1 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: And just like that, we're back in another edition of the 2 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: Late Kick Extra podcast now Thursday morning, September ninth, Viear 3 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 1: of Our Lord twenty twenty one. You know why I pause. 4 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:21,799 Speaker 1: I want to give it that dramatic effect. Also, I 5 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: was picking up the eye Josh, to actually see what 6 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: the date was, because I am recording responsibly the night 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: before we release this, which is the way you've been 8 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: getting this stuff at like five or six am for 9 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:35,520 Speaker 1: that morning commute. And thank producer Jordan for that, because 10 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: he keeps the hours of a vampire, which is the 11 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: only way we can get that out. If it were 12 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: left up to me, this thing would be lunchtime at 13 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: the earliest. So thankfully we have people around here who 14 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: really take the ball and work overnight, and they deserve 15 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: a lot more credit than they get. So there you go, Jordan, 16 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: I've cuning you all the credit in the world. I 17 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: bet you don't edit that out. But I'm also pausing 18 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: for that dramatic effect to let you know it's September ninth, 19 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: and that means we're forty eight hours away from Iowa 20 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: and Iowa State. I'm gonna be up there. We've got 21 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: a question about it to lead off the show because 22 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: a lot of you think, what is the matter with 23 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: this dude so disproportionately attached to this game? I am, 24 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: and I'll explain it answering a question if you want 25 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: to submit a question. By the way, we do this 26 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: every Tuesday and Thursday morning. This is not Late Kick Live. 27 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: This is in addition to this is podcast only. If 28 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: you're looking on the YouTube channel, you do not find 29 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: the Q and A sessions. It is wall to wall 30 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 1: mail bag. You can submit email Josh paid seven zero 31 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: six at gmail dot com. But I'll tell you the 32 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 1: better way to get in touch with me because the 33 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 1: email inbox is just flat out overflowing. I mean, it 34 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: is a mess right now in a good way. The 35 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: better way to get in touch with me is follow 36 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: me on Twitter or Instagram at Latekickjosh and submit questions. 37 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: That way you can get feedback. I go back and 38 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: forth with a lot of you guys. I get I 39 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: don't know, somewhere between hundreds and thousands of dms per day, 40 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: and I get to as many of them as I can. 41 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: It's impossible to get to all of them. But that's 42 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: the better way to really submit a question, and the 43 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: podcast reviews, five star reviews. We're marching towards two thousands, 44 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: so continue those coming in. But also before I dive 45 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: into the mailbag here, remember there are fifteen different reasons 46 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: that you want to be following those Twitter and Instagram 47 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: channels at late Kick Josh Access Access Access. We got 48 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,799 Speaker 1: the late night gambling chat over on Instagram on Friday night, 49 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: tentatively named Friday Night Lines. And then also, hey guys, 50 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: I'm at the game that you're probably watching on TV 51 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: every Saturday, and I get to see stuff you don't 52 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: get to see. Well, that is unless you're following on 53 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: social in which case I show you as much as 54 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,399 Speaker 1: I possibly can. Sometimes the teams asked me to take 55 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: it down and I do, like I had. I don't 56 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: know if I can tell you, Yeah, I can tell 57 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:38,119 Speaker 1: you this. I had a video of one of the teams. 58 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: Let's just say that was in Charlotte, North Carolina Saturday. 59 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: It was either Georgia or Clemson. I can narrow it 60 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: down that much. And no further, it wasn't the officials 61 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: and I got some footage and they knew I had it, 62 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: and they said, hey, here's five hundred dollars. Delete it. 63 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: They didn't give me five hundred, but they just asked, kindly, hey, 64 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 1: can we not let that get out because they knew 65 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: I had seen something they didn't want out. And that's fair, 66 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: It's totally fair. So I deleted it and I looked 67 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: at them like Dwight Shrut would look when he was 68 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: handing out bagels all over the office. And then he 69 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: just said, you owe me one, and then I walked away. 70 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: But yes, yes, yes, make sure you're following and let 71 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: me get to this question. And then I got a 72 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 1: little challenge for you on the other side of this question. So, Shane, 73 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: it might as well have been a million of you. 74 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: But Shane said, be real, Iowa State has to be 75 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: paying you something for all this free pub you give them. 76 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: You openly said this week on the show, you're from Georgia. 77 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: You have never been to Iowa. I know good and 78 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: well nobody from Georgia pulls for Iowa State. So what 79 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: gives bro Shane, Let me explain it. I've been doing 80 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: a lot of radio and some podcasts up in Iowa. 81 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: I've had to explain this many times this week. Yes, 82 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: I grew up in Georgia. No. Up until this Friday, 83 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: I have never set foot in the state of Iowa, 84 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: but when I was growing up, it was drummed into 85 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: my head that SEC atmospheres were the best atmospheres on 86 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: the planet. And I'm not saying that's not true. I've 87 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: been to most of the big ones. I got to 88 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: get to a game at Arkansas. It kills me that 89 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: I cannot be at that Texas game this weekend. I 90 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: really wish I could space the com which football calendar 91 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: out more. But thus far, until you guys elect me 92 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: commission er, I don't really have much say so over that. 93 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: But I was taught all these atmospheres down here. You know, 94 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: the world basically is flat, and once you get outside 95 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: the SEC footprint, it just falls off and you just 96 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 1: fall into the abyss well. I naturally wanted to find 97 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 1: things that were outside of that world, and so I 98 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: would watch Penn State and I would watch USC and 99 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: I would watch a lot of the national games on 100 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: TV when I was growing up, and there was this 101 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: one place that I realized I was finding attractive that 102 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: no one talked about, and it was Iowa State. And 103 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: they weren't good, but I would watch teams go in there. 