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Speaker 1: Maat Welcome in Lake. Kick is Live. It is Sunday

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Speaker 1: night in July third, the Year of a Lord, twenty

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Speaker 1: College Football Show taking no days off. Even if America's

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Speaker 1: College Football host her responsibly forgot the white T shirt.

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Speaker 1: And I feel like poverty right now, but Jordan had

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Speaker 1: his flu game. This will be my blue game. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna make it work tonight because we have way too

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Speaker 1: and we're here to discuss it all. We're jam packed

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Speaker 1: high atop a stormy downtown Nashville, Tennessee. College football is

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Speaker 1: going to be all right. And the way I know

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Speaker 1: it's going to be alright is because it has to be.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to give you one very very important point

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Speaker 1: Don't quite. I think that's where we're going. We'll talk

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Speaker 1: about that tonight. There are a ton of big recruiting

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Speaker 1: moves happening. We were out at the elite eleven in

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Speaker 1: But also just some huge recruiting moves happening. Bama's about

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Speaker 1: to move, Miami already has moved. Texas even in the

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Speaker 1: don't know ninety seven kids who have added onto the

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Speaker 1: Longhorn class since Art Manning committed Bold Predictions Enters Chapter

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Speaker 1: twenty one. Tonight we will discuss and as I said,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you some behind the scenes stuff and

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Speaker 1: some of my takeaways from Elite eleven. They're watching us

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Speaker 1: in Williamsburg, Virginia tonight, they're watching in Lemars, Iowa, Murphysboro, Tennessee.

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Speaker 1: We got a birthday being celebrated, or so I'm told,

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Speaker 1: in Holly Springs, Georgia. But imagine your channel not having

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Speaker 1: one hundred thousand subs, because that couldn't be us anymore.

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Speaker 1: I did not expect you guys to make the channel

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Speaker 1: hit one hundred thousand subs as we were live in LA. Somehow,

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Speaker 1: even though we built up to it for two months,

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Speaker 1: properly celebrate the other night. But management, as it turns out,

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Speaker 1: was very very much behind the promises they made. Here's

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Speaker 1: what I'm going to tell you, and we're going to

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Speaker 1: talk about it a lot more on the back end

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Speaker 1: really the back end of the show, because we got

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Speaker 1: some more pressing issues to talk about. But man, one

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Speaker 1: piece of hardware. We got one coming in the mail already,

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Speaker 1: so thank you so much for that. Let's dive into

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Speaker 1: future of this sport you and I love so much.

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Speaker 1: As we were out in la conference, realignment just drops

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Speaker 1: it's not the end of the world. It's different. It's

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Speaker 1: other thing that was happening right around a year ago today,

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Speaker 1: throw babies off the tallest building. I don't think it's

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Speaker 1: that time at all. There will be an adjustment period

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Speaker 1: I think will be okay. As you can see, I

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Speaker 1: am naked, not literally, but as far as this show goes,

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Speaker 1: I am. If I had the good sense to check

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Speaker 1: my book bag before I came into the studio today,

436
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Speaker 1: I would have realized that I didn't have my white tea.

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Speaker 1: Now you may be asking yourself, don't you have an

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Speaker 1: emergency white T shirt at the office? Answer? I did.

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Speaker 1: But then arch Manning decided to drop his commitment on

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Speaker 1: an off day for me, and so I had to

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Speaker 1: come into the studio with nine minutes heads up. And

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Speaker 1: I burned the white tea that day and took it

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Speaker 1: home with me, and now I have no emergency white team.

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Speaker 1: Long story short, I wish there were an Academy Sports

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Speaker 1: and Outdoors downtown in Nashville, because that would have alleviated

446
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Speaker 1: It would have alleviated to me the biggest problem that

447
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Speaker 1: we could have. We could do a show without the lights.

448
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,440
Speaker 1: I could just turn the flashlight app on on the eye, Josh.

449
00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:18,560
Speaker 1: But the white tea, they don't make an app for that.

450
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Speaker 1: They got a store for it though. Academy Sports and Outdoors,

451
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Speaker 1: I know they'd have my hook up. Academy had a

452
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Speaker 1: really good meeting with them this week. Academy is our

453
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Speaker 1: only partner I had to break the news to a

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Speaker 1: potential partner this week that, sorry, we were going to

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Speaker 1: be happy to just remain with Academy. Yes, actually we

456
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Speaker 1: left money on the table this week. Why we don't

457
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Speaker 1: need it because Academy Sports and Outdoors takes care of

458
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Speaker 1: us as a show. As for you, they take care

459
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Speaker 1: of all of your outdoor sporting goods needs. I know

460
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Speaker 1: a lot of you are about to be outdoors tomorrow.

461
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Speaker 1: It's July fourth tomorrow. If you haven't already, head to

462
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Speaker 1: Academy Sports and Outdoors. And just in the longer term,

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Speaker 1: if you guys can't get there, go to Academy dot Com.

464
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Speaker 1: I go all over the country every week in the fall,

465
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Speaker 1: and sometimes I'll go to places and they say, hey,

466
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Speaker 1: I don't have an Academy in my backyard. You got

467
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Speaker 1: a computer though, you got a cell phone. There it's

468
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Speaker 1: got internet on it. Academy dot Com for all of

469
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Speaker 1: your outdoor sporting goods needs, and your grill needs and

470
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Speaker 1: every need possibly under the sun, except for I don't

471
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Speaker 1: know your medications, and who knows, maybe one day they'll

472
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Speaker 1: have that as well. Bold predictions are back. We had

473
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Speaker 1: to table this for the time being. The other day

474
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Speaker 1: because we had to restructure our entire show on Thursday.

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Speaker 1: But Bold Predictions are back. Bold Predictions, Chapter twenty one.

476
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Speaker 1: The things that you believe in so much you claim

477
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Speaker 1: you would bet your own money on. I got some

478
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Speaker 1: tonight that I think I would bet right along with you, guys.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with this one in the Big Ten from Knoxville, Tennessee.

480
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Speaker 1: Though first prediction, if Purdue beats Penn State to open

481
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Speaker 1: the season, they will end the season with ten plus wins,

482
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Speaker 1: including the bowl game. This is where schedule matters, and

483
00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,320
Speaker 1: it matters a ton. Now Penn State and Purdue play

484
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Speaker 1: on a Thursday night to start the season. Penn State

485
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,800
Speaker 1: obviously a big year for them. Purdue fancies themselves as

486
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Speaker 1: a Big Ten West contender ten plus wins though you

487
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Speaker 1: may be thinking Purdue don't win ten games, Well, they

488
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Speaker 1: won nine last year. They've got the same quarterback back

489
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Speaker 1: in Aidan O'Connell they had last year. I'm gonna talk

490
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Speaker 1: a little bit more about what they don't have back

491
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Speaker 1: in a second. This is a seven on the Boldness scale.

492
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Speaker 1: Now they're over under win total is seven, but keep

493
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Speaker 1: in mind what the prediction said. They have a win

494
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Speaker 1: in Week one. So if they're one to zero after

495
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Speaker 1: Penn State, I mean Penn State is one of, if

496
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Speaker 1: not the toughest games on their schedule. They're only a

497
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Speaker 1: three point dog in that game, three three and a

498
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Speaker 1: half depending on where you look. They've got one of

499
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Speaker 1: the Big ten's easiest schedules. Look at that thing. They're

500
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Speaker 1: out of conference games are Syracuse, Indiana State, and FAU

501
00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:49,120
Speaker 1: and then their road games are at Minnesota, at Maryland,

502
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Speaker 1: at Wisconsin, at Illinois. You notice what you don't see here.

503
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Speaker 1: You don't see Michigan, you don't see Ohio State. It's very,

504
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Speaker 1: very favorable. They end the season with a three game

505
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Speaker 1: stretch of at Illinois Northwest, in An at Indiana. So

506
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,680
Speaker 1: this is doable. Here is the potential problem, or pair

507
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Speaker 1: of problems. A lot of folks are looking at Aidan

508
00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:13,280
Speaker 1: O'Connell were turning at quarterback, and they are not really realizing, Okay,

509
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,720
Speaker 1: you got your quarterback back, but you lose a couple

510
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Speaker 1: of dynamic pass catching threats, and you also don't have

511
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,639
Speaker 1: a run game to speak of. You didn't last year.

512
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,919
Speaker 1: It's going to have to drastically improve this year. What

513
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Speaker 1: I worry about is an offense that seems a little

514
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Speaker 1: bit more hollow this year. That's what I'd worry about now.

515
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,480
Speaker 1: Around Perdue, they tell you, don't you worry. We got

516
00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,520
Speaker 1: some wide receivers you don't know the names of yet,

517
00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:35,800
Speaker 1: but you soon will. So that's why I don't think

518
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,480
Speaker 1: this is anything more than a seven on the boldness scale.

