1 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back another edition of the 2 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: Late Kick Extra podcast. I'm Josh Paate. Thanks for listening, 3 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: thanks for subscribing, Thanks for the five star reviews, and 4 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,799 Speaker 1: if you haven't already, it doesn't mean I'm not thinking you. 5 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: I'm just delaying my thanks until you give us a 6 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: five star review. We are approaching eight hundred. I looked 7 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: this morning slash late this evening, which is when I'm 8 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: recording this, and we're almost there. We're almost at eight hundred. 9 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: But if you listen to the podcast regularly, you know 10 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: eight hundred is child's play. We want to get to 11 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: one thousand, one thousand five star reviews and after that 12 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 1: we'll set a new benchmark after that. First let's get 13 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:47,520 Speaker 1: to one thousand. So a lot of you have already 14 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: done that. You leave great comment or leave great feedback, 15 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: So thank you so much for that. Got a jam 16 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: packed podcast this morning. If you're listening on Thursday morning, 17 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: I'm recording it at about two am Thursday morning, so 18 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: it's really quiet around here. I got a lot to 19 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: get to and we've got a jam packed edition of 20 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: Late Kick Live later tonight. We've got a lot of 21 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,479 Speaker 1: big ten stuff on there. We've got game predictions, we've 22 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: got best bets. So I guess what I'm trying to 23 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: say is it's a typical Thursday game week in a 24 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: college football season, which I am so thankful for because 25 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: I got a question actually coming up in this podcast 26 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: about what would have happened if there wasn't a season. 27 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: Let's me shivering just thinking about it. Terrible, terrible stuff. 28 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: That's okay because it's purely hypothetical. We have the Big 29 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: Ten starting, we got everything else already on our plate. 30 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: PAC twelve not too far down the line. There's a 31 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: light at the end of the tunnel there, so let's 32 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,479 Speaker 1: dive right in. Quick reminder, this is all Q and eight. 33 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: It's wall Towall you ask I answer, you can hit 34 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: me Josh seven zero six at gmail dot com or 35 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: follow me on Twitter, and I asked that you do 36 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: that even if you don't have a question. At late 37 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: kick Josh, let's get to it. Brandon leads us off 38 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: this morning. Brandon said, a few weeks ago, someone asked 39 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: question on this podcast about whether or not the SEC 40 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: East had caught up to the West. Can we now 41 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: visit that now that we're further into the season, and 42 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: more games have been played. Well, sure, Brandon, yeah you 43 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: want it, You got it. We can revisit that now. 44 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:08,679 Speaker 1: If you guys are familiar with the way I like 45 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: to do conference or division comparative analyzes, which I'm hoping 46 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: is the plural of analysis. I just like to seed 47 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: the conferences or the divisions. In this case, number one 48 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 1: versus number one is easy. We just saw it Alabama 49 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: over Georgia, number one versus number one. Now here comes 50 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: the fun part. Number two versus number two. I would 51 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: define that as Texas A and M at the moment 52 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: versus Florida. We've seen that game. Now, granted it was 53 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,519 Speaker 1: on a home field. The West has had home field 54 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: advantage in both of these games. And while the Alabama 55 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: game probably wasn't decided by home field, Hey, in a 56 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: three point when you could make the argument that A 57 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,399 Speaker 1: and M over Florida, it's a coin flip either way. 58 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: So let's just say edge to the West with the 59 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: one seeds. Let's call it even with the two seeds. Well, 60 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: now we start to dig a little bit further. Where 61 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:57,679 Speaker 1: are we going after that? Who is the number three 62 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: seed in the SEC West current? And oh, by the way, 63 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: for that matter, who is the number three seed in 64 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: the SEC East. You see how muddy this gets really 65 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: really quickly. So here's what I'm gonna ask you to do, Brandon, 66 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna kindly ask you please give me a few 67 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: more weeks on this. At the top, I think I 68 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: lean the SEC West, and I would lean that way 69 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: pretty solidly. But once we get to the middle tier, 70 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: and I don't even know if we're separating the middle 71 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 1: tier from the bottom tier. I mean, certainly we're not 72 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: comparing Auburn or to Vanderbilt per se. But my goodness, 73 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: it gets really muddy after that. My answer is I 74 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: lean SEC West only because of what I see at 75 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: the top, Because right now, I mean, we just saw 76 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: Auburn lose to South Carolina last week, you know, for example, 77 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: So that mid tier, that next tier this weekend, we're 78 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: gonna see South Carolina go on the road to LSU. 79 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: Like who knows. LSU got spanked. Well, they got beaten 80 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: humiliating fashion, by the way, at the hands of Missouri, 81 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: who had just gotten boat raced by Tennessee the week before. 