WEBVTT - Unified Friday Orbit: Big Ten & Pac-12 Pre-Launch Checklists 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:05.560 Welcome to the Solid Verbal home that for me. 0:00:06.680 --> 0:00:07.880 I'm a man, I'm for. 0:00:08.240 --> 0:00:10.119 I've heard so many players say, well, I want to 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:10.639 be happy. 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:12.080 You want to be happy for a day? 0:00:12.520 --> 0:00:14.440 Edith Steak is that woo woof? 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:17.080 And Dan and Tye. 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:19.639 Welcome back to. 0:00:19.560 --> 0:00:27.080 The Solid Verbal Our Friday orbit, Dan Corrina through Space, Yeah, 0:00:27.440 --> 0:00:29.800 hurdling through the great Unknown. 0:00:30.640 --> 0:00:34.080 I am one of your two co hosts, Ty Hilton Brandt. 0:00:34.080 --> 0:00:37.080 I am joined as always by that man over there 0:00:37.080 --> 0:00:40.440 in the heart of the Midwest to true Midwesterner No, 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:42.960 the one and only Dan Rubenstein, Sir, how are you. 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:44.040 How's it going? 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:47.440 I'm pretty good. I'm let's say I went for a 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:50.519 run today. I got in ten minutes of equick, minutes 0:00:50.560 --> 0:00:54.200 of a quick meditation. Ty really centered myself, focused on 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:56.840 my breathing. Great dough babies to pull out of the 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:57.840 fridge in a little while. 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:00.200 The dough babies were in the fridge on Wednesday. Did 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:01.920 you ever take them out or are they still in? 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:02.400 No? 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:04.800 It was a it's a seventy two hour ferment. They 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:07.080 went in on Monday and today's Thursday. It's a three 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:10.880 day fermentation, and I hope to have some quality tang 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:12.000 when I pull them out of the oven. 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:15.360 So this is this is truly like time lapse podcasting 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:15.880 right now. 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:18.440 It's correct. That is absolutely correct. 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:22.279 You have not made any progress since we last spoke 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:25.280 with you. What kind of a pizza operation is this? 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:26.080 Ty? 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:30.400 The gluten formation is the progress. We're talking about formation, 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:34.360 the microbes, the fungus, they're doing their thing. That's the progress. 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:37.760 I'm gonna give you a URL dub dub dub dot 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:39.160 Dominoes dot com. 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:42.679 Check it out, listen. It just depends where your bar is. 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:42.920 Ty. 0:01:43.600 --> 0:01:47.119 Dominoes is cool, Dominoes is delicious, Dominoes has a place, 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:50.240 but you know my bar is not always Dominoes. 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:56.000 Wherever your bar may be. Thank you for downloading, Thank 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:59.440 you for listening. 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Let us know what you're feeling 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:16.639 in the moment, and we're gonna cut those up on 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:19.679 our Sunday recap show and put together like three or 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:21.280 four minute clip of our favorite stand. 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:24.160 That's the way it works in the Solid verbal, as 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:26.120 it should, as it should, as it has for a 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:27.760 long time. Would you like to get into some quick 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:29.480 news before we play a space game. 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:30.320 Let's do it. 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:40.360 News. So we've got opt ins, we've got opt outs, 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:44.200 we have transfer waivers being approved. There's lots of administrative 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:47.760 goings on ty where would you like to start with 0:03:47.840 --> 0:03:53.040 this well, on the subject of long fermentation, the Joey 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:57.680 Gatewood and Kade May's news man or for Kentucky and Tennessee, respectively, 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:00.720 is nothing but good, it seems, although so obviously it 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:03.000 would have been nice to have them last week. Perhaps, 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:07.560 but Cade Mays the tackle the offensive lineman for Tennessee, 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:11.360 the transfer obviously now can play is eligible, and the 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:14.480 same goes for Joey Gatewood. The more I would say physical, 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:19.200 bruising quarterback option that Kentucky now has, perhaps he's a compliment. 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:23.000 He's a big to something like that. 