1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: And now move the sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: What's up? Everybody? Welcome to move the sticks DJ. Bucky 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,640 Speaker 1: back with you, Buck. How you doing, man, Man, I'm good, DJ. 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: It is good. We had a chance to watch that 5 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: exciting Monday night football game we discussed and the Miami 6 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,479 Speaker 1: Dolphins in the New Orleans Saints. Uh, trying to catch 7 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: up from a crazy weekend. When it comes to just 8 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: looking at these teams, the the league is bananas. Like 9 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: I know, we made a concerted effort to push for 10 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: more parody and and all of that I think is 11 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 1: probably as crazy as I've seen it in my time 12 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: in terms of just a volatility in terms of week 13 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: to week, not knowing who's going to win games or not. 14 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: So I think we certainly have to talk about that. No, 15 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: I think it's kind of fascinating. We're gonna get to, uh, 16 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: we're gonna get to that game between the Saints and Dolphins, 17 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: and a little bit. We're gonna also take a sneak 18 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: peek at the college football playoff games, go preview those 19 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: a little bit. And we want to talk about a marriage, 20 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: a potential areage between a coach and a team. Um, 21 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:04,479 Speaker 1: that I think is pretty fascinating. Um. So we'll get 22 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 1: there and just some one what I do want to 23 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: mention at the top though, Buck, We did a segment 24 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: yesterday on the show about Matt Rule and about the 25 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: importance of the college game. Uh, the difference beween the 26 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,839 Speaker 1: college game in the NFL game. Quarterback Obviously, it's gotta 27 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: have it. It's a quarterback league in the NFL. I 28 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: got to text on one of our mutual friends, one 29 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: of the most respected coaches in college football, who said, 30 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: I listened to the episode and spot on like that 31 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: is true. That's the major difference between the college game 32 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 1: in the NFL game. So always makes you feel good 33 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: when you know the uh, the smart folks out there listenings. Yeah, 34 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: I do think it's great and I think is um. 35 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: I think it's a fascinating time for NFL coach and 36 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: college coaches because I feel like now, because of the 37 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: money that's being thrown around it, the patients is different 38 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: when it comes to doing a rebuild, and I think 39 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: from Matt Rule, I think he's a really solid job 40 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: of kind of doing what I call the patient rebuild. 41 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: Like he drafted all defensive players that first draft quickly 42 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 1: got the defense kind of up to speed. Offensively, he 43 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: felt like he had a solid cast in place. He 44 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: had some free agents, Robby Anderson coming over, he had 45 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey. D J. Moore was there, and they've grown up. 46 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 1: The offensive line needs some retooling, but the missing piece 47 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,839 Speaker 1: man has been the quarterback. And I give him credit 48 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 1: because he's tried to throw different resources at it. He 49 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: went and tried to do the Teddy Bridgewater thing as 50 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: a bridge. He thought that would be connected, you know, 51 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: his connection with Joe Brady would help him kind of 52 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: jump started. That didn't work out. They didn't make a 53 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: trade to go and get Sam Donald, a young quarterback 54 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: who was UM highly regarded when he was coming out 55 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: of USC. They tried to put him in the mix 56 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: and it didn't necessarily work out. They dug into the 57 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: legends of the past, brought the icon back Um and 58 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,679 Speaker 1: Cam Newton, and that hasn't worked out. And so now 59 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: you're talking about a franchise who I still look at 60 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: this roster belief there's talent enough where they should be 61 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: a viable playoff contender. I'm not saying that they should 62 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: be in the playoffs. But they should be right at 63 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: that line where they're a six, seventh seeded. They're just 64 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: on the way out and they haven't been able to 65 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: do it. And the number one reason has been because 66 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: the quarterback has not popped. And as we talked about 67 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 1: on yesterday's show, in this league, in the NFL, if 68 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: you don't have a quarterback, high end quarterback, you're hard 69 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 1: pressed to be able to get it done at a 70 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: high level. And the postseason or getting to the playoffs, 71 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: it's the dividing line between whether you have a guy 72 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: or not, like the guys who are gonna be in 73 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: the playoffs, for guys who typically have guys, the ones 74 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: who don't. You may be a seventh seed, but look, 75 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a short stint because watching Josh Allen say, okay, 76 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: Mac Jones, I take this over Pat Mahomes, the way 77 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes has quietly played the last three games, Okay, 78 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: I'll take this over. You have to have one of 79 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: those guys. It's the difference between It's so funny because 80 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: I'm sure you read this book a long time ago, 81 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: but I'm finishing up good too great, right, But it's 82 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: just like the book that everyone talks about or whatever, 83 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: and it's all these different principles, but it's trying to 84 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: find the incremental things and how you can do it. 85 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: And I feel like in the league, to go from 86 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: good to great, you better have an A level quarterback. 