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Speaker 1: What do you think is the best sport in the country.

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Speaker 1: Where do you think the best port in the world.

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Speaker 1: I think it's college football. That's why I do a

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Speaker 1: college football show. If you agree with me, thumbs up. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I see a lot of thumbs If you agree with me,

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Speaker 1: say it with me. College football, college football, college and

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Speaker 1: football put together. You never just say football. Do you

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Speaker 1: notice that? Now? I'm going somewhere with this. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: be in about twenty minutes, but I'm going somewhere with this.

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Speaker 1: Where jam packed. We're high atop a sunny downtown Nashville, Tennessee.

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Speaker 1: It is beautiful. It is Thursday, September eighteenth, the year

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Speaker 1: of our lower twenty twenty five. Lick that index finger

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Speaker 1: sticking in the air. Do you feel upsets coming on?

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Speaker 1: It is Upsettlert Thursday. I'm gonna put a rate on

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Speaker 1: a lot of these and Jesse, I think we had

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Speaker 1: we got some eights, we got some sevens. We have

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Speaker 1: we have potential upsets on the horizon. We will talk

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Speaker 1: about that. I've got a brand new Commissioner's poll. You

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Speaker 1: asked for it. I wanted it to be one time

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Speaker 1: and one time only. And here we are every Thursday.

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Speaker 1: It's a new staple of the show. Yes, not power ratings,

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Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen, not neutral field favorability, but my rankings.

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Speaker 1: Since no one at the AP is going to watch

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Speaker 1: the games, I will, and this of course will end

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Speaker 1: if I don't secure the College Football Playoff Commissioner spot

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Speaker 1: with a spot for me on the playoff committee. It's

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Speaker 1: one or the other.

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Speaker 2: It's your choice.

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Speaker 1: Take a pick, pick a poison, and Cublick may join

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Speaker 1: us if Jesse right, if we can get the shots

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Speaker 1: set up. We don't know. No one knows. We don't know.

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Speaker 1: It's anyone's guests. I do know this. They're watching us

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Speaker 1: in San Antonio, Texas, Seattle, Washington, Athens, Ohio, and Athens,

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Speaker 1: Alabama in the live chat and Gainesville, Florida. Also Bradley

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Speaker 1: JC from Emphis is tuned in. JC hooked Bradley up

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Speaker 1: with the new phone. He paid full price, but still

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Speaker 1: JAC shouted us out, and so we want to shout

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Speaker 1: him out. We appreciate him for getting Bradley hooked up.

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Speaker 1: One of the last remaining people who had never owned

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Speaker 1: an iPhone now a proud owner. So we can tell

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Speaker 1: when Bradley's gotten our text messages. I am headed to

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Speaker 1: Nebraska tomorrow with Taylor and Will and the bus and

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Speaker 1: bowl happening up there. We're gonna do a live event

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Speaker 1: tomorrow night at a spectacular venue, a theater there in Lincoln,

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Speaker 1: so we'll be on hand for that. I'll be on

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Speaker 1: the sideline at the game Saturday. Hey, did you hear Jesse,

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Speaker 1: I'm doing some stuff with CBS Saturday morning. See our

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Speaker 1: old friends up there, and Matt Whomstead of Funk that

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Speaker 1: you know, gonna possibly share a desk with Canel. You

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Speaker 1: never know what can happen when you show up in Nebraska.

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Speaker 1: Here's what you do need to know. You need to

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Speaker 1: be following on Instagram at Josh pat CFB because I'll

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Speaker 1: have you a ton of behind the scenes stuff from

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Speaker 1: up there. And also, Friday Night Lines will emanate from

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Speaker 1: a nondescript hotel somewhere in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it's going

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Speaker 1: to be a traditional Friday Night Lines. I think it's

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Speaker 1: going to be a little bit later in the evening

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Speaker 1: after the live event and I get back to the

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Speaker 1: hotel room, so like classic Friday Night Lines, as the

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Speaker 1: Good Lord intended, after dark, and I will let you

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Speaker 1: know tomorrow. Keep an eye on the story twitter feed.

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Speaker 1: I'll let you know what time exactly. But in the meantime,

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Speaker 1: for those interested in upsets, this could be your Saturday.

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Speaker 1: Because this is being looked at. It's sort of the

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Speaker 1: Saturday before the Saturday it was next Saturday. I don't

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Speaker 1: want to get ahead of ourselves. We've already started prep

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Speaker 1: for next week. We've got a monstrous slate next week,

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Speaker 1: and so everyone's looking ahead and no one's realizing, Hey,

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Speaker 1: Georgia State beat Vandy last week or last year, and

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Speaker 1: they play them this week. Does does anyone even have

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Speaker 1: any idea who USC plays before they go play Illinois?

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Speaker 1: I do, and I'm looking at these games. So let's

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Speaker 1: start in Clemson, South Carolina for the road team. Here,

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Speaker 1: Syracuse getting sixteen and a half right now, they're playing

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Speaker 1: a team in Clemson that has trailed everyone so far

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Speaker 1: me Illinois at an eight on the upset alert concern

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Speaker 1: in the SEC I'm not sure. Talk about that more

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Speaker 1: That sounds disrespectful. It's fine. It's fine. If they feel disrespected,

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Speaker 1: either that or they're just actively hating Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech. No,

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Speaker 1: like I said the other night, it's a party, and

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Speaker 1: there are some invitations sent out in the preseason, and

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Speaker 1: Vandy's and Georgia Tech never arrived because they never got

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Speaker 1: an invite, and they've had the audacity to show up anyway,

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Speaker 1: and the AP has no idea what to do with them.

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Speaker 1: It would be rude to just send them home like

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Speaker 1: they knocked on the door. Hey, hello, we just beat Clemson,

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Speaker 1: your preseason national championship pick. By the way, we just

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Speaker 1: beat Clemson. Where should we sit? Oh, go over to

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Speaker 1: the chair number eighteen. Over there is open Go over there,

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Speaker 1: Stay quiet, please, And no, we don't have any food

437
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Speaker 1: for you. You can eat here, Georgia Tech. Our table is open.

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Speaker 1: Pate State welcomes Vandy and Georgia Tech at ten to nine.

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Speaker 1: Number eight Team Texas A and M is a top

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Speaker 1: ten team. Best team in the state of Texas, I

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Speaker 1: think so. Right now. Penn State is number seven, Florida

442
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Speaker 1: State is number six. Now I noticed something. The commissioner's

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Speaker 1: pole is having an effect. We're not wasting our time here.

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Speaker 1: The commissioner's pole is having an effect because when Florida

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Speaker 1: State beat Bama in Week one, the Commissioner's poll immediately

446
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Speaker 1: vaulted Florida State. The AP was cautious, but then they

447
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Speaker 1: got drug for it. Florida State has played East Texas

448
00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,000
Speaker 1: A and M and had a bye week. Since then,

449
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Speaker 1: the AP has quietly bumped them up seven more spots

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Speaker 1: from the spot they had them the week after they

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Speaker 1: beat Bama. I'm not saying I'm just saying, top five.

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Speaker 1: What do we have? Oregon at number five, and that's

453
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Speaker 1: just a byproduct of them having not played anyone yet.

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Speaker 1: That is rapidly going to change. But your resume is

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Speaker 1: what your resume is. George is at number four, big

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Speaker 1: win over Tennessee. I've got LSU at number three. LSU's

457
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Speaker 1: offense has been nothing to write home about lately, but

458
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Speaker 1: that's only a third of what they do. American hero

459
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,879
Speaker 1: Blake Baker also has to be factored in here. That

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Speaker 1: defense has been phenomenal, So I got him at number three.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully nus Meyer can be one hundred percent at some

462
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Speaker 1: point this year, fingers crossed there, because that could be

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Speaker 1: the number one team in the country. If so, I

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Speaker 1: got Ohio State at number two. I want earplugs down

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Speaker 1: in Coral Gables. I want this censored. I don't even

466
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Speaker 1: want this to be broadcast south of Orlando. But Miami

467
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Speaker 1: is the number one team in the country right now.

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Speaker 1: I don't even know how you argue with this. The

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Speaker 1: only argument would be Ohio State and a lot of

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Speaker 1: that would be we beat Texas and also we deserve

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Speaker 1: benefit of the doubt until we lose. I don't really

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Speaker 1: do the second part. The first part I get, but

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Speaker 1: Miami's resume is more impressive right now, and I don't

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Speaker 1: think it's fool's gold. Like they look really good. Do

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Speaker 1: not embarrass me this weekend. You got Florida coming in. Okay,

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Speaker 1: they're already.

