty percent in college 648 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,960 Speaker 1: was never possible because the kid was already playing at 649 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 1: the highest level he was capable of. That happens in 650 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:44,800 Speaker 1: Texas a lot. That's not a knock. It just there's 651 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,840 Speaker 1: not that unknown, there's not that factor in that role 652 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:50,560 Speaker 1: that you're gonna play in the development of that kid. 653 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 1: If he's maybe from Florida or California, that you get 654 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,400 Speaker 1: from Texas. Now that is anecdotal, that's not an across 655 00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:00,760 Speaker 1: the board evaluation. The other thing with Texas is the 656 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 1: line play. I don't think is as high quality in 657 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:06,600 Speaker 1: Texas year to year as it is in Florida in California. 658 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 1: So I can go to Texas if I'm recruiting specific positions, 659 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:12,399 Speaker 1: I can go there and I can hang out there 660 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:15,719 Speaker 1: all my career and it will deliver for me every year. 661 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,920 Speaker 1: But any given cycle, if I'm in the market for 662 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,359 Speaker 1: a high caliber offensive lineman, I don't know that I'm 663 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,880 Speaker 1: getting that out of Texas every year. I know I'm 664 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:26,279 Speaker 1: going to get it out of Florida. I know I'm 665 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 1: going to get it out of California. So I don't 666 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:31,040 Speaker 1: think that that will be taken the right way by 667 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:33,000 Speaker 1: my listeners in Texas, and we have a lot of them. 668 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 1: But if you guys will email me the years and 669 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:39,320 Speaker 1: I need like a ten year slice now where Texas 670 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:42,440 Speaker 1: has matched up very favorably in producing high caliber O 671 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: line and D line play on par with California and Florida. 672 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:49,120 Speaker 1: I'll revisit that answer now. Next up, Adam's got a 673 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:52,560 Speaker 1: really good question. It's about the old fad, which was 674 00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: opting out. Opting out? Is it's so August? Okay, it's September. Now. 675 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:01,279 Speaker 1: The thing to do in September is opt in. So 676 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,719 Speaker 1: we're about to talk about opting in and how it's 677 00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:06,000 Speaker 1: about to impact a lot of programs. Right after this, 678 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 1: all right, Adam says, I love the show, thanks to 679 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 1: you and Colin. I'd love to hear him speak on 680 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:15,160 Speaker 1: air at least once. Do you think some Ohio State 681 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 1: players initially opted out because they thought it was pointless 682 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 1: to practice and not play And if they're opting back 683 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,880 Speaker 1: in because there are games now, does that affect the 684 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,360 Speaker 1: depth chart and the locker room? All right? First, to 685 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:31,120 Speaker 1: address the Colin issue, Colin is going to remain an enigma. 686 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,799 Speaker 1: The closest Colin will ever come. He's the director, by 687 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,640 Speaker 1: the way, for Late Kick Live on the twenty four 688 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:38,520 Speaker 1: to seven Sports YouTube channel. Guy that has like fourteen arms. 689 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,520 Speaker 1: There's no way that one person should be able to 690 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:45,800 Speaker 1: do what Colin does. Colin prepares every element for our show. 691 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:48,600 Speaker 1: Colin produces all the lower thirds for our show via 692 00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,799 Speaker 1: live tax. Now that's having to change those on the fly. 693 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,239 Speaker 1: Colin prepares every element in terms of video and b roll. 694 00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:59,880 Speaker 1: He prepares every transition, he prepares every graphic. He also 695 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:03,400 Speaker 1: live directs the show. He communicates with me, which a 696 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:06,279 Speaker 1: line producer would normally do, not a director. All of 697 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,360 Speaker 1: these things Colin is doing, and we don't pre record 698 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,319 Speaker 1: that show. That show is live as live can be. 699 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,840 Speaker 1: To this day, we have not had a single human 700 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:20,560 Speaker 1: error on Colin's side. I screw up all the time. 701 00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,560 Speaker 1: Colin has not had a single human error. And Colin 702 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:27,319 Speaker 1: had never directed this show. When I got here and 703 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,839 Speaker 1: from bell one, it was like you'd been working for 704 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:35,480 Speaker 1: CBS Sports or ABC Sports or ESPN for twenty years. 