82 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: So does that make Tennessee the number three in the East? 83 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: Not so fast? Because they just got housed in their 84 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: own house by Kentucky all right, fun times. I don't 85 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: know if I answered it. In fact, I know I 86 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: didn't answer that. And to be honest, Brandon, I've never 87 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: felt less secure four minutes into a podcast than I 88 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: do right now. So I'm gonna I'm gonna like fold 89 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 1: my arms into my shirt like he used to do 90 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 1: to stay warm in elementary school. And that's how I'm 91 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 1: sitting here right now behind the microphone. As we move 92 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,919 Speaker 1: on to Tony's question, which I already mentioned once, Tony said, 93 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: what would you have done if the college football season 94 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: had been totally canceled? Tony, I thought about this. You 95 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: remember the movie Armageddon, which is where the asteroid is 96 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 1: headed towards Earth and they're asking, you know, what's the 97 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: plan be here? What is the contingency plan? And Bruce 98 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 1: Willis is there at NASA. You know as you do. 99 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: He's been pulled off an oil rig in the middle 100 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: of the Pacific Ocean and he is the only hope 101 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 1: left on Earth to save it from total and complete 102 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: annihilation Armageddon if you will. And so Bruce Willis says, 103 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: what's the contingency here? And they say, oh, there is 104 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: there isn't one. If the dude that we pulled off 105 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: the oil rig in the middle of the ocean can't 106 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 1: fly on a space shuttle with a few weeks notice 107 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 1: and land on an asteroid and drill to a depth 108 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 1: of whatever number feed and put a nuke in there 109 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: and blow the asteroid to smithereens the world is going 110 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: to cease to exist as we know it. And he 111 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 1: just goes crazy. Bruce Willis is apoplectic. You're telling me 112 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: all the money that we pay every year in taxes, 113 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: and this is it. This is what you guys were 114 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: able to come up with. That's how I felt when 115 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: we were sitting in those editorial meetings and we were 116 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: talking about contingency plans for if the college football season 117 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: doesn't happen. I was Bruce Willis at NASA. That's how 118 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 1: I felt, What is the contingency? I don't know, Bud, 119 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: you got an idea, Barton, Luke Trey, anyone you got ideas. 120 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: That was basically the editorial meetings for like a month. 121 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: No one even wanted to talk about it. No one 122 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: even wanted to broach the subject. It was like you 123 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,600 Speaker 1: knew it was the responsible thing to do, but yet 124 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: anytime someone tried to mention it, it was kind of 125 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: like a mouse's voice, what are we going to do? 126 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: And then everyone just shouted you down because no one 127 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: wants to talk about what we're gonna do. However, I 128 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 1: did have a couple of ideas that we're probably gonna 129 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 1: end up being pretty fun if you could have fun 130 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: in a non college football season during the fall. I 131 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: don't even know what that feels like. None of us do. 132 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 1: We've never lived through it. I did have some ideas, 133 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: and to be honest with you, I don't want to 134 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: even reveal them right here because they're pretty good and 135 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: I don't want them stolen, And secondly, because I still 136 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: plan on doing them. I just think we're going to 137 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 1: do them between the end of the regular season and 138 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: the end of bowl season and then the spring or 139 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: maybe even next summer. So we've got some ideas, and 140 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: it's going to involve coaches. So I've already spoken to 141 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: coaches about this at the G five level and Power 142 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: five level. I think we have some fun things in 143 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: the works. It's just that we'll get to do it 144 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: without the backdrop being football. Where have you gone? So? 145 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: Thank the good Lord above for that third question this 146 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: morning is from Peter. This can be a scary one too, 147 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: depending on which team you're a fan of. Peter said, 148 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: with all the NFL job openings beginning to emerge, the 149 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 1: usual names come up, and I can't imagine why Lincoln 150 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: Riley would leave Oklahoma, even with this year being what 151 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: it is. Having said that, are there any other college 152 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: coaches that seem more reasonable to make the move to 153 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: the NFL this year or next? As a Buckeye fan, 154 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: I dread the inevitable day Ryan Day leaves us for 155 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: the league. I don't think it'll be this year, though, Peter, Well, 156 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: that's the first name that seems to come to mind 157 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: outside of Lincoln Riley right now. Ryan Day's the first 158 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: name that comes to mind. There were a lot of 159 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: concerns up there, of course, when it looked like the 160 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: Big Ten may not be able to get its act 161 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: together and play a football season, that Ryan Day would 162 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: just look around and say, screw this man, I'm going 163 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: to the NFL make a little bit more money there. 164 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: But also, well, they're not going to cancel the season 165 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: on me, And maybe maybe football is not appreciated here 166 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: and the Big Ten nearly as much as I thought 167 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: it was once upon a time. Well, luckily we don't 168 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: have to worry about that. Cooler heads prevailed and smarter 169 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: voices were heard. Let's say, so outside of those two, 170 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: you know, another one that I think you have to 171 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: look at in the big ten is a familiar name, 172 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: and there's Jim Harbaugh. Every year that passes that you 173 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: get further into the tenure of Harbaugh at Michigan. And 174 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: every year that passes that, you know, you get further 175 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: into of course him not being able to beat Ohio State, 176 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: but also every year and this could be a reversible trend. Now, 177 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: the current trend, the current trajectory of their roster is 178 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: downward a little bit. I've talked about this a few 179 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: times over the past couple of weeks. When we had 180 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: the latest twenty four to seven team talent composite ratings 181 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: come out, and I mentioned Barton did a piece on that, 182 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: and one of the things that he pointed out there 183 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: was some of these programs like Notre Dame, they've never 184 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: been higher, Oregon never been higher, Penn State I think 185 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:48,439 Speaker 1: had not been higher since that tool had been or introduced. 