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Speaker 2: Oh oh oh.

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Speaker 1: They're leaning over the cliff. You just got to kick

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Speaker 1: there's street pizza at the bottom on the rocks, way

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Speaker 1: got to kick him in the forehead. That's all you

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Speaker 1: gotta do. Yeah, Miami number one hoops to defunket right.

484
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Speaker 1: Carson Beck so washed that he's number one in the country.

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Speaker 1: It's a good thing. I don't believe everything I see

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Speaker 1: on immunity. Bradley, did we have a Twitter question about

511
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Speaker 1: this nonsense today? Yeah, Kenneth hit us up from Morgantown,

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Speaker 1: West Virginia. Huge win, by the way, in the backyard

513
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Speaker 1: brawl last week we had West Virginia plus the points

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Speaker 1: they want outright, Rich Rodriguezz got like one hundred and

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Speaker 1: thirty seven new players on that team, So good for them. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: this is where it goes downhill. Kenneth hit me up

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Speaker 1: and said they're taking more and more college football games overseas.

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Speaker 1: Is that as dumb as I think it is? I

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Speaker 1: don't care how dumb you think it is, Kenneth. It's dumber.

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Speaker 1: No matter how dumb you think this is, it is dumber.

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Speaker 1: So if you missed what happened today, friend of the

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Speaker 1: program Scott Hamilton with The Post and Courier reported that

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Speaker 1: they were embarking on a multi year deal for something

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Speaker 1: called the Union Jack Classic, which will take place in

525
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Speaker 1: Wembley Stadium. It's a series of games starting next year.

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Speaker 1: It's going to be in Week three, not a kickoff game.

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Speaker 1: Week three. Wembley Stadium is in London. For the unwashed

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Speaker 1: masses out there, me included, Kansas and Arizona State are

529
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Speaker 1: going to play in this thing in week three. Now,

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Speaker 1: I already know how dumb that sounds to you, but

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Speaker 1: trust me, it's a whole lot dumber. International college football

532
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Speaker 1: games are among the dumbest things that decision makers in

533
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Speaker 1: this sport, who are very prone to dumbness do. International

534
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:13,440
Speaker 1: college football is dead on arrival as a concept. To me,

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Speaker 1: I get you want the money. I'm not stupid. I

536
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,679
Speaker 1: get that you're wanting the paycheck. But I would also

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Speaker 1: suggest to you that there is a line in the

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Speaker 1: sand past which you sacrifice the very integrity of the

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Speaker 1: product you're looking to cash in on. Case in point,

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Speaker 1: we've had meetings just this afternoon for this very show

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Speaker 1: where we left large sums of money on the table.

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Speaker 1: We leave a ton of money on the table every

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Speaker 1: year for this show because there are companies, they're brands

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Speaker 1: that would love to be in business with us. There

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Speaker 1: are initiatives that are offered to us that we could

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Speaker 1: take and we could cash in. We don't, And do

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Speaker 1: you know why we don't Because we're not hurting for

548
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Speaker 1: money anyway, and we would sacrifice the integrity of the

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Speaker 1: show in the process of the payday, which makes it

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Speaker 1: not worth it. This is not a complicated concept. However,

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Speaker 1: you can picture this as well as I can. You

552
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:14,720
Speaker 1: can picture someone or many Someone's just I picture this

553
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Speaker 1: boardroom table. Mahogany probably is some kind of wood that

554
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 1: is not native to the United States of America. I

555
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:27,160
Speaker 1: picture this boardroom table, and I picture all of these

556
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Speaker 1: suits gathered around it. And someone asks what makes college

557
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 1: football great? And oh, they're like clapping seals, ooh, ooh, pageantry, ooh, tradition.

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Speaker 1: I have a third one. You know what makes college

559
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Speaker 1: football great? College That's what makes college football great. Campuses

560
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 1: that's what makes college football great. The European mind cannot

561
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Speaker 1: comprehend many things that America has to offer. But one

562
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Speaker 1: of the hardest things to comprehend has to be when

563
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Speaker 1: we send a college football game over to Wimbley Stadium,

564
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Speaker 1: Because they get NFL games sent over there, so they've

565
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Speaker 1: seen the best athletes playing this sport in the world.

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Speaker 1: They have no clue about the tradition in pageantry you

567
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Speaker 1: speak of about college football. All there seeing is a

568
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Speaker 1: second rate football product on the field. I watch as

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Speaker 1: people make the bad faith counter argument, Well, Josh, European

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Speaker 1: soccer teams come here all the time. Pro soccer teams

571
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Speaker 1: come here all the time. What teams did you say?

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Speaker 1: Pro teams? Oh, yeah, you mean kind of like the

573
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Speaker 1: pro football teams that we send over there to play.

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Speaker 1: I don't have a clue about European soccer. What is

575
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Speaker 1: the second rate version of it? Because if they came

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Speaker 1: here and played in Jodas Park just down the road

577
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Speaker 1: here in Nashville, I'd look at it and I'd say,

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Speaker 1: I barely understand the main event soccer that they send

579
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Speaker 1: over here. But I do get that it's a big deal.

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Speaker 1: Why would I pay any money or pay any attention

581
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Speaker 1: to the second rate product. Now you're listening to me

582
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:00,960
Speaker 1: say that, and you think, oh, that's very disrespectful to

583
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,440
Speaker 1: college football, and it's not second rate to me. It's

584
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 1: the best sport in the world. But I grew up

585
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 1: in Harris County, Georgia, so Auburn was right there, Georgia

586
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,160
Speaker 1: was right there, Alabama was right there. I was immersed

587
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 1: in it. I get it. So when you ask me

588
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 1: about Georgia football, about nine things come to mind before

589
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 1: the play on the field, because that's what makes college

590
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: football great. The college and the people who make decisions

591
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 1: like these have not the slightest clue what that even means,

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00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 1: because they didn't grow up in it. They're not immersed

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Speaker 1: in it. You cannot take college football to Europe because

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Speaker 1: once you take the product off campus, you have removed

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Speaker 1: the college portion of the football. And at that part,

596
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,520
Speaker 1: when you've stripped away all that, you're just taking a

597
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:50,160
Speaker 1: second rate football product over there. The European mind has

598
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,480
Speaker 1: no clue about daboswenty running down the hill. They got

599
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:56,160
Speaker 1: no clue about the big house or to shoot. They

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Speaker 1: just know we get to see NFL games occasionally. Someone

601
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,200
Speaker 1: called Michigan is coming over here, someone called Arizona State's

602
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 1: coming over here. Those guys look smaller than the pro guys,

603
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 1: they look a little bit slower, They drop more footballs.

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Speaker 1: Why are we watching this? That's the European mind. Now,

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Speaker 1: as your future college football commissioner, I don't mind trying

606
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:15,880
Speaker 1: to grow the game. But the way I want to

607
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 1: grow the game is go get folks from Europe. Bring

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Speaker 1: them over here. It's a nice vacation. Take them out

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Speaker 1: to Sun Devil Stadium, or take him to Athens, or

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Speaker 1: take him to Columbus or Ann Arbor and show them that.

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Speaker 1: You imagine taking someone from London to Eugene, Oregon and

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Speaker 1: showing them that place. That's college football. That's college football.

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Speaker 1: Not what they're sending them over there. What they're sending

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00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 1: them over there is just football. It's not college football.

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Speaker 1: That's all I have to say on the matter. Jesse,

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Speaker 1: what's the status of cublic? By the way, Oh we are,

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Speaker 1: Uh, I'm gonna tell you something, Jesse. I'm gonna do.

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Speaker 1: us on the show. And you joined us on the

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Speaker 1: show at SEC Media Days in July. And I remember

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Speaker 1: with the Hall of Fame in the background. You and

687
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 1: I were sitting there handheld mics, and we said, might

688
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 1: this SEC picture be way more compacted than it normally is?

689
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 1: How are we supposed to try and figure out what

690
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:21,319
Speaker 1: Tier two is going to be? Well, if you go

691
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,400
Speaker 1: with my four shelf grocery store theory of college football

692
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 1: team so far, but we're using SEC teams. I don't

693
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Speaker 1: know if I've got anyone on the top shelf yet.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I've got anyone on the bottom

695
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,440
Speaker 1: shelf yet. I just got a whole bunch of shelf

696
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,879
Speaker 1: two and shelf three in the SEC. And I want

697
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Speaker 1: to take great pride along with you. Fifty to fifty

698
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 1: maybe fifty five, forty five either way that we sort

699
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Speaker 1: of called this, did we not.