705 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:37,960 Speaker 1: Really really incredible. So anyway, I say all that to 706 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,920 Speaker 1: say this, as good as Colin is as a director, 707 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:44,560 Speaker 1: Colin is an enigma. He is not coming on air. 708 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:46,319 Speaker 1: The closest he's going to get to coming on air 709 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:50,040 Speaker 1: is when I was doing a show Tuesday night, one 710 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:52,400 Speaker 1: of the little stars that I have off to my left, 711 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,279 Speaker 1: those little plastic stars that I stole off Pat's desk 712 00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,360 Speaker 1: in our office cause no one's in our office anymore. 713 00:36:57,640 --> 00:36:59,560 Speaker 1: And I put him on the desk cause hey, five 714 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:03,120 Speaker 1: stars we worked for twenty four seven sports Whila. Well 715 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,239 Speaker 1: one of them fell because I got a little animated. 716 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:07,319 Speaker 1: So one of them fell. And I say, Colin, one 717 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 1: of our stars fell. And I didn't mean for him 718 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,799 Speaker 1: to leave the wheel, which he did live, and leave 719 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:14,759 Speaker 1: the control room and come in the studio and fix 720 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,839 Speaker 1: the star for me. But I say that because of this, 721 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:22,000 Speaker 1: Colin's hand made it on air, and his shadow made 722 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,319 Speaker 1: it on air. That's as close as you'll ever get 723 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:26,160 Speaker 1: to see Colin on air. You're gonna have to use 724 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:29,000 Speaker 1: what we call in radio world, theater of the imagination. 725 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,799 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to imagine what Colin looks like. I 726 00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:36,239 Speaker 1: think of Colin as just a living, breathing angel. But 727 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,080 Speaker 1: you can think of him however you want to. That's 728 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,640 Speaker 1: part of the fun of theater of the imagination. Anyway, 729 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,960 Speaker 1: So you talked about opt outs. I talked about Colin 730 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,600 Speaker 1: for five minutes. Let's talk about opt outs. Though, yes, 731 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:50,400 Speaker 1: I think Clearly, the Ohio State players opted out because 732 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 1: they saw no point in practicing without the hope of 733 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:57,480 Speaker 1: a season. Now they're opting back in because they have 734 00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:59,600 Speaker 1: a season. I think that's really cut and dry as 735 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,920 Speaker 1: it appears on the surface. But the second part of 736 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,799 Speaker 1: Adam's question here is when they opt in because there 737 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:06,959 Speaker 1: are games, Now, do you think that affects the locker 738 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:09,120 Speaker 1: room and the depth chart? Well, it affects the depth 739 00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:13,760 Speaker 1: chart in only a positive way. The locker room questions, funny, 740 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:17,200 Speaker 1: this is happening at LSU too. Who was Neil Ferrell 741 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:22,280 Speaker 1: the other day opted back in at LSU. Tyler Shelvin 742 00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:25,839 Speaker 1: is talking about opting back in at LSU. Now the 743 00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:28,480 Speaker 1: Xbox crowd looks at this and says, that can only 744 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,719 Speaker 1: be good news, And maybe it is, hopefully it is. 745 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:35,279 Speaker 1: Certainly it's more good news than bad news. But in 746 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,480 Speaker 1: Xbox world, you're not dealing with real human beings. In 747 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,080 Speaker 1: real life, you're dealing with real human beings. And so 748 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:43,920 Speaker 1: here's what we cannot know. What we cannot know is 749 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:46,960 Speaker 1: how's that perceived internally? Because I can tell you, for 750 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 1: better or worse, right or wrong, however you want to 751 00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:52,920 Speaker 1: categorize it. When guys opt out, there are people in 752 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,200 Speaker 1: that locker room that think those guys just quit on 753 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,440 Speaker 1: me again. Right or wrong, You have your own view, 754 00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:02,200 Speaker 1: But I'm telling you some people in that locker room 755 00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:05,400 Speaker 1: look at you and say, you quit on me. Okay, 756 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,400 Speaker 1: but that's fine because they're done with you. But then 757 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:10,520 Speaker 1: when you opt back in, they look at it and say, 758 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:14,239 Speaker 1: hold up, now, I didn't get to walk out for 759 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,600 Speaker 1: two weeks and take a little mini vacation. Why does 760 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,080 Speaker 1: this guy get to walk out