1 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back. Another episode is that 2 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: an episode does a podcast, whatever you want to call it. 3 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 1: This is Late Kick Extra. I'm Josh pet happy to 4 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: talk to you bright and early on this Tuesday morning. 5 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 1: I'm still down in Georgia. Got to go vote today. 6 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've heard. If you live in 7 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: this state, there's no way you haven't. But we have 8 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: a Senate runof today and that concludes our political coverage 9 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 1: on the podcast this morning. Got a lot of college 10 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: football to talk about. We have got probably as many 11 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: rumors floating around about coaches into January as we've ever had. 12 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,279 Speaker 1: It's just a different timetable this year. I don't need 13 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: to explain that to you. But because of that, we've 14 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 1: got a lot of questions about such things this morning. 15 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 1: So we're going to talk about that. We're also going 16 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: to get a number of your questions out of the way. 17 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: This is a Q and A format. 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Because it makes us 28 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: look like we're essentially handing out lottery tickets over there. 29 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: We have a line out the door every single day digitally, 30 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: of course, so that's been really fun to watch. And 31 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: with more growth obviously comes more opportunities and more resources 32 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: allocated so we can do more things, which works for everyone. 33 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,839 Speaker 1: One more quick reminder before we dive in this morning, 34 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: there's something going on with Apple podcast right now. So 35 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: I see you guys giving the five star reviews. 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Things may be 45 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: frozen though, So whenever that rectifies itself, I imagine that I'm 46 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: going to get about seven hundred and fifty questions that 47 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: just dump all over me at one time, and that's fine. 48 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:20,800 Speaker 1: We can answer him. It's a long off season. So 49 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: with that in mind, follow me on Twitter at late 50 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: Kick Josh. That's another way to get to me. Josh 51 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,959 Speaker 1: paid seven zero six at gmail dot com, email inbox, Twitter, 52 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: DMS always open. So let's dive in this morning because 53 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,359 Speaker 1: there is a topic of conversation that is really hot 54 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: right now. It's not going away at least until a 55 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 1: definitive word is given by Dan mullen, and that is 56 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: whether Dan Mullin's going to leave for the NFL or not. 57 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: So Freddy asked about this, but a lot of you 58 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: asked about it. I'm just going to use Freddy. He says, 59 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: how legitimate do you think the smoke is around Dan 60 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: Mullin going to the NFL. I think it's legitimate, Freddy. 61 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: Now let's compartmentalize this. So let's ask ourselves independent of 62 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,919 Speaker 1: the NFL, independent of whether he's going to get an 63 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: actual offer or not. Let's ask ourselves this, Do you 64 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: and I think Dan Mullen would be willing to go 65 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: to the NFL? I think the answer is yes. That's 66 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: no different than a lot of coaches. A lot of 67 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 1: coaches would take the offer if given. Most of them 68 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: never get an offer. It's really hard to get one 69 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: of those jobs. There are only thirty two of them 70 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: at any given time. Now Here is the second, and 71 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: I think more interesting question that you could ask Compartment 72 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: number two includes this question, is he actively looking to 73 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: get to the NFL? Is he actively looking to leave Florida? 74 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,519 Speaker 1: I think the answer there is also yes. I've heard 75 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: this for a while now. I don't know that this 76 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: is even the first year, but I can assure you 77 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: as far as I know, yeah, I think that's been 78 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: happening for a few months now. I think he's been 79 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: setting that up and been angling towards that for a 80 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: few months. Again, I have no inside information as to 81 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: whether he's going to get an offer. I mean, no 82 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: one does. Most people who tell you they do are 83 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: lying to you. So that's an NFL Front office's decision ultimately, 84 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: But I think you will have news and be sure 85 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 1: to follow real to litter accounts people, not fake ones 86 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: that fake d Orlando ledbetter had you guys, some of 87 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: you look foolish the other day, And by you, I 88 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: mean a lot of national media outlets that ran with it. 89 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: So at Falcons interview that was tweeted out, I thought 90 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: that was fake, and it was. But having said that, 91 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean he couldn't interview with the Falcons, doesn't 92 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: mean he hadn't already. You never know what's happened. A 93 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: lot of the stuff could happen via zoom. So I 94 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: think we'll hear about that. And I also think that 95 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: before this comes to an end, there's going to be 96 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,359 Speaker 1: at least one serious run made by an organization at Denmullen. 