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:28.120 Least that so you know, when I did the Kentucky preview, 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.080 one of the items that kept coming up was that 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:33.720 even if Gatewood's not the starter, there will be a 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:36.520 Gatewood package. They will find ways to use his kid, 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.800 And it was a big recruit went to Auburn. Initially 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:42.240 would have been cool if he were there and available 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:44.960 for the Auburn game, but was it meant to be. 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:47.320 Sounds like he's gonna be with the team now moving forward, 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:48.960 so pumped to see what he can do. 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:54.680 As soon as that package is unveiled. Easy, Dan, easy, easy. 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:58.120 We will come up with the name for the Gatewood package. Oh, 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:00.880 whatever we will, it'll involve literation. I don't know if 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:03.559 it's a gate Woody. You know what a woody is, Tie, 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:05.240 it might be a cars. 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:07.760 In terms of cars, right, it might be a little 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:12.240 too a little too riskue for the show. But I'm open, 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:14.200 as I always am to here ideas. 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:16.800 A Woody is a it's a large it's almost a 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:21.760 pre su v. No, this is this is totally rated, 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:25.280 g Tye. It was popular with surfers in the sixties. 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:28.400 It was called a woody because of wood paneling. Tie, Oh, 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:30.560 wood paneling. It was a long enough car to fit 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:31.640 surfboards at toime. 0:05:31.760 --> 0:05:34.600 That's exactly what I think of when you say that, So. 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:37.200 Ty, I don't you thinking toy story. I don't know 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:37.960 where your brain is. 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:41.839 Tie. I just don't Harrelson, right, of course, white man can't. 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.080 Jump, Okay, I don't know. I don't know where you 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:47.640 go with this sometimes. So yeah, hopefully in terms of 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:50.440 short yardage, we'll see some Joey Gatewood and Kid Mays 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:54.520 certainly reinforces the Tennessee offensive line. I saw Paulson, a 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:58.160 debo haralded corner at Stanford has decided to opt out 0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:01.800 of the season, Bateman made it official that he's opting 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:05.960 back in. James Franklin clarified that Micah Parsons will remain 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:09.960 opted out. And I don't know if there are any 0:06:10.000 --> 0:06:13.720 other notable opt ins opt outs that happened relatively recently. 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:17.080 Your reaction to any of those, the Michael Parsons pulse 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:18.279 and the debo any of that. 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:24.000 The Micah Parsons one was I don't think unexpected. 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:27.080 Penn State fans holding out hope though I think a 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:31.720 little bit, you know, because James Franklin had portrayed an 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:33.000 ongoing conversation. 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:36.480 He never gave it a guarantees, but he had portrayed 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:41.040 that there was at least dialogue between him and Micah, 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:44.120 perhaps to bring him back. I understand the decision one 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:45.800 way or the other. Michah Parsons is going to be 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:49.400 a first round pick, but no doubt a bummer for 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:52.360 Penn State now that there's renewed hope for this season 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:56.760 and for their chances of playing some schedule potentially making 0:06:56.800 --> 0:06:58.520 it to a playoff. They've got a really good team 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:01.240 coming back. So that was that was a bit of 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:03.920 a tough pill to swallow. I am excited about the 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:08.200 Rashad Bateman news, though you know, well, we'll get to 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:10.320 the game tonight. I'm going to talk a little bit 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:14.200 more about Minnesota. But his presence on that offense will 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:17.080 certainly be a very big boost in the passing game 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:20.640 and you know, maybe help all round for new offensive 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:22.520 coordinator Mike Sandford Junior. 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:23.640 He can believe. 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:26.360 Yeah, so we'll get to that a little bit. Former 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:30.680 Notre Dame coordinator. The Mountain West released its scheduled. I 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:33.880 almost said, in other words, it almost had reversed its schedule, 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:36.120 which would be very strange. But the Mountain West did 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:38.640 release its schedule, with games beginning on October twenty fourth, 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:40.760 if you remember, that's when the Big Ten is starting. 