WEBVTT - Hour 1: Bowl Games & Opt Outs 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.120 Two Pros and a cup of Joe Fox Sports Radio, 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:05.000 LaVar Arrington, Brady Quinn, Jonas knocks with you in for 0:00:05.040 --> 0:00:07.960 the Dan Patrick Show on this New Year's Eve edition, 0:00:08.119 --> 0:00:11.280 and we are talking college football. It's officially bowl season. 0:00:11.560 --> 0:00:14.360 We're going to have another edition of Quinn's Wins, getting 0:00:14.360 --> 0:00:16.239 you set for the college football playoffs. 0:00:16.239 --> 0:00:17.560 We're going to talk about one. 0:00:17.400 --> 0:00:21.800 Guy recommitting to a blue blood program like we've never 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:25.200 seen before. John Calipari's got some thoughts on a major 0:00:25.239 --> 0:00:27.720 issue in the world of sports. The old Pete petrospopa 0:00:27.800 --> 0:00:29.560 Acas is going to stop by, and we got the 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:31.720 usual fun stuff. 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But check out our new 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:30.520 channel on YouTube. Begin Just search two pros FSR and subscribe. 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:32.040 What up sticks? 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:35.000 Good morning man, Good morning? How are you doing? 0:01:35.440 --> 0:01:36.040 We are good? 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:39.440 We are he's old professional today? All professional? 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:42.880 What are you talking? You know more? 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:45.679 You aren't. You aren't all professional. I'll tell you that. 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:48.640 I don't know what that means. I don't pay attention 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:49.600 to social media. 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:54.800 Got leea, what's going on on my timeline yesterday? I 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:57.680 don't know, bro. I felt like there was a clashing 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:00.320 of cultures on my very timeline. 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:01.640 Cultures. 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:05.120 Yeah, what are you talking about? Oh no, man? 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:07.600 It was like it was two pros versus up on game, 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:09.359 and I was in the middle of it. 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:14.120 Here's the thing about LeVar too, Since LaVar's got a 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:17.320 Saturday morning show, he will try to be like, hey, whosh, 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:19.440 why do you go out and reach out about something? 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:21.680 And an interesting thing about it was he couldn't have 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:24.480 listened to the clip because what he said clearly meant 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:26.480 he didn't like. If you listen to it, it literally 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:28.120 answered his question in it, which is one of the 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:30.920 reasons why other people started to jump ontom after that. 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:33.760 I get stressed out on stuff like that. I did 0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:38.359 not I did not facilitate that. I did not instigate that. 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:40.480 In fact, I did not even look at it. I 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:43.360 just saw I put I saw you responded, I saw 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:46.480 he wrote something. I put popcorn on one, I put 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:49.799 eyes on one, and I said it was two pros 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:51.960 verses up on get u og and that was it. 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:52.640 I was out. 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:58.200 For the people that aren't familiar, we're referring to Lincoln 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:00.960 Riley basically putting the blame on Notre Dame for the 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:06.000 canceling of the Notre Dame USC rivalry. Brady responded yesterday 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:10.239 and then well we posted it on social media. 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:15.280 There was the social media clip Brady giving his opinions 0:03:15.320 --> 0:03:17.960 on it, and people started weighing in on it, and 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:22.240 one of the persons was TJ. Houch Manzada, who I 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:25.240 work with on the weekends for Up on Game. 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:27.840 And here's the thing is, there's no disrespect that comes 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.040 with it. I think oftentimes on social media that's the 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:32.280 problem is we don't have the opportunity to talk to 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:34.880 people face to face. It all that, But when you 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:36.400 kind of go, I don't have a dog in the fight, 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:37.760 but you went away and it's like, well want to 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:39.800 set this one out then right, It's like the what's 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:40.840 the point of weig in. 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:42.880 If you don't have a dog in the fight. 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:46.800 And my whole thing with with this entire scenario is 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:48.440 a look at how much. 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:51.360 Traction it's gotten. This isn't like my words or anything. 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:54.280 I'm just saying, that's how much this robbery is meant 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:55.640 to two fan bases. 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:57.000 That's how much this robbery is. 0:03:57.000 --> 0:04:01.160 Meant to college football really in sports and the history 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:04.640 behind it and everything else. So I've said what I've 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:06.560 said on it. I'm sure people are tired of hearing it, 0:04:07.120 --> 0:04:08.960 but you don't have to look any further. 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:09.800 Than the last night's game. 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:13.200 If you're a C fan of just disappointment and who 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:16.520 your head coaches and his lack of being able to deliver. 