97 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: That's my personal thought. I have no Klithian ends up 98 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: taking a job. I have no CLOTHI ends up getting 99 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: offered a job. But what does it mean? That's really 100 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 1: because we don't care about the NFL. On this particular podcast, 101 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: we're talking about college football and right now the University 102 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: of Florida. What does it mean? Well, I'll tell you 103 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: this first off, If I were one of you guys, 104 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: if I were a Florida fan and I were watching this, 105 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: there would be rapidly approaching a point where it was 106 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: no return. So I guess you'd call it the point 107 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 1: of no return, and that point of no return for 108 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: me would be where this flirtation would the NFL and 109 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: this longing to be in the NFL has become so 110 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: publicly known that I wish he'd just go ahead and go. 111 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: I'm rooting for him to get the job. In other words, 112 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys have reached that point yet, 113 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: but what you're thinking there is obviously twofold number one. 114 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: Yeah you want a guy that's fully dialed into your job, 115 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: Yes you want that. But number two, the lifeblood of 116 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: this whole thing, the whole thing that makes the operation go, 117 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: is recruiting. And the one impediment, and it's a mild 118 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: impediment relatively speaking. It's a mild impediment that Dan Mullen 119 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: and Florida have had is the inability to recruit at 120 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: a truly elite level. Now having said that, when I say, 121 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: relative man, ninety five percent of the sport would love 122 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: to recruit like Florida does, so they certainly haven't been poored. 123 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: It's normally explained to you, is either your greater or 124 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: you're terrible. Well, that's not the case with Florida. They've 125 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 1: been good to very good in recruiting. However, that's been 126 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: the gripe. The gripe is, well, we're gonna have to 127 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: out execute and out coach folks on game day like 128 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,840 Speaker 1: Georgia if we play Alabama like Alabama, because we're not 129 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: quite going to match the And that's okay. You did 130 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,359 Speaker 1: it with Georgia this year. You competed really hard with Alabama. 131 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,799 Speaker 1: This year, you won the East Fill in the blank. 132 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: I mean, you did a lot of things this year. 133 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: But now if you already were one step behind there 134 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 1: and opposing staffs can go out on the recruiting trail 135 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 1: and just take web articles, newspaper clippings, tweets that confirm, hey, 136 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 1: your head coach really doesn't even want to be there 137 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,799 Speaker 1: at Florida, and they can put it in the face 138 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: of a mom or a kid, or a dad or 139 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: an uncle or an aunt and say, I'm going to 140 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 1: be where I'm going to be. I'm Kirby Smart, I'm 141 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: going to be at Georgia. I'm Shane Biemer, I'm going 142 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: to be at South Carolina. However, I don't know that 143 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: this Dan Mullen guy is going to be there that 144 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: much longer. And if you want evidence here it is, 145 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: don't take my word for it. He's already tried to 146 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: get out of there. That becomes a problem if you 147 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 1: let it. And unfortunately, there seems to be no quiet 148 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: way to go about anything anymore. Dan Mullen, it doesn't 149 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,840 Speaker 1: appear can quietly shop his name to NFL teams. It 150 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: gets out. There's just too many guys covering and girls 151 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,080 Speaker 1: covering the sport, especially that part of it, the coaching 152 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: search part of it on both sides, NFL and college. 153 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,799 Speaker 1: Just too many people, too many folks willing to talk 154 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: that have information, and so it really doesn't stay quiet. 155 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: It's the same way that Texas had their hand forced 156 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: when they went after urban Meyer, and it didn't stay private. 