1 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back in another edition of 2 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: the Late Kick Extra podcast. Hey, it's Tuesday morning. Told 3 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: you're going to get this to producer Jordan Early. It's 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: actually Monday night. As I record right now, very late. 5 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: I'm in the office. I'm all by myself, probably going 6 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:24,959 Speaker 1: to be a pretty loose recording. Could go grab the 7 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: guitar at any moment. In fact, I think I will 8 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: to chime us from one question to the next. Remind 9 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: me to tell you something about that in a second, 10 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: as I'm telling you listening twelve to twenty four hours 11 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: later to remind me of something, but a reminder in 12 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 1: real time. How this works. This is the Late Kick 13 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: Extra podcast. A lot of you are new. We're gaining 14 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of new listeners every episode. 15 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,520 Speaker 1: So the way this works is on Tuesday and Thursday morning. 16 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: For the time being, at least, I do a Q 17 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: and a wall to wall mail bag episode last night 18 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: on Twitter. If you're listening on Tuesday, I put out 19 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: the call to action. I said, give me those questions, 20 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: and boy did you get follow through. So we've got 21 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: a ton right now. But if you want to hit 22 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: me with a question, Josh paid seven zero six at 23 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: gmail dot com, or you can follow and then submit 24 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: a question on Twitter and Instagram at Late Kick Josh. 25 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: And when I say we're loaded, I mean we're loaded. 26 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 1: But I told you remind me of something. I'm gonna 27 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: pretend you guys just did You're driving around in Walla Walla, Washington. Yes, 28 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: I know where that is, and you said, hey, here's 29 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,199 Speaker 1: your reminder. Thank you all our friends in Walla Walla 30 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: and around the world. So the other week, remember when 31 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: I asked, you, guys, should I buy a soundboard for 32 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 1: the show. This is what makes our podcast in our 33 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: show when we do it Late Kick Live on YouTube 34 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: very different. I tell you it's your show. Well, here's 35 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 1: the proof. I was already convinced I was going to 36 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: buy a soundboard. A soundboard, for those unfamiliar, is basically 37 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: how you add little sound effects and transition elements into 38 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: a podcast. And I was gonna buy one because I've 39 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: heard other podcasts use them. I mean, I didn't have 40 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: any feel one way or the other. I just thought, oh, 41 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: that'll be something cool to try out. But since it's 42 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: your show, I asked you, what do you think I 43 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: cannot stress enough to you how negative of the feedback was, 44 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: and a lot of you were passionate about it. It 45 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: wasn't just Hey, I would like to vote no, please 46 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: and thank you. Some of you all but threaten to 47 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: hurl yourself into oncoming traffic if I go and buy 48 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: a soundboard and start start up. I'm not gonna use 49 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: the language you guys did, but infiltrating this clean, pristine 50 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: product right now with manufactured nonsense. So my vow to you, 51 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: I have heard you loud and clear soundboard idea in 52 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: the trash. We will proceed as organically as possible. But 53 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: mark my words, every time I'm in this studio and 54 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: that guitar is sitting over here in the corner and 55 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: I'm looking at it, I'm using this guitar. So this 56 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: is as close as we're getting to a soundboard. You're 57 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: just gonna have to deal with it. I have to 58 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: let the music escape me. It's deep in me. I 59 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: gotta let it escape somehow. And since I don't perform 60 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: here down on Broadway in Nashville, ever, this is my 61 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: only shot. Here we go. You ready, nothing like performing 62 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: before a live audience, let me tell you so. The 63 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: abominable Billy leads us off this morning. Yes, the abominable 64 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 1: Billy would like to know. I hope this is the 65 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: right place for the millback question. It is, Billy. Have 66 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 1: you noticed Texas first seven games? They got Louisiana, they 67 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: upset Iowa State in week one last year, they go 68 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: to Arkansas, going to be a tough environment, Arkansas first 69 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: full stadium in forever. Then they got Rice, then Texas Tech, 70 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: they went to overtime with them last year. Then they 71 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: go to TCU they lost to them last year. They 72 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:24,959 Speaker 1: play Oklahoma diddoh, and then they've got Oklahoma State another 73 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: overtime game last year. I know you've spoken about the 74 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: first two games and the quarterback battle. Factoring that and 75 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: potentially more spirited than usual conference battles due to the 76 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: realignment news, could significant damage be done to Sark's rain 77 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: before it really even starts. What chaos could be created 78 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: by a two to five start, Well, it would be ugly. 79 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: It would be ugly. It's not something I expect, but certainly, 80 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: as we just noted here, all of these games are 81 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: losable games. Aside from the Rice game, theoretically all these 82 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: are losable. They're all winnable too, that's the good news. 83 00:03:58,240 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: So it depends on which side of the coin you 84 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: want to look at now, because you're not established at quarterback, 85 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: because this program just does not have firm footing under 86 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: it yet, I would think it's reasonable to expect a 87 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: mixture of good and bad here. That probably means a 88 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: mixture of wins and losses. A two and five start 89 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: would be catastrophic. But at the same time, what are 90 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: we really talking about here, if you're a Texas fan 91 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: or otherwise, what are we really talking about. What would 92 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: catastrophic be? Well, it would be bad for the season. 