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:19.400 But Gil given credit for playing the game. Their raim's 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:21.960 not playing a ball game. They opted out. So you 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:23.640 can only say so much as a Notre Dame fan 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:26.039 in that sense. But I would just generally say this 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:30.720 the reaction the traction. In a way, it's kind of 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:36.120 carried the bull season conversation up until these you know, 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:40.160 quarterfinal games now. But that's how much the robberies meant, 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:42.839 and that's how much it's meant to college football. So 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:45.040 it kind of goes to show you like, even people 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:47.040 who don't have a dog in the fight necessarily want 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:48.359 to weigh in on it because it's that big of 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:48.880 a subject. 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:50.200 Yeah. 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:55.000 Sure, but it is bullseason, and I thought last night 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:56.400 was really the first. 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:58.640 I mean, we've had some bowl games. I mean, the 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:00.680 star of the show's been the Hawaii You guys both 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:02.160 know that. I mean that goes unsaid. 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:07.320 But last night we got Illinois, Brett Beelama getting it done. 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:09.960 That's a nine win Illinois team. They went on a 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:13.200 field goal. Then you get to the TCU USC game 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:17.560 which goes into overtime just you know, piss poor tackling 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:21.040 towards the end results in a touchdown. It just felt 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:23.680 like all of that was the prelude to the college 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:26.680 football Playoff, which kicks off later on tonight. 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:27.839 Between Miami and Ohio State. 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:31.159 So it does feel like we're officially here. It is 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:34.320 bowl season, and we are off and running here getting 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:35.839 ready for this college football playoff. 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:38.760 There you guard it up, yeah, yeah. 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:40.880 As just say, I don't know how you look at 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:43.040 bowl seas up to this point, but I think one 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:45.120 of the things that we always hear throughout the course 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:48.120 of the year is which conference is the top of 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:50.960 college football? And with as many teams that are always 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:53.679 ranked in the top twenty five and as many teams 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:55.400 that make the playoff, I think there's what five from 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:59.080 the SEC this year. It always feels like the SEC 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:03.800 does the better job of marketing their conference and putting 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:06.680 out this idea that they're better than the rest. And 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:10.039 at this current moment, the SEC's two and five in 0:06:10.080 --> 0:06:12.800 bowl games the Big Ten six and one, their only 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:15.320 loss being Southern Cal last night. 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:16.440 Shocking. 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:20.080 But this is a trend, by the way that has 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:23.200 been the case over the last five years, with the 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:26.120 exception of one year the Big Ten has been better 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:29.039 than the SEC in the postseason. 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:31.000 This is an opinion, this is factual. 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:33.240 Go back to last year, the SEC was eight and 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:36.200 seven in bowl games and this includes the playoffs. Big 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:39.359 ten was eleven and six. Twenty twenty three SEC was 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:42.159 five and four, little tighter Big ten was six and four. 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:45.520 The only year the SEC in the last five years 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:48.280 has been better than the Big Ten was twenty twenty 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:50.120 two and they went seven and five in bowl games. 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:52.760 The year before that SEC was six and eight. Big 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:56.240 ten was six and four. I mean, so you can 0:06:56.960 --> 0:07:00.159 clearly see by just the number of teams they are 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:03.479 getting in between the two conferences that the SEC is 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:08.039 viewed and looked at as the better conference. But there's 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:10.640 also the element of how they've scheduled through those years, 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:12.200 Like next year is gonna be the first year they 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:15.080 have nine conference again, it's only played eight usually, so 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:16.800 if you think about to get boils, if you have 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.640 to win six games, they've got four games, which we 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:21.960 all know how the SEC schedules in October November with 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.520 some of those FCS cupcakes and then a couple other 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:29.160 lighter games directional schools to get into their actual conference schedule. 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:32.160 I mean, so if you really think about, like up 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:34.720 to this point and every single year, I feel like 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:36.680 we do this. We look at the difference conference in 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:38.920 college football, say well, what's the top conference? 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:39.440 Who's the best? 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:41.200 Well, we won't always get the chance to play each other. 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:43.440 You do win bowl season, and the Big Ten has 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:44.640 been better than the SEC. 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:49.320 Yeah, I think the SEC might win the national this year. 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:55.720 But with that being said, it's factual information. It has 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:58.520 been the Big Ten that's doing better in the bowl games. 