104 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:41,600 Speaker 1: I'd watch Texas or Oklahoma go in there ranked and 105 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 1: favored heavily, and they'd win in most cases, but it 106 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:47,679 Speaker 1: would just seem like it was so hard. I would 107 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: watch it and it never felt comfortable. It sounded really loud, 108 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: and I wondered, did they just put the mics in 109 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: different locations? This place is not one hundred thousand seat stadium. 110 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 1: Why does it seem so raucous. Well, it's just one 111 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: of those places, and so I've always watched it from 112 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 1: a foreign thought that. So then Part two is Matt 113 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: Campbell really fell in love with him when he was 114 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 1: at Toledo. I listened to him talk, and everything that 115 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: came out of his mouth I loved. And when those 116 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: two here comes the word of the week. When we 117 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: had the confluence of those two when he went to 118 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: Iowa State, And you should take five minutes and read 119 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: the story about when they played Iowa State when he 120 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 1: was at Toledo and he realized I love this place. 121 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: When he went to Iowa State, I was all in. 122 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 1: I dove in, and so I've been on board since then. 123 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: So that's really why I just wanted to find a 124 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:35,480 Speaker 1: place that was outside of the footprint. I grew up 125 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: in to root for, and so I was attracted to 126 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: Iowa State. Now, since they're on the national radar, everyone 127 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: thinks I'm bandwagoning it, and I'm not. This show has 128 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 1: only been a nationally recognized show for about a year 129 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: year and a half, and I get that. So I'm 130 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 1: new to a lot of you. But me and Iowa State, 131 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,039 Speaker 1: we're not new. We've been together. We've been together for 132 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: quite a while. It's going good. We're ready to take 133 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: the next step this weekend. And like marriages, this union 134 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: can happen on a Saturday in the fall because it 135 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 1: actually involves a football game, so I can get a 136 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: pass there. But that's the story with Iowa State. No, 137 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: they're not paying me anything. Not that I turn it down, 138 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: but they're not paying me anything right now. Shame. But 139 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 1: let me just throw something out there. The other night, 140 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 1: I was fooling around on the show and I just 141 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: kind of said, oh, wouldn't it be a shame if 142 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: Peate State freights posters or late kick posters popped up 143 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: on college game day? And knowing you guys, I should 144 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: have just kept my mouth shut because you took it 145 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: dead serious. And so I've been getting pictures sent to 146 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 1: me of Pate State Frights posters. Those logos look sweet, 147 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: by the way, I tweeted the I actually tweeted the 148 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 1: high resolution photos out today out of demand so that 149 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: you guys would have them. So we don't have like 150 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: bootleg logos out there of a university. By the way, 151 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: that is fictitious in nature. So we got to Pet 152 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: State Freight logos. And what I am telling you now 153 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: dead serious as opposed to playing around like I was 154 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: the other night. Whoever or whom's toever amongst us gets 155 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: our ago on college game day, Pate State Freights or 156 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: late Kick, whichever one of you pulls it off, if 157 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 1: you can prove to me that it was you, I 158 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: got something coming your way. It is specialty in nature. 159 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: It does not exist on the open market. It is 160 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: not for sale. It is strictly in house. I'm looking 161 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: at him right now. They are again not for sale. 162 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: That means they're very rare and very valuable, depending on 163 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: what your taste in life is. So anyway you pull 164 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: it off, you prove to me you did it, You'll 165 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 1: have something coming your way that I do promise you. 166 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: Next up, I got a question that was simply what 167 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: are head coaches screaming in their headsets? Like? What are 168 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: they actually talking about? And it varies greatly depending on 169 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: who the head coach is. Some head coaches are very 170 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: very dialed in because some of them are calling plays. 171 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 1: Ryan Day is the play caller for Ohio State's offense, 172 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: so you know a lot of what he's talking about 173 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: pertains to the actual functionality of the offense and play 174 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: to play in series to series, and he's handed off 175 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: probably a lot of the other operational aspects and the 176 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: defensive aspects because he is running a side of the ball. 177 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: Nick Saban is a CEO, He's not running either side 178 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: of the ball, but he's running the entire team. And 179 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: then you got some other places like Brady Hoke famously, 180 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: when he was a head coach, he didn't even have 181 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: a headset on. And so there are a lot of 182 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: coaches who do it different ways. Normally, what's happening, I 183 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: would say the average coach is not calling plays for 184 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: either side. The average coach, though, is basically serving as 185 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: a filter because he's already cast the vision. When he 186 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: hired people, he cast the vision. It has long since 187 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: been understood in a game week, what we want to do. 188 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: He the coach has approved all of the game plans, 189 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: so there's no mystery. There's nothing coming through that headset 190 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: that's being called for the next play that is a 191 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: surprise to him. What he is doing is though, he's 192 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,199 Speaker 1: kind of guiding it and getting it back on track. 