and then come right 761 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:20,560 Speaker 1: back in and get his job back. I'm not telling 762 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:23,440 Speaker 1: you I know that's happening at Ohio State or LSU. 763 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,719 Speaker 1: In fact, I haven't heard that at all. What I 764 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,600 Speaker 1: am saying is in a very generic sense, regardless of 765 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:32,239 Speaker 1: the team, just peel the logos off the helmet, just 766 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:36,319 Speaker 1: regardless of the team, generic university. You tell me you 767 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:39,239 Speaker 1: couldn't see that being an issue. Absolutely you could see it. 768 00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:42,000 Speaker 1: So that's the intangible in nature that we're having to 769 00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:45,440 Speaker 1: look at here on top of depth chart as something 770 00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:47,879 Speaker 1: to just keep an eye on because you'll never hear it. Now, 771 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,080 Speaker 1: you will never hear it. Here's the only time you'll 772 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,839 Speaker 1: hear it. The only time you'll hear it is if 773 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,240 Speaker 1: Ohio State loses two games. I don't know what universe 774 00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:58,200 Speaker 1: that would happen in, But if Ohio State loses two games, 775 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:02,120 Speaker 1: if LSU go six four, mark my words. At the 776 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:05,400 Speaker 1: end of the year, the hottest rumor on any LSU 777 00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:08,799 Speaker 1: or Ohio State message board would be our chemistry was 778 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:11,520 Speaker 1: shot when guys opted out and we allowed them to 779 00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:15,279 Speaker 1: come back. That would be the talking point. You know it, 780 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:18,560 Speaker 1: and I know it. You never hear about chemistry issues 781 00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:21,759 Speaker 1: on teams that win the national Championship. You only hear 782 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:23,799 Speaker 1: about locker room issues and how things were all off 783 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,479 Speaker 1: all year when you don't win. And I can tell 784 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:29,160 Speaker 1: you some of the better teams that you've seen in 785 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,440 Speaker 1: the last decade and a half had all kinds of 786 00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:34,400 Speaker 1: internal problems. I can tell you that I witnessed it. 787 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,239 Speaker 1: So I can tell you some of the teams that win, 788 00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:39,880 Speaker 1: they they got in fighting all over the place, they 789 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:42,279 Speaker 1: got drama all over the place. Maybe they just overcame it. 790 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,879 Speaker 1: And so it's only convenient to talk about when you lose, 791 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,600 Speaker 1: is my point. And I don't know that it's going 792 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:50,600 Speaker 1: to happen with either of those teams, but I think Adam, 793 00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:54,480 Speaker 1: it is something that bears watching. Jacob said, how much 794 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:57,400 Speaker 1: does the Iowa State loss hurt brought Perdy's draft stock 795 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:00,840 Speaker 1: as a top quarterback? Jacob, I, I don't know, to 796 00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:03,040 Speaker 1: be clear, and I was I'm very high on Brock Purdy. 797 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:06,880 Speaker 1: He was my guy that I identified as being low 798 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:09,920 Speaker 1: rated in our twenty four seven Sports Top fifty players. 799 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,520 Speaker 1: We had him at thirty five. I thought he belonged higher, 800 00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:16,160 Speaker 1: but I never knew that he was a first round 801 00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:19,359 Speaker 1: lock to begin with. Brock Perdy is a guy who 802 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:22,920 Speaker 1: I think some people fall prisoner of expecting to get 803 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:26,719 Speaker 1: twenty percent better just because he's back again, and some 804 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:30,040 Speaker 1: guys sometimes guys just are who they are. Jake Framm 805 00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:32,279 Speaker 1: is the most recent example of a guy that I 806 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:36,440 Speaker 1: think got imprisoned with false expectation because he played in 807 00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:38,640 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen and played at a good enough level to 808 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,279 Speaker 1: get Georgia within a whisker of a national championship, and 809 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:44,440 Speaker 1: so automatically he's returning, well, that means he's got to 810 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,520 Speaker 1: get twenty percent better, right, No, he just kind of 811 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:49,440 Speaker 1: was who he was and brought Perdy. Maybe he just 812 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:52,840 Speaker 1: is who he is and who he is is fine. 813 00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:55,919 Speaker 1: Who he is is a better option than Iowa States 814 00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:57,840 Speaker 1: had at quarterback in quite a while. I can assure 815 00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,440 Speaker 1: you with that. But maybe he's not a first round talent. 