1 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: All right, welcome in Lake Kicks Live. It is Tuesday night, 2 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 1: December one, the year of Our Lord, twenty twenty. You 3 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 1: may wonder why in the world does this dude, Well, 4 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: first of all, want to wear the same shirt every week, 5 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: that's personal decision. But secondly, why does this dude have 6 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: to look down at a piece of paper when he's 7 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: reading the date? But you can just look around the 8 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: whole time when he's actually talking about stuff. I forget 9 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,480 Speaker 1: the date far more easily than I forget about what 10 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: Auburn's record is. Right now. It's a problem, and I'm 11 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 1: dealing with it. But right now it is Tuesday, December, 12 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,560 Speaker 1: first year of Our Lord, twenty twenty. We've got college 13 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: football playoff reaction, probably not the same old stuff you've 14 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: heard on ESPN tonight, although to be honest, I haven't 15 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: seen a lot of that coverage, so if we repeat things, 16 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: it just so happens that we were on the same 17 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: wavelength tonight. Anyway, Week fourteen predictions, we have got a 18 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: couple of them, and maybe a prediction that you wouldn't 19 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: typically expect a game that you wouldn't typically expect to 20 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: be broken down on the show. But I have my reasons. 21 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: So we're also going to do that. But we're going 22 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: to do something I haven't done in two shows, and 23 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: it's because there hasn't been a whole lot of new 24 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: information out there. But I think there's enough out there 25 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: to warrant talking about an update, latest intel whispers, rumors, 26 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,199 Speaker 1: all that juicy stuff about the South Carolina coaching search. 27 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: To this point, there are still no other major jobs 28 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 1: that have opened up. I believe that will happen, and 29 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: when it happens, trust me, we will keep you up 30 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: to date. Wire to wire here. Also got two added 31 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: best bets coming up this evening, and I really want 32 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: to stress to you. Listen, you choose to live your 33 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: life how you want to, but I'm very much stressing 34 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: to you if you ride our picks that we give 35 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: out on this show. Just a fair word to the wise. 36 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: Number one, don't ever bet parlays ever in your life. 37 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: And you say what about that, Nope, don't do it, 38 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: then don't do it there, don't do itever. No parlays. 39 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: Parlays are the forbidden word on this show. Secondly, either 40 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: take all the games or don't take any of them 41 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: at all. And thirdly, make sure you're following me on 42 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: Twitter at late k Josh, because what I do is 43 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 1: I try and anticipate when lines are moving and when 44 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: we've maximized our value, and I'm putting plays out there 45 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: on Twitter that by the time maybe we get on 46 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 1: air and have already lost their value. We had a 47 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: game a couple of weeks ago that moved four points 48 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 1: three and a half, four points from the time I 49 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: put it out to the time I got on air 50 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: that night and gave it out to you. Now, if 51 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: you don't care about it, the last forty five seconds 52 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: of your life have been wasted. However, I just wanted 53 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:30,519 Speaker 1: to put that out there. Okay, So we got a 54 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 1: lot to get to. I don't want to drag the 55 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: show out for an hour like we did the other day. 56 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 1: So let's dive into it, shall we. College football playoff rankings. 57 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: The latest addition has been unveiled just about an hour ago. 58 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: A lot of it remained unchanged. Alabama is still the 59 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,959 Speaker 1: number one team in the country, Notre Dame two, Clemson three, 60 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: Ohio State number four. There was some conjecture out there. 61 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 1: I was halfway curious, to be honest with you, about 62 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: whether they were going to keep Ohio State four, or 63 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: they're going to bump A and M Florida whichever team 64 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,079 Speaker 1: they view is the next best. In this case, A 65 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: and M as the number five team, if they may 66 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: bump them up. They did not. Now here's what's obvious 67 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: at the present moment. They just think Ohio State's a 68 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: better team. I've been going back and forth with a 69 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: lot of you on Twitter, and you've misunderstood what I've 70 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: said about this. So let me make my thoughts on 71 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: Ohio State football perfectly clear. I think they're the better 72 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: team too. I think they are better than Texas A 73 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: and M. If I put Ohio State and Texas A 74 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:27,119 Speaker 1: and M on a field tomorrow, I'd picked the Buckeyes 75 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: to win. So that's established now that we dive into 76 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 1: the more granular details of what the criteria actually will 77 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: be and should be, and even in this year, is 78 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: when it comes to the selection process. A couple of 79 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: things that are very obvious now. Clemson and Notre Dame 80 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: are in all likelihood not playing next week. That's been 81 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: announced very very recently. In fact, Colin had to inform 82 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: me of that because I've been busy with other things today. 83 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: So they're going to play in the ACC Championship game 84 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: unless something very very crazy happens. And what's obvious to 85 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: me right now with Notre Dame, as you saw, they're 86 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: still sitting at number two. Is Notre Dame man like 87 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: their path is very clear at this point. I also, 88 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: for the record, do not disagree with their ranking. I 89 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: would have them in the same spot if I were 90 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 1: on that committee, I'd have Notre Dame in the same 91 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: spot right now. There are a few teams that don't 92 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: have to worry about anything other than taking care of 93 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 1: their business. One of them is, of course Alabama. Another 94 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: one is at this point Notre Dame Clemson. I think 95 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 1: fits this description too. If they went out, they're in Florida. 96 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: This is kind of what puzzles me. Florida is also 97 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: in this boat. Those are the only four one, two, three, four. 98 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: Those are the only four teams as far as I 99 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: can tell that if they take care of their business, 100 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 1: they're in Ohio State does not fit that description right now. Texas, 101 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: A and M does not fit that description right now. 102 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:41,919 Speaker 1: You could argue with me about Ohio State, and we 103 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: will in just a second. However, I cannot tell you 104 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: I cannot begin to tell you how many folks I've 105 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,679 Speaker 1: gone back and forth with this week from the Florida 106 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: fan base. And the reason that I can always say this, 107 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: the reason I always say, oh, I talk to this 108 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 1: fan and I talked to that fan, it's because I 109 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: answer every one of your emails. At the very least, 110 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: I read every one of them in your DM. So 111 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,840 Speaker 1: I go back and forth with dozens to hundreds of 112 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: listeners and viewers per week. I feel like it's pretty 113 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 1: common sense you should make yourself available to your audience. 114 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: What else do I have to do? So I've been 115 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: talking to a lot of Florida folks this week. Number One, 116 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: you've been halfway salty because I didn't talk about Florida 117 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: Sunday night, to which I have responded, well, you played Kentucky. 