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Speaker 1: Welcome into our Since the studio's closed due to ice

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Speaker 1: and snow, we're just going to do a Q and

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Speaker 1: a mail bag episode. We're working on the title, but

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Speaker 1: since we don't really have a proper title for this,

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Speaker 1: that means we can dive right into it. Yeah, Caleb

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Speaker 1: Downs is in the portal. He sure is. And I

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Speaker 1: know my audience, you people are sadistic. I know you

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Speaker 1: want me to lead with that. I opened up the

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Speaker 1: mail bag yesterday. I'm recording early Wednesday morning. I opened

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Speaker 1: it yesterday, and I would say about the last one

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Speaker 1: hundred and fifty to two hundred submissions I got before

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Speaker 1: I cut it off this morning, is hey, talk about

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Speaker 1: Caleb Downs. Hey, this was inevitable, not Downs specifically, but

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Speaker 1: these moves were inevitable. You don't get to do two

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Speaker 1: things at once. You don't get to be an Alabama fan,

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Speaker 1: for example, and enjoy over a decade and a half

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Speaker 1: run with the greatest to ever do it, and also

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Speaker 1: have him right off into the sunset and just not

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Speaker 1: skip a beat. You can have one, you can have

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Speaker 1: the other. You can't have both. And if you have

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Speaker 1: the other, it probably comes hand in hand with not

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Speaker 1: having a loaded roster to begin with, Like Alabama's roster

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Speaker 1: is not going to be a poverty roster or anything

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Speaker 1: this coming year, but what it will be is a

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Speaker 1: the country has had to try and win with for

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Speaker 1: a long time. Mikaeln de Boor, who is yet to

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Speaker 1: coach a down even in a spring game in Alabama,

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Speaker 1: will probably still be looking this fall at the most

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Speaker 1: guys leaving. So as I'm recording, and let me make

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Speaker 1: sure you understand, as I'm recording, things could change by

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Speaker 1: the time Bradley edits this and uploads it. Downs is

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Speaker 1: in the portal Georgia likely destination that in and of

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Speaker 1: itself not shocking. It's it's been this albatross that's been

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Speaker 1: around Kirby smarts neck for a little while that he

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Speaker 1: whatever the circumstances are, if I'm from Georgia, I don't

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Speaker 1: care if I'm getting that dude to put in the backfield,

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Speaker 1: the defensive backfield with Malachi Starks. That's about his good

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Speaker 1: to safety tandem as you will have ever seen at

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Speaker 1: the college level. So that's putting cart before horse a

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Speaker 1: little bit. But our latest guidance has been and continues

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Speaker 1: to be that's where he'll probably end up. So naturally,

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Speaker 1: if you've perused the internet or if you just gathered

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Speaker 1: your own thoughts about this, I know it's very raw.

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Speaker 1: If you're any kind of fan and you lose a

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Speaker 1: star player, I know it's raw. But if you're a

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Speaker 1: the Trust Fund generation of Alabama fans who have only

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Speaker 1: known success, this is devastating for you. I know it is.

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Speaker 1: I'm not making fun of you. There are a lot

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Speaker 1: shots at Alabama for their entire lifetime in this profession.

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Speaker 1: I'm not doing that. I'm both compassionate enough to not

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Speaker 1: But i will say this, This stuff has been dealt with.

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Speaker 1: This is not the first time. There may not be

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Speaker 1: a guidebook in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on how to handle star

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Speaker 1: I promise there is, because you've been doing it to

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Speaker 1: bad wolf that walked in and stole their players or not.

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Speaker 1: So it is possible. And also you need to you

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Speaker 1: bad day in and of that moment. Yeah, things seem cataclysmic,

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Speaker 1: it greatly alleviates if you use that perspective, the pain

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Speaker 1: you would call the broken parts of college football right now,

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Speaker 1: And to you, broken would be your players are leaving you.

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Speaker 1: And commitment doesn't mean what it used to, and a

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Speaker 1: And look, I know what you're saying. You also know

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Speaker 1: I know you guys are no different than any other

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Speaker 1: But if you're Kalin debor if you're that coaching staff,

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Speaker 1: because you got to just keep flying your plane. Man,

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Speaker 1: You don't have any alternative. You gotta keep going otherwise

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Speaker 1: You know his name because he's a star, but you

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Speaker 1: This was not a decision that was made haphazardly. It

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Speaker 1: with that in mind, welcome into what we would normally

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Speaker 1: We just haven't done one in so long. I kind

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Speaker 1: Here's what I'm gonna do because we haven't done this

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Speaker 1: what's funny is I didn't do the show that differently

429
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Speaker 1: back then than I do it now. It's just that

430
00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:38,160
Speaker 1: it wasn't going to take off overnight. Nothing worthwhile ever does.