157 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: You know, had they gone after urban Meyer, he turned 158 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: them down, But that never got out. I think Tom 159 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: Herman probably still be the head coach at Texas right now. 160 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: But it did get out, and so they had to 161 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 1: look themselves in the mirror. At Texas, I think, given 162 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: the circumstances, they made the right call, and that call 163 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: was to say, all right, well, it's obvious that we 164 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: want out of this marriage with Tom Herman and everyone 165 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: knows it. So we went after our dream candidate. We 166 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: got turned down, But that doesn't mean we're going to 167 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: turn around and say, all right, Tom, I guess it's 168 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: still death do part. That's not They reached their own 169 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: point of no return, is my point, and so they 170 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: went and said who's next, and Steve Sarkishan is who 171 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: they went and got. So once they realized they had 172 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: crossed that threshold line in the sand point in no return, 173 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: however you want to deem it, they made a move. 174 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: I'm not saying they're there at Florida or anything like that. 175 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: I'm just saying if I were a fan of the 176 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: Florida Gators, that would probably be my mentality right about now. 177 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: Now I can tell you talking to someone man, I 178 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: don't even know how to describe this person who is 179 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: in that world, the hiring coaching search type world. I 180 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: was told yesterday that is the domino that a lot 181 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: of people in the coaching industry and the representation industry, 182 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: if you will. That's what people are waiting on. People 183 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: are waiting to see what happens with the Florida job. 184 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: The Florida job is one of the most coveted jobs 185 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: in college football back in the day. I remember reading 186 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:38,319 Speaker 1: a story one time about how Paul Bear Bryant used 187 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: to talk about the University of Florida and Florida was 188 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: really nothing at that point, and he was talking about 189 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: what he was being asked about, how powerful Alabama was 190 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: and how they were running the SEC and running college football. 191 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,199 Speaker 1: No different than it feels today in a lot of ways. 192 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,440 Speaker 1: The difference is, Bryant told a reporter whoever it was, 193 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: he said, really, we're all just here hoping that no 194 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 1: one ever gets it figured out at Florida, because if 195 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: anyone ever gets it figured out at Florida, we're all done. Now. 196 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: The sport's a little bit different in landscape today, but 197 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 1: the point remains. Everyone in the coaching world looks at 198 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 1: the University of Florida and thinks, man, I'd win huge there. 199 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: Dan Mullen is one, He's one big there. But there 200 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,319 Speaker 1: are other people who know that they can recruit at 201 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: that elite level, and especially could do it with all 202 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: the talent right there on your doorstep at Florida. You 203 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: can throw a rock out of the window and hit 204 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: a signing class that would land in the top ten 205 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: just by default. So a lot of people are waiting 206 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: on that. And I'm not just talking about head coaches. 207 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: Assistant coaches look at it and say, Okay, if Mullin leaves, 208 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: then they'll have a new head coach. And there are 209 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 1: guesses out there as to who it would be. I've 210 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: got some that'll come at the appropriate time if the 211 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: time comes. And so the assistant coaching world out there, 212 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: the player personnel world, the analyst world out there, they 213 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: are all waiting because they'd all want to be on 214 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: that train. That's why, to be honest with you, when 215 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 1: you make that higher I wouldn't even necessarily worried about 216 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: how deep a guy's network of contact is. Just hire 217 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,719 Speaker 1: the best coach, because you'll find whoever you want to 218 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 1: find to put on that coaching staff. Now, let me, 219 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: just before I move on, let me offer up a 220 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 1: little anecdote. Again, anecdote purely anecdotal here. This is not 221 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: scientific by any stretch. But anytime I want to gauge 222 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: how a job is looked at and how a current 223 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: head coaches looked at, what I do is I'll just 224 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: reach out to rival fans. Sometimes, if it's in the Southeast, inevitably, 225 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: I will have buddies that are rival fans of any 226 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 1: program that we're talking about. And it's no different with Florida. 227 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: I got a bunch of Georgia buddies. I grew up 228 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 1: in Georgia. So I did a little unofficial straw pole 229 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: yesterday and I was asking him, Hey, Dan Mullen at 230 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:39,199 Speaker 1: Florida right now, versus the idea of Dan Mullen leaving, 231 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 1: which would you rather have? Now? You would think if 232 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,839 Speaker 1: you live in Montana, for example, you would think, Hm, 233 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: I watch college football and Georgia got beat by Florida 234 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 1: this year. So I bet those Georgia fans are probably 235 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:54,559 Speaker 1: excited at the prospect of Dan Mullen leaving. No they're not, no, no, no, no. 236 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: They look at this year and they, first off, Georgia 237 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: folks think to themselves, hey, had we started JT. Daniels 238 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: at quarterback earlier, then we would have beaten Florida this year. 239 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 1: But even as it stands, they view it as a 240 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: one year hiccup, just a little minor setback. Things will 241 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 1: return to normalcy in twenty twenty one. There is no 242 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 1: changing of the guard or anything like that. What they 243 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: love is they love via recruiting edge that they know 244 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:19,239 Speaker 1: they will probably always enjoy Over Dan Mullen at Florida. 