87 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: You can be good, but you won't be great without one. 88 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: And I think when Matt Ryan mett Rule is quickly 89 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: discovering without an a level quarterback, man, you can't be 90 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: great in this league. All right, So I'm gonna go 91 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: a little bit off the script here. We're gonna get 92 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: to this game. We'll get to the same staffings, but 93 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 1: kind of a boring game, let's be honest, Buck. So 94 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 1: I got another another topic I wanted to hit you 95 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,119 Speaker 1: on what I'm kind of thinking about this. I jotted 96 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: these down, so if you've got a pen or whatever, 97 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: if you can, if you can write these down, these 98 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 1: are the jobs that I've got potentially coming open from 99 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: a head coaching standpoint. Okay, Jacksonville already open, right, the Raiders, 100 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 1: you know, see if if they get in the playoffs, 101 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: maybe Besaga sticks around. But let's say that one's gonna 102 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: be open. I think Denver has a real shot of 103 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: being open. You've got Chicago, You've got you know, we've 104 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: talked about Seattle. Maybe that's the turn the page. I 105 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: know Pete Carroll came out and said the other day 106 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: it shouldn't be it should be a retooling, that a rebuilding, 107 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: and then I wrote down Minnesota. You know, it's kind 108 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: of an underachieving team this year with what the expectations were. 109 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: So that's one, two, three, four or five. That's six jobs, 110 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: which is probably about what we normally see. Usually a 111 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: surprise in there somewhere. But it's unique because Jacksonville and Chicago, 112 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: you've got quarterbacks that are going into their second season 113 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: in Lawrence and Field. Now neither one of them have 114 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 1: kind of played up to when you hope they were 115 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: going to be, but there's any denying the talent that 116 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: that exists there. So those are unique jobs. Then you've 117 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: got the fact with you know what to do in Seattle. 118 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: You know what happens with Russ going forward there, that 119 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:49,359 Speaker 1: makes that a fascinating job. Denver has everything but the quarterback, um, 120 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: you know, so that that's a fascinating opportunity. Um. And 121 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: then you've got Minnesota with you know, kind of are 122 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: they kind of stuck in limbo right now? Um with 123 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: where they are and do you go forward with Kirk Cousins? Um, 124 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,720 Speaker 1: are you starting to look at the future there as well? So? 125 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,679 Speaker 1: I think those jobs are kind of fascinating in terms 126 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 1: of the ones that that could pop. Is there one 127 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: in that mix if you were the um you know, 128 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: say you're in the Kellen Moore or whoever's going to 129 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: emerge as the as the guy in this hiring cycle, 130 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: Let's just say, Callumore, if you're Callamore, which one of 131 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 1: those would you want? Jeez? It's tough, right because the 132 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: ones that have a quarterback, they have issues around it, right, 133 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,840 Speaker 1: so or we're back so naturally if you think about 134 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,159 Speaker 1: the best quarterback, the best quarterback and then mixes Russell 135 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: Wilson because we've seen him play at a high level. 136 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: The problem is, I don't know how quickly you can 137 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,600 Speaker 1: fix the rest of the team around him. I mean, 138 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: I like some of the weapons and those things, but 139 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: I don't know if that is it. I mean I 140 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: feel like it's a it's an upgrade. You gotta upgrade 141 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 1: the personnel while trying to play with the pieces that 142 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: you have. And I'm not in love with some of 143 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: the pieces, particularly on the line of scrimmage um. The 144 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 1: Broncos are more appealing to that. But can I get 145 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: a quarterback? Like the quarterback? Can I find one to 146 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: get over the top. That's that's the thing, because otherwise 147 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: I would take the Broncos because I feel like their 148 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: defense and the way that they can play weapons. But 149 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: it's the piece, that's the thing I got you in. 150 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: You're in a division with two premiere and premier quarterbacks. 151 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: I got the brownie, but the stores out of ice cream. 152 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,239 Speaker 1: I can't put the I can't put the other mode. 153 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: I got the right, but I need the vanilla ice 154 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: cream and I can't find the ice cream right now. 155 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: And when we look and survey the quarterback class, I 156 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: don't know if one of the quarterbacks can get us 157 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: to that place right away. I look at the marketplace 158 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: unless I can just, I mean, give up everything to 159 00:07:53,480 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: get Deshaun Watson in his situation isn't messy, that's it. Yeah, 160 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: that's the only way if I do that, If I 161 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: take that job. I was like, hey, O shop, we 162 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: gotta do whatever we can to get the quarterback. Whatever 163 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: that looks like. We gotta go all in because I 164 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: think they are a team that could kind of do 165 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: what the Rams did. They may be able to go 166 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: a year or two without a number one pick and 167 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: be okay if they get him, because I think the 168 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: rest of the rosters pretty solid. I can't say the 169 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: same thing