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Speaker 2: A little bit before we get into that Saint Anselom

701
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:54,200
Speaker 2: at assumption tomorrow night, two one in one teams going

702
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:55,920
Speaker 2: at it. You're just leaving them off the list. Hold on,

703
00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:58,480
Speaker 2: we're not even gonna we're not even gonna approach that.

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00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:03,360
Speaker 1: It's fine model slightly in assumption, very slightly.

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00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,680
Speaker 2: Yeah. And part of this, too is a couple of

706
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:10,560
Speaker 2: those teams that we thought were Tier two, and maybe

707
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 2: we weren't confident that they were at the top of

708
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,839
Speaker 2: Tier two or starting to get there some that are

709
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,960
Speaker 2: in Tier one, or maybe at the bottom of Tier two.

710
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 2: Texas down, Tennessee up. This is gonna sound really weird,

711
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:26,279
Speaker 2: but I actually left more confident in Tennessee than I

712
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 2: did George. I should probably say I gained more confidence

713
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:31,759
Speaker 2: in Tennessee than I did Georgia. Last week. I didn't

714
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,160
Speaker 2: have a ton of concerns about Georgia. I didn't think

715
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 2: they were incapable of throwing the football down the field.

716
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:39,600
Speaker 2: Now I still have some concerns about their tackles and

717
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:43,319
Speaker 2: their pass protection and the consistency on offense and if

718
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 2: a team's gonna blitz at safety from fifteen yards on

719
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:47,319
Speaker 2: the first play of the game so you can hit

720
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 2: that one on one. But I actually gained a ton

721
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,320
Speaker 2: of confidence in Tennessee, Josh, because that was the first

722
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:56,319
Speaker 2: time since maybe the former era, that I looked at

723
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,759
Speaker 2: Tennessee on film and said, they are almost toe to

724
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:04,040
Speaker 2: toe with the Georgia Bulldogs from a physicality standpoint. I mean,

725
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:05,879
Speaker 2: they trade. I'm jealous that you were at that game.

726
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:07,920
Speaker 2: By the way, that was one of the few games

727
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:09,839
Speaker 2: I watched on film and said, man I can't believe

728
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:11,600
Speaker 2: I didn't get to watch this live, much less in

729
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,920
Speaker 2: person because they were trading paint. Face masks were dented.

730
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 2: Tennessee's offense is knocking guys on their rear end. Georgia's

731
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 2: offense is knocking guys on their ear end. Both defenses

732
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:24,440
Speaker 2: are knocking guys down. The physicality was about even, and

733
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Speaker 2: that has been far from the truth the last four

734
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Speaker 2: or five years. When these two teams have played, I

735
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,279
Speaker 2: mean two whatever three years ago in Athens, it was

736
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Speaker 2: I mean, hell, Tennessee played four in the box the

737
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 2: whole game, or Georgia played four in the box and

738
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:38,160
Speaker 2: Tennessee still couldn't run the ball. So I didn't bring

739
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:42,520
Speaker 2: Georgia down at all. But I gained immense respect for Tennessee.

740
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Speaker 2: And if we did have a Tier one here in

741
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,720
Speaker 2: this conversation, they might be in it for me, even

742
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,600
Speaker 2: with the loss. I think Alabama is making their way

743
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 2: back up there. I would be okay with them being

744
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,000
Speaker 2: in Tier one. I understand what happened in the Florida

745
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,040
Speaker 2: State game, but I like what I've seen since, and

746
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,399
Speaker 2: I like the potential that lies there. Want to see

747
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:00,880
Speaker 2: some guys get healthy, specifically, on the defensive line. I

748
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 2: think they need Tim keenan back and he just stay healthy.

749
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,279
Speaker 2: They've lost a couples. Latham missed the game, but it

750
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,840
Speaker 2: just doesn't have that clear picture of these are the

751
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 2: three or four at the top. We can forget them

752
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:13,239
Speaker 2: and then start talking about everybody else, because I don't

753
00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 2: know if I have LSU in Tier one right now.

754
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:17,920
Speaker 2: They don't have the capabilities of running the football, and

755
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 2: I understand the BK got upset about that after the game,

756
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:23,680
Speaker 2: but what are the one team in the league has

757
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,640
Speaker 2: fewer rushing touchdowns and fewer rushing yards per game. I

758
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 2: think they're last in the league and explosive plays, so

759
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 2: that's got a change. Garrett Neusmeyer has made four or

760
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 2: five of the best throws that you'll see this year.

761
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:37,960
Speaker 2: But the reason that they have been the best throws

762
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:40,480
Speaker 2: Josh is because he's eluding pressure, having to get it

763
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 2: out way early because there's a free runner at him,

764
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,360
Speaker 2: and he's having a side arm at step into the

765
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 2: side because the guy's coming in his face and it

766
00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:48,439
Speaker 2: just happens to be right there where the receiver's gonna

767
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 2: end up outside of his break. So defense at LSU,

768
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 2: I love it offense got some work to do, no doubt.

769
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Speaker 1: What is the thing you've seen around the league so

770
00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 1: far this year that's disappointed you the most. I'm not

771
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,120
Speaker 1: tall talk about stuff that you look back and you say,

772
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:06,040
Speaker 1: I just flat out misread this. I over hyped this

773
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:09,160
Speaker 1: person or this team or this unit. That's on me

774
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,840
Speaker 1: I'm talking about I'm looking at Florida. Obviously, for me,

775
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,840
Speaker 1: I had very high expectations for him, But I really

776
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,279
Speaker 1: don't think it was unwarranted. I don't know how in

777
00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:21,239
Speaker 1: the world you watch how they finished last year, how

778
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:23,880
Speaker 1: you look at what they should have on the offensive line,

779
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 1: tailback position, quarterback. I do think in retrospect, I really

780
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 1: underestimated what him missing springball, DJ Lagway missing spring ball

781
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 1: probably meant for them. But I mean, Carson Beck miss

782
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:39,799
Speaker 1: springball at a new program and it's just boom, boom boom.

783
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:41,840
Speaker 1: He's a nineteenth year starter, so that's a little bit

784
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 1: different than Lagway. But I do not think my expectations

785
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:47,480
Speaker 1: were out of whack for Florida. But I've heard you

786
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,280
Speaker 1: talk about Florida as well. You know, everyone's you torched

787
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:51,880
Speaker 1: the bar and kill the rats. Let's go find a

788
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 1: new head coach, and you've laid it out a lot

789
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:57,560
Speaker 1: more all twenty two style analytically, and you're talking about

790
00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:00,799
Speaker 1: how it's not a disaster, but it's things here or there,

791
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,839
Speaker 1: and it's very undisciplined penalties and stuff like that. It's

792
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:07,799
Speaker 1: nothing that can't get corrected. Problem is you're having to

793
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:10,720
Speaker 1: correct it. You're having to try corrected driving like really

794
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,719
Speaker 1: really steep uphill right now because there is no break,

795
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,439
Speaker 1: there's no stretch of three opponents. You're favored by three touchdowns. Again,

796
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 1: So Florida is my huge disappointment. Uh, if you got

797
00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:22,320
Speaker 1: another one, okay, but either way, I want you to

798
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:23,399
Speaker 1: talk about Florida.

799
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Speaker 2: Well, here's the thing with Florida. It's almost worse than

800
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:28,680
Speaker 2: how you described it, because no, it's not a disaster,

801
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:33,120
Speaker 2: but it's disappointing. And I think when when disappointment hits,

802
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 2: it's because you felt there was a really good chance

803
00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 2: that you weren't going to be disappointed and those expectations

804
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:41,279
Speaker 2: were going to be met, and the reality of those

805
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,200
Speaker 2: expectations being met was there has been there. You can

806
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:46,440
Speaker 2: see that light at the end of the tunnel. That

807
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:50,000
Speaker 2: light feels a lot further away, and it's bleak, it's dim,

808
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 2: it's not near as bright as it once was. There's

809
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,440
Speaker 2: a there's an aspect of chemistry with that group that's

810
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:57,640
Speaker 2: not there being on the same page because if you

811
00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:01,000
Speaker 2: just watched the plays, it's it's easy to get excited

812
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,799
Speaker 2: about or feel pretty good about. But it's the sequencing,

813
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:06,279
Speaker 2: it's the mistakes, it's shooting yourself in the foot, those

814
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:08,200
Speaker 2: things that are holding them back. And I think you're

815
00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:11,960
Speaker 2: right about Lagway. I think spring practice is probably something

816
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:13,879
Speaker 2: that's becoming a little bit more important across the board.