816 00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:03,640 Speaker 1: Like there's a big gap between not being good enough 817 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,439 Speaker 1: to be drafted in the first round and sucking. There's 818 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:10,279 Speaker 1: a large grand canyon between those two statements, and maybe 819 00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:13,720 Speaker 1: brought Prittyes, just somewhere in between. There a lot closer 820 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:15,359 Speaker 1: to the side of the canyon that has him going 821 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:17,520 Speaker 1: in the first round than the side that has him sucking. 822 00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:19,840 Speaker 1: It was a bad first week. Listen, they had a 823 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:22,839 Speaker 1: bad first week last year. Maybe they'll rectify it. Maybe 824 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:25,439 Speaker 1: a month later, we'll talk about him as the most 825 00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:27,880 Speaker 1: improved player on the most improved team in the country 826 00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,600 Speaker 1: over the past month. All right, a couple of more here, 827 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:34,920 Speaker 1: Let's go to AJ. I'm curious as to your approach 828 00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,759 Speaker 1: with game predictions. Do you give your score predictions for 829 00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:39,960 Speaker 1: each game or just the odds to win the games? 830 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:43,399 Speaker 1: What is your score prediction for South Carolina Tennessee coming 831 00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:46,680 Speaker 1: up September twenty sixth. I'm curious to know, instead of 832 00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:48,920 Speaker 1: just who you're predicting to win the East and the West, 833 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:51,960 Speaker 1: who are you predicting to win each game in the 834 00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:55,600 Speaker 1: SEC on September twenty sixth AJ. The way we do 835 00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:59,560 Speaker 1: that is I will spotlight the biggest games, the most 836 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:03,200 Speaker 1: noteworthy games, and we will do individual game capsules and 837 00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:06,279 Speaker 1: individual game breakdowns on all those games. We do that 838 00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:09,480 Speaker 1: on Late Kick Live. Normally the Tuesday show is when 839 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:11,480 Speaker 1: we're going to do that. For instance, this week we 840 00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:14,799 Speaker 1: did Louisville Miami. It's still a pretty light week, so 841 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:17,040 Speaker 1: that's the one game we broke down. You can go 842 00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,200 Speaker 1: to the YouTube channel right now, twenty four to seven 843 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:22,759 Speaker 1: Sports YouTube channel and find that game breakdown. What I 844 00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:25,360 Speaker 1: do in those games is I give you a game 845 00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:27,799 Speaker 1: capsule that's a graphic Colin makes, and I show you 846 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:30,960 Speaker 1: what the current Vegas line is. And then I develop 847 00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:33,520 Speaker 1: my own numbers for every game. I work with a 848 00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:36,560 Speaker 1: guy I've worked with for a long time, and an 849 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:40,960 Speaker 1: entire system was developed just to generate our own number 850 00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:44,320 Speaker 1: on a game. I do not give a projected final score. 851 00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:47,160 Speaker 1: What I do is I give a projected margin of victory. 852 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:49,360 Speaker 1: I learned a long time ago. If you're in the 853 00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:53,279 Speaker 1: media business, don't predict final scores. That's stupid because think 854 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,320 Speaker 1: about this. For a second. Aja, Let's say that Louisville 855 00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,879 Speaker 1: is playing Miami Saturday. So let's say that you say, 856 00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:03,800 Speaker 1: I think Louisville is going to win that game forty 857 00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:08,279 Speaker 1: one thirty eight. You think Louisville's gonna win by three points? Right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, 858 00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:10,680 Speaker 1: says AJ. I think they're gonna win forty one thirty eight. 859 00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:12,400 Speaker 1: I think it's going to be a shootout. It's just 860 00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:15,160 Speaker 1: going to be an utter track meet. And then Louisville 861 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,120 Speaker 1: wins seventeen to fourteen. You know what happens when you 862 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:20,200 Speaker 1: show up at work Monday, people look at you and 863 00:44:20,239 --> 00:44:23,200 Speaker 1: say you're an idiot. Dude, you were nowhere close. And 864 00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:25,960 Speaker 1: you look back and say, what do you mean. I 865 00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:29,360 Speaker 1: said they're gonna win by three? They won by three. Well, yeah, 866 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:31,319 Speaker 1: that's true, AJ. And if you would have stopped there, 867 00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:34,000 Speaker 1: you'd be fine, But you had to go and predict 868 00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:37,480 Speaker 1: that final score. And once you predict the final score publicly, 869 00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:41,560 Speaker 1: instead of just sticking with margin of victory, you outed yourself. 