431
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Speaker 1: And when I I'm not going to waste your time

432
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Speaker 1: on this. But a lot of times I'll do consultations,

433
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Speaker 1: or I'll talk to someone who's fresh out of college,

434
00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,920
Speaker 1: or maybe they're trying the YouTube game, or maybe they're

435
00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,600
Speaker 1: trying local news and they think they're good, they think

436
00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,399
Speaker 1: they're talented, they think they have something to say, but

437
00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,159
Speaker 1: they're not getting results, and it can be disheartening. That

438
00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,240
Speaker 1: can apply to many walks of life. By the way,

439
00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,680
Speaker 1: you may be doing everything right. It just takes time,

440
00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,720
Speaker 1: and you may have put all the ingredients together. You

441
00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,240
Speaker 1: may have set the time or right, but it doesn't

442
00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:08,320
Speaker 1: cook as fast as you want it to. Sometimes sometimes

443
00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:09,920
Speaker 1: you got to set that thing for forty five minutes

444
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Speaker 1: and forget it and come back later after you did

445
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Speaker 1: a crossword puzzle or you know, went to jog and oh,

446
00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,800
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, this turkey looks like it's come

447
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Speaker 1: a long way. You just got to let it based

448
00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:20,920
Speaker 1: in there. You gotta let it cook for a little while.

449
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Speaker 1: And that's what we had to do. It may look

450
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Speaker 1: overnight to someone who didn't live in Columbus and didn't

451
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Speaker 1: know anything about the show down there. I promise it

452
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Speaker 1: was not overnight. It was over several several years worth

453
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Speaker 1: of nights. Here's two other questions that I think go

454
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Speaker 1: hand in hand. So the first one is how many

455
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Speaker 1: wins do you think would be realistic for Virginia Tech

456
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Speaker 1: next year? And then the other question was what is

457
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Speaker 1: a dark horse team to watch out for in twenty

458
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Speaker 1: twenty four. I'm gonna say Virginia Tech. So I kind

459
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Speaker 1: of think Miami, also in the ACC, fits this because

460
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Speaker 1: I don't think anyone views Miami as a playoff contender

461
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Speaker 1: because you're still applying four team logic in twelve team

462
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Speaker 1: logic with cam Ward may be there fringe back their

463
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Speaker 1: way in playoff contender, but I also think Virginia Tech

464
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Speaker 1: is gonna be I don't know if I call them

465
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Speaker 1: a playoff contender. I know they have really good pieces

466
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Speaker 1: up there that are coming back. I think they probably

467
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Speaker 1: still need to upgrade their recruiting mechanism a little bit more,

468
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Speaker 1: but the guys that are coming back are part of

469
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Speaker 1: what was a total overhaul last year. They ended up

470
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Speaker 1: winning seven games after I think went in three the

471
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Speaker 1: year before, and their rushing output went from the hundreds

472
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Speaker 1: to the twenties, and so I didn't know, I didn't

473
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Speaker 1: know what to expect from Brent Prye when he took

474
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Speaker 1: that job. And now all of a sudden, you kind

475
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Speaker 1: of start hearing a little drum beat when you talk

476
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Speaker 1: to folks in the acc a little bit more behind

477
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Speaker 1: the scenes, they'll mention Virginia Tech. They don't lead the

478
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Speaker 1: sentence with them, like people are way more fascinated with

479
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Speaker 1: norvel Is Dabbo gonna get things right? Will Mario do

480
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,240
Speaker 1: anything at Miami? You know, what's this addition of Jeff

481
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Speaker 1: Collins gonna do for the defense at North Carolina. But

482
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Speaker 1: then they'll mention Virginia Tech. So you've got the best

483
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Speaker 1: of both worlds. You've got excitement, but the national audience

484
00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:03,960
Speaker 1: they have not latched on yet. That's just our little secret.

485
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Speaker 1: Right now, let's go with Andrew's question here, and I'm

486
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Speaker 1: gonna be really free and loose with this thing. So

487
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Speaker 1: he said, if you could put regulation on the transfer portal,

488
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Speaker 1: what would it be? Okay, so my perfect world and

489
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,880
Speaker 1: not what's realistic, Right, We're gonna go pure fantasy world here.

490
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Speaker 1: I would I would just hit the fast forward button

491
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Speaker 1: so we could get to wherever we're going. Let's just

492
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Speaker 1: say employment status or non employment status. But let's say

493
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Speaker 1: there is a world where legitimate revenue sharing is happening

494
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Speaker 1: with the players. So you know, whether you go play

495
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:41,480
Speaker 1: offensive guard at Auburn or you play middle linebacker at Arkansas,

496
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Speaker 1: you're getting a set dollar figure because you are an

497
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Speaker 1: SEC football player. And same for the Big twelve acc

498
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Speaker 1: Big Ten. You're getting a certain dollar figure that coincides

499
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Speaker 1: with the revenue sharing agreement that you enter into by

500
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Speaker 1: being a scholarship athlete, a scholarship football play your net conference. Okay,

501
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,160
Speaker 1: so you already know ahead of time I'm gonna I'm

502
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Speaker 1: gonna go play in the Big Ten, no matter where

503
00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,800
Speaker 1: I commit. I'm gonna make fifty sixty grand a year

504
00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:12,080
Speaker 1: because that's the revenue sharing cut that I get. All right,

505
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Speaker 1: So everyone would go for that. It would be great.