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:45.120 And interestingly enough, Boise State has BYU independent BYU in 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.920 week three. I believe that game is at home in 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:50.320 Boise on the blue turf for the Broncos. So a 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:53.960 renewed pseudo. I don't know if it's a rivalry per se, 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:57.040 but former conference mates playing once again, so I like 0:07:57.120 --> 0:08:02.320 seeing that. Otherwise, I honestly have just looked at the schedule. 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:05.920 About ninety seconds ago. Boise travels to Hawaii and the 0:08:05.960 --> 0:08:10.200 fighting Todd Graham's tie. Yeah and so yeah, I guess 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:14.000 we'll have a better formed opinion of the Mountain West schedule. 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:16.160 I guess by the time we discussed the Mountain West 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:18.960 in depth more I would say to expect even though 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:21.440 you already know what the content of this episode is 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:24.280 based on the title and description. We will be doing 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:29.040 conference previews, probably in some form on UFOs in the future, 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:34.319 for the conferences that have reversed and decided to play 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:37.679 a season in some form this fall. But Mountain West teams, 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:41.160 it appears like they're playing eight games. Air Force, i'd see, 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:43.360 has an open date, San Diego State has a TBA 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:47.160 in there, but eight games looks like the schedule with 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:51.320 the championship game on December nineteenth. So if nothing else tie, 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:55.959 it means we get quality football even before the Pac 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:58.400 twelve comes back later at night on Saturdays. 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:02.640 Have we ever seen Graham and Hawaiian shirt? 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.640 I know we've seen it, though it weirdly fits, though 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:08.240 I don't think I've seen it, but it'll fit. 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:10.640 That's what I was thinking too, Like I'm looking at 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:13.800 a Google image search here, and you know he's got 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:17.800 the traditional lay around his neck. In the introductory press conference, 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:21.760 and obviously he's got this fixation with the weird, you know, 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:26.960 sham wow headset that he's worn recently. But I was 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:28.920 looking for a picture of him in a Hawaiian shirt, 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:32.280 like a Tommy Bahama type thing. I can't find any 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:34.480 out there, but it feels like he would actually wear 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:35.920 that pretty well. 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:38.920 Yeah, well, he's got the tan, which you know, somebody 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:41.000 that spends a lot of time perhaps in the islands. 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:44.400 That makes sense, so it seems like it'll fit him. 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:46.959 Should also be noted about Hawaii, and I suppose we'll 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:49.000 talk about this more when we talk more Mountain West football. 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:52.320 Brennan Marion has been a name that has been He's 0:09:52.320 --> 0:09:55.679 interviewed for bigger jobs. He's the receivers coach and assistant coach, 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:59.160 assistant head coach or no, he's just the receivers coach. 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:02.480 Excuse me imading this incorrectly, but he has had his 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:05.080 hands on a number of high profile quarterbacks, including the 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:08.160 Newton brothers, Cam and Kaylin, and has what he calls 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:10.079 the go go offense. I read a piece about it, 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:14.680 go Go Audense, The go go offense involving two backs 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:17.520 in the backfield sort of next to each other in 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:20.800 the h back kind of position. Give it's a it's 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:24.839 a sort of pseudo triple option from a very different look, 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:26.640 and you can do a lot out of it. And 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:28.240 Cam Newton, I guess, has been doing a little bit 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:31.280 of it for the Patriots, So Hawaii's offense has a 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:33.880 good chance of being inventive. He was doing it at 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:36.560 the FCS level, so he is coaching receivers there. 