118 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: Well what about the week before, Well you played Vanderbilt. 119 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't talk about most teams when they're 120 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: in that situation. They're playing Tennessee this week, Spoiler Alert 121 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: will probably talk about Florida Thursday night and probably talk 122 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: about them Sunday too. But a lot of Florida fans 123 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: have been bent out of shape. Here's the second part 124 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: of what's had him a little salty. I don't know 125 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: what you guys are so worked up about right now 126 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: over whether it's A and M in Florida or Florida 127 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: and A and M. It's totally irrelevant. You're gonna get 128 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 1: to do something that the folks in College station aren't 129 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: gonna get to do. You're gonna get your shot at Alabama, 130 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: but you're gonna play them in the SEC championship game, 131 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: which means if you win, you're hop skipping and jumping 132 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 1: over not only Texas A and M, but probably Alabama too. 133 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: You got a conference championship under your belt. You're going 134 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 1: no one can take that away from you. So I 135 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 1: don't know what unless there's just this permanent fixture in 136 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 1: your mind to want to be disrespected, which is not 137 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: a Florida thing. It's like a society thing right now, 138 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: I really get it. Don't worry about it. If you're 139 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: a Florida fan, don't worry about it. Welcome the folks 140 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 1: who doubt you. Welcome it. If anything, you can use 141 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: it as motivation if that's your thing. However, I was 142 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: looking at that, I was wondering kind of what that 143 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 1: committee was going to do. About A and M and 144 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: Florida what order that have the man? Now, there are 145 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: two schools of thought here. It's pretty common this time 146 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:29,559 Speaker 1: of year if you had a head to head result 147 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: early in the year and it was closed and the 148 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: home team won a close game, and then you get 149 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: later in the year and the team that lost earlier 150 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: in the season, they're kind of surging, well, should we 151 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: have recency bias and should we bump one over the other? Well, 152 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: of course you shouldn't right now unless one's a definitively 153 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: better team. No, you shouldn't. So the resumes with those 154 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: two teams, they're comparable. What head to head matters. It's 155 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: not even JP criteria, that's college football playoff criteria. And 156 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: like I said, regardless of whether you agree with those 157 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,039 Speaker 1: rankings right now or not, if you're a Florida fan, 158 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 1: it's irrelevant. So just take a sip of sweet tea, 159 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 1: sit back, relax, take care of your business against Tennessee, 160 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: and then go to Atlanta and pull an upset. Now 161 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: here's part B of that. What would be extremely interesting. 162 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: So if you don't pull the upset over Alabama, but 163 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: you lose thirty to twenty seven, how they handling that 164 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: I don't know. Also, for the record, you may have 165 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: four of the Heisman finalists on the field at the 166 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: same time that day, Well, excuse me, four should be 167 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: Heisman finalists. You know my thoughts on how Kyle Pitts 168 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,679 Speaker 1: and Devonte Smith are being treated right now. So Ohio 169 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: State stayed at four in these rankings. A couple of 170 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: things are clear. Well maybe one thing's clear. If they 171 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: are able to go to the Big Ten title game 172 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: and they win, they're going to be in a lot 173 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: of you are rubbed, very very raw about that, and 174 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: I understand, trust me. I do. However, as I told 175 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: you in September, and nothing has changed about my opinion 176 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: on this. There is a default setting, whether you like 177 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: it or not. You can call it preview magazine syndrome 178 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: if you want to, but there is a default setting 179 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: in everyone's mind, yours included. By the way, be honest 180 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: with yourself, because I have this too. There's a default 181 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: setting when you enter a season, how good you think 182 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: teams are. And that committee's no different. And they got 183 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 1: an impression in their mind, they have since the very 184 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: beginning of the season. But how good they think this 185 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: team is. They think they're one of the best four 186 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: in the country. I do too. I think they're one 187 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: of the best four in the country. There will be 188 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: every single effort made to find a reason to put 189 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: Ohio State in because of that, and if they have 190 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: a conference championship under their belt, if they have that 191 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: extra bullet in their chamber, that's all little take. You 192 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: can like it, you cannot like it. I'm telling you 193 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: that's the way it's going to be. The only argument 194 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: here is if they're not able to get enough games 195 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: them and I'm not going to take the added fifteen 196 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: steps that apparently some of the folks did at the 197 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 1: national level on the ESPN broadcast tonight and suggests that 198 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 1: Michigan's going to run and hide intentionally to keep Ohio 199 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: State out of the Big Ten title game. I'm not 200 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 1: going to do that. I'm just going to say, in general, 201 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: if they're not able to play in that conference title 202 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: game and therefore not able to secure a conference championship, 203 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: and then you've got a resume comparison of A nine 204 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: and one hypothetically nine and one Texas A and M 205 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: versus five and oh or six and o Ohio State, 206 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: I think they'll have a big problem there. And I 207 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 1: can't disagree with the sentiment if they do end up 208 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 1: having a big problem, because what I talked about the 209 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: other night, I mean, I value competition, I value games, 210 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: I value putting yourself in the arena. And I've had 211 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: a number of you come back at me, and you're 212 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: right when you say, well, it's not Ohio State's fault. 213 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: It's not Ohio State's fault that the Big Ten fumble this. 214 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: You're right. In fact, you're probably one of the only 215 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: reasons they ended up getting on the field to begin with. 216 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: Everything was done right in Columbus. I'm not saying it wasn't. 217 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: What I'm saying is someone's got to pay a price, 218 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: like someone's got to hold the bag. A and M's 219 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 1: not going to pay the price for the Big Tens incompetence. 220 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: So it may end up being you. And if it's 221 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 1: you sitting there five and oh six and oh against 222 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: an SEC Western Division team who's only losses to the 223 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: number one team in the country and who has a 224 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,839 Speaker 1: win over the team they're playing in the SEC title game, 225 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: some other good wins too. If at nine and one 226 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: team sitting there against you five and oh six, and Oho, 227 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: I'm telling you right now, I don't think those are 228 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: comparable resumes. Why is that important? Well, it's important because 229 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: of this. All the arguments you can make about who 230 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: would beat who on a neutral field, who'd be favored 231 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 1: against who on a neutral field, Who do I think 232 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: is better? My answer to that could be Ohio State 233 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,959 Speaker 1: across the board, And in this scenario, it wouldn't matter 234 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: because the only time that has any business being in 235 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: the conversation is if the resumes are comparable. All that's 236 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: tiebreaker stuff. Okay, what you think, what I think, how 237 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: we believe a game would play out, all that's tiebreaker stuff. 