519
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,760
Speaker 1: I think they very well could do that. That's including

520
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Speaker 1: the Bowl game, just one more win than they had

521
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Speaker 1: last year. Next up, I've got sc written down. But

522
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,439
Speaker 1: at South Carolina, Rubens said, here's a bull prediction for you,

523
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Speaker 1: and it pains me to say it, but I'm willing

524
00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,439
Speaker 1: to bet my South Carolina game Cocks win fewer games

525
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Speaker 1: this year than they did last year. I should be optimistic,

526
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Speaker 1: but I'm not from rock Hills, South Carolina, former home

527
00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:04,800
Speaker 1: of Jadavian Clowney. They went seven and five last year,

528
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Speaker 1: so the prediction is they're going to be worse than

529
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Speaker 1: that record wise this year. I made this a seven

530
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Speaker 1: because there's a great battle in my mind. One is

531
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Speaker 1: I think they'll be a better team this year than

532
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Speaker 1: they were last year. I also know that that schedule

533
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Speaker 1: does them no favors, and I could just take last

534
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Speaker 1: year's team. Have them play this year's schedule, and for

535
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Speaker 1: all I know, last year's team wouldn't be as good

536
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Speaker 1: record wise. There were some close games there, so I'm

537
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Speaker 1: making this a seven. I'm gonna air on the side

538
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Speaker 1: of this is a better team, therefore, I expect a

539
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,520
Speaker 1: little bit better record or better performance. They are seventy

540
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Speaker 1: one percent returning production. I think that's in the mid

541
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Speaker 1: thirties and Bill Connolly's ratings. But if we're talking about

542
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Speaker 1: them winning less games than last year, take a look

543
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Speaker 1: at the schedule here. They play Georgia State Charlotte. Those

544
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Speaker 1: two are wins. I'm gonna chalk those up as wins.

545
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Speaker 1: And if they're not, we got very very big problems

546
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Speaker 1: South Carolina State. I'm gonna call that a win. So

547
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Speaker 1: we got three wins there. So we're looking down the

548
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Speaker 1: rest of the schedule, and I'm asking myself, essentially, hm,

549
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:11,520
Speaker 1: do I see them winning three games or less the

550
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Speaker 1: remainder of the way and the games we're talking about

551
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Speaker 1: to just read them off right quick. They go to Arkansas,

552
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Speaker 1: they got Georgia at home. They at Kentucky, Texas A

553
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Speaker 1: and m Missouri at Vandy at Florida, Tennessee at Clemson.

554
00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,440
Speaker 1: I probably could chalk the Vanderbook game up as a whim,

555
00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,679
Speaker 1: could argumentatively do that. I just think they're going to

556
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Speaker 1: find a way there. They overachieved last year record wise.

557
00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,919
Speaker 1: I think they will slightly overachieve record wise again this year.

558
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 1: Jesse is their total seven. I think they're over under

559
00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,199
Speaker 1: win totals around seven or six somewhere like that. So

560
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:46,240
Speaker 1: it's at seven. Okay, So I'm telling you at least

561
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Speaker 1: seven and five gets them where they were last year,

562
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Speaker 1: which shoots down this prediction. But I'm saying it's a

563
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Speaker 1: seven on the boldness scale, that they are worse record

564
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Speaker 1: wise than they were last year. Now you want to

565
00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,320
Speaker 1: see someone fall off a cliff, take a look at

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Speaker 1: this next prediction and we stay in the SEC. Here's

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Speaker 1: a prediction for you. LSU goes four and eight. They

568
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Speaker 1: finish last in the SEC West yesh Okay, four and eight.

569
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Speaker 1: This obviously spells disaster. This is an eight and a

570
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Speaker 1: half on the boldness scale. I'm gonna tell you why.

571
00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:21,200
Speaker 1: It's not that I think Brian Kelly's LSU may be

572
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,800
Speaker 1: immune to struggle in year one. Quite the opposite. I

573
00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,679
Speaker 1: think there will be some growing pains down there. But

574
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Speaker 1: to have a four and eight disaster, you have to

575
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Speaker 1: be inept at quarterback. You have to have quarterback go

576
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,439
Speaker 1: south for you. And if you had one guy you

577
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,000
Speaker 1: were leaning on and you had no depth in the room,

578
00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:41,680
Speaker 1: you may be vulnerable to that. That's not LSU though.

579
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Speaker 1: One of the stronger points on LSU's team is they

580
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,480
Speaker 1: have depth and quality in the quarterback room. They don't

581
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Speaker 1: have a Heisman winner in there, but they don't have

582
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Speaker 1: Tomato Cans in there either, So it could be Garrett Nussmyer,

583
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Speaker 1: could be Jaden Daniels, could be Miles Brennan. Point being

584
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Speaker 1: one of those guys at least will pan out. And

585
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 1: this could even a team that could lose their starting

586
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 1: quarterback to injury or whatnot and still be plenty good

587
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,160
Speaker 1: enough to be better than four and eight, So they're

588
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 1: not prone at quarterback. They play Southern and New Mexico,

589
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,520
Speaker 1: and I'm going to talk both of those up as wins.

590
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 1: So you're looking at the rest of the schedule telling

591
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,600
Speaker 1: me they're going two and ten or two and eight

592
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Speaker 1: the rest of the way, and I'm not sure about that.

593
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,720
Speaker 1: They got Mississippi State at home. They go to Auburn,

594
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 1: they got Tennessee at home. Old Miss has to go

595
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,520
Speaker 1: down there, Uab comes in there. There's just I'm sorry,

596
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,040
Speaker 1: there are more than two wins the rest of the

597
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Speaker 1: way on that schedule. So that's an eight and a

598
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Speaker 1: half on the Bolden scale. Next up, this one does

599
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,680
Speaker 1: not involve numbers, so we get to get a little

600
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:43,040
Speaker 1: bit more creative with this one. Mark said, greetings from Flint, Michigan. Greetings, Mark,

601
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 1: I have a feeling Notre Dame fans are going to

602
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:49,000
Speaker 1: have regrets about letting Brian Kelly get away. That's my

603
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 1: bold prediction. Well did they let him get away? I

604
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 1: guess there's an argument that can be made. That's the

605
00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,160
Speaker 1: way it went down. As far as I remember it,

606
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,800
Speaker 1: Notre Dame was pretty surprised when Brian Kelly left, So

607
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,080
Speaker 1: it's not like he walked up to them and said

608
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,200
Speaker 1: I'm gonna leave if you don't give me a thumbs

609
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:07,959
Speaker 1: up and they just thumbs down. That's not the way

610
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 1: that went down. Having said that, okay, I could I

611
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,320
Speaker 1: could see what world you're living in here. Still, I'm

612
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 1: gonna make this a seven. I think it's kind of

613
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 1: bold to suggest in year one under Marcus Freeman, Notre

614
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 1: Dame fans, just the average Notre Dame fan, it's gonna

615
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,240
Speaker 1: have regret about Brian Kelly walking away. And I'm high

616
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Speaker 1: on Brian Kelly. So it's not even that. It's just

617
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Speaker 1: you know where Notre Dame's recruiting class is ranked right now,

618
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Speaker 1: you don't have to look for they're ranked number one.

619
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Speaker 1: More on that in a second. We're gonna talk about

620
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Speaker 1: recruiting a little bit later on Recruiting is what it's

621
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Speaker 1: about this year, So absent a disaster season, and for

622
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Speaker 1: Notre Dame, I would say eight wins or less this year.

623
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Speaker 1: If Marcus Freeman's nine and three or better, and they're

624
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Speaker 1: in the top five or top six recruiting, like I'll

625
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:51,920
Speaker 1: even give him room to fall off a little bit.

626
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Speaker 1: If they're that high ranked in recruiting, that's what people

627
00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 1: are gonna look at. They're gonna say, Okay, year one

628
00:30:57,920 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 1: was whatever. He had to get his feet under him,

629
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Speaker 1: but look at what we got coming, including at pretty

630
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 1: much every position they need. Look at what we got coming.

631
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Speaker 1: So that's part A. Part B is this kind of

632
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 1: heavily depends on what Brian Kelly's doing. Because if Brian

633
00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 1: Kelly's down there struggling to win seven games, struggling to

634
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 1: make a bowl, then Marcus Freeman could struggle too. I

635
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:19,480
Speaker 1: don't think anyone's looking around in South Bend and saying, boy,

636
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 1: I wish we had that guy down there that is

637
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,200
Speaker 1: barely making a bowl game. Back now, if Brian Kelly's

638
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,400
Speaker 1: winning ten games and Marcus Freeman struggles, maybe a little

639
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:30,720
Speaker 1: bit different. But keep in mind that LSU win total

640
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 1: is down where it is at seven for a reason.

641
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 1: So chances are Brian Kelly does have a struggle of

642
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:36,840
Speaker 1: too this year. Chances are Marcus Freeman does have a

643
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,719
Speaker 1: better record, and chances certainly are that Notre Dame ends

644
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 1: up having a really, really good recruiting class, better than

645
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 1: any they had under Brian Kelly. So I think it's

646
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,160
Speaker 1: pretty bold to say that last one a guy we

647
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,520
Speaker 1: have not talked about in quite a while. Allen said

648
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 1: there is no way Herm Edwards at Arizona State survives

649
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,640
Speaker 1: the year. In Tempe old prediction he has fired before

650
00:31:56,680 --> 00:32:00,240
Speaker 1: the end of the season. I think this is a three.

