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Speaker 1: sec Network. Well, what happened last year? I would imagine

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Speaker 1: in here. I hope he'll be ready by them. So

426
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Speaker 1: had an interesting situation earlier today the Rama Noodle Express.

427
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Speaker 1: I've already got several games on the board, so I'll

428
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Speaker 1: tell you those, then I'll tell you what happened earlier today.

429
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Speaker 1: So the games were already on for Week five. Are

430
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Speaker 1: as follows Iowa State plus twenty one, Fresno State minus

431
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Speaker 1: twenty two and a half, Nebraska plus eighteen and a half,

432
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Speaker 1: San Diego State plus ten and a half, by you

433
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Speaker 1: plus one and a half, Wyoming minus fourteen. Those are

434
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Speaker 1: the games we were already on. A reminder this Friday night,

435
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Speaker 1: you gotta be following on it Instagram at Late Kick

436
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Speaker 1: Josh because I'll do Friday night lines and that's when

437
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Speaker 1: I'll tack on the final best bets, and that happens

438
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Speaker 1: Friday night. I'll send out a reminder about an hour

439
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Speaker 1: or so beforehand, so a lot of you, a lot

440
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Speaker 1: of you are missing that because you're not following on

441
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Speaker 1: Instagram at Late Kick Josh. Make sure you're following them.

442
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Speaker 1: But as for what happened earlier today, we triggered on

443
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Speaker 1: a couple of bets and they both happened to be

444
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Speaker 1: Thursday night games. So again, if you were following on

445
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Speaker 1: Twitter or Instagram at Late Kick Josh, you got these

446
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Speaker 1: earlier in the day. If you're listening now, the games

447
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Speaker 1: are going on as we speak. One of them is

448
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Speaker 1: Middle Tennessee State plus six and a half and the

449
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Speaker 1: other one is Toulso minus three and a half. And

450
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Speaker 1: there they are. So that's eight games we're on total.

451
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Speaker 1: Two of them are already happening right now. Several more

452
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Speaker 1: are still to be added, so Colin, let's full screen

453
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Speaker 1: it and let's show the folks. Iowa State, Fresno State, Nebraska,

454
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Speaker 1: San Diego State. I'm doing this for those listening on

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Speaker 1: podcasts b YU, Wyoming, Tulsa, Middle Tennessee State, with several

456
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Speaker 1: more probably to be added Friday night. And now some

457
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Speaker 1: are calling it the most popular segment in all of

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Speaker 1: sports talk. I'm calling it just another Thursday Cole cuts,

459
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Speaker 1: Cole Kuberlick joining us. You are headed to Niland this weekend,

460
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Speaker 1: and correct me if I'm wrong, But you've had some

461
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Speaker 1: some storied trips to Nieland's stadium in recent history, Am

462
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Speaker 1: I right?

463
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Speaker 2: I have?

464
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Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely was there for the old Miss Lane Kiffin

465
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Speaker 3: first visit back a couple of years ago. And I'm

466
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Speaker 3: excited about this one though, because I've talked to multiple

467
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Speaker 3: Tennessee fans as I assume you have, that are saying

468
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Speaker 3: this is the one game.

469
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Speaker 2: This is the game they're going to the game.

470
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Speaker 3: They're gonna tailgate four, the one game they got tickets for,

471
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Speaker 3: the one game they have to be there in person

472
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Speaker 3: for this year, I think Neiland's gonna be rocking. Spencer

473
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Speaker 3: Rollerd's playing great football. Obviously, Tennessee's done some good things

474
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Speaker 3: this year, but that revenge factor is I think it's

475
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Speaker 3: gonna bring up a lot of emotions come Saturday night.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they had half a one to twenty hung on

477
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Speaker 1: them last year. I was at that game. I don't

478
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Speaker 1: know if you remember. I was standing in the end zone.

479
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Speaker 1: It was it was kind of chilly. It wasn't cold,

480
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Speaker 1: but it was kind of chilly by Southern standards. I

481
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Speaker 1: had a cup of coffee on my hand. You walked

482
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Speaker 1: by and said, man, I could use some of that,

483
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Speaker 1: and I said, oh, hey, didn't offer any didn't offer

484
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Speaker 1: to go get you any to say that's cool, Yeah

485
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Speaker 1: you probably can. You probably you probably would have liked

486
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Speaker 1: some of this. And then we ended up standing on

487
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Speaker 1: like the twenty yard line as debris rained down on

488
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Speaker 1: the field. Really fun time was had by all. You

489
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Speaker 1: remember that when when Cadillac took over after Harrison got

490
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Speaker 1: fired and they had that A and M game where

491
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Speaker 1: it was just on fire. You were there for that

492
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Speaker 1: one too. I think the rest of the country looked

493
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Speaker 1: at that atmosphere that night and said, why is that

494
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Speaker 1: place so jacked up? I think you could have that

495
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Speaker 1: Saturday night down there at Tennessee game is gonna be

496
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Speaker 1: on fire and people in North Dakota are gonna say,

497
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Speaker 1: am I missing something? This isn't a top five matchup?

498
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Speaker 1: What's happening there? But people bottle that stuff up like

499
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Speaker 1: you were talking about. Carolina fans and Tennessee fans have

500
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Speaker 1: been talking about that thing since since Zero's were on

501
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Speaker 1: the clock this time last year.