817
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,680
Speaker 2: We're not talking about. Cayden Proctor will be another example

818
00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:19,560
Speaker 2: of that. You know, everybody just at Alabama automatically said

819
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:23,000
Speaker 2: number one overall pick, best left tackle in America. Well,

820
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,160
Speaker 2: he didn't go through spring ball for the second straight year.

821
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,880
Speaker 2: He's having his struggles, not saying he can't climb his

822
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 2: way out of it. Might end up being a great

823
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 2: player this year, might end up being one of the

824
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:35,239
Speaker 2: best left tackles this year. But I think the springball

825
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:38,680
Speaker 2: Josh is when you get better individually. Now, the team

826
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:40,880
Speaker 2: can still get better, the team can grow, position groups

827
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,279
Speaker 2: can grow, but that's the time that you focus on

828
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:46,719
Speaker 2: yourself the most. And if you miss that, that's where

829
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 2: some of those things are taken away. And then you

830
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:54,520
Speaker 2: compound that with quarterback receiver chemistry, offensive line continuity, defensive

831
00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:58,440
Speaker 2: backs having that nonverbal communication, just the understanding, the wherewithal

832
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:00,640
Speaker 2: the know how of I don't have to lean this

833
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:02,360
Speaker 2: way in this coverage because I know he's got it,

834
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,080
Speaker 2: or he knows that I'll be there in this place.

835
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:05,440
Speaker 2: We don't have to look over at me and get

836
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 2: a check. He knows we're going to cover two here,

837
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 2: and everything's gonna be okay. All those things happen in

838
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 2: spring ball, and when you miss it, I think it's

839
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:14,239
Speaker 2: gone backwards just a little bit. So I would be

840
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 2: with you on Florida. I would throw Texas into the mix.

841
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,600
Speaker 2: It's easy, it's low hanging fruit to sit here and

842
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:23,440
Speaker 2: just say arch Manning's not good. Arch Manning's not playing well.

843
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:26,760
Speaker 2: He's not playing anywhere up to his capabilities. I don't believe.

844
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,520
Speaker 2: But when you look at the guys around him, that

845
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 2: becomes utterly disappointing as well. The offensive line giving up

846
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:34,920
Speaker 2: free runners. And if we're going big picture here, it's

847
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:37,279
Speaker 2: probably protection. And I know I'm the offensive line nerd

848
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,839
Speaker 2: in the room, But goodness gracious, the free runners at

849
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:46,560
Speaker 2: quarterbacks Oklahoma, Auburn, Florida, LSU, every team. Missouri's got free

850
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:50,719
Speaker 2: runners at Perbulah three, four or five times a game.

851
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:53,000
Speaker 2: I don't understand how you can just let guys run

852
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:56,200
Speaker 2: at your quarterback. Eventually he's gonna get killed. It's gonna happen.

853
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:58,239
Speaker 2: And so that's one of the things too, that I

854
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 2: look at with Texas, like, you can't let run free

855
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:03,279
Speaker 2: off the edge. You can't get confused. I should I

856
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:06,160
Speaker 2: slide inside outside? Who do I take here? You've got

857
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,439
Speaker 2: to protect your quarterback. There have been some drops, there

858
00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 2: have been running backs. I don't think are finding the

859
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:15,279
Speaker 2: right holes in the most disappointing part, and maybe this

860
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:19,960
Speaker 2: shouldn't be an expectation, but I thought Utip, Yes, Utip

861
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:24,880
Speaker 2: had the best tackling performance by a defense in an

862
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:29,000
Speaker 2: individual game that I have seen this season against Texas

863
00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:32,600
Speaker 2: last week. One on one, one on one, out in space.

864
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:38,120
Speaker 2: Corner on running back, linebacker on tight end, linebacker on receiver, screen, corner,

865
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:40,279
Speaker 2: fights through a stock block, makes a tackle. I'm sitting

866
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:43,000
Speaker 2: here going who is this defensive coordinator and what are

867
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:45,399
Speaker 2: they feeding these kids? Because it was one on one

868
00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:48,080
Speaker 2: tackle after a guy in the hole blocked perfectly, Bam,

869
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:50,839
Speaker 2: here comes backside linebacker makes a play for two yard gain.

870
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:54,680
Speaker 2: It was unbelievable. But where I'm going with that, Josh

871
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:57,640
Speaker 2: is last year that was a fifteen yard game. That

872
00:44:57,719 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 2: was a nineteen yard gain and eight yard gain and

873
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:01,879
Speaker 2: it was second and four, or it was second and two,

874
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:03,520
Speaker 2: or it was just a first down and we're rolling,

875
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:07,040
Speaker 2: we're moving. I think the players around arts Manning all

876
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:10,080
Speaker 2: have to raise to their capabilities before I can sit

877
00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:11,640
Speaker 2: there and say that he's the worst quarterback in the

878
00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:13,799
Speaker 2: league or the most disappointing guy in the league. I'm

879
00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 2: not seeing the offensive line play well. I don't think

880
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:18,120
Speaker 2: they're getting near the work at the line of scrimmage

881
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:20,319
Speaker 2: from the tight end position they did last year, and

882
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 2: the playmakers are just not making the plays once they

883
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 2: get the football in their hands.

884
00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:26,799
Speaker 1: Let me ask you this. You were talking about disappointing

885
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,960
Speaker 1: play around quarterback position. You're talking about maybe a lack

886
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:34,600
Speaker 1: of cohesion, chemistry, et cetera. At Florida. I feel that

887
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:38,799
Speaker 1: when I watch Clemson offensively, specifically, I feel that I'm

888
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,200
Speaker 1: not in that locker room like I don't do the

889
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:45,000
Speaker 1: body language thing. I just sometimes you watch a group.

890
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:47,839
Speaker 1: It's not hard to watch a group and tell, like

891
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:52,960
Speaker 1: I know, Vanderbilt locker room number one to eighty five,

892
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:55,640
Speaker 1: or howver many scholarship guys they have, they'll just go

893
00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:57,759
Speaker 1: to war for their quarterback. They'll go to war for

894
00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:00,520
Speaker 1: Diego Popy. I got no doubt about that. I don't

895
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:02,759
Speaker 1: feel like that when I watch Clemson. I don't know

896
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:05,080
Speaker 1: what it is, but I look at that and I'm

897
00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:07,720
Speaker 1: not saying that's what's holding them back. I am saying

898
00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:10,799
Speaker 1: there's an intangible factor there. There's a way that I'm

899
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:12,960
Speaker 1: used to watching Clemson play. I don't even just mean

900
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:15,719
Speaker 1: the talent level. I mean I'm used to watching those

901
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:18,160
Speaker 1: guys and it's like watching the movie three hundred. You're

902
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:20,279
Speaker 1: not really going to separate one from the packet. They

903
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:22,680
Speaker 1: just all feel like they're one unit. Martin in the

904
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:25,719
Speaker 1: same direction. And I watch them against Georgia Tech, but

905
00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:29,120
Speaker 1: I've watched it all year, and I feel like the

906
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:32,680
Speaker 1: pieces I thought were there, these are the pieces that

907
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:34,680
Speaker 1: I thought were there. I didn't pick them to win

908
00:46:34,719 --> 00:46:36,560
Speaker 1: the title, but like I expected them to be the

909
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:39,439
Speaker 1: best team in their conference. And even when good things

910
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:42,000
Speaker 1: are happening. I don't know, man, It's just it doesn't

911
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:45,800
Speaker 1: feel like this. It feels a little looser. And again,

912
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:47,160
Speaker 1: you got to be a fly on the wall in

913
00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:49,920
Speaker 1: the locker room to really know what that dynamic is.

914
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 1: I just think some groups are tighter than others. I

915
00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:54,000
Speaker 1: don't feel like that one really.