93 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 1: It wouldn't be like sarks jobs going to be in jeopardy. 94 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: I wouldn't think yeah, I wouldn't think so. But look, 95 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: this is a good team and we all know it's 96 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: a good team. They know out there at Texas it's 97 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: a good team. He's inheriting. So you can't be starting 98 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: to and five. You absolutely can't do that. What it 99 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 1: can do is burn a lot of the least you have. 100 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: And it also and this was what would be very bad. 101 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: The talking point about a Texas head coach is always 102 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,119 Speaker 1: does he have full control of the program. You will 103 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: not have Steve Sarkisian with full control of that program. 104 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: If they start disastrously, you just won't. He will not 105 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: have the equity built up around that program to fully 106 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 1: do things his way. Now what does that mean. That's 107 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: a big broad statement. What does it mean. I can't 108 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: give you particulars because we can't know what goes on 109 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 1: inner working style at Texas. But this is not unique 110 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: to Texas, and maybe it in some cases is unique 111 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: with certain situations. But this is the same thing that 112 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: would happen if Nick Saban were to retire after this 113 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: year and a new coach comes in and Alabama starts 114 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: four and three. You think that guy's walking through the 115 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: Malmore Athletic Facility with full freedom to do whatever he 116 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,559 Speaker 1: wants to do. No, absolutely not hit feel fifteen sets 117 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: of eyeballs staring him down from the administration. And that's 118 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 1: how it would be for Stark. And that is what 119 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 1: the biggest deterrent would be if they started below five 120 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: hundred going into that bye week. Yeah, that would be 121 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 1: a bad thing. Let's just get this up here like this. 122 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,559 Speaker 1: You know, it'd be a crying shame if I broke 123 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: this e string two questions into a podcast. I don't 124 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: even know if I could continue, but so far, so good. 125 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 1: Richard hits us up next. What is some of the 126 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: best stuff you see if you're covering a game that 127 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: I don't get this from the stands or from my couch. 128 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: Love this question. One of my favorite things to talk about, 129 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: the stuff you guys don't get to see. It's why 130 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: I encourage you follow Twitter and Instagram at late kick, 131 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: Josh understand what my falls are like. This is awesome. 132 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: I mean, this is the pinnacle of awesomeness. When they 133 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: pay you to go to football games. There is no 134 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 1: such thing as heaven on Earth, but if you want 135 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: to come as close as you can to replicating it 136 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: for a college football fan, that's it very surreal. I've 137 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: never gotten used to that concept. It always amazes me, 138 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: just freaks me out when I'm able to do this. 139 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 1: Here's my vantage point. We are in a different town 140 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: every weekend. We're on the road every weekend, and so 141 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: I will be largely at the biggest games in the country, 142 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: and I am on the field or in the press 143 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: box for every one of those games. I kind of 144 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: differ week to week. Sometimes if there are multiple big 145 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: games going on, I kind of find it that it's 146 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: advantageous to be in the press box because when you're 147 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: on the field, it's obviously a very incredible vantage point, 148 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: but you're I'm so out of touch with what else 149 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: is going on, and it gets really hard. If you're 150 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,359 Speaker 1: flying back the next morning, it gets really hard to 151 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 1: get yourself caught up because we're traveling and doing the 152 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: show same day on Sunday. That's not complaining, I'm just 153 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: saying it's really hard to do a show to the 154 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: standard we want to do it if I haven't been 155 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: able to watch some games. So anyway, but the vantage 156 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: point's awesome because we're in the stadium before it's open 157 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: to the public. We're in there long after it closes. 158 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: You get to see press conferences. I'm on the field 159 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: for some of the game anyway, but I have the 160 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 1: eye Josh with me, and I can show you guys 161 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: as much as I can, as much as I'm allowed 162 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: to what I get to see. It's incredible. It's one 163 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,679 Speaker 1: of my favorite things to do. So I would encourage 164 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: you be following that Twitter and Instagram at late kick Josh. 165 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: But Richard, back to your question, one of my favorite 166 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: aspects is just what I kind of said there, getting 167 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: in the building before it's open to the public and 168 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: before teams have arrived, and then when those teams arrive. 