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Speaker 3: I agree, and I think too when you look at

503
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Speaker 3: the two teams. South Carolina with Mario Anderson found a

504
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,880
Speaker 3: little bit of a run game last week. They've had

505
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Speaker 3: to plug and play, a couple of offensive linemen, a

506
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Speaker 3: couple of freshmen helping out up there. I mean think

507
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 3: about with Juice Wells out, Xavier Leaguett now leads to

508
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,359
Speaker 3: the nation and receiving yards, he's been big time. But

509
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,240
Speaker 3: you got a quarterback this throwing the ball to Luke Dodie,

510
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Speaker 3: handing the ball to to carry on Joyner. Nothing against

511
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Speaker 3: those two players, but it's just they're kind of patchwork

512
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Speaker 3: all over the place, and defensively, they got a bunch

513
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Speaker 3: of veterans on that side of the ball that could

514
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Speaker 3: complicate things for Joe Milton and company. I'm not as

515
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Speaker 3: down on the Tennessee offense as everybody else's. I think

516
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Speaker 3: Joe's just kind of managing and running the offense in

517
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Speaker 3: a good way. So interesting to see if they can

518
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Speaker 3: sort of light it up a little bit more Saturday night.

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Speaker 1: We talked about it earlier in the show. If there

520
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Speaker 1: is an ignition moment for the Tennessee passing game, this

521
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Speaker 1: is probably it this week, all right. I do not

522
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Speaker 1: traffic in the A people. I know you at least

523
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Speaker 1: give it a passing glance per week. So let's start

524
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Speaker 1: firing these questions off. I know this the direction you

525
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Speaker 1: want to go, So I'm teed up. I got the

526
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Speaker 1: friction between my hands. Let's get hot here, all right.

527
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Speaker 2: So you can ignore the AP pole you want. It's

528
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Speaker 2: still newsworthy.

529
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Speaker 3: Some people say they ignore the JP pole even though

530
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Speaker 3: it's newsworthy.

531
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Speaker 2: But either way, they're out there, so we should pay

532
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Speaker 2: attention to them and know what they look like.

533
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Speaker 3: I want to know from you, which team in this

534
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Speaker 3: top ten has exceeded your expectations the.

535
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Speaker 2: Most this season.

536
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Speaker 1: Washington. We had Washington in the low teens or maybe

537
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Speaker 1: around twenty in the preseason JP pole. But I take

538
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Speaker 1: pride in the fact that now I get to look

539
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Speaker 1: at the AP and I get to say, you guys

540
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Speaker 1: are too low on Washington. Like I'm looking at Washington.

541
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Speaker 1: We got them in the top five right now, so

542
00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,640
Speaker 1: we've course corrected. Washington has just zoomed in the JP

543
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:51,280
Speaker 1: pass where they are in the AP. Here's the thing

544
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Speaker 1: about them. They are the top ten team no one's

545
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Speaker 1: really watched this year. And when people tell you they've

546
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,399
Speaker 1: watched a Washington game, they're lying to you. They have

547
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,920
Speaker 1: not watched entire Washington games. And I'm not a hypocrite

548
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,480
Speaker 1: because knowing we were going to go down this road today,

549
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Speaker 1: last night I laid in bed, stay with me. I

550
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:12,439
Speaker 1: laid in bed and I watched Washington games. And I

551
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Speaker 1: watched their game against Cal because I remember I was

552
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Speaker 1: at Notre Dame and I had a buddy text me saying, ooh, Washington,

553
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 1: they're stumbling out of the gate here. They won fifty

554
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Speaker 1: nine to thirty two, and a lot of those thirty

555
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,639
Speaker 1: two points were in garbage time. Michael Pennix is like

556
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Speaker 1: watching a ringer at the circus or at the fair

557
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,560
Speaker 1: who can cheat all the games that are made to

558
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Speaker 1: cheat you. Michael Pennix looks like the dude who figured

559
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,639
Speaker 1: out that the rims aren't quite as tight on this

560
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,160
Speaker 1: particular game over here, and you just draining three after

561
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Speaker 1: three after three. They've got probably two, if not three,

562
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Speaker 1: high level NFL wide receivers on that team. They are

563
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Speaker 1: not poor, They're not smoking mirrors on the line of scrimmage.

564
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Speaker 1: They're really really good, really good. So I did not

565
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Speaker 1: expect them to be better this year than they were

566
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Speaker 1: last year, and I think they are.

567
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Speaker 2: Absolutely. Wat's the first play of the game.

568
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 3: Left tackle pulls around, Absolutely bulldoze is a cal linebacker.

569
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Speaker 2: Physicality at the point of attack on both sides.

570
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Speaker 3: They had a special team scorer, they had a defensive

571
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Speaker 3: score early in that game, I think. But some of

572
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Speaker 3: us had Washington in the playoffs, so we're not super

573
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Speaker 3: surprised that this is happening so far.

574
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Speaker 1: So some did Yeah, don't do the awkward silence, please,

575
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,240
Speaker 1: you can't reach around because you don't have the flexibility.

576
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 1: You once had to patch yourself on the back, but

577
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Speaker 1: we just heard you do it. So who's surprised you?

578
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:33,320
Speaker 1: Is it only Washington?

579
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Speaker 2: Like?

580
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,880
Speaker 1: What about Utah? Utah hasn't even played Jesse and Utah

581
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Speaker 1: sitting there in the top ten of the eight people

582
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Speaker 1: right now.

583
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Speaker 3: It would be Utah because of what they've done at

584
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Speaker 3: quarterback and how what a brilliant job Andy Ludwick has

585
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Speaker 3: done with that offense, not only playing a backup quarterback,

586
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Speaker 3: but managing two backup quarterbacks and using them situationally still

587
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Speaker 3: at the point of attack defensively and on offense.

588
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Speaker 2: I think they're exactly what they've been the last couple

589
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Speaker 2: of years.

