1 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back. 2 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 2: It is Tuesday, May eighteenth, Yes, it's May eighteenth. Confirm 3 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 2: that the year of our Lord. Twenty twenty one Late 4 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 2: Kick Extra podcast. Probably listening to it a little bit 5 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 2: later than you normally do, it's because we had a really, 6 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 2: really busy morning, a lot of meetings and such. It 7 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 2: was a net positive. I'll share with you what I 8 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 2: can in just a second. A lot of this is 9 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 2: hashtag confidential, but what I can guarantee you is the 10 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,520 Speaker 2: audio will never sound better. Because I'm in the twenty 11 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 2: four seven Sports studio, I'm all by myself actually doing 12 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 2: the podcast shirtless or as close to it as you 13 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 2: can possibly get in an office setting. So anyway, enough 14 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 2: with the partial nudity. Here's how you get in touch, 15 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 2: and here's how you submit a question. Josh paid seven 16 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 2: zero six at gmail dot com. You can follow me 17 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 2: on Instagram at Latekickjosh, Twitter at Latekickjosh, and I just 18 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 2: want to tell you it warms my heart to no 19 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 2: end when I log on after a show we get 20 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 2: off the air late Live or after I release a podcast, 21 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 2: and I start seeing those screenshots and your Instagram stories, 22 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,479 Speaker 2: or I see tweets you know, confirming basically that you've 23 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 2: been watching or listening to the show. I try and 24 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 2: retweet or share as many of those as I can. But, 25 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 2: like I've told you before, our podcast numbers I just 26 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 2: checked this yesterday before I recorded. They are up month 27 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 2: over month one thousand downloads per episode. It's the middle 28 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 2: of May, guys. Everyone in our industry refers to this 29 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,559 Speaker 2: as the absolute no man's land. It is the dead 30 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: season allegedly for college football. Our audience is growing and 31 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 2: it's not supposed to be growing. The reason, Part one 32 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 2: is because we do not believe in the off season, 33 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 2: and part two is because you have taken it upon yourself, 34 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 2: and I thank you. I am eternally grateful. I thank 35 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 2: you for taking it upon yourself to be our marketing department. 36 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 2: We don't spend money to advertise this show anywhere. We 37 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 2: could never replace what you give me for free with 38 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 2: a bunch of advertising dollars in marketing campaigns, and it 39 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 2: wouldn't feel authentic anyway. So I'd much rather do it 40 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 2: the way you guys are allowing me to do it. 41 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 2: But like I said, you are allowing it, so thank 42 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: you so much. All Right, let's roll into the pot 43 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 2: this morning because we've got some really good questions here. 44 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 2: I'm going to start it off with Kenny. Kenny said, 45 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 2: can in practice repetition affect game time decisions and create biases? 46 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 2: Which I'm eighty five percent sure a is the plural 47 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 2: of bias among offensive play calls? Okay, so basically, can 48 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 2: what you see in practice influence your game time decision making? 49 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: I think the answer to that is yes, Kenny. But 50 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 2: Kenny goes further. What I mean he says is, if 51 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 2: you've got a lasadaisical defense in practice and some of 52 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 2: the things you're repping offensively work in practice, can you 53 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 2: put yourself in a bad situation if they may not 54 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 2: work in the game, but you keep calling them because 55 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 2: they worked in practice. 56 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: Kenny, this happens. 57 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 2: This happens a lot, and it can happen really across 58 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 2: a multitude of different position groups. Let's say, so, the 59 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 2: one thing that I've heard coaches talk about more and 60 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 2: more is the inability to simulate physicality in practice. You've 61 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 2: had practice time taken away from you. You've also had 62 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 2: full padded practices taken away from you. You've had the 63 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,399 Speaker 2: ability to simulate physicality a lot in the past kind 64 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 2: of stripped down, not fully taken away. 65 00:02:59,120 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: But stripped down. 66 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 2: All you have to do is go ask someone who 67 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 2: played college football for like Pat Dye. Let's say in 68 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 2: nineteen eighty six, you ask them about those Auburn practices. 69 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 1: Anybody. It's not just exclusive to one person. 70 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 2: The softest practice is in America in nineteen eighty seven 71 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 2: were more physical and violent than pretty much anyone who's 72 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 2: doing it at any level today. That's just the way 73 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 2: the game has evolved. It's been out of necessity. I'm 74 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 2: all for keeping guys safe, and I'm all for limiting 75 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 2: unnecessary impact to the head. I understand why we have 76 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 2: to do it that way. But because of that, Kenny, Yeah, 77 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 2: I think that does happen. A lot of times. It 78 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 2: does happen. 79 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: You can look at a spring game, for example, because. 80 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 2: Quarterbacks are not getting tackled in practice even when they 81 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 2: go live. Everybody else is live, but those quarterbacks have 82 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 2: those no contact jerseys on, and it's like you see 83 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 2: in a spring game. 84 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: So Katie, imagine this. 85 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 2: Imagine you're a full rpo, spread based passing team and 86 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 2: you're gonna throw it to a sixty five to thirty 87 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 2: five clip to the amount you run. So sixty five, 88 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 2: thirty five or seventy thirty pass run ratio that exists 89 00:03:57,720 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 2: out there these days, and it has existed for a while. 90 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 2: A few watched The Big Twelve. Now it's kind of 91 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 2: proliferated everywhere. And I've used that word too much this month, 92 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 2: so we're going to back off of it. So beep, 93 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 2: all right, it is spread like wildfire in college football. Well, Kenny, 94 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 2: think about being in practice. How can you know. 95 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: When your quarterback would have been sacked? 