169 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: Most of the time it's about two hours before kickoff, 170 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: but some teams LSU choose is to arrive well after that. 171 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: You almost feel like they're arriving late. I remember when 172 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: they were playing Bama a couple of years ago, I 173 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: wasn't familiar with LSU's road routine. Under Oh, they don't 174 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: get to the stadium two hours before kickoff. They wait 175 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: until like an hour and a half before kickoff, so 176 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: I thought they were late. Non reality, they were doing 177 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: things the way they wanted to and they went in 178 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: there and beat Alabama, so it worked. But it's really 179 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: fun to be in there in sort of a calm 180 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: before the storm. It's really fun when they'll get there 181 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: the head coaches. To give you an idea of how 182 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: this works. Head coaches will get off the bus and 183 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: they'll go right into the stadium. They'll check it out. 184 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: They'll be checking for wind, what's the grass conditions. A 185 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: lot of times in some of the bigger games, I 186 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: won't mention any names. Some places to gain an advantage 187 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: they will soak their field the night before. So the 188 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: first thing those training staffs are doing is they're going 189 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: out on the field and they're deciding which cleats they're 190 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: going to use for the team. I mean, this is 191 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: something you would never see unless you were actually standing 192 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: on that field before they opened it to the public. 193 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 1: And so they've got in those training equipment haulers that 194 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: they bring on the road, they've got different length of cleat, 195 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: and the way those cleats work is they are screw on, 196 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,839 Speaker 1: and so instead of changing out the entire shoe, they'll 197 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: just change out the cleat attachment on the bottom. Sometimes 198 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 1: they'll use fourth inch, sixth inch, eighth inch. I don't 199 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: know what the measurements are, but they'll go out there 200 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: and find out if the field's soaked. If it's soaked, 201 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: they want the longer cleap. If it's not, they're good 202 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: to go. That's one of the first things that you 203 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: always notice training staffs do. Second thing is the head 204 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 1: coach has to go off and do a lot of 205 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: media availability. He'll probably do an appearance that he is 206 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: contractually mandated to do for the Coaches Show. But the 207 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 1: assistant coaches, they've got a little thirty forty five minute 208 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: window there where they don't really have to do much 209 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: and they'll come out and they'll just walk around. It's 210 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: some of the best access that you will get to 211 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: assistant coaches. I mean, I'll stand there. I specifically get 212 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 1: to stadiums early for two things. Number One, I want 213 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: to see team arrivals because it's some awesome footage and 214 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,719 Speaker 1: it's a really incredible scene depending on which stadium you're in, 215 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: because sometimes there's fan interaction. And number two, you get 216 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: to talk to coaches and they don't have anything else 217 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: to do, and it's so weird because they're about to 218 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: go into battle, but there's such a peace and such 219 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: a calm because they know, Hayes in the barn, we're 220 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: not doing any work today. We are going to put 221 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: the work on the field today. But right now, if 222 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 1: I'm a defensive line coach, we just got here. We're 223 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 1: not coming out for warm ups and stretching stride for 224 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:15,959 Speaker 1: another thirty forty five minutes. I'm just going to go. 225 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: I hear some of them sit on their phone, some 226 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: of them just walk around, some of them don't even 227 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: come out at all. But it's really interesting to see 228 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: that so that feeling that calm before the storm. On 229 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,439 Speaker 1: their side, you know they've put all the work in 230 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: during the week. On my side, we've done multiple shows 231 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: during the week. There's nothing else to talk about, there's 232 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: nothing else to rep or practice, and you got that 233 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: thirty or forty five minute window before the crowd starts 234 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: to fill in, but the teams are already there. Love that. 235 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: It's a really strange serenity given all the chaos that's 236 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: about to ensue. And then when you're on the field 237 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 1: in a college football game, especially covering what I grew 238 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 1: up covering down in the sec the collisions stand out. 239 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: Some of them are so hard you get a concussion 240 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:56,559 Speaker 1: off of it, kind of like a shotgun blast. I've 241 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: talked about that before. Really amazing, the hardest hits. You 242 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: can feel them like a little thump to your chest. 243 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: You feel it. But the intensity on the field in 244 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: some of these bigger stadiums, you would also find this 245 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: at Ohio State or Penn State. You would find this 246 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: at Otson out at Oregon, you would find this at Texas, 247 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 1: at Oklahoma. It is surreal to be on the field 248 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: and to witness a road team when they're able to 249 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: come in and they're able to function. You know, they 250 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: work on it all the time. They work on silent 251 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: all the time, so they make it look easy. If 252 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: you could ever stand down on the field, if you 253 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: could be on the field in Baton Rouge when Alabama's 254 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: in there, or if I took you up to South Carolina, 255 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,679 Speaker 1: even very underrated home venue when Georgia comes in there, 256 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: it would fascinate you that those road teams are able 257 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 1: to function because it's such an overload, It's such a 258 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: sensory overload. A normal human being is not used to 259 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: experiencing that. You're not used to experiencing that kind of 260 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: decibel level, and you're having to think, you're having to 261 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: critically think, you're having to make high level decisions, both 262 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: as a coach and as a player. And it's kind 263 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,719 Speaker 1: of like, if something's happening to you, picture yourself being 264 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: on the road. This is the best way I can 265 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: equate it for a nor I'm a person. If you're 266 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 1: out on the road and you got the radio turned 267 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 1: all the way up and then there's all of a sudden, 268 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: a lot of traffic around you, a lot's going on 269 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: at the same time, or you're coming up on a wreck. 