916
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:58,080
Speaker 2: Is pressure I think is big in today's college football

917
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:01,080
Speaker 2: because kids get it from all over the place, and

918
00:47:01,120 --> 00:47:03,680
Speaker 2: it's not just you know, your uncle that was trying

919
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:06,040
Speaker 2: to steer you to a school anymore it can It's

920
00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:09,840
Speaker 2: now your agent and people around him, your agency. You

921
00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:12,799
Speaker 2: have marketing agents that are hitting these kids. Guys in

922
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:15,560
Speaker 2: the portal thinking about the NFL is still a real

923
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:18,120
Speaker 2: thing that's been there for a long time, but now

924
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:20,000
Speaker 2: you have guys that are maybe thinking about getting out

925
00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:22,200
Speaker 2: going and doing something else, playing somewhere else. There's just

926
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:24,879
Speaker 2: a lot that goes into it. Some guys handle that well,

927
00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:27,600
Speaker 2: some guys don't. For me, it's it's I'm glad you

928
00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:30,120
Speaker 2: brought up Vanderbilt because I think they are a perfect

929
00:47:30,120 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 2: example of the flip side of this. And I'm not

930
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:34,600
Speaker 2: gonna put any accusations on Clemson because I haven't had

931
00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:36,960
Speaker 2: them this year, so I haven't been around that staff

932
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,440
Speaker 2: or around those players to have those conversations. I agree

933
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:41,799
Speaker 2: with you. When I watched them from a distance, you

934
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:44,920
Speaker 2: can feel that, but I want to when I watched Miami,

935
00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:48,600
Speaker 2: when I watch Oregon, when I watch Vanderbilt, and I

936
00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:50,040
Speaker 2: did have a chance to get up close to them

937
00:47:50,080 --> 00:47:52,239
Speaker 2: this past week, so I got a different look, a

938
00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:55,439
Speaker 2: different view of maybe what they are and who they are.

939
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:58,719
Speaker 2: There's a couple of things that come to mind and

940
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:03,120
Speaker 2: make you think that's why what they are. Confidence is

941
00:48:03,239 --> 00:48:07,840
Speaker 2: number one, Trust is number two, and number three is

942
00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:10,240
Speaker 2: the easiest part in this game that we all forget,

943
00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:15,120
Speaker 2: and it's probably with today's college football, Josh, the easiest

944
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:19,080
Speaker 2: to get away from. And it's having fun. Do you

945
00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 2: see a bunch of Clemson dudes that look like they're

946
00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:23,200
Speaker 2: having fun when they're out there playing football? Because at

947
00:48:23,239 --> 00:48:25,120
Speaker 2: the end of the day, it's a game, and if

948
00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:28,440
Speaker 2: it's not fun, what's the point. I understand there's a

949
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:31,120
Speaker 2: lot of money at stake. I understand there's championships at stake.

950
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:34,120
Speaker 2: I understand there's eighty some thousand people coming to watch you.

951
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:36,640
Speaker 2: But it's still not gonna work if it's not fun,

952
00:48:37,239 --> 00:48:40,839
Speaker 2: because then the pressure multiplies and what the people are

953
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:44,279
Speaker 2: saying magnifies, and what you think you have to do

954
00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:48,440
Speaker 2: yourself to win games also magnifies. And that's not the case.

955
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:52,200
Speaker 2: Still do your job and then work together as a unit,

956
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:54,480
Speaker 2: work together as a side of the football, and then

957
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:58,280
Speaker 2: work together as a team. That's how it should all flow. Well,

958
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:00,120
Speaker 2: you can put a damn in front of all that

959
00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:02,279
Speaker 2: really quickly when you're not having fun and then you

960
00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:04,600
Speaker 2: don't trust the guy next to you, or you're worried

961
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:07,200
Speaker 2: about doing your own thing, and you don't have confidence.

962
00:49:07,239 --> 00:49:10,400
Speaker 2: The number one word that I heard coming out of

963
00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:15,520
Speaker 2: the Vanderbilt coaches, players and people around that program through meetings,

964
00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:19,680
Speaker 2: warm ups, during the game, after the game was confidence.

965
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:22,759
Speaker 2: We're confident we can do this. We're confident we can

966
00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:25,160
Speaker 2: run that coverage. We're confident we can get away with

967
00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:27,400
Speaker 2: those pressures. We're confident that we can run these plays

968
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:31,480
Speaker 2: against that defense over and over and over. And sometimes

969
00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:33,920
Speaker 2: when you hear that, you can tell it's fabricated. And actually,

970
00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:35,960
Speaker 2: we had a couple of players tell us that we

971
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:38,160
Speaker 2: feel like last year, what it was maybe a little

972
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:40,600
Speaker 2: bit of false confidence that we were believing some things

973
00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:43,080
Speaker 2: that weren't real. But the part of that that makes

974
00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:45,240
Speaker 2: me know it's real is Josh, they have an edge. Man,

975
00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:48,959
Speaker 2: That team has an edge. They have points to prove,

976
00:49:49,640 --> 00:49:51,960
Speaker 2: they have people that they have messages to send to,

977
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:53,800
Speaker 2: and they're out to send them. You could hear it

978
00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:55,840
Speaker 2: on the sideline when I was standing over there covering

979
00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:58,640
Speaker 2: the game. You can hear it warm ups. And I

980
00:49:58,640 --> 00:50:01,160
Speaker 2: don't think it's just the quarterback. They went and got

981
00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:04,680
Speaker 2: a couple offensive linemen like I've never seen Vanderbilt have before.

982
00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:07,560
Speaker 2: We did it Monday night on Read and React. My

983
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:09,480
Speaker 2: producer asked me, he said, I want four things about

984
00:50:09,560 --> 00:50:11,200
Speaker 2: Vanderbilt that are different this year. Can you give me

985
00:50:11,239 --> 00:50:13,880
Speaker 2: those and can we show them in clips? I said absolutely.

986
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:15,799
Speaker 2: Number One, we're going to show counter because they're running

987
00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:18,040
Speaker 2: counter this year. They didn't run it last year. Two,

988
00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:20,480
Speaker 2: we're going to show that offensive line because they fire

989
00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:23,080
Speaker 2: off the football and they're bigger and more physical than

990
00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:25,439
Speaker 2: I have ever seen a Vanderbilt offensive line be. Maybe

991
00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:27,080
Speaker 2: there's one out there that I didn't pay attention to,

992
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:29,160
Speaker 2: don't know about, but I think that's what they have.

993
00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:31,120
Speaker 2: And then they went and got some speed on the perimeter.

994
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:33,400
Speaker 2: Now they stole one from their own defense, but they

995
00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:35,399
Speaker 2: went and recruited a couple of other guys. They can

996
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:37,920
Speaker 2: stress the feeld vertically and horizontally now to make you

997
00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:40,480
Speaker 2: play them a different way, which sets up everything that

998
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:42,520
Speaker 2: they want to do, and it helps them achieve their

999
00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:46,240
Speaker 2: offseason goal number one goal, which was yards before contact

1000
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:49,839
Speaker 2: for guys like they have in the backfield, quarterback, running back, etc.

1001
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:53,080
Speaker 2: And Roman says, oh, I got one. Roman Harper, who

1002
00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:55,080
Speaker 2: if y'all hadn't watched Red React Monday night, six pm,

1003
00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:57,440
Speaker 2: centuries you check it out SEC network. I said, go

1004
00:50:57,440 --> 00:50:58,759
Speaker 2: for it, man. I was like, I'll do three, you

1005
00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:01,120
Speaker 2: do one. And he goes and gets a picture to the

1006
00:51:01,160 --> 00:51:03,000
Speaker 2: left tackle and he goes, look at this. He's got

1007
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 2: his jersey tucked up, he's got belly tats, he's got

1008
00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:08,759
Speaker 2: ponytail tats on his arm. He goes, I ain't never

1009
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:12,400
Speaker 2: seen a Vanderbilt. I'man have this this different. That's different

1010
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:17,480
Speaker 2: right there. I've never seen that of Vanderbilt perceptions reality,

1011
00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:19,719
Speaker 2: they have an edge, man like, they're a little bit

1012
00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:22,480
Speaker 2: different in mentality and how they attack things and the

1013
00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:26,400
Speaker 2: things that they do. And I think it's a perfect

1014
00:51:26,960 --> 00:51:29,120
Speaker 2: ending point to that discussion of all the things you

1015
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:32,040
Speaker 2: have to have to succeed, and if you don't have

1016
00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:35,520
Speaker 2: those things, or if you're trying to fabricate those things falsely,

1017
00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:37,040
Speaker 2: it's just not gonna work.

1018
00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:39,760
Speaker 1: You know, you could just as easily be describing Georgia

1019
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:40,520
Speaker 1: Tech right now.