651
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 1: It's not bold at all. Surprise hasn't already happened. This

652
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,120
Speaker 1: has nothing to do with record this year. I don't

653
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,000
Speaker 1: think they're going to be particularly good. Their roster is

654
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 1: being gutted by well attrition via the portal because a

655
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,240
Speaker 1: lot of people didn't want to hang around there anymore.

656
00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: A lot of their staff is gone. Herm's pretty much

657
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 1: the only one still there. I just don't have any

658
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 1: idea how this ends well. I guess the only question

659
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: would be if they're you know, if they're average to

660
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,920
Speaker 1: above average this year on the field. Is it a

661
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 1: situation where the administration just lets him finish the season,

662
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 1: because I think that the end of the story has

663
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 1: already been written. I think the last chapter has been written,

664
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,480
Speaker 1: and kind of strangely, they're filling in the second, third,

665
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: and fourth to last chapters doing whatever in the world

666
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:43,880
Speaker 1: it is they're doing off the field out there right now.

667
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 1: I think they're going to pull the trigger before the

668
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:49,600
Speaker 1: end of the season. I personally feel that way. It's

669
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:52,360
Speaker 1: no guided intelligence there, it's just my gut field, and

670
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,320
Speaker 1: so I would say that's not bold at all. Yeah,

671
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 1: I think it's I think it's fairly likely that there

672
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,520
Speaker 1: are moves there before the end of the season. So

673
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,400
Speaker 1: not Actually, if you think about it, the boldest bold

674
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,760
Speaker 1: prediction segment we've ever had. There were no nines, there

675
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:08,040
Speaker 1: were no tens. Yes, that means we agreed. They're watching

676
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:12,480
Speaker 1: us in Mineral Wells, Texas. Tonight, Logan, Utah. And our friends,

677
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 1: our dear friends in Los Angeles, California. What a week there.

678
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:20,280
Speaker 1: We landed in Burbank. It was ninety six degrees. We

679
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 1: drove about fifteen minutes to our hotel and it was

680
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:26,920
Speaker 1: seventy two degrees. Micro climates. We don't have them in

681
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 1: Harris County. They do have them in southern California. Great time,

682
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: ended up freezing night. One had to buy a Lulu

683
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:36,160
Speaker 1: Limon jacket. And if you've never shopped at Lululeman with

684
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,920
Speaker 1: Steve Wilfong, let me tell you you are missing out.

685
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 1: As it turns out, never would have believed it about myself,

686
00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:47,240
Speaker 1: but there I was speaking of Wilfong. Lot of big

687
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,720
Speaker 1: news in the world of recruiting, and let me slap

688
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: myself on the wrist because we just have not covered

689
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 1: it enough. And it's that time of year. You see

690
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 1: the recruiting calendar. Colin will leave this part out. The

691
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 1: recruiting calendar has a just did so much that this

692
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,760
Speaker 1: last week in June, which we just passed. I'm going

693
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 1: to talk about it in a second. It is prime

694
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:10,600
Speaker 1: territory for one of the most hardcore commitment seasons that

695
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,120
Speaker 1: we have. Now, I know that ten years ago it

696
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:15,719
Speaker 1: wasn't this way. The college football calendar has changed. It

697
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:19,520
Speaker 1: is this way now, Colin. Here's your endpoint. Big time recruiting, scoop,

698
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,480
Speaker 1: intel news, etc. Breaking all over the place. I want

699
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,919
Speaker 1: to start in Miami because it was about two weeks ago.

700
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 1: I took some flak for suggesting that Miami recruiting was

701
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:30,440
Speaker 1: going to be hot. It was going to be a

702
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,400
Speaker 1: good cycle for them, and I wasn't worried. They were

703
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 1: ranked in the thirties, and well, now here they are.

704
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 1: They've got two Elite eleven quarterbacks committed to him, Jade

705
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,600
Speaker 1: Rashada the most recent commit since the last time you

706
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:43,319
Speaker 1: and I spoke, but also Emery Williams committed to them.

707
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,200
Speaker 1: I'm going to talk about Williams a little bit later on.

708
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:48,080
Speaker 1: I spent some time with him this week. But they've

709
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 1: added a handful of offensive commitments after Jaden Rashada, a

710
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,120
Speaker 1: four star tight end, four star wide receiver, a four

711
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,919
Speaker 1: star athlete, but their biggest fish are still out there,

712
00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:58,840
Speaker 1: and I think they're going to end up on the

713
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 1: right side of this. For a number guys. They've got

714
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 1: the number fourteen class in the country right now, they've

715
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,359
Speaker 1: got the number two class in the ACC. Again, I

716
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:08,799
Speaker 1: don't want to get caught up on class rankings at

717
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,880
Speaker 1: the moment unless it's you know, I mean, if you

718
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,839
Speaker 1: got the number one rated class this deep, then Notre Dame,

719
00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 1: for example, probably gonna be okay. They're probably going to

720
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: be righted top ten. Miami is surging right now. They

721
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: are one of fifteen classes with an average player rating

722
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,760
Speaker 1: of ninety or above. That's one of the critical factors.

723
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 1: Anytime I talk to Will Fung, he always wants to say,

724
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,399
Speaker 1: forget about the class rating this time of year, show

725
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 1: me the average player rating. That's what matters. We're going

726
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,319
Speaker 1: to talk about Bama in a second. They're nowhere to

727
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 1: be found in the top fifteen. They're right there at

728
00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:42,320
Speaker 1: number one when it comes to average player rating. Miami

729
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:46,440
Speaker 1: is making a move the same way that anyone with

730
00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 1: half a brain about the way that Mario Cristobal goes

731
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 1: about things new they were going to do. It's just

732
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 1: getting started there. So I said when he got there,

733
00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:58,479
Speaker 1: when Christaball got there, I thought they were I thought

734
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 1: they were going to contend safely for a top ten class.

735
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:03,320
Speaker 1: I went as far as to say top five class.

736
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,359
Speaker 1: Things have to shake out just right for you there.

737
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 1: Let's keep an eye on Miami number fourteen right now.

738
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:11,040
Speaker 1: Still think they're gonna push in the end to be

739
00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:16,880
Speaker 1: in that territory. So bookmark Miami Texas. You know what,

740
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 1: Let's fan ourselves for a second in honor of Texas.

741
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 1: Remember arch Manning on June twenty third, he committed, and everybody,

742
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,200
Speaker 1: everybody in the country had an opinion on that, and

743
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:30,680
Speaker 1: then you had an opinion on whether Texas was back,

744
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:32,920
Speaker 1: and then you had an opinion on whether arch Manning

745
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 1: was overhyped. I laughed in this microphone when anyone claimed

746
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:40,839
Speaker 1: that arch Manning was overhyped. And here's why paper pop

747
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:43,600
Speaker 1: in time. I'm gonna read a list of names here.

748
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:45,239
Speaker 1: You tell me what they have in common. Five star

749
00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:48,359
Speaker 1: wide receiver Johante Cook, five star safety Derek Williams, four

750
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:52,120
Speaker 1: star offensive lineman Jaden Chapman, four star wide receiver Jonah Wilson,

751
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 1: four star linebacker Leona laifoul I probably wrote the name wrong. No,

752
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,759
Speaker 1: I didn't. Four star defensive lineman Sadir Mitchell just in

753
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,840
Speaker 1: the last hour or so. What do those names have

754
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:05,920
Speaker 1: in common. I'm gonna tell you, friends, they've all committed

755
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 1: since arch Manning's commitment. So let's just say, for the

756
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,320
Speaker 1: sake of argument, arch Manning never plays it down in Austin, Texas.

757
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 1: Let's just say he's a total bust, which I don't

758
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,839
Speaker 1: think he will be even if he was. You know

759
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:22,240
Speaker 1: why he's not overhyped because you got all those names

760
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 1: that committed right afterwards for a very specific reason. They

761
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: want to play with him. That's the kind of domino

762
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 1: he always was going to be. If he would have

763
00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 1: committed to Georgia, the same thing would be happening at Georgia.

764
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,799
Speaker 1: That's why such a big deal was made. I know

765
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:38,680
Speaker 1: the casuals made a big deal because his last name's Manning.

766
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:40,919
Speaker 1: I made a big deal about it because I knew

767
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,360
Speaker 1: Texas recruiting was about to take off like a rocket ship,

768
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:46,919
Speaker 1: and it is. They finished top five last cycle, really

769
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:50,080
Speaker 1: good line of scrimmage recruiting. They are probably gonna flirt

770
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,240
Speaker 1: with or finish inside the top five again this cycle.

771
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:54,000
Speaker 1: They got a number one quarterback in the class to

772
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,640
Speaker 1: go along with it, and they're currently sitting I think

773
00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:59,400
Speaker 1: at number three, and that's before the last commitment. I

774
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,839
Speaker 1: don't got it. Yeah, there's still number three. There still

775
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,840
Speaker 1: a ways to go for Texas too, So exciting times

776
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:08,400
Speaker 1: in Austin. As we always say, a top recruiting ranking

777
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:11,640
Speaker 1: is not a guarantee of anything, but being outside of

778
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:15,880
Speaker 1: that conversation is a guarantee of what you won't achieve

779
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 1: in all likelihood. What about LSU. I don't see LSU

780
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:21,719
Speaker 1: in the top ten there. I don't see LSU in

781
00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:23,839
Speaker 1: the top twenty. I don't see LSU in the top thirty.