270 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: The first thing you do is what you start slowing down, 271 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: but you turn that noise down. Now, imagine if you 272 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: saw that same situation unfolding before you, but you had 273 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,680 Speaker 1: to maintain the same speed and you could not touch 274 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: the volume knob. That is a very very small microcosm 275 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: of what it's like watching these road teams operate in 276 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 1: these environments. It is never easy in this sport. It 277 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: is never easy to go on the road. It's why 278 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: I don't care if you were favored by eleven points 279 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: or not. When you go on the road in those 280 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 1: primetime environments. I'm always impressed when you can operate efficiently 281 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 1: and you can get the job done. After the games, though, 282 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: this is when to me, I get my work done. 283 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: And a lot of times I'm at the bigger games 284 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: that are later in the day and I don't even 285 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 1: bother trying to leave these stadiums. If I'm, for example, 286 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: at Florida and you got a night game, Let's say 287 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: you got LSU in there, and this nighttime, I'm going 288 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 1: to go to postgame pressers and then I actually take 289 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 1: myself with a couple of laptops and I go sit 290 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: out in the stands. I don't even go to the 291 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: press box if the weather's even decent, I just go 292 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:11,719 Speaker 1: sit out in the stands, probably in one of your 293 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: season ticket cushion chairs, and I take a couple of laptops, 294 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: and I have games on, probably the West Coast games, 295 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 1: or if I'm watching a highlight show. Sometimes I'll have 296 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: condensed games being sent to me, and I'll already start 297 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: to get my work done for the next day. But 298 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 1: what I'm really doing is I'm just sitting there and 299 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:32,199 Speaker 1: kind of soaking in and reflecting on what has been 300 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: witnessed that day and what I'm doing there. And it's 301 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 1: my favorite time of the week because it's still peaceful. 302 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: It's before a long drive or a flight home. I mean, 303 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: you got the most incredible lounge in the world. It's 304 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: a huge empty stadium and you're kind of sitting there. 305 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: You hear the mowers going, there's some folding chair sounds 306 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 1: elsewhere in the stadium. It's just a clean up crew 307 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 1: starting to do their job. After you've been exposed to 308 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: that noise for four or five hours, and then you've 309 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: had the press setting and you've had a lot of heck. 310 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: Thick nature of what it's like trying to gather elements 311 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: in postgame and then you just sit in silence. I 312 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: love that time. I love that time. It doesn't last forever, 313 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: but I love that time. I remember when Georgia went 314 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: up to play Notre Dame a couple of years ago. 315 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: I think it was twenty seventeen. It was first time 316 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: I had been to Notre Dame Stadium. It's the only 317 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: time I've been there so far. That may change this year. 318 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: But that game ended at night, and so we went 319 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: to Brian Kelly's press conference, caught some of Kirby's press conference. 320 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: But then I did something that I didn't know if 321 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: I was ever going to have the opportunity to do again. 322 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: I just went out in the stands at Notre Dame 323 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: Stadium and just hung out for a little while, and 324 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: I listened to, you know, the leaf blowers off in 325 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: the distance that kind of echo throughout the stadium because 326 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: it's empty and otherwise it's totally quiet. I mean, you're 327 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: on everything from one of the most famous gridirons in 328 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: America to one of the most famous movie sets in America. 329 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: I supremely respect the tradition of this sport, so those 330 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: moments where you can just sit there in peace after 331 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: a big game that you've been blessed to cover, not 332 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: only be a part of, but cover. That's my favorite 333 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: elements that I guess you don't get to see. Richard. 334 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: All right, that was a good one. Moving it right 335 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: along here, But first, where we going? We're going out 336 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: west here? Logan asks, are you as surprised as I 337 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: am that there were five PAC twelve teams in the 338 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: AP top twenty five? Just curious if you think that 339 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: says anything for the conference and their national recognition. Well, 340 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 1: the first thing I have to do, Logan, and I apologize, 341 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: is I have to actually pull up the AP pole 342 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: because I can't in good conscience tell you I've looked 343 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: at it today. I did do a radio hit with 344 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: Nate Brown in Rapid City. Yes, I do appearances in 345 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: South Dakota, and I glanced at it, but I really 346 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 1: haven't looked in the context of the PAC twelve. And 347 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 1: instead of doing the responsible thing in pausing here, I 348 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: am steadily killing time as I try and pull it up. 349 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: And we got it. Okay, So who are these teams? Well, 350 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: we've got Oregon at eleven. We have got USC at fifteen, 351 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: got Washington, twenty we got Okay, I see so Utah 352 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: and Arizona crept in there at twenty four to twenty five. No, 353 00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: this doesn't surprise me. I can tell you right off 354 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: the top of my head. I'm gonna have Utah way 355 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: higher rank than the AP does Arizona state. I don't 356 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: think I'll have ranked. But no, this doesn't surprise me. 357 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: Here's the deal, and I would agree with this if 358 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 1: someone said it. There are good teams in the PAC twelve. 