186 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: But there was also the flip side, and the flip 187 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: side was program like Michigan. They used to be number seven, 188 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: now they're number seventeen. It's not a fall off a cliff, 189 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: but it's certainly not the way you want to be trending. 190 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: And they have not had a stud quarterback up there. 191 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:05,680 Speaker 1: Thus they have not been able to trade points with 192 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: the big boys. Thus, when they've gone up against an 193 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: Ohio State or even in Alabama, it has shown and 194 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: it's been glaring. And so the concern kind of in 195 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: the back of your mind is, you know, maybe Jim 196 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: Harbaugh is not built and maybe he hasn't put together 197 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: a staff that's built to be an elite recruiting staff 198 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: Ohio State has. Maybe Michigan just doesn't do that. Maybe 199 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:26,679 Speaker 1: that's not in the cards, and maybe there comes a 200 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: day where Jim Harbaugh either thinks to himself or it 201 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 1: is mutually decided and agreed upon up there that maybe 202 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: the NFL was the best route for him this whole time. 203 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: I don't know, like I'm not predicting that. I'm just 204 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: saying I think about that, and I think a lot 205 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: of people will have to consider that when you're trying 206 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 1: to project the future. I'll tell you another name that's 207 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: well off the NFL radar, But if I were an 208 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 1: NFL general manager, I would at least kick the tires on, 209 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: even knowing some of the past baggage, and that is 210 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: Steve Sarkisian. Because if I'm watching college football and I'm 211 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: watching what Alabama's doing, and I know that guy has 212 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: been a head coach before, so he does at least 213 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: have the taste for it, and he wants to be 214 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: one again one day, I would look at him and 215 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: I'd say, who in the world is running things offensively 216 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: at a higher level in the college game than Alabama? 217 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: And I'm looking at him and I'm imagining how seamlessly 218 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 1: a lot of those concepts translate to the NFL level, 219 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 1: And Wow, look at what he's doing. He's maximizing the 220 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: potential of everyone in that offense. He is running essentially 221 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: an NFL offense there. All those offensive linemen are going 222 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,079 Speaker 1: to the next level. Several of those receivers are quarterback. 223 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 1: Some of you don't think he is I do running 224 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: back like you are seeing a preview of what an 225 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,439 Speaker 1: NFL offense would look like under Sarkjian. I'd kick the 226 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 1: tires on him, And that's a little off the beaten path. 227 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: But I'm telling you how I'd run my organization. Next 228 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: up is John speak of the devil Man. It's almost 229 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: like I design it this way. Unfortunately I don't, but 230 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: just just pretend otherwise, pretend like I did it like this. 231 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: For a reason, John said, is it more likely that 232 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: mac Jones becomes the new Jalen Hurts, which means he 233 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: would have to transfer after going to the playoff, Or 234 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: is it more likely that Bryce Young becomes the next 235 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: justin Fields, which means he can't get the starting job 236 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: at Bama, so he transfers with mac Jones potentially having 237 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 1: another two years. Now, this was an interesting question, and 238 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: let's break it down a little bit. So the first 239 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: scenario here is you had Jalen Hurts, and Jalen Hurts 240 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: was a former All SEC Offensive Player of the Year 241 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: or whatever he was. He was twenty six and two 242 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,599 Speaker 1: as a starter, and he gets benched in lieu of 243 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: Tuatongue Ailoa. Jalen Hurts transfers, goes off to Oklahoma. That 244 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: could happen, and if that happened, then that would be 245 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: mac Jones having success at Alabama. But then Bryce Young 246 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,959 Speaker 1: overtakes him, which certainly is not going to happen in 247 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,959 Speaker 1: the next few weeks. I think that's pretty obvious. The 248 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: other consideration that John mentioned is what if what happened 249 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: at Georgia ends up happening here. You have an ultra 250 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 1: talented young guy. Then it was justin fields. Right now 251 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 1: it's Bryce Young, And since Jake fromm was in the way, 252 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 1: or in this case, Mac Jones is in the way, 253 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: what if the ultra talented five star freshman ends up 254 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 1: transferring and they end up being a star somewhere else. Well, 255 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 1: I have a third scenario here, and it kind of 256 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: ties into my answer to the last question. My third 257 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: scenario is what if mac Jones plays well enough to 258 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: be drafted this year? No one wants to consider that. 259 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: I keep reading articles, and I keep reading different feedback 260 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: and different analysis on mac Jones, and I think a 261 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,319 Speaker 1: lot of people see here's the way that the NFL 262 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: draft culture works. If you have an opinion of a 263 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: guy already before a season starts, and if your opinion 264 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 1: is he is a future NFL guy, no amount of 265 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:44,319 Speaker 1: bad film in college will change your opinion of him. 266 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: You'll find a way to explain it away, and you'll say, Oh, 267 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: he's got tools, or he's got measurables, or I love 268 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 1: his football like you. Once he gets on an NFL 269 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: roster and his talent is comparable to everyone else, he'll shine. 