506
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Speaker 1: And when I say everyone, I mean every player. They

507
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,200
Speaker 1: would love that. You can still do your NIL deal,

508
00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,640
Speaker 1: but it's just that at that point NIL would kind

509
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Speaker 1: of move to the back burner a little bit. And

510
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Speaker 1: what NIL would be is what it's supposed to be. Like,

511
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Speaker 1: if you already know you're gonna be, You're gonna get

512
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Speaker 1: a quarter million plus just for having played college football,

513
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Speaker 1: no matter if you're a starter or not. You know,

514
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Speaker 1: someone offering you inducements via NIL doesn't carry nearly as

515
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Speaker 1: big an impact. And wait, so what NIL would be

516
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Speaker 1: is it would go to the Bryce Youngs of the world.

517
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Speaker 1: It would go to the CJ. Strouds of the world.

518
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Speaker 1: It would go to I don't know, like pick any

519
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Speaker 1: Caleb Williams. It would go to those guys because those

520
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Speaker 1: are the guys that in a normal market would get

521
00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,600
Speaker 1: endorsement deals and endorsement money. What NIL is right now

522
00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,639
Speaker 1: is just pay for play and recruiting, which is not

523
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Speaker 1: supposed to be so in a future world, what I

524
00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:09,080
Speaker 1: would love is, here's your money. Everybody's getting money, and

525
00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:12,400
Speaker 1: you're free to enter into endorsement and licensing deals above

526
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:17,080
Speaker 1: and beyond that. But in exchange for this, I would

527
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Speaker 1: like to see the conferences become what the NCAA is now.

528
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Speaker 1: I would like the SEC to police itself, the Big

529
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Speaker 1: ten to police itself. And you may think that sounds crazy,

530
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Speaker 1: it's not at all. Everyone in those conferences wants there

531
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Speaker 1: to be rules enforced. It's just that if they're not

532
00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:34,520
Speaker 1: going to be enforced, they're not going to get caught

533
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,880
Speaker 1: on the sideline. So everybody's tampering, and just about everyone's

534
00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:39,760
Speaker 1: doing stuff they're not supposed to do with NIL. But

535
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Speaker 1: what a lot of them are screaming behind the scenes

536
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Speaker 1: is if you'll get this under control. We got no

537
00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:48,600
Speaker 1: problem operating within parameters. There just are none right now.

538
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,080
Speaker 1: What I'd love to see is the Big ten or

539
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,720
Speaker 1: the SEC police themselves and say here is a ton

540
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,480
Speaker 1: of money to the players every year. We as a

541
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Speaker 1: conference are in the NIL game. Now. A trade off

542
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,720
Speaker 1: number one. If you go and you play wide receiver

543
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,680
Speaker 1: at ole Miss and we're giving you this much money

544
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,960
Speaker 1: per year, you're putting your name on a piece of

545
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Speaker 1: paper that locks you in three years minimum unless your

546
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Speaker 1: head coach leaves. That's what I'd love for NIL and

547
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Speaker 1: Portal to look like. And then if you either graduate

548
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 1: or you serve your three years, you can transfer, you

549
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,359
Speaker 1: can go to the NFL, you can do whatever you

550
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Speaker 1: want to. But in exchange for us giving you a

551
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Speaker 1: lot of money, you are going to put your name

552
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Speaker 1: on a piece of paper that locks you in for

553
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,320
Speaker 1: a certain portion of time. That's my perfect world. That's

554
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Speaker 1: what it would look like. Now. Legally, no one knows

555
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,760
Speaker 1: whether we'll ever get there because there are a ton

556
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,000
Speaker 1: of very tall hurdles to clear. But you didn't ask

557
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,160
Speaker 1: me for realism. You asked me for idealism. So that's

558
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Speaker 1: idealistic for me. Davis from Knoxville, what is the best

559
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:53,439
Speaker 1: song off the Rumors album? That would be Dreams? John

560
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Speaker 1: Will Missouri, ole Miss, Tennessee shake up the SEC pecking order.

561
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Speaker 1: I think the only way for them to do that

562
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,320
Speaker 1: is for one of them to jump up and go

563
00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:05,800
Speaker 1: to the SEC championship game. If ole Miss did that,

564
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:07,879
Speaker 1: that would shake up the pecking order. If Tennessee did that,

565
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,080
Speaker 1: that would shake up the pecking order. Obviously, if Missouri

566
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Speaker 1: did that. Short of that, no, I don't. I don't

567
00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,600
Speaker 1: know that it's gonna shake up the pecking order all

568
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,480
Speaker 1: that much. And hey, here's a related note or a question.