782
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:27,919
Speaker 1: So is it time to panic? Probably not. They're going

783
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,799
Speaker 1: to probably have a flury of commitments this week. I'd

784
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 1: keep an eye out tomorrow, but I think several commitments

785
00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:36,360
Speaker 1: are coming for LSU. They just picked one up today,

786
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:39,480
Speaker 1: Joshua Mickens, the four star edge guy. I think he's

787
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 1: out of Indiana. I want to say LSU is going

788
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 1: to be okay. There's probably not going to be a

789
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:46,319
Speaker 1: top five class. They're going to be okay. Here. They're

790
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:50,080
Speaker 1: ranked thirty seventh right now. A vast majority of their

791
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:52,080
Speaker 1: moves are still to be made now. If you look

792
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 1: at Brian Kelly and you look at his first few

793
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 1: months on the job at LSU, I think there are

794
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:01,920
Speaker 1: similarities between what Billy Napier is dealing with in Gainesville

795
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,960
Speaker 1: at Florida. It's not the easiest thing in the world

796
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,880
Speaker 1: to do to just step into a lane where everyone's

797
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 1: going one hundred and ten miles an hour. That's even

798
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:12,880
Speaker 1: if you got a fast car. It just takes some adjustment.

799
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 1: It's like drinking water out of a fire hose. That's

800
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 1: what Brian Kelly is dealing with right now. That's what

801
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 1: his staff is dealing with right now. Now. The good

802
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:22,920
Speaker 1: news is they do have a fast car there, so

803
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,880
Speaker 1: they'll eventually get up to speed and LSU will be okay.

804
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 1: Cooper Patagna aka Cooper Patanya, according to some I was

805
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,359
Speaker 1: talking about this earlier today, about LSU taking a more

806
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,399
Speaker 1: national approach to recruiting. I don't doubt that. I don't

807
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:39,279
Speaker 1: doubt that's exactly what Brian Kelly wants to do. Ultimately,

808
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:44,239
Speaker 1: the LSU roster will be built with Louisiana prospects, but

809
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 1: I think there will be a healthy here's a word

810
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:50,440
Speaker 1: for July. Smattering of national talent there and there probably

811
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:52,160
Speaker 1: will have to be a little bit more this cycle

812
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:56,760
Speaker 1: than their will and coming cycles. But I think this week,

813
00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 1: you know, see me next Sunday, and let's have a

814
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 1: different comm about LSU recruiting. They will not be ranked

815
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 1: in the mid thirties come this time next week. The

816
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:09,319
Speaker 1: Clemson Tigers have the number four class in America right now?

817
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 1: Did you expect this? Did you expect them to be

818
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 1: at a ninety one point eight four average player rating again,

819
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 1: one of only fifteen programs at this point above ninety

820
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,880
Speaker 1: on the average player rating scale? Or did you expect

821
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 1: Clemson recruiting to fall off after they lost critical pieces

822
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:29,920
Speaker 1: of their staff. Well, here they sit, steady stream of

823
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,600
Speaker 1: commitments since the beginning of June. They've had like, I

824
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,440
Speaker 1: don't know, thirteen or fourteen of them just in June

825
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:39,440
Speaker 1: and July. They're one of four classes with double digit

826
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:43,080
Speaker 1: four star or higher rated players. That's pretty elite company.

827
00:40:43,719 --> 00:40:46,000
Speaker 1: I like their position with guys like Peter Woods. You know,

828
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:48,759
Speaker 1: Peter Woods is a five star kid out of Alabaster,

829
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:52,920
Speaker 1: which is just south of Birmingham. Good signs here. I

830
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:56,719
Speaker 1: don't know what else to say, very good signs, and

831
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:58,880
Speaker 1: I think there was a lot of doubt out there.

832
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:01,400
Speaker 1: It's not that it's been rectified because of what a

833
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:04,360
Speaker 1: recruiting class looks like in June or July, but it

834
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 1: is an early indication, and a good early indication, that

835
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 1: the post Tony Elliott, post Brent Venable's era there is

836
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:14,840
Speaker 1: not going to see Clemson football just plummet off a

837
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 1: cliff and crater, you know, several hundred feet below. They

838
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:21,480
Speaker 1: may struggle, they may not. This is an early indication,

839
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,040
Speaker 1: So let's not bet the entire house because of it.

840
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:26,480
Speaker 1: Let's not ignore it though. Clumbson sitting at number four

841
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 1: right now and the last team just nowhere to be

842
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:36,239
Speaker 1: found Alabama. Alabama's ranked twenty third right now. What are

843
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:38,560
Speaker 1: they ranked in the metric that a lot of folks

844
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,319
Speaker 1: value the most average player rating? The ranked number one?

845
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:44,680
Speaker 1: Their average player rating right now is ninety four point

846
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 1: seventy one. That's getting it done. That's that's like, that's

847
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 1: your average player being a very high rated four star.

848
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:57,560
Speaker 1: I texted someone who would know today and I asked them,

849
00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:59,799
Speaker 1: if I were to just pick one team out there

850
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:01,759
Speaker 1: to get red hot and recruiting, who's it going to

851
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:05,719
Speaker 1: be it's Bama. If you look at the list of

852
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 1: kids that will be choosing from Alabama, it would be

853
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 1: a lot quicker and save you a lot of time

854
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,360
Speaker 1: to find the four and five star kids, especially the

855
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:16,080
Speaker 1: five star kids that don't have Bama on that list.

856
00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 1: And I'm not just talking about a garden variety list

857
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:21,200
Speaker 1: of finalists. I mean ones where they're a serious player.

858
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,160
Speaker 1: Bama's going to be right up there again, top five class.

859
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:26,800
Speaker 1: It's that time of year where I make my safest

860
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:30,919
Speaker 1: bold prediction all year, and that is Alabama's ranked twenty third.

861
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,759
Speaker 1: Right now, Alabama will not finish recruiting ranked twenty third,

862
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:36,799
Speaker 1: and that humor is lost on some people. So the

863
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,239
Speaker 1: transcripts of the show go out, and some people criticize

864
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 1: me for that. But Notre Dame. Hey, Notre Dame is

865
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,560
Speaker 1: still number one. Talked about them a second ago. They've

866
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:45,680
Speaker 1: added a four star wide receiver and a four star

867
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:49,240
Speaker 1: corner in the past week. This is a really good class.

868
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 1: And this is not early now, it's not exactly one

869
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:55,880
Speaker 1: week until early signing day, but a majority of this

870
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:58,920
Speaker 1: class is locked up. I don't expect them to finish

871
00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:01,200
Speaker 1: number one. I do spect them to finish very high,

872
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:04,720
Speaker 1: though I expect this to probably be the best class

873
00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:06,960
Speaker 1: you've seen Notre Dame sign in a decade. On paper,

874
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:11,000
Speaker 1: I understand how this works on paper. South Carolina getting

875
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:13,640
Speaker 1: some work done. They added a four star linebacker named

876
00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:17,160
Speaker 1: Grayson Howard out of Jacksonville, and we've got him rated

877
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:21,440
Speaker 1: four stars. I think that staff at South Carolina probably

878
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:24,239
Speaker 1: even views four stars as being a little bit underrated

879
00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:27,080
Speaker 1: for Grayson Howard. A lot of the neck up stuff,

880
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 1: a lot of the off the field in tangibles that

881
00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:31,880
Speaker 1: end up impacting on field play. Grays and Howard is

882
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:33,880
Speaker 1: going to be a really, really good one for South Carolina.

883
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,399
Speaker 1: I think that staff reading the big spur earlier today,

884
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 1: I think they were pretty ecstatic to get him. So

885
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:42,080
Speaker 1: my vow to you we will not go this long

886
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 1: talking about recruiting or without talking about recruiting again. But

887
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 1: I did want to get you updated there now to

888
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:48,920
Speaker 1: our most popular topic on the show, and I appreciate

889
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:50,799
Speaker 1: you guys being tuned in. Those of you who are

890
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:54,319
Speaker 1: this This is supposed to be the most dead time

891
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:59,360
Speaker 1: of year. It's anything but on our channel here, the

892
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,759
Speaker 1: transfer port is the most popular topic that we talk

893
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:04,920
Speaker 1: about on the show. So I have been having our

894
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:07,960
Speaker 1: staff do a lot of digging. Everybody knows the name

895
00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:11,359
Speaker 1: Caleb Williams, everybody knows the high profile names. I want

896
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:14,720
Speaker 1: you to know the most important names beyond the surface

897
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:17,880
Speaker 1: and just beneath the surface. Some portal names to know.

898
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:20,880
Speaker 1: And I'm going to start you in Arkansas with Drew Sanders.