96 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 2: Because right now, the way they simulate it in a 97 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 2: spring game, obviously is if the quarterback gets touched, he's down, 98 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 2: we blow the play dead. Well, what if you have 99 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 2: a guy like Joe Burrow, and he's just a recent example, 100 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 2: but a guy who is just incredible at making things 101 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 2: happen when plays break down, making things happen improv style 102 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 2: out of the pocket on the run. Think about how 103 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 2: many times Joe Burrow was touched in twenty nineteen and 104 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 2: ended up completing a pass for a forward game. I mean, 105 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 2: in some cases huge plays. In some cases LSU's biggest 106 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 2: plays came on broken plays in the pocket where the 107 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 2: pocket breaks down. Joe Burrow probably gets a hand on 108 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 2: his shoulder, hand on his hip, Guya grazes his back, 109 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 2: but he doesn't go down. Well, think about being the 110 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 2: LSU offensive brain trust. Now, in this case, it doesn't 111 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 2: work out the way you're suggesting, Kenny, because it ends 112 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 2: up working. 113 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 1: Out for them. 114 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 2: They're probably wondering will it work out, and then they 115 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 2: get it validated that it will work out. But what 116 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,559 Speaker 2: you're talking about, Kenny, is what if stuff is working 117 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 2: in practice and it's really only working, Kash, your defense 118 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 2: can't stop it. Well, that's a whole different set of problems. 119 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 2: And here is where I think that shows up. Where 120 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 2: I think that shows up a lot is maybe down 121 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 2: in the red zone when the field shrinks. I think 122 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 2: Steve Sarkisian actually does this really well. You watch his 123 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 2: offense last year with Alabama. Look at the National Championship game, 124 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 2: look at how they handled Ohio State, and look at 125 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 2: how they used DeVante Smith. I don't know that people 126 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 2: appreciate some of you football folks out there listening. You 127 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 2: probably appreciate it more than the casual viewer of how 128 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 2: high you have to be executing, what level you have 129 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 2: to be executing to be able to pull off the 130 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 2: margins that Alabama and DeVante Smith do on those plays 131 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 2: where you see him go pre snap motion. In some 132 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 2: cases they went in double back motion. And basically they 133 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 2: have repped that so many times in practice, and what 134 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,919 Speaker 2: they're doing is they're getting a look and they're seeing, Okay, well, 135 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 2: first off, you're going to indicate if it's man or 136 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 2: zone or if it's pattern match zone. You can indicate 137 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 2: a lot pre snap just by putting a guy in motion, 138 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 2: which is why they do it most of the time. 139 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 2: But Davonte Smith, you know, he'll start out there in 140 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 2: the slaughter or maybe out wide, and he'll come in 141 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 2: motion and come to the mesh point and then go. 142 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: Right back the opposite way. 143 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 2: And if you looked in the National Championship game, all 144 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 2: Alabama had done is reped that so many times in 145 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,919 Speaker 2: practice against let's say, a corner or a linebacker of 146 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 2: comparable speed and athletic ability to the one they think 147 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 2: will cover Davonte Smith in the game for Ohio State. 148 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 2: And they've had everyone go full speed and they have 149 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 2: seen that if we run this right, we do not 150 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 2: think their guy can beat DeVante Smith back to the corner. 151 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 2: They cannot maintain proper leverage on him, and if our 152 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,359 Speaker 2: guys execute the degree they're supposed to, this will be 153 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 2: a touchdown. 154 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: And it worked out. It worked out a couple of times. 155 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 2: You also saw him go all the way in motion 156 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 2: across the length of the field and just flat out 157 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,360 Speaker 2: beat sean way to the other corner. I mean, that's 158 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 2: the stuff that they were doing. But I want you 159 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 2: to think about the insane level of execution that it takes, 160 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 2: because you may see that happen in practice. But then also, 161 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 2: let's say you get to the game and whereas you 162 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 2: thought an outside backer would be covering that guy in 163 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 2: motion in that situation, a safety walks down and does it, 164 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 2: and then you got instead of a four to six guy, 165 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 2: you got a four to four to eight guy covering him. 166 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 2: Do you understand what that difference makes. What that difference 167 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 2: really makes is this, But really what that difference makes 168 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 2: is someone striding and not being able to tackle you 169 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 2: or they're fully extended in the air versus being able 170 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 2: to get two hands on your back and push you 171 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 2: out of bounds. What does it count on, though, What 172 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 2: it counts on is everything working fluidly. So quarterback's got 173 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 2: to take the snap fluidly. Quarterback has got to have 174 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 2: a perfect release. Quarterback has got to hit that receiver 175 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 2: in stride if it's let's say a dump pass, or 176 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 2: that wide receiver has got to not have to break 177 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 2: stride if it's a quick snap handoff jet sweep, even 178 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 2: though it technically counts as a pass the way they 179 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 2: run it most of the time. If there's a hitch 180 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 2: in any of that, it's the difference between you beating 181 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 2: someone to the corner you hit that pylon touchdown versus 182 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 2: them waiting on you there and you getting pushed backwards 183 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:02,119 Speaker 2: one yard loss. It is third and goal from the seven. So, Kenny, 184 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 2: when you consider how small the margins are in some 185 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 2: of these plays, when you're playing football at the highest 186 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 2: level against the best teams, the margins are so small. 