WEBVTT - Going Bowling: Part 3 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:06.880 Welcome to the solid verbal Come that for me. I'm 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:08.200 a man, I'm forty. 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:10.119 I've heard so many players say, well, I want to 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:10.680 be happy. 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:13.000 You want to be happy for Dake Edo State? 0:00:13.360 --> 0:00:14.440 Is that? Whoo whoom? 0:00:14.960 --> 0:00:16.960 And Dan and Ty. 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:21.880 Welcome back to the solid verbel boys and girls. My 0:00:22.000 --> 0:00:26.120 name is Ty hilden Brand jointing me way over there, 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:29.960 back where he started from. His name is Dan Rubinstein 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:33.000 out there in beautiful southern California. 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:35.120 Dan, how are you you know? Ty? 0:00:35.440 --> 0:00:38.320 Life is good out west. I'll say it again, I've 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:41.040 said it before. It's about sixty degrees. Had a great 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:46.160 Italian meal last night. Been weirdly staying on East Coast time. Okay, okay, 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:47.640 now hold on pause. 0:00:47.800 --> 0:00:50.000 Yeah, how how do you do that? 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:50.560 Uh? 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:52.520 I be going to sleep around nine pm, be waking 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:54.640 up about six am, but you go to sleep at 0:00:54.720 --> 0:00:58.480 nine pm normally, right, So basically I'm just sleeping a 0:00:58.480 --> 0:01:02.840 little bit more than okay, right, no complaints, Yeah saying 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:05.800 I'm right now in my childhood bedroom at my folks 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:08.240 place out in the valley in LA. 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:11.720 What is the weather situation in southern California right now? 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:12.880 Not bad? 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.760 Tie, It's not like tropical but I was out in 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:18.320 Palm Springs for camera guy Dave's wedding and that was 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:19.000 that was very nice. 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:21.440 I was about seventy five degrees. It's about sixty degrees tie, 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:24.240 no rain, going to San Francisco for a couple days, 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:26.880 just going on a tour. That's toasty, baby, it is. 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:30.160 And I'm going to Chicago next week, so it's about 0:01:30.240 --> 0:01:33.000 to take a turn, about to take a seventeen degrees 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:34.400 turned for the worst. 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:38.160 Welcome back in with Dan and I. We run a 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:40.800 little podcast you might have heard of. We talk college football. 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:47.120 It is the Solid Verbal. Our schedule from this point forward. 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:51.040 At a minimum, we've got a show next Wednesday where 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:54.160 we'll talk about our final wave of bowl games, including 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:58.200 the playoffs, the big playoffs, and at a minimum, we'll 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:03.560 be doing at least past the Friday before the National Championship, 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:06.920 a preview show. We'll talk about all sorts of recaps 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:09.639 and whatnot. So your best bet to figure out what 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.600 we're going to be dropping shows is to stay tuned 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:16.680 to our Twitter feed, our Facebook page, our Instagram account, 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:19.840 our website Solid verbal dot com. We do have a 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:23.240 bit of a modified schedule here over the holidays, but 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:26.680 at a minimum, Daniel, we promise to deliver content to 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:29.799 people who might be on the road for Christmas, who 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:32.280 might be on the road for New Year's perhaps you're 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:35.000 on the road to a New Year's Day Bowl game 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:37.920 or a playoff game. The verbal will be with you 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:38.959 live in living color. 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:40.120 Yeah, I think we're going to try to do the 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:42.200 same thing we did last year, as for like attacking 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:45.120 the National Championship game, whichever two teams are in it 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:47.560 from a few different angles with a few different people. 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:50.359 We will record some of it before we actually get 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:52.240 out to Atlanta, and a couple more and when we 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:53.960 get out to Atlanta, So hopefully we can have that 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:56.359 show up later on in the day Friday, so you 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:58.200 can listen to it all weekend before the game. 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:01.120 Really get it up a good one window before, a 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:02.040 good window before. 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:05.520 We will have more details forthcoming on the live show 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:09.640 the additional lot of tickets for January six. We're also 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:11.720 working on something a little special in the lab that 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:12.960 we can't reveal quite yet. 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:17.440 Ooh, that would be probably earlier on in the weekend ish. 