899
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:22,759
Speaker 1: Now you remember the name because he was a five

900
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:26,160
Speaker 1: star linebacker who committed to Alabama. This is not a

901
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:29,920
Speaker 1: typical transfer. Arkansas knew that. I want everyone else to

902
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:32,400
Speaker 1: know that. Dallas Turner and Will Anderson are the reasons

903
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:35,759
Speaker 1: Drew Sanders transferred. Fama's got the two best linebackers in

904
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 1: the country this year. It just so happens Drew Sanders

905
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 1: plays that position. So Drew Sanders transferred out. This is

906
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:46,000
Speaker 1: a future first round quality linebacker. It has no character concerns.

907
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:48,360
Speaker 1: Quite the opposite. He's a high level character guy. And

908
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 1: imagine being Sam Pittman, imagine being Barry otom and you're

909
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: just sitting around one day and drewce Sanders is in

910
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 1: the transfer portal. What happened? Did he lose a bet? Nope,

911
00:44:58,719 --> 00:45:01,960
Speaker 1: They're just that loaded at Alabama. At his position. It

912
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:04,640
Speaker 1: probably took about ten minutes. According to some intel I got.

913
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:07,680
Speaker 1: It took about ten or so minutes into spring practice

914
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,719
Speaker 1: before that coaching staff looked around and said, well, he's

915
00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:13,160
Speaker 1: kind of different than the other players we have, isn't

916
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:15,839
Speaker 1: he Drew Sanders moving him to the inside linebacker. Drew

917
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:18,160
Speaker 1: Sanders is going to be one of the best players

918
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:20,600
Speaker 1: in that division this year, and you'll quickly watch him

919
00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:24,120
Speaker 1: and realize it'll kind of be like Jamison Williams was

920
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:27,759
Speaker 1: at Bama. Ironically, You'll watch Jamison Williams last year and

921
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:33,000
Speaker 1: you say, Wow, that kid transferred because he couldn't get

922
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:35,280
Speaker 1: playing time at Ohio State. How loaded must that receiver

923
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:37,680
Speaker 1: room be. You'll say the same thing about Bama's linebackers

924
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:40,080
Speaker 1: this year. You'll watch Drew Sanders and he'll play it

925
00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:43,000
Speaker 1: like an All SEC caliber level, and you'll say, how

926
00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:45,879
Speaker 1: loaded must that linebacker room have been? In Alabama? Drew

927
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:49,760
Speaker 1: Sanders very good one, a game changing talent. Drew Sanders

928
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 1: at Arkansas Aaron Brewlay, you might remember that name. He

929
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:56,520
Speaker 1: went from MSU to MSU. So he was a linebacker

930
00:45:56,520 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 1: at Mississippi State, transferring to Michigan State and linebacker's kind

931
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:05,640
Speaker 1: of a strange thing because you look at the defensive

932
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:08,920
Speaker 1: numbers for Michigan State last year and they were pretty poor.

933
00:46:09,239 --> 00:46:12,120
Speaker 1: Pass defense was really poor. This linebacker room's kind of

934
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:14,520
Speaker 1: secretly loaded, though. They got a lot of depth here.

935
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 1: Aaron Broula comes in though when he's he's a former

936
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:19,960
Speaker 1: safety in high school. He six', one two thirty or.

937
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,920
Speaker 1: SO i think he's the kind of player and has

938
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:25,800
Speaker 1: the kind of range and versatility at the linebacker position

939
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:28,440
Speaker 1: that Mel tucker thought they. Needed they liked him in,

940
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:31,319
Speaker 1: springball so this is not a case unseen sort of.

941
00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 1: Thing they came in impressed him in. Springball they're deep

942
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:37,480
Speaker 1: at LINEBACKER knu because they've Got Breulet Cal halliday was

943
00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:39,720
Speaker 1: good for them last. Year they brought in A Jacoby

944
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:44,120
Speaker 1: winman FROM, unlv so they've got some depth. There secondary

945
00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:47,360
Speaker 1: is another issue that they hope they have. Rectified But

946
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:49,480
Speaker 1: halliday's the kid who had the pick sets in The

947
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 1: Peach bowl to wrap it. Up so they got some

948
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:54,319
Speaker 1: noteworthy names at. Linebacker Aaron, brewlay, THOUGH i think will

949
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:57,600
Speaker 1: be a starter for. Them he's a grad transfer From Mississippi.

950
00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:01,080
Speaker 1: State another name that you used to be familiar down

951
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:04,400
Speaker 1: IN sec. Circles that has gone elsewhere Is Jacob. Copeland

952
00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:08,400
Speaker 1: Jacob copeland's former four star receiver played thirty nine games At.

953
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:13,120
Speaker 1: Florida he's gone off To. Maryland. Now The maryland is

954
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:15,800
Speaker 1: going to be what they are defensively this. Year probably

955
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:19,399
Speaker 1: gonna struggle, defensively but the wide receiver room probably won't

956
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:21,520
Speaker 1: get a lot of national attention because Of Ohio. State

957
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:23,759
Speaker 1: outside Of Ohio, state this is got as good a

958
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:25,640
Speaker 1: receiver room as you have in the conference up, there

959
00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:29,240
Speaker 1: And Jacob copland's one reason. Why Rakeem jarrett is still,

960
00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:33,000
Speaker 1: There Dante dimas is still. There he's are proven commodities,

961
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:34,840
Speaker 1: now so they're gonna need to score a lot of.

962
00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:38,879
Speaker 1: Points taulea Tagabai looa at quarterback up, there gonna need

963
00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:41,239
Speaker 1: some targets and he's got them to throw. To it

964
00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:43,520
Speaker 1: probably will be a situation where if you're A maryland,

965
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:46,399
Speaker 1: fan you wake up Every saturday morning, going all, right

966
00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:49,480
Speaker 1: let's go score forty and hope for the. Best that's

967
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:51,879
Speaker 1: the bad. News the good news is the offense looks

968
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:54,920
Speaker 1: perfectly equipped and capable of doing. That turnovers were a

969
00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:57,200
Speaker 1: big issue last. Year they've got to cut down on

970
00:47:57,239 --> 00:48:00,360
Speaker 1: those But Jacob copeland is probably going to be a

971
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:04,080
Speaker 1: guy who plays a big part In maryland's effort to

972
00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:07,719
Speaker 1: improve record. Wise but also even if they don't put

973
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:10,520
Speaker 1: up a record that's anything to write home, About maryland

974
00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:12,920
Speaker 1: will be a team that just on any Given saturday

975
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:15,719
Speaker 1: is capable of doing the cattle prod to the neck

976
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:18,360
Speaker 1: because of the offensive firepower that they're gonna Have Jacob

977
00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:22,880
Speaker 1: copeland as part of. That Kannada mumpfield is another RECEIVER

978
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:25,279
Speaker 1: i need you to know. About he is headed To

979
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:28,960
Speaker 1: pitt by way Of. Akron think back a few months with.

980
00:48:29,080 --> 00:48:31,719
Speaker 1: Me what have been the two big headlines out Of.

981
00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:34,360
Speaker 1: Pitt this is the defending well not defending scratch. That

982
00:48:34,719 --> 00:48:37,799
Speaker 1: this is THE acc champion from last. Year i'm told

983
00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:39,800
Speaker 1: you can't take it away from, them so they're not defending.

984
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:43,600
Speaker 1: It you have heard headline number, One, Ooh keten slova

985
00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:45,960
Speaker 1: is transferring To. Pitt So Kenny pickett goes to THE.

986
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:49,319
Speaker 1: Nfl here Comes Keten. Slovas plug and play. Baby we'll

987
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:51,080
Speaker 1: see if it's that. Easy but that's been the first

988
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:55,200
Speaker 1: headline you've. Heard the second, headline As slovas came in

989
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:58,080
Speaker 1: FROM usc To, pitt Is Jordan addison their best receiver

990
00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:01,719
Speaker 1: going From pitt TO usc and you didn't hear a

991
00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:05,160
Speaker 1: lot about not A, mumfield did. You, well he's a

992
00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:07,240
Speaker 1: guy and he was there Before addison. LEFT i BELIEVE

993
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:09,239
Speaker 1: i have my timeline right on that he is a

994
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:13,240
Speaker 1: receiver that last year put up some pretty good. Numbers

995
00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:16,520
Speaker 1: they Got Jared wayne there. Already he had forty seven

996
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:19,520
Speaker 1: for six fifty eight last. Year mumfield was a Freshman

997
00:49:19,560 --> 00:49:23,120
Speaker 1: All american At akron last year sixty one, catches seven

998
00:49:23,239 --> 00:49:26,200
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty yards eight. Touchdowns those are guys in

999
00:49:26,239 --> 00:49:29,720
Speaker 1: the aggregate that have to make up the productivity that's

1000
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:32,840
Speaker 1: being left behind and that boy left By Jordan. Addison

1001
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 1: it's not an. Option they have to be able to do,

1002
00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:38,920
Speaker 1: that And mumfield a. Lot, REALLY i could have picked

1003
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:41,200
Speaker 1: either one of, them But mumfield is a guy who

1004
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:45,319
Speaker 1: could very well decide the Acc, like think about how

1005
00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:48,799
Speaker 1: important that kind of player. Is that's kind of like

1006
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:51,080
Speaker 1: some of these names that we've talked, about guys that

1007
00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:52,920
Speaker 1: aren't going to be on the cover of preview, magazines

1008
00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:55,320
Speaker 1: but they're going to be very very important role. Players

1009
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:57,080
Speaker 1: so those are four more. Names we're not done with,

1010
00:49:57,080 --> 00:49:59,560
Speaker 1: that we're going to talk about several more, names because

1011
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:03,120
Speaker 1: WHAT i don don't want probably the worst insult we

1012
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:05,759
Speaker 1: could ever have is a viewer or a listener of

1013
00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:08,960
Speaker 1: our show is standing at the water cooler at Work

1014
00:50:09,560 --> 00:50:13,640
Speaker 1: monday morning and some dude cost you Money saturday and

1015
00:50:13,719 --> 00:50:15,680
Speaker 1: you had no clue where he came. FROM i didn't

1016
00:50:15,719 --> 00:50:18,279
Speaker 1: even know they had, that, git where Did mumpfield come?