187 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 2: If you watch a lot of these big time teams 188 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 2: when they break plays, look at how close a guy 189 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 2: came to make it a tackle. It could end up 190 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 2: being a thirty yard game. Look how close they came. 191 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 2: Look At how perfectly a running back had to crease 192 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 2: a seam. Look at how close it was to just 193 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,239 Speaker 2: totally breaking down. Those are the margins we're talking about here. So, yes, 194 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 2: when you simulate something during practice, Kenny, they're not putting 195 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 2: anything in the game plan that they don't think is 196 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 2: going to work. 197 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: I mean at the highest levels. 198 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 2: Now, Texas A and M is not putting anything in 199 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 2: the game plan against Arkansas that they doubt will work. 200 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 2: But what if all of a sudden, you go into 201 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 2: the locker room at the half, you got nine points 202 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 2: on the board, you have yet defined the end zone. Well, 203 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 2: obviously some stuff that you thought was going to work 204 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 2: in practice has not worked out to the degree you 205 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 2: thought it could in the game. It happens all the time. 206 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 2: My question, I think, Kenny, would be how do you 207 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 2: limit it? You know, how do you cut down on that? 208 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 2: Because I don't think any coach, or let's say, rarely 209 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 2: does a coach get to the postgame press conference and 210 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 2: get injected with truth serum and tell the assembled media 211 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 2: there everything worked like it should have today. That's never. 212 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 2: That's never, even if they're being honest with you, that's 213 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 2: never what they say. But let me tell you the 214 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 2: loneliest and most isolated feeling as a coach out there. 215 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 2: Any coach listening knows exactly what I'm about to say 216 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 2: is true. You'll nod your head before I finish the sentence. 217 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 2: The worst place you could ever be is not just 218 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 2: losing a game. You're gonna lose games. No one ever 219 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 2: goes undefeated their entire career. Sometimes you lose a game 220 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 2: because you put your players in perfect position and they 221 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 2: just couldn't execute. 222 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: Okay, you can live with that. 223 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 2: The physical mistakes you can live with, but you're never 224 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 2: happy with them. Mental mistakes are less acceptable. But here's 225 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 2: the worst feeling for a coach when you get in 226 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 2: that Sunday film review and you guys are sitting around, 227 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 2: lights are down, you got a dip cup in your hand, 228 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 2: or whatever you do. I don't care, drink gatorade, but 229 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 2: you're watching that film and you're coming to the realization, 230 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 2: play by play, frame by frame, our kids didn't have 231 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 2: a chance because we didn't put them in position to succeed. Now, 232 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 2: that is a terrible lonely island to be on. And 233 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 2: that's why when you look at how many hours coaches 234 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 2: work and how often they're at the office sun up 235 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 2: to sundown, that's why it's to avoid those Sunday isolation 236 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 2: feelings of man, I cannot believe it. We did not 237 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 2: ever give our kids a chance to succeed because what 238 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 2: we told them to trust in and buy into and 239 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 2: what we told them would work didn't work. They trusted us, 240 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 2: they bought in there where we told them to be, 241 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 2: and it didn't pay off. Now that's a bad feeling, 242 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 2: and so that's what you're trying to avoid. All right, 243 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 2: Let's go to Thomas next. He says, what impact does 244 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 2: the previous week's game have on the next game on 245 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 2: the schedule? My South Carolina game Cocks will have a 246 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 2: bye before Florida while the Gators faced Georgia. 247 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: It's a good note. Actually I didn't realize that. He said. 248 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 2: Surely that game could be an upset alert, or at 249 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 2: least on the upset monitor. This is a really good question, Thomas. 250 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 2: I remember famously, think I told this story like a 251 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 2: month ago. I've picked Alabama to lose two games in 252 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 2: the regular season, or I think period. I've picked them 253 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 2: to lose two games in the past decade that I 254 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 2: can remember, and I'm two for two. I haven't picked 255 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 2: all their losses, but the two times I picked them 256 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 2: to lose, they did lose. One of them was the 257 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 2: twenty nineteen Iron Bowl. That's when Mac Jones threw two 258 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 2: very freakish picks down inside the red zone. I think 259 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 2: both times they were pick sixes. They lost that game. 260 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 2: They were a three point favorite, but they also lost 261 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 2: as a two touchdown favorite. Does anyone remember twenty twelve 262 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 2: Johnny Manziel and the Texas A and m Aggie. So 263 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 2: here's what happened. Bama goes and plays this thriller. It 264 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 2: was that game at LSU where they had the screen 265 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 2: pass to TJ Yelden in the final minute, and it 266 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 2: was highly emotional. And I realized shortly after that game, 267 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 2: you're kind of sitting there doing inventory of what you 268 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 2: just witnessed, and then you set, hold up, who do 269 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 2: they have next week? 270 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: Man, that's going to be tough. Oh they're playing A 271 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: and M. 272 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 2: Oh Man, that's it, Johnny Manziel cat, Well, let's see 273 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 2: how they did today. Oh, Texas A and M didn't 274 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 2: play today. They were off. They were sitting there with 275 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 2: their feet propped up, watching this game like I was. 276 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 2: And I decided right then and there, I think I'm 277 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 2: gonna pick A and M to win. And they sure did. 278 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 2: Now Alabama went on to win a national championship that year, 279 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 2: so they didn't really care. But they still remember that game, 280 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 2: and I still remember that game. Now that's anecdotal, Thomas, 281 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 2: because you could also go find half a dozen other examples, 282 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 2: probably with Alabama or pick any other team, where the 283 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 2: schedule dynamics said one thing and it turned out to 284 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 2: be something totally different. Listen, if you're trying to do 285 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 2: this in the betting world, I would advise you don't 286 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 2: use this as your ammunition. 