1020
00:51:41,719 --> 00:51:44,879
Speaker 2: Give you their quarterback. Many I don't think Haines King

1021
00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:47,160
Speaker 2: could start in the UFL, and I'm dead serious when

1022
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:50,120
Speaker 2: I say that. But I know this, Every player on

1023
00:51:50,160 --> 00:51:52,200
Speaker 2: that team would take a bullet for him tomorrow. I

1024
00:51:52,239 --> 00:51:55,359
Speaker 2: have zero doubt in my mind about that. If they said, hey, man,

1025
00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:57,719
Speaker 2: Haines can't play, and let you cut your f you

1026
00:51:57,719 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 2: cut your pinky off, they being up to cut their

1027
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:03,520
Speaker 2: pinkies off before the game. That's it. I mean, he

1028
00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:06,320
Speaker 2: brings something different. It's you know, we talked to it.

1029
00:52:06,520 --> 00:52:10,319
Speaker 2: And what's weird about this whole conversation, Josh Is last year,

1030
00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:14,400
Speaker 2: what were we saying about DJ Lagway. He raised the

1031
00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:16,800
Speaker 2: level of play of all his teammates when he was

1032
00:52:16,840 --> 00:52:20,120
Speaker 2: on the field. Everybody else played different. Haines King is

1033
00:52:20,120 --> 00:52:23,240
Speaker 2: that guy. Because you see your quarterback go take fifteen

1034
00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:26,719
Speaker 2: twenty hits the game and you're like, I better get

1035
00:52:26,719 --> 00:52:29,359
Speaker 2: out there and gets I better do something like this

1036
00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:31,640
Speaker 2: is the guy not supposed to be getting hit. He's

1037
00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:33,600
Speaker 2: trucking people and he's got a bruce shoulder and his

1038
00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:36,600
Speaker 2: knee probably doesn't work and his back's aching. Like, guys,

1039
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:38,759
Speaker 2: we gotta get it going here a little bit. So

1040
00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:42,080
Speaker 2: I yes, And I think that's trickled down effect from

1041
00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:44,560
Speaker 2: their head coach as well, because I know his mentality

1042
00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:47,160
Speaker 2: and the kids love him as well, and they love playing.

1043
00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:48,920
Speaker 1: For If there's one thing I'd love to see from

1044
00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:52,120
Speaker 1: South Carolina this week, it's that kind of response. It's

1045
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:57,279
Speaker 1: it's collectively the way Georgia Techs guys play for Haines King,

1046
00:52:57,600 --> 00:53:00,719
Speaker 1: the extent to which we've seen that at Vanderbilt. I'd

1047
00:53:00,760 --> 00:53:02,719
Speaker 1: love for me to be able to turn on that

1048
00:53:02,760 --> 00:53:05,120
Speaker 1: South Carolina game. It's a dog fight in the fourth

1049
00:53:05,160 --> 00:53:08,200
Speaker 1: quarter on the road in Columbia, and it's because everyone's

1050
00:53:08,239 --> 00:53:10,680
Speaker 1: not looking the number sixteen to be superman. Some people

1051
00:53:10,719 --> 00:53:12,879
Speaker 1: are taking it upon themselves to maybe stick their face

1052
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:14,839
Speaker 1: and fan a little bit more as well. I know

1053
00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:17,160
Speaker 1: maybe there are certain position groups that are limited there,

1054
00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:20,680
Speaker 1: but there's no way the overall athletic profile of that

1055
00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:23,480
Speaker 1: South Carolina team I don't care if you got Luke

1056
00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:25,720
Speaker 1: Dody on the field or Lenora Sellers on the field,

1057
00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:28,759
Speaker 1: has them having any business with you having to talk

1058
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:30,880
Speaker 1: to THEO Vaughn in the fourth quarter to keep viewers

1059
00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:34,480
Speaker 1: tuned in in your home building because Vandy's running it

1060
00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:36,239
Speaker 1: up on you, and now you go on the road

1061
00:53:36,280 --> 00:53:40,360
Speaker 1: in pure desperation mode. You're laying nearly double digits or

1062
00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:42,719
Speaker 1: you're getting nearly double digits and it's kind of an

1063
00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:46,120
Speaker 1: afterthought game. I think that's a huge game for them

1064
00:53:46,120 --> 00:53:46,640
Speaker 1: this weekend.

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00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:50,000
Speaker 2: It's massive, and first off, I don't think there's gonna

1066
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:51,799
Speaker 2: be enough possessions to go around in this game for

1067
00:53:51,840 --> 00:53:54,040
Speaker 2: anybody to run it up. This game might take an

1068
00:53:54,160 --> 00:53:56,719
Speaker 2: hour and twenty one minutes because I think they're both

1069
00:53:56,760 --> 00:53:59,080
Speaker 2: going to run the football. I think both of these

1070
00:53:59,080 --> 00:54:01,800
Speaker 2: teams tackle well. I mean, you watched Marvin Burks at Missouri.

1071
00:54:02,120 --> 00:54:04,600
Speaker 2: I mean, he plays like the Tasmanian devil. It's safety

1072
00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:07,239
Speaker 2: like he just literally wants to get people to the

1073
00:54:07,239 --> 00:54:09,600
Speaker 2: ground and punish you while he's doing it. I think

1074
00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:12,040
Speaker 2: the Missouri defense deserves a little bit more credit here,

1075
00:54:12,080 --> 00:54:15,360
Speaker 2: and that's where South Carolina's problems are going to be

1076
00:54:15,360 --> 00:54:19,160
Speaker 2: because if Leonora Sellers is not on the field, who

1077
00:54:19,239 --> 00:54:22,279
Speaker 2: is your best football player on that side of the ball. Now,

1078
00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:25,120
Speaker 2: I loves you'll face on and he is a guy

1079
00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:26,920
Speaker 2: that is not afraid of contact, He's not going to

1080
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:30,160
Speaker 2: run out of bounds. But another player that hasn't necessarily

1081
00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:33,640
Speaker 2: been there through everything with that team, Nick Harbor. We

1082
00:54:33,719 --> 00:54:37,400
Speaker 2: know the inconsistencies, We understand that. So you've got to

1083
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:41,880
Speaker 2: find somebody else to play super Friends without the superhero

1084
00:54:41,960 --> 00:54:43,640
Speaker 2: in the game. And I don't know how many of

1085
00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:46,440
Speaker 2: those they have. And defensively, I think they have some

1086
00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:49,560
Speaker 2: of those guys, but the maturity level needs to rise

1087
00:54:49,600 --> 00:54:52,200
Speaker 2: on defense, and that's what last year they had. I mean,

1088
00:54:52,200 --> 00:54:54,360
Speaker 2: if you got to know Demetrius Knight last year, like

1089
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:56,760
Speaker 2: you understood the calming effect he had on that defense.

1090
00:54:56,840 --> 00:54:58,600
Speaker 2: Nick Emunill warried the things that he did on the

1091
00:54:58,600 --> 00:55:00,759
Speaker 2: back end of that defense. They have some guys that

1092
00:55:00,800 --> 00:55:02,960
Speaker 2: have been in the system for a while, but it's

1093
00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:05,080
Speaker 2: the overall maturity of how to handle things, how to

1094
00:55:05,120 --> 00:55:08,520
Speaker 2: handle your business, not throw punches during games, things of

1095
00:55:08,560 --> 00:55:11,680
Speaker 2: that nature. So I didn't look at it last week

1096
00:55:11,719 --> 00:55:15,279
Speaker 2: and say, man, Luke Doty's bad. And I've seen three

1097
00:55:15,360 --> 00:55:17,799
Speaker 2: or four people say that this week. Go watch the

1098
00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:20,040
Speaker 2: drive before the end of the half. He's throwing a

1099
00:55:20,040 --> 00:55:22,000
Speaker 2: couple of darts. He's driving them down and I'm sitting

1100
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:23,879
Speaker 2: there saying, what a luxury to have a six year

1101
00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:27,480
Speaker 2: guy played receiver, played tight end, and play quarterback that

1102
00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:30,399
Speaker 2: at least knows how to operate your offense. And by

1103
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:33,200
Speaker 2: the way, Aaron Nolan was in the backup, so everybody

1104
00:55:33,320 --> 00:55:35,160
Speaker 2: clamoring for him to come in. I don't even think

1105
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:38,759
Speaker 2: that was gonna happen after Luke Doty. So they got

1106
00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:41,640
Speaker 2: to get that part figured out first. Then go to

1107
00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:44,480
Speaker 2: what you're capable of. Because the traditional run game is

1108
00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:47,479
Speaker 2: not strong enough to just say, okay, let's let face

1109
00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:49,839
Speaker 2: song go or we'll split the carries for thirty five

1110
00:55:49,880 --> 00:55:52,640
Speaker 2: attempts a game. You can't just open that up. And

1111
00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:54,560
Speaker 2: a lot of what is opened up is because of

1112
00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:57,400
Speaker 2: the capabilities that Leonoris brings. You have to respect the

1113
00:55:57,480 --> 00:56:00,560
Speaker 2: red plays, you have to respect the backsides, the fakes. Well,

1114
00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:02,279
Speaker 2: in Luke Doty's in there, you don't have to do

1115
00:56:02,320 --> 00:56:04,080
Speaker 2: that as much. Yeah, he can break you down and

1116
00:56:04,080 --> 00:56:05,520
Speaker 2: give you a little four yard run off his own

1117
00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:08,640
Speaker 2: read or whatever, but he's not going for eighty or forty,

1118
00:56:09,239 --> 00:56:11,239
Speaker 2: and that's what deep as a coordinators get scared of.