569
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Speaker 1: I guess what's the pecking order gonna be? You kind

570
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,879
Speaker 1: of got to redefine it now that Alabama's in transition

571
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,280
Speaker 1: a little bit. It's Georgia, Like, we know they're gonna

572
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,159
Speaker 1: be up there, but do you understand what kind of

573
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,200
Speaker 1: jockeying for position there's about to be right there next

574
00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 1: to or underneath Georgia right now, next up? Why do

575
00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:41,879
Speaker 1: you hate lsu I don't. Hamilton asked, are conference championships

576
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,439
Speaker 1: a waste and should they be done away with? I

577
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:45,919
Speaker 1: don't know what the answer to this is. To me.

578
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 1: They've never been a waste in the old format. In

579
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Speaker 1: the new format, man, I don't know. I don't know.

580
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 1: I get the sense we may be headed towards a

581
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:57,240
Speaker 1: period where you watch the conference title games and you

582
00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,120
Speaker 1: can't ignore the voice in the back of your head

583
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 1: that says, it kind of feels dumb that we're playing

584
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,960
Speaker 1: this added game when you know in the Big Ten,

585
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:05,960
Speaker 1: we know both of these teams are in the playoff,

586
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: or in the SEC, we know both of these teams

587
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,000
Speaker 1: are going to be in the playoff, or you know,

588
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:12,160
Speaker 1: let's say you were watching Florida State and let's say

589
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,239
Speaker 1: they go twelve to zero again and they're playing a

590
00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:19,760
Speaker 1: conference title game, and you know, without that game, they're

591
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 1: guaranteed a one seed, and the conference is voluntarily having

592
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 1: them play a conference title game that, if they lose,

593
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 1: takes them out of the top four, takes away a

594
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,240
Speaker 1: home playoff game, or however that's going to work, or

595
00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:37,040
Speaker 1: maybe a first round by I also think there's this

596
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,960
Speaker 1: other scenario that could happen where you know, Notre Dame

597
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 1: goes undefeated, but since they don't plan a conference title game,

598
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 1: they cannot get a top four seed or a first

599
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:48,480
Speaker 1: round by because that's a rule right now. I don't

600
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,600
Speaker 1: know if you guys realize that, but that's a rule

601
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,320
Speaker 1: right now, and to you it sounds fair. I'm saying

602
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,480
Speaker 1: from the Notre Dame perspective, if they have a perfect

603
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 1: season and they get in their mind screwed out of

604
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:02,520
Speaker 1: a top spot because they don't have a conference title game,

605
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,200
Speaker 1: would that force them to reconsider their stance? Would it

606
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:07,120
Speaker 1: force them to join a conference like I don't know

607
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 1: what the answer to that is, but I do think

608
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,480
Speaker 1: there's a world coming where, especially if we get a rematch,

609
00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:17,160
Speaker 1: a sudden rematch in a conference title game. Use Ohio

610
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 1: State Michigan for example, there is a world this coming

611
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:23,920
Speaker 1: year where they play the last week of the regular season,

612
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,400
Speaker 1: then they play again in the Big Ten title game

613
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 1: six days later. Then they both go to the playoff,

614
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 1: and they could meet there for a third time and

615
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 1: forget the playoff like that would be egregious, But even

616
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:41,040
Speaker 1: the immediate rematch, I think that would make a lot

617
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:42,800
Speaker 1: of people look around and say, what are we doing

618
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 1: right now? How could we possibly structure the sport like this?

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Speaker 1: Danny up next, what is your least exciting football memory?

620
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 1: You know, I'll go major memories. I think the twoenty

621
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 1: eighteen national title games sucked, and that was one where

622
00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:00,480
Speaker 1: Clemson won in a blowout. It didn't suck causse clem won.

623
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 1: I mean that was a great team, like, congrats to them.

624
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,880
Speaker 1: I just thought the setting was terrible, Like Santa Clara,

625
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:11,160
Speaker 1: California should never be hosting anything related to college football.

626
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,080
Speaker 1: But we got into this era that we're still in

627
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,880
Speaker 1: where we let cities bid on things instead of rewarding

628
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,560
Speaker 1: classical college football cities with national championship games, and you know,

629
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 1: saying that's it, we're done with it. So we go

630
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,520
Speaker 1: out there and it's in a place where no one's

631
00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 1: excited for the game. I mean we're in we're in

632
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:31,800
Speaker 1: close to San Jose, so I think the media hotels

633
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,920
Speaker 1: in San Jose and the games in Santa Clara where

634
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:37,160
Speaker 1: the Niners play, of course, and like the town, there

635
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,680
Speaker 1: was zero buzz in the town. No one cared, and

636
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,880
Speaker 1: it poured down rain, which they can't control. But even

637
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:47,520
Speaker 1: the things that were within college football's control. They just