193 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:49,719 Speaker 1: If I want it to go this way a little bit, 194 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: If if I'm thinking this in terms of strategy, if 195 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: I want to do this with clock for the last 196 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,199 Speaker 1: four minutes of the first half or the first four 197 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: minutes of the second half, you know, that's the kind 198 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,559 Speaker 1: of stuff that he'll relay. Other than that, it's anyone's guess. 199 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: I mean, it could be anything from can you believe 200 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: that slot receiver just made that play he never makes 201 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 1: in practice? Or it could be you're fired. It could 202 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: be this line judge looks like my cousin Leroy who 203 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: lives down in Munsey, Indiana. Could be anything under the 204 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: sun at that point. Good people in Munsey, by the way, 205 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: shout out Munsey. Moving on here, Gus said, can we 206 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: get a Missouri Kentucky breakdown right quick? On late kick extra? 207 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: I think this game is for third in the East, 208 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 1: but it's being really overlooked. I think people are going 209 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: to be hyped on Kentucky's new offense and overlook Missouri. 210 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 1: Your thoughts, I agree with that. So right now, what 211 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: I played early in the week, and again I cursed 212 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: myself for not handing it out, is I played the 213 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: over at fifty two. It's up to like fifty six now. 214 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: To be honest, I still like the over. It's just 215 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: not a rom and noodle play. I don't think that 216 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: odds makers have properly baked in what Kentucky is now. 217 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: It's hard to do because when you're making numbers, when 218 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: you're an odds maker and you're making that over under, 219 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:59,079 Speaker 1: you early in the season are going somewhat off of 220 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: last year's available data and what Kentucky was last year 221 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: they are not this year. Through one sample size, one 222 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: week of Will Levis and the new offense they're running 223 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: their period, Kentucky looks like a different team. At the 224 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: very least, what week one taught us is that they 225 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: fully committed. Now, a ton of points in week one 226 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 1: does not always mean a ton of points in week two. See, 227 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: for instance, Mississippi State and Mike Leech circa twenty twenty 228 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: blowout LSU Week one crash to Earth and they threw 229 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: like five times more turnovers than touchdowns in the next 230 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,319 Speaker 1: few weeks. But I do think it'll be more sustainable 231 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: with Kentucky. But Missouri I actually picked to finish ahead 232 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: of Kentucky. So obviously this game's gonna go a long 233 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: way in determining that. I think Missouri is about a 234 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: five point dog right now. Connor Bezalak is a quarterback 235 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: that I'm I think disproportionately high on relative to the 236 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,959 Speaker 1: rest of America. I will tell you this. As much 237 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: as there's going to be a lot of focus on 238 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 1: Iowa Iowa State, or Oregon Ohio State, or even in 239 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: the SEC there'll be some focus on Texas and Arkansas 240 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,559 Speaker 1: Big twelve and SEC, this game has a chance to 241 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: steal the show. If you go on pure entertainment value, 242 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,959 Speaker 1: Kentucky and Missouri has a chance to steal the show. 243 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 1: There is very low boredom risk. It could very well 244 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: be one of the games we look back on at 245 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: the end of the year and say, you know, at 246 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: the time, I overlook that, but now that I'm looking 247 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: at the postseason SEC East standings, the team in second 248 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: place is the team that won that game. Yeah, they 249 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: could go that high. Given what we don't know about 250 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: Florida yet, things could shake out really crazy in the East. 251 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: At the very least, as you said, it could be 252 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: for third in the East. So if you have some 253 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: time Saturday, check out Kentucky and Missouri. You don't have 254 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: to have it on your main screen, but I would 255 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:41,839 Speaker 1: advise you have it on a side screen at the 256 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: very least. Clinton up next, what do you think the 257 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: ceiling is for Lane Kiffen? I wonder what we mean 258 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: here because there was no specification. I assume he means 259 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: at Old Miss. My thought about Kiffen has always been this, 260 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 1: If I'm an Old Miss fan, of course I'm pulling 261 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: for us to win every game. Do you guys have 262 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: in the back of your head a concern that the 263 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: better he does and the further removed his career gets 264 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 1: from any kind of scandal and you know, any kind 265 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: of red letter across his forehead that keeps him from 266 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: being hired, and the more he starts winning and he 267 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: rehabilitates his image every single week, further and further, are 268 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 1: you worried that you won't be able to keep him? 269 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: Because I think it's a legitimate concern. I don't think 270 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: that many people who have been around Lane Kiffin look 271 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 1: at him and say Oxford, Mississippi, is where he plans 272 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: to spend his next twenty years. Now, I'd love to 273 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: be wrong on that, because you know my feelings about 274 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: the South Carolinas or the Arkansas or the Old Misses 275 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 1: of the world, like the big time schools get enough 276 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: of their pick of the coaching litter. So every now 277 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: and then I like to see a guy plant roots 278 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 1: at what is not a traditional Tier one university. But 279 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: I'm also a realist, and so Clinton. I think the 280 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 1: ceiling is Lane Kiffin can win a national championship. I 281 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: just don't know if the answer is he can do 282 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: that at all Miss. But listen, they got a game 283 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: coming up in a few weeks. I'm already looking ahead 284 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: a little bit. I don't look ahead to the playoff, 285 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: but I'm looking ahead a little bit for travel purposes. 