about the rest of those teams. Yeah, then 170 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: that's also gonna open up the conversation of you know, 171 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson has that no trade clause and he seems 172 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: to be, you know, hell been on going to Miami, 173 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: who we're gonna get to in just a moment here um. 174 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: But if he would relent on that, man, if I'm 175 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 1: if I'm the if I'm the Denver Broncos, that's three 176 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,199 Speaker 1: ones easy, I'll give you. I'll give you three ones 177 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: for him. With the team that they have. You throw 178 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: in the quarterback in his prime like that, a top 179 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: five quarterback, and they're cooking with gas. If that happens, yeah, 180 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: they could win gas. And everyone likes to take shots 181 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: to the Rams, and they'll take shots at him if 182 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 1: they don't, if they don't win the whole thing. But 183 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 1: I can't knock them for their star driven approach thee 184 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: I can't. I can knock him and you know what, 185 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 1: the only way to win the tournament is to be 186 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: in the tournament, and so they figure therefore it out, 187 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: you gotta give yourself a lot of retaken to get 188 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: into the dance, and then whatever happens after that happens. Yeah, 189 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: that's interesting. Yeah. So, I mean, so then I want 190 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,839 Speaker 1: to get to and we're gonna talk about these games 191 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 1: between Cincinnati, Bama, Georgia, and Michigan. But I want to 192 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: touch before we leave this topic. I want to touch 193 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 1: on one college coach with an NFL job that I 194 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: think we've talked about off there that makes a lot 195 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: of sense, and we're gonna do that right after this. 196 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,119 Speaker 1: All right, Buck, we've talked about this from a timing standpoint, 197 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: Jim Harbaugh, the Las Vegas Raiders, you could make that 198 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: make a lot of sense for all parties involved. Oh, 199 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: I mean, this is a perfect time for it. It It 200 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: makes sense if you're Jim Harbor, you parlaid taking a 201 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 1: pay cut and having your contract produced and to a 202 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: major pay day either at Michigan or being able to 203 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: flex and go to the National Football League, where you 204 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: were very successful. Nineteen and one I think was his 205 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: record um during his tenure with the San Francisco forty 206 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: nine The readers. Why the reason why the Raiders would work? 207 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: If you go back and you traditionally think about the 208 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: Raiders and who the Raiders have hired, it was always 209 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: an offensive UH coach from an offensive background. You think 210 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: about Harbor coming from a place where he look he 211 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: first started out his coaching career working with the Raiders 212 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:32,679 Speaker 1: as an offensive assistant. Uh. You think about someone who 213 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: can embrace the brand of the Raiders. He absolutely could 214 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: do it, and in fact, he could probably do it 215 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: in a way that's very similar to the way that 216 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: John Gruden embraced it, but in a different style. And 217 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: if you look at the way the team is presently constructed, 218 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: he can find a way to win with that team 219 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: as they're built. Because he wants to do a couple 220 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: of different things. If you go back to the formula 221 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 1: that is worked for him everywhere that he's been uh, 222 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: San Diego, Stanford, Niners, Michigan. He's gonna line up, man, 223 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 1: He's gonna run the ball, big physical offensive line, running 224 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: backs and Josh Jacobs and those guys who can do it. 225 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 1: He has a quarterback already in place in Derek Carr. 226 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 1: And I'm sure we've seen what he's been able to 227 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: do with reclamation projects, what he did with Alex Smith. Uh. 228 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna saying that Derek carrs where Alex Smith 229 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 1: was at the time, did he inherited him? But we've 230 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 1: seen how he's made a very quarterback friendly. Um. Defensively 231 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: has to get a defensive coordinator. But yeah, the Raiders 232 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 1: are right there. He's got one in Michigan with NFL 233 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 1: experience who came from the Ravens. Young guy who's bright, 234 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 1: young men he could take. He could take some of 235 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 1: those pieces he's got on that Michigan staff right to 236 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: the NFL. Yeah, and then when you think about going back, Um, 237 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: I think you have to evaluate it in this it 238 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: all went right for the Wolverines this year. I mean 239 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: they knocked it off, they won the Big Ten, they 240 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 1: knocked off Ohio State there in the playoffs, maybe they 241 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: win a playoff game, maybe they went in Nastional championship. 