359 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: It's just the question is do you have any great 360 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 1: teams for me, because they're good teams in the SEC too, 361 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: But you got at least one great team, if not 362 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: more than one great team. Ditto maybe for the ACC. 363 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: In fact, maybe there aren't as many good teams now 364 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 1: this year. I think there will be. But any given 365 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 1: year you could argue there are less than five great 366 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: teams or good teams in the ACC. But they got 367 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: a great one and so it kind of cancels all 368 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 1: that out. The national perception. No, I don't think it 369 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: really changes anything. I think the national perception has been 370 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: for a little while about that conference. And again this 371 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: is something I agree with. It's a good solid conference. 372 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: I like watching Pac twelve football. I mean, you guys, 373 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: a lot of you, according to our metrics, don't love 374 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 1: it as much. But that's only because you don't have 375 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: a rock star program out there like Southern Cal was 376 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: back in the early to mid two two thousands. But no, 377 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: I don't think five in the top twenty five changes anything. 378 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: Notice the important follow up there is zero in the 379 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: top ten. That's the important follow up. I think we 380 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: had one more question, yeah, Carter asked how much does 381 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: an AP ranking impact the playoff ranking? Well, in one way, none, 382 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 1: and in another way, yes it does. Let me give 383 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 1: you a perfect example. The College Football Playoff Committee's first rankings, 384 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 1: I think are going to be released November two this year, 385 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 1: week eight nine, whenever that is. And they would tell you, well, 386 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: that's the only poll that matters, and we meet ourselves, 387 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: we confer amongst ourselves. There is no outside influence that 388 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 1: really matters. Now, as long as there are human beings 389 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 1: on that committee, there are outside influences that matter. Let's 390 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: not kit ourselves. I'm the guy over here who says 391 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: I think the Committee's gotten it right every year in 392 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,120 Speaker 1: terms of the final four. But even I understand even 393 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,120 Speaker 1: I'm not too stupid to realize. Yeah, they get impacted 394 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: and they get influenced. With that in mind, do I 395 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:00,200 Speaker 1: think the AP influences I don't think it influenced is 396 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 1: quite in the way a lot of people may be alleging. 397 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people may be alleging, Well, 398 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:06,679 Speaker 1: if you start off in the top five, you're a 399 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: power five, then you get benefit of the doubt until 400 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: you're knocked out. I think that's gonna happen anyway. The 401 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: fact of the matter is whether Ohio State starts fourth 402 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 1: or fourteenth this year, they're going to the playoff if 403 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 1: they got one loss or fewer in all likelihood, I 404 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:22,719 Speaker 1: would bet a lot of money on that. That's not 405 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,479 Speaker 1: where it matters so much. Where it matters is this 406 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 1: number eight team I'm looking at right now, the Cincinnati Bearcats. 407 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 1: I have spoken about this last week. I'm not going 408 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: to go fully down that road again. But you know 409 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: my thoughts here, my thoughts are, that's the G five 410 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 1: team that's got a shot for the first time. That's 411 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: the G five team that's got a shot. Here's where 412 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: rubber meets road. If I'm a committee member and I'm 413 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 1: a committee member of the past. Let's say, whether you're 414 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: a Central Florida or you're a Cincinnati, you have come 415 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:54,359 Speaker 1: on to my radar screen long after the season began. 416 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,120 Speaker 1: I've watched the games just like everyone else has wire 417 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 1: to wire. But it wasn't until the midpoint of the 418 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,879 Speaker 1: season or I start hearing this, hear that that's a 419 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 1: faint drum beat off in the distance. It's a Central 420 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: Florida or Cincinnati drum beat. And it's not until mid 421 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 1: season where people start to ask, Hey, if this team 422 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:13,640 Speaker 1: goes undefeated, then what That's not the case. This year 423 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: we got Cincinnati starting in the top ten. It's August 424 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: and we're talking about them. So the Committee sees that 425 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: they don't hide in a rock. They don't hibernate under 426 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: a rock. I guess I should say they don't hibernate. 427 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 1: They're out there. They're reading newspapers and preview magazines and 428 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 1: looking at Twitter, and they're doing all the stuff you 429 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 1: and I are doing. Yes, this matters. It matters for 430 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: Cincinnati way more than it matters for Texas, A and M. 431 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: I can promise you that Cincinnati being in the top 432 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 1: ten right now absolutely matters. So to that degree. Yes, 433 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 1: I think the AP poll does matter. Gunner up next, 434 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 1: who are the likely biggest risers for the upcoming season, 435 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,679 Speaker 1: low expectation team but in good position to make great gains, Well, 436 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 1: it's got to be Old Miss. For me. Old Miss 437 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: is not ranked in THEAP. There are a few certainties 438 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 1: in this world, but I can promise you one of them. 439 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 1: Unless we have a devastating, breaking news injury type situation 440 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: at ole Miss this week, They're gonna start the season 441 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,400 Speaker 1: ranked in the JP Pole, not the AP, but the Jpepole. 