245 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: It would scare them a little bit. See, they have 246 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 1: confidence they can handle Mullen. They have confidence that Florida 247 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: under Mullen is a program they'll always be superior to 248 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: Roster wise, that they have that confidence. They don't like 249 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: the idea of that job being open because folks in 250 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: Georgia are plenty smart enough to understand, ooh man, that 251 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: job's premiere jobs. That's a big deal, and that means 252 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: big time candidates are going to want it. And if 253 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: Florida screws around and they end up hiring the right guy, 254 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 1: well that could be big time trouble for us. You know, 255 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: they had mild concerns when Tennessee was open, but not 256 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: as nearly as much as they would have with Florida 257 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: being open. So just keep a little eye on that, 258 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 1: because I can tell you the folks in Tallahassee who 259 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 1: have a litany of their own problems right now. The 260 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: folks saying Coral Gables, I would guess they probably feel 261 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 1: the same way, even though they don't enjoy any leg 262 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: up on Florida right now, they just look in their 263 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: own mirror and say, Okay, if we ever get it 264 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: on track, then Mullin's a guy that and we feel 265 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: like we can compete against. We don't want Florida to 266 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 1: end up hiring like Steve Spurry or Urban Meyer two 267 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 1: point zero something like that. All right, next up auto 268 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: right here, fresh from the Twitter inbox, he says, I'm 269 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: not sure if this is late kick extra worthy. Well, 270 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: let me spoil it for you OUTO it is, He continues, 271 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,680 Speaker 1: What would your response have been if this time last 272 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: year I told you Mac Jones of Alabama would be 273 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: starting in the National Championship against Justin Fields in Ohio State, 274 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: with Mac having completed more passes than Fields had even attempted. Well, 275 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: I would have thought easily that Justin Fields had been 276 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 1: injured and came back late in the year. Now, that's 277 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: without knowing that we were going to have a shortened 278 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: season and one team was going to play like fifty 279 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: five percent more games or forty five percent more games, 280 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 1: whatever the fraction. I'm very bad with percentages that Ohio 281 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: State didn't play as many games point being so that 282 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: obviously he takes care of the discrepancy in pass attempt 283 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: pass complete percentage, well not so much percentage, but the 284 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: other two. Yeah, that takes care of that. So I 285 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: would have been wrong in my assumption of injury. But hey, 286 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: let's just say this right quick, think about the first 287 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 1: part of this question, So let's ignore the justin fields 288 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: part for just a second. You asked, what would you 289 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 1: do this time last year if I told you Mac 290 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:23,319 Speaker 1: Jones would be starting the National Championship game? Where were 291 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: we this time last year? We were watching Alabama not 292 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 1: in the playoff for the first time. And why was that? 293 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,079 Speaker 1: Because Tonga Bailoa had gotten hurt, Mack Jones had come in, 294 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: and even though he performed pretty admirably, they got beat 295 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: in the Iron Bowl because he threw. I can't remember 296 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: how many interceptions I was on the field for him. 297 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: I can tell you they were crazy. One in a 298 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: million bob bounce of ball type plays. I mean, one 299 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,719 Speaker 1: of them bounced up off Naji Harris's back into a 300 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 1: defender's arms. I think Auburn had two pick sixes that day, 301 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,319 Speaker 1: so they weren't in the playoff period. And so if 302 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 1: I was looking at that, and I was saying, Okay, 303 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 1: now you're going to lose Jerry Judy, You're going to 304 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 1: lose Henry Ruggs. Tonga Iiloa obviously is gone, Jedrick Wi Bill, 305 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: guys like that, they're all going to be gone. And 306 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: Tongvailoa obviously being the quarterback out of there, like you're 307 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: gonna what, You're gonna go to the National championship next year. 308 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:12,079 Speaker 1: Well that's interesting and so independent of Justin Fields, I 309 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 1: would have found that very remarkable. Not impossible, it's Alabama, 310 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 1: but remarkable. Nonetheless, And let's continue that whole theme. Where 311 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: were we this time last year? Well, right now, it's 312 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 1: early January. That means the early signing period had already passed. 