590
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Speaker 3: I'll give you another one though, and I'll eat a

591
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Speaker 3: little bit of crow on this one.

592
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Speaker 2: Ohio State would be the other team Utah.

593
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Speaker 3: You see there what they've gone through because I love

594
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Speaker 3: that UCLA rushing attack. I think that was a more

595
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Speaker 3: difficult win that people are going to talk about. I

596
00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:13,560
Speaker 3: cannot wait for Friday night. Holy hell, that's going to

597
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Speaker 3: be an awesome game with Utah at Oregon State. I

598
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,280
Speaker 3: think the line is a little bit weird on that one. Also,

599
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:19,960
Speaker 3: we can throw that in and talk about it later.

600
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Speaker 3: I think that's a strong resume. I thought a lot

601
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Speaker 3: of Baylor until I saw the Texas defensive line to

602
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Speaker 3: do him last weekend, and I think a little bit

603
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Speaker 3: different of Baylor now. But I will also throw in

604
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Speaker 3: Ohio State because I came on with you and I

605
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Speaker 3: told you that I didn't think Ohio State was a

606
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Speaker 3: team that was ready to win the National Championship this year.

607
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:40,960
Speaker 2: We all went nuts about the receiving corp.

608
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Speaker 3: Yes they're great, but that defensive line is proving a

609
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 3: little bit more to me. I think quarterback being able

610
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Speaker 3: to manage the game, make big plays in big moments

611
00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,840
Speaker 3: proving different things to me. And Travon Henderson looks fantastic

612
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Speaker 3: for the Buckeyes right now. So even though all of

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Speaker 3: America had Ohio State probably in the top four at

614
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Speaker 3: this point in the season, I did not. So I'll

615
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Speaker 3: say Ohio State has been a pleasant surprise for me

616
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Speaker 3: so far this year.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I kind of got a deadpan that one. I mean,

618
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 1: some of us had him in the National Championship game,

619
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Speaker 1: So no surprise here. That line, by the way, on

620
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Speaker 1: that Oregon State Utah game, and that's a Friday night game.

621
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Speaker 1: As you mentioned, Oregon State minus three and a half. Now,

622
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Speaker 1: the model which I'm holding in my hand, it leans Utah,

623
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Speaker 1: and I could not disagree with it more. I think

624
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: Beaver bounce back here, and you know how rarely I

625
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,320
Speaker 1: use that combination of words together, but Beaver bounce back.

626
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,200
Speaker 1: I like Oregon State this week? What say you?

627
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Speaker 3: I kind of like Oregon State too, because I feel

628
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:36,840
Speaker 3: like it's a bit of a must tab with what

629
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 3: lies ahead.

630
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 2: Being at home is gonna be worth a lot.

631
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Speaker 3: I love how DJ's come in and they don't ask

632
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 3: him to do too much in that offense. They will

633
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 3: be able to run the football because they do it

634
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 3: in so many different ways. It's just that when I

635
00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 3: saw it, I'm first a little bit surprised about it.

636
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 3: But I do think Oregon State finds a way to

637
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:53,520
Speaker 3: get that win.

638
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 1: Or just realized I just picked against Utah again. I'm

639
00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 1: over for seven hundred and fifty now over the last

640
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:00,760
Speaker 1: seven hundred and fifty gas picking up as Utah. And

641
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Speaker 1: let me give you a little true false. These were

642
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 1: always the easiest because at worst it's a fifty to

643
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Speaker 1: fifty proposition true or false. All right, let's set the

644
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Speaker 1: stage first before I ask the question. So nil is

645
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Speaker 1: what NIL is right now? The transfer portal is what

646
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Speaker 1: it is. Saban was it his presser the other day

647
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:17,000
Speaker 1: and said, hey, we all know what it is. We're

648
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Speaker 1: gonna have to do whatever we have to do to

649
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 1: compete translation get this thing under control, or we're just

650
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 1: going to outspend you. I guess is what he's trying

651
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Speaker 1: to say. So I ask you, true or false? A

652
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,840
Speaker 1: top fifteen head coach will retire within the next three

653
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:35,760
Speaker 1: years in the prime of his career, with NIL and

654
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 1: or the portal being the reason he retires.

655
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Speaker 3: True, I agree, and I think I think there are

656
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,400
Speaker 3: a couple of reasons why. One we you and I

657
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 3: both know what it is. Most people have an idea

658
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:51,480
Speaker 3: what it is. The time consumption involves with managing your

659
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 3: own roster. And then two, we could go way down

660
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 3: this rabbit hole when we talk about teams that maybe

661
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,280
Speaker 3: we don't know exactly what they are just yet, or

662
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 3: that continuity, that rhythm, that feel is not there with

663
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,800
Speaker 3: them just yet. Take a team Mike Auburn. We thought

664
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 3: that offensive line was going to be so much better.

665
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,120
Speaker 3: They added all this talent. They haven't played great football

666
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 3: this season. Look at Old Miss, a team that everybody thought, Oh,

667
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,200
Speaker 3: all this talent, all these receivers are gonna be able

668
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:16,200
Speaker 3: to do all these different things.

669
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Speaker 2: They can't run the football.

670
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Speaker 3: That's a team that hasn't looked like what I think

671
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,840
Speaker 3: we thought they were going to look like. And they're

672
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Speaker 3: I mean teetering on the edge here with what lies

673
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,480
Speaker 3: in the next two weeks on their schedule. So being

674
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 3: able to put a great football team together with so

675
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,720
Speaker 3: many different parts on an annual basis, I think it's

676
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 3: going to become frustrating. And then look at how much

677
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,800
Speaker 3: more you're relying on people who are just going to

678
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,120
Speaker 3: want more from you on a daily basis.