238 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,199 Speaker 1: You know. Early in the year, I thought Ohio State 239 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: would blow Indiana out. That's what I thought. In fact, 240 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: I bet money on it, and I told you do 241 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: the same. Well, they beat him by seven, Okay, So 242 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 1: what I thought would happen didn't pen out that day. 243 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 1: I mean, it happens every year. It wouldn't be sport 244 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: if unexpected things didn't happen every year. So what you 245 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 1: think would happen, and what I think would happen, and 246 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 1: what Vegas thinks would happen even is irrelevant. If one 247 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 1: resume is superior to another. If they're comparable, that's a 248 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: different thing. I don't think they would comparable at that point, 249 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: and that's why I believe. And I was listening to well, 250 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: I was reading some of the pool quotes from the 251 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: executive on that playoff committee tonight, and I think Rhys 252 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,839 Speaker 1: Davis asked him, said, was that a conversation right now? 253 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: Ohio State's got I think four games under their belt 254 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: and some teams have played twice that many games. Was 255 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 1: it a factor? And he said, yes, it was a 256 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 1: factor right now. We think they're a better team than 257 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: A and M. But according to the words that came 258 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 1: out of his mouth, this was something that was discussed. 259 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: It's very clear there's already a split room now. And 260 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 1: maybe it's sixty forty seventy thirty Ohio State. I don't 261 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: know the split. I'm telling you that's going to be 262 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: a big problem. That's going to be a hurdle. It's 263 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: going to be tough to overcome if you're Ohio State. 264 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 1: I got all the incentive in the world to root 265 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: for Ohio State to be in this thing. So don't 266 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 1: think this is some anti Buckeye sentiment. Man, I trust me, 267 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: Trust me. I love for him to be in. However, 268 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: I think it's I think it's going to be a 269 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: huge problem, maybe even an insurmountable problem for him if 270 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:56,959 Speaker 1: it does play out that way, Which is why I've 271 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,439 Speaker 1: got every finger I have crossed that they're able to 272 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,559 Speaker 1: play sad or they're able to play next week, and 273 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 1: they're able to get in the Big Ten title game, 274 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 1: and I don't have to talk about this anymore. Also, 275 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:08,839 Speaker 1: I just want to say, here's a good question. Okay, 276 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,559 Speaker 1: I'm gonna put it out there kind of rhetorical because 277 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 1: it's just got a float, simmer for a little while. 278 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 1: I want you to think about this. I'm looking here 279 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 1: and it's Colin. In fact, can we throw up those 280 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: rankings one more time? So the top four remained I 281 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: think unchanged, and it was Bama and it was Notre Dame. Yeah, 282 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 1: there they go, and it was Clemson number three, Ohio 283 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 1: State number four. Now we know those rankings are going 284 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 1: to change, cause, I mean, two of those teams are 285 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: going to play each other. Notre Dame and Clemson are 286 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:32,439 Speaker 1: going to play each other. But here's what I want 287 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: to ask you. What would it take for Notre Dame 288 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 1: to drop out entirely of that top four. Let's say 289 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: they're undefeated, and let's say they are facing one loss 290 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:47,439 Speaker 1: Clemson in the ACC title game. What kind of margin 291 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 1: would Clemson have to put on Notre Dame. If it's 292 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 1: a three point loss, you know, if Clemson beats Notre 293 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: Dame by three, is that enough for you to knock 294 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: them out entirely? If it's a thirteen point loss, is 295 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: that enough to knock them out entirely. I it's my 296 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 1: personal opinion here. I think it's going to take a 297 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: pretty sound victory from Clemson over Notre Dame in order 298 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 1: to drop the Irish all the way out of that 299 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: top four. Now that's my thinking on this currently. There 300 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: are games to go this weekend obviously, But having said that, 301 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 1: you got to really love I mean, if you were 302 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: to tell Brian Kelly he was going to be at 303 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:23,439 Speaker 1: this point in the year and have this much control, 304 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: total control, really over his own destiny, boy, he would 305 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: have taken that to heartbat In fact, they would have 306 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: probably traded the next five years worth of playing in 307 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 1: the ACC if they knew this was going to be 308 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: the case. And how ironic playing in a conference may 309 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: end up saving Notre Dame this year, or maybe if 310 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 1: number of games you play is irrelevant, maybe it's going 311 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: to be the only thing that hinders them this year. 312 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: But that's the current state of affairs in the college 313 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: football playoff rankings process, and it is a process. It's 314 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 1: an ongoing, evolving process. Speaking of which, what a transition there. 315 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: You know, I didn't plan it, because I'm not good 316 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 1: enough to plan those sorts of things. The South Carolina 317 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: coaching search enters what is it, week three, week seven, 318 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: month two, I don't know what it is? Rule number 319 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: one in coaching searches. I always trying to reiterate this, 320 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 1: and I will. I'm going to proactively tell you for 321 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: some jobs out there that haven't gotten rid of their 322 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: head coach yet, make sure or at least make ninety 323 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: five percent sure that you have a sure fire upgrade 324 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: ready to go. They're holding online one and all the 325 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: i's are dotted and the t's are crossed, and everything's 326 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: written in pencil. We just got to get some solid 327 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: ink on the paper, because otherwise it makes no sense 328 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 1: to rid yourself of your current head coach and pay 329 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 1: the buy out the near quarter million dollars per year 330 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: over the next forty eight or some odd months that 331 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: you're going to be paying your former coach. Why in 332 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: the world would you do that if you don't have 333 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: a solid upgrade. Okay, pause on that. Just keep that 334 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: question in mind, because to me, right this second, I 335 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: don't see some surefire slam dunk upgrade out there that 336 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: can replace Will must Champ that warrants all that. But 337 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: I ask some people around South Carolina that today and 338 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: I got some answers that make sense. We'll table that 339 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: for a second. I'm gonna circle back around to that. 340 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: Let's dive into where we're at right now. It's very 341 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: important to note as this search maybe winds to a close, 342 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: we'll see about that to be continued there. Info can 343 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: be right tonight, like we're doing the show live, so 344 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: it's seven sixteen Central time right now on this Tuesday evening. 345 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: I could make a statement that is factually correct right 346 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: now that could be totally wrong by tomorrow morning. That's 347 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: how it works in recruiting, That's how it works in 348 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: coaching searches, because the information is only as good as 349 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: the current mood of the people involved. You know, if 350 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 1: Billy Napier were to call me right now and say, hey, 351 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 1: heads up, I'm gonna take job tomorrow morning. You know 352 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: what I'd do, I'd say, I'm tapping the microphone. Is 353 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: this on? Hey, A source close to the situation has 354 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: told me that Billy Napier's taking a job. Don't any 355 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: of you dare clip that and put it on Twitter. 