870 00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:44,680 Speaker 1: I don't take that added step. I just give you 871 00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:47,160 Speaker 1: margin of victory. That's what our system is designed to do. 872 00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:50,560 Speaker 1: It spits out a projected final score. I'm never released 873 00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:52,440 Speaker 1: it to the public. Though, if you guys want to 874 00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:55,480 Speaker 1: start this little side fund wherein you have tiers of 875 00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:58,040 Speaker 1: membership and you pay one thousand dollars a month to 876 00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:01,360 Speaker 1: see that, okay, be my guest. But until then, what 877 00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:03,680 Speaker 1: I do AJ is I give you margin of victory. 878 00:45:03,719 --> 00:45:05,759 Speaker 1: I tell you, for instance, with our game capsule this 879 00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:09,080 Speaker 1: week on Louisville Miami. Louisville is currently a two to 880 00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:12,480 Speaker 1: two and a half point favorite in Vegas, we actually 881 00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:14,879 Speaker 1: have Miami winning the game by about one point sixty 882 00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:17,719 Speaker 1: five points, so one and a half points. So our 883 00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:19,919 Speaker 1: number is Miami minus one and a half right now. 884 00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:22,600 Speaker 1: And if you value that, and I think you guys 885 00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:24,520 Speaker 1: who have been with me a while have learned to, 886 00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,399 Speaker 1: and if you haven't, take your time, don't blindly buy 887 00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:30,279 Speaker 1: into anything, especially when you're actually putting money on it. 888 00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:32,759 Speaker 1: You'll learn to value it too, and once you do, 889 00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:37,520 Speaker 1: you'll understand how to properly interpret that number. And so 890 00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:40,040 Speaker 1: for every big game we break down AJ, that's how 891 00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:43,719 Speaker 1: we'll do it. Now for a game like Vanderbilt Arkansas, 892 00:45:44,040 --> 00:45:46,200 Speaker 1: we probably won't be breaking that game down, but if 893 00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:49,520 Speaker 1: someone asks about it, I'll just very quickly give you 894 00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:51,680 Speaker 1: what our numbers. Think about it, and if we have 895 00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:54,960 Speaker 1: a wide enough discrepancy, you know, if Arkansas is favored 896 00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:58,000 Speaker 1: by one and we have vandyminus seven, it would probably 897 00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:00,840 Speaker 1: be one of my five official plays on Rama Noodle 898 00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:03,120 Speaker 1: Express that I give out during the week, and I 899 00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:06,400 Speaker 1: recap that on Thursday. And those are our five official plays. 900 00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:07,919 Speaker 1: That's the one I'm handing out. Those are the games 901 00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:11,680 Speaker 1: I will have a vested interest in if you catch 902 00:46:11,719 --> 00:46:16,840 Speaker 1: my drift, all right? Next up is Freddie von Wigglestein 903 00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:19,400 Speaker 1: or Stein. I know I got the first two right. 904 00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:22,759 Speaker 1: This is a good question, though, he says, no one 905 00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:26,000 Speaker 1: seems to be talking about the dynamic of giving everyone 906 00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:28,960 Speaker 1: an extra year of eligibility. How's it going to work 907 00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:31,760 Speaker 1: for kids in the incoming freshman class? How are schools 908 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,279 Speaker 1: going to afford to pay for scholarships for five classes? 909 00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:37,200 Speaker 1: What part of the university system is going to take 910 00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:39,360 Speaker 1: a cut to make it happen. Is it just not 911 00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:42,400 Speaker 1: a big deal or are they ignoring it because they 912 00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:45,680 Speaker 1: don't want to face the ripercussions. Also, the poster named 913 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:49,160 Speaker 1: gators are stupid is in fact stupid? Thank you, Freddy. 914 00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:51,959 Speaker 1: I'll be happy to be the surrogate in your war 915 00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:55,319 Speaker 1: against gators are stupid. As for the first point, though, 916 00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:58,080 Speaker 1: this is a good question, and Freddy, to answer your question, 917 00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:01,400 Speaker 1: I don't think anyone knows what's gonna happen because I 918 00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:04,080 Speaker 1: don't think it was that well thought through. I had 919 00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:07,520 Speaker 1: an assistant coach express as much to me when this 920 00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:09,560 Speaker 1: was passed and they said, all right, everyone's gonna get 921 00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:12,839 Speaker 1: a free year of eligibility. It was like they walked in, 922 00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:15,960 Speaker 1: made the announcement, and then they just left like it 923 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:17,960 Speaker 1: was an open house, and they walked in, they ate 924 