679
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,120
Speaker 2: That's not just players, Josh, that's boosters.

680
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Speaker 3: And the one thing that I think a lot of

681
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 3: coaches don't like is asking for more all the time

682
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,480
Speaker 3: because they know there's gonna be a point in time

683
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,600
Speaker 3: that that recircles and those people are going to come

684
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 3: back and say, but I gave you twenty million for

685
00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 3: that building or the stadium's got my name on it.

686
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 3: Like I want to come to practice, I want you

687
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:03,240
Speaker 3: to come to lunch with me, I want you to

688
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 3: come to my foundations meeting, I want you to come

689
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 3: speak at my touchdown club.

690
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 2: Whatever it is.

691
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 3: They're going to want more, and there comes a point

692
00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 3: in time where you have no more to give. You

693
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 3: have no more of your time to give, no more

694
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:16,799
Speaker 3: of your effort to give. There's just not enough in

695
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,319
Speaker 3: the day to be able to do it all. And

696
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:21,759
Speaker 3: those difficulties are gonna make some guys just say, you

697
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 3: know what, I'm done, I'm out. The other part of

698
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,719
Speaker 3: it is the amount of money they're making. We're at

699
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:29,799
Speaker 3: a point now where coaches can coach two or three

700
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Speaker 3: years with some of these salaries.

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Speaker 2: And say I'm good, Yeah, I'll be fine.

702
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:35,840
Speaker 3: You know, I've talked to a couple of coaches that

703
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:37,759
Speaker 3: have been fired recently that have said, I'm not in

704
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:39,759
Speaker 3: a hurry to go anywhere because I don't have to.

705
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:42,760
Speaker 3: And that's because of the buy house that they're getting.

706
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 3: Some guys are gonna always rush back into it.

707
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Speaker 2: But I think we're.

708
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 3: Gonna find some guys that are making so much money

709
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,239
Speaker 3: with the first five or eight years that they've become

710
00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,319
Speaker 3: a head coach, and then we get to this point

711
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,279
Speaker 3: that you and I are talking about, and they're gonna say, no, thanks, man,

712
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 3: I'm cool.

713
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 2: I'll go hang out somewhere else.

714
00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm telling you, man, we're approaching the point. I

715
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:01,560
Speaker 1: don't know who it's going to be. I don't know

716
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 1: when it's gonna be, but we're gonna have like a

717
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,720
Speaker 1: top ten to fifteen coach prime years of his career.

718
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:09,000
Speaker 1: Just say, I'm done, portal Nil. This sport's not something

719
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:14,800
Speaker 1: I recognize anymore. You mentioned some terms. I got three rs, resource, relationship,

720
00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:18,400
Speaker 1: and reliability. The resources meaning what you just said. I

721
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:20,560
Speaker 1: need a bigger pot. Therefore, I got to ask my

722
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:24,879
Speaker 1: donors for more. They will then expect more reciprocated, which

723
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,120
Speaker 1: is a fourth R reciprocated from me. I've only got

724
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:28,759
Speaker 1: one hundred percent of myself. I can't all of a

725
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,719
Speaker 1: sudden have one hundred and twenty percent of myself to

726
00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 1: give the relationship aspect. I think makes a lot of

727
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:37,760
Speaker 1: guys sick because recruiting fifth R used to really boil

728
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:41,400
Speaker 1: down to relationship, some resource on the side, but mainly relationship.

729
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:44,160
Speaker 1: And now you could be three years into a kid

730
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,400
Speaker 1: and know everything about his great aunt, and all of

731
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,200
Speaker 1: a sudden, someone just decides late in the game we

732
00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 1: want him. They swoop in up the bid by two

733
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 1: hundred k per year, plus benefits with family and extensions

734
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 1: and whatnot, and free travel to and from games. And

735
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,960
Speaker 1: he says, coach, I love you, I love your wife,

736
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 1: I love your family, I love your kids. I love

737
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:05,759
Speaker 1: that we've gotten to know you. But business decision and

738
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:10,400
Speaker 1: number three is reliability. And this is the most dangerous part.

739
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,480
Speaker 1: You and I have talked about this off air. I

740
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 1: don't know that we're quite brave enough to do it

741
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: on air yet. But there are some rosters out there

742
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:23,839
Speaker 1: that are disproportionately reliant on portal talent. And those guys

743
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:25,960
Speaker 1: are not there because they love the campus. Those guys

744
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 1: are not there because they forged particularly strong relationships with

745
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:32,680
Speaker 1: the coaching staff. They are mercenaries, they are acquired assets.

746
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 1: And everything's cool as long as you're still in the

747
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 1: top ten fifteen. But if things go sideways and all

748
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,400
Speaker 1: of a sudden, you get to late October early November

749
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:44,359
Speaker 1: and guys are checked out and you can't rely on

750
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:49,160
Speaker 1: critical portions of your roster anymore. That's not college football.

751
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:51,239
Speaker 1: That's not the sport these dudes grew up. That's not

752
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,719
Speaker 1: the way they were taught. It works, and I could

753
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 1: easily see one of them who's built a little bit

754
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,239
Speaker 1: of a nest stag and a bankroll for themselves, saying

755
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,360
Speaker 1: I don't really recognize the anymore. You know, I'll go

756
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 1: do what Dan Mullen's doing right now. I'll go put

757
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:06,320
Speaker 1: on a suit and talk about this stuff from a

758
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 1: distance and still make pretty good money. Sitting on a

759
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:12,160
Speaker 1: mountain of money I've already made. Y'all can have this.