356 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: By the way, that's badly out of context. But I 357 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: would tell you that. And then if he changed his 358 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: mind tomorrow morning and he didn't take the job and 359 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: Colin ended up being the head coach at South Carolina, 360 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: first thing Colin would do a sabotage the program. But 361 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: the second thing you would do is you would say 362 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: you swung and missed. No, I didn't. I was right, 363 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: My infl was right. It was just right twelve hours ago. Now, Trump, 364 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: keep that in mind as a lot of what people 365 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: are saying. People you know on the South Carolina beat 366 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: that are usually informed, keep in mind that when they 367 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: say things and then it changes, it's not necessarily that 368 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: they're always taking a shot in the dark. It's that 369 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: things are changing rapidly. Things change behind the scenes on 370 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: this sort of deal. So I've been reading over on 371 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: the Big Spur dot Com for example, or South Carolina 372 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 1: twenty four to seven site. This has been fun to 373 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: me see because I'm not emotionally invested, like I'm not 374 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: a donor. I didn't go to South Carolina, I didn't 375 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: play there, but I like South Carolina and like I 376 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: know a lot of people close to the program, so 377 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: it's been fun for me to watch from afar. For 378 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: you guys, it's been like sleeping on a bed of 379 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: nails every night for the better part of three weeks now, 380 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: because you want to know the future of your program. However, 381 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 1: having said that, if you're just a neutral observer, I 382 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 1: would encourage you if you've got a membership of twenty 383 00:16:57,760 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: four seven Sports. If you don't get one, it's well 384 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: worth the price of admission. But if you already do, 385 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 1: head over to the Big Spur. They've got everything from 386 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 1: momentum meters over there. I think Sherbert put out a 387 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: momentum meter earlier tonight. They have got odds. These are 388 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 1: probably not betible, but they've got odds on who the 389 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 1: next coach is, and the odds move up and the 390 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 1: odds move down. And they've got your normal whispers and 391 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 1: the very latest and VIP information all that can be 392 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 1: found over there. So if it's being said publicly or 393 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: behind the scenes, by the way, about the South Carolina 394 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 1: coaching search, they've got him. Everyone close to this that 395 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: I have spoken to believes Shane Beemer is the current 396 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: leader in the clubhouse. In fact, that's probably the nomenclature. 397 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,439 Speaker 1: You hear people say leader in the clubhouse. It's like 398 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: a memo has been sent out behind the scenes, leader 399 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: in the clubhouse. And let me tell you my impression 400 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: of what Shane Biemer's doing right now is he is 401 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: putting on a clinic. This is how you get hired. Okay, 402 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 1: if you don't have the overwhelming resume, if you haven't 403 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 1: coordinated an offense to four or five championships, if you 404 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: haven't been a head coach, this is how you get hired. 405 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: You make sure that you get a grassroots campaign, a 406 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:07,359 Speaker 1: former players, current behind the scenes dignitaries, very influential people 407 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:10,880 Speaker 1: around the program, big money donors. You get a small 408 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,880 Speaker 1: torch and pitchfork, grassroots army together. And then they take 409 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: their torches and pitchforks and they turn them into digital tools. 410 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: It's called Twitter, and it's called the Internet in general. 411 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: And you get this groundswell of support. And I was 412 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 1: listening or reading rather J. C. Sherbert mentioned this, and 413 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: I've heard some other folks mention this too. There's never 414 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 1: been There aren't many coaching searches at Carolina. They had Musschamp, 415 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: and then before that, you know, there was this kind 416 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 1: of ready made situation with Steve Spurrier, and you know 417 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: they had a ready made situation once upon a time 418 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: with Holtz, and so there haven't been very many quote 419 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 1: unquote normal coaching searches there. So there's certainly never been 420 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,679 Speaker 1: this situation where it seems everybody behind the scenes is 421 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,919 Speaker 1: in lockstep in support of a guy that really has 422 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: a very limited resume. But therein lies the clinic that's 423 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 1: being put on currently by Shane b That's how you 424 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 1: get yourself hired. Man. That's not my opinion as to 425 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 1: whether he's the right candidate or the wrong candidate. Like 426 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 1: I'll give you my opinion coming up in just a second, 427 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: because it ties into a question I asked earlier today. 428 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 1: But that's how you get yourself hired. So speaking to 429 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 1: my question, that was the question I asked to a 430 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 1: few folks around the Carolina program today who I trust. 431 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 1: I shared my viewpoint on this, and it's pretty generic 432 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: any viewpoint that I have on any coaching search is 433 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: if you fired a guy in the middle of the season, 434 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 1: I'm all for taking decisive action. If you think that 435 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: the guy you have right now is not the guy 436 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: they didn't think must Champton was the guy moving forward, 437 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:38,359 Speaker 1: I'm all for taking decisive action. But my question there is, 438 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: if you're taking that decisive action, like they fired him 439 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: in the middle of the year, does it not stand 440 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: to reason that they did that so that they could 441 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: go after their top candidates? And I would imply by 442 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 1: that that there's someone out there that it's worth firing 443 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: your guy right now for so that you get the 444 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: first crack at. If I look at Shane Biemer, and 445 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: this is all due respect to him, Shane Biemer is 446 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: a guy that South ca Lina could have had any 447 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: time they wanted. And so my obvious question there in 448 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,360 Speaker 1: lies why did you feel the need to fire a Musscham. 449 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: The way it's been explained to me is they're almost 450 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,919 Speaker 1: exclusive to each other. The culture had gone south, The 451 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,640 Speaker 1: results on the field had gone south, obviously, so the 452 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 1: internal dynamics had gone south. Pretty quickly there. That's not 453 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: to say that it was a rotten culture from like 454 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:25,199 Speaker 1: a character standpoint, certainly not like that, but just the 455 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 1: overall competitive spirit and the nature inside the program. It 456 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: was dead. I mean, there was no there was no heartbeat, 457 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: there was no pulse. It was just there wasn't even 458 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:37,199 Speaker 1: one of the It was just dead. And the results 459 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: on the field mirrored that. So that was the feeling 460 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: as to why they had to get rid of Muschamp. 