242 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:56,079 Speaker 1: At that point, do you drop the mic? And Hey, 243 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: the alone came back. I made it right, like I 244 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,559 Speaker 1: said I was, I came through my promise. I was 245 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 1: going to get us back on top, and I got 246 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,199 Speaker 1: I got this program back on top. We've been priently, 247 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: you know, solid programs since I've been here, and now 248 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:11,079 Speaker 1: I've got us to the top of the mountain were 249 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: you know, like you said, we want a big ten 250 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: with beat Ohio State. We're in the playoff. I did 251 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 1: my job that the program is in great shape. Now 252 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:21,319 Speaker 1: get it to the next guy job take it from here. 253 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 1: And now that we're beginning to hear with some of 254 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 1: these NFL coaches are making like they're talking about Pete 255 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: Carroll maybe making fifteen million annually. Yeah, it might be 256 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: time to cash it in Vegas no state tax. Yeah. 257 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: And you know that they were able to get out 258 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: of believe they got out of the money with Gruden, 259 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: so um, you know they should be ready to go 260 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: to pay the money. So yeah, that's an interesting one. 261 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,439 Speaker 1: I think the Hardball Raiders thing makes a lot of 262 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: sense for for everybody. Um, and I'm not certain on this. 263 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: I I'm pretty sure that that Mike that Mayock has 264 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: a good relationship with the Hardball family, I think going 265 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:56,719 Speaker 1: back a long time, so I think he's known. I 266 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: think so because he was always close with with those 267 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: guys in Baltimore for Erica cosson John Harbor um and 268 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: maybe that maybe that worked and maybe it's the connection, 269 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:10,679 Speaker 1: um that they need to kind of get it going. Um. 270 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,199 Speaker 1: It's an interesting move, man. It's an interesting thing because 271 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: look of those jobs that you talked about, there's some 272 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 1: really interesting ones and a lot of it DC we 273 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: talked about the alignment being aligned with the general manager 274 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: is going to be huge and that comes on the 275 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: heels of can Rapp report talking about Trent Balky maybe 276 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: staying with the Jacksonville Jaguars and how that can potentially 277 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: impact head coaching candidates in terms of those who want 278 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: to stay and work with someone who's already in the place, 279 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,559 Speaker 1: those who want to bring their own guy. Um. It's 280 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 1: an interesting thing because if your prospective head coach, what 281 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: are you most comfortable operating with? Do you want to 282 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: bring your own guy? Do you want to have a 283 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:50,719 Speaker 1: guy that is already there and you guys kind of 284 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: work as a partnership even though you may or may 285 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: not know each other really well. A lot of dynamics 286 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 1: to consider, and so that's why the Raider's job is, Man, 287 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,319 Speaker 1: it's really a prime job. Because we talked about them, 288 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,439 Speaker 1: they have a quarterback that I think is a winning quarterback. 289 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:06,719 Speaker 1: You can do a lot of things. You'd like to 290 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: think about it being able to hit the ground running. 291 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 1: In the league where owners don't have a lot of patients, 292 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 1: it might be a great situation particularly, but yeah, it 293 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense, man, when you really think 294 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: about it. Um, all right, let's get to this game. 295 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 1: Last night, I want to spend too much time on 296 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: it was such a stinker. I know the Saints are 297 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: down to their fourth quarterback. Ian Book was in a 298 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: tough spot. They couldn't protect him at all. We got 299 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: teed off on Um. But the Miami Dolphins, you can 300 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: talk about who they played in the quarterbacks they've played against, whatever, 301 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: their wins and their wins, man, they rattle off seven 302 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: wins after you know, seven losses. Crazy, Yeah, it is crazy. 303 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: I'm trying to pull up the nugget on their defense, 304 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 1: right because DJ like um as a kid, I remember 305 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: looking at the Killer Bees and all of that other 306 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: stuff and uh as He Doey and all those guys 307 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: when they were really good. But I'm looking at since 308 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: week nine, this is crazy. With the rate what the 309 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: Dolphics are doing. They're only a loving eleven point seven 310 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: yards a game, holding opponents to like right around two 311 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty yards for a game third down percentage 312 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: to hold them. They also down in the red zone 313 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: and then they're getting four point seven sacks for a game. 314 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: I mean, here's the thing that is showing up when 315 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: you watch the tape. They have taken this cover zero, 316 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: bluff and build and come. They have taken it to 317 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: a new level, and no one has figured it out 318 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 1: like you have other teams that are doing it, but 319 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: I don't know if anyone's doing it to the extent 320 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: that the Miami Dolphins are doing it, where they are 321 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: lining up and showing you, um, look, man, we come 322 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: with plus one pressure, meaning that the amount of blockers 323 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: that you hold in it doesn't matter. We're bringing one 324 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: more and they're showing it. And for the quarterback, you 325 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: don't know are they coming, are they not coming? And 326 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: they're playing these cat and mouse games with you, particularly 327 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: if they can win on first down and get you 328 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: in these long yarder situations. You're having to decipher and 329 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: diagnose all of this stuff. And their secondary is good 330 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: enough where they can not only cover, but they're great 331 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: one on one tacklers and so they are putting people 332 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: in bonds. And so when I look at this team 333 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 1: and look at you know, you talk about the list 334 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: of quarterbacks that they're playing, those quarterbacks have no chance. 