638
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:50,880
Speaker 1: screwed that up. And I know it's a memorable experience

639
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 1: for a Clemson fan because you won a title. So imagine,

640
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,760
Speaker 1: if you're a Clemson fan, just remove the you know,

641
00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 1: Orange Tiger Paul from your cheek for a second and

642
00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:03,040
Speaker 1: imagine being agnostic to either of the teams, but you're

643
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:06,920
Speaker 1: just there for the experience. I cannot, in strong enough

644
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 1: terms explain to you how different it is to go

645
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:14,640
Speaker 1: to a title game in New Orleans or Miami versus

646
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,040
Speaker 1: going to one in Santa Clara, California. I mean, it

647
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 1: was a total abomination that college football put a title

648
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,200
Speaker 1: game there, so I didn't like that. And then the

649
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 1: weather just compounded matters. But I didn't like that one

650
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 1: at all. Let's go ahead and get Joe's question out

651
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,479
Speaker 1: of the way. I knew this was going to come

652
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 1: up at some point. Are you related to Connor Stallions?

653
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,320
Speaker 1: I don't know that I'm allowed to answer that right now, Joe,

654
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,479
Speaker 1: you know what, I'm not doing it. I'm not going

655
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: to answer that right now. I'm sorry, I can't. The end.

656
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:48,920
Speaker 1: Mccallis from Buffalo, New York. Who you guys are buried

657
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 1: up there right now, aren't you, he said, I'm moving

658
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 1: from New York to Arkansas. Okay, tell me your Stormchaser

659
00:31:55,680 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 1: starter pack. Please watch a ton of material learn before

660
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:05,480
Speaker 1: you go out and try and chase storms. You end

661
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 1: up putting yourself in a world of trouble and a

662
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 1: world of danger when you watch a couple of YouTube

663
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 1: videos and then decide I'm going to go chase storms.

664
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 1: Why well, these roads are public, They're available to everyone.

665
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 1: No one can tell me not to. That's true, legally,

666
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 1: no one can tell you not to. But let me

667
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:23,960
Speaker 1: tell you. We were just up in Illinois this past

668
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 1: year storm chasing, and we were chasing at the time

669
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 1: a rain wrapped tornado. Now, we were doing what we

670
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,320
Speaker 1: call hook slicing, which means we were eventually going to

671
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 1: come into a dry slot. We eventually knew we were

672
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:38,120
Speaker 1: going to see it, but we were having to get

673
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,880
Speaker 1: really really close, and it was hilly terrain and it

674
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: was not an ideal situation. So we get in the clear.

675
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 1: Tornado is just crossed the highway in front of us,

676
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,600
Speaker 1: and it's kind of over in a field. It's moving

677
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:52,720
Speaker 1: from our right to our left as we're facing and

678
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 1: it's kind of moving from east northeast to west southwest,

679
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:01,760
Speaker 1: and there was another chaser, legit chaser in front of

680
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 1: us who decided that he wanted to try and take

681
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 1: a left turn, even though that puts him in the path.

682
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 1: And the problem was it was dirt roads and he

683
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,280
Speaker 1: didn't know what he was doing. They weren't familiar with

684
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 1: the terrain, and he ends up getting rolled by it,

685
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:17,320
Speaker 1: literally rolled several times in his car. And so we

686
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 1: come up on him, tornadoes fading in the distance, We

687
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 1: come up on him. We don't know if he's alive

688
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,440
Speaker 1: or dead. We're the first responder in that case, and

689
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 1: we check on him and he's okay. So then we

690
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:32,360
Speaker 1: keep moving and no kidding, a power line took our

691
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,680
Speaker 1: campertop off the truck like a clothesline in pro wrestling.

692
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 1: Just took our campertop off the truck because we could

693
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 1: not see, and we drove right under it. Not good,

694
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,560
Speaker 1: and we're paying attention and we almost got ourselves in

695
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 1: trouble there. So my point is everybody associated in that

696
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 1: exchange was an experienced stormchaser, done it for a long time,

697
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:55,080
Speaker 1: and there are things out of your control. In fact,

698
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 1: all of it is out of your control. So my

699
00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:00,960
Speaker 1: advice would be don't do it. That would be my

700
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,480
Speaker 1: first advice. And then if you do do it, find

701
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,800
Speaker 1: someone who knows what they're doing, don't be going out

702
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:09,920
Speaker 1: on your own, and thirdly, have a supreme, supreme respect

703
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,920
Speaker 1: for what it is you're dealing with. Brian is next

704
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,759
Speaker 1: up from Fowler, California. He said, underrated game day experiences

705
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 1: and atmosphere as a fan should attend. So I am

706
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,719
Speaker 1: going to stand by this. I think South Carolina's got

707
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,360
Speaker 1: the most underrated game day atmosphere in all of college football.

708
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,600
Speaker 1: I've been there for several big games. I have always

709
00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:31,000
Speaker 1: been amazed and impressed at the energy in that place.

