The Hokies struggled on offense, particularly upfront, against a veteran Minnesota team and ultimately fell 24-10 in the Duke's Mayo Bowl. We recap a game that was at times tough to watch due to the disparity along the offensive line. We also discuss Mike Vick's CFB Hall of Fame selection, the portal victories and what's left to do, and the staff vacancies that frustratingly have lasted a month at this point. We also pick one final Big Screener of the College Football season.
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The.
And welcome back to the Boundary
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Corner podcast.
Along with my partners, Brian
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Sieglen, Jonathan Talley, I am
Curtis Wilson.
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We are part of the College
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Welcome back, gentlemen, to the
new year.
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New year, everybody.
New Year's same me.
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I'm just here.
I don't know if I'm the old me,
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the new me, somewhere in
between.
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Yeah, it's been.
I started a new job the day
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after New Year's.
I guess that.
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That could.
That could.
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Technically, be fun.
That is fun.
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We I had we had hell week last
week down here in Richmond, man
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Tally got to hear all about
power going out, Internet going
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out.
Brian can't take showers.
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We got bowl water.
I had to.
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Build snow so I could flush my
toilets.
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That's crazy.
We got apocalyptic down here for
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a couple.
Days.
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That's crazy.
It was wild, man.
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I mean, what happens when it
snows in the South and then it
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doesn't warm up the next two
days afterwards?
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Yeah.
And your water plant has a
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catastrophic failure, you know.
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Wow, that happened.
We had some snow for one day,
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but it wasn't, it didn't get
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So you know, it's like one day
and even like it.
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The day before I walked outside
and I had short sleeves on.
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I was like, it's like 50° out
here.
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This ain't this is going to be
crazy.
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And then the next day, like I go
to sleep and wake up, it's like
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6 inches of snow.
Oh yeah, well the whole thing
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is, did y'all have the day after
the snow it got warm again.
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Yeah, then I was going to say
the next day it was just like,
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my wife is in healthcare, so
they had already told him like,
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you can't miss work, It's going
to snow.
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We know for a fact it's snowing.
You need to be at work.
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So this was just say like a
Thursday, she had to get a hotel
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room, her and another lady that
she works, we got a hotel room
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that's close to the hospital.
So she had to stay there.
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And then the next night she
works at, she helps out at a
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retirement home that's close to
the home to our house.
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And I was telling, I was like,
Hey, you can come home.
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I'll come get you.
Because we got a, a group around
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here, a Wrangler group called
the rocket City Wranglers.
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Shout out to them.
And during stuff like that, they
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just get out.
It's like, I don't know, maybe
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fifty of them.
And you can book them and
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they'll come get you and, you
know, take you to the store if
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they need to.
But they definitely help with
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the healthcare workers.
So they was getting the, getting
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the nurses to and from home if
they needed to.
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And I told her I was like, you
can come home.
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It's not going to be bad.
She's like, I'm it's, it's a big
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hill and I'm going to just go
ahead and stay.
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So she ended up staying at the
retirement home the next night
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and woke up and it's nothing.
It's like a dust, a dust
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outside.
But you just never know in
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Alabama, man.
When you get some ice and snow,
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The main thing is these fuckers
can't drive.
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Like I don't try to drive.
I'm, I'm these fuckers as well.
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Like I don't try to drive in it.
But you got some people because
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Huntsville is so crazy and
people are from like all over.
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They come here and they're like,
Oh, I grew up in this.
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And then they, they don't
realize that the roads ain't set
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up the same way as if you came
from the north or, you know,
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they, they, they don't come in
ice.
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I mean, they don't come salt the
roads and things like that.
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So you get people sliding all
over the place.
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Yeah, I like what you said right
there.
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You might have driven it
elsewhere, but the roads down
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here was not made for you to be
snowed in and attempting to
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drive on it.
So that's the good pieces, but.
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They're not treated properly.
They're not built that way.
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It's not.
It's not designed for that type
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of traversal.
It is not designed, but you
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know, we're back to reality.
We're back to somewhat normal
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January now and it has been a
little over two weeks since we
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all got together in person.
Obviously we can.
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We we, we pretty much just talk
everyday via message, sometimes
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phone call here they so we're
always communicating.
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But we got a lot to unload
because since that point in
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time, we had the bowl game, tons
of portal stuff.
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No new coaches let's we won't
get into that in a little while.
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But let's start off with the the
news that broke this afternoon.
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I'm sure y'all all saw it.
A huge congratulation as Michael
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Vick will be inducted into the
College Football Hall of Fame
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this year.
Definitely well worth it.
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I, I didn't even know he was on
the ballot personally so I
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didn't and it just popped up.
I think I saw Andy Bitter and it
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was like Michael's Hall of
Famer.
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Like, yes, he should be a Hall
of Famer without a doubt.
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Right.
It's like when you go and I,
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I'll talk to my son about some
stuff and you got so many
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different errors and something.
If you put somebody in a sports
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era and you remove them or they,
they play in a sports area and
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you remove them from that era,
does it change the game?