1017
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:20,520
Speaker 1: FROM i didn't Think pitt had good receivers this. YEAR

1018
00:50:20,719 --> 00:50:22,960
Speaker 1: i don't want that to be. You if you're losing,

1019
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:25,279
Speaker 1: MONEY i want it to be because you ignored The

1020
00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:28,120
Speaker 1: Rama Noodle, express not because we did not have you.

1021
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:30,479
Speaker 1: Informed you're not wasting your time. Here these are names

1022
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:33,960
Speaker 1: you need to know. About let's move on here so

1023
00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:37,200
Speaker 1: we as you, know thank you for watching. Live continue

1024
00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:39,160
Speaker 1: to say here you, go hey in the live, chat

1025
00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:41,560
Speaker 1: just so you know it's. Live we were out In

1026
00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:46,640
Speaker 1: Los angeles for The elite eleven phenomenal. Trip made several terrible.

1027
00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:49,320
Speaker 1: Decisions none of them were alcohol, RELATED a lot of

1028
00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:51,560
Speaker 1: them were food. Related And i'm in the process of

1029
00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:54,600
Speaker 1: working those bad decisions off in THE ymca every. Day

1030
00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:57,200
Speaker 1: but what you need to know is some stuff from

1031
00:50:57,239 --> 00:50:59,080
Speaker 1: behind the scenes don't you always want to know we

1032
00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:01,279
Speaker 1: had the best quarterback out? There and one of you,

1033
00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:04,120
Speaker 1: asked which quarterback surprised you at this year As elite,

1034
00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:06,200
Speaker 1: eleven we need to know who the next guy. Is,

1035
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:08,520
Speaker 1: Well i'm going to give you some names here And

1036
00:51:08,520 --> 00:51:10,000
Speaker 1: i'm going to give you a little behind the. Scenes

1037
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:12,040
Speaker 1: we got to hang out with all these. Guys we

1038
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:15,040
Speaker 1: interviewed all twenty quarterbacks, there so spent a lot of

1039
00:51:15,080 --> 00:51:17,359
Speaker 1: time with, him met some family, members met a lot

1040
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:20,360
Speaker 1: of moms and. Dads the first ONE i want to

1041
00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:21,840
Speaker 1: talk to you about is the kid who won The

1042
00:51:21,880 --> 00:51:25,480
Speaker 1: elite ELEVEN, mvp and That's Jackson. Arnold Jackson arnold is

1043
00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:28,919
Speaker 1: The oklahoma Commit and when he came in there on day,

1044
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:34,360
Speaker 1: one soft, spoken humble but, Confident and when he walked

1045
00:51:34,360 --> 00:51:37,680
Speaker 1: out of, there still soft, spoken humble but. Confident the

1046
00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:39,799
Speaker 1: difference is he had some hardware to take with. Him

1047
00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:43,880
Speaker 1: Nico ilmaliava was not, There Arch manning was not. There

1048
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:46,560
Speaker 1: my big takeaway from that IS i don't care who's not.

1049
00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:49,239
Speaker 1: THERE i care who showed up and who's about to

1050
00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:51,720
Speaker 1: steal that. Spotlight it Was Jackson. Arnold and When Jackson

1051
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:54,360
Speaker 1: nordal walked in. THERE i started listening to our recruiting

1052
00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:56,520
Speaker 1: guys and some of the elite eleven, coaches and a

1053
00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:59,080
Speaker 1: lot of folks whispered about. Him this was my. OBSERVATION

1054
00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:01,279
Speaker 1: a lot of folks, whispered you know that arnold. Kid

1055
00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:03,719
Speaker 1: do you want a? Sleeper watch out for. Him they

1056
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:08,320
Speaker 1: didn't whisper much. Longer the whispers turned to regular, voice

1057
00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:10,920
Speaker 1: turned to like megaphone shouts by the end of the.

1058
00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:13,480
Speaker 1: Week in a lot of, ways he stole the show out.

1059
00:52:13,520 --> 00:52:16,799
Speaker 1: There it wasn't head and shoulders because you were talking

1060
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:20,279
Speaker 1: about some other really good. Players but you, KNOW i

1061
00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:22,040
Speaker 1: was talking to him on day. Two he, SAID i

1062
00:52:22,040 --> 00:52:24,080
Speaker 1: came in here yesterday AND i THOUGHT i could. Compete

1063
00:52:24,360 --> 00:52:26,399
Speaker 1: NOW i THINK i can win. It and sure enough

1064
00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:28,759
Speaker 1: he went on to win. It, also a, really really

1065
00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:31,840
Speaker 1: good recruiter For. OKLAHOMA i think that's the guy That

1066
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:34,719
Speaker 1: Brent vinables and his staff out there can be very

1067
00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:39,080
Speaker 1: comfortable with when it comes to selling their. Program, also

1068
00:52:39,320 --> 00:52:41,600
Speaker 1: he comes From, georgia just LIKE i. DID i told

1069
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:46,840
Speaker 1: him the unfortunate story, me you, know A West Central georgia.

1070
00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 1: Kid first TIME i went out TO la they took

1071
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:52,440
Speaker 1: me down to WHAT i Called Rodeo. Drive this is

1072
00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:56,280
Speaker 1: a true. Story it's so. Sad i'm riding Around Rodeo.

1073
00:52:56,400 --> 00:52:59,400
Speaker 1: Drive i'm texting my buddies telling them On Rodeo. Drive,

1074
00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:03,839
Speaker 1: finally hours into my, trip someone leans into my ear and, Says,

1075
00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:09,000
Speaker 1: hey it's It's Rodeo. Drive shut. Up and THEN i,

1076
00:53:09,080 --> 00:53:12,120
Speaker 1: knew And i've never felt so exposed in my. Life,

1077
00:53:12,239 --> 00:53:14,560
Speaker 1: WELL i asked, him what are you doing? Tomorrow, oh

1078
00:53:14,600 --> 00:53:16,120
Speaker 1: me and the farmers stand out, Here we're going down

1079
00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:19,160
Speaker 1: To Rodeo. Drive he already had a leg up on me,

1080
00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:20,920
Speaker 1: there and he happens to be able to throw football

1081
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:23,239
Speaker 1: about a million. Yards next KID i want to talk

1082
00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:27,200
Speaker 1: about Is Emory. Williams Emery williams is one of Two

1083
00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:31,000
Speaker 1: elite eleven quarterbacks committed To. Miami the other Is jad

1084
00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:34,200
Speaker 1: And rashada didn't spend as much time. With rashada spent

1085
00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:36,640
Speaker 1: some time With Emery. Williams the first day we were.

1086
00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:39,920
Speaker 1: There there WERE i can't go into a lot of,

1087
00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:45,040
Speaker 1: detail but there are some mental and spatial recognition. Drills

1088
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:48,319
Speaker 1: they put these guys through fascinating. STUFF i got to

1089
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:51,600
Speaker 1: sit in On Emory williams drills AND i watched. It

1090
00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:53,360
Speaker 1: he was a little bit better at it THAN i

1091
00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:58,880
Speaker 1: would have. Been some really cutting edge mental evaluation. Techniques

1092
00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:01,759
Speaker 1: they're like state. SECRETS i, MEAN i pretty much had

1093
00:54:01,800 --> 00:54:03,520
Speaker 1: to sign a waiver BEFORE i could even walk out that.

1094
00:54:03,560 --> 00:54:05,359
Speaker 1: Door but they did give us some behind the scenes

1095
00:54:05,400 --> 00:54:08,320
Speaker 1: access on, that and you, know so we got to

1096
00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:10,160
Speaker 1: talk to him a little bit. There but then when

1097
00:54:10,160 --> 00:54:13,360
Speaker 1: we interviewed all the kids on night, Two Emmie williams

1098
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:17,200
Speaker 1: comes over and some kids just get how to handle

1099
00:54:17,239 --> 00:54:20,080
Speaker 1: themselves in front of a microphone and they get how

1100
00:54:20,120 --> 00:54:23,319
Speaker 1: to sell a. Program now here's why that's, important because

1101
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:25,840
Speaker 1: when you got two quarterbacks of that caliber committed in a,

1102
00:54:25,880 --> 00:54:28,839
Speaker 1: class naturally the question out there, is, ooh are they

1103
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:30,759
Speaker 1: both going to stay? Committed you, know now That Jaden

1104
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:33,520
Speaker 1: mushada has committed To, miami Is Emory williams going to stay?