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:39.720 The go goense. The go go offense got a great 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:42.120 a good name, need a good name if you wanted 0:10:42.160 --> 0:10:42.760 the stick Man. 0:10:43.480 --> 0:10:46.079 So I'm excited for Mountain West football like I am 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:50.000 every single friggin' year. Clemson lost a blue chip running 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:56.280 back to transfer to Marcus Bowman. Otherwise, I mean California 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:58.920 in terms of COVID stuff, they raised their outdoor practice 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:02.160 limits to seventy five players can gather, So that seems 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:05.360 like a positive thing for major teams in California. We're 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:09.360 going to be playing football. Uh app State Louisiana next 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:13.240 week has been postponed until early December, which was for 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:15.760 sure a headline, if not the headline matchup of the 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:16.600 Sun Belt season. 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:20.480 The only other thing I'd point out here, like I know, 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:24.600 there was a healthy amount of skepticism around are they 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:26.559 going to get the season in, what's it going to 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:29.440 look like, how's it going to go? What do we expect? 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.440 There's no denying the fact that this is a very 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:37.080 weird and quirky season already. We've had multiple postponements, various 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:39.800 schools have had issues with COVID cases and whatnot. But 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:44.320 I don't want to lower the guard too much. It 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:47.880 does feel like they've managed it pretty well. It has gone, 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:50.439 I think, at least to this point, a little bit 0:11:50.440 --> 0:11:55.880 better than I expected, and that is encouraging. I guess 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:58.880 as we bring two more conferences on stream, I don't 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:00.719 know what kind of complication that's going to add to 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:01.320 the process. 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:02.640 But would you. 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:05.640 Agree that this, you know, it seems like they've been 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:08.160 able to manage like it's going okay, maybe better than 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:11.000 you thought for the most part. 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:15.000 Yeah, you know, the ACC has probably had the biggest 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:19.280 issues early on in terms of quarantining players and struggling 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:20.880 without a lot of players. I think what was it 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:23.920 twenty three players and coaches at Virginia Tech were unable 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:27.520 to get involved with the game against NC State last week. 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:29.760 So there are bummers like that It certainly seems to 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:32.040 have hit the group of five schools a little bit harder. 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.120 And I don't know if that's a resource thing or 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:38.520 a repetition thing with testing thing, I'm not positive, but 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:41.280 you know, we've seen some schools be hit pretty hard, 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:46.440 you know, Memphis, in Houston, Louisiana Tech. So I'm hopeful 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:49.199 that with more data and more knowledge, things will continue 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:52.320 to improve. It seems like it has across many major sports, 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:56.800 which college football definitely is. Baseball had early blips, for sure, 0:12:57.040 --> 0:13:00.679 that's probably a kind way of putting it. But the NHL, 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:02.960 and you know, baseball's going into a bubble now right 0:13:03.000 --> 0:13:06.280 for the playoffs. Orry is in a bubble. The NFL had, 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:09.240 you know, they have a cancelation postponement with the Titans 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:12.600 having an issue. But I don't think the Vikings tested positive, 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:17.880 so hopefully that gets cleaned up. Well. It seems that 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:21.680 practices are improving across all major sports, and hopefully that's 0:13:22.080 --> 0:13:25.280 consistent with college football. So I'm excited to see how 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:27.720 the Pac twelve and the Big Ten with its rapid 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:31.319 testing is able to navigate their short season for sure. 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:37.240 Final point here, while we're talking about news, Yeah, a 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:42.280 few weeks ago, we asked Arvar baller Hood for input 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:44.800 on maybe what it would want to see from us 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:46.640 if we decided to do the Patreon thing. 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:48.920 Yeah, exciting. 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:53.000 We are going to do the Patreon thing, correct, and 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:57.480 that announcement is coming. But we heard what folks said. 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:01.400 We've thrown in some new offers. We're putting everyone on 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:05.280 notice that there is a Patreon thing coming, So stay 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:09.600 tuned for much more information and more hints before our 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:15.400 big reveal. If you like watching the bruin A, perhaps 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:17.439 you'll get some additional hints. 