335 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 1: It takes a veteran quarterback to be able to make 336 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: them pay. In t J I don't know if there's 337 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: what they play Ryan Tannehill and wend And I don't 338 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: know if I don't know if Tannehill he can decipher, 339 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: but I don't know if they have enough weapons on 340 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: the outside to be able to make them pay. Well. 341 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: Aj coming back gives him a chance he can do. 342 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: So that's that's huge for them. But that's yeah, I 343 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: mean that's they went out there in they've got to 344 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: beat the Titans, and they've got to beat the Patriots. 345 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: The Patriots is at home, which Patriots notoriously played terrible 346 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: down there against them. They always they always in the 347 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: typically having some kind of split and those things. And 348 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: so what they've done is they found a recipe that 349 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: works for them. Now we can flip and go on 350 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: the other side and look at their their their offense. 351 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 1: I think their their offense is still like a hodgepodge, 352 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: just spaghetti thrown on the wall. But I will say 353 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: that one thing they've leaned into is a little bit 354 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: of the running game and the r p O game. 355 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: With Twa. We have said since the time he came out, 356 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 1: he's probably one of the best RPO quarterbacks that we've 357 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:23,199 Speaker 1: seen in terms of the ball handling and rhythm. Man, 358 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: I think he would be a great second baseman or 359 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 1: middle and for the way that he is able to 360 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:28,880 Speaker 1: kind of put it in his hands and get it out. 361 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:30,679 Speaker 1: He can get it out the glove. I'm about as 362 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: quick as anybody, but it works. The thing is, I 363 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: knew they were struggle against the Saints because the Saints 364 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: played man demand man Deman is kind of the cryptonite 365 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: to the r p O game because you're not really 366 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 1: reading a defender. Everyone is locked up, so it makes 367 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: it hard and we saw two have some turnovers. I 368 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: don't know, you look at the bottom of that that 369 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 1: playoff run. It's interesting because man, Cincinnati needs to knock 370 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: off Kansas City to solidify themselves. If not, if they 371 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 1: lose this week Cleveland, we still set up about that 372 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 1: that last game goes down to a well you know, yeah, 373 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 1: you know, and and I mean that would be interesting. Yeah, 374 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: that's gonna be fascinating. Man. I uh yeah, I felt 375 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: bad for the Saints, but man, it's just it's all 376 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: around the league. These you know, teams are missing so 377 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: many key players. So we said it, it's not gonna 378 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 1: be the best teams. Is getting the playoffs is gonna 379 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,479 Speaker 1: be the deepest, And once you get into the tournament, 380 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: you hope you're healthy with all your key guys and 381 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,640 Speaker 1: and go make a run. But yeah, it wasn't easy 382 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: on the eyes with that game. Um, we we're gonna 383 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 1: come back. We're gonna talk about this college football playoff 384 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:38,159 Speaker 1: preview here Cincinnati, Obama, Georgia mission. We're gonna do that 385 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 1: right after this. Al Right, Buck, let's start first of 386 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: all here, who do you like? Uh, Cincinnati, Obama, Georgia, Michigan. 387 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 1: Mm hmmm, Cincinnati Bama'm gonna go Obama right at the gate. 388 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 1: Not because of like the David Goliath principle, but I 389 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 1: think experiencing these games really really matters in terms of 390 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: the preparation because Alabama has been there, because Alabama was 391 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 1: there last year, and they kind of understand like the 392 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: nature of the game and all that other stuff. You know, 393 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: the game should not be too big for them nor 394 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 1: their quarterback. And I think that has a lot to 395 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:15,880 Speaker 1: do with winning these games. Is early in the game, 396 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: you have to make sure you don't do any of 397 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,400 Speaker 1: the things that can put you in a position to lose. 398 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: And so some of that comes with Jitters and the 399 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:25,880 Speaker 1: magnitude and understanding the pressure of the moment. Alabama has 400 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 1: that I think for Cincinnati though Cincinnati, for people looking 401 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: it sucks that you get to draw against Alabama, but 402 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: any of the four teams would have been good. But 403 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 1: Cincinnati has a ton of NFL talent and that NFL 404 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: talent is going to be on display. I do believe 405 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: they benefit last year from playing Um in the peach 406 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 1: Ball against Georgia. UM that helped him because for that game, man, 407 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: they went told and I know Georgia didn't quote unquote 408 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: have all their guys, but they were in that that 409 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 1: game until the very very end that it helped them. 410 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: Alabama is just a different beast. What I want to 411 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: see though, from an evaluation standpoint, I want to see 412 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: what Desmond Ritter does against Savings defense. How does he 413 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: handle some of the moving pieces that they may throw 414 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,360 Speaker 1: at him. That to go a long way to help 415 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 1: me with the evaluation. So I think their defense is 416 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: going to keep the score down. I think Cincinnati's defense 417 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 1: is gonna be able to match up with Alabama. I 418 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: think MATCHI being out, I'm taking that second big time 419 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 1: weapon out of the