286 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: And let me pull our file up. I think it's 287 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: either week four or week five. You know, you rapidly 288 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: have a date approaching that is not Alabama and Texas 289 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: A and M. It's Old Miss at Alabama, and that 290 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: is in Week five, and I tried my best to predict, 291 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 1: you know, which games we were going to take the 292 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 1: Renaissance Tour too, And that week I had Auburn at 293 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: LSU circled, and I also had possibly Michigan at Wisconsin 294 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: or Cincinnati at Notre Dame. But I'm looking at Old 295 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: Miss at Alabama right now, and that's looking really, really 296 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: intriguing a few weeks down the road, and I think 297 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: Old Miss is rested before that week, and that's the 298 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: week before Bama goes and plays Texas A and M. 299 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: So listen, they are capable. We saw what happened last year. 300 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 1: This is a better Old Miss team. I think I 301 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: think this year's Old Miss team would do a number 302 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: on last year's Old Miss team. They have improved that 303 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: much defensively, and I'm confident in saying that after just 304 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 1: one week. So what is the ceiling? The ceiling? He's 305 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: probably scaring people like Alabama to death. Like Alabama fans 306 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: can tell you whatever they want to tell you, I'm 307 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,719 Speaker 1: telling you right now, there is not a team on 308 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: this regular season schedule that will scare Bama fans more 309 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: than Old Miss internally, whether they vocalize it or not, 310 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: and I am including A and M. They don't think 311 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: A and M can beat them. Whether you believe it 312 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: or not, it's irrelevant. They don't think A and M 313 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: can beat them because they don't think A and M's 314 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: got the quarterback play. They know Ole Miss has got 315 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: the quarterback play, and they know about Lane Kiffin. They 316 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: know all too well about Lane Kiffin. And so that 317 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: was going to be fun to watch because that Bama 318 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: defense is legit, I mean legit, and that Old Miss 319 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: offense is legit. And so I don't know what kind 320 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 1: of game to expect. That's a few weeks down the road. 321 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: I'm not doing a preview right now, but I think 322 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: Old Miss and Lane Kiffen they've got a really high ceiling. 323 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: I've got them ranked tenth right now in our power rating. 324 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: I got them tenth. To let you know what I 325 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: think about him, I started him at fourteen. Jesse's up next. 326 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: He said, I really enjoyed what you said last week. 327 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: The job that you get to do instead of have 328 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: to do. Let me pause, Jesse. He's basically asking a 329 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: question that's a two parter. He is expressing a sentiment 330 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: there that a lot of you expressed and I kind 331 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: of got carried away a little bit on Tuesday in 332 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: a good way, as it turns out, because so many 333 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: of you reached out, dozens of you, several dozens of 334 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: you reached out, and you told me how much you 335 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: loved that part in the Tuesday pod where I was 336 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: just talking about how much really I love what I 337 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: get to do, and I gave you a little backstory, 338 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: and I told you about the first time I ever 339 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 1: covered a game and how incredulous I was, You know 340 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: how rarely I use that word, but how incredulous I 341 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 1: was that there were people in the first ever press 342 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: box I went in that didn't seem like they were 343 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: loving what they were doing. That just doesn't make sense 344 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 1: to me. It still doesn't to this day anyway. So 345 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: I told you what my vision is and purpose has 346 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: been and always will be, and just what my overall 347 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: passion where it stems from, and that hasn't changed. Well, 348 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: a lot of you really took that to heart, and 349 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: you hit me up and you said essentially what Jesse 350 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: is saying here. Thank you. So I saw all those 351 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: I couldn't answer all of them. I answered a lot 352 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: of them, but I appreciate you guys reaching out because 353 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: I can tell you those kinds of stories all day. 354 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: But Jesse asked, what is the typical schedule on game week? 355 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: Like this week you're going to Iowa, So what will 356 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: the schedule be. Well, it varies week to week, so 357 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: but this week it's it's wild. I really really still 358 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: have trouble wrapping my mind around this, but I'll try 359 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: not to go down the road for like five minutes 360 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 1: like I did last week. Here's my actual work schedule. 361 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: And I want to stress the word work because they 362 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 1: call this work. I mean, I kid you not. People 363 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 1: actually think this is having to work for a living. 364 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: So on Sunday night, let's just start on Sunday, the 365 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: Lord's Day. Sunday night we do the show Late Kick Live. 366 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: We are fully reacting, rapid reaction, that's the theme of 367 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: the Sunday night show to whatever has happened Saturday. Also 368 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: on Sunday Night, we reveal which game we're going to 369 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: go to the following Saturday, and that has been normally 370 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 1: either decided the day before or decided morning of. One 371 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: of you actually build the animation a lot of what 372 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: happens on Late Kick, A lot of the things you 373 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 1: see in the features you see are courtesy of our audience. 