710
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:32,880
Speaker 1: You don't even have to be field level, just be

711
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 1: in the stands, but if you can be on field level,

712
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 1: student section very engaged. There's some unique in stadium traditions

713
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 1: that they do, and it's a really fun time. And

714
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,200
Speaker 1: what I always tell people, if I've taken them there

715
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:45,719
Speaker 1: for the first time, or if I know they're going

716
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,480
Speaker 1: for the first time, South Carolina may or may not

717
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:52,879
Speaker 1: be good in that given year, but it's largely irrelevant

718
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 1: if you go for the right game. And so I

719
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,040
Speaker 1: tell people go in there and when it's charged up.

720
00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:00,960
Speaker 1: Close your eyes for like fifty teen seconds and just

721
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:05,239
Speaker 1: kind of experience it and ask yourself what does this

722
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 1: feel like? And your answer will be this feels like

723
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:10,920
Speaker 1: a premier venue. This feels like a premier destination atmosphere.

724
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,080
Speaker 1: And then you open your eyes and oh, it's WILLIAMS.

725
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:16,399
Speaker 1: Brice Stadium in South Carolina. Wow. Like I never talk

726
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:18,799
Speaker 1: to people who go there for big games and are underwhelmed.

727
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 1: It's only the opposite. And I think if they ever win,

728
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,480
Speaker 1: if South Carolina ever gets back even to the level

729
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:26,239
Speaker 1: you know that spur your had them at for a

730
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 1: few years, and a kind of a new college football

731
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:33,399
Speaker 1: generation can see that place at full throat, can see

732
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,680
Speaker 1: that place in all of its glory. I think that

733
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 1: South Carolina would kind of have a renaissance of sorts

734
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,400
Speaker 1: when it comes to the perspective of their program, because

735
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,960
Speaker 1: I think the spectacle of the atmosphere that would be

736
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,280
Speaker 1: presented would be something that would take people by surprise.

737
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 1: Let's go with Jerry here. Jerry actually didn't have a

738
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 1: question at all. That's just to make believe name, to

739
00:35:55,520 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 1: fool you and swerve you into the ad break. Welcome

740
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 1: back for those unfamiliar. It's kind of a game we

741
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:06,120
Speaker 1: play amongst each other here. When I do these audio onlypods,

742
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:09,560
Speaker 1: which is what a podcast is, I am obligated to

743
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 1: throw in an AD break. What I'm not obligated to

744
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 1: do is tell anyone when it's coming. And there is

745
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:17,759
Speaker 1: sort of an Olympic style sport that forms and has

746
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,360
Speaker 1: formed amongst the listener base as to trying to guess

747
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 1: when it's coming. No one's good at it. I've never

748
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,000
Speaker 1: handed out a gold medal, maybe a couple of bronzes,

749
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 1: but normally I'm on top of my game case in

750
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,520
Speaker 1: point right there, and all of a sudden, you're sitting

751
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:32,520
Speaker 1: there ten seconds into an AD read and you're saying, wait,

752
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:35,640
Speaker 1: what just happened? Well, what happened is you got served

753
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:38,799
Speaker 1: and you got swerved back to the questions. And this

754
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,839
Speaker 1: is a tough one. I can feel the pain dripping off.

755
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:43,400
Speaker 1: I'm not even going to read the name out of respect,

756
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 1: but he said, I'm a twenty year old who attends

757
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:49,239
Speaker 1: South Alabama. How do I handle this week? If you

758
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:52,840
Speaker 1: haven't been following, Caitlyn de Boor took the job at BAMA,

759
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:56,719
Speaker 1: and he hired South Alabama's head coach Caine Womack as

760
00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:00,440
Speaker 1: his new defensive coordinator, which begs the question, how are

761
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:04,120
Speaker 1: you supposed to feel if you're a legitimate fan or

762
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,960
Speaker 1: a current student or alumni of one of those schools

763
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,360
Speaker 1: and your head coach is taking coordinator jobs. Well, you

764
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: shouldn't feel good. At the same time, I don't think

765
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:17,320
Speaker 1: you should just go and hurl yourself off the nearest

766
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:19,839
Speaker 1: pier into the Gulf of Mexico. As it were, Things

767
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:24,400
Speaker 1: will be okay. I've always maintained that this is just

768
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 1: more evidence we never should have been classifying what we

769
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:32,560
Speaker 1: call FBS together to begin with. It's always been insane,

770
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 1: now even more so. But it's always been insane to

771
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:39,960
Speaker 1: pretend that Alabama and South Alabama play the same sport.