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:20.120 That would be correct. Yeah, got something cool. Not ready 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:23.320 to unleash the beast yet, but that is as we 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:25.640 say in the industry, a tease, Daniel. 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:28.040 I cannot wait for you to unleash your beast Tye. 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:31.480 I cannot, nor can I, Dan. Let's get right into it. 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:40.280 We have Bret news. Daniel. 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:42.760 Just because you went out to the West Coast does 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:46.960 not mean you can escape the hotbed of news that 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:50.680 we have brewing here in the college football world. Now, 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:56.280 as some of you might have noticed from reading the interwebs, 0:03:56.760 --> 0:04:01.840 college football has a new early sign period. It sort 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:05.520 of changes the schedule as we know it, at least 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:09.280 on the recruiting side of things. That new early signing 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:13.240 period is between today, which is December twentieth, when we're recording, 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:17.680 and on Friday, December twenty second. Between now and then, 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:20.279 guys are going to be signing all over the place. 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:23.880 If you want more details on the whares and the 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:27.320 whys and the hows of the new schedule, I would 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:30.679 advise it was very instructive for me to read Bud 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:33.960 Elliott's piece out on esp Nation. He's been writing about it, 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:38.000 he's been guessing about how things might change from this 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:41.200 point forward, given some of the formatting adjustments that they've 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:43.520 made in college football. But if you really want to 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:47.120 deep dive and get more info on the new signing period. 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:49.720 Dan bud Elliott's a good resource for you. 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:51.640 My main takeaway. 0:04:52.720 --> 0:04:55.040 Is that the new signing period is basically the new 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:55.640 signing day. 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:59.120 Right Yeah, Nineteen of the top twenty five, at least 0:04:59.120 --> 0:05:01.039 for the blue chip guy right now, nineteen of the 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:04.000 top twenty five on twenty four to seven's composite rankings 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:06.760 have signed or I think are expected to sign maybe 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:10.920 nineteen twenty twenty one. We're recording this evening time East 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:13.840 Coast time on Wednesday, so who knows what will happen 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:16.280 in the next few hours today, in the next couple 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:19.719 of days. We apologize this show once again is not live, 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:23.279 so there it seems like an overwhelming majority at least 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:26.280 of the top kids will sign, though there's I think 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.480 a good chunk of them that will wait until February 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:31.760 to take more visits, which certainly is an advantage for 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:34.560 kids that are deciding between a number of schools, have 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:37.400 a lot of options, and honestly, a lot of these 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:40.800 guys are just finishing up their high school playoff time 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:43.159 and haven't had time these past few weeks. As it's 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:45.479 the clock has sort of ticked down to this early 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:48.480 national signing day to take their last visit or too. 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:50.440 So I think there are some guys that are waiting 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:52.800 to do that. There's some you know people be it 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:56.320 for Stanford or Notre Dame or UCLA or took Northwestern 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.159 that have to wait on. Some academics that I have 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:01.359 not fully come in the final or I guess the 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:05.320 second to last semester in high school. And it affects 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:07.359 you know, a number of kids just coaching changes that 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:09.880 are happening. So you have coaches scrambling a lot quicker 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:12.680 than they used to before an early February signing day. 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:15.400 You have teams in early bowl games. I know just 0:06:15.600 --> 0:06:18.920 from somebody that is you know, as I am following Oregon, 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:21.200 this was where this past weekend was supposed to be 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:23.800 a huge recruiting weekend and could not be so anymore 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:25.839 because of the Las Vegas Ball the Bowl. So there's 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:28.520 a number of pieces that are being shuffled across the 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:31.080 deck because of this early signing period. And I also 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:34.320 get tie why you know, some people prefer this, I don't. 