374 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 1: We crowdsource a whole lot. It is an unprecedented dynamic 375 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: at this level of sports media to be able to 376 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: do that. But I love doing it that way because 377 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: it lets you guys be involved in the show. I mean, 378 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: we got folks sitting all around here who get paid 379 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: to do that kind of stuff. And one day I'll 380 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 1: eventually get in trouble for doing it the way we 381 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: do it, but right now I'm not in trouble, so 382 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: I appreciate it anyway. So we'll reveal it that night 383 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: Monday morning. Tuesday morning, I'm doing a ton of radio 384 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: all across the country. A lot of you hear me 385 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: in your own market sometimes and don't even know I 386 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 1: was on and say, hey, guess who I heard? Who you? Oh? 387 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 1: Really did you? And Tuesday night, you know we have 388 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,400 Speaker 1: the show. And Thursday night we have the show. Friday 389 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: this week, for example, will fly up to Iowa State, 390 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: that is where the blank is. And I want to 391 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: stress this because we just started the Renaissance Tour. We 392 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:56,879 Speaker 1: just started going on the road every week in an 393 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: official capacity. So Friday night, right now, get in town, 394 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: get to the hotel. We do the super secret can't 395 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:08,680 Speaker 1: be spoken about publicly. Instagram, live gambling chat late at night. 396 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: It'll probably be about eleven thirty or twelve Eastern, so 397 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:15,479 Speaker 1: close to midnight this week, and participate if you want to. 398 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: It's super secret though, obviously, so we can't talk about 399 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 1: it except right now, and I'll do that. But think 400 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 1: about what Friday night could be. It'll be whatever you 401 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:24,679 Speaker 1: want it to be. That is where the blank is 402 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 1: in the future. I was just talking to one of 403 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: our high level mustaches here today. That's a fancy term 404 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 1: for management and high level mustache. And I we're talking 405 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,639 Speaker 1: about what we could turn that Friday into when we 406 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: get into town. What could we do with the fans 407 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 1: in that market, with our listeners. Knowing that there are 408 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,800 Speaker 1: some places we may never go to or go to 409 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 1: once every five years, it'll be really nice to have 410 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 1: small kind of intimate gatherings listeners and viewers only, not 411 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:52,439 Speaker 1: to be confused with members only. And so that's on 412 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 1: the table in the future. Anyway, the Saturday game happens, 413 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 1: I like to get at the stadium three hours before kickoff. 414 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 1: I will have live hits on CBS Sports HQB before 415 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 1: this Saturday's game, so you probably see me walking around 416 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 1: with one of those fancy CBS microphones. Don't worry though, 417 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: I haven't sold out. And then we will watch the game. 418 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 1: I will get as much access and inside content for 419 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 1: you as I can, and it will be shared on 420 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: Instagram and Twitter at late kick Josh. Then we will 421 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 1: do a postgame hit and then I will get back 422 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: to the hotel. And this is really where the fever begins. 423 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,479 Speaker 1: This is where a whole lot of stuff's happening. I 424 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 1: am watching as many condensed games as I can. I'm 425 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: getting reports sent to me based on templates that I 426 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 1: have assigned people, and I'm trying to catch up with 427 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: as much as I have missed that day. I'm also 428 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:40,159 Speaker 1: in communication with our producers either in Fort Lauderdale or Connecticut, 429 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 1: and we are loosely formatting the next night's show. I'm 430 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: also in communication with the data scientists that I partner 431 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: with to run our own model, because I want the 432 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 1: next week's games already run with the new data from 433 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 1: that day ingested and any injury updates that we can 434 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 1: put in. I want projected scores for the next week's 435 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: games well ahead several hours ahead of the Vegas line release, 436 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,400 Speaker 1: so I know which games we want to bet immediately 437 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 1: for the Rama Noudle Express the following week. Get on 438 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: a plane Sunday morning. Is all that's happening. In the flight. 439 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: You're trying to knock out as much of either building 440 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: your rundown or watching more games as you can. When 441 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 1: you touch down. It would be a miracle, but sometimes 442 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 1: miracles do happen. You try to get in the gym, 443 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: then you go to the studio, you do the show, 444 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: you do as much social afterwards as you can, and 445 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 1: then you go home, and then you rent and repeat, 446 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: and the entire thing starts again. And they actually call 447 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: that a job. Talk about a game all week, Fly 448 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: to the game, watch the game, get paid to do it, 449 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: come back home, talk about it some more, and then 450 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: do it all the following week. Yes, for a guy 451 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: who used to stack roles in a fabric warehouse, this 452 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 1: certainly beats that. But I know it is a mathematical 453 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 1: certainty that some of you are out there right now 454 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 1: working jobs that you hope don't last forever, but right 455 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 1: now it's what you got, and you don't like it, 456 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: And all I ever try and do with this thing 457 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: is I try and give you as much of this 458 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: one thing that you love as possible to get you 459 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 1: through that week. I know you love college football, or 460 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: you wouldn't be here. And I also happen to know 461 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: that you love talking about it with your buddies. You 462 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:09,880 Speaker 1: may or may not have any at work. You got 463 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 1: one here though, and you may not know it, but 464 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: you got tens of thousands per episode listening right along 465 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,360 Speaker 1: with you or watching right along with you. So it's 466 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 1: very much a community. No matter how big it gets, 467 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,719 Speaker 1: it's still very much a community. Oh man, I just 468 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: your worked up when I talk about this stuff. So 469 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: we best move on. Tyler asks, bigger game this week 470 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: for Texas or for Arkansas. I think the answer is 471 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: Texas because I just think there's more pressure on Steve 472 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 1: Sarkies and I think there's more focus on sark right now. 473 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: But having said that, imagine if Arkansas wins that game. 474 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:44,239 Speaker 1: If Arkansas wins against Texas. I know we've played these 475 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: scenarios out, but now it's really happening. It's really a 476 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 1: game week. If Arkansas wins the game against Texas, what 477 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: would that make him? Well, it would make them two 478 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: and zero going into a Georgia Southern game, they'll be 479 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,880 Speaker 1: heavily favored in. I think that would make them three 480 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: and oh heading into the game in Arlingkedon against Texas 481 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 1: A and M. And I'm telling you that's in week 482 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 1: four and right now, well, we haven't slated ourself to 483 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: go anywhere in week four yet, but that game would 484 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 1: rocket up the priority list if A and M and 485 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: Arkansas were both undefeated, because I've had that game circled. 