760
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 1: Someone's going to do that. I think I have no doubt.

761
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,759
Speaker 3: Keep in mind, we just went past one of those

762
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 3: landmarks this season. We're four games in, which means a

763
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,399
Speaker 3: lot of guys have played in four games. So you're

764
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:26,840
Speaker 3: going to start hearing about so and so not on

765
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,600
Speaker 3: the roster, so and so not with the team, so

766
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 3: and so is on scout team. You're going to ask yourself,

767
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,880
Speaker 3: why is this happening? What is going on here? What

768
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,920
Speaker 3: is the problem. Those guys are shutting it down, and

769
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 3: they're telling the coaches they don't want to play football

770
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,440
Speaker 3: anymore this year because they know they want to transfer

771
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 3: out and say that year to go play somewhere else.

772
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:47,160
Speaker 3: And that's just one small piece of everything we're talking about.

773
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 1: Reliability, all right, sir, you're hit.

774
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:54,040
Speaker 3: Me, what player do you think is having the best

775
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 3: season thus far on defense in all of college football?

776
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,760
Speaker 1: I don't know. I felt so ill equipped to answer

777
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:03,799
Speaker 1: this when you asked me. I'll tell one that's I'll

778
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 1: tell you one that's popped for me because I've watched

779
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:10,279
Speaker 1: multiples of his games. Is Terry and Arnold at Alabama.

780
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:12,440
Speaker 1: I thought they had to play him last year as

781
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:15,160
Speaker 1: a true freshman, and it was up and down, it

782
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: was a little bumpy. And they've played him at two

783
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 1: corner this year and I thought his last game was

784
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:22,880
Speaker 1: probably his best game. But he's really come on strong.

785
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 1: He's allowed them to do some things. You've also got

786
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,279
Speaker 1: McKinstry on that team, who no one really wants to

787
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,399
Speaker 1: throw at. So I'm not gonna sit here and claim

788
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:31,800
Speaker 1: I've watched every defender with a critical eye. I'll say

789
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 1: one of the ones that's kind of popped off the

790
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,800
Speaker 1: screen to me is Terry and Arnold at Alabama.

791
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,239
Speaker 3: And what's crazy is he gave up a couple of

792
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:41,920
Speaker 3: big plays against Texas and I think a lot of

793
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,120
Speaker 3: people immediately got down on him, and then he's really

794
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 3: bounced back the last couple.

795
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 2: Of weeks for me, and there are a lot of

796
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 2: guys that are doing some good things.

797
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:53,960
Speaker 3: But when I watch Shamar Turner at Texas A and M,

798
00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 3: I see someone who affects plays on an almost every

799
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 3: down basis, And those aren'ting to show up in the

800
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,440
Speaker 3: box score all the time. But forcing a run to

801
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,279
Speaker 3: cut back inside, forcing a quarterback to move or leave

802
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 3: in the pocket, batting balls down, sacks, TFLs.

803
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:11,239
Speaker 2: Even if he doesn't have as many as other guys

804
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 2: on his.

805
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:15,160
Speaker 3: Football team do, he is affecting plays on a more

806
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,279
Speaker 3: consistent basis than anybody I've seen on that.

807
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:18,840
Speaker 2: Side of the ball this year in college football.

808
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,480
Speaker 3: So Jamaar Turner, He's got some help up front because

809
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 3: that d lion's loaded, but he has been exceptionally. He

810
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:27,439
Speaker 3: comes down inside, he can strike and shed play the run,

811
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 3: he goes outside, he can rush off the edge.

812
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 2: It's he has been fantastic for the Agis this season.

813
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 1: Hey, what do you think they're going to look like

814
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:34,760
Speaker 1: with Max at quarterback?

815
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:38,680
Speaker 2: Now? I think they'll be fine.

816
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 3: I think that there's a reason he was the backup quarterback,

817
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 3: So I think that there was probably a little bit

818
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:47,760
Speaker 3: of a processing issue in comparison to what Connor Wigman

819
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:49,840
Speaker 3: had Connor Wigman gets it out a little bit quicker,

820
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:53,680
Speaker 3: So maybe less quick game, more shot plays on the outside,

821
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 3: because I do think Max throws a nice deep ball,

822
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:59,319
Speaker 3: and I think you probably they needed to go back

823
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:02,000
Speaker 3: to the drawing board some of their protections anyway, because

824
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 3: they've been taking too many quarterback hits as it is.

825
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 3: I think that's something that's going to have to become

826
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:09,320
Speaker 3: even more valuable one, because I don't think he sees

827
00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:11,160
Speaker 3: that part of the game as well as Connor did.

828
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:12,520
Speaker 3: And then two, you don't want to have to go

829
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:14,440
Speaker 3: to the next guy. Now, then you'd be in big trouble.

830
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:18,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, I got a really big opportunity for

831
00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 1: you to just throw some anonymous people under the bus. Here.

832
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,759
Speaker 1: You do radio every morning, so let's rerack it here.

833
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,320
Speaker 1: You do Cube Show, and that's the entire YouTube channel.

834
00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:29,880
Speaker 1: It does have a name, contrary to semi popular belief

835
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 1: on other channels. You got Read and to React. That's

836
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:34,640
Speaker 1: going on with Roman Harper, another friend of the program.

837
00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,319
Speaker 1: On Monday nights on SEC Network. You got a game

838
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:40,120
Speaker 1: every Saturday night, seven thirty Eastern kickoff. You got Tennessee,

839
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:44,359
Speaker 1: South Carolina this week but also you host morning Drive

840
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:48,120
Speaker 1: radio right there alongside friend of the program Greg McRoy

841
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:50,920
Speaker 1: and Birmingham, and you guys take calls every now and then.