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:03.680 Not my words, your words, and and listen, I love 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:06.880 the you know, the competition of it all, the almost 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:09.760 like the rivalry of it all that's being created between 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:14.480 the Big Ten and the SEC. But it plays out, 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:18.280 it plays out, and in these games that are are upcoming, 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:20.960 and yeah, I'm I'm super excited to be able to 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:24.760 watch them, uh in the friendly confines of my crib. 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:28.360 I got all my kids here like for the first 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:32.680 time and like I don't know, like forever, like two 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:36.120 years or so. So yeah, I'm excited to see the games. Man, 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:40.079 I'll probably watch them with a with a other host 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:42.920 of cool people that that come through to bring the 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:47.080 new year in. But yeah, man, I think, uh, I 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:49.679 think when you you look at it, where where we 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:54.080 are right now, this is as exciting a moment in 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:58.240 college football as as it. I mean to me. Now, 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:01.160 I don't know that this is factual. This is obviously opinion, 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:05.120 but I think the build up is because it seems 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:07.080 like it took forever for us to get here, like 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:10.440 get the game last night, it was like, yeah, I've 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:13.400 just watched the game so far outside of the first 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:16.680 round of the playoffs, and they, you know, outside of 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:20.640 like what maybe one game, they were kind of as expected, 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.360 went to kind of the way that that you would 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:25.680 have hoped it did it, but you knew it would, 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:30.240 and so you know, now now we get down to business. Now, 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:32.520 we get down to the nitty gritty. And I feel 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:36.920 like with what Nils created because I'm not just looking 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:41.200 at these teams anymore as Okay, you're coming in, you're 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:44.360 playing the game. I'm looking at how strong is your dollar? 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:48.760 This is like stock market game too. This isn't just okay, 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:52.280 how well did you recruit and how well are you coaching? 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:56.920 This is how far is your dollar stretching? And that's 0:09:56.960 --> 0:10:00.880 interesting because that's a new wrinkle on on how I'm 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:05.720 watching college football. So you're looking at the big spenders, 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:08.240 like what I mean, are they going on with the big 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:11.840 spenders won last year? Right? Big bank take little Bank? 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:13.880 They made a song about you know, well. 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:16.160 I think to that point, like Texas Tech is the 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:18.000 one that's rumored to be the biggest spender this year. 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:18.840 Cody Campbell. 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:21.680 They're billionaire who's kind of come to the rescue of 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:25.400 Texas Tech Sports, and he's been very outspoken about where 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:27.120 where the state of the game is at and has 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:29.000 talked about the things he would do to change it 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:33.160 to make it better to a more professionalized model. But 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:36.120 that's neither here nor there. The point is he's put 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:38.640 in so much money that I feel like when you 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:41.679 look at, for example, Kenny Dillingham, who decided to stay 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:44.120 at Arizona State, what was one of the first things he 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:47.680 talked about, you know, some rich alum stroking a twenty 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:51.280 million dollar check because he's looking within this conference and saying, 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:54.120 we don't have a Cody Campbell at Arizona State, and 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:56.840 we can't compete if we don't have that. Give him 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:59.960 to certain rules were that all teams are playing under, 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:03.000 and that is you've got your rev share that's. 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:05.959 Coming from the TV distribution rights. But that's not enough. 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:10.680 As long as the NCAA allows for collectives to exist, 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:14.680 there's always going to be imbalances. And that's where you 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:17.040 kind of find yourself. Where a Texas Tech team, who 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:19.320 I think the high watermark for Joey Maguire their head 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:23.000 coach during his tenures was eight wins until Cody Campbell 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:27.760 invested in this roster completely revamped their defensive front. You're 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:31.680 going to see that tomorrow versus Oregon. Romelo Heights is 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:34.760 a stud off the end. David Bailey, he was the 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:37.240 most expensive edge rusher and the porter out of Stanford 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:39.360 and even the interior. 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:40.040 Players are really good. 