486 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 1: You guys know, I've been talking about that game in 487 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: the summer. I have said, you watch, everyone's going to 488 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: discount Arkansas because their schedule's tough. But you don't play 489 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 1: a schedule on a Saturday. You just play one team. 490 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: And so when you look at Arkansas versus Texas, it's 491 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,439 Speaker 1: not Arkansas versus the twenty twenty one schedule, it's just 492 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: a team. They're a six and a half point underdog 493 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: against at home. That's what it is. That's the situation 494 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 1: that is not insurmountable by any stretch. Virginia Tech pulled 495 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,679 Speaker 1: something very similar in point spread terms off just this 496 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: past week against North Carolina, So Arkansas can do that. 497 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 1: I think there's more pressure on Texas. So let's talk 498 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,360 Speaker 1: about Texas. If Texas wins that game, they are two 499 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 1: and oh through a stretch that very few people thought 500 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:57,880 Speaker 1: they were going to go two and oh in even 501 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 1: a lot of Longhorn fans thought one and one best. 502 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 1: Some of you thought too and oh. But I can 503 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: tell you outside of a Longhorn nation, pretty much everyone 504 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: had them either one in one or there were some 505 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: amongst us who even dared to say zero to two. Well, 506 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,399 Speaker 1: the only problem, as I've stated that I have with 507 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: that crowd, is the same ones who are screaming upset, upset, upset. 508 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: When the upset didn't happen in week one, they started screaming, Well, 509 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: all you did is beat Louisiana. No, they beat the 510 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 1: team you said was gonna win. That's what they did. 511 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 1: You can't be yelling upset and then discount the win 512 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,120 Speaker 1: after it happens. So this is a game, though. Man, 513 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 1: this one's not as off the radars Kentucky and Missouri. 514 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 1: But this was going to be really fun to watch too. 515 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,919 Speaker 1: And I will probably get back to a hotel in 516 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: time to see the second half of this one, depending 517 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: on what the scene looks like in Ames Iowa, of course, 518 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 1: but at the very least I will have watched this 519 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: one by the time my head hits the pillow that night. 520 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: Caleb's up next. He asked a very pressing question. He said, 521 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: can you give me all the updated Rama Noodle Express 522 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 1: picks for the week? Yes, I can. I've got five 523 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 1: of them so far. Could stretch it a little bit 524 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 1: more tonight, but so far we got five and I 525 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 1: will hand them out right after this. So Caleb ast, 526 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 1: can you update me on what all you've handed out 527 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: for the Ramannul Express this week? Those, by the way, 528 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: for those unfamiliar, are our best bets of the week. 529 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 1: We went sixty point nine percent against the number last 530 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 1: year fifty three and thirty four. I'm telling you last 531 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: year's record because we only went two and three in 532 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: Week one. Now, as a gentleman, I had to take 533 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 1: away a win from US. I handed out Western Kentucky 534 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,679 Speaker 1: minus nine. But not enough of you were able to 535 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: get that because I watched Vegas take the game off 536 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: the board after I max bet it. Am I telling 537 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 1: you I am responsible for it? No? I'm not. Am 538 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: I telling you I'm definitely not responsible for it. No, 539 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: I'm not telling you that either. All I know is 540 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: I handed it out and I hammered the game, and 541 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 1: a couple of minutes later they took it down, so 542 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 1: not enough of you could get it. So the gentleman 543 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 1: that I am, I removed that from our record. We 544 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: could be five hundred right now. Instead we're what forty 545 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 1: percent two and three? Who has time for that? We'll 546 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: rectify soon enough. Don't worry trust the numbers anyway. Here's 547 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 1: what I've handed out so far this week. Memphis, I 548 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: dropped my post it Memphis minus four. They are at 549 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:12,120 Speaker 1: Arkansas State. We have Tulsa at Oklahoma State. We're taking 550 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:16,199 Speaker 1: Oklahoma State minus twelve. Texas State is a one point 551 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:19,159 Speaker 1: dog on the road. At FIU, we are taking the 552 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: Bobcats plus one. Vanderbilt was one of the most god 553 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: awful looking teams on the face of the earth last week, 554 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,679 Speaker 1: so we're gonna bet him this week. I look at 555 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: our model, and our model thinks Vanderbilt could beat Colorado 556 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:34,919 Speaker 1: State outright. It has Vanderbilt winning a close game. Vandy 557 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 1: is plus seven. So we think there is a severe 558 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,880 Speaker 1: overreaction in the market to last week. And I think 559 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 1: that too, So I'm gonna take Vandy plus seven and 560 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,639 Speaker 1: then Oregon and Ohio State over sixty three and a half. 561 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: I do also like that number at sixty four, but 562 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 1: we have put it out at sixty three and a half. 563 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,879 Speaker 1: There are some defensive questions on both sides. I know 564 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 1: some Ohio State guys practiced yesterday. There's still some defensive 565 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 1: questions that coupled with the belief I have that both 566 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: offensive staffs played it a little close to the best 567 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 1: in Week one. Having this week circled and opening up 568 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: passing games becomes a little bit more of a likelihood. 569 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 1: I think that number's going closer to seventy than sixty 570 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:17,880 Speaker 1: three and a half, So I like the over there. 