287 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: Now. 288 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 2: If you have a game you already like and then 289 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 2: you look and say, oh and the scheduling dynamics supports 290 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 2: my pick. Okay, if you want to do confirmation bias, 291 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 2: that's cool. What I very very strongly discourage you from 292 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 2: doing is saying I'm gonna bet this team minus four 293 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 2: because they played a game last week, whereas the other 294 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 2: team didn't. 295 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:39,839 Speaker 1: They were off. 296 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 2: There is nothing you just said that an odds maker 297 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 2: didn't know before the season began and had already long 298 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 2: since cooked into that point spread. So you're not gaining 299 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 2: the edge there that you think you are. You don't 300 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 2: know anything that the person who made that line and 301 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 2: is allowing you to bet it didn't already know. But 302 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 2: I do still think if we're just looking from a 303 00:12:57,679 --> 00:12:59,959 Speaker 2: broad perspective like we are right now, we're still a 304 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 2: couple of months, three months, whatever it is, from the season. 305 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 2: Thomas I pointed out with Kentucky the other night a 306 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 2: string not just one game, but an entire string of 307 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 2: games that they play in the early to midpoint of 308 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 2: their season that I think we could see this come 309 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 2: into play with. Now I want to read you the 310 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 2: string of games they're going to play. Just off the top. 311 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 2: This sounds like a nightmare for Kentucky. Kentucky plays at 312 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 2: South Carolina, versus Florida, versus LSU, at Georgia, four games 313 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 2: in a row. That is Week four, five, six, and seven. Okay, 314 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 2: Now that sounds tough, and it is tough. I'm not 315 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 2: saying it's not. But you gotta look past the surface, 316 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 2: and you got to ask yourself. Do the scheduling dynamics 317 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 2: come into play here? They do with every one of 318 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 2: these games they do. I went over this the other night. Quickly, 319 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 2: I'll give it to you again. So they go to 320 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 2: South Carolina. This is Kentucky schedule. They go to South 321 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 2: Carolina in week four. In Week three, South Carolina plays 322 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 2: at Georgia. So that's what the game Cocks have the 323 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 2: week before. Then in week five, Kentucky is home. Florida 324 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 2: comes into ten. The Gators play Alabama and Tennessee the 325 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 2: two weeks consecutively before they go play Kentucky. Some of 326 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 2: you would call that a double letdown spot, whatever you 327 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 2: want to call it, that's fine. 328 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: We move on. 329 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 2: LSU comes in there the next week. LSU plays Auburn 330 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 2: the week before that, and they're looking ahead to Florida 331 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 2: the week after that. And in week seven, Kentucky goes 332 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 2: to Georgia. Georgia will be coming off a trip to Auburn. 333 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 2: They play at Jordan Hare Stadium the week before, and 334 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 2: so you may look at that string and say, oh, 335 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 2: it's one right after the other for Kentucky. 336 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: That's true. 337 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 2: They are unlikely to be favored. They may be favored 338 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 2: against Carolina, but they won't be favored against Florida, LSU 339 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 2: or Georgia. But they'll have a puncher's chance Number one 340 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 2: if their offense jels a little bit quicker. 341 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: Than people think it will. I tend to agree with 342 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: that assessment. 343 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 2: And number two, if those scheduling dynamics come into play, 344 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 2: let's just see, So Thomas, I think it's a case 345 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 2: by case now. Overall, I don't think there's ever been 346 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 2: a period in the history of football where people have 347 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 2: been more keenly aware of this factor. Coaches are aware 348 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 2: of it, assistant coaches, players, they're all aware of it. 349 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 2: There's never been more information on the game. There have 350 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 2: never been more voices in the game. And so everyone 351 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 2: talks about this to some degree, and more people hear 352 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 2: it now than they ever have before. So what I'm 353 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 2: saying is, whereas it used to be this stuff kind 354 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 2: of snuck up on you, none of this is going 355 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 2: to sneak up on you. Keep in mind, like I 356 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 2: just said to start the show right now, you're probably 357 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 2: listening to this either May eighteenth or May nineteenth. 358 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: They don't play some of these games for Kentucky. 359 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 2: They don't play some of those games until September October, 360 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 2: and we're already talking about it. So that's not going 361 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 2: to sneak up on anyone. Therefore, you'll find sometimes those 362 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 2: trap games or those letdown games, basically the ones you 363 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 2: circled in sharpy on your print out grid helmet schedule, 364 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 2: those aren't the ones where it happens. It's just these 365 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 2: random games that you didn't even think to circle. Those 366 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 2: are the ones. Those have become the new letdown. Those 367 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 2: have become the new look ahead. One more thing to 368 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 2: think about here before we move on from this question 369 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 2: is how do you know when to attribute a loss 370 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 2: to a letdown and attribute an upset to a letdown? 371 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 2: Versus so and so was just the best team. You 372 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 2: know that happens sometimes too. So this stuff does matter, Thomas. 