313 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: That means Bryce Young, five star quarterback, number one player 314 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: in the country in this last cycle, he had signed 315 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: with Alabama. You know as well as I do, what 316 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: the foregone conclusion was in a lot of people's minds, 317 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: and that is that guy's the starting quarterback for Alabama 318 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: this year. Like Mac Jones, he held things down when 319 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 1: he needed to. I'm sure that they'll have a nice 320 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: little battle. But I mean, Bryce Young, he is a 321 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: generational talent and he will be the starting quarterback there. 322 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: And not only did he not grab the job from 323 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: mac Jones, it was never really strongly rumored that they 324 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 1: were battling fifty to fifty or anything like that. So 325 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,040 Speaker 1: mac Jones is a really good story, is what I 326 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: telling you. I know he's gotten a lot of coverage, 327 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: he's a Heisman finalist, like he's gotten his due praise. 328 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: But I think that probably a little bit of time 329 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: is going to be needed, the benefit of hindsight to 330 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: understand how significant this was. And you know, Bryce Young 331 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: he's still there. He's the guy that I still have 332 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of expectation for. But man, 333 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: he had to wait at least one year, and he 334 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: had to wait for very good reason, because I mean, 335 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: mac Jones did the impossible. To me, he made Alabama's 336 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: offense better than it was last year. I flat out 337 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: I think they're better. Never in a billion years did 338 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: I think i'd say that. You know what, We actually 339 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: had one more question that ended up being okay, here 340 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: it is, so, so Jeffrey asked, and you'll see what 341 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: I was mumbling about in just a second to myself. 342 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: So Jeffrey asked, what's one of the best college football 343 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: stories you've ever heard from a player, or from an 344 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: assistant coach or even a head coach. So this is 345 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: a Nick Saban story. That's why I tagged it onto 346 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: the Alabama Talk there. So I was in a setting 347 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: with Saban one time. This is a little while ago, 348 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: this is a few years ago, and so he's telling 349 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: a story. It was the middle of the off season. 350 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: Everything was kind of loose, and so it was a 351 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: very relaxed setting, shall we say, And so he starts 352 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: telling a story, he being Nick Saban, about how, you know, 353 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: occasionally they try and go back home to where they're 354 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: from in West Virginia. He and his wife Terry, Miss Terry, 355 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: excuse me, they're from West Virginia. Jimbo Fisher's from up there, 356 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 1: a whole lot of coaches are from up there. And 357 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: so he's telling a story about how they went back 358 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: home one time and they're riding around and there's a 359 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: guy that she used to date before she dated Nick 360 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: Saban and ended up marrying him, and he still lives 361 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: up there in West Virginia, wherever they're from, and so 362 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 1: he is now he's stretching this story out a good 363 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: five or ten minutes. I'm just going to tell you 364 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 1: the condensed version of it. So he says, man, we're 365 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: riding around and we're saying, you know, let's go over 366 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: to this place or that place. Hey, let's go check 367 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: the old service station. And so they go by there, 368 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 1: and the guy that she used to date is working 369 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: at the service station. I think he may run it, 370 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: so you know, he's not out there wiping windows or 371 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: anything like that. Certainly, not that there's anything wrong with that. 372 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 1: That's work I would have given anything to have a 373 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: few years ago. And so they ride by there, and 374 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:09,919 Speaker 1: sure enough, running the gas station is the guy that 375 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 1: Terry Saban used to date. And so Nick Saban's telling 376 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 1: this story. And you can tell when someone's bsing you 377 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 1: and when they're telling a real story. I can tell. 378 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 1: I could tell in his eyes and in his telling 379 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: this was real because he wasn't even smiling. And so 380 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: he says, I turned to her and I said, well 381 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 1: look at that. Aren't you glad you made the decision 382 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: to go with me when you did to? Aren't you 383 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 1: glad things turned out the way they did? And she, 384 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: without hesitation, looks back at him and says, what are 385 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: you talking about? Had I gone with him, he'd be 386 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,479 Speaker 1: the head coach at Alabama and you'd be working at 387 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: this gas station right now. And when I tell you, you know, 388 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: you got to imagine a Nick Saban, for example, delivering that. 389 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 1: When I tell you that, there probably wasn't a dry 390 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,120 Speaker 1: eye in that room for about ten minutes, I'm dead serious. 