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You know, does it their, you
know, their, their career, what
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they've done?
Did it have an impact from the
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game?
It changes the game.
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And when you think about Michael
Vick and what he did in the
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game, like even outside the
game, the culture that he
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created outside of the game
changed everything.
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You go to basketball, you think
about AI like they change rules.
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There's like, oh, we got to
dress up because we don't like
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the way he dressed on the
sidelines.
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I mean, AI had little white boys
with their hair braided.
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Like it's just when you have
somebody that impacts the game
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like that, like, come on, man.
And then they got stats to go
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with it.
You got to be a Hall of Famer.
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Nothing else to talk about.
So don't get no crazy ideas.
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None of you crazy people out
there that say the man don't
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deserve it because he do.
I'm going to leave it at that.
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Brian, what you think?
Yeah.
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I mean, this has been to me a
long time coming.
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I mean, if we're looking at just
the 99 team alone, I mean, it's
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it's really, yeah, I'm shocked.
He's the third induction from
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the 99 team and not the at least
the second.
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Corey Moore really being the
only other one that you could
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say from a college football
impact, might, might have had an
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equal or greater impact during
his time in Blacksburg and
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during his time playing college
football.
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Obviously, when we talk about
Michael Vick's legacy, we're
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talking about a legacy that does
transcend college football.
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But Tally, to your point, you
know, what Mike did at
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quarterback at Virginia Tech, it
definitely had an impact on the
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game.
It changed the way I think a lot
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of people viewed the quarterback
position and what it could be
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from a combination of athletic
ability and arm talent.
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Right.
And so I think it's well
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deserved.
And Curtis, I'm I'm gonna pitch
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it to you, man.
What you think?
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Well, I mean, like you said,
it's it's a long time coming and
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where you see what Michael Vick
is the effects of what we see
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now take a look this weekend,
Jalen Hurts, Lamar Jackson and I
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know Josh Allen's white, but
Josh Allen, big athletic kid,
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fast, strong arm.
They're super athletic
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quarterbacks.
And that was Michael.
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Before Michael, though, no one
had like the arm.
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And when I say the arm, Michael
could make every throw.
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Michael knew how to do touch.
Michael could throw bombs.
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I'm still the prettiest ball
I've ever seen.
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And this is him in the NFL.
Was that bomb to DeSean Jackson
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from the two skins?
Oh my God.
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Or somebody Andre Davis stuff.
He just he flips it his legacy.
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It's it's now 25 years, 26
years, Lord have mercy later.
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It is now a direct impact on the
entire game of football, the
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entire game of football.
And it's well deserved and so
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glad for him.
You know, huge Congrats, Michael
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Vick out there.
Dwight, I forgot to text you
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today when I saw it.
I'll text you later to say
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Congrats so you can pass that on
and, and good for him with the
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coaching job.
Just, you know, one of those
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great things.
So really happy for him.
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Real quick, let's flip to
something else before we hit the
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Mayo ball.
Do y'all believe we won two
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basketball games in a row?
Pretty good want to get some
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some solid competition one
against, you know, I'd say NC
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State's kind of a a mid level to
kind of low, you know, lower end
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of the ACC.
But at the same time, you know,
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when we were looking at this
roster, we were like two, maybe
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3 ACC wins total.
And, you know, you're kind of
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already hitting that, you know,
this early in January and.
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They hit it.
I didn't watch a game tonight.
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I thought it was.
Going to be a very long ACC
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regular season so.
I've only watched one.
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I've only watched one game and
that was enough for me.
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I said I ain't watching none of
this shit.
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Like I just thought it was going
to be super bad.
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And it again, I go back and
forth with people online all the
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time and I never said Mike Young
can't coach because he can't
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Like, he is a old school coach.
He knows what he's doing.
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He can coach.
But my thing on him is the
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retaining of talent.
To get to the top of the ACC,
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you have to have big guards that
can play defense, long guards
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that can shoot, you know,
because when you got to think
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you're going to get most of the
time UNC and Duke, and that's
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going to be, that's a rough go
at it.
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You know, you can throw other
teams in there as well.
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You know, I know Virginia's
coach left, but Virginia always
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has a good team and you got to
be able to have the talent to
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play with those teams.
Just being able to coach a lot
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of time that can get you to that
next level in the ACC.
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Maybe mid major shirt, but here
it's tough.
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So shout out to Mike Young for
his coaching job because he is a
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hell of a coach.
I have to give him his props.
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I don't know if people think
that I think he can't coach.
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He can coach.
I just yeah, I just like I said
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that the talent in it, he's Got
Talent.
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He has got it and I never said
he hadn't got it.
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I think he can recruit pretty
good, but it's the retaining of
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talent and people say Oh well,
it's the NIL or is this this was
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happening before that.
So he was in my opinion, but I
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didn't mean to go on that rant.
No, I wanted to say that I
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respect Mike Young for what he
does.
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When he gets, hey, he'll put
some people out there and he can
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run some XS and OS and the dude
can coach.