373 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 2: It is taken into account when a line is generated 374 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 2: for a game. I just think it's very tough case 375 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 2: by case to quantify what value it had. What value 376 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 2: is it going to have on an outcome of Kentucky 377 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 2: versus Georgia that Georgia played at Auburn the week before. 378 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: I don't know. 379 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 2: I'm just saying I think it does matter. I don't 380 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 2: know how to quantify it. Rolland right along here Jude 381 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 2: is up next. He said, what are the most important 382 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 2: instincts and in tangibles a championship coach needs to have? 383 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 2: How does the coach transition a program from occasionally competing 384 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 2: for titles to consistently competing for him? And which coaches 385 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 2: do you see today that have those qualities. I don't 386 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 2: think it's hard to spot the ones that have them. 387 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 2: Dabbo's got them. I think Ryan Day's got him. A 388 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 2: lot of you have been slow to buy into Ryan Day, 389 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 2: and I guess if you're slow to buy into him, 390 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 2: it has to be that you have to see a 391 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 2: coach win a championship or have a five year extended 392 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 2: run where he's run the program himself for five years 393 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 2: and he couldn't possibly be riding a wave of momentum 394 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 2: that was already built up for him. Understand the Larry 395 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:04,959 Speaker 2: Coker metaphors. I understand the Less Miles metaphors, but you know, 396 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 2: Less Miles ended up sustaining a pretty good program down there. 397 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: It turns out it wasn't. 398 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 2: Quite as good beneath the surface as we thought it was. 399 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 2: But I understand what you're saying. I think Ryan Day 400 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 2: is dynamite, so I think he's legit, So I'm putting 401 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 2: him there. Sabans of course in his own league. Lincoln 402 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 2: Riley's there, Kirby's there, and then you go beneath the surface, 403 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 2: Matt Campbell of course there. I think more fun may 404 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 2: be asking the questions out of the new coaches at 405 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 2: big time programs. Which ones will end up fitting this description? 406 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 2: Could Manny Diaz and Mike Norvel, for instance, down the 407 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 2: Road fit this description well, Mario Christabaul at Oregon fit 408 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 2: this description long term? What if herm Edwards ends up 409 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 2: being this at Arizona State? 410 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: Long term? Chris Climbing at Kansas State? 411 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 2: Just to kind of pick one that's a little bit 412 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 2: more off the radar, and they are off the radar 413 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:50,120 Speaker 2: doing some pretty good things. They got a solid crew 414 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 2: coming back this year too, So you look around, you 415 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 2: can find him at the G five level two. But 416 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 2: the most important characteristic by ten Miles is leadership. 417 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: That's it. 418 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 2: It's one of those things that's so easy to talk about, 419 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 2: but it's so hard to bottle up. So few people 420 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 2: are really capable of leading other people. You know. It's 421 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 2: why I'm not interested all that much and listening to 422 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 2: assistant coaches criticize head coaches off the record, I'm not 423 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 2: interested in it. 424 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:13,479 Speaker 1: You have no clue. 425 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 2: You have a fraction of a clue what goes into 426 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:18,959 Speaker 2: being a head coach, being the leader of an organization. 427 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:22,199 Speaker 2: You probably are in an office setting right now, and 428 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 2: you may have complete and utter disdain for the person 429 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 2: who leads your organization. And look, I've had good bosses 430 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 2: and bad bosses like the rest of you. I'm not 431 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 2: saying they're all peers of the driven snow. But what 432 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 2: I am saying is I stop short of questioning their 433 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 2: methodology or their day to day handling of the organization. 434 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 2: Because you see the tip of the iceberg. The leader 435 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 2: sees the whole thing. They know what's beneath the surface. 436 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 2: They're privy to information that, for obvious reasons, you are 437 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 2: not privy to. A head coach likewise, deals with the 438 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 2: entire iceberg. The assistant coaches deal with the tip of it. 439 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 2: If you're an offensive coordinator, that is a high level job. 440 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:56,879 Speaker 2: If you're the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma, you got a 441 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:58,959 Speaker 2: whole lot on your plate. But it's still just an 442 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 2: appetizer in comparison to what Lincoln Riley has on his play. 443 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 1: When you screw up. 444 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 2: The offense screws up. If Lincoln Riley screws up in 445 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 2: a big way, Number one, he screws Oklahoma, that entire 446 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 2: fan base. It leads Sports Center. It's on the front 447 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 2: page of twenty four to seven sports dot Com, cbssports 448 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 2: dot com. 449 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: It's just a much bigger perch. It's a lot higher up. 450 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,479 Speaker 2: So when you fall at that level, it goes splat, 451 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 2: it doesn't go bounce. But I didn't even refer to 452 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 2: anyone else. Think about everything I just said there so far, 453 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 2: it's just selfish. So far, I'm talking about leadership in 454 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 2: a sense of just making sure you don't screw up. 455 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 2: But then once you got yourself in order, and once 456 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 2: you're making sure you're doing what you need to do 457 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 2: personally and hopefully you're keeping your family life in order, 458 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 2: then you've got to worry about a dozen other people, 459 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 2: five dozen other people, three hundred other people. How big 460 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 2: is the organization we're talking about? And so it's the 461 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 2: ability to lead. What makes Alabama great is they have 462 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 2: a lot of good people working there. They're at the 463 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 2: cutting edge of everything. But like I told you in 464 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 2: a completely different content a couple of weeks ago, whether 465 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 2: it's a player like listening to Naji Harris, or on 466 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 2: the rare occasion you get to talk to their assistant coaches. 