461 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: It wasn't like they had Urban Meyer waiting on the 462 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: line two to come into Columbia and save the day. 463 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 1: So now I want to say one more thing before 464 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: we move on. Having said what I've said about Shane 465 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,119 Speaker 1: Beemer being the leader in the clubhouse, and I believe 466 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: that I think there are some varying reports out there 467 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,679 Speaker 1: about Billy Napier's involvement on this job and whether he 468 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,679 Speaker 1: wants that or not. We make something clear. It is 469 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 1: my opinion that Billy Napier could change this thing right 470 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,160 Speaker 1: now with one phone call. I think he could change 471 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: this right now and take that job. There's a reason 472 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: he hasn't taken that job. Now you can leave that 473 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 1: up to interpretation. It could be that the money wasn't right. 474 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:20,120 Speaker 1: It could be that the salary pool for assistance wasn't right. 475 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: It could be you want facilities, which probably is not 476 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,199 Speaker 1: the case cause they recently upgraded up there. There are 477 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 1: all kinds of different things that you have to negotiate 478 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,359 Speaker 1: in these sorts of deals, and for whatever reason, it 479 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,120 Speaker 1: seems like Billy Napier has not gotten green check marks 480 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 1: in every box that he wants. And here's the thing 481 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 1: about it. If you're asking a guy to come in 482 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: and be the head coach at South Carolina, you're asking 483 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 1: him to be at an historical disadvantage relative to even Tennessee, 484 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 1: much less Georgia and Florida. Now, a competitor looks at 485 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: that and they just see a challenge that they love 486 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: and they'd love to jump at. However, Kirby Smart's getting 487 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: yes to every request he makes at Georgia, Mullin's getting 488 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: yes to most to all requests that he makes at Florida. 489 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 1: And if those guys are already ahead of us historically, 490 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: I've certainly got to get a yes to everything I 491 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: ask for resource wise, at South Carolina, we've got to 492 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 1: be a freight train and one hundred and thirty six 493 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,199 Speaker 1: cars have to just be moving the same direction. We 494 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: can't have We'll give you seventy five percent of what 495 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: you want here, well meet us sixty forty on this. 496 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 1: It's got to be one hundred percent. You got to 497 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: be one hundred one hundred. That's how marriages work, that's 498 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: how coaching hires work. You can't do the fifty to 499 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: fifty deal. You can do the fifty to fifty deal. 500 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: If you want to go to the Belt Bowl. The 501 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 1: beat Boll's pretty active on Twitter. They're not going to 502 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 1: take kindly to that. But you understand my point. You 503 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 1: don't enter the preseason with the goal to reside in 504 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,639 Speaker 1: Charlotte in late December. You guys want more, and you 505 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,199 Speaker 1: could get more if you hire the right guy. But 506 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: to hire the right guy, the guy that is theoretically 507 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: capable of taking you there, it's got to be a 508 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 1: yes on everything. And if it means you think you 509 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: overpaid a little bit, I mean, look at what free 510 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 1: agency is like in baseball. No one's competing when they're 511 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 1: you know, counting pennies. That's not just not the way 512 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,920 Speaker 1: it works. Although I did watch Moneyball the other night, 513 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:03,399 Speaker 1: so that flies in the face of that. Well, if 514 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 1: you want to analytics the SEC to death, you'd be 515 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 1: my guest. By and large, you got to have a 516 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 1: big time head coach who does big time things, and 517 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: in order to do big time things, you gotta payhim 518 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 1: big time money. That's the current state of affairs. Second 519 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,919 Speaker 1: time I've said that phrase. Tonight at South Carolina. All right, 520 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: let's talk about some games that are happening this week. 521 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 1: I'm going to break down a game here. I'm not 522 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:25,959 Speaker 1: breaking it down a whole lot, because it doesn't really 523 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 1: need to be broken down a whole lot, but I'm 524 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: gonna break this one down. I don't know what you're 525 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: doing Saturday night primetime, eight o'clock Eastern time, but if 526 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,160 Speaker 1: you want to check out just something that should carry 527 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 1: with it at TVMA rating, check out Alabama as a 528 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 1: twenty eight and a half point favorite number, steadily climbing 529 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: on the road at LSU. Why I break this game down, 530 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 1: What in the world are we doing? Well, we're not 531 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,199 Speaker 1: going to break it down in the classical sense, but 532 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 1: I just think it's important to document for future civilizations 533 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 1: when they come over here and they're looking at what 534 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 1: used to be the SEC and you know they're doing 535 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 1: research here like we do in Egypt. You know they're 536 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: just look at what this culture once had. Well, I 537 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,360 Speaker 1: want them to know why. I want them to have 538 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 1: the answers to the questions, because I can guarantee you 539 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 1: a lot of folks are going to be asking how 540 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,640 Speaker 1: in the world at a national champion from one year 541 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,159 Speaker 1: end up being a four plus touchdown underdog at home? 542 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: Why in the world, even as this huge favorite, could 543 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 1: you see foam coming out of the mouth of this 544 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: team in Crimson? And probably most importantly, how did RTWFU 545 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: become an acronym? And for those of you who know 546 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 1: what it stands for, you understand. And for those of 547 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 1: you who don't know what it stands for, let me 548 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: say it slowly and you can probably figure it out. 549 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: R tw FU. The last two are easy. The first 550 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,159 Speaker 1: two are probably pretty easy. And if you don't understand 551 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: the rest, just look up edwors Ron locker room post 552 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: game from last year. This has been my favorite rivalry 553 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: in college football for over a decade now. I have 554 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 1: thought over the past decade to decade and a half, 555 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 1: this has been the most important game in college football. 556 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,439 Speaker 1: It's had an impact one way or the other. On 557 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 1: the national Championship picture, like every single year they've played it, 558 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 1: there have been some classic finishes here. I mean there 559 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: have been situations where Alabama in the midst of probably 560 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 1: the greatest dynasty run in the history of the sport, 561 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:23,160 Speaker 1: they've just been fractions better than LSU, and several years 562 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: that they went on to win a championship. I mean, 563 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: it's been very competitive. This year probably not that and 564 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 1: these are two very proud, rabid fan bases. I actually 565 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 1: wanted to pull something up for you, the LSU fan base. 566 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: I mean, I've been down there when they've played Alabama 567 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 1: that place. You give them any reason to believe, and 568 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 1: they'll be full throat. Obviously you'd have a full stadium 569 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,400 Speaker 1: most of the time. They'll be full throat and they'll 570 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 1: be into it. I want you to keep that in 571 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,360 Speaker 1: mind as I read you what I'm about to read you. 572 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 1: So Shay Dixon or Sonny rather sunny Ship over on 573 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 1: Go two four seven. He put up an article earlier 574 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 1: today and he was talking about how Alabama's a four 575 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,399 Speaker 1: plus touchdown favorite on the road at Tiger Stadium. Now 576 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 1: here's what you would typically get from LSU folks, you 577 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 1: would typically get us against the world massive crimson chip 578 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,439 Speaker 1: on our shoulder. We can easily take the points. No 579 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: one's walking into Tiger Stadium and doing that to us. 580 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 1: Not only will we cover, I think if things fall 581 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: this way and that way, we can get them into 582 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter and get our teeth around the throat 583 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: a little bit, drag them out in the deep water, 584 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: we could beat them. That could happen. That would be 585 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: the typical LSU mentality. Instead, I'm just gonna scroll down 586 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 1: the message board here and I'm going to read you 587 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,160 Speaker 1: some reactions. I'm on this board quite a bit. In fact, 588 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 1: I'll probably be on there later tonight after the show 589 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: to deal with whatever they say about me. And so 590 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,160 Speaker 1: these are the reactions from LSU fans, genuine LSU fans 591 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: about Sunny's article about how Bama is a four plus 592 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 1: touchdown favorite. This will be a blood letting lay the points. 