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I got to give him his props.
But to your point tally is what
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you talk about the retaining and
that's usually where the old
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school coaches lose it.
It's in the offseason, it's
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wrong, and I'm sure, I'm sure
Mike ain't no slouching the
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offseason running those guys
through drills and shit.
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I'm sure you probably hammers
them.
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And.
We we're in a day and age, kids
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don't like that shit.
It's easy to transfer.
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And so it's one of those things
is for Mike Young because to be
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honest, he probably ain't going
anywhere in the next three or
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four years.
Just the way everything's set
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up.
If, if, if you don't like Mike
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Young, you got to deal with him.
But can he find somebody to
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bring in to almost smooth a
little bit?
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Like Coach, we know you want to
work on more, but you've got to
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you got to tone it down just a
little bit so they don't leave,
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so you can carry over because as
these guys learn your system.
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Why did he not bump off some
people at Wofford?
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Those guys have been with him
four and five years.
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They it was clockwork.
They knew exactly what to do in,
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you know, you take somebody like
Lawal, who's he that, that, that
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might be one of the most
athletic kids that's ever played
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at Virginia Tech, straight up.
Unbelievable.
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So just let's find my young an
offseason guru that can help him
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not lose people, that's all.
But I don't know if it's like,
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you know, I know his at times
the system can be a little rigid
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for some guys that are a little
bit better at creating their own
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shot and things like that.
So I don't know if if some of
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that is what is chasing folks
off.
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I don't know if to Curtis's
point, some of the offseason
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stuff, I don't know if it's
just, you know, new age and
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opportunities are presenting
themselves.
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And I'm not talking about
necessarily NIL, but I mean,
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with the transfer portal, you,
you get to look at opportunities
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that may not have presented
themselves when you committed to
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Virginia Tech and that may be
where you wanted to be to begin
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with.
So I mean, there, there's so
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many different, you know, things
that open up for these kids now
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that just weren't possible, you
know, even looking back 5-6
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years ago.
So it's crazy.
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I don't know if that that's the
biggest piece of it, whether
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it's the NIL piece or whether
it's, you know, something
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related to, you know, the, the,
the, the, the scheme or the
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offseason regiment that, that,
that that team goes through.
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But we, we seem to turn,
especially when it comes to
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guards.
We, we, we turn through guards a
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lot more than and we shouldn't.
I would like to see.
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And we shouldn't because his
system with, with some of the
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the three-point shots and stuff
like that, we, we shouldn't be
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losing guards.
Right.
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I mean, really shouldn't, right?
Let's roll on past that and
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let's talk about the mayonnaise
bowl.
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Before we get into that, we got
some, we got some folks joining
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us.
Let's go ahead and throw some
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names up.
Here.
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All right, Tom, up here then,
man.
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Hey, we got.
Andre Andre.
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Big weekend for him.
Go birds.
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Andre, you still ain't played me
in this game man, I've been I've
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been ready to catch you on this
game for a while pop that gaming
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tag let's figure out what's
going on that's.
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Right.
Hey, we got we got Lavar in the
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house.
Lavar, What's up, Lavar?
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Lavar in the house.
Mile High.
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He said he wouldn't get video
for a while.
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Am I?
How you getting video now?
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You good?
I did a check I I was able to
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pull it through on my end so it
looks like everybody else is
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interacting so I'm guessing.
Yeah, I think everybody good
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and.
Everything's looking good, our
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man Chris.
Mr. Lester's in the house.
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Congratulations to this man.
Congratulations to you, got a
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baby on the way.
Baby on the way.
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Why are y'all telling that man?
Congratulations for that baby.
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You your life about to be
healed.
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You should have left that baby.
Where was that?
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Now I'm just playing, man.
That's a blessing.
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It is a blessing for.
Real.
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It is a blessing we got Jim up
in here.
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Throw Jim's up there.
We got Jim, Jim, Jim a couple
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comments here.
That one right there, yeah, it
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is a hell of a class that he's
going in with.
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And then, yeah, I I think the
next one is true, Lee.
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So it should be in Hall of Fame.
Lee.
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So it's going to elite running
back.
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And that year he scored 2027.
All right, 27 touchdowns.
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That's crazy.
It's still crazy.
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Wow.
Crazy.
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All right, well, let's flip it
to the Mayo Bowl.
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Thank y'all.
Keep the comments coming.
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Anything you want to chime in on
24/10?
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And I mean, this is the way I
felt about it.
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We knew what it was going to be,
right?
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We knew what it was going to be.
You start looking who they had
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lead, who we had lead.
We had a hell of a lot better
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players leave than they had
left.
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They lost their tackle and their
wide receiver and maybe one
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other offensive line.
They had most of their defense
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intact.
They had their quarterback
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intact.
They had their lead running back
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intact.
Not just quarterback intact,
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multi year starting.
Quarterback multi year starting
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quarterback intact.
I thought it was going to be 45
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to 7.
I ain't going to lie to you.
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I didn't too, I was actually.