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:36.440 I don't think coaches fully prefer it, but maybe kids 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:38.279 who have been committed for a long time. They just 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:40.640 want to get the process over, move on with either 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.480 the rest of their high school career as a as 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:45.480 a student, just as a kid for the last few months, 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:48.120 or getting ready to enroll as an early enroll lead 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:49.920 in their college of choice. 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:51.760 So it definitely is a different dynamic. 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:55.159 What's interesting to me is now we've got this new 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:58.560 early signing period. I think they're going to try and 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:01.960 fashion this as the more elaborate of the two. The 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:05.440 one in February does not go away. It's still there, 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:07.640 but it does seem as if there's more of a 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:09.640 push to ink guys. 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:10.880 Now. 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:14.880 What's interesting to me is that we don't fully know 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:17.920 the effects of this new schedule quite yet. Nobody really 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:20.600 knows how it's going to shake out. It might take 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:24.480 a few recruiting cycles to figure out what this is 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:27.160 going to be, how this needs to be modified to 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:31.640 be more effective in the future. One early read though, 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:34.320 and Bud Elliott, God bless him, he's been predicting this 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:37.480 since I think the summertime. He said a while back 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:41.080 he thought small schools might see a benefit from this, because, 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:42.680 as you know, there are a lot of these fringe 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:45.760 guys who traditionally have waited around to see if they 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:49.720 get offered from bigger programs. In this setup, it almost 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:53.320 forces them to make a decision earlier in the process, 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:55.960 and in a lot of cases that'll be to a 0:07:56.000 --> 0:08:00.160 place like ECU or Kansas over waiting around to go 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:02.640 to Texas, waiting around to see if he gets something 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:06.280 from Florida, so on and so forth. So again, a 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:08.720 lot remains to be seen about how this whole thing 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:11.600 shakes out. It is interesting though, that we're kind of 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:14.400 flying blind through at least cycle number one of this. 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.640 Yeah, and it affects guys who perhaps have had injuries 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:20.320 later on in their career. Sure, yeah, your tape isn't 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:24.160 fully out. I know Florida allegedly asked, I think ECU. 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:27.840 That would be ECU, not TCU. East Carolina's their quarterback. 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:30.360 Now I believe signee or at least commit to sort 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:33.760 of hold off. Whereas if you're a three star kid, 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:36.960 even a promising three star kid who might be fringe, 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:39.640 power five, group of five, whatever the case may be, 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:43.240 when you're not as in demand, you want to grab 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:45.600 that spot. So I know, I was talking to our 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.000 pal Yogi Roth about this. Carter Bradley who is the 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:51.559 son of former I think Jacksonville Jaguar head coach Gus Bradley, 0:08:51.600 --> 0:08:55.280 Bradley promising young quarterback, I think a high three star 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:58.480 kid instead of waiting on perhaps to see if a 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.040 bigger program misses on a quarterback of choice, and they 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:03.280 have some big programs who have missed this past few 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:07.240 weeks for quarterbacks scrambling late. He signed with Toledo because 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:09.920 that is a guaranteed spot. I guess he feels the 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:13.080 most wanted there. I can't speak to his exact feelings, 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:16.360 but you know, certainly Toledo promising program with Logan Woodside 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:19.679 succeeding Jason kandall just getting an extension. So guys are 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:21.560 just they're grabbing those spots and they don't want to 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:24.920 be backup plans because sometimes backup plans don't work out. 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:27.160 You know, those spots don't open up like schools are 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:30.080 thinking that they might. So yeah, I think you're totally 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:34.040 right that those three star kids who ordinarily might get 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:37.280 that last second Ohio State or UCLA off or something 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:39.679 like that, they're not waiting. They're grabbing their spot and 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:41.280 they're moving on with their lives. 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:44.400 Hey, a bird in hand right versus two in the bush. 