1105
00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:38,640
Speaker 1: Committed well next To Mario, Christvaal i've never heard anyone

1106
00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:43,239
Speaker 1: recruit From miami harder and better Than Emory williams. Did

1107
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:46,319
Speaker 1: at one, Point wilfong tees him, up, says what do

1108
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:49,000
Speaker 1: you like About? Miami and so he looked At wilfong

1109
00:54:49,040 --> 00:54:51,719
Speaker 1: and he started to, answer and it sounded something like.

1110
00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:54,040
Speaker 1: This it sounded, like you, KNOW i love the coaching staff.

1111
00:54:54,040 --> 00:54:56,279
Speaker 1: There you, KNOW i love the, environment BUT i love

1112
00:54:56,320 --> 00:54:59,080
Speaker 1: where we're. Going and it's just Like steve, said if

1113
00:54:59,120 --> 00:55:00,960
Speaker 1: you want to find a play that's going to be next,

1114
00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:02,840
Speaker 1: level it's going to be the next. Program It's. Miami

1115
00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:06,080
Speaker 1: he literally said. That he Took wilfong's question and just

1116
00:55:06,239 --> 00:55:08,359
Speaker 1: he Pushed wilfong out of the, way looks straight at

1117
00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:11,080
Speaker 1: the camera Like i'm looking right, now and actually Acknowledged.

1118
00:55:11,080 --> 00:55:14,359
Speaker 1: Steve he, said it's kind of Like steve. SAID i died.

1119
00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:15,959
Speaker 1: LAUGHING i had him cut my microphone for a. SECOND

1120
00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:18,600
Speaker 1: i died. Laughing LUCKILY i wasn't on. Camera Emery williams

1121
00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:21,640
Speaker 1: as a kid who you, know he didn't finish like top,

1122
00:55:21,680 --> 00:55:25,399
Speaker 1: one top, two feels really well put, together really well,

1123
00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:27,320
Speaker 1: spoken but also like just a good head on his.

1124
00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:29,080
Speaker 1: Shoulder that's a Kid i'd like to have in my.

1125
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:33,239
Speaker 1: Class Christopher vezina fits the exact same description for. Me

1126
00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:36,600
Speaker 1: that's The clemson. Commit now you want to talk about

1127
00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:40,040
Speaker 1: physically being put, together six' four about, two ten looks

1128
00:55:40,080 --> 00:55:41,880
Speaker 1: like a college. Player already if you told me that

1129
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,760
Speaker 1: was a, college junior you told me he had Started

1130
00:55:44,800 --> 00:55:47,480
Speaker 1: at clemson two years and he was draft eligible. THIS

1131
00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:50,480
Speaker 1: year i would believe that physically, about him but Also

1132
00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:54,000
Speaker 1: at clemson probably as much as any major program. Out

1133
00:55:54,040 --> 00:55:56,520
Speaker 1: there daboswiney and his staff they always talk about. Finding

1134
00:55:56,880 --> 00:56:02,280
Speaker 1: fits they find kids that Fit. At Clemson christopher vesena Fits.

1135
00:56:02,320 --> 00:56:05,839
Speaker 1: It clemson if you were to just hit three, wine

1136
00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:10,000
Speaker 1: Button Non, dabo swinny but keep everything about, his Mentality That's.

1137
00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:14,200
Speaker 1: Christopher vesena he also happens to be really really good at.

1138
00:56:14,239 --> 00:56:16,680
Speaker 1: Playing football he's GOT an a, plus arm one of

1139
00:56:16,719 --> 00:56:19,000
Speaker 1: the BEST arms i. SAW there i, felt like, you

1140
00:56:19,040 --> 00:56:22,440
Speaker 1: know Nine One caleb williams was out there throwing the

1141
00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:25,359
Speaker 1: ball from the fifty and hitting. The goalpost vizena would

1142
00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:28,360
Speaker 1: have fit very well into. That grouping he is actively

1143
00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:30,719
Speaker 1: Recruiting for, Clemson too so that's a really. GOOD kid

1144
00:56:30,960 --> 00:56:33,120
Speaker 1: i got a really really good feel. From Him but

1145
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:35,239
Speaker 1: i'll tell you one Selfishly that i'm going to say,

1146
00:56:35,239 --> 00:56:37,080
Speaker 1: for last because that's where we saved the BEST For

1147
00:56:38,160 --> 00:56:43,040
Speaker 1: jj cole is. A Monster Jj Cole iowa state commit,

1148
00:56:43,560 --> 00:56:47,240
Speaker 1: are cyclones if. You will he had more touchdown passes

1149
00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:49,440
Speaker 1: during the seven on seven portion than anybody else. Out

1150
00:56:49,440 --> 00:56:54,359
Speaker 1: there he's listed at. Six' six sometimes when people are

1151
00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:56,600
Speaker 1: listed at a height and, you see, them you say

1152
00:56:56,960 --> 00:56:59,440
Speaker 1: he's not quite as tall as. They list? HIM is

1153
00:56:59,560 --> 00:57:02,840
Speaker 1: he i don't know. What it was he felt taller

1154
00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:04,759
Speaker 1: than six y. Six to me he stood over there With,

1155
00:57:04,800 --> 00:57:08,319
Speaker 1: me and Wilfong and fortunately wilfong had to stand right.

1156
00:57:08,360 --> 00:57:10,480
Speaker 1: Next to him there's a picture out there floating around

1157
00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:14,480
Speaker 1: in twenty four to seven circles That unfortunately has cole

1158
00:57:14,520 --> 00:57:17,320
Speaker 1: in The foreground and wilfong. In the background the angle does,

1159
00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:20,600
Speaker 1: him no favors and nature's already doing him less favors

1160
00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:22,360
Speaker 1: because the kids like half a foot taller than. Both

1161
00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:25,560
Speaker 1: Of us but willfoon looks like a CHILD Next. To

1162
00:57:25,640 --> 00:57:28,200
Speaker 1: jj cole i've never had a kid, say THIS before

1163
00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:31,640
Speaker 1: but i, was asking, him you know what's been the hardest, Part,

1164
00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:34,120
Speaker 1: of transitioning like what do you think the hardest transitional

1165
00:57:34,240 --> 00:57:37,200
Speaker 1: aspect is? Going to, Be he said i've had to

1166
00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:41,520
Speaker 1: learn or relearn how to. Use my body and it's

1167
00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:44,000
Speaker 1: kind of, like a giraffe kind Of like watching bandby.

1168
00:57:44,120 --> 00:57:46,520
Speaker 1: On the ice can you imagine in high school going

1169
00:57:46,520 --> 00:57:48,880
Speaker 1: from five to seven to? About six, six he's right

1170
00:57:49,160 --> 00:57:51,080
Speaker 1: you kind of got to learn to. Reuse your body

1171
00:57:51,080 --> 00:57:53,560
Speaker 1: you got to get reacclimated to how the limbs work when.

1172
00:57:53,560 --> 00:57:56,800
Speaker 1: You're that big he, is very good so much so

1173
00:57:56,960 --> 00:58:00,680
Speaker 1: that He Feels like iowa. State to me he's he's

1174
00:58:00,680 --> 00:58:03,760
Speaker 1: from The. STATE of iowa i forgot, the City's. Names

1175
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:06,240
Speaker 1: like ankenny IT'S the town i STAYED in when i

1176
00:58:06,240 --> 00:58:08,160
Speaker 1: went up There For The iowa iowa state game. This

1177
00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:11,760
Speaker 1: past year he Feels he's Like. Vizena with clemson He

1178
00:58:11,840 --> 00:58:14,040
Speaker 1: Feels like iowa. State to, me SO anyway what i

1179
00:58:14,040 --> 00:58:15,760
Speaker 1: was going, to say is when we, were leaving there

1180
00:58:16,120 --> 00:58:19,640
Speaker 1: a lot of, folks were saying is he So Good

1181
00:58:19,720 --> 00:58:22,400
Speaker 1: that iowa state's going? TO lose him i don't. THINK they.

1182
00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:26,280
Speaker 1: WILL i understand i totally understand. THE sentiment there i don't.

1183
00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:28,560
Speaker 1: Think they will and if they hold, on To Him

1184
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:31,080
Speaker 1: if matt campbell holds, on to him they to me

1185
00:58:31,200 --> 00:58:33,840
Speaker 1: got a franchise quarterback for. Years to come so those

1186
00:58:33,880 --> 00:58:35,720
Speaker 1: were some of the behind. THE scenes stories i will

1187
00:58:35,800 --> 00:58:38,880
Speaker 1: be more than Happy On The late kick Extra podcast This.