I think I texted y'all after the
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game was like we only lost about
14 I think.
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The the, the problem that I had
is that there were still some
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opportunities that we didn't
capitalize on.
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Yeah.
And I mean, I know we're going
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to talk about that in a little
bit, but let's start with what
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went well, what did y'all like?
And I mean, what was it?
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Was it mostly them, the young
bucks showing out a little bit
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or what was it?
Aiden Green or Brody Adams, I
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mean, you get to see what the
next leaders in your in your
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wide receiver room.
I know we bringing into a couple
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of wide receivers, but when you
bring somebody in, you can say I
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need veteran leadership what you
do.
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But you got to have people there
that know what the culture is of
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what you're trying to build at
your school.
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So even if you bring in a kid
that's played football for five
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years, a college football,
that's great, but he had some
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experience, but he doesn't have
Blackbird Blacksburg experience,
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you know what I'm saying?
That's the thing that you need.
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So when you see some of the
young guys get in and I mean,
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Aiden look good.
I don't know, man.
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Some people was hating on Aiden.
Like I always thought Aiden was
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a baller, but some people was
like, oh, Nah, man, he's not
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going to be that good.
You know, you don't he this or
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he dropped.
He has too many drops.
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That's what it was this year.
He has too many drops and I'm
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like, you got to take some
lumps, you know what I'm saying?
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Like he's he's a young player.
He may seem old to us, but what
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is he?
He's going to be a A junior, no?
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Richer sophomore.
Cuz he richer.
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Sophomore.
Yeah.
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He's richer.
Sophomore.
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He played very little his first
year.
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He played sparingly this year,
right?
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A green, absolutely bald.
I mean, you look at his, that's
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that line.
I mean, he was the guy they were
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looking for.
He was getting himself open and
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all that stuff.
I tell you who else impressed
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me?
The stat line isn't there, but
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we talked about looking for
burst and cut.
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The freshman, Tyler Mason.
Y'all see a couple of his runs
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where like you saw him, he fell
in poop.
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It was just like, and he's the
freshman.
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And he was running behind a
ragtag line, he was running
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behind some, he was running
behind me.
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And that ain't good.
I felt.
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I tried to get up off the couch
today, you know?
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I think some of those holes I
could have, I could have opened
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up a little bit better.
Yeah.
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Brian's like.
And I'm 40 and and I'm probably.
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I ain't no lie to you, it took
me a while Brian, to watch that
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game.
I knew about it through y'all
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and some Twitter interaction.
X in action, however you want to
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say it.
I talked to Chris one night and
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Chris, he said a couple of the
other item.
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I'm going to go watch it.
It was late.
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It was late one night.
So I went and watched it late
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one night and just seeing kind
of what was going on.
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It was what I expected.
But yeah, it was.
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It was some good stuff that went
in.
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But I was like, yeah, that line
was bad, man.
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It was, I think we figured this
out.
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I know Brian probably saw it
real quick.
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Actually, Brian, you put
something in one of the chats
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wearing Johnny Tackle.
Johnny Garrett's a right tackle
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or none, hands down.
Johnny, we love you, but you got
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to play on the right.
Side I, I think he's a he's a
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good tackle, but he doesn't
quite have quick enough feet.
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I think to play left tackle BB
he's not your every down left
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tackle.
I think in a pinch you can put
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him out there, but he doesn't
quite have the feet to to play
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left tackle as being a guy
that's going to take, you know,
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50 plus steps a game at that
position.
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So that is what it is because
because the rest of it looked
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bad.
And I mean, and that's what's
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going to happen when literally
probably your three better
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players aren't there.
Say what you want to say.
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Can somebody get me a birth
certificate on Bob?
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Shit, he's got to be 45 years
old.
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He older than us.
I know he older than me.
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See, I thought he had already
used like three years of
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eligibility before we got him.
Nope, he was in a cheat code.
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He was at a JUCO and he's
getting that rule.
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Bob shit.
Crazy, crazy.
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He needs to go and find Sam
Rogers and work with him in with
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high school students.
That's what he need to be doing.
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I'm just going to say that I
ain't going to go too hard on my
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boy, but I feel like he'd have
been in school a long time.
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I think it's time to go.
It's true, it's true, but he
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comes back next year, so yeah,
it's a depth piece.
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If you're, if you're telling me
he's a depth piece, he's a guy
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that's coming off the bench to,
you know.
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He should, you should.
He should quit.
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Is that what you're about to
say?
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No, he's going to say Brian,
probably going to say he's
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alright as long as he's a depth.
Piece, yeah, as long as he's a
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depth piece, I don't, I don't
need, I don't need that, that
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person being a lynchpin of my
offensive line and that.
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And that's not necessarily, you
know, dissing him that much.
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Like what I'm saying is that I
think we've seen the best we're
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going to see from Bob Schick and
we know that that's not enough.
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So if he's if he's in the front
line next year, that's a
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problem.
That is a big problem as he's in
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the front line next year,
especially with some of the
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young guys coming up.