842
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,839
Speaker 1: So my question to you, it's a fill in the blank.

843
00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:57,840
Speaker 1: It's another easy one. Your least favorite type of call

844
00:40:58,040 --> 00:40:59,880
Speaker 1: on radio is what.

845
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:04,120
Speaker 2: A guy who hates coordinator call?

846
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 1: Uh?

847
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 3: And we get it when we get it after one game,

848
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:11,560
Speaker 3: we get it after a full season. Last year, the

849
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:14,440
Speaker 3: probably most repetitive call we got was Pete Golding. This

850
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:18,440
Speaker 3: guy can't coach man I Pete Golding just don't know defense.

851
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:19,640
Speaker 2: Uh.

852
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 3: And then he's a terrible coach. He doesn't he doesn't

853
00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:25,560
Speaker 3: understand players. The players don't like him. Why play calling

854
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:27,399
Speaker 3: is another thing? And you brought that up a couple

855
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:29,560
Speaker 3: weeks ago when we were on the show. Well why why

856
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 3: is this guy called now? He don't even know how

857
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 3: to call plays? Tommy Reese has gotten a little bit

858
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 3: of that already this year. It's uh, it is, it's

859
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:40,719
Speaker 3: NonStop almost with somebody somewhere. But when it starts to

860
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:43,560
Speaker 3: go a little bit south on one side of the

861
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,280
Speaker 3: ball at Alabama or Auburn, it ignites.

862
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 2: It's literally like gasoline on a fire.

863
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:53,760
Speaker 3: And it's sometimes hilarious, most of the time extremely annoying

864
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:56,719
Speaker 3: because last year those calls were coming in and I

865
00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 3: can vividly remember looking over at my computer screen and saying,

866
00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:03,279
Speaker 3: hold on the second guy. I'm seeing number eight in

867
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 3: total defense, I'm seeing number six in rush defense. I'm

868
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:12,279
Speaker 3: seeing number eleven in defensive efficiency. Now pass defense is

869
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,520
Speaker 3: like twenty five, so it could definitely be better.

870
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,759
Speaker 2: But holy hell, how many teams would love to have

871
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:17,480
Speaker 2: that right now?

872
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:20,560
Speaker 3: And they just wanted the guy gone, thought he was

873
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:23,399
Speaker 3: terrible and couldn't coach. And I don't think that they

874
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:25,479
Speaker 3: I think people accuse me of not going what color

875
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:26,239
Speaker 3: of football was?

876
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:29,680
Speaker 2: Yeah at certain points in time. So yeah, And do you.

877
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:32,840
Speaker 1: Ever have the guy or girl equal opportunity here? Do

878
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:36,040
Speaker 1: you ever have the person who calls in when an

879
00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 1: offensive performance has been underwhelming and said, well, we were

880
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,960
Speaker 1: vanilla last Saturday. We didn't really open the playbook as

881
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,480
Speaker 1: if they have a copy of it, as if they understand,

882
00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:48,319
Speaker 1: oh yeah, there was an active There was a very

883
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:51,360
Speaker 1: engaged meeting in the building Thursday, and head coach walks

884
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:55,000
Speaker 1: in and says, hey, pages thirty two through seventy eight,

885
00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:58,200
Speaker 1: rip it out. They don't even exist this weekend. The

886
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:01,360
Speaker 1: chocolate ice cream is out of order. It's vanilla, vanilla,

887
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:04,480
Speaker 1: vanilla in here. If I see you being aggressive Saturday,

888
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:07,520
Speaker 1: if I see you implementing anything that we've worked on

889
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,160
Speaker 1: the entire spring and summer, you're out of a job.

890
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:12,400
Speaker 1: Do you ever get that guy who is apparently privy

891
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:13,879
Speaker 1: to a lot more information than you and I are?

892
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:14,839
Speaker 2: Oh?

893
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:18,480
Speaker 3: Absolutely that person and then the other person that whichever

894
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 3: portion of a side of the ball worked well and

895
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:24,719
Speaker 3: the other didn't, then they are completely inept at that

896
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:27,080
Speaker 3: portion that didn't work. So if they threw the ball, well,

897
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:29,360
Speaker 3: why can't they run it. Let's go out there and

898
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 3: run the ball. I don't understand it, but it's yeah,

899
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:38,040
Speaker 3: it's It's always complained about something, but usually the inp

900
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:42,760
Speaker 3: coaching and play calling are the two most consistent calls

901
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:46,239
Speaker 3: of annoyance that we get on WJOX weekday Morning seven.

902
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:48,680
Speaker 1: So Ryan Day and Dan and Landing were taking some

903
00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:51,239
Speaker 1: heat this last week, and like, those dudes spoke their mind,

904
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 1: and I'm all for it, even if I don't like it,

905
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:55,600
Speaker 1: I'm all for it. But here's what I want. I

906
00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:59,960
Speaker 1: want the coach or assistant coach maybe for an NIO

907
00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 1: deal of their own. We'll sweeten the pot if we

908
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:04,200
Speaker 1: need to. I'll talk to management. I want a guy

909
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 1: once a week who's gonna step up and go face

910
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:11,720
Speaker 1: to face with their critics. And I want no punches pulled,

911
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:14,400
Speaker 1: and it can only be about games that have happened,

912
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:16,840
Speaker 1: so everything's in the rear view. And I want a

913
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:20,279
Speaker 1: guy to challenge a coordinator on what he didn't like

914
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:23,399
Speaker 1: about a call, and I want that coordinator to walk

915
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:27,359
Speaker 1: him through the actual procedure and mechanics of what went

916
00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:29,680
Speaker 1: into what just happened on the field. And I want

917
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:33,440
Speaker 1: to watch the person's jaw go and it is slowly,

918
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:37,279
Speaker 1: the gravity takes over and the jaw eventually hits the ground.