00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:20,719 Speaker 1: the food, and then they left, and everyone else is 925 00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:23,840 Speaker 1: standing around holding the empty plate. Well, the universities are 926 00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:27,000 Speaker 1: left standing around holding the plate here saying, you guys 927 00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:28,600 Speaker 1: are gonna give us money for this. You guys are 928 00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:30,920 Speaker 1: gonna help us pay for this. Now, here's what is 929 00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:34,319 Speaker 1: very aggravating to me. People hear this announcement and then 930 00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:36,080 Speaker 1: they hear Freddy's question here, and they say, what do 931 00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:37,680 Speaker 1: you mean, who's gonna pay for it? Look at all 932 00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:43,520 Speaker 1: this money these programs make. No, no, no, you're looking 933 00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:46,400 Speaker 1: at the money the top programs make. This was not 934 00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:49,360 Speaker 1: a rule that said all right, if you're ranked in 935 00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:52,279 Speaker 1: the top ten, then you're gonna give everyone an extra 936 00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:55,759 Speaker 1: year of eligibility. No, they told Miami of Ohio, they 937 00:47:55,760 --> 00:48:01,200 Speaker 1: told UNLV, they told Arizona, they told those programs, all 938 00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:04,160 Speaker 1: of you are giving an extra year of eligibility. I 939 00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:06,200 Speaker 1: don't think all of them are going to to be 940 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:09,080 Speaker 1: honest with you. It's not a mandate. It said they're 941 00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:10,920 Speaker 1: eligible to. I think there are going to be some 942 00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:13,879 Speaker 1: universities that say, unless we get financial help here, we 943 00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:18,440 Speaker 1: can't afford to honor these scholarships. And this is happening 944 00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:21,319 Speaker 1: not just in D one, D two, D three, when 945 00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:23,880 Speaker 1: they started making announcements in the spring for the spring 946 00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:27,080 Speaker 1: sports that got canceled or postponed because of COVID, and 947 00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:29,440 Speaker 1: they said, everyone who plays that sport, you're going to 948 00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:31,880 Speaker 1: get an extra year of eligibility. I can tell you 949 00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:34,880 Speaker 1: right now people just threw their hands up in some 950 00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:37,640 Speaker 1: athletic departments and said, we can barely afford to feel 951 00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:40,680 Speaker 1: these teams. Now, what are we supposed to do? How 952 00:48:40,719 --> 00:48:44,040 Speaker 1: are we supposed to pay for this? Scholarships have monetary value. 953 00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:45,600 Speaker 1: How in the world are we supposed to pay for this? 954 00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:47,719 Speaker 1: How in the world are we supposed to pay the 955 00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:49,880 Speaker 1: freight that it costs to have kids on campus. A 956 00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:52,080 Speaker 1: lot of folks talk about revenue sharing and all these 957 00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:55,000 Speaker 1: absurd demands that some of the Pac twelve players made. 958 00:48:55,239 --> 00:48:58,120 Speaker 1: It's absurd because of what we're talking about here. If 959 00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:00,960 Speaker 1: that's all it takes to fracture the entire financial standing 960 00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:04,400 Speaker 1: of athletic programs. They're not exactly as flush with cash 961 00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:07,080 Speaker 1: maybe as you think they are, top to bottom. So, Freddy, 962 00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:09,680 Speaker 1: you make a good point. It is a big deal. 963 00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:11,800 Speaker 1: And yes, I think a lot of people are ignoring 964 00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:13,759 Speaker 1: it because they don't want to talk about the ripercussions 965 00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:15,960 Speaker 1: right now. So you made a good point. You're right 966 00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:17,480 Speaker 1: on the money there, and you're not alone. A lot 967 00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:19,439 Speaker 1: of people behind the scenes are ringing their hands too. 968 00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:21,719 Speaker 1: All right, really good show today. We've got Late Kick 969 00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:25,000 Speaker 1: Live coming up tonight. We will have final Picks. We 970 00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:28,840 Speaker 1: will have the final three picks in the Rama Noodle Express. 971 00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:31,840 Speaker 1: We're already on Duke minus six. We are already on 972 00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:33,879 Speaker 1: Notre Dame minus twenty five and a half. Where else 973 00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:36,160 Speaker 1: are we going? I don't know. We spun the wheel. 974 00:49:36,239 --> 00:49:38,719 Speaker 1: It'll stop tonight. Give us five star reviews if you 975 00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:41,359 Speaker 1: haven't already, and subscribe to the twenty four to seven 976 00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:45,000 Speaker 1: Sports YouTube channel as well as this podcast. I thank 977 00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:47,120 Speaker 1: you so much for listening. This has been Late Kick Extra. 978 00:49:47,360 --> 00:50:00,440 Speaker 1: I'm Josh Pat. Have a great rest of your Thursday.