593 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: Trust me, I never thought I would have seen a 594 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: four touchdown spread in an Lsubama game, and yet here 595 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: it is. After the national title. We will lose by 596 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: every bit of forty points. I think it'll be closer 597 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: to fifty than forty. The line is up to twenty 598 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 1: eight and a half. I'm laying it all day. I 599 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: never bet against our boys before, but this line may 600 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: be free money. It's gonna be scary, it's gonna be 601 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,880 Speaker 1: real ugly. These in a line, just in a row. 602 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 1: I'm just scrolling. These are random responses from LSU fans, 603 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 1: just giving an idea of what the expectation is here. 604 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,400 Speaker 1: So here's the breakdown. It's gonna take like thirty seconds. 605 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: LSU is good enough in the secondary to limit teams obviously, 606 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 1: like Texas A and M. They're not good enough in 607 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 1: the secondary, although there will be some good future Sunday 608 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 1: on Sunday matchups here, you know, like Stingley versus Smith. 609 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: DeVante Smith easily got the better of that matchup last year. 610 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 1: If you see that this year, good matchup. I leaned 611 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: DeVante Smith on that one. They're not good enough to 612 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: limit Alabama through four quarters, obviously, though Alabama's depth on 613 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 1: defense and talent on defense capable of doing everything to 614 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: LSU that Texas A and M did last week. And 615 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: so what I'm saying is we could be looking at 616 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: a name the score situation now before I give you 617 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:01,239 Speaker 1: just a kind of a overall feel about why I'm 618 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 1: talking about this game in general, Colin, let's go ahead 619 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: show the capsule just for fun. The capsule on this 620 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,399 Speaker 1: game is the Vegas opinion. Based on our opinion, and 621 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 1: compared to our opinion, the biggest number right here is 622 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 1: twenty eight and a half. Okay, Alabama minus twenty eight 623 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: and a half. I don't know how to factor in 624 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 1: for what's in play in this game. In our model, 625 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 1: we like Alabama over thirty, so it's thirty two and 626 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 1: a half. We got Bama minus thirty two and a half. 627 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: I'm not sure there's a restrictor plate factor in this game. 628 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 1: If you've watched Bama, and most of you have, it's 629 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 1: a number one team in the country or close to 630 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,360 Speaker 1: it every year. You know, there's this restrictor plate mentality 631 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,200 Speaker 1: with Nick Sabe, and it was on display last week 632 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 1: against Auburn. Once they realized that the other team cannot 633 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 1: contain them and cannot control them. It's like, you know, 634 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 1: it's the same deal where you put a restrictor plate 635 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 1: in a race card to keep it from going two 636 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: hundred and forty five miles an hour. Well, Nick Saban 637 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 1: puts that on his own team and so last week 638 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 1: BAMA could have scored forty two, they could have scored 639 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 1: fifty two to sixty two. They just dialed it in, 640 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: put Bryce Young in, don't let him throw a pass, 641 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 1: and it is what it is. Get out out there unscathed. 642 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: We'll move on to the next week. I cannot overstate 643 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: to you enough how big a deal this game is 644 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 1: for Alabama. How badly behind the scenes they fought to 645 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: play this game, how in some cases a little bit 646 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 1: resistant LSU has been to play this game. Just to 647 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 1: be honest with you, you may think that's weird, But 648 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 1: if you were around this game last year and you 649 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: understood the behind the scenes things and some publicly some 650 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 1: of the things that were happening, some of the things 651 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 1: that were being said last year, a lot of the 652 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: elements that typically wouldn't be present in the motivation factors 653 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 1: for an Alabama team, they're present. And what I'm telling 654 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: you is, I'm not sure the restrict plays on in 655 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:40,960 Speaker 1: this particular game, in this particular week. Could be a 656 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 1: one off type situation. But if Nick Saban does not 657 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,720 Speaker 1: turn off the water spicket like he normally does, there 658 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: is no limit to how badly this will look. There 659 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 1: is no limit to how ugly this can get, because 660 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 1: there's going to be a point in this game where 661 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 1: they're able to name the score, and if they want to, 662 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: they can totally bleed LSU dry. And I think they're 663 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 1: going to opt to do it on national TV in primetime, 664 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 1: no less in Tiger Stadium. So I'm telling you I 665 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: haven't put it on our graphic yet, but I'm going 666 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 1: to tell you this. We're gonna take Alabama to win. 667 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: We are going to take them to cover the twenty 668 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: eight and a half. That's going to be one of 669 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,080 Speaker 1: our best bets of the week. It's at twenty eight 670 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: and a half right now. In fact, we may end 671 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 1: up moving on that tonight. God, I think it's going 672 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,080 Speaker 1: to go over thirty, to be honest with you, So 673 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 1: you might as well consider that having been placed on 674 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 1: the last graphic that Colin's going to show you later. 675 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 1: But I like Alabama to win, and I like it 676 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:34,120 Speaker 1: to be very, very unfamiliar looking to those of you 677 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,120 Speaker 1: who normally watch Bama. I think they're going to stretch 678 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,880 Speaker 1: that thing a lot harder and a lot further than 679 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: they normally do in games like that. As for a 680 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: game that figures to be much more competitive. Texas A 681 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: and M is a seven point favorite at Auburn Saturday. 