391 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: Like I am. I'm someone who doesn't laugh at a 392 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: whole lot of stand up comedy. I just don't think 393 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: it's great. And I laugh at a lot of stuff, 394 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: but stand up comedy, you know, someone trying to make 395 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 1: me lae. In other words, it rarely works. Well, that worked. 396 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:07,640 Speaker 1: That was a solid, solid ninety eight on a scale 397 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 1: of one hundred type story. So that's one that I 398 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: think was very fitting given the question. And by the way, 399 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 1: I'm not so sure that she wasn't dead on the money. 400 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 1: Jamie's got a really good question. I had to go 401 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 1: dig in a box over here in my bedroom and 402 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: dig out a preview magazine for this one. There's a 403 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 1: lot that we got in twenty twenty, so let's be 404 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 1: thankful we had a college football season. However, you and 405 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 1: I also understand there's a lot we didn't get because 406 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: the schedule got turned upside down, and Jamie's asking about that, 407 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:35,479 Speaker 1: like what did we miss? Think on it just a 408 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 1: second and I'll break it down after this. So Jamie says, 409 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: out of the games that were scheduled that didn't get played, 410 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:43,879 Speaker 1: which one do you think that we missed the most? 411 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: I think this one's easy at the very top, and 412 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:49,160 Speaker 1: maybe you guys don't even remember the out of conference schedules. 413 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: At this point, Ohio State was supposed to play at 414 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: Oregon and that was going to be week two. I 415 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 1: think either week one or week two of the season 416 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 1: that would have been interesting. I mean, obviously for many reasons. Now, 417 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,880 Speaker 1: given what we ended up seeing from Oregon, you may 418 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 1: think that it wouldn't have been all that competitive and 419 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:06,160 Speaker 1: Ohio State would have been a favorite in that game anyway. 420 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: But what we would have at least seen very early 421 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,479 Speaker 1: on is we would have seen Ohio State in a 422 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 1: losable situation early on, which as a result, we didn't. 423 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: You thought that was going to be the Penn State game, 424 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: but it really ended up not being that. Now here's 425 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 1: what's funny. Normally, by the second, third and at latest 426 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: fourth week of the season, you get all the big 427 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,479 Speaker 1: out of conference games out of the way, and everyone 428 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: dives into conference play. Well, Notre Dame in a normal 429 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 1: year and any other year actually not in a conference. 430 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: So they were going to play Clemson November seventh, and 431 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: as fate would have it, that game still happened. And 432 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 1: we remember what happened in the regular season. Do you 433 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,680 Speaker 1: remember any of these other games Texas was supposed to 434 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: play at LSU. That would have been a huge day 435 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: for Texas, because I mean, I gotta believe if Mike 436 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 1: Leach went in there and handled LSU, so too would 437 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: the Texas Longhorns. And how different would Tom Herman season 438 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: have looked had they gotten a big win early in 439 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,439 Speaker 1: the year, or at least big on paper. Now, the 440 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: one that I was looking really forward to and I 441 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: was scheduled to go to was Notre Dame versus Wisconsin 442 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:07,399 Speaker 1: in lambeau Field. That was October third, first week in October. 443 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:09,719 Speaker 1: So I mean, they were gonna play they being Notre Dame, 444 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 1: they were gonna play Wisconsin. They were gonna play Notre Dame. 445 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: That was gonna be really, really good. And there was 446 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 1: a game there wasn't really gonna matter a whole lot. 447 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: I guess on the national scene, it wasn't gonna move 448 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:21,879 Speaker 1: the needle coast to coast. But I'll tell you what 449 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: I was looking forward to, and that's Auburn versus North Carolina. 450 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: It was in Atlanta. It was gonna be in week two. 451 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: They were gonna do two weeks worth of those Chick 452 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: fil A opening games, and you can't get enough Chick 453 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: fil A, can't get enough Chick fil A opening games. 454 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 1: In my opinion, that was gonna be one. There was 455 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 1: a situation that was gonna happen this year where North 456 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: Carolina they were gonna be able to play UCF in 457 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: Week one, I think, and then Auburn in Week two, 458 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:45,679 Speaker 1: and that was the path that I thought they were 459 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: gonna have to potentially be a national contender, whereas otherwise 460 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: I didn't think that they were gonna be able to 461 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: get enough beef on their schedule. But it was also 462 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: a situation where Central Florida for the first time, like 463 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 1: they were gonna have an opportunity to play big time 464 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: opponents in week one week two and maybe bolster their resume. 