mix. They can match up those 420 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: Sauce Gardener out there, rock and roll um and they've 421 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,120 Speaker 1: got two good corners, they've got a pass rusher, They've 422 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: got a lot of pieces in place. And you mentioned it. 423 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 1: They went, they played Georgia last year, they beat Notre 424 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,920 Speaker 1: Dame this year. Like these are real teams with real dudes, 425 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 1: Like they've been on the field with those guys and 426 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,959 Speaker 1: know that they belong. My my thing. The reason why 427 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: I'll go Obama is I just don't know if Sincinnat's 428 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: gonna be able to block Obama. You know that. That 429 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:46,919 Speaker 1: to me is that's the difference in this game. But 430 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: I think they keep the score down now, I think 431 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: they can keep the score down. And the thing about Baman, 432 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 1: we we've talked about this and just comes from saving 433 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if you had the pro tab when 434 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 1: Saban was talking about boxing and heavyweights and middleweights and 435 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 1: all that that that blow like Notre Dame is one thing, right, 436 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 1: But we've seen Notre Dame go against Alabama and Brian 437 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: Kelly has told us like, it's a different punch that 438 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: you get from Alabama then you get from other teams. 439 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 1: I just want to know how they're gonna handle that 440 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,679 Speaker 1: punch early when Bama kind of hits him, because we 441 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: saw years ago. You remember, man, you remember how physical 442 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 1: that game was when they played against the Shawn Watson 443 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:22,680 Speaker 1: and those guys, and we're being foster. Those guys try 444 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: to absolutely decapitate want like that. That blow. That physicality 445 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: is real, and I just want to see how does 446 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: how does Cincinnati handle when they get hit in the face. 447 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 1: Can they kind of went and kind of walked through 448 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: that fire and keep fighting or does it kind of 449 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,200 Speaker 1: stunt them and make them back up and retreat a 450 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 1: little bit. That would be the key to the game early. 451 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: How did they handle Obama's physicality on the big stage, 452 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:49,880 Speaker 1: Because if they handled it, you're right, they can keep 453 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,200 Speaker 1: the score down, but you gotta handle that first quarter. 454 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,959 Speaker 1: They gotta be able to hang in the first quarter. Yeah, now, 455 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,640 Speaker 1: that's that's gonna be key. So we're both like Alabama 456 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: and that, but maybe it scored a little bit lower 457 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 1: than you think. This is the fun one. Georgia Michigan. Um, 458 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 1: you know, George's defense is so loaded. But I think 459 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: the key, the key in the Alabama game when you 460 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: go back and watch that one, is Alabama went tempo. 461 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: They gassed them out. You know, Georgia wrote rotates so 462 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: many guys, they wrote so many dudes through on defense. 463 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 1: They haven't played many competitive games this year. They kept 464 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 1: on the field and they kept some of those big 465 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 1: guys out there and gassed them out with tempo. And 466 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,719 Speaker 1: I don't know that Michigan really plays that way, you know. 467 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: I think they'd be wise to pick that up and 468 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 1: play that way. But that that's what kind of worries me. 469 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: And this one from Michigan, Yeah, that would worry me. 470 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 1: I'll be worried in that regard. And I feel like 471 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: these are teams that I mean, they're they're carving copies 472 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: in terms of how they want to play. They want 473 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: to beat you up, man, they want to take you 474 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: into deep water and they want to to kind of 475 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 1: drown you out after punishing you with a bunch of 476 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: body blows and and their stuff. Um, Michigan has changed 477 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: to tempo some I've seen them get creative with the 478 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 1: offense and going inside to side. I still think it's 479 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: a little difference in the speed that they will be 480 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:07,920 Speaker 1: facing from George's defense. So then in my in my estimation, 481 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: the game comes down to the quarterbacks. Tesson Bennett, how 482 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: does he perform? Because Michigan's defense is rock solide it 483 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 1: lights out. How does Stesson been It perform because it's 484 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: going to come down to his ability to make plays, 485 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:24,200 Speaker 1: because I believe Michigan will be able to throttle the 486 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 1: running game and they'll be able to put it on 487 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks shoulders. How does he handle it? I guess 488 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 1: the same thing could be said for a Cave Mcnamerican. 489 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: I just gave McNamara handles the same situation. Whichever quarterback 490 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: plays the best, I think that's the team that wins. 491 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 1: I'm leaning to it. Maybe I'm pulling for I'm pulling 492 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: for Michigan to win because I would like to see 493 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: Michigan get to the title game. Yeah, but I think 494 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: this is a going flip man. Yeah, yeah, I think 495 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 1: I think I'll go Georgia. But again, I think it's 496 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: it's a competitive game. We've had lopsided SEMIS. I don't 497 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: think we get lopsided SEMIS this year. I think these 498 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,920 Speaker 1: are two competitive games. This one particularly should be very competitive. 