772
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:43,239
Speaker 1: It's always been crazy to me to pretend that Texas

773
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:48,239
Speaker 1: and UTSA play the same sport, and South Alabama and

774
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:51,839
Speaker 1: UTSA are pretty solid G five programs, but it's never

775
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,800
Speaker 1: made sense to me that that exists. We long ago

776
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:58,640
Speaker 1: could have been forward thinking enough to have someone with

777
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 1: common sense say no, there are about forty eight to

778
00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:04,759
Speaker 1: sixty teams that play one caliber of football and have

779
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,799
Speaker 1: one caliber of resource and facility ET cetera. And then

780
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:10,680
Speaker 1: there's another group of teams, and what we could have

781
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 1: done is put a brick wall between them, maybe with

782
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:15,719
Speaker 1: a swinging door, so you can occasionally add one or

783
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:18,239
Speaker 1: subtract one, and you can schedule out of conference games

784
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:20,920
Speaker 1: against each other. But someone long ago should have said, no,

785
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:23,880
Speaker 1: one of these is going to have its own postseason

786
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:25,840
Speaker 1: in bowl structure, and then the other one's going to

787
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:27,840
Speaker 1: have its own postseason. The fact that we don't have

788
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:30,239
Speaker 1: a G five playoff is insane to me. But no,

789
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:34,719
Speaker 1: for the sake of someone out there shouting into the oblivion, oh,

790
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,720
Speaker 1: everyone's got to have a shot. They deserve a shot.

791
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,839
Speaker 1: In exchange for that, here you are. I'm not saying

792
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:44,440
Speaker 1: it would have kept big time programs from poaching your coaches.

793
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,319
Speaker 1: When I look at this happen, I always think of

794
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: it as a perfect case study on the argument I've

795
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:53,480
Speaker 1: always tried to make in that why are we pretending

796
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 1: that these are the same thing? You know, when we

797
00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 1: get towards November and we're looking at playoff rankings and

798
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:03,400
Speaker 1: you've got a team that's undefeated against a G five schedule,

799
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:06,160
Speaker 1: and you've got a team that's ten and two against

800
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:09,000
Speaker 1: an sec schedule. We got folks in the back of

801
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 1: the room. We got folks in the front of the

802
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 1: room saying, well, you can't ignore undefeated. You are what

803
00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:16,320
Speaker 1: your record says you are. Like, obviously that came against

804
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:19,879
Speaker 1: a different caliber of schedule than the ten and two.

805
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:23,279
Speaker 1: Did you know what my evidence is? Head coaches are

806
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:27,040
Speaker 1: leaving one pond to go be coordinators in the other ocean?

807
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 1: Like what more evidence do you need? And not to

808
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:33,279
Speaker 1: mention recruiting rankings and NFL draft profiles and all of

809
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,799
Speaker 1: the above, just the eyeball test. I mean, my mom

810
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:39,360
Speaker 1: could tell you, eh, I don't think that twenty seven

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Speaker 1: thousand people have gathered in this stadium to watch the

812
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,240
Speaker 1: same product that one hundred and ten thousand have gathered

813
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Speaker 1: to watch over here. But I digress. Thus far we

814
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:50,479
Speaker 1: have not gotten smart enough to do the right thing,

815
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Speaker 1: and so instead we have one hundred and thirty three

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00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:56,759
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Speaker 1: You know my belief on this I think you do

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Speaker 1: in this case did speak for themselves last year. But

855
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:13,240
Speaker 1: here's the thing. So if Miami had a poverty roster,

856
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 1: it would be one thing, because Florida State's put together

857
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:17,920
Speaker 1: a really good talent roster, and they've done it through

858
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 1: recruiting and the portal and that's not going to change

859
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:23,840
Speaker 1: anytime soon. But Miami doesn't have a poverty roster. Miami

860
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:27,680
Speaker 1: probably underachieved a little bit, maybe underachieved with their guys

861
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 1: last year. But the thing about it is a lot

862
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:32,760
Speaker 1: of their key players were freshmen, and this incoming class,

863
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 1: a lot of those guys will play too. But Miami

864
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:37,279
Speaker 1: now just added one of the best quarterbacks out of

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00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:40,360
Speaker 1: the portal that class with you know, Reuben Bain and

866
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:43,560
Speaker 1: Francis Milegoua. It adds another year of seasoning and it

867
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:47,920
Speaker 1: gets reinforced with another top five wave of talent this

868
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: upcoming year. There's not a big gap talent wise, and

869
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:55,000
Speaker 1: talent's not the end all be all, but talent is

870
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 1: one of the fundamental starting ingredients to on field production.

871
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 1: I think we all admit to that at least, and

872
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:02,560
Speaker 1: so I don't think the gap is nearly as wide

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00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:07,040
Speaker 1: between those two. But the third school, Florida, that's the

874
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:10,640
Speaker 1: one I'm really concerned about. And I don't know, I

875
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:12,640
Speaker 1: can't paint you a path right now. I mean, I

876
00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:15,040
Speaker 1: don't have anything against Billy Napier. I like Billy Napier,

877
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,319
Speaker 1: but they're in one down there right now, and they

878
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,759
Speaker 1: got maybe the toughest schedule in the country this coming

879
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:23,440
Speaker 1: year to where it may be so difficult. Even if

880
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 1: they have improved noticeably, it may not be able to

881
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:28,919
Speaker 1: show up on the field, and it may not show

882
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:30,920
Speaker 1: up in the win loss column. And at that point,

883
00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:33,799
Speaker 1: if he's three years in and they don't really have

884
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:35,400
Speaker 1: anything to show for it, if they're not in a

885
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:38,880
Speaker 1: solid bowl game at least, I'm not sure what the

886
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:43,120
Speaker 1: future holds there. Logan. Up next, how did your Xavier

887
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 1: Worthy dark horse Heisman pick end up from Murrayville, Georgia.