Some of the young guys had
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already played in front of him
this year.
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I mean, the the reason he was
really playing any this year was
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because Leith got hurt.
Robbie's one of them.
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Going to college for seven years
is just fine.
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Robin.
Playing football on my team is
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not fine.
Get your ass off that offensive
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line and get over there and call
some plays or something.
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Tally, I'm going to throw this
to.
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You real quick man because
player coach situation.
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Yeah, player coach Tally, we
talked about this because you I
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think you mentioned in the chat
somewhere or a message to me and
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maybe best me and Brian and you
were like, man, this is going to
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be like the Pinstripe Bowl
again.
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I don't want to watch and that's
the reason.
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I know you didn't watch it, but
what does it say to you when you
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just went back and watched it
where we were in 2021 to where
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we are now as far as talent
level goes?
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Because to me it it says a lot.
No, it was true.
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I mean, it's exactly what I
said.
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I, I think I put some on the
timeline about it too.
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I just asked the question like
how bad did people think we was
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going to lose And it all of them
was bad.
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You know, I had no doubt we were
going to lose, but I thought it
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was going to get super bad.
So I was like, yeah, Pinstripe
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Bowl 50, two to seven, something
like that.
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But the floor has been raised.
I got to give for as much shit
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as I do give the coaching staff
or I do give prior because all
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of it falls on proud of me.
Y'all know how I feel?
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I do have to give him his props.
He has raised the talent level.
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He took over a shit show.
He has raised the talent level
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in the room and I think you see
that when you get people like,
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you know, Keelan Adams with the
ball in his hand.
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They can make plays, you know
what I'm saying?
443
00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:52,360
You can see the kid can move a
little bit different and a
444
00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:55,760
little bit faster than most wide
receivers that we had.
445
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,880
I don't think that a senior
receiver that's graduating.
446
00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,280
Shout out to all my guys
leaving.
447
00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:04,640
Hope y'all go tear it up at the
combine and you know, in the
448
00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,600
NFL.
But I don't think a wide
449
00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,440
receiver that we had has the
skill set of just say we're just
450
00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,880
going to say keep.
I don't think any of them have
451
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,360
that skill set.
And I don't think Virginia Tech
452
00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:20,280
has had a wide receiver with a
skill set like that in a while.
453
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,480
Even when you think back to like
Isaiah Ford, right?
454
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,040
Great wide receiver, different
skill set.
455
00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:29,120
Cam Phillips.
Great wide receiver for us,
456
00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:34,480
different skill set.
Bucky Hodges, great tight end,
457
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,520
wide receiver, whatever you want
to call him, but much different
458
00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,360
skill set.
We haven't had that person that
459
00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:43,120
could just take the top off of
defenses.
460
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,480
Jay Lane was able to show us
some things in the short passing
461
00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,240
game where he could get loose.
He was a little shifty, but a
462
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,760
lot of times we asked a lot of
Jay Lane, you know, and we got
463
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,880
him hurt.
He played hurt most of the year.
464
00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:01,480
So we didn't we we we seen him
do some things, but I think I
465
00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,840
think we left a little bit on
the table with him.
466
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,560
Shout out to Jay Lane for
playing Hollows games injured
467
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:10,680
and Steven Gosnell as well.
But anyway, like you said,
468
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:14,440
Curtis, just to go back to your
point, yeah, I got it.
469
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:18,440
I got to say, you know, the the
talent level, the Florida talent
470
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,400
level has been raised and that
and that's good to see.
471
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:22,880
You know you do want to see
that.
472
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,360
So the the only position where
you can see that really the town
473
00:26:26,360 --> 00:26:29,280
level had been raised was the
was the position that stood out
474
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:30,920
like a sore thumb, which is the
offensive line.
475
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,720
Yeah.
You took the two best and two
476
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:38,040
most important positions off
that offensive line and it was
477
00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:41,720
evident that that was a problem.
And that's and that's not knock
478
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:43,360
to the other guys.
I mean, I think they were put in
479
00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:46,320
a position where they're
probably not quite ready.
480
00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,320
They weren't quite prepared
enough for that scenario and
481
00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:54,320
they got exposed a little bit.
But pulling back to Tally's
482
00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,600
point and especially looking at
the wide receiver room and for
483
00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:03,120
the young guys, especially a guy
like Keelan Adams, what I like
484
00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:05,960
and what I see and, and, and
Tally, you kind of alluded to
485
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,320
it, but I know we've talked
before.
486
00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:11,320
There's fast and there's quick.
And to me, quick is more
487
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:16,000
important on a football field.
And Brody is quick.
488
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:20,240
Super quick.
And and that that's a product of
489
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,200
a couple things.
That's a product of being fast
490
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,560
with the football.
That's also a product of being a
491
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,680
very good with your vision and
your and precise with your route
492
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,400
running.
And those are things that he
493
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,120
does very well.
A lot of times when you see
494
00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:38,240
those receivers that are quick
like that, it's usually a small
495
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:42,320
guy, you know what I'm saying?