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:43.679 But that investment has led to them now winning the 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:47.560 Big twelve and getting a buy and now, you know, 0:11:47.600 --> 0:11:50.120 being the number four team in the country with a 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:53.840 chance to legitimately compete for a national championship. Ohio State 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:55.800 the year before it was that, the year before that, 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.200 it was Michigan. You know, those were all the teams 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:00.240 to be rumored to be having the most only the 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:03.640 biggest spend. And so to your point, LeVar like, we'll 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:07.040 see if it plays out where you know, they indeed 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:09.320 do end up winning it all. And we're gonna see 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:11.600 every single program set we want to win one. 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:13.560 Well you can buy you to put the money into it. 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:14.480 You gotta put the money up. 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:19.560 Yeah, Yeah, And I'm okay with it. If that's what 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:22.439 it is. That's what it is. So let's let's let's 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:25.120 have it, you know, let's let's let's see, let's see 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:28.400 where it goes. I mean, I'm interested because Ohio State, 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:31.240 like you said, everybody's gotten it, so let's see if 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:33.920 it happens this year, it's Texas Tech to take and see. 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:36.960 Yeah, and I think if we're being honest with ourselves, 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:39.160 like going back to the conversations about the SEC and 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:41.880 Big Ten, like two of the SEC's wins are in 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.760 the playoff, actually the only two wins, one in which 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.800 they played it themselves Alabama versus Oklahoma. 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:48.840 And the other one was a layup in Old miss 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:49.520 playing Tulane. 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:52.720 So when you look at even the success that the 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:54.719 SEC has had so far, it's really just been the 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:57.240 amount of teams that have gotten in the playoff, which 0:12:57.280 --> 0:12:58.840 is a four of them to be talked about at 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:00.360 this point, well who could, But. 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:04.680 I mean who controls the which SEC teams. 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:06.760 Getting to the point oh ESPN and the whole playoff, 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:10.920 But the general point is the illusion that we even 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:13.040 need to have a debate between the SEC and Big ten. 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:17.640 Like if you really look at it, Ohio State, Oregon, Georgia, Bama, 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:21.240 Like those four teams are consistently in it. I don't 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:23.320 know that you can say any other program is as 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:26.080 consistently in as those four. And it's kind of those 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:29.920 four really competing for at least in recent history since 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:32.000 the expansion playoff And what are the all for of 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:34.880 those schools have They have deep pockets, they have money 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:38.920 and and they're spending it on their rosters. You know, 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:41.600 you won't find one that's more expensive than Ohio State, Oregon. 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:44.040 You know, we talked about text tech this year that 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:46.920 hasn't been the past, And we'll see if it plays 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:48.880 out in the playoffs. But if I had my bet, 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:51.560 I bet one of those four teams wins the national 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:55.120 Championship from seeing them up close, you know, and you 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:57.000 know in person, all four of. 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:58.120 Those teams look different. 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.760 They've got the size that up, the speed, and they've 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:04.280 got you know, everything that they kind of need to 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:06.520 put together as far as their you know, staffs that 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:08.520 they've gotten in the support system. 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:10.720 You know, one of those four teams is probably gonna 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:11.400 win it all this year. 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:16.240 And then we get the rematch of you know, the 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:19.560 two thousand and three Classic between Miami and Ohio State, 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:22.000 which gets the College Football Playoff kicked off later on 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:24.880 tonight at seven thirty Eastern time, And I know that 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:28.840 people look at just sort of this whole landscape of 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:30.840 things and they're like, well, you know, these these are. 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:32.160 The bowl games and it's the playoff. 0:14:32.240 --> 0:14:35.800 I do think Dan Lanning's point about the fact that 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:38.320 Texas Tech should have a home game, but they don't 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:40.800 have a home game. I don't know how you if 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:43.480 this is a product of when you get sixteen teams in, 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:46.920 you're gonna get you know, a bye week advantage into 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:49.720 a home game. But it just feels like this is 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:51.840 where we are. There's still some things they've got to 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:54.120 iron out with the whole College Football Playoff. It's going 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:56.240 to look different like it did from last year to 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:58.720 this year and then this year probably the next year. 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:03.040 But it does feel like those teams yet again, Yeah, 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:04.800 you get that bye week, but the fact that you're 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:07.760 playing on a neutral site, even you're an opposing coach 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:10.120 is defending the team who's the higher ranked team, and 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:12.360 says listen man, they should this game should be played 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:14.720 in loveck Like the fact that we're not there doesn't 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:15.560 make a lot of sense. 