682 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 1: This is a really good game. It's a noon kickoff 683 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:55,200 Speaker 1: Eastern Time on ESPN. Aggie's laying seven very important. It 684 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 1: was a lower number earlier in the week, and then 685 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: it crept up. This, to me is probably the sneakiest 686 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:05,680 Speaker 1: best game in the Southeastern Conference since Florida played at 687 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 1: Texas A and M. You remember that game. It's very 688 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 1: consequential now, as it turns out, But a lot of 689 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 1: people weren't paying a whole lot of attention to that 690 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 1: game when it first happened, and we were telling you 691 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,320 Speaker 1: all week, Hey, watch this is a really important game. 692 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 1: Watch this game. So this one, now, I think a 693 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 1: lot more people will have their eyeballs on number one 694 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 1: cause A and M is right there in the midx 695 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 1: of the college football playoff conversation. So you have legitimate 696 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: college football playoff ramifications in this game, you also have 697 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:33,400 Speaker 1: job security ramifications. The heat will be on either coach 698 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 1: if they lose. This not to the same degree like 699 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,280 Speaker 1: the heat that Malzan could feel if he loses. This 700 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 1: is a bunch of his fans saying fire this man. 701 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 1: The kind of heat Jimbo would feel was just, man, 702 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,960 Speaker 1: we got a fifteenth year senior quarterback here, we were 703 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: finally in the playoff makes and we can't even go 704 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:50,840 Speaker 1: on the road and beat Auburn. We hadn't beat him yet, 705 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 1: by the way, since you've been here, coach Fisher, we 706 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: haven't beat him yet. So how in the world are 707 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 1: we going to get it done in the future if 708 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: we couldn't get it done when Auburn's terrible and we're 709 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: sitting there top five. That's the kind of heat he 710 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 1: would feel. Auburn can win this game. Make no mistake 711 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:05,440 Speaker 1: about it. I'm going to give you the path for 712 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 1: Auburn to win. This team. They can win it because 713 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,280 Speaker 1: they can limit Isaiah Spiller Texas. A and M's got 714 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 1: to be able to run the ball. It's even more 715 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,240 Speaker 1: imperative for them to do it. Then all these other 716 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 1: teams that are just sitting there in the top four, 717 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 1: like Alabama could have ninety three yards rushing and still 718 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,320 Speaker 1: rip you to pieces. Ohio State can do the same thing. 719 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 1: A and M cannot do that. They're not that kind 720 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,240 Speaker 1: of thing. Florida could do it. A and M cannot 721 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 1: do that they got to be able to run the ball. Now. 722 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 1: Isaiah Spiller, who is the feature tailback for them, has 723 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,360 Speaker 1: two games this year by my account, where he's been 724 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,800 Speaker 1: held under one hundred total yards. That's not the end 725 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,960 Speaker 1: all be all, but just broad strokes purposes. Two teams 726 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:41,800 Speaker 1: have been able to limit him like that. One of 727 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,160 Speaker 1: them was Alabama, the other one was Arkansas. Auburn can 728 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:48,200 Speaker 1: do that. Auburn possesses the potential to be able to 729 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: do that. They are not defensively upfront what they normally are, 730 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 1: but they still possess the ability to limit a team 731 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 1: that they don't have to worry about stretching them vertically 732 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 1: like Alabama for example. Last week. Last week they had 733 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 1: no answer for Alabama. A and M's not Alabama. Now. Alabama, 734 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 1: by the way, totally shut down that game and it 735 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:09,719 Speaker 1: got kind of sideways. I don't think this game ends 736 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 1: up getting sideways like that. The offensive line. When you 737 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,440 Speaker 1: look at Texas A and M's strengths weaknesses, the offensive 738 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 1: line is still decidedly one of, if not maybe the 739 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:21,959 Speaker 1: biggest strengths of this team. There's an interesting stat right 740 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,040 Speaker 1: now though, that I was reading I think over on 741 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,959 Speaker 1: Auburn undercover earlier today, and it's this. You know, they 742 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 1: haven't given up many tackles for loss, they haven't given 743 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:33,040 Speaker 1: up many quarterback pressures, many sacks at all, but a 744 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:37,080 Speaker 1: quarter twenty five percent of the tackles for loss that 745 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:38,760 Speaker 1: that A and M offensive line has given up this 746 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,800 Speaker 1: whole year they gave up last week. So if you 747 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: want to go recently bias, they're on a terrible streak 748 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:48,560 Speaker 1: right now. They're in a terrible run. LSU is they 749 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:49,959 Speaker 1: may not be able to do a whole lot. They 750 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,280 Speaker 1: can get pressure on the quarterback. They can get pressure 751 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,600 Speaker 1: on the quarterback better than Auburn can. Auburn's pass rush 752 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:56,800 Speaker 1: has been a notch or two down this year. And 753 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:58,680 Speaker 1: so if I'm looking for the path for A and M, 754 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 1: the path is this, assume, just for a moment, that 755 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,520 Speaker 1: you're not going to get the same pass rush effectiveness 756 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,240 Speaker 1: down in down out this week against Auburn as LSU 757 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 1: was able to get against you. You've also, for whatever 758 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 1: it matters, knocked any kind of residual rust off that 759 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,000 Speaker 1: you had going into last week after you hadn't played 760 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,440 Speaker 1: for several weeks. So you have that Auburn's pass rush 761 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 1: probably not going to affect you and impact you, and 762 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:23,080 Speaker 1: Kellen Mond therefore will probably be in a much better 763 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,279 Speaker 1: position to make things happen in the passing game. Now, 764 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:28,080 Speaker 1: this is not a Heisman contending type quarterback. He never 765 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,400 Speaker 1: has been. He doesn't possess that kind of skill set. 766 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,479 Speaker 1: But he was playing this best football that he's played 767 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:35,720 Speaker 1: in his entire career over a string of weeks going 768 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,480 Speaker 1: into this extended by period they have, so he comes 769 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,880 Speaker 1: out of that. They had a much better pass rush 770 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:43,439 Speaker 1: did LSU than Auburn will have this week. The weather 771 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:45,319 Speaker 1: was horrible last week, so he was throwing in the rain, 772 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:47,960 Speaker 1: and I think the game plan got dialed down pretty 773 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,879 Speaker 1: quickly once Jimbo realized, Hey, LSU can't score, so less 774 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,600 Speaker 1: pass rush, less rant. I think you get better production 775 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:56,640 Speaker 1: from Kellen Mond this week. Probably not four hundred and 776 00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:58,680 Speaker 1: fifty five yards through the air or anything like that, 777 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:02,520 Speaker 1: but I think he'll be a lot better. The other 778 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,240 Speaker 1: issue in play on the other side of the field 779 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:08,080 Speaker 1: with Auburn is there's no offensive consistency. I mean, if 780 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,640 Speaker 1: you're looking at what scares you this week, what scares 781 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:13,040 Speaker 1: you is not something for A and M as it 782 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:16,640 Speaker 1: relates to Auburn's offense. What scares Auburn's offense is the 783 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:19,319 Speaker 1: propensity to turn the ball over a whole lot. And 784 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,120 Speaker 1: as skilled as Alabama is defensively in that front, I 785 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,759 Speaker 1: mean A and M, they're no slouch either. So they 786 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,600 Speaker 1: are going to consistently get after bow Nicks. They're going 787 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 1: to consistently take advantage of an inferior Auburn offensive line. 788 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 1: This year, healthier or not, that's been a pretty inferior 789 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,759 Speaker 1: unit relative to the rest of the league. And so 790 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:39,000 Speaker 1: here's the problem. Remember last week when you were watching 791 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,120 Speaker 1: the Iron Bowl, and even when Auburn had success, it 792 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:43,600 Speaker 1: felt like a miracle anytime they converted a first down. 793 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:45,799 Speaker 1: That's kind of the way I see this game playing out. 794 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:47,719 Speaker 1: It's Auburn able to move the ball some, they may 795 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:50,600 Speaker 1: even sustain a couple of drives, but it's a bunch 796 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 1: of that bo Nicks flushed from the pocket initial play 797 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 1: breaks down. He's got to take it upon himself to 798 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,360 Speaker 1: just make things happen an improv style, and he'll be 799 00:35:58,360 --> 00:35:59,800 Speaker 1: able to do it some. I'm not telling you he 800 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:01,600 Speaker 1: wan no, In fact, quite the opposite. I'm telling you, 801 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:03,879 Speaker 1: if you will, that's how Auburn's gonna score some That's 802 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:05,160 Speaker 1: why A and M is gonna have to get on 803 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,120 Speaker 1: the board themselves. Therefore, Kellen Mon's gonna have to get 804 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:11,400 Speaker 1: it done. But the point is there will be no consistency. 