499 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,360 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe Alabama can polly for Cincinnati at some point 500 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: in time, but I think Cincinnati keeps that score down. 501 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 1: So UM, I leaned towards Georgia and Alabama. We gotta 502 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: rematch there in the National Championship Game, and hopefully Georgia 503 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: shows up. I just didn't play their best ball against 504 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,679 Speaker 1: Alabama that last time. But I think for those who 505 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: don't want to see an all SEC final, buck, I'm 506 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,159 Speaker 1: I think that's where we're headed. Yeah, I mean look that. 507 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: I think the odds would say that that's where we're heading. Um, 508 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:29,160 Speaker 1: Alabama and Georgia doing it again. But we'll see. Um 509 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 1: it's a fascinating thing. I will see this Like in 510 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 1: watching those teams. It is fascinating to see what all 511 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: each of those teams. But Kirby Smart has done building 512 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: Georgia up uh from the time that he took over. 513 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,199 Speaker 1: Looking at what Luc Fickle has done and Cincinnati and 514 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 1: how that program is constructed with Jim John Harbors, Jim 515 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: Harbor has been able to do at Michigan rebounding from 516 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: a disappointing effort, that is. And I want to bring 517 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 1: this up because I heard um Dian Sanders on Rich 518 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,120 Speaker 1: Eyes and Shows say this, And we've talked a little 519 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 1: bit about team building in the collegiate ranks. He talked 520 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: about a forty forty twenty principle and I don't know 521 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: if you've heard about that when it comes to building 522 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 1: a collegiate team, So it would be grad transfers sent 523 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: transfer portal high school recruits. Wow, he said, that's the 524 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 1: way that they would build a team. Well, he's interesting. Well, 525 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:29,479 Speaker 1: I think it's fascinating. And I talked to somebody at 526 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: a power, powerful program, like a top ten program the 527 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 1: other day he brought up a similar topic. How about 528 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 1: this one. So that's you're talking about of the guys 529 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 1: coming outside of the high school ranks, And we've talked 530 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: about high schoolers kind of getting squeeze um with the 531 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: with the transfer portal. I think that's pretty evident. All 532 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: these teams are, these programs are leaving themselves, you know, 533 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,119 Speaker 1: double digit spots for for transfer guys, for portal guys. 534 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 1: And so I was talking to somebody with a powerful 535 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:55,880 Speaker 1: program of the day and he said, you know what, 536 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 1: I think we could be close. Like the whole model 537 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: is changing, this whole world is involving and changing. So 538 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:07,880 Speaker 1: let's say, um, let me just let's give let's let's 539 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: say Alabama. Right, so we'll start with just because they're 540 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:14,680 Speaker 1: the premier program. So Obama. They go to a school, 541 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 1: um like Jacksonville State. Okay, that's not far from there. 542 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: And they go to Jacksonville State and they say, look, 543 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: we have we can we can bring in twenty five guys, 544 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: but we're only going to bring in, you know, fift 545 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 1: We're gonna leave ten spots open for transfer. So that 546 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: means there's ten high school kids that would traditionally be 547 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 1: in our class that we're not going to take. But 548 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, We're gonna send them to you. 549 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,640 Speaker 1: Those ten kids, they can go to you. They're gonna 550 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,719 Speaker 1: practice and play with you. Um, we guarantee you if 551 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: they go to you, you get them for the full year. 552 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: We're not gonna take them within a year. But then 553 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 1: after that year, you know, it's like it's like our 554 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,920 Speaker 1: our farm system. We might take we might take three 555 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: of them. You know, we might take three of those 556 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: kids and pull them up pull them up to us. 557 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 1: But we can give you fine ancial we can give 558 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: you financial assistance. We can and then obviously you're gonna 559 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 1: keep some of these kids. And then even when we 560 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 1: take three, guess what, there's ten more we're gonna send 561 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: you the next year. And it's just like it's like yeah, 562 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: because if you think about those schools need those schools 563 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,640 Speaker 1: need money. So this is a way to give them 564 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 1: revenue and money. You're giving them players, and then you're 565 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 1: kind of just you're stashing your stashing. Guy. It's like 566 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 1: the prep school for for the Naval Academy. Go up. Um, 567 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,680 Speaker 1: it's not. It's not crazy because those kids are gonna 568 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 1: be sitting there. But what am I gonna do? You know, 569 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 1: where am I gonna? Do I want to go to 570 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,200 Speaker 1: play at you know at you know not no offense? 571 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: But do I want to go to Akron? Or would 572 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:40,959 Speaker 1: I rather just go to Jacksonville State? No? One? If 573 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 1: I handle my business that I know, I'm gonna be 574 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 1: an Alabama a year. DJ. This is gonna change. It's 575 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 1: gonna change the dynamics, right, it's it's changing the dynamics 576 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 1: of the college game. Right. It's not a coincidence. And 577 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,439 Speaker 1: because I started with Dion, it's not a coincidence that 578 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:59,959 Speaker 1: you're seeing more HBCUs begin to offer team like players 579 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 1: like Gramling, Hugh Jackson. Uh just got a kid from 580 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,920 Speaker 1: Long Beach, Polly and some other guys that are entertaining. 