919
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 1: He's like, Oh, that's what's going on every thirty or

920
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:44,520
Speaker 1: forty seconds, that's what's going Okay, carry on, sir. I

921
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:46,879
Speaker 1: also have the other guy, by the way, very very

922
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:50,320
Speaker 1: plentiful in the YouTube comments who says, I'm an idiot

923
00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:53,360
Speaker 1: if I ever speak not critically, but just less than

924
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:57,200
Speaker 1: glowingly about a team, because anyone knows we were three

925
00:44:57,280 --> 00:44:59,400
Speaker 1: or four plays away from this game being a blowout.

926
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:01,200
Speaker 1: Like if we it's changed three or four plays in

927
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:02,759
Speaker 1: the football game, we blow them out, and I have

928
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:05,680
Speaker 1: never once had, to my knowledge Jesse, correct me if

929
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 1: I'm wrong. I've never had someone come to me and say,

930
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:10,480
Speaker 1: you know, we did win by twenty four, but we

931
00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:12,360
Speaker 1: were three or four plays away from this being a dogfight.

932
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,560
Speaker 1: We're probably not as good as we look. I think

933
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:16,719
Speaker 1: we kind of are secret garbage. I've never had that

934
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:18,440
Speaker 1: happen a single time. I don't know if it happens

935
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:19,600
Speaker 1: for you, then it happens for me.

936
00:45:20,719 --> 00:45:24,680
Speaker 3: I've never heard the person that tried to qualify why

937
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:27,719
Speaker 3: the game should have or could have been closer than

938
00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:28,480
Speaker 3: it actually was.

939
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:31,359
Speaker 2: That person doesn't exist. I don't think. Yeah, I don't

940
00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:32,880
Speaker 2: think that's a real human. We're gonna have to use

941
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:34,080
Speaker 2: AI to find that individual.

942
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 1: Call into the show, all right, I got time for

943
00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:38,160
Speaker 1: one more over here, what you got in front of

944
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:38,440
Speaker 1: you there?

945
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:39,680
Speaker 2: All right?

946
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:42,239
Speaker 3: So I think one of the most intriguing games of

947
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:45,040
Speaker 3: the weekend is Kentucky and Florida because when you look

948
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:46,239
Speaker 3: at what they've done this year.

949
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:48,360
Speaker 2: Now, Florida's resume is a lot better.

950
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:51,040
Speaker 3: You can't argue that, but the way they've what they've done,

951
00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:53,839
Speaker 3: I feel like they are very similar teams running the ball,

952
00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:57,120
Speaker 3: stopping the run, how they've lost games, how they've won games,

953
00:45:57,239 --> 00:45:59,759
Speaker 3: some of them haven't lost. But I want to know

954
00:45:59,840 --> 00:46:04,080
Speaker 3: in that particular game, which player is more important to

955
00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:07,640
Speaker 3: their team when it comes to them actually winning the game.

956
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:11,000
Speaker 3: Is it Spencer Ratler, Is it Joe Milton, Is it

957
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:13,160
Speaker 3: Graham Martz or is it Devin Leary?

958
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:15,120
Speaker 2: And why I think it's Rattler.

959
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:18,640
Speaker 1: I could see Kentucky winning an ugly game. I could

960
00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,239
Speaker 1: see Florida winning a game where Mertz doesn't even throw

961
00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:26,319
Speaker 1: the ball twenty times. I could see Tennessee riding a

962
00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:31,920
Speaker 1: decent performance from Milton with home field and South Carolina

963
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:33,719
Speaker 1: not being able to run the ball. I could see

964
00:46:33,719 --> 00:46:37,400
Speaker 1: that happening. There is no world where South Carolina beats

965
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:41,240
Speaker 1: Tennessee and Spencer Ratler is anything other than like player

966
00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:43,520
Speaker 1: of the game material his stat line. I'm sure you

967
00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:46,799
Speaker 1: guys will repeat this at nauseum Saturday night and someone

968
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:49,120
Speaker 1: will complain about that. But his stat line last year,

969
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:53,040
Speaker 1: I think it probably needs to look fairly similar, because,

970
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:57,120
Speaker 1: like we talked about earlier, someone who may not know

971
00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:59,799
Speaker 1: any better would look and say, well, Spencer doesn't need

972
00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:01,839
Speaker 1: to do what he did last year because Tennessee can't

973
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:04,200
Speaker 1: throw the ball like they were able to last year.

974
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:06,920
Speaker 1: Well they haven't. But see the thing about it is,

975
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 1: like we talked about earlier in the show before you

976
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:12,160
Speaker 1: came on, there are a lot of critical numbers in

977
00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:14,680
Speaker 1: this particular matchup that would lead me to believe it

978
00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:17,480
Speaker 1: could be an ignition moment for the Tennessee passing game.

979
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:19,440
Speaker 1: So I think you are going to have to keep

980
00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:21,560
Speaker 1: up with Joe Milton a little bit more than anybody

981
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:22,880
Speaker 1: else has had to keep up with him through the

982
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:25,879
Speaker 1: air this year. As director Colin cheers, in my ear

983
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:28,319
Speaker 1: this is a welcome change from what they've seen so far.