805 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,080 Speaker 1: There will be a high propensity to turn the ball 806 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:16,800 Speaker 1: over again this week from Auburn's offense because yet again 807 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:20,359 Speaker 1: this week, they have no other option. They are going 808 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,080 Speaker 1: to have to put bo Nicks in a position to 809 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 1: take risk. They're gonna have to take inordinate amounts of 810 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:27,880 Speaker 1: risk to win this game. So Colin, let's take a 811 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,799 Speaker 1: look at the game capsule, and let's see what the 812 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:33,360 Speaker 1: model thinks versus what Vegas thinks versus what I think. 813 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,760 Speaker 1: The Vegas number right now is A and M minus seven. 814 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:39,120 Speaker 1: This has gone past our number because our in house 815 00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:42,000 Speaker 1: model here has Texas A and M minus six. So 816 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:44,480 Speaker 1: I've kind of had a feel on this game all week. 817 00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:49,200 Speaker 1: This screams Auburn in wounded animal mode coming out of 818 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:52,040 Speaker 1: the Iron Bowl, and Texas A and M vulnerable. Looked 819 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,279 Speaker 1: a little shaky last week against LSU, and now they're 820 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,839 Speaker 1: going out on the road. It's more pressure. In fact, 821 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,160 Speaker 1: this is probably as pressure packed a game late in 822 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,560 Speaker 1: the season that program has played under Jimbo Fisher. I 823 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:05,680 Speaker 1: think everyone expects A and M to struggle here. I 824 00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:08,720 Speaker 1: think they're gonna win. I think they're gonna cover against Auburn. 825 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,479 Speaker 1: Not in blowout fashion. I think it'll be a competitive game, 826 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:13,640 Speaker 1: but I think in the end that A and M 827 00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:15,400 Speaker 1: team is gonna be able to outlast Auburn. So I'm 828 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,520 Speaker 1: gonna take A and M to win. I'm actually gonna 829 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,160 Speaker 1: take them to cover the seven. It's certainly not anything 830 00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:22,440 Speaker 1: on place in a wager on, but I am going 831 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 1: to pick A and M to win and cover. Now 832 00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:27,000 Speaker 1: the games that we are willing to place wagers on. 833 00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:29,080 Speaker 1: Colin's going to show you right now. The Roman Noddle 834 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,360 Speaker 1: Express is how we wrap up pretty much every show. 835 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,520 Speaker 1: I have added two more best bets since we last spoke. 836 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,000 Speaker 1: If you follow me on Twitter at late Kick, Josh, 837 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:39,919 Speaker 1: you already got these. These lines are going to be moving. 838 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:41,719 Speaker 1: In fact, since we went on the air, they may 839 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,879 Speaker 1: have moved for all I know. I gave you two 840 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,760 Speaker 1: the other night, so you already know West Virginia plus 841 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:50,480 Speaker 1: seven at Iowa State and this game right here, I 842 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:54,840 Speaker 1: feel extremely good about It's Washington minus ten versus Stanford. 843 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:56,440 Speaker 1: I just don't know if the game is going to 844 00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:58,879 Speaker 1: be played, so keep your fingers cross goes. We got 845 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,440 Speaker 1: a really good number on that game. However, I expect 846 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,200 Speaker 1: to wake up any morning now and see that thing's 847 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,799 Speaker 1: been postponed. But as for now, we like Washington minus ten. 848 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:08,759 Speaker 1: Here are the two new games. A couple of short 849 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:12,040 Speaker 1: favorites here. Oklahoma State is on the road against TCU 850 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:15,560 Speaker 1: Cowboys minus two. Last week they burned us. We laid 851 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,399 Speaker 1: two possessions with them. Well right now, hey, in order 852 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,080 Speaker 1: to cover this, they pretty much just got to win 853 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:23,040 Speaker 1: the game. So we'll take Oklahoma State minus two against TCU, 854 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:26,239 Speaker 1: and then we're gonna lay three points. Missouri minus three 855 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:30,600 Speaker 1: at home versus Arkansas. Rare keem boyd out for Arkansas. 856 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:32,440 Speaker 1: Kind of got a whiff of that coming earlier in 857 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,640 Speaker 1: the week. We wanted this number when we did. I 858 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:36,600 Speaker 1: think it'll end up being above three by the time 859 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,440 Speaker 1: that game kicks off. So West Virginia plus seven, Washington 860 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:42,520 Speaker 1: minus ten, Oklahoma State minus two, Missouri minus three, And 861 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go ahead and tell you right now, you 862 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,520 Speaker 1: might as well pretend it's in that box. Alabama minus 863 00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:48,440 Speaker 1: twenty eight and a half is a game that we're 864 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,319 Speaker 1: gonna move on. I'm gonna tweet that out as soon 865 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,200 Speaker 1: as the show's over. It's probably the biggest number that 866 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:55,839 Speaker 1: we've laid all year. There is no number high enough 867 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,279 Speaker 1: in that Alabama LSU game right now. So that's where 868 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 1: we stand on the Ramnudle Express. Again, will put probably 869 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,520 Speaker 1: at least one more bet out tonight on Twitter, maybe 870 00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,479 Speaker 1: more so. Again follow me there at Late Kick Josh. Also, 871 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,120 Speaker 1: if you want to participate in one of the one 872 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:10,960 Speaker 1: on one zoom consultations you want a future in sports media, 873 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,440 Speaker 1: interested in asking all kinds of questions about it, email 874 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:16,600 Speaker 1: me Josh Pate seven zero six at gmail dot com 875 00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:20,000 Speaker 1: or follow me on Twitter. Happy to talk about anything 876 00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:22,520 Speaker 1: really with you guys. And also one more thing before 877 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,320 Speaker 1: we go. It's been a little while since I reminded 878 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:28,920 Speaker 1: you of our schedule, So we do Latekick Live Sunday night, 879 00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,480 Speaker 1: Tuesday night, Thursday night right here on the twenty four 880 00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:34,240 Speaker 1: to seven Sports YouTube channel, So subscribe if you haven't already. 881 00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:38,760 Speaker 1: These shows are all available in podcast form the next morning, 882 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,279 Speaker 1: so if you subscribe to the podcast, you get just 883 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 1: podcast version of this show. The next morning. But we 884 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:46,680 Speaker 1: also do two other podcasts during the week. They're on 885 00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,960 Speaker 1: Tuesday morning Thursday morning. That's when they're available just on 886 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,400 Speaker 1: the podcast feed. You will not see those on the 887 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,360 Speaker 1: YouTube channel. And all that is is Q and A 888 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:57,319 Speaker 1: is some of the most fun we have during the week. 889 00:39:57,560 --> 00:39:59,360 Speaker 1: It usually ends up being some of the best content 890 00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:01,480 Speaker 1: that we have during the week. And it's all driven 891 00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:04,640 Speaker 1: by you. So I take your emails and your dms 892 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,760 Speaker 1: and the best questions and usually just all the questions 893 00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:10,520 Speaker 1: they get thrown into a document, little word document, and 894 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:12,359 Speaker 1: I just go down the list and I answer as 895 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:14,520 Speaker 1: many questions as I can in thirty or forty five minutes. 896 00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:16,560 Speaker 1: And so make sure you're checking those out too, and 897 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:18,640 Speaker 1: give us a five star review while you're over there 898 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:20,319 Speaker 1: on the podcast side of things. All right, we got 899 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:21,640 Speaker 1: to get out of here tonight. We got a lot 900 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:23,600 Speaker 1: of work still to do in the editing process after 901 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:25,680 Speaker 1: we go off the air. So for Colin on the 902 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:29,080 Speaker 1: directing side of things, here, director Colin on the video 903 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:32,919 Speaker 1: producer Jordan on the podcast side, I'm Josh Pate signing off. 904 00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:34,560 Speaker 1: We will see you again Thursday night. Have a great 905 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:35,919 Speaker 1: rest of your evening and guide. Thus