1119
00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:13,160
Speaker 2: They don't get scared of a guy chipping you away

1120
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Speaker 2: for two yards here and six yards there and three

1121
00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:17,440
Speaker 2: yards there. They get worried about the guy that can

1122
00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:19,920
Speaker 2: go ninety yards and Sellers can do that. And I

1123
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Speaker 2: don't know if they have many other guys on that

1124
00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:23,839
Speaker 2: team that when they have the ball in their hand,

1125
00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:25,359
Speaker 2: are that type of threat.

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Speaker 1: I know you watch a whole lot of teams, you

1127
00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:29,799
Speaker 1: cover a lot of them in the SEC, but I mean,

1128
00:56:29,840 --> 00:56:33,040
Speaker 1: you've gotten eyes on most of the teams in the

1129
00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:35,680
Speaker 1: country at the higher level. I would think I would

1130
00:56:35,719 --> 00:56:39,120
Speaker 1: assume you've seen Miami by now. I don't know that

1131
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:43,120
Speaker 1: I've watched a team just fly around more than Miami does. Defensively,

1132
00:56:43,520 --> 00:56:45,880
Speaker 1: there may still be holes on the back end, like

1133
00:56:46,160 --> 00:56:49,600
Speaker 1: they'll face a quarterback eventually that will test that secondary.

1134
00:56:50,080 --> 00:56:53,359
Speaker 1: I'm just talking about pure athletes flying around. They look

1135
00:56:53,440 --> 00:56:55,919
Speaker 1: like they're playing in such a different gear this year

1136
00:56:56,239 --> 00:56:58,120
Speaker 1: than they were last year, and some of those guys

1137
00:56:58,120 --> 00:57:00,520
Speaker 1: were there last year. I don't know what it is like.

1138
00:57:00,600 --> 00:57:03,160
Speaker 1: Miami's jumps off the screen to me when I watch them,

1139
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:03,840
Speaker 1: right now.

1140
00:57:05,080 --> 00:57:10,600
Speaker 2: Confidence trust fun. I mean, watch them play last year

1141
00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:12,480
Speaker 2: and tell me if you thought they were super confident

1142
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:14,520
Speaker 2: in what they were being asked to do, or if

1143
00:57:14,560 --> 00:57:16,439
Speaker 2: they trusted that the next guy was gonna be where

1144
00:57:16,440 --> 00:57:18,360
Speaker 2: he was supposed to be, and that could have been schematic.

1145
00:57:18,440 --> 00:57:22,200
Speaker 2: I don't know, but I mean, it's this. I don't

1146
00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:24,000
Speaker 2: want to get ahead of myself, but I know what

1147
00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:25,600
Speaker 2: it looks like and I know what it reminds me

1148
00:57:25,640 --> 00:57:28,640
Speaker 2: of them. Yeah, and it's it's there are other Miami

1149
00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:31,680
Speaker 2: defenses that I've seen in my lifetime that it very

1150
00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:34,680
Speaker 2: much resembles. I mean, they got assassin's on that side

1151
00:57:34,680 --> 00:57:36,280
Speaker 2: of the football, Josh, I don't know another way to

1152
00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:39,400
Speaker 2: sell it. They got trained killers, guys that come downhill

1153
00:57:39,400 --> 00:57:41,360
Speaker 2: and want to hurt you. And I posted the clip

1154
00:57:41,360 --> 00:57:44,360
Speaker 2: today when I see a linebacker knock a tackle on

1155
00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:46,440
Speaker 2: his rear end then take on a pulling guard and

1156
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:48,040
Speaker 2: work through him and make the play at the line

1157
00:57:48,080 --> 00:57:50,040
Speaker 2: of scrimmage, I'm like, these dudes are doing it different.

1158
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:52,919
Speaker 2: They are doing it different. And you took a good

1159
00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:55,640
Speaker 2: Notre Dame offensive line, Yeah, a couple of injuries, and

1160
00:57:55,680 --> 00:57:58,040
Speaker 2: you essentially embarrassed them on the opening night of the

1161
00:57:58,040 --> 00:58:01,360
Speaker 2: season for you both. And then the thing that really

1162
00:58:01,400 --> 00:58:04,560
Speaker 2: I love about him, you put the offense on. They

1163
00:58:04,600 --> 00:58:08,360
Speaker 2: got this workhorse tailback that is massive, but he can

1164
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:11,400
Speaker 2: slither his way through these little bitty holes and then

1165
00:58:11,720 --> 00:58:13,920
Speaker 2: you feel like the play is over when I'm watching it,

1166
00:58:13,960 --> 00:58:16,640
Speaker 2: and then six more yards or four more yards or

1167
00:58:16,680 --> 00:58:18,520
Speaker 2: eight more yards, he just he kind of worms his

1168
00:58:18,560 --> 00:58:21,480
Speaker 2: way out and it's like another twelve yards. They can

1169
00:58:21,600 --> 00:58:23,960
Speaker 2: lean on you that way. They have a change up

1170
00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:26,560
Speaker 2: back that can hurt you on the perimeter. And this

1171
00:58:26,680 --> 00:58:29,800
Speaker 2: is what a lot of college teams don't have a

1172
00:58:29,880 --> 00:58:33,439
Speaker 2: quarterback who has absolutely no fear of challenging the middle

1173
00:58:33,480 --> 00:58:37,480
Speaker 2: of the field. Down the field. I'm not talking about crossers,

1174
00:58:37,640 --> 00:58:40,560
Speaker 2: I'm not talking about mess concepts four yards down the field.

1175
00:58:40,600 --> 00:58:45,080
Speaker 2: I'm talking twenty thirty, twenty five, eighteen, twelve yards down

1176
00:58:45,120 --> 00:58:49,000
Speaker 2: the field consistently, and Carson Beck does not care. He

1177
00:58:49,040 --> 00:58:51,280
Speaker 2: will attack it and he will take it, and he

1178
00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:53,680
Speaker 2: will change the way you have to play them defensively.

1179
00:58:53,880 --> 00:58:57,400
Speaker 2: They can protect him and they can maul you. Oregon

1180
00:58:57,520 --> 00:59:00,440
Speaker 2: might be close. I love what I've seen for I

1181
00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:02,280
Speaker 2: actually think they're upbraded at tackle from a year ago

1182
00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:05,280
Speaker 2: kid from Texas State's playing great football. I thought Isaiah

1183
00:59:05,280 --> 00:59:06,680
Speaker 2: World was gonna be one of the best tackles in

1184
00:59:06,680 --> 00:59:08,840
Speaker 2: college football. His right tackle might be better than him.

1185
00:59:08,840 --> 00:59:12,560
Speaker 2: This year. They've got great skill and their defensive line attacks,

1186
00:59:12,720 --> 00:59:14,560
Speaker 2: and they got a quarterback that looks like he has

1187
00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:17,920
Speaker 2: a chance one day to be special. But Miami's doing

1188
00:59:17,920 --> 00:59:19,800
Speaker 2: it a little bit different than everybody else that I've

1189
00:59:19,840 --> 00:59:20,439
Speaker 2: seen right now.