Somebody who's 5859, they may be
496
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:47,640
listed at 511.
Well, Keelan is probably 62, you
497
00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:51,840
know, 6-1 somewhere around now.
So to have that and he's putting
498
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,520
on weight, I think he's probably
up to about 180 now, probably
499
00:27:55,520 --> 00:28:00,680
came in at about 170.
If he can gain another 10 lbs,
500
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:07,520
it mean 616-2190 with that, with
that kind of speed, like that's
501
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,160
a different beast than we used
to.
502
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,400
Then you start seeing then you
start seeing talent that
503
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:18,960
somewhere like Ohio State has or
LSU or you know, even Alabama,
504
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,440
you know the wide receivers has
come through Alabama lately.
505
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:23,680
You start seeing that kind of
talent level.
506
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,000
Not saying we going to see the
same production because we don't
507
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,520
know.
But I'm just saying when you
508
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:31,680
start seeing that type talent
level come to Virginia Tech now
509
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,760
I want to see what we can do
with it and I know we going to
510
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,120
talk about it later on even in
the portal, you know, the things
511
00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:40,800
that prize been able to do and
not even fucking having ADC,
512
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:45,200
which we'll talk about as well.
But Curtis, I, I, I think you
513
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,360
had a point that you about the
about the, about the jump in on.
514
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,440
Well, the one thing that the the
Brody play where he made that
515
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,880
big, that big run, it was short
sighted and he when he made that
516
00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:00,840
cut, he was near the sideline.
He knew it's like I got to go
517
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:04,440
now when he made that cut and it
was the explosiveness, because
518
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,640
y'all talk about quick.
I always like to, I, I watch it
519
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,240
close now, guys who are
explosive, when I say explosive,
520
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:14,680
it's 123 boom.
He's gone where sometimes it
521
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,600
takes guys 6-7 steps before they
hit stride.
522
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:21,360
Brody, it was, he made that a,
the cut was impressive.
523
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,760
And then 1-2 boom.
And the next thing you know,
524
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,160
it's 58 yards.
Somebody angles him and gets
525
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,200
him.
And I'm sure people gave Chris
526
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,440
grief.
I'm sure Keelan got grief.
527
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,560
But that's what we're talking
about.
528
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:36,760
We're talking about those elite
traits.
529
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,480
You start putting those on the
football field, that's how you
530
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,200
get better.
So I love that.
531
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,120
I'm going to tell you one more
elite trait.
532
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,680
And while we wrap this up, John
loves foot.
533
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,520
Jesus Christ.
Jesus, that's the one you want?
534
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,200
See, people like that is why I
want to play college football
535
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,680
for nine years.
Yep, Robbie, you know, not Bob.
536
00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,680
John Love.
John Love, can we keep him in
537
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,120
college for seven years?
I'll be all right with it.
538
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,120
I'll be all right with that.
But I mean.
539
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:09,480
When he lines up the kick.
When he lines up the kick, it
540
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,120
doesn't matter where he is on
the field.
541
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,320
It never crosses my mind that
he's going to miss.
542
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,400
He just, it just seems like, you
know what I'm saying.
543
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:23,040
He don't miss, man.
I'm always confident whenever he
544
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:26,800
gets back there.
Just so you know, Tally, he has
545
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:30,040
two years of eligibility left,
two years of.
546
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,960
Eligibility money.
I mean, if you're kidding, when
547
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:34,760
you go to college you ain't
looking at getting money and
548
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:39,560
pussy like giving both of them
go man, what?
549
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:43,840
Let's go.
The man happy she's been happy
550
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:51,160
man the.
Man in his college career is 88%
551
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,600
from field gold range in the
last two years.
552
00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:59,600
He is 38 of 42.
And we've been running.
553
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,880
It ain't, it ain't all been
short, you know, We're all been
554
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,240
running.
We running about to kick 60
555
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:09,680
yards, 50 yard field goals.
I think one game he had the most
556
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,880
points on the game on the team.
He did.
557
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:13,000
He might have kicked.
He did, yeah.
558
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,720
By the way, I noticed for you,
Charlie, that was for you right
559
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,160
there.
Had to be.
560
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,320
Yeah, JT in the name.
Had to be.
561
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:26,320
All right, so there's the Mayo
Bowl season over, You know, is
562
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:27,520
what it is.
Let's roll.
563
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:31,760
Let's talk to staff changes
because the last time we spoke,
564
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:37,680
the Matt Moore hire had been
made, but it was state of the
565
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,000
program.
So we were talking 10,000
566
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:44,000
things, everything liquor was
flowing, bruises were flowing,
567
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,680
fun was happening.
But let's let's take a little
568
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:54,720
bit deep at Matt Moore, a little
bit more because I think, I
569
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,240
don't think anybody's going to
deny this.
570
00:31:56,680 --> 00:32:01,080
It's not only an upgrade, it's a
significant upgrade from Ron.
571
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,840
No disrespect to Ron, but is a
significant upgrade.
572
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,080
We disrespect to Ron, but go
ahead.