467 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,439 Speaker 2: When you listen to them, do you ever actually stop 468 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 2: and just turn everything off and shut up and listen 469 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 2: to those people? 470 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: Talk. They all sound like Nick Saban, every single one 471 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 1: of them. 472 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 2: Everyone associated with the program, they talk just like him. 473 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 2: Can you fathom how hard that is to do? I 474 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 2: think I use the example in the previous podcast of 475 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 2: if you're a dad and you got a couple of 476 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 2: teenage kids, just think about how hard it would be 477 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,439 Speaker 2: to make them walk, talk, and act just like you 478 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 2: and think just like you. 479 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:34,439 Speaker 1: How hard would that be? 480 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,360 Speaker 2: And then multiply that infinitely because you got a bunch 481 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 2: of kids that age who are supremely talented. They're the 482 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 2: best in the world at what they do. Some of 483 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 2: them have been praised and coddled at every turn growing up. 484 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 2: And then you've also got in the room massive coaching egos, 485 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 2: a lot of them that think they should be head 486 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 2: coaches already, and you're trying to get them all to 487 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 2: sing the same tune your nutritionist, just like your defensive coordinator, 488 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 2: just like your starting left tackle. You've got to be 489 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 2: so good as a leader that they buy in to 490 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 2: you to the degree where they sound like you, and 491 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 2: they think like you, and they carry themselves the way 492 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 2: you want them to without you ever even having to 493 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 2: be watching them or have a surveillance camera on them. 494 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 2: That's what makes up the best, that's the characteristic. And 495 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 2: I don't exactly know how to sum it up. I 496 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 2: just know you, much like me, You've been around people 497 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,479 Speaker 2: and maybe they're in a leadership position that pretty much 498 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,440 Speaker 2: everyone knows they got handed to them they don't deserve it, 499 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 2: and you guys wouldn't stop to help them if it 500 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 2: was pouring down rain and they had a flat tire 501 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 2: on the side of the road. But then you've been 502 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 2: around other leadership position folks and you'd run through a 503 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:30,440 Speaker 2: brick wall for them. 504 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: You would go above. 505 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,400 Speaker 2: And beyond even what you would do if you ran 506 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 2: your own business, because you're so terrified of letting them 507 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 2: down that you refuse to fail. You know, if it 508 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 2: was just up to you, you'd lay in bed today 509 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 2: and you just call in sick and not even go 510 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 2: to work if it was your business. But because it's them, 511 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 2: you feel more accountable to them then yourself. You're more 512 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:50,679 Speaker 2: worried about letting them down than you are letting yourself down, 513 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 2: because you know you're probably dealing with someone who would 514 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 2: not ask you to do anything they're not willing to 515 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,160 Speaker 2: do themselves. And to draw it back to a football 516 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,479 Speaker 2: parallel here. We did a segment on this. I keep 517 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 2: looking in the paths. We've talked about this recently a lot, 518 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 2: but I did a segment a couple of weeks ago, 519 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 2: probably like a month ago, about how what they see 520 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 2: at that particular program in Alabama, the way that you 521 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 2: can validate that, the way you know that guy the 522 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,199 Speaker 2: leader there, Nick Saban's not going to ask me to 523 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 2: do anything he doesn't want to do. It is because 524 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 2: he himself completely reinvented his program and completely reinvented himself 525 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 2: as a head coach and did things that he didn't 526 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 2: really want to do. Nick Saban doesn't want to have 527 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 2: a wide open offense. That's never what he wants to do. 528 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,919 Speaker 2: When he originally got Tobama, he built the team the 529 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 2: way he really wanted it, which was just a boulder 530 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:34,880 Speaker 2: that rolls downhill on everyone. That's what he really wants. 531 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 2: He didn't want to be the fighter jet jets need 532 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:40,439 Speaker 2: maintenance man. So many things can go wrong. You can 533 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 2: get a bird sucked in one of the engines, you 534 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 2: can have your pilot not show up for work and 535 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 2: hoops to amongst us. Hasn't been there where we have 536 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 2: a Fighter Jet ready to go on the runway and 537 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 2: we can't find a pilot for it. But with the Boulder, 538 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 2: it doesn't matter. Boulder is lifeless, it's emotionless, it doesn't 539 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 2: rely on any one hinge piece. It just rolls down 540 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,360 Speaker 2: the hill. Well, Nick Saban didn't want to make that move, 541 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 2: but around he gave his famous is this what you 542 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 2: want football to be? 543 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: Quote? 544 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 2: And people said yes, or he just interpreted their non 545 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:07,640 Speaker 2: answer to be an answer, and that was yes. 546 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: And he changed everything. 547 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 2: And so if I'm looking at it and I'm saying, wow, man, 548 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 2: Nick Saban, with much bigger stakes on the line changed everything. 549 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 2: He's the most successful guy doing it today and he 550 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 2: changed everything. So if he's willing to do that, I'm 551 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:21,639 Speaker 2: going to be more than willing to do whatever he 552 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 2: asks me to do. All right, Moving on, a lot 553 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,439 Speaker 2: of you asked questions about scheduling. You saw that special 554 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 2: we did on Late Kick Live. It was Sunday night. 