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:17.960 As an Orange Bowl committee member, I am very I 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:22.520 feel very disrespected by those colleges from Deadlands. I'm not 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:25.000 taking that very well. So I hate to hear that, 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:29.040 but I understand the desire for it. I mean, they 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:32.000 obviously hosted a home playoff game versus James Madison, so 0:15:32.640 --> 0:15:33.360 he knows. 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:34.200 What that's like. 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:37.200 And it's unfortunate for Texas Tech that, you know, they 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:38.880 don't get to experience that. Even though they get to 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:41.200 buy and they get the additional moneies that come with 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:43.400 that and then to go to the next round, they 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:45.600 don't get to feel what that feels like. And I 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:47.880 think if you look at where this sport is at, 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:51.480 where it's creeping slowly towards a professional model, we already 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:54.000 have a model that's in the NFL level that I 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:57.280 think everyone likes the playoff format and likes the fact. 0:15:57.080 --> 0:16:00.760 That you do get home field advantage top seeded team. 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.200 You do get home field advantage if you win your division. 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:06.960 There's elements to all of that. The hard part is we've. 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:08.600 Got a committee that's going to be deciding that, so 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:10.560 there's always going to be some subjectivity to it. 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:12.160 There's going to be people who are. 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:13.840 Frustrated with the process of how they go about picking 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:16.360 those games in which teams make it, which teams don't. 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:19.200 We're just not quite to that format. 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:22.440 But I don't disagree that if you really take a 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:26.080 step back, look at any tournament format where there's sudden 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:29.480 death and you only play one game, it doesn't play 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:31.400 to the advantage of those teams that play the best 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:32.200 in the regular season. 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:33.800 I mean, look at college basketball. 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:36.800 You don't get home core advantage in the tournament, and 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:39.320 outside of the opening round, that's all you get, and 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:42.120 then you're playing on these neutral site games. So I 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:44.960 understand the point he's making, but I also don't feel 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:47.720 like we're at a spot right now in college football 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:50.760 to be able to make the changes necessary to get 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:53.760 to the point where we've got sixteen teams playing in 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:56.080 it and we can start having more of those home 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:57.280 playoff games. 0:16:57.440 --> 0:16:59.320 And we don't feel like teams don't deserve it buy. 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:01.160 I don't even know, do you guys feel like a 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:03.440 team deserves a buy based on what they've done in 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:04.440 the regular season so far. 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:08.080 I could see why they would structure it that way. 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:12.320 It just just because of the amount of teams. But 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:14.719 I think, you know, the playoffs are the playoffs. If 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:17.800 you make it into the playoffs, let's play. You know. 0:17:17.880 --> 0:17:21.320 I get it, though, if you play well enough and 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:24.840 you're highly ranked, and you're rated based off of the numbers, 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:27.600 I would say I don't have a problem with a 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:30.600 bye week. I really don't, you know, but that could 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:33.359 work to your advantage, but it could also work to 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:36.919 your disadvantage. I mean, obviously, the clear and easy is 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:40.239 you get healthy, you have time to prepare. You can 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:42.560 prepare for both teams, even though you don't know which 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:47.320 one you're going to play. I think there is an 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:50.439 advantage to having a bye week, but I don't know 0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:54.520 that for certain. I don't know that you have this 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:59.080 distinct advantage going into it, just because of the amount 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:01.679 of time you have off versus the time that the 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:02.600 other team had off. 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:05.520 I also think that there's in college football, there's your 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:06.720 condition to complain. 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:08.320 It just is what it is like. 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:11.000 No matter what, people are just gonna have a bitch 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:11.880 about something. 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:13.600 And if you really want to go through the. 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:17.200 List of playoff formats and other sports, I mean, look 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:18.040 look at the NFL. 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:19.360 We talked about it a lot last year. 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:22.160 The fact that the an NFC South team, whoever wins 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:24.280 the NFC South is going to host a playoff game 0:18:24.480 --> 0:18:26.880 is absurd over a team, and it happened a couple 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:29.359 of times last year the NBA playoffs. 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:32.200