270 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: You'll make whatever excuse you need to. I've also noticed 271 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: if you don't have a guy on your NFL radar 272 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: at the quarterback position, you will find every reason not 273 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,319 Speaker 1: to buy into what you've seen. So here's what I do. 274 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: What I do is I don't cover the NFL draft 275 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: really first off, so I can just kind of throw 276 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,079 Speaker 1: out opinions on guys. And I'm not really married to him. 277 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,839 Speaker 1: Like at the beginning of this year, I thought Bryce 278 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: Young would probably push mac Jones at some point this year. 279 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: Right now, I don't think that mac Jones has surpassed 280 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: everyone's wildest expectations. I look at that guy, I think 281 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 1: you're crazy if you don't consider the possibility that NFL 282 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: teams are going to take a look at him. I mean, 283 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: maybe not top ten or maybe not even first round. 284 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: But have you seen some of the tomato cans that 285 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: NFL organizations have wasted high level draft picks on at 286 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: the quarterback position. You're telling me Mac Jones isn't going 287 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,679 Speaker 1: to get a look, especially when you consider the complete 288 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:54,559 Speaker 1: and utter desperation that exists in the NFL draft at 289 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: the quarterback position. So how about he has such a 290 00:13:57,559 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 1: good year this year, he gets drafted and then Bryce 291 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:02,079 Speaker 1: Young ends up being a stud to and all's well, 292 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 1: that ends well at Alabama. In fact, I don't mind 293 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: if you put me on record right now as saying 294 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 1: that's my most likely path that this whole thing goes. 295 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,839 Speaker 1: Young ends up being the starter next year because mac 296 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: Jones has gone to the draft and he is playing 297 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: this game at a professional level somewhere this time next year. 298 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: All right, Seth. Next up, as we roll on here 299 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: this morning, Seth said, after Texas A and M won 300 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: over Florida, I heard a lot about that win giving 301 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: Texas A and M an identity. So in your opinion, 302 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: what exactly does establishing an identity mean and how could 303 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: it affect A and M's performance down the road? All right, Seth? 304 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: So when I say this, I don't know about other 305 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: people when I say developing an identity or so and 306 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: so in this case, A and M is finding their identity. 307 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: Here's what I think it is. First off, it is 308 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: knowing exactly who you are based on your rosters, strengths 309 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: and weaknesses. Got to know your roster, got to know 310 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: where you're strong got to know where your weaknesses are. 311 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: Then you develop a team's philosophy based off that understanding 312 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: of your roster and your personnel. And then this is 313 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: the most important part, or else it's all irrelevant. You 314 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: got to have your entire team, your entire organization buy 315 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: into the concept of that philosophy. Once that happens, you 316 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 1: could have a product that is greater than the sum 317 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 1: of its individual parts. This is how, for example, in 318 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: the past, you could see a team like Michigan State 319 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: give a much more talented Ohio State fits. It didn't 320 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: make sense on the surface if you followed recruiting and 321 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: only recruiting, those results sometimes just defied any kind of 322 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: logic you could come up with. But there was no 323 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 1: program when D'Antonio was up there at their peak, playing 324 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: more within their identity than the Michigan State Spartans were. 325 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: Doesn't mean they were going to win a national championship. 326 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: Their ceiling was below national championship level. But what they 327 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 1: were capable of is they were capable of being a 328 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 1: whole lot better as a collective than their individual parts 329 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: would suggest they should be, only because they understand their identity. 330 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: They knew what they were, they knew what they weren't, 331 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: and most importantly, everyone was bought in. So then if 332 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 1: you're Texas, A and M, because you ask what could 333 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: it mean for them? A and M does have a 334 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: lot of talent. A and M can compete with the 335 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: big boys. Now. They probably also exist below their ceiling 336 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: being national championship right this second, because we know what 337 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: you need to have at quarterback and I don't think 338 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: they have it at quarterback. But what they can do 339 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: is they can't exist on that very next here. They're 340 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: going to have to play low margin for ara ball 341 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 1: because they understand right now their identity does not include 342 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: being able to sling the ball all over the place. 343 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 1: Like Alabama, they've lost too much skill even this year 344 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: at receiver, but they got a really good emerging tailback 345 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: and spiller. They've got a quarterback that hopefully you can 346 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: trust down the stretch here to make good decisions. They've 347 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: got disruptors upfront. Defensively, they got plenty good enough offensive 348 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: line to control games and that is their identity, and 349 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: they've stuck to it so far. It's still early. Looks 350 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: like though they could be favored in every game remaining. 