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:47.120 I think that's what we're going to see, at least 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:50.520 again as it relates to some of these fringe guys 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:53.040 who could wait around and get an offer from a 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:56.080 bigger school. The other thing that seems obvious is that 0:09:56.120 --> 0:09:59.280 there's a downside for you and I and you alluded 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:01.840 to this. But we are once a week podcast, and 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:04.800 given the fact that this is a rolling three day thing, 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:07.320 we're going to do our best to cover a thirty 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:10.320 thousand foot view. For now, We're going to give you 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:14.360 major storylines and team rankings and key names and things 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:17.160 like that. We will come back in February we'll talk 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:20.760 to you about how things all ended up. Keep in 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.080 mind that we are still trying to figure this whole 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.480 thing out as well. So with that being said, Daniel, 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:30.960 after at least one day of this new signing period, 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:35.000 give me a sense for how the team rankings are looking. 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:38.960 Any surprises are What are the early takeaways from how 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:40.160 teams are doing now? 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:43.080 I don't think there's all that much in the way 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:46.200 of surprises. Ohio State has been putting together a behemoth 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:49.160 of a class. Clemson has. When I say finished, I 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:52.640 mean they have sort of approached the end of the 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:55.400 cycle in a very strong fashion. I think they've ended 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:58.080 up with four of the top nine recruits in the country. 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:00.920 Trevor Lawrence, who a lot of people have been very 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:03.319 intrigued by for a number of years now, A big 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:06.120 quarterback from I want to say, Georgia, great hair, sixty 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:08.520 six two fifteen and unbelievable head of hair. 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:13.480 I'm never allowed to cut that here. Xavier Thomas. 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:16.319 I think, a defensive end as is kJ Henry, a 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:19.400 defensive end from the Clemson class. 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:20.720 And then Jackson Carmen. 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:22.600 Who was the sort of early story of the day 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:27.040 for you know, seemingly exciting reasons, but honestly not all 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:29.680 that exciting because it was he told a story about 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:35.240 urban Meyer allegedly being on the down side the back 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:38.640 half of his career. According to Dabos Swinney during his recruitment, 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:41.520 Jackson Carmen being the number one recruit in the state 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:44.760 of Ohio, a giant offensive lineman. I don't know that 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:48.720 Davos Swiney was incorrect. I don't know that there's anything 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:51.560 so controversial about a coach pointing something out that may 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:53.839 be true, and there's some solid evidence that you could 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:57.800 point to. I suppose just the fact that Ohio, a 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:00.640 huge high school football state, lost the number one recruit 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:01.640 to a school in the South. 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:02.880 I think it's pretty significant. 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:05.680 Yeah, big one, big one. That was one of the 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:09.000 true surprises of the day. What's the top ten. 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:13.439 So we have Ohio State, Georgia, Texas, and Georgia has 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:16.160 finished extraordinarily, so I want to talk about it next 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:19.160 the end. Yeah, a lot of linemen, five star linemen 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:22.920 just coming to Georgia in droves. Texas may have I 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:25.960 know our pal Budd said this maybe the best defensive 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:28.640 back class anybody's had ever. They got a commitment from 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:31.320 a five star kid named Anthony Cook, so they're in 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.240 the top. They'll probably finish top two, three, four somewhere 0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:37.400 in there. Penn State has finished very strong. Micah Parsons, 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:40.600 who you remember. Recently Ohio State had to stop recruiting 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:45.120 as part of a self imposed disciplinary thing for improper 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:48.240 contact with Kirkirk Street on the game day sets. 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:49.040 An incredible story. 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:52.400 By the way, Alabama in a shakra is finishing strong 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:54.640 and should continue to climb. Miami's had a very strong 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:58.880 class this whole time. Notre Dame a very strong class Oklahoma. 