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:21.080 Oh I like that. Where can people watch the bruin A. 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:23.800 People can watch the brune right now at YouTube dot com. 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:24.320 Slash the. 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:29.200 Solid verbal correct, and what should they do once they're 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:30.000 on that website. 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:33.600 You gotta tickle that tickle that subscribe button. You gotta 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:37.000 tickle caress that bell when you're there. 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:41.680 Yeah yeah, grab that bell. Okay, this is all very exciting. 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:44.880 Are We're just we're adding to the stockpile of quality 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:48.160 somewhat quality college football content. I can't wait. 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:50.480 We announced a big partnership earlier in the week, we 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:53.240 changed the logo the next day, and now we're announcing 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:55.120 this and there is more to come. 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:58.240 And you've sworn that you are no longer visiting dark 0:14:58.280 --> 0:15:01.600 sites around the world. Sure, it's all happening. 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:05.880 Shall we get to our game? I am ready? So 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:12.440 in typical UFO episode fashion, Yeah, there was much deliberation 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:16.560 over what this week's you word would be. And one 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:18.760 thing that has been on our minds if it wasn't 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:22.200 evident through the early part of this episode already, is 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:26.520 the Big ten and PAC twelve eventually coming back on stream. 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:30.880 Sort of a unification, if you will, of the college 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:37.240 football universe as we know it. Hence the unified Friday Orbit. 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:42.440 Daniel was born was born. So today we are talking 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:46.800 specifically about those two conferences in their plight to unify, 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:50.840 in their plight to be reintegrated into the college football ecosystem. 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:54.120 We are looking at where teams were a year ago 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:59.240 and examining the path forward. What do they need to 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:02.280 do in twenty twenty if they want to be a 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:05.080 better version of themselves from a previous year? Does that 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:08.040 sound about right? Am I tracking with the game today? 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:11.040 You're tracking with the game. It's sort of a Rose 0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:15.080 Bowl handshake at the Rose Garden when we have a 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:17.960 treaty when we have something like that, Larry Scott the 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:22.400 Big Ten, what's Kevin Warren, new commissioner, shaking hands, agreeing 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:24.880 to come back, and Larry Scott whispering to. 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:29.280 Him, thank you. We needed this, so ronouncing first, thank you. 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:32.520 Oh my god, you guys, they will not stop just 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:38.000 harassing me. So we are going to go through, as 0:16:38.040 --> 0:16:42.520 you can hear, a pre launch check because certainly the 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:46.080 processes and pre season fall camp is going to be 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:48.760 very different for these teams. We talked about California and 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:52.120 their rules, and so we're looking at a number of 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:55.720 the more interesting teams, not necessarily the best, but some 0:16:55.760 --> 0:16:57.840 of the best and some of the more interesting teams 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:00.840 in both the Pac twelve and Big Ten. And now 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:04.480 that they've had an extra long period of time to 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:08.399 look at twenty nineteen and evaluate what went right and 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:11.600 what went wrong, let's just double and triple check these 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:14.000 things and make sure we can improve them. If we're 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:17.760 looking to impress I don't know, the College Football Playoff 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:21.399 Committee playing fewer games but looking oh so dominant that 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:26.520 you can't ignore Arizona State Minnesota one of a team 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:29.760 like that. By the way, did you see Larry Scott 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:31.880 was like, hey, what about eight games? Yeah, what about 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:35.639 eight teams? And the playoff was like, you. 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:36.480 Know, I think we're good. 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:40.359 And I'm bummed about that. And I'm going to tell 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:42.840 you this as somebody who doesn't love the playoff, I'm 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:46.880 bummed that the Playoff Committee didn't commit to the very quirky, 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:49.879 strange bit that is twenty twenty. They could still, it 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:52.440 would have been a great opportunity. They could still put 0:17:52.440 --> 0:17:56.920 in UCF for Cincinnati. They could, They most certainly could. 