442 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: A lot of you r unfamiliar, by the way, with 443 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: what the JP Pole is. That is our own internal 444 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: power rating that I release for you every week. I 445 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: don't know if we're going to go one through ten 446 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:22,440 Speaker 1: and one through twenty five this year, but I release 447 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: it for you, and that essentially has a pure Vegas 448 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: theme to it. I could not care less about your 449 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 1: record on this. I am strictly measuring you based off hoops. 450 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:37,159 Speaker 1: I would favor against hoops on a neutral field, and 451 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: that's it. It's not a revolutionary concept, but it does 452 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: bring into the equation power rating instead of a simple 453 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 1: merit based ranking system. Because you won a game. I 454 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: gotta move you up because you lost a game, I 455 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 1: gotta move you down. I don't really believe in that, 456 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 1: so yeah, give me old miss, I mean ole miss. 457 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: I have very little doubt in my mind. After they 458 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: win in week one, which I think they will, I 459 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: think they will be ranked in the top twenty five. 460 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: You know what I forgot to do. My apologies, I'm 461 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 1: so sorry. Hold on a second. I don't want to 462 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:06,399 Speaker 1: rob you guys of what you really came here for. 463 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: And there we go. Okay, tell that one was legit 464 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: because the top of the guitar choked off my vocal 465 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: cords there and altered my voice. Let's go with Zach. 466 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: What's my favorite tailgating spot? Pretty simple answer here, Zach, 467 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: I have no clue because I've never really been able 468 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: to do it because back in the day before I 469 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 1: was in media, couldn't afford to go to many games, 470 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 1: And now that I can go to games, I'm doing 471 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:35,120 Speaker 1: it in an official capacity, which means as you guys 472 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,880 Speaker 1: are out there outside the stadium doing that, I'm largely inside. 473 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 1: I can tell you the scenes that I've walked through, 474 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 1: and is limited because I've largely covered games in the 475 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: SEC and you know, Clemson, Florida State. So mainly places 476 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 1: in the South. So I have not been able to 477 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: experience the game days of a lot of these other places. 478 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:54,879 Speaker 1: I have no doubt that I would just have my 479 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 1: jaw dropped the moment I'm able to cover games at 480 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: Michigan or games at penns or game up at Oregon. 481 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 1: I've mentioned this before already on this podcast. And some 482 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 1: of the different areas that you may not readily identify 483 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: with elite game day atmospheres, well, they exist in more 484 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: places than just the big places, because you know what, 485 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: everyone's proud of their alma mater, and everyone's proud of 486 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,160 Speaker 1: the team they grew up rooting for. It doesn't matter 487 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 1: if your stadium seats one hundred and ten thousand or 488 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,160 Speaker 1: forty five thousand. But I can tell you the places 489 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 1: I've been. It's incredible to walk through these places in 490 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: the South because they show up Wednesday and Thursday. In 491 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,640 Speaker 1: many cases, they show up Wednesday and Thursday. And that's 492 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: just been life where I'm from. That was normal to me. 493 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: And I had a cousin that came down one time 494 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: and talked about how weird that was, and this was 495 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 1: someone who was fairly adept at college football but didn't 496 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 1: really understand that's quite how it worked here. But yeah, 497 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 1: I mean you walk through LSU, you walk through Ole miss, 498 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: you walk through Tennessee. All these places are incredible. I 499 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 1: haven't been to a place that wasn't incredible from a 500 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 1: tailgating scene. But again, I got to get to different 501 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,479 Speaker 1: places around the country before I can start to make 502 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: any kind of comprehensive list. I can't in good conscience 503 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: do that if I haven't been to a Conson, for example, 504 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 1: I can't tell you definitively what I think. I haven't 505 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: been able to go to Ohio State, haven't been able 506 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: to go to Oklahoma, have been able to do it, 507 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 1: So until then it is a to be determined for 508 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: me on this one. Man a really nasty sound, and 509 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: pretty disappointed in my finger strength. Obviously I cannot get 510 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 1: that thing all the way down on the fret. It's 511 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: almost like I haven't a touch to guitar in like 512 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: five years. Aside from doing this podcast here, let's rattle 513 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 1: some of these off because I got a ton of 514 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 1: submissions here. John John thoughts about Trey Sanders and how 515 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 1: he may have a big impact this year filling in 516 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: for Najia Harris. This is an Alabama running back. For 517 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: those of you on familiar he was a five star 518 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: running back a couple of cycles ago, number one in 519 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 1: the country. And I'll be honest with you, I did 520 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: not have high expectations when you miss almost two full 521 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: seasons with injury, especially if it's lower extremity in nature 522 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: and you're a running back. I just I set my 523 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 1: bar low and hope you surpassed it. And it sounds 524 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 1: like Tray Sanders is more than surpassing it. I think 525 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: he's going to be in the rotation heavily for Alabama 526 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 1: this fall. He can receive the ball. He is a 527 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: good pass catcher out of the backfield. That's why it's 528 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 1: so important. I mean, he's a stud as a running back, 529 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: but they need the versatility. That's what that kind of 530 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,919 Speaker 1: offense they run