571 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 1: Kevin continues, he said, what are your thoughts on Nick 572 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: Saban's meltdown at his press conference the week of the 573 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,399 Speaker 1: Mercer game of all weeks. I watched this today and 574 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 1: it wasn't a meltdown. He never even raised his voice. 575 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 1: What he was talking about was complacency. And I know 576 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,719 Speaker 1: everyone watched Bama in Week one, they just disassembled Miami Miami. 577 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,679 Speaker 1: I went back and watched that game again this morning. 578 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: Miami's not a bad team. They are not a bad 579 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: team at all. I mean, Deerck King played a very 580 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:45,160 Speaker 1: good game, and I was finding myself when they were 581 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,920 Speaker 1: down forty one to three, legitimately saying Dereck King has 582 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: played at a level that could beat some top ten teams. 583 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,920 Speaker 1: That sounds crazy. He's down forty one to three. Derek 584 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 1: King did not play bad. I just tell you how 585 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 1: good Bama is. Well anyway, a lot of you think that, 586 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,880 Speaker 1: and so you think this inevitable death march to another 587 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:07,159 Speaker 1: national championship is underway. But that's your prerogative because you 588 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 1: don't have to actually execute it and make it happen. 589 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 1: When you're actually running the organization. You cannot afford to. 590 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:16,400 Speaker 1: That's why they pay you all those millions more than 591 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 1: you get paid to sit on the couch and watch 592 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: the game. How you do one thing's how you do everything. 593 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: So Mercer or LSU or the Indianapolis Colts, it doesn't 594 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: matter who's on the schedule the next week. When you 595 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 1: wonder why they're so methodical, why they're so almost militaristic, 596 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:35,439 Speaker 1: they're just machine like in their approach, it's because of that. 597 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker 1: It's cause they got a guy who might as well 598 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 1: be a general himself leading the program or leading the 599 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: organization that has a singular mentality and it does not vary, 600 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 1: it is not impacted by external factors. I think I 601 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,439 Speaker 1: may have told this story before, but I went and 602 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 1: listened to Nick Saban back in like eight or nine. 603 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 1: He had just gotten to Bama and they came to Columbus. 604 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,400 Speaker 1: They used to do something called, I think the Crimson 605 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 1: Caravan Tour. It was his speaking tour over the summer. 606 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 1: And he comes to the Columbus Convention and Trade Center, 607 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 1: which was just down the road from the Fabric Warehouse. 608 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 1: So got me a ticket, went down there and I 609 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,880 Speaker 1: listened to him talk about process. And I'd heard people 610 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 1: talk about process before. It's not like Nick Saban invented it, 611 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 1: but I'll tell you what he was able to accomplish. 612 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 1: He was the first one who ever spoke about process 613 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 1: oriented thinking over goal oriented thinking. That made it click 614 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 1: for me because up until that point I was a 615 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 1: normal dude. I thought that you had to be all 616 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: about goals, and you had to be focused on people 617 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: disrespecting you, and you had to get motivated based on 618 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: this or that or listen to this music and do 619 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 1: all this stuff. And he put it in such an 620 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 1: eloquent but effective way. It changed my life. It literally 621 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 1: changed my life. When I learned how to think in 622 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 1: terms of process over prize. That changed everything. It is 623 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 1: to this day how I run every aspect of what 624 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 1: I'm in control of, at least with this show, but 625 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 1: also with my life. And here's where it's really funny, 626 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 1: because this in and of itself is not that serious, 627 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 1: but it paints the picture of what I'm talking about 628 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:09,959 Speaker 1: and how dedicated I am now to this way of thinking. 629 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 1: It will transform your life if you learn to think 630 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: this way. I'm telling you, I don't care how average 631 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,680 Speaker 1: you think you are. Now again, dude in a fabric 632 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 1: warehouse and now I'm working for ViacomCBS. I'm telling you 633 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 1: it works. There is no guess work. It works if 634 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: you implement it across the entire spectrum. So what's funny 635 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: is I realized that I was working out. You know, 636 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 1: I was going to the gym, but I was doing 637 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 1: the same thing everyone else is doing. I'm listening to 638 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 1: music in the gym. And if you ask me, what 639 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 1: are you listening to music for, It's for motivation, That's 640 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,960 Speaker 1: what I told myself. It's not focus, it's motivation. That's 641 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 1: what I was telling myself so much so that if 642 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 1: I were to get to the gym and I didn't 643 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:47,479 Speaker 1: have my headphones with me, I wouldn't even go in. 644 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 1: I would think, Oh, man, that's kind of like not 645 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: being able to take pre workout. I just I can't 646 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 1: go in, So I'd leave. If I did not have 647 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,400 Speaker 1: my headphones with me, I'd leave. I listened to sab 648 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: and Talk, and I told myself, let me do a 649 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: little an so to speak of everywhere in my life 650 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 1: I'm relying on something external to push me, and that 651 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: was one of them. And so I tried something. I 652 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: tried removing anything external, including in the gem's case, music. 653 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 1: I took the headphones off. I have never put them 654 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: back on. Never. Anytime someone asked me for workout advice, 655 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,719 Speaker 1: that's the first thing I tell them, take the headphones off. Well, 656 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 1: I need him, bro, What do you need them for? Oh? 657 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: I gotta get motivated, I gotta focus. What is that 658 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 1: bringing out of you that's not already in you to 659 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 1: begin with. That's what really gets them when someone asks you, Hey, 660 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 1: that music that's motivating you, or that disrespect or the 661 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: trash talk you're counting on people making against you to 662 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: motivate you. What is it bringing out of you that's 663 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 1: not already in you anyway? And the answer is nothing. 