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:59.440 They want to commit to the bit. That's one way 0:17:59.480 --> 0:17:59.960 they could. 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:01.240 That is true. 0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:04.320 That's a good point, but a one off, just like 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:07.160 the SEC is claiming that one off ten game schedule. 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:10.440 They could have committed to just a free for all 0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:12.800 eight team or bit and they didn't. That's a bummer. 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:17.040 So what we've done is split up the duties. 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:17.320 Here. 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:20.080 We've got ten teams that we're going to discuss. We're 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:22.920 going to go through rapid fire, I guess to some extent. 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:25.360 But you've got Pack twelve, I've got Big ten. We've 0:18:25.400 --> 0:18:29.840 each picked out five teams that we are interested in 0:18:29.880 --> 0:18:32.280 for a variety of reasons. We examine their flaws from 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:34.600 a year ago. I'm going to talk about what they 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:37.199 need to do to correct that in twenty twenty. You 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:39.520 want to go first, sure. 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:42.879 Let's start with ASU. I mentioned the Sun Devils, and 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:46.480 I wasn't joking. I was perhaps exaggerating and talking about 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:50.119 Arizona State and the College Football Playoff, but in terms 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:53.720 of what Arizona State needs to double and triple check 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:56.479 the hirer new offensive coordinator. And to be clear, this 0:18:56.520 --> 0:18:58.520 is not our Pack twelve or Big ten preview, but 0:18:58.560 --> 0:19:00.680 we just want to give some shine and some love 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:04.320 to the conferences that are preparing their comeback. Arizona State 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:06.880 needs to double and triple check that they can run 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:11.240 the ball because that's not what they did last year 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:16.320 with any sort of consistency or efficiency. Jaden Daniels needs to, 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:23.280 I would say, raise his floor, because good Jaden Daniels 0:19:23.359 --> 0:19:26.400 quarterback for ASU, was great. You look at the Oregon game, 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:32.800 the Wazoo game, but his down games were sub seller, 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:35.320 sub basement. That's you know, the Arizona game. It can't 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:37.879 happen in a rivalry game. The Utah game, he was woeful. 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:42.560 So he needs to go from really good and to 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:47.080 really bad from that to really good and not great 0:19:47.160 --> 0:19:50.119 but fine that needs to be his basement because he is, 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:54.040 you know, incredibly talented, makes a ton of throws and 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:56.600 should improve this year. The defensive line needs to make 0:19:56.680 --> 0:19:59.720 more plays. They need to interrupt offenses a lot more 0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:04.600 off and just ASU in situations and high leverage situations, 0:20:04.640 --> 0:20:08.480 third down, fourth down, red zone situations. It's Zach Hill, 0:20:08.600 --> 0:20:11.760 new offensive coordinator comes in from you, has that Boise DNA. 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:16.320 There needs to be a list of fourteen go to 0:20:17.040 --> 0:20:20.560 no brainer. We should pick up seven yard plays in 0:20:20.640 --> 0:20:25.080 his playbook and so if that exists, Arizona State will 0:20:25.520 --> 0:20:28.600 definitely be better. And so those are the double triple 0:20:28.640 --> 0:20:29.680 checks to me with Asu. 0:20:30.119 --> 0:20:32.879 Yeah, and to your point about the running game, you 0:20:32.960 --> 0:20:36.919 know Benjamin gone. You know, Benjamin got something north of 0:20:37.000 --> 0:20:38.960 I want to say, two hundred and fifty carries a 0:20:39.040 --> 0:20:43.320 year ago, but yeah, only around one thousand yards average 0:20:43.359 --> 0:20:48.440 is like four something per carry. We expected last year 0:20:48.480 --> 0:20:50.240 to get more out of him, and there are factors 0:20:50.240 --> 0:20:53.560 why we didn't. But to your point here, I think 0:20:53.600 --> 0:20:57.400 it's it's something that would definitely assist in Jaden Daniels 0:20:57.880 --> 0:21:01.600 as he continues to improve as now a sophomore s roster. 0:21:01.800 --> 0:21:05.080 Run the ball be better on big situations. 0:21:05.520 --> 0:21:07.119 Don't be terrible quarterback. 0:21:07.760 --> 0:21:08.800 Yeah, those are your checks. 0:21:09.359 --> 0:21:14.840 I mentioned Minnesota earlier, and we can keep with the theme. Actually, 0:21:15.400 --> 0:21:19.600 it is a recurring theme. As I look across the 0:21:19.640 --> 0:21:23.280 five teams in the Big Ten that I've pulled out Minnesota, 0:21:23.960 --> 0:21:27.879 I would say Michigan and Ohio State. I had to 0:21:27.880 --> 0:21:31.080 find something with Ohio State and all of that. That's 0:21:31.359 --> 0:21:34.399 that's difficult. Good for you. All of them share, thank you, 0:21:34.800 --> 0:21:41.160 a common affliction in explosiveness in the running game. For Minnesota, 0:21:41.359 --> 0:21:45.639 it's it's an interesting proposition because they lose their offensive 0:21:45.680 --> 0:21:50.040 coordinator to Penn State. They bring in Mike Sanford junior. 0:21:51.160 --> 0:21:55.320