465 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: As it turns out, they weren't that type of team 466 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 1: this year. Tennessee was going to play at Oklahoma September twelfth. 467 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,880 Speaker 1: What else? So you got the usual like Notre Dame USC, Those, 468 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: I guess are the big games that I was looking 469 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: forward to. But yeah, that that whole Ohio State going 470 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: to Oregon in week two, that was going to be 471 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,919 Speaker 1: really fun to see. I'm a big Jersey guy, not 472 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 1: New Jersey, all due respect to Rutgers, but I'm a 473 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: big guy of turning a game on, hitting mute and 474 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: just watching the nice pretty colors move around the field. 475 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: No different than your grandma in a lot of ways. 476 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 1: She and I have that in common. So that would 477 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 1: have been a really good Jersey game. Speaking of, before 478 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 1: I get two sidetracked and move on. You know, I'm 479 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: a big Iowa State guy, so I was pulling for 480 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: him in the Fiesta Bowl. They pulled the Rama Noodle 481 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: Express through and we are right now sixty point one 482 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: percent against the spread on the season at late kick. 483 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: Josh by the way on Twitter for those picks. However, 484 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: it was one big, big issue I had with Iowa State, 485 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,199 Speaker 1: and big issue that I have period with teams that 486 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 1: overthink the room. Iowa State, I think they're yellow and 487 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 1: red is one of the best color combinations for a 488 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: uniform in college football, and so naturally on the biggest 489 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: stage that the program has ever been on the Fiesta Bowl. 490 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:16,920 Speaker 1: The other night, they wore all black. How do you 491 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,680 Speaker 1: screw that up? You're not Army, You're not Army West. 492 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,159 Speaker 1: That's fine. If Army wears all black, that's their color scheme. 493 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 1: You have an absolute fool proof color combination. It's hard 494 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: to screw up yellow and red. I mean, why do 495 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 1: you think Hulk Hogan opted for those colors? McDonald's. They 496 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: seem to have marketing pretty well figured out. Imagine going 497 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 1: to McDonald's tomorrow and the signs black. You know what, 498 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 1: there's a reason when Hulk Hogan turned heel in the 499 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:42,959 Speaker 1: late nineties and went to the nWo, they put him 500 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 1: in all black. That's not good. It's not good when 501 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,880 Speaker 1: you change the color scheme on your uniform to all black. 502 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 1: It's supposed to signify that you know, you've gone to 503 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: a dark place in your mind. The yellow in the red, 504 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: it's nice, it's happy, it's cheerful, it's optimistic. Now Here's 505 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: why I can't played about this too much. Because Iowa 506 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: State were all black and as it turns out, I 507 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: mean it was. What did Scott Cochran say, Once upon 508 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: a time they wore black because they were going to 509 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: Oregon's funeral. Now, back in the day, I don't know 510 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 1: if some of you guys remember this. Back in eight 511 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: when it was going to be Bama versus Georgia, Bama 512 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: was going into Athens. Georgia was gonna wear all black. 513 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 1: The folks in the South very well remember this. Strength 514 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: The conditioning guy at the time for Alabama who now 515 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 1: works at Georgia, Scott Cochrane, was caught on a live 516 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 1: microphone saying, yeah, they're weren't black because they're going to 517 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,920 Speaker 1: their own funeral. I did my own self editing there, 518 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: and so it was kind of a reverse effect. In 519 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: the Fiesta Bowl, Iowa State War black. They were going 520 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: to Oregon's funeral. They ran it up, all right, So 521 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: I know that normally we go at least thirty minutes. 522 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:44,919 Speaker 1: But it's a very busy morning here. I got to 523 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 1: record Wilfong. I've got to record a show for tonight 524 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: because I'm still down in Georgia, and we got an 525 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: editorial meeting, so it got a lot to get to. Obviously, 526 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: we have got plenty to talk about. We got a 527 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: National Championship game coming up, we got Late Kick Live 528 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:00,080 Speaker 1: coming up tonight, so we've got a ton to discuss. 529 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: And we've got an entire off season too. So this inbox, 530 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,119 Speaker 1: it's filling up with questions. Oh it will be empty, 531 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 1: I promise you that. So until then, for producer Jordan 532 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: on the podcast side of things, I'm Josh Paton. This 533 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: has been lay extra Thanks so much, have a great morning, 534 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:12,639 Speaker 1: and God bless