at Alabama now calls for out of 531 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,159 Speaker 1: the tailback position. As long as they can trust him 532 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,160 Speaker 1: in pass pro I think he's going to heavily factor 533 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 1: into the rotation there. Gordon, next, what will LSU do 534 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: this year? They're going to slide further downhill or prove 535 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 1: last year was a total Fluke Well, Gordon, I don't know. 536 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 1: I don't think they're going to repeat last year, so 537 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,360 Speaker 1: let me ease those concerns. I certainly don't think they're 538 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 1: going to be as bad as they were last year. 539 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 1: Some things have to come together. This offensive line situation 540 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 1: has to work itself out. I think they've got the 541 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 1: kind of secondary that can change games for him. I 542 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 1: think that it largely comes down offensively to how effective 543 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,679 Speaker 1: their running game is. And I would be lying to 544 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 1: you if I said I had a ton of confidence 545 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 1: right now that John Emery and or ty Davis Price 546 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 1: are just going to explode onto the scene. You give 547 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 1: me above average tailback years by se standards for those guys, 548 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,959 Speaker 1: just above average, much less. Anything surpassing that, and I'd 549 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: feel better. But I don't know that we're going to 550 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 1: get that yet. They love their young receivers right now. 551 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 1: They've got a really good mixture of experience, different skill 552 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:17,120 Speaker 1: sets at receiver. They've got Kaishaon Bute, who is by 553 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 1: all accounts, a bona fide All American caliber guy they 554 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: can count on this year by all accounts. I mean, 555 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 1: we've seen him, so it's not like he's a mystery guy. 556 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: But I don't think they're going to slide further downhill. 557 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 1: It's just how high uphill, how high up the hill? 558 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: I guess can they climb? That is where I'm getting close, 559 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 1: But I'm not ready to put out a firm prediction 560 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: on LSU quite yet. What about Isaac? Which big ten 561 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: quarterback are you higher on than the national consensus? You 562 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: know what? Give me? Spencer Petras said, Iowa. He's the 563 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,159 Speaker 1: second year starter this year. Really big kid. I mean 564 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: physically he's developed. I don't think a lot is expected 565 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 1: of him. We're talking about national consensus here. I don't 566 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,439 Speaker 1: hear Spencer Petris's name mentioned a whole lot. I mean, 567 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 1: I think he'll be more than serviceable for Iowa this year. 568 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 1: I think he can have them contending in every game 569 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 1: on their schedule. So I'll go with mister Spencer Petris. 570 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 1: We got a question about road trips coming up, and 571 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,719 Speaker 1: I got a good one for you. It's gonna make 572 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 1: you tired just listening to it. We'll talk about it 573 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,120 Speaker 1: right after this. And how do you know we're back? 574 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,439 Speaker 1: That lets you know we're back. Let's talk about road trips, 575 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: quite guitar. Let's talk about road trips. Here, Trevor hits 576 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,360 Speaker 1: us with the following. He says, what is the longest 577 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 1: road trip you have ever taken related to college football? 578 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: Believe it or not, I already mentioned it in this 579 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: very podcast. So statute of limitations is passed enough on 580 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:36,439 Speaker 1: this I can give you the story. I was at 581 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 1: WLTZ down in Columbus, Georgia. I am the sports director 582 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 1: at the time at the station, so I'm covering games 583 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 1: every week anyway, but I'm also starting to do what 584 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: eventually becomes Late Kick. At the time, we called it 585 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: Football Nightly down South, but I'm about to be doing 586 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: Late Kick, same format we did at the same time 587 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 1: every week. So here's what I did. I got myself 588 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,479 Speaker 1: one of our meteorologists Initials dB, and one of our 589 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 1: lowly Menyon Pas, who will be discussed more at length 590 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: momentarily Initials TR. And I said, if y'all can help drive, 591 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,480 Speaker 1: I'll get you credentialed. We got credentialed, and so we 592 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: are all headed to Notre Dame. It's going to be 593 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: Georgia at Notre Dame. Here is the schedule. The game 594 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 1: was a Saturday night, seven thirty Eastern time kickoff on 595 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: Friday night in the local news world in the South, 596 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: you are covering high school football. I also anchored our 597 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: Friday night high school football show. So we get off 598 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 1: air for that show at eleven thirty four pm. I 599 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 1: know the exact out time, eleven thirty four to thirty 600 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 1: and so we gather up all the equipment, go home, 601 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: get about three and a half hours worth of sleep. 602 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: We get on the road from Columbus, Georgia, I said, 603 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 1: a road, not to the airport either. We drive from Columbus, Georgia, 604 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 1: which is an hour south of Atlanta to South Bend, Indiana, 605 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: which for our purposes growing up in the South is 606 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: essentially Canada. That is a twelve hour drive if you 607 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,679 Speaker 1: don't stop anywhere, not on game day, so factor in 608 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: game day traffic, it was a little bit longer. We're 609 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: gonna call it twelve and a half hours. We leave 610 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:09,160 Speaker 1: at four am. We get up there somewhere around five 611 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 1: in the afternoon Eastern time, of course, right in time 612 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 1: for us to get credential and get in there before 613 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: gates open. We cover the game. Awesome. A huge Georgia 614 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: contingent up there could not have enjoyed our experience with 615 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,920 Speaker 1: Notre Dame anymore than we did. Awesome setting, incredible atmosphere, 616 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,360 Speaker 1: one of my favorite experiences to this point in all 617 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,119 Speaker 1: of covering college football. So just love everything about the 618 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 1: Notre Dame experience. So then after the game, I've got 619 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: a show to do the next night. We are less 620 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: than twenty four hours away from a show. We have 621 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 1: not slept all right, So here we go. We get 622 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 1: back on the road around probably probably one am Eastern time. 623 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 1: We get back on the road, We drive the entire night. 