555 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 2: That was fun, and I don't think I'm done with that. 556 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 2: To be honest, I think I should have made it 557 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,399 Speaker 2: a series instead of just one segment. So there's a 558 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 2: way to go back and reverse engineer that. 559 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: But a lot of you. 560 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 2: Asked, aside from the games I picked, what are the 561 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 2: other games? What are some big games that I'd really 562 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 2: love to go to if I could be in two 563 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,640 Speaker 2: places at once. Look, I'm not the one who should 564 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 2: answer this. You guys should, and we'll do it right 565 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 2: after this. So too many of you to name. We're 566 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,919 Speaker 2: asking about scheduling, and to some degree or another, you 567 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 2: asked about games other than the ones we picked. So 568 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 2: we did the first six weeks of the season the 569 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 2: other night. And what I said is, I go to 570 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,640 Speaker 2: a game every week. Since we're back to normal now, 571 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 2: I'll be at a game every week somewhere. Now normally 572 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 2: it's going to be the biggest game. I just get 573 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 2: to pick. That's the life we get to live here. 574 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,640 Speaker 2: By the way, just pick the biggest college football game. 575 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 2: Tell your boss they get you there, You're good to go. 576 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 2: Then come back into a show Sunday night and call 577 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:21,199 Speaker 2: it work. Yes, that's the lifestyle. So anyway, what we 578 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 2: did was, I said, we got to pick the first 579 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 2: six weeks of the year. 580 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 1: After that we got to reassess. 581 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 2: See who's good that we thought would be good, See 582 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 2: who's not good that we thought we would be good. 583 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: And so I picked. 584 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 2: Georgia versus Clemson in week one, Oregon at Ohio State 585 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 2: in week two, Bama at Florida in week three, Notre 586 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 2: Dame versus Wisconsin that's in Chicago in week four, auburnd 587 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 2: LSU in week five, and Bama at A and M 588 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 2: in week six. But there are so many other games 589 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 2: here that Week six is loaded. So there are so 590 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,479 Speaker 2: many other games that I really want to get to. 591 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 2: This is the most maddening aspect of this, knowing you 592 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 2: can only be in one place at one time, and 593 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:57,880 Speaker 2: there's so many games you want to get to. I'm 594 00:24:57,920 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 2: going to tell you one of them right off the bat. 595 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 2: That's out is in week two, Iowa plays at Iowa State. 596 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 2: I want to go there so bad, not just because 597 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 2: I love Iowa State and not just because I want 598 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,919 Speaker 2: to be there for the rivalry game, because that's a 599 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 2: difference from where I grew up in the South. Most 600 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 2: of the rivalry games are later in the year until 601 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,199 Speaker 2: they recently redid the schedule, but we were used to 602 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 2: wait until later in the year. Well, in Iowa they 603 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 2: do it in like week two, and they're doing it 604 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 2: in week two this year. And think about this Both 605 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:29,360 Speaker 2: of those teams are top fifteen caliber teams this year. 606 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 2: In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see some polls 607 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 2: rake them, you know, top thirteen, top ten. We'll see 608 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 2: where the JP pole has them ranked. It's another future 609 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 2: coming this year, by the way, so bookmark that. But 610 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 2: I cannot believe that I may have to forego that one. 611 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 2: But how do you miss Oregon at Ohio State. I mean, 612 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 2: that's a once in a generation matchup. Those teams just 613 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 2: don't play, whereas Iowa and Iowa State do play every year. 614 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,159 Speaker 2: But yet you don't know if you're going to be 615 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 2: able to see those kinds of stakes. Texas plays at 616 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 2: Arkansas that week two. And the goal here, like I 617 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,400 Speaker 2: spelled out Sunday Night, it's not just find the biggest game. 618 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:02,879 Speaker 2: That's not always what it is. What you're trying to 619 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 2: do is you're trying to limit the regret. So what 620 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:08,120 Speaker 2: you are trying to limit is going to a game where, yes, 621 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 2: it's high profile, but it ends up being forty five 622 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 2: to ten. So let's say Ohio State were to bea 623 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,360 Speaker 2: at Oregon forty five to ten, and about the time 624 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,160 Speaker 2: you're headed home, you're turning on the TV or you're 625 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 2: checking your phone and you're seeing Iowa and Iowa State 626 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 2: went to overtime that day in Arkansas shock Texas twenty 627 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 2: eight twenty seven on the last second field goal. That's regret. 628 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 2: We're trying to be We're trying to see the best games. 629 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 2: We're trying to see the biggest teams. We're trying to 630 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,719 Speaker 2: see the highest profile matchups. We're trying to see as 631 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 2: many teams as possible. We're trying to get to as 632 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,160 Speaker 2: many regions as possible, but also we're trying to see 633 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 2: the best games as we possibly can. You want to 634 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 2: have memories. You want to have good stories to bring back. 635 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 2: I like to fill the off season with stories that 636 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,199 Speaker 2: I can tell you from behind the scenes from the season. 637 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,199 Speaker 2: There aren't many good behind the scenes stories from a 638 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 2: forty five to ten blowout. So then I looked at 639 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,160 Speaker 2: week three. Week three, Bama goes down to Florida. That's 640 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,120 Speaker 2: the first time the Swamp's really going to be packed 641 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 2: for a conference game since two years ago. So it's 642 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 2: a rotational conference game. In the SEC, Bama does not 643 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 2: go to Florida very often. They don't play in the 644 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 2: regular season very often. So those are two heavyweights down there. 645 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 2: But then at the same time, Auburn goes to Penn State, 646 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 2: so that's another It's kind of like Texas and Arkansas. 