573
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,640
Try to be cordial here man.
I tried to be cordial.
574
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:16,360
They said Ron Crook was zooming
calling people that.
575
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:20,600
If this was happening, I don't
know Chad, if y'all know let me
576
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,120
know.
They said my man was zooming
577
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,520
coaching, so he didn't even have
a house in Blacksburg.
578
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,200
Can't do that.
We can't do that, man.
579
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:31,920
We'll we'll figure that out one
day.
580
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:35,680
But I think overall I want to
hear y'all's viewpoints because
581
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:39,480
obviously now we have gotten to
the point where we've read more
582
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,640
about Matt Moore.
We see what if offensive lines
583
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:44,240
done.
Brian, you played online when
584
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:48,920
you saw the hire and when you
started reading, and I know you
585
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:52,360
got your points, but what,
what's, what's, what's, what are
586
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,280
you most excited about with the
Matt Moore hire?
587
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,840
A toughness, I think that's
that's a big thing and an
588
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,120
ability to recruit quality
talent and develop that talent
589
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:07,040
and get that talent to the NFLI
think that's something Matt
590
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:12,640
Moore has shown those offenses
at West Virginia have been up
591
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,480
and down.
The one consistent thing that we
592
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:20,120
saw through that era was the
offensive line play was pretty
593
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:25,280
consistent and there was nothing
really to complain about from
594
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,040
their play from from from that
standpoint on that offense.
595
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:31,120
So I think that's the big thing
for me is that you know, you're
596
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:32,600
going to get a consistent level
of play.
597
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,000
You're going to get some good
development of the players that
598
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,080
are on the roster.
So I think by default, you're
599
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:42,080
going to get a level of play
increase before you even start
600
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,600
talking about the guys that he's
bringing with him or the guys
601
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,680
that he can recruit to play in
Blacksburg.
602
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,280
So that's why I'm excited.
And again, I mean, we talked
603
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,480
about the guys I wanted.
I, I was, I was big Marcus
604
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,120
Johnson.
But I, I, I said Matt Moore was
605
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:59,640
probably my, my, my 1B.
If I had to pick up guys that I
606
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:01,840
thought were going to be
available, you know, would have
607
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,720
some opportunities to get hired
by the team.
608
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,280
So the fact that we got that
one, I'm good with it.
609
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:10,440
Let's rock, baby.
Callie, what about you, man?
610
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:16,360
If y'all need to know anything
about Matt Moore, I I ain't got
611
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,080
to look at that nails.
Besides, he coached at Hoover
612
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:24,480
High School in the early 2000s.
Them motherfuckers was cheating.
613
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:29,520
Rush Pros was cheating.
They was doing anything that
614
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:32,120
could be Rush Pros had.
He was living a double life.
615
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,840
He had a wife on this side of
town and a wife on that side of
616
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:37,360
town.
And guess what?
617
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:41,239
He's still cheating now.
He's still cheating right now in
618
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:43,400
Alabama.
Rush Pros is still cheating.
619
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:44,480
I ain't saying Matt Moore
cheating.
620
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,639
I hope he cheating.
I hope that he cheating.
621
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,719
But if you don't believe me, you
go back and you look up Hoover
622
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:55,480
High School in the early 2000.
They was the first high school
623
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:59,960
team to have a show.
He I think he was a offensive
624
00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:02,400
coordinator and maybe I know
he's offensive line because I
625
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:03,640
think he was offensive
coordinator.
626
00:35:04,240 --> 00:35:06,400
They had ATV show.
It's called 2A days.
627
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:09,720
Go look up two a days and see
how Hoover High School, which
628
00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:13,240
was probably 20 minutes from
where I grew up, it was like
629
00:35:13,240 --> 00:35:15,320
celebrities, man, like
everybody.
630
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,080
MTV Show.
If Matt Moore can make it
631
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:22,040
through an MTV show with no
scandals, I mean, I know he can.
632
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,000
Go to Blacksburg and cheat Matt.
We going to help you cheat,
633
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,000
Matt.
You tell us what you need.
634
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,440
Tell us what you need.
We tell us what you need to get
635
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,960
a tackle in there right now.
If Matt was in there, he seen
636
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:41,240
#70 Matt would have, Matt would
have had to tell #70 to go to
637
00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:42,800
Walmart and start bagging
grocers.
638
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:45,560
And they don't even bag
groceries at Walmart no more.
639
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,080
You bag them yourself.
But he would have made them go
640
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:49,840
down there and do that.
Hey, Matt going to be all right.
641
00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,960
But besides that, looking at
his, looking at what he's got,
642
00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:57,520
he got people.
He's putting people in the NFL,
643
00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,680
which is great.
You know, he took some recruits
644
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:02,160
from us, which was not great for
us, but great for him.
645
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:04,960
And he was coaching in West
Virginia.
646
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:10,200
Like come on man, how you get
somebody to come to West
647
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:14,680
Virginia?
They throwing batteries at
648
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:18,640
people, burning couches.