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.400 Impressive given it it's Lincoln Riley's I don't even know 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:03.680 if it's his first full class because he took over 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:08.400 in June, you want to say June. So certainly a 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:13.120 pretty cool accomplishment from Lincoln Riley. Auburn, Clemson, Washington, who 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:17.480 I believe brings in two blue chip quarterbacks, so always 0:13:17.520 --> 0:13:20.360 interesting there, including one of whom was an Oregon commitment 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:24.360 to Mark Helfrich. Michigan is finishing pretty well. Oregon has 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:26.600 fallen from that top six or seven perch, but they're 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:29.480 still in the top fifteen. Florida got a huge commitment 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:33.600 from an Ohio state quarterback, Emery James. Emery Jones, Yeah 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:37.000 to Dan Mullen, so you know you have to look admire. 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:39.120 I guess the thinking of Emery Jones like, Wow, Urban 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:41.360 Meyer's gonna run me a lot. I better go to 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:44.760 Dan Mullen, Who's going to run me a lot in 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:47.199 warmer weather. Let me let's go back to Georgia. We'll 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:50.560 get to Emory Jones here. But okay, Georgia I thought 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:53.360 was a pretty big story. One of the hot names 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:56.760 in this recruiting class was Justin Fields. Justin Fields is 0:13:56.760 --> 0:14:00.240 a quarterback. Originally it sounded like he was going to 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:03.240 Penn State. He decommitted from Penn State. He ends up 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:06.800 signing with Georgia. Also at Georgia, we've got one of 0:14:06.840 --> 0:14:08.800 the top running backs, Zamir White. 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:12.400 We've also got Dalvin Cook's little brother, James Cook. We've 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:17.160 got Jamari Sallier on the line, Cade Mays on the line, 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:21.160 probably the best offensive line class in the entire country, 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:25.280 and at least according to twenty four to seven's composite, 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:29.360 six five star recruits on the board for Georgia just 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:33.000 in day one, what is day one of this new 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:35.760 early signing period. That is a haul and a half 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:39.720 for Kirby Smart, who clearly now after making the playoff, 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:44.200 after having a good recruiting class a year ago, seems like, Okay, 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:46.080 this is what it's going to be year in and 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:48.320 year out. Maybe not quite as high as we're seeing 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:51.000 this year, but if you're a Georgia fan, you've got 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:52.640 a lot of reason to be really excited. 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:53.680 What I don't get. 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:57.200 Though, not to take all the air out of the 0:14:57.280 --> 0:15:01.680 room here, but if you're justin fields and you see 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:05.440 that Jake from he is a freshman starting could potentially 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:07.479 lead the Dogs to a national championship. 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:10.680 What is the allure of going to Georgia. 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:13.920 Well, he's from Georgia, so there is the idea of 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:16.640 staying somewhere close. I mean, what is the allure of 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:19.360 any five star coming in a year after another blue 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:21.320 ship quarterback? We've seen it at other places, to a 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:24.200 tag of below has gotten on the field at Alabama 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:27.560 after you know, Jalen Hurts succeeded to a pretty crazy 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:30.960 extent as a true freshman. The honestly, what did why 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:33.360 did Jake from go when Jacob Eeson was there? Well, 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:37.920 transfers happen, injuries happened, you know, life happens. And if 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:40.720 Justin Fields truly felt and I say, this is somebody 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:43.760 who has never spoken to him, has no insider. 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:44.960 Knowledge of the inner workings of his brain. 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:47.560 But if he feels that he felt most at home 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:50.360 at Georgia, like the coaches at Georgia the most, and 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:53.120 feels like he has an honest to goodness shot to 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:56.200 compete at some point, probably doesn't expect to come in 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:59.960 twenty eighteen and win the job. But if he expects 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:04.200 to come in and prove himself, and I again no 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:07.480 inside knowledge of anybody's brain. But Jacob Eeson, who knows 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:10.200 how long he is for Athens after seeing perhaps some 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:12.640 writing on the wall with Jake From's success as a 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:16.320 true freshman. Life happens and you just got to follow 0:16:16.320 --> 0:16:18.760 your heart. You remember Georgia did this a few years 0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:21.720 ago now with Zach Mettenberger and Aaron Murray, and that 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:25.560 ultimately worked out for everybody. Aaron Murray had a record 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:27.920 setting career for the Dogs, and Zach Mettenberger went on 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:29.840 to have a pretty good transfer. 