351 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: That's kind of become popular. I think for a lot 352 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 1: of people to say that favored doesn't equal win. Favored 353 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: just means you should win the game. Okay, a lot 354 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 1: of folks should do stuff they shouldn't do. Tennessee allegedly 355 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: should have beaten Kentucky last week. That's not the way 356 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 1: that turned out. So this is a bye week for 357 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:20,679 Speaker 1: A and M. That's one of the teams I am 358 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 1: really excited to watch coming out of their bye. I 359 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 1: called them one of the most intriguing teams in America 360 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: this year way back in the summer, and so they 361 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 1: remained that way for me. You know what, I'm not 362 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: going to go back and edit this, So I meant 363 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: to say this at the beginning. I'll say it now. 364 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 1: We're like, what fifteen seventeen some odd minutes in. I 365 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:43,199 Speaker 1: spent the better portion of this entire evening. I'm recording 366 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 1: at like two am, so several hours ago, and I 367 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: was just doing one on one hour long zoom sessions 368 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 1: with a lot of our college and maybe high school 369 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 1: and a little bit past college age listeners. We got 370 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: a ton of them. I hear from you quite often. 371 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 1: I love corresponding with you guys, but but I do 372 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: occasionally do some one on one consultations, especially with those 373 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 1: of you who are looking to get into this line 374 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 1: of work in some capacity, whether it be sports media, 375 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 1: whether it be writing, whether it be podcasting, whether it 376 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: be what we do on the YouTube channel, or whether 377 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 1: it be traditional TV like, whatever the case may be. 378 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: Some of you want to get into coaching. I make 379 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: myself as available as I possibly can for that. Man. 380 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: Had some really good conversations earlier this evening with some 381 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: of you. I'm happy to do to sit there and listen. 382 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: You can bounce your ideas off of me. I'm happy 383 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,199 Speaker 1: to get feedback where I can. But it restores my 384 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 1: faith in the future of not just this business, but 385 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 1: just in general. You know, the worst of everything is 386 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: always put right in front of your face every single day, 387 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: and it gives you this false sense of what the 388 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:47,679 Speaker 1: world is, and that's not reality at all. It's not 389 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: reality in sports journalism, nor is it reality in politics, 390 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:55,160 Speaker 1: nor is it reality and any walk of life. Twitter's 391 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,919 Speaker 1: not real life. Instagram. I hate to burst some of 392 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 1: your bubbles. Is not real life, and so you know 393 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: sitting there one on one with another person that's real life, 394 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:05,959 Speaker 1: and had a chance to do that earlier this evening. 395 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,959 Speaker 1: So again I put out this call to action from 396 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: time to time. But if you guys are interested in that, 397 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 1: I know a lot of you who aspire to be 398 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 1: in this industry. You listen to the podcast, I hear 399 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 1: from you a lot. Just reach out to me Josh 400 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 1: paid seven zero six at gmail dot com, or you 401 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,479 Speaker 1: can DM me on Twitter at late Kick Josh and 402 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 1: we can work on setting something up. It's really in depth. 403 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 1: It is one on one. Like I said, do them 404 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,679 Speaker 1: about an hour long at a time, and it is 405 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: really fun. I get probably as much, if not more, 406 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: out of that than you guys do half the time. 407 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:36,479 Speaker 1: All right, well continue on here. Drew is next up. 408 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:38,439 Speaker 1: Drew had a couple of good ones here, so he 409 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 1: sent me like half a dozen, if I remember correctly, 410 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: I picked two of them, cause Drew, it would be 411 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:44,760 Speaker 1: unfair if I went deeper than that. So his first 412 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: one is about a team I don't think we've talked 413 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: about since we started the podcast, So no time like 414 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 1: the present. Drew said, I see Vanderbilt and I can't 415 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: help but shake my head. I'm not a fan of them, 416 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: but even as a casual bystander, it's just hard to watch. 417 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: Why is it that they're so so bad? What did 418 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: they do or what do they do to have to 419 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 1: fix the train wreck? Well, what they would have to 420 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:06,199 Speaker 1: do is what they're not going to do, Drew, and 421 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: that is invest a lot of money and a lot 422 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: of years into making their program more in line with 423 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: what you would expect an SEC football program to be. 424 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 1: They're happy with that, but at the same time, I'm 425 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 1: not happy with it because it erodes the overall product 426 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,640 Speaker 1: of what I think is the best football conference in America. 427 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 1: A lot of what they put on the field is inexcusable, 428 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: but again, they don't necessarily care about that. I have 429 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: told you before and I'll tell you again. For those 430 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: of you who don't have access, you may not believe this, 431 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: but I'm telling you it's true. The facilities at Vanderbilt, 432 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,679 Speaker 1: let's just take those for example. There are multiple, not 433 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: just one or two, multiple high schools in the state 434 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: of Texas with better football facilities than Vanderbilt has, and 435 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 1: so because of that. Well, that's one reason, just that 436 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,919 Speaker 1: one small reason is one of many reasons why you 437 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: will never hear me entertain hot seat talk about a coach. 