This man is getting people to
649
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,360
come over there and they kicking
our ass.
650
00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:23,160
Thank you.
Thank you, Matt for finally
651
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:25,480
coming in here to help right
this ship, man.
652
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:30,240
We just need somebody to get
some big ass country boys.
653
00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:31,880
I don't care where they come
from.
654
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:35,240
And we just need them to not let
the other team get to our
655
00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:38,520
quarterback and don't and tell
them to don't sack their own
656
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:42,240
quarterback.
Don't step on his feet, you
657
00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:44,680
know, don't pull his pants down,
None of that.
658
00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:46,680
We need you to protect him.
That's what we need.
659
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:48,640
That's what you're getting paid
for.
660
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,480
I think it's what y'all said.
Just to kind of cap this off
661
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:55,440
about more, it's it's the
development because he got there
662
00:36:55,440 --> 00:37:00,040
in 2019 Colt Mckibbitt, who's
now starting right tackle for my
663
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,080
49ers.
I wish he wasn't.
664
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,280
He is definitely a great college
player and not a good NFL player
665
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,880
or he is a serviceable NFL
player.
666
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,560
All American, that's 2019 Zach
Frazier.
667
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:19,160
God, if Zach Frazier, two time
all American what, 50th pickers
668
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:22,680
in the center somewhere like
that for the Steelers and he's
669
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:25,920
and he's never been he's he's
he's he's going to be their next
670
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:27,120
grade center.
Yeah.
671
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,200
Mike Webster.
You got Germante Dawson, you had
672
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,040
the Pouncey kid.
They nailed him.
673
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,600
That kid is unbelievable.
And now you got Wyatt Mallam,
674
00:37:35,240 --> 00:37:37,240
who's likely going to be high
pick.
675
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,640
He had this other kid down in
the sunbelt.
676
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:43,800
He got picked like in the 80's.
The guy takes it and develops it
677
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:46,720
and it doesn't.
It doesn't seem like it matters
678
00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:49,320
where it is.
Because to me you turned 3 out
679
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:53,160
of West Virginia in a five year
period for all Americans.
680
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:57,080
High picks, good NFL players
y'all.
681
00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:01,400
That man knows what he's doing.
To your point to Brian, go look
682
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,720
at the run games.
Even they did not have a good
683
00:38:03,720 --> 00:38:07,440
season this year at all.
Still they got more rushing
684
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:09,960
yards than us.
They didn't have a backlight to
685
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,840
they still were doing 193 a
game.
686
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,640
Yep, that's insane and.
We we haven't talked about the
687
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:20,040
fact that, you know, Doug Nestor
finished his time at West
688
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:23,840
Virginia and is now on a
practice reserve squad, so.
689
00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:27,280
Still making him he's.
He's out there playing in the
690
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:30,240
NFL.
He's not necessarily on a game
691
00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:32,880
day roster, but that's not
making some moves.
692
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:35,560
So if the guy is getting talent
into the league.
693
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,280
He's getting talent and he knows
how to recruit because we'll
694
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:41,600
talk about the guys later that
are coming over these these
695
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:45,440
weren't 7-8 hundred ranked guys.
These guys were a lot higher.
696
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,240
Let's talk about the other three
positions real quick that are
697
00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:53,440
not filled.
Strength and conditioning
698
00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:56,960
director of high school
relations and defensive
699
00:38:56,960 --> 00:39:00,680
coordinator.
Curtis Curtis prompt a scare
700
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:04,960
earlier today.
Well, it still is a question
701
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:05,600
mark.
Why?
702
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:09,360
If you did not know now David
Cunningham, our buddy over at
703
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:13,200
Tech Sideline, Jared Ferguson,
still on the school website for
704
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:16,480
strength and conditioning, but
as of like 2:00 this afternoon
705
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:18,880
he was not listening.
Only football staff.
706
00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:21,960
Fortunately.
Throw us off for a minute,
707
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:24,440
Curtis.
Well, still though, why isn't he
708
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:26,840
there?
But why isn't he there?
709
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:28,520
He was part of that staff this
year.
710
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:33,320
But let's let's just kind of go
into it because I mean, some got
711
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,160
a break within the next week,
right?
712
00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:43,480
Hopefully we thank you dude.
Word on the street is it's
713
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,320
breaking sometime later this
week or next week.
714
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:50,600
Everyone here we were, we were
hoping it would break before we
715
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:53,200
pressed record tonight so we
could have a little bit more to
716
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:57,800
to chew on from a, you know, new
coach perspective.
717
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:00,400
But now we're we're we're we're
still going to be in speculation
718
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:03,520
mode just like we were, you
know, a little over two weeks
719
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:04,200
ago.
So.
720
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,200
We don't know who's been
interviewed.
721
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:13,160
What's everyone's feeling?
What's which way is the wind
722
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:16,800
blowing for you guys?
Well, y'all go ahead Curtis, you
723
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:20,000
start us off start us.
Off and I've set on this for
724
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:23,840
about 3 weeks now.
I think it's