1188
00:58:38,960 --> 00:58:41,160
Speaker 1: TUESDAY or wednesday i guess this. Wind will drop i'll

1189
00:58:41,200 --> 00:58:42,920
Speaker 1: be more than happy to share some. MORE stories there

1190
00:58:42,960 --> 00:58:44,680
Speaker 1: i can go a little bit longer for him a

1191
00:58:44,680 --> 00:58:47,480
Speaker 1: little bit. MORE into detail i wanted to wrap. The

1192
00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:50,160
Speaker 1: show up i'm looking over. Both shoulders, now right now

1193
00:58:50,240 --> 00:58:53,000
Speaker 1: our hardcore viewers and listeners. Are tuned in we got

1194
00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:56,439
Speaker 1: to one hundred thousand subscribers while we were live on air.

1195
00:58:56,480 --> 00:58:58,560
Speaker 1: The other night are? YOU kidding me i don't know how.

1196
00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:01,680
Speaker 1: YOU orchestrated that i don't know, who orchestrated THAT but as,

1197
00:59:01,720 --> 00:59:03,720
Speaker 1: i told you it took. Me off guard so here's

1198
00:59:03,760 --> 00:59:07,000
Speaker 1: been the promise, on the show from management through. Me

1199
00:59:07,400 --> 00:59:10,600
Speaker 1: to you management has told us, for a while when

1200
00:59:10,640 --> 00:59:13,840
Speaker 1: we get to one, hundred thousand subscribers a big. Surprise

1201
00:59:13,960 --> 00:59:18,280
Speaker 1: is coming good news and it's, not bad news but

1202
00:59:18,320 --> 00:59:21,640
Speaker 1: good news. And, other news tonight as, it turns out they.

1203
00:59:21,640 --> 00:59:26,200
Speaker 1: Were not lying here's. The other news the other news

1204
00:59:26,640 --> 00:59:28,680
Speaker 1: is it's, a holiday weekend and you got us to

1205
00:59:28,720 --> 00:59:31,400
Speaker 1: one hundred thousand a little bit faster than management thought you.

1206
00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:36,400
Speaker 1: Would get us, to imagine you, of all, people hate state,

1207
00:59:36,880 --> 00:59:39,440
Speaker 1: of all people of all, groups of. People being underestimated it.

1208
00:59:39,440 --> 00:59:42,320
Speaker 1: COULDN'T be me i never underestimated Your. MANAGEMENT did anyway

1209
00:59:42,360 --> 00:59:44,800
Speaker 1: i say all that, To say this we've got meetings

1210
00:59:44,800 --> 00:59:49,360
Speaker 1: lined up this week. About said surprises So here's what i'm.

1211
00:59:49,360 --> 00:59:52,560
Speaker 1: Going to Do in classic, Vince McMahon fashion i'm going to,

1212
00:59:52,640 --> 00:59:56,680
Speaker 1: say something like one, week From tonight, this sunday night

1213
00:59:56,960 --> 01:00:00,200
Speaker 1: kind of pay per, view feel, circle Late nineties, this

1214
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:03,200
Speaker 1: sunday night one, WEEK from tonight i do not have.

1215
01:00:03,280 --> 01:00:05,760
Speaker 1: One major announcement i'm actually looking at them on this

1216
01:00:05,800 --> 01:00:08,919
Speaker 1: piece of. PAPER right now i would call this. Four

1217
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:12,000
Speaker 1: major announcements and it's. More than four i'd call four.

1218
01:00:12,040 --> 01:00:14,840
Speaker 1: Of these major some of them we've been waiting ON

1219
01:00:14,960 --> 01:00:16,920
Speaker 1: you AND i as i tap the pin on the

1220
01:00:16,960 --> 01:00:21,000
Speaker 1: desk for emphasis, for a. Long long time i'm talking

1221
01:00:21,040 --> 01:00:25,040
Speaker 1: about Back, Into the columbus georgia. Days long time the

1222
01:00:25,080 --> 01:00:28,600
Speaker 1: second thing you need to know is cause a lot of,

1223
01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:33,480
Speaker 1: you asked today my contract situation. Is not resolved i've

1224
01:00:33,520 --> 01:00:35,320
Speaker 1: promised to keep you in the. Loop on this i'm

1225
01:00:35,400 --> 01:00:37,960
Speaker 1: keeping you in the. Loop on it my contract situation.

1226
01:00:38,040 --> 01:00:39,800
Speaker 1: Is not resolved you may, think to yourself how in

1227
01:00:39,800 --> 01:00:42,520
Speaker 1: the world are you talking about management at your employer

1228
01:00:42,760 --> 01:00:45,440
Speaker 1: but your. Contract's not resolved oh and, by the way

1229
01:00:45,480 --> 01:00:47,400
Speaker 1: why in the world did the YouTube channel just changed

1230
01:00:47,400 --> 01:00:50,240
Speaker 1: from twenty four to seven? To late cake what a.

1231
01:00:50,280 --> 01:00:53,200
Speaker 1: TANGLED web huh i promise you it will make sense one.

1232
01:00:53,240 --> 01:00:56,800
Speaker 1: Week from tonight so there are some things that don't have.

1233
01:00:56,880 --> 01:00:59,520
Speaker 1: Finality about them what you need to know is, the

1234
01:00:59,560 --> 01:01:04,080
Speaker 1: show itself this channel me, sitting right, here totally safe

1235
01:01:04,520 --> 01:01:07,840
Speaker 1: only onward and upward in. A, big way however the

1236
01:01:07,880 --> 01:01:09,960
Speaker 1: rest of. It shakes out so there are some elements

1237
01:01:09,960 --> 01:01:12,200
Speaker 1: that are already. Cemented in place there are some other

1238
01:01:12,240 --> 01:01:14,560
Speaker 1: things that we need. To straighten out but a, week

1239
01:01:14,600 --> 01:01:17,640
Speaker 1: from Tonight, you tell grandma, You, tell me ma you

1240
01:01:17,640 --> 01:01:20,720
Speaker 1: tell people and everybody in. BETWEEN be here i got

1241
01:01:20,720 --> 01:01:23,080
Speaker 1: some stuff to say that we've wanted to say for.

1242
01:01:23,160 --> 01:01:25,920
Speaker 1: A long time, IN the meantime i need to tell you.

1243
01:01:26,040 --> 01:01:29,120
Speaker 1: THANK you again i didn't really get demonstrative, the OTHER

1244
01:01:29,240 --> 01:01:32,040
Speaker 1: night and i don't want to cry In, front of Jesse.

1245
01:01:32,200 --> 01:01:36,160
Speaker 1: Certainly in colin but it was, a big thrill especially

1246
01:01:36,200 --> 01:01:37,840
Speaker 1: to do it out when WE, were in la because

1247
01:01:37,840 --> 01:01:39,720
Speaker 1: we had a lot of our folks that normally don't

1248
01:01:39,720 --> 01:01:42,960
Speaker 1: get to observe the. Show gathered around the stuff we

1249
01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:44,760
Speaker 1: do we're not really supposed to be. Able to, do

1250
01:01:45,120 --> 01:01:50,040
Speaker 1: you know you're supposed to Be on traditional you're supposed

1251
01:01:50,080 --> 01:01:51,760
Speaker 1: to be able to do this. Kind of stuff on

1252
01:01:51,840 --> 01:01:55,360
Speaker 1: a national syndicated radio show or or on a. National

1253
01:01:55,400 --> 01:02:01,840
Speaker 1: television broadcast our industry's. Changing, so rapidly ours, our show

1254
01:02:01,920 --> 01:02:05,200
Speaker 1: here what you've done with it is being served up,

1255
01:02:05,400 --> 01:02:08,280
Speaker 1: as we speak as a case study to, high level

1256
01:02:08,360 --> 01:02:11,520
Speaker 1: mustaches not just, at this company but at other major

1257
01:02:11,560 --> 01:02:15,160
Speaker 1: media companies all, across the country as a blueprint for

1258
01:02:15,280 --> 01:02:19,280
Speaker 1: what the next era of this. COULD look like i

1259
01:02:19,320 --> 01:02:22,320
Speaker 1: took that responsibility a long Time Ago when shannon terry

1260
01:02:22,360 --> 01:02:24,840
Speaker 1: called us up and he gave us this opportunity at twenty.

1261
01:02:24,880 --> 01:02:28,360
Speaker 1: FOUR to seven i knew that our success or failure

1262
01:02:28,800 --> 01:02:31,560
Speaker 1: was going to determine the future of countless others of

1263
01:02:31,600 --> 01:02:35,200
Speaker 1: you out there in the independent, content creation space because if,

1264
01:02:35,240 --> 01:02:37,520
Speaker 1: ours worked out it would green light a lot of,

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Speaker 1: opportunities for others and if ours, didn't work out it

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Speaker 1: would slam the door. In your face ours. Has worked

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Speaker 1: OUT it's what i take some of the. Most pride

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Speaker 1: in as a result of what we have been able,

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Speaker 1: to do here a lot of other people are going,

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Speaker 1: to get opportunities including, at this company and that process

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Speaker 1: is ongoing. As we speak, so. Thank you guys it's

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Speaker 1: going to have a lot more about That This, coming Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Night untoled in we have a great start. To your

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Speaker 1: holidays maybe you got more days off and, just to

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Speaker 1: laurow but whatever the, case may. Be appreciate you We're.

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Speaker 1: Direct to Colin. We're Producer Jesse. I'M josh bate i

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Speaker 1: have a great start. To your week if you got

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Speaker 1: bless