888
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,479
Speaker 1: He didn't win the Heisman, so I guess it didn't

889
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:51,000
Speaker 1: end up. Well, that's why it was called a dark horse, Logan.

890
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:53,120
Speaker 1: I think we can wrap it up with this one

891
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:56,680
Speaker 1: good question. Why isn't college football year round from Spartanburg,

892
00:43:56,719 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 1: South Carolina. Well, as far as I can tell, it

893
00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 1: is because we do these shows year round. One of

894
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:05,840
Speaker 1: my biggest complaints back in the day was I watched

895
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:09,320
Speaker 1: the NBA get covered all year, and I watched the

896
00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:12,160
Speaker 1: NFL get covered all year, and I thought to myself self,

897
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:15,560
Speaker 1: college football's got a ton going on all the time,

898
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 1: and yet it's not covered. Like I would watch ESPN

899
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,719
Speaker 1: and they would go through the National Championship and they'd

900
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:23,839
Speaker 1: do some stuff for signing Day, and then it would

901
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:27,279
Speaker 1: be ghost mode until spring games and then ghost mode

902
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:32,719
Speaker 1: again until media days. Meanwhile, the NFL, they had Ota reports,

903
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:35,839
Speaker 1: and they had a draft coverage wall to wall for

904
00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:38,560
Speaker 1: like a month and a half. They had free agency news.

905
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:42,560
Speaker 1: Everything was covered. Well, you can either complain about it

906
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 1: or you can do something about it. So we weren't alone.

907
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:48,320
Speaker 1: But I went to work to putting together a show

908
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:50,759
Speaker 1: that covered the sport year round and shined a proper

909
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:54,160
Speaker 1: light on it year round. And now more than ever

910
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:57,720
Speaker 1: with what the portal has done and with how coaching

911
00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:01,960
Speaker 1: moves work, this sport is a year round sport. And

912
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,239
Speaker 1: that's not just for the diehard fan. Like if you're

913
00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:07,799
Speaker 1: a casual fan out there, welcome. And if you think

914
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:10,360
Speaker 1: to yourself, well, the season's over now, well, the football

915
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:12,360
Speaker 1: games on the field are over now. But if you

916
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:15,640
Speaker 1: want to equip yourself with the knowledge to truly understand

917
00:45:15,719 --> 00:45:18,520
Speaker 1: this game, there are going to be things happen over

918
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,560
Speaker 1: the next four or five months before fall camp starts

919
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:24,880
Speaker 1: that are imperative to have knowledge of in order for

920
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:26,719
Speaker 1: you to properly understand what you're watching. In the fall.

921
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,680
Speaker 1: It's still entertaining whether you know it or not. But man,

922
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:32,560
Speaker 1: there's a ton that goes on right now. There's never

923
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 1: been more moving parts off the field than there are

924
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:37,280
Speaker 1: right now in college football. So to answer the question,

925
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:40,839
Speaker 1: it is year round, and we will be here year round.

926
00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I do two of these live shows per week,

927
00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:45,399
Speaker 1: We'll do another Mailbag Pod per week, and we don't

928
00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:48,000
Speaker 1: stop that. We just keep going. And we're fortunate that

929
00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:51,400
Speaker 1: CBS allows us the runway to do that. But to

930
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:53,960
Speaker 1: be honest, it's hard for them to say no, cause

931
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:55,719
Speaker 1: you guys are here. We had the number one college

932
00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:57,520
Speaker 1: football show in the country yesterday, by the way I

933
00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:00,359
Speaker 1: looked at the charts. So we're doing good. And if

934
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Speaker 1: you're not watching on YouTube, I suggest you do that

935
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:05,000
Speaker 1: as well. Late Caick. In fact, it's anywhere you search

936
00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:07,360
Speaker 1: that's the same thing Latekick with Josh Paip. So. I

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00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:11,400
Speaker 1: appreciate you guys, sincerely. The mail Bag Pod is back,

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Speaker 1: maybe better than ever, but at least it's back. So

939
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Speaker 1: if you want to submit, you know, how to do it.

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Speaker 1: I'll put out the call to action, probably Monday or

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Speaker 1: Tuesday of every week, and I will aggregate and I

942
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Speaker 1: will respond accordingly. So for Bradley, the associate who is

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944
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