438 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: I don't care who it is. Right now, it's Derek Mason. 439 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 1: Derek Mason could go winless until the end of time. 440 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 1: You would never hear me even suggest that that guy's 441 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: job shouldn't be in jeopardy. There's nothing invested in the program. 442 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: If there was heavy investment, then it would be fair 443 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,639 Speaker 1: to expect a return on investment. There is no heavy 444 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: investment there so therefore I don't expect any return out 445 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: of Vanderbilt until further notice. I mean, they're just penciled 446 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: in w on everyone's schedule. Who's fortunate enough to draw 447 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: them in any given season in the SEC. Sounds kind 448 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: of cruel, but it's reality. Next up is also Drew 449 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:37,439 Speaker 1: all Right. Drew's second question here, he said, Arkansas has 450 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 1: come out and opened some eyes with what you and 451 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,120 Speaker 1: I agree should be a three to one start. Yes, 452 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,920 Speaker 1: I will continue to beat that drum. So Drew says, 453 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 1: how close are they to maybe not beating Alabama, but 454 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: being a considerable threat to most teams in the country. 455 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:52,439 Speaker 1: There's still the good ways away, Drew. I don't want 456 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 1: to take away from the start they've had right now. 457 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 1: I expect eventually that'll run out of gas this year, 458 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 1: and I wouldn't care. If I were an Arkansas fan, 459 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 1: Like I've already seen enough to know this staff is 460 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:09,919 Speaker 1: worth fully buying into their approach, this culture, this identity. 461 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 1: If you will all of this stuff, I'm all for it. 462 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 1: It feels like Arkansas. Chad Morris never felt like Arkansas 463 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,880 Speaker 1: to me. Mike Leach is at Mississippi State right now. 464 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 1: Mike Leach doesn't feel like Mississippi State to me, just 465 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,399 Speaker 1: to be honest with you, But you know, Lane Kiffin 466 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 1: at ole miss feels like a natural fit. Sam Pittman 467 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 1: at Arkansas that feels like a natural fit to me. 468 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 1: I love it. If I were an Arkansas fan, I 469 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: love it. They're not close to Alabama. They won't be 470 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:40,400 Speaker 1: close to Alabama unless something fundamentally changes about the structure 471 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 1: of the SEC. But that's not what your immediate goal 472 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: is at Arkansas. You don't look in the mirror and say, man, 473 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 1: we should be compete with Alabama in two years. But 474 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: what you can do is you could say why not 475 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 1: US instead of Auburn? Why not US instead of Texas, 476 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 1: A and M. Why can't we be superior to South 477 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: Carolina and Tennessee and Kentucky? Why not? What's stopping us 478 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: other than us? What's stopping us? That should be the 479 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: entire philosophy out there. And I'll tell you another thing 480 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,679 Speaker 1: that I am super fascinated to watch unfold, and that 481 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 1: is Arkansas recruiting. Pittman gets it done in the world 482 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 1: of recruiting. And not only does he get it done 483 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 1: as an assistant coach, you had questions, Okay, well he's 484 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: done it as an offensive line coach, but what's he 485 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: going to be as a head coach? Like are kids 486 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 1: really going to buy into that? Yeah? They are, they are. 487 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: I absolutely firmly am convinced that they are. And it's 488 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 1: not going to be a bunch of five star kids, 489 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: like maybe they'll maybe they'll land some of those, but 490 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 1: I think what it's going to be is it's going 491 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: to be a certain kind of player that probably doesn't 492 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: have committable offers to Ohio State, Clemson, Alabama. Like you 493 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,640 Speaker 1: probably don't see the Arkansas hat being chosen over those 494 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: hats on national signing day. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, 495 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 1: I'd be happy to be wrong there. But what I 496 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 1: think you'll have is you'll have a lot of kids 497 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: who were just below that tier. You know, Alabama liked 498 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: that kid, but they can only take so many. Clemson 499 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 1: like that kid, but they can only take so many 500 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: that kid. Instead of maybe going where they used to go, 501 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 1: maybe now they filter up to Fayetville, and by default, 502 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,159 Speaker 1: you just build this entire roster of kids who have 503 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 1: that attitude of I wasn't quite good enough for some 504 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 1: of the teams on our schedule, But that's okay, cause, 505 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,120 Speaker 1: like I said, they're on our schedule, so I'll get 506 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 1: my shot at them. And it's not one or two 507 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: of those kids, it's like fifty or sixty of those kids. 508 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:31,439 Speaker 1: And by the very nature of what Arkansas recruiting will be, 509 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 1: they will end up piling up kids who you need, 510 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: the kind of characteristics they have inherit in them that 511 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 1: you need to win anyway and to spring up sets 512 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: on folks and to be a surprise contender. That's what 513 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,120 Speaker 1: Arkansas's roster will just magically become. To me, it won't 514 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: be magic, but it'll appear to have happened out of nowhere. 