664 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 1: If I'm capable of benching three point thirty five with 665 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,239 Speaker 1: the eight Miles soundtrack on in my ears blaring at 666 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 1: full volume, I was capable of doing it without that 667 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 1: because it didn't bring any strength out of me that 668 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: wasn't already there. But I'll tell you what it also does. 669 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 1: It makes you practice focus the good old fashioned way. Mentally, 670 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 1: it takes long time to get used to that, but man, 671 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: once I got used to working out without any kind 672 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 1: of external it greatly changed my workout routine. But it 673 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 1: also helps you practice focus, and it really helps in 674 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: the long run in a lot of other areas of life. 675 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 1: But I am telling you that changed me listening to 676 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,720 Speaker 1: him talk back then, So anyway, he hasn't changed. That's 677 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:20,920 Speaker 1: the same way he runs it. So you're listening to 678 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,160 Speaker 1: him and you're thinking it's just Mercer. You guys, this 679 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 1: is not a joke. Are favored by fifty six points 680 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:29,160 Speaker 1: this Saturday against Mercer. What he knows and what he's 681 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 1: petrified of is bad habits forming in a week where 682 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 1: it doesn't really matter what they do, that crop up 683 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 1: down the road in a game where it does very 684 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 1: much matter, and all of a sudden, you've developed habits 685 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,920 Speaker 1: that you can erase. That's what he's scared of. Anything 686 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 1: less than perfection is really what he's scared of. And 687 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:46,800 Speaker 1: if you're going to maximize your potential, you don't let 688 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 1: up because of something external. In other words, looking at 689 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 1: Mercer on a schedule and saying, I ain't got to 690 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: show up this week. You can't let that happen. That's 691 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 1: a habit and that will affect you in the long run. 692 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,680 Speaker 1: By the way, here's something really beautiful to listen to. 693 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 1: You remember back in the day when they lost to 694 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: Louisiana Monroe, it was seven. It Saban's first year. I 695 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 1: would encourage you go find the press conference the day 696 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 1: after he got in trouble. You know, he had some 697 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:15,800 Speaker 1: national media pushback because he compared the Alabama loss to 698 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,280 Speaker 1: nine to eleven and it wasn't what he said, but 699 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,080 Speaker 1: you know how media works. But the problem, well, the 700 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: downside I guess of that is everyone focused on that 701 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,920 Speaker 1: one little SoundBite. Go listen to the press conference. I 702 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,200 Speaker 1: think there's a highlight of it somewhere like on YouTube. 703 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,960 Speaker 1: He cast the entire vision. He let you know what 704 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,640 Speaker 1: was coming and basically what was happening was in Tuscaloosa. 705 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 1: At his press conference that Monday, the media was kind 706 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: of asking him, how long is it gonna take. How 707 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 1: long is it gonna take to do this? How long 708 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 1: is it gonna take before you're contending for a national championship, 709 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,360 Speaker 1: And he was trying to let him know, you're focused 710 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,200 Speaker 1: on the result. I'm over here focused on doing what 711 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 1: it takes to get the result. The way you think 712 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,200 Speaker 1: is the reason this place isn't the crapper right now. 713 00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 1: The way I think is what's gonna get us out. 714 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 1: But I can't do it with the kind of guys 715 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: I got here right now. So they've either got to 716 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: change the way they think, or we got to get 717 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 1: new guys in here. Either that or you need to 718 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:09,920 Speaker 1: get me out of here, because if you don't like 719 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 1: this way of thinking, then I don't need to be 720 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 1: here and you won't want me here. It's great, go 721 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:16,960 Speaker 1: find it. It's like a Nick Saban nine to one 722 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 1: to one or something like that. I got a computer 723 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,000 Speaker 1: right here, I could probably just look it up. But 724 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:23,520 Speaker 1: it's really good because he is at the time in 725 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,040 Speaker 1: a year where they're barely going to make a bowl game, 726 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 1: they're not winning championships yet, at the time of that 727 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 1: press conference, and he literally spells out every step of 728 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: what's about to happen. It's almost like he is reading 729 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 1: the people a spoiler on what Alabama football for the 730 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,800 Speaker 1: next decade and a half at least is going to 731 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:41,840 Speaker 1: do to the rest of the world. And they don't 732 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:43,720 Speaker 1: even know it. All they're worried about is ooh, you 733 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:46,440 Speaker 1: should be so embarrassed. You'd just lost to Louisiana Monroe. 734 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:50,280 Speaker 1: And he's telling them, here's what's coming. And he's really 735 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: talking to his locker room more so than anything. He's 736 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: telling him, here's what's coming. You can either get on 737 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 1: or you need to get out of the way, because 738 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,360 Speaker 1: we're not doing it any different. We just lost. I 739 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 1: don't care, I not doing it any different. All right, 740 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:05,520 Speaker 1: about time to go for me to bed and for 741 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: you probably the work or the launch or wherever you're 742 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,400 Speaker 1: listening the next day. Thank you so much for listening. 743 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,759 Speaker 1: Thank you for again as always making this possible. And 744 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,319 Speaker 1: remember challenges out there, any of you who proved to 745 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 1: me that you've got paid State Freight's logos on college 746 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:23,839 Speaker 1: game Day this Saturday. You're getting something you get that's 747 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 1: as specific as I can get. Really, I'm not even 748 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,319 Speaker 1: supposed to be talking about these things existing, but you're 749 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 1: getting something. So until this evening when we do Late 750 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,000 Speaker 1: Kick Live, we'll producer Jordan. I'm Josh Pate. Have a 751 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 1: great rest of your Thursday, and God bless you.