647 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 2: That's kind of like Oregon at Ohio State. That's just 648 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 2: a once in a generation matchup. You don't get to 649 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 2: see it. Those out of conference, true road games, you 650 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 2: don't get to see it. 651 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: That's one I could be swayed on. 652 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 2: I mean, I'm not completely sold on Alabama at Florida 653 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 2: because think about what could happen there. I mean, what 654 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 2: if Bama is a buzzsaw again this year? And what 655 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,639 Speaker 2: if again? These are all hypotheticals. Let me stress in 656 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 2: all caps because a lot of you misunderstood what I 657 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 2: said the other night. These are not predictions, your boys 658 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 2: not predicting games in May. I can promise you that. 659 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 2: But what if Bama were to win thirty eight thirteen 660 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,239 Speaker 2: in that game. Well, I don't think anyone's winning in 661 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 2: Penn State Auburn thirty eight thirteen. 662 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,439 Speaker 1: So it may be a game played maybe at a 663 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 1: lower level. 664 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 2: You may not see a National Championship caliber team on 665 00:27:58,119 --> 00:27:59,959 Speaker 2: the field that day, but it could be a better game. 666 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 2: Cincinnati plays at Indiana. That's a good one too, and 667 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,439 Speaker 2: it really depends on what Indiana does at Iowa in 668 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,680 Speaker 2: Week one. But I also think to myself, Cincinnati, if 669 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 2: I really want to go see him. They got a 670 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 2: couple of Friday games, and Cincinnati's not that far from 671 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 2: where I am right now, so I could theoretically pull 672 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 2: that off if I wanted to go see Cincinnati that bad. 673 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,120 Speaker 2: So I did take that into account this Week six 674 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 2: slate though, Oh it's bad. 675 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:25,679 Speaker 1: Okay. 676 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 2: So we've got Bama at A and M. That's the 677 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 2: one I picked that I think is the biggest game 678 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 2: in the SEC this year, at least in the preseason, 679 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 2: I would rank at number one. Georgia plays at Auburn 680 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 2: that day. Utah plays at USC that day, and that 681 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 2: was one before I ever looked at. When it fell, 682 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 2: that's when I told myself. 683 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: I got to be at that one. I got to 684 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: be at Utah USC. 685 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 2: I don't get to go out to Los Angeles very 686 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 2: often for games, and that one I think may decide 687 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 2: the PAC twelve South. Arizona State's going to have a 688 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 2: lot to say about that. UCLA is there too, but 689 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 2: I thought, man, I want to get there. Well, Lo 690 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 2: and behold, it's on the same day as Georgia, Auburn, OHU, Texas, 691 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 2: Bama A and M. Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Penn State 692 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 2: at Iowa. All these games you taught USC are all 693 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 2: on the same day. Now here's the plan. Well, actually, 694 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 2: I don't know if it's a plan, but I just 695 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 2: floated it out there the other day. You know, OU 696 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 2: Texas is going to be a noon Eastern kickoff. We 697 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 2: know that it happens every year. I didn't know that 698 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 2: game was going to be on ABC this year, but 699 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 2: I did know and do know that it's going to 700 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 2: be a noon kickoff. So that's in Dallas, that's at 701 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 2: the Cotton Bowl. That's about two and a half hours, 702 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 2: two hours, forty five minutes up the road from college station. 703 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 2: CBS gets that primetime game every year. Normally it's Bama LSU. 704 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:39,800 Speaker 2: Last year it was Bama Georgia. We don't know which 705 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 2: one it's going to be this year yet. I think 706 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,000 Speaker 2: that announcement will come pretty soon. I think it's going 707 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 2: to be this game. I think it's going to be 708 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 2: Bama at A and M. Could it happen? Could it 709 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 2: be that we're in a position to do. OHU, Texas 710 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 2: Red River Shootout. Don't let anyone tell you it's called 711 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 2: anything different. Could we do that when at noon, scoot 712 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 2: out of there really quick, jog to the car, get 713 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 2: on the road, hit that interstate and get down to 714 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 2: college station before kickoff of that game and pull a 715 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,320 Speaker 2: two for one and be it two of the biggest 716 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:12,360 Speaker 2: games in the country same day. Could that happen? Dot 717 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 2: dot dot to be continued. We've got to get to 718 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 2: find folks at CBS to work in conjunction with us there. 719 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 2: But those are some of the games that I'm really 720 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 2: aggravated that I got to miss. There are some other ones, 721 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:26,920 Speaker 2: like Week five, Michigan at Wisconsin. I don't really know 722 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,520 Speaker 2: how big that game's going to be. Could be pivotal, 723 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 2: or it could be one where, you know, Michigan loses 724 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 2: to Washington in week two and they're already kind of 725 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 2: off the national radar. Wisconsin will have already had several 726 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:41,320 Speaker 2: big games by them. That's the third game in the 727 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 2: first kind of four weeks or five weeks of the 728 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 2: season where Wisconsin plays a really big opponent. Think they 729 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 2: got Penn State, they got Notre Dame, and they got 730 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 2: Michigan the first month or so of the season. So 731 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:52,960 Speaker 2: those are some games I'm looking at. I'll be very 732 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,880 Speaker 2: interested to hear from you guys, because I can be swayed. 733 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,680 Speaker 2: That's all I'm saying. I can be swayed off this 734 00:30:58,080 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 2: all right, Producer, Jordan, you got this thing to cut uf. 735 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 2: Sorry for getting it out a little bit later than usual. 736 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,760 Speaker 2: It's been an abnormal day, but appreciate the patience. Nonetheless, 737 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 2: appreciate so much you guys listening. If you want to 738 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 2: submit questions for the Thursday show. Joshpat seven zero six 739 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 2: at gmail dot com. Follow me on Instagram. Cannot stress 740 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 2: it enough at Latekickjosh. Follow me on Twitter. Cannot stress 741 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 2: it enough at Latekickjosh. Thanks so much, have a great 742 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 2: rest of your day and God bless