515 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,880 Speaker 1: That is one of the most interesting subplots in the 516 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,239 Speaker 1: SEC As we approach this early signing day and then 517 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: the upcoming recruiting cycle, the twenty twenty two cycle, several 518 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 1: of you asked about Big ten storylines, like basically, what 519 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: are some of the most interesting storylines that you're looking 520 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,879 Speaker 1: forward to. There we did Biggest Big Ten Questions and 521 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: that video is available on the YouTube channel. I'm also 522 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: going to do a lot more Big ten talk tonight 523 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: as we sit here Thursday, So tonight Thursday Night Late 524 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 1: Kick Live, We're going to talk a lot more Big ten, 525 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,399 Speaker 1: but just a couple of them. You know, I'm fascinated 526 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: at what Penn State is this year, offensively because like 527 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 1: on Defense, I think they allow themselves time to develop 528 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: into whatever it is they're going to be. I'm kind 529 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 1: of interested to see how these programs, like Penn State, 530 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: for example, did they benefit any from sitting back and 531 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:40,360 Speaker 1: waiting until this point in the season to start. Did 532 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: it benefit, for instance, Sean Clifford to be able to 533 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,400 Speaker 1: talk more to Kirk Shiraka, to zoom more with him, 534 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 1: or to meet more with him, and to try and 535 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: ingest mentally more of the playbook, Like your practice reps 536 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:54,679 Speaker 1: are what they are. It's not like you've got fifty 537 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 1: more practices than normal, therefore you didn't get a thousand 538 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 1: more reps than normal. But I wonder if that little 539 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: added month or so there. I wonder if that makes 540 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,199 Speaker 1: a difference relative to what they would have been had 541 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 1: they come out of the gate with no spring, just 542 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 1: on time, a normal start. And the other thing I 543 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 1: was kind of mentioning Michigan earlier. I feel the same 544 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: way about their offense, Like I'm thinking about Joe Milton 545 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: up there, and I'm thinking about Josh Gaddis, and I'm 546 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 1: thinking about the questions about how deep they are at receiver, 547 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,399 Speaker 1: like do they have the perimeter speed? For that matter? 548 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 1: On defense? Do they have the defensive team speed to match? 549 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:31,880 Speaker 1: I say, big boys? We know which big boy I'm 550 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 1: talking about. Could they be competitive with Ohio State this year? 551 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 1: That entire dynamic with Wisconsin and Minnesota is sort of 552 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 1: being hyped up in Big ten circles right now, and 553 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 1: I'm just kind of curious, like, are we being baited 554 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 1: into thinking that's a two horse race there? And maybe 555 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: someone else having something to say about that. So that's 556 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: a lot of what we're going to talk about tonight. 557 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: I'm very obviously excited that the Big Ten season is 558 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 1: finally here. Now it's been almost a week, but it 559 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: has been seven and six five days since Alabama Georgia, 560 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,120 Speaker 1: and there's still some bitterness and there's still some sourness, 561 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:10,479 Speaker 1: and I understand that that was a big game. Georgia 562 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: fans still have a lot of questions. So I'm going 563 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 1: to kind of group a couple of them, really like 564 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 1: fifteen of them, but two notable questions into one, and 565 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 1: let's just try and get this entire dynamic about their 566 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 1: offense answered when we come back. So Matt has one 567 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:29,439 Speaker 1: of these Georgia questions. Midwest Dan Gator fan yep has 568 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: another one, and Matt asked, how can you make sense 569 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 1: of Jamie Newman opting out given what we have seen? Now, 570 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: that's a good question, Matt. I think about it often. 571 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 1: I thought about it as Georgia was struggling to move 572 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: the ball in the second half offensively against Alabama, and 573 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: I've just generally thought about it. Once we see the 574 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 1: fact that Stetson Bennett no disrespect has ended up being 575 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 1: the starter for this team. Let's go back and let's 576 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: remember Jamie Newman's official reason that he gave for opting 577 00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 1: out at Georgia was concerns about COVID. Have any definitive 578 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 1: evidence that it was anything other than that. I know 579 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 1: there's been a lot of speculation, including speculation from some 580 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,679 Speaker 1: people pretty close to the program, that there may have 581 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 1: been more to that. But the point is you and 582 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,640 Speaker 1: I can never really know. Like I have my suspicions too, 583 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,919 Speaker 1: I don't know. I know that it was kind of 584 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 1: in vogue for a week or so there to say, hey, 585 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 1: maybe Dewan Mathis is the one that chased him off. 586 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,399 Speaker 1: Maybe Jamie Newman saw Dewan Mathis in practice. This was 587 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 1: when it was kind of becoming obvious that Dwan Mathis 588 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 1: was going to get the start against Arkansas that lasted 589 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 1: about fifteen minutes. But I don't in retrospect, I don't 590 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 1: know that that was the case. And I don't think JT. 591 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 1: Daniels chased him off, because I mean J T. Daniels, 592 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 1: we still haven't seen him play stetson. Bennett didn't chase 593 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 1: anyone off. The Georgia coaching staff was about two seconds 594 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 1: from yanking his quarterback name tag to begin with, I 595 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 1: don't know, man, I really it remains a mystery. I 596 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 1: think it's one of those deals where we'll learn through 597 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 1: whispers and in the window and whatnot in the off 598 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 1: season when there's no more consequence to holding it back. 599 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,200 Speaker 1: I think that's when we'll know the question there. But 600 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 1: what I'd love to know is what is he thinking 601 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: right now? Where's Jamie Newman? And what is he thinking 602 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: right now watching Georgia. That's what I'd love to know. 603 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: Second question was do you think that Mathis, Sodwan Mathis 604 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 1: or JT. Daniels should be getting the majority of the 605 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 