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:31.440 He played for the Titans. 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.680 He played for the Titans. It you know, Aaron Murray's 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:38.640 brother got on The Bachelor. I watched It's all happening. Okay, 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:42.240 so at a certain point, I mean Washington signed too. 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:44.880 I think Texas signed a couple of well regarded quarterbacks. 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:46.880 Michigan has a couple of pretty good quarterbacks in this 0:16:46.920 --> 0:16:50.720 class and Guinea numbers and all of these guys are 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:53.400 ultra competitive and believe that they can come in and 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:55.440 just powerwash the depth chart. 0:16:55.560 --> 0:16:57.720 So who am I? 0:16:57.720 --> 0:16:59.960 I don't think it's always the brightest decision. I think 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:03.560 Justin Fields had an opportunity at Florida State and given 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:05.280 the coaching change. Maybe he was turned off. 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:05.720 I don't know. 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:09.520 Maybe he was more of a Jimbo guy. I get it, 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:10.920 I get why you want to go where you want 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:12.639 to go. I don't know if he really saw an 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:16.359 opportunity that he really loved elsewhere. So either way, it 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:19.840 feels like it'll be entertaining. What a ridiculous class for Georgia. 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:22.960 It feels like it'll be entertaining and to your point, yeah, 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:28.479 an incredible haul. Let's stay in the SEC and briefly 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:33.399 talk about Florida flipping Emery Jones from Ohio State. Emory 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:36.560 Jones a dual threat quarterback. It's a big deal for 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:41.440 two reasons. A, you may have watched Florida play quarterback 0:17:41.480 --> 0:17:46.959 this season, and B Emory Jones sort of fits in 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.600 perfectly with the system that Dan Mullen wants to run 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:53.960 it Florida definitely. I mean they also signed for safeties, 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:57.760 a couple of tight ends, some linemen. Maybe not quite 0:17:57.800 --> 0:18:00.720 as much sex appeal else where where, although it was 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:02.800 a very strong class in its own right. But Emory 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:06.600 Jones getting him from Ohio State, I think gives Dan 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:08.400 Mullen someone he's going to start from day one. 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:09.679 To run that system. 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:11.240 I don't know where it leaves a guy like a 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:14.000 Felipe Franks who played a lot this year. 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:15.360 He was only a true freshman. 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:19.840 But Emory Jones to me seems like he fits more 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:22.720 with what Dan Mullen wants to do in Gainesville. 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:25.520 Yeah, and I don't think this class is complete. They're 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:27.520 what a top fifteen class right now. In the Emory 0:18:27.560 --> 0:18:29.399 Jones thing is huge, and they have a couple of 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:32.760 let's see, when you look at their commitments, it's a 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:35.000 pretty good defensive class. It's pretty balanced. I know Damian 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:37.600 Pierce is a well regarded running back, but there's still 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:40.879 time to add more more players because Dan Mullen and 0:18:40.960 --> 0:18:44.960 his new staff they're still forging very new and quick 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:47.720 relationships with high school coaches and recruits that perhaps they 0:18:47.760 --> 0:18:50.240 weren't in on at Mississippi State or wherever any of 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:51.720 these assistants were last year. 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:54.000 So it's sort of it seems fluid. 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:56.320 But he signed a good chunk of these guys and 0:18:56.400 --> 0:18:59.640 there's a healthy percentage of blue chips. Looks like maybe 0:18:59.680 --> 0:19:01.960 perhaps scoot a little bit more on defense, depending on 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:04.080 where a couple of athletes end up. But yeah, all 0:19:04.080 --> 0:19:06.959 in all, it seems like a successful first stab at 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:08.800 things for Dan Mullen and the Florida staff. 0:19:09.200 --> 0:19:14.200 Let's talk about penn State. Penn State's a program obviously 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:17.800 near and dear to my heart. They get a top 0:19:18.080 --> 0:19:23.800 pass rusher in Micah Parsons, who is from Pennsylvania. It 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:26.240 sounds like James Franklin's going to give him some time 0:19:26.280 --> 0:19:29.440 at middle linebacker in the spring. We'll see how that 0:19:29.920 --> 0:19:32.480 pans out for him, but he's a very talented player. 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:36.120 They also add in a big bodied five star wide 0:19:36.160 --> 0:19:39.120 out from New Jersey, Justin Shorter. He's going to major 0:19:39.160 --> 0:19:44.000 in engineering Dan Cookie, so he'll be a nice addition 0:19:44.080 --> 0:19:47.960 to get Ricky Slayd from Virginia, a five star all 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:52.359 purpose back. And they also flip Jahad Dotson, a four 0:19:52.400 --> 0:19:54.879 star wide out from right up the road for me 0:19:54.960 --> 0:19:59.600 here in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. He flipped over from UCLA. The 0:19:59.640 --> 0:20:02.320 most interesting nugget I saw all day regarding Penn State 0:20:02.359 --> 0:20:04.840