581 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: There's a kid is about to make a visit to 582 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: FAMI you. So what is happening. They're not enough spots 583 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: the top players, and so our players are now having 584 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: to look at places that they ordinarily wouldn't look and entertained. 585 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,679 Speaker 1: And so it's two things that are gonna happen. Either 586 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 1: they're gonna start at different places and then look to 587 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:32,199 Speaker 1: go up, or they're gonna start up and try and 588 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: find a place down where they can shine. But either way, 589 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 1: the elevator is working one way or the other. Either 590 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: you're going up or down. But it's going to be 591 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 1: a more transient experience for a lot of these college 592 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 1: players because look, man, high school high schoolers are not 593 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: they're not getting unless you're four or five star like 594 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 1: premier guys. Yeah, that's what we're saying. It's not gonna 595 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 1: affect those guys, it's gonna affect the you know, like 596 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 1: I think Josh Jacobs was like a three star that 597 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 1: Alabama took like I don't and obviously or not to 598 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 1: be a first round pick, but now I don't know. 599 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 1: He probably wasn't one of their top fifteen players. He 600 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 1: was probably the twenty one guy in their class. Ended 601 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,959 Speaker 1: up they're not taking those guys anymore. I mean they 602 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: may not take him, and so the recruiting thing changes, 603 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 1: and so some of these teams that never would shoose 604 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,479 Speaker 1: So you just brought up Accuran, like Acorn probably wouldn't 605 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 1: shoot it, like the three and a half fourth star 606 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:28,160 Speaker 1: in the Ohio area. Now they're like, we're in the game. 607 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 1: We'll listen, listen some letters, We'll we'll call hey, just 608 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: hanging there, take my card just in case. And I 609 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: think you are going to see more of that. It's 610 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: it's still a lot of the process and kind of 611 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: figure out, but yeah, I think it's changing. Back to 612 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 1: your original point where you talked about Alabama and Jacksonville State, 613 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 1: I do wonder when you see some of these teams 614 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 1: that have had assistance go other places, think about in 615 00:29:55,880 --> 00:30:00,080 Speaker 1: our business at the NFL, like okay, you leave your 616 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: let's just say you're with the Philadelphia Eagles. You then 617 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: take a job with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Well, what 618 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 1: the what's the natural Tennessee, when you scour the waivers whatever, 619 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 1: you end up taking those players because you there's a 620 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 1: familiar familiarity with them, the same thing will begin to 621 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 1: happen at those levels. Uh. I think coach Hugh at 622 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: Marshall was at Alabama. That's another place. Hey, but the 623 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: marsh for a little bit, you know, see what it 624 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 1: looks like. Hey, maybe come back. Maybe don't like there 625 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 1: will be some of those things, some of those wink 626 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 1: not agreements. Maybe it's not a bad idea if you 627 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 1: get the right support and right background. Because if you're 628 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: one of those lower level schools or one of those 629 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: schools that normally wouldn't get an opportunity to get high 630 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 1: end talent, maybe you do take some of those knowing 631 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,720 Speaker 1: a couple of years. Not only can they help you 632 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 1: with some of those guys coming in the front door, 633 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 1: but like you said, the elevator works both ways. So 634 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,760 Speaker 1: if you have a great working relationship Alabama and say look, man, 635 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: we've got we've got this receiver that's he can played 636 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 1: for just about anybody. But he's not gonna play here. 637 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 1: He's he's a good player, but we just out recruited him. 638 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,479 Speaker 1: So but you you know, we have a good relationship. 639 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:09,840 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk to kids, tell him, hey, you go 640 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 1: play the Marshall. It's you know, a similar the whole thing. 641 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:16,240 Speaker 1: He'll go in there. He'll go and play right away 642 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: and be ready to roll. I think that those those 643 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:24,160 Speaker 1: things can be and played because is different and then 644 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 1: I wonder what what's the role of Jukos and all 645 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:30,000 Speaker 1: that other stuff, like how all this stuff is going 646 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 1: to be impact. It's a different landscape at different time, 647 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 1: definitely for these high school kids for sure. Um, all right, 648 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:37,440 Speaker 1: and he else you want to add before we get 649 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 1: out of here, box, No, man, that's good. I think 650 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 1: we're looking forward to Thursdays. Pod he probably maybe have 651 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 1: some fun started really kind of casting eye towards the 652 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 1: draft because we really haven't talked about some of those dudes, 653 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 1: some of those notable names, because I saw some of 654 00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 1: the guys that have pulled out there. Two our receivers 655 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:57,120 Speaker 1: from Ohio State pulled out of the Rolls Bowl and 656 00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 1: started making declarations. Were beginning to get that, so maybe 657 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 1: we touched on some of those guys. Yeah, we'll do that. 658 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 1: Let's do that on Thursday. Um, all right, thank you 659 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 1: guys for listening. Thanks for leaving us a rating review 660 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 1: on Apple Podcast as well. We appreciate all those. We'll 661 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 1: catch you next time Thursday. Right here on moved the 662 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:12,040 Speaker 1: sticks