1: reps alongside Stetson Bennett moving forward? I think the answer 606 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 1: here is J T. Daniels, and that is, of course, 607 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 1: with the caveat that he is healthy and ready to play, 608 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: and I think he will be soon if he's not already, 609 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 1: I think the answer is J T. Daniels. And granted 610 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: we only have one half or maybe like less than 611 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 1: a half of a sample size from Dwan Mathis. Bottom 612 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: line is, I don't think either of those guys Mathis 613 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: or Bennett are getting you past Alabama, and at this point, 614 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: like that's the goal for Georgia football. You're not looking 615 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 1: to make it to the Capitol One Bowl. That's not 616 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 1: what this roster's been built for. That's not what you 617 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: should be relying on that defense to do. Just deliver 618 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 1: you to Orlando New Year's Day. No, man, you're trying 619 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 1: to win the SEC. You're trying to go to the 620 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: college football Playoff and win a national championship. You're not 621 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: doing it with Stetson Bennett again, all due respect, love 622 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: his story. You're not doing it with Dewan Mathis, and 623 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: you may not do it with JT. Daniels either, But 624 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: I think Daniels, even understanding there's some unknown there, the 625 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: reward is much higher, the potential ceiling is much higher 626 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 1: with him at quarterback. So hey, man, that's who I'm 627 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 1: leaning on. That's who I'm giving reps to if he's 628 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 1: able to take them. Let's wrap it up with Matthew here. 629 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: How good do you think the American Conference is compared 630 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: to the PAC twelve, which is widely considered the weakest 631 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 1: Power five conference. Matthew, what a question you've delivered here, 632 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 1: Because I was talking about this with a buddy in 633 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: the gym the other night, and I'm not so sure 634 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 1: that the answer now is the same answer will have 635 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 1: in five years. So right now I would still lean 636 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 1: PAC twelve being stronger than the AAC. In five years, 637 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 1: I got to be honest with you, I don't think 638 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: that'll be the answer. In five years. I think the 639 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 1: quality of the PAC twelve will have continue to erode, 640 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 1: and I think that the profile of the AAC will 641 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,680 Speaker 1: have continued to surge to the point where, hey, I 642 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 1: think the AAC will have passed the PAC twelve. I 643 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,959 Speaker 1: flat out believe that. I think that, even though it 644 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: was a very small, sort of anecdotalish sample size, Week 645 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:20,080 Speaker 1: one this year taught a lot of people a lesson 646 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: that some people behind the scenes had been whispering about 647 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: for a while, and that is these G five level 648 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 1: rosters that are in the South. In that case, it 649 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: was coastal Carolina where it was Louisiana. Who else ended 650 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 1: up getting a win Arkansas State. Yeah, I clearly just 651 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 1: paused so I could think. But remember those three teams 652 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 1: all went out and they got themselves wins over Power 653 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 1: five competition. Now that was the Big twelve. But the 654 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 1: point is, you think the sun belt flexed. Imagine if 655 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:52,040 Speaker 1: I were to have sent mid tier AAC teams into 656 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 1: those buildings that day because they would have turned probably 657 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 1: the same trick the Sun Belt did. And now just 658 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,960 Speaker 1: replace Big twelve with packed twe tw I mean that 659 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 1: same result probably would have happened. And then you fast 660 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: forward another five years and you have another five years 661 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 1: worth of the perception changing and guys understanding, hey, I 662 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,000 Speaker 1: can stay right here. I can go play at Tulsa, 663 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:14,720 Speaker 1: I can go play at East Carolina, I can go 664 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:17,600 Speaker 1: play at Houston. I don't have to go and take 665 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:21,240 Speaker 1: Power five offers that are one thousand miles from home 666 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: when I can play in the G five that's thirty 667 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 1: minutes down the road from where I grew up here 668 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,520 Speaker 1: in the South, wherever I am, and I can still 669 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 1: be on TV ten to twelve times a year. The 670 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 1: NFL will still find me here. The stuff that used 671 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 1: to force you to take the Power five offer wherever 672 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:40,240 Speaker 1: you could get it doesn't exist anymore. That dynamic has changed, 673 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,720 Speaker 1: and so all things equal, a lot of those kids 674 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:46,080 Speaker 1: that are rated three stars that can't quite snag that 675 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 1: high level SEC or ACC offer, they just soon take 676 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,479 Speaker 1: the EG five offer as go to the West Coast 677 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 1: and Corvallis, Oregon, for example. I mean, they just prefer 678 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,320 Speaker 1: stay home. And for that reason, I think the AAC 679 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 1: is rapidly sending to the point where I think it 680 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 1: will have surpassed the PAC twelve. And this is not 681 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 1: in a bubble, Okay. The PAC twelve also has their 682 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,840 Speaker 1: own internal issues that I think will eventually be the 683 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:13,920 Speaker 1: downfall of the overall quality and profile of that conference. 684 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,480 Speaker 1: And also, if we're talking five years down the road, 685 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 1: who knows what the overall structure of the sport and 686 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:23,240 Speaker 1: the overall structure of conferences will have done to maybe 687 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,600 Speaker 1: evolve by that point. All Right, that was a really 688 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,480 Speaker 1: good morning of questions. I hope you guys are tuned 689 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 1: in later tonight for Late Kick Live. 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