1190
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'd say if you did nothing more than put

1191
00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:25,800
Speaker 1: some Georgia jerseys on that performance, that's the slam dunk

1192
00:59:25,880 --> 00:59:27,880
Speaker 1: number one team in the country right now. The doubts

1193
00:59:27,920 --> 00:59:30,520
Speaker 1: people have about them, which are valid by the way,

1194
00:59:30,560 --> 00:59:34,000
Speaker 1: based on history, is can you sustain the consistency of

1195
00:59:34,080 --> 00:59:36,280
Speaker 1: performance because you're going to get a whole bunch of

1196
00:59:36,280 --> 00:59:38,840
Speaker 1: double digit spread favorite games after they get through this

1197
00:59:38,840 --> 00:59:41,680
Speaker 1: little stretch there in right now, and it's just going

1198
00:59:41,760 --> 00:59:45,560
Speaker 1: to be so monotonous. And can you watch an organization

1199
00:59:45,720 --> 00:59:47,480
Speaker 1: that has not done it to this point under this

1200
00:59:47,560 --> 00:59:50,840
Speaker 1: staff maintain that level of consistency because if they can,

1201
00:59:51,480 --> 00:59:53,920
Speaker 1: I don't know that personnel wise, there is a better

1202
00:59:54,440 --> 00:59:57,160
Speaker 1: just overall team out there in the country, especially when

1203
00:59:57,160 --> 01:00:00,600
Speaker 1: you mentioned what Beck's doing. It's funny some people are

1204
01:00:00,640 --> 01:00:03,280
Speaker 1: surprised by that, like he's not done it before. It's

1205
01:00:03,280 --> 01:00:06,560
Speaker 1: funny to watch people be surprised at a multi year

1206
01:00:06,600 --> 01:00:11,800
Speaker 1: starter when healthy that does multi year starter things well.

1207
01:00:11,800 --> 01:00:13,880
Speaker 2: And you've got and you've got an offensive corner in

1208
01:00:13,880 --> 01:00:17,000
Speaker 2: Shannon Dawson with an air raid background, And I think

1209
01:00:17,000 --> 01:00:19,240
Speaker 2: what you're seeing a little bit now. Listen, it's nothing

1210
01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:22,880
Speaker 2: against cam Ward. That kid was incredible last year, But

1211
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:26,160
Speaker 2: I think what you're seeing is the offense when not

1212
01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:29,640
Speaker 2: having to add lib, not having to move and create

1213
01:00:30,120 --> 01:00:32,880
Speaker 2: or maybe not even having similar abilities to be able

1214
01:00:32,920 --> 01:00:36,040
Speaker 2: to do that that when it's on time, on rhythm,

1215
01:00:36,120 --> 01:00:38,960
Speaker 2: on schedule, what it can do, how it can bludget

1216
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:41,360
Speaker 2: you down the field. Now, cam Ward kind of did

1217
01:00:41,360 --> 01:00:43,120
Speaker 2: his own thing and it worked and it was magical,

1218
01:00:43,120 --> 01:00:45,080
Speaker 2: and we had them in the bowl game and Shannon

1219
01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:46,720
Speaker 2: sat there and told us there's times that I just

1220
01:00:46,840 --> 01:00:49,880
Speaker 2: leave him alone, like you just got to say what

1221
01:00:49,960 --> 01:00:53,600
Speaker 2: and what? But oh, okay, yeah, you just keep doing

1222
01:00:53,640 --> 01:00:55,440
Speaker 2: that and it's going to be fine. We'll figure it

1223
01:00:55,440 --> 01:00:58,600
Speaker 2: out from here. Now, it's kind of this is the design,

1224
01:00:58,920 --> 01:01:01,560
Speaker 2: this is how we attack. Let the ball go here. Oh,

1225
01:01:01,560 --> 01:01:03,560
Speaker 2: he's got the arms strength to deliver it. Great we'll

1226
01:01:03,560 --> 01:01:06,400
Speaker 2: do it. And the receivers are one of those big surprises.

1227
01:01:06,400 --> 01:01:07,840
Speaker 2: We didn't really know what they were going to be.

1228
01:01:08,240 --> 01:01:10,800
Speaker 2: They're playing great for that football team. And I would

1229
01:01:10,800 --> 01:01:13,120
Speaker 2: say counterpoint, and I don't know what stretching this goes.

1230
01:01:13,760 --> 01:01:15,680
Speaker 2: You make a great point about Miami if they win

1231
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:18,600
Speaker 2: this weekend, what lies ahead and how they react to it.

1232
01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:22,840
Speaker 2: There is also the aspect of where that program has

1233
01:01:22,920 --> 01:01:27,040
Speaker 2: been before and when they get that confidence. You can

1234
01:01:27,040 --> 01:01:29,160
Speaker 2: call it swagger, you can call it whatever you want.

1235
01:01:30,120 --> 01:01:32,400
Speaker 2: There's an aspect of wanting to step on your throat

1236
01:01:32,440 --> 01:01:35,800
Speaker 2: and embarrass you. That's always deep rooted in that place.

1237
01:01:36,360 --> 01:01:39,720
Speaker 2: And if they get that, I wouldn't be worried about

1238
01:01:39,720 --> 01:01:40,840
Speaker 2: the next three or four games.

1239
01:01:42,000 --> 01:01:44,200
Speaker 1: Buddy, they go to Tallahassee in a few weeks. I

1240
01:01:44,240 --> 01:01:46,360
Speaker 1: just want to have that on everyone's radar. They go

1241
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:48,720
Speaker 1: to Florida State in a few weeks. Look, I'm not

1242
01:01:48,800 --> 01:01:51,720
Speaker 1: in the business of handling you immense amounts of compliments,

1243
01:01:52,040 --> 01:01:54,400
Speaker 1: but this reaction show that you do over on your

1244
01:01:54,400 --> 01:01:56,840
Speaker 1: YouTube channel. I know a lot of people out there

1245
01:01:56,880 --> 01:01:59,520
Speaker 1: in the space watch it. I delve into it a

1246
01:01:59,520 --> 01:02:02,400
Speaker 1: little bit. Well, tell the people where they can find it,

1247
01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:04,160
Speaker 1: because I know it takes a lot of time. I

1248
01:02:04,200 --> 01:02:06,360
Speaker 1: know you sit there on the treadmill and you watch

1249
01:02:06,440 --> 01:02:08,840
Speaker 1: every snap of every game and that's not actually even

1250
01:02:08,840 --> 01:02:11,280
Speaker 1: a lie. You really do it. So let's get some

1251
01:02:11,400 --> 01:02:13,240
Speaker 1: traction out of this. Where can people find it?

1252
01:02:14,200 --> 01:02:18,280
Speaker 2: A Cube show on YouTube, Apple, podcast, Spotify, wherever you

1253
01:02:18,320 --> 01:02:21,840
Speaker 2: get yours. We are out every Monday now, usually Monday

1254
01:02:21,880 --> 01:02:24,960
Speaker 2: afternoon evening. And yeah, we go through every SEC game,

1255
01:02:24,960 --> 01:02:26,760
Speaker 2: every snap, every play, and we just tell you what

1256
01:02:26,800 --> 01:02:29,920
Speaker 2: we saw. It's that simple. It's that easy on Instagram

1257
01:02:29,960 --> 01:02:31,680
Speaker 2: and Twitter as well at Cube Joe.

1258
01:02:31,680 --> 01:02:33,720
Speaker 1: There you go, people rewind it if you didn't hear

1259
01:02:33,760 --> 01:02:36,600
Speaker 1: them the first time. All right, you're headed to LSU

1260
01:02:36,760 --> 01:02:38,960
Speaker 1: this weekend. Yeah, yep, okay.

1261
01:02:39,320 --> 01:02:42,680
Speaker 2: Interested to see just kind of where this offense is

1262
01:02:43,000 --> 01:02:45,520
Speaker 2: really and truly because like I said, I think they've

1263
01:02:45,520 --> 01:02:47,800
Speaker 2: got some holes. We're not going to really learn much

1264
01:02:47,840 --> 01:02:52,600
Speaker 2: about them performance wise in this game, but maybe personnel wise,

1265
01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:54,680
Speaker 2: maybe what the future may hold about what they can

1266
01:02:54,800 --> 01:02:57,000
Speaker 2: unlock and do down the road, and can they get

1267
01:02:57,040 --> 01:03:00,000
Speaker 2: back on that tier one with a couple other sects.

1268
01:03:00,280 --> 01:03:02,480
Speaker 1: All right, I'll send you some pictures from Nebraska. I'll

1269
01:03:02,480 --> 01:03:03,800
Speaker 1: talk to you later, man. I appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: Well, I'm going to a rivalry game this week, an

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Speaker 1: I stand by everything I said, spreading that thing about

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Speaker 1: fifteen and a half. By the way, I'll talk to

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Speaker 1: you next week. Thank you if you want to go

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Speaker 1: to either of those games. As we wrap up here,

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Speaker 1: I want to remind you because we get like five

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Speaker 1: but most of you are here, coach, you love college football.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna have a great weekend, great weekend, first time

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Speaker 1: that may come along with it. Until then. For director Bradley,

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Speaker 1: for producer Jesse, I'm Josh Paid. Take care, enjoy one

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