624 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 1: We do not stop. It is a straight up and back, 625 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: and we get back in sometime around lunch. We try 626 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: and take a couple hours nap. Well, at least they do. 627 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 1: I can't because I've got an entire show to put together. 628 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 1: So we put the show together. We do Late Kick 629 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 1: or at the time football Nightly down South. We do 630 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 1: it that night. And when I tell you, I did 631 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: not come out of my room the entire monday, I 632 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:15,479 Speaker 1: did not come out of my room the entire monday. 633 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:17,960 Speaker 1: I have never slept harder. It was as if someone 634 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: crushed up an entire bottle of tailand Hall PM and 635 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 1: put him in my yogurt. And I just I just 636 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 1: scooped it down, but an awesome trip. Would not have 637 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 1: traded it for the world. Would love to have had airfare. 638 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 1: I sure would have loved to be getting our little 639 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 1: travel portal we have now and just say, all right, 640 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: book me a flight. We're good. That wasn't the way 641 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 1: it works back then. But I was not complaining because 642 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: I had watched those games on TV a long time. 643 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: I wanted to be there, and we got to be there. 644 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,320 Speaker 1: I've got a picture actually that I will probably share 645 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: now that I think about it, because I got several 646 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: pictures and videos I took from that game. Boy, we 647 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 1: got some really good questions. I'm going to bump these 648 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 1: two Thursday. I mean, we got several good ones. And Megan, 649 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: let me just give you an idea of what we've 650 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 1: got waiting for a Thursday. If the ap top five 651 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 1: were types of weather, what would the teams be? That 652 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 1: is a glorious question that I'm not going to shoehorn 653 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,600 Speaker 1: into the end here. I got to get in a 654 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 1: good place mentally, got to give us some time, got 655 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: to marinate on it. I will have very very well 656 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 1: thought out, scientifically sound but also entertaining answers for you 657 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: Megan and everyone else will be in toe too. Hey, 658 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,440 Speaker 1: make sure you're doing me a favor here. This is 659 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 1: the only favor I ask. This is the way we 660 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,520 Speaker 1: keep the show free. Five star reviews for this podcast. 661 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: That's how we keep the show free. Follow on Twitter 662 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 1: and Instagram at late kick Josh. And here's what really helps. 663 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 1: I was talking to someone, actually, one of you. I 664 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 1: was talking to one of you on the phone today 665 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: about different ways that we present the show because I'm 666 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 1: in a bubble sometimes, so I always appreciate your feedback. 667 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,040 Speaker 1: It's our show, so you got to give me some 668 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 1: feedback sometimes. And I'll tell you what someone told me 669 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 1: today that did not occur to me. It did not 670 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 1: occur to me that I don't tell you or the 671 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:53,320 Speaker 1: public enough where the show is and when it airs well. 672 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: I just assume everyone knows Sunday Tuesday, Thursday night, eight eastern, 673 00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 1: seven Central live on the YouTube channel, and then you 674 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 1: get a podcast product here every day Monday through Friday. 675 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,120 Speaker 1: I just assumed everyone knew that Sometimes people don't, so 676 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,200 Speaker 1: that feedback really helped. It also helped for someone to 677 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 1: tell me, Hey, you do not ask people to sub 678 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,080 Speaker 1: to the YouTube channel enough. You need to ask more often. 679 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,479 Speaker 1: That's why seventy two percent of our current viewers are 680 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 1: not subbed, which is kind of mind boggling if you 681 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:20,720 Speaker 1: think about it, because again, the show is free and 682 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,680 Speaker 1: it takes nothing to subscribe. It's not like we're sending 683 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:25,719 Speaker 1: you junk mail or we're blowing up your phone if 684 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,120 Speaker 1: you do it. So my humble request here as we 685 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: continue to grow the numbers here too, is make sure 686 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 1: you're subbed to the podcast, which I'm guessing you are, 687 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: and sub to the YouTube channel. That helps us. It 688 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:38,600 Speaker 1: doesn't change anything on your end, it helps us a 689 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 1: whole lot. It helps us to go to management and say, see, 690 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 1: we told you, look, now give us some money. I 691 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 1: don't know if that last part is going to work, 692 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 1: but that's the way it operates. And lastly, Twitter and Instagram. 693 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 1: Remember if I haven't told you five times at late Kick, Josh, 694 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 1: that's a very important thing too. We've got a lot 695 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 1: of stuff coming. It's coming very quickly because the season's 696 00:31:57,520 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 1: coming very quickly. I got to get this sent off 697 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 1: to producer Jordan, and unlike most of the time where 698 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,040 Speaker 1: I go about the rest of my day, I get 699 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 1: to go to sleep now thank you for joining, thank 700 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,959 Speaker 1: you for making the show possible. From me and all 701 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 1: of us to you. Have a great rest of your 702 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: day and God bless you.