984
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:31,680
Speaker 1: I think it's Spencer Rattler, And that's my final answer.

985
00:47:33,239 --> 00:47:35,160
Speaker 3: It's tough to argue that, mainly because the way that

986
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:38,200
Speaker 3: he's playing. I mean that cast that we talked about

987
00:47:38,239 --> 00:47:40,719
Speaker 3: a little bit earlier, Mario Anderson, nobody watched him in

988
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:44,239
Speaker 3: Division III of football. Xavier Leguett has been insane, but

989
00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:47,200
Speaker 3: nobody had Luke Dodie catching passes or to carry on

990
00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:49,640
Speaker 3: Joyner being one of your key players on offense. And

991
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:52,200
Speaker 3: then now you got multiple true freshmen helping out on

992
00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:54,920
Speaker 3: the offensive line. The one thing I'll counter with is

993
00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:59,840
Speaker 3: this Devin Leary second in the SEC and interceptions, yeah thrown.

994
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:02,839
Speaker 2: Florida only has one takeaway this year.

995
00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:05,880
Speaker 3: So the one thing that I would, I guess, counter

996
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:08,959
Speaker 3: to you and say is Devin Leary can't turn into

997
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 3: the guy that gives Florida something they're not already getting.

998
00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:15,680
Speaker 2: You allow Florida to flip the.

999
00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:18,960
Speaker 3: Field or maybe get points off turnovers and become not

1000
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:21,800
Speaker 3: only the number one defense in the SEC in total defense,

1001
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:23,919
Speaker 3: which they are right now, but then one that also

1002
00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:26,200
Speaker 3: can take the ball away. You have no chance of

1003
00:48:26,239 --> 00:48:28,680
Speaker 3: winning that football game. That would sort of be the

1004
00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:30,880
Speaker 3: one counter that I would have to it. But I

1005
00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:33,520
Speaker 3: think all in all, it's absolutely Spencer Rattler, based on

1006
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:35,840
Speaker 3: the cast that he has and based on what he

1007
00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:38,359
Speaker 3: did to win this game last year and where that

1008
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:40,600
Speaker 3: game is going to be. I think South Coronty's a

1009
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:42,440
Speaker 3: pretty good start to go win that football game too.

1010
00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:44,560
Speaker 1: I think America got smarter. I think we converted a

1011
00:48:44,600 --> 00:48:47,160
Speaker 1: casual or ten out there with this little back and

1012
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:50,120
Speaker 1: forth this week. Okay, look, I could promote you right now,

1013
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:54,359
Speaker 1: but no one promotes you better and more shamelessly than

1014
00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:57,040
Speaker 1: you can promote yourself. So beg people, I'm giving you

1015
00:48:57,120 --> 00:48:59,560
Speaker 1: twenty seconds. I'm starting the timer now, beg people to

1016
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:00,600
Speaker 1: watch yoursel stuff go.

1017
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:06,200
Speaker 2: The podcast. This week doubled what we did the week before.

1018
00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:09,759
Speaker 3: And I'm going to exclusively give credit to this show

1019
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:11,839
Speaker 3: for that. When you asked me about it and I said,

1020
00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:14,319
Speaker 3: we had a miserable week on Cube Show right ten second,

1021
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:16,440
Speaker 3: you please just go click it and try to help

1022
00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:19,120
Speaker 3: us out at Cube Show sixty one on YouTube. And

1023
00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:21,120
Speaker 3: you can also watch Read and React Mondays on the

1024
00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:23,800
Speaker 3: SEC Network at six pm Central with Rowing Harpery myself.

1025
00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:25,440
Speaker 1: You got two seconds? Do you want to do anything

1026
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:25,680
Speaker 1: with it?

1027
00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:27,200
Speaker 2: All? Right? Too late?

1028
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:30,080
Speaker 1: Hey, two seconds are up. Col Cuberley, thank you so much, sir.

1029
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:33,160
Speaker 1: Have fun and NOXL Saturday night, and stay safe. By

1030
00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:33,880
Speaker 1: all means stay.

1031
00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:36,239
Speaker 2: I will try. I will try. Hen.

1032
00:49:36,320 --> 00:49:38,480
Speaker 1: We appreciate you guys for joining us. It's going to

1033
00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:40,959
Speaker 1: be a fun week. Don't sleep on weekends. Don't sleep

1034
00:49:40,960 --> 00:49:43,480
Speaker 1: on a single week. God only gives them twelve twelve

1035
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:46,000
Speaker 1: per season. Don't sleep on any Saturday. For director Colin,

1036
00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:49,440
Speaker 1: for producer Jesse Bradley, the associate probably did something back

1037
00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:51,919
Speaker 1: there to help the show. Today. I'm Josh Bate. Take care.

1038
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:55,120
Speaker 1: We'll see you Sunday night for Late Kick Live. Make

1039
00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:58,760
Speaker 1: sure you're following on Instagram at Late Kick Josh. Friday

1040
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:01,160
Speaker 1: Night Lines. I don't know that I've ever said this before.

1041
00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:07,520
Speaker 1: Friday Night Lines will actually emanate from somewhere in Columbus, Georgia. Yes, friends,

1042
00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:09,440
Speaker 1: I will be in my own backyard to do Friday

1043
00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:11,520
Speaker 1: Night Lines, which probably means it probably means we're going

1044
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:13,680
Speaker 1: one hundred percent against the spread this week. So at

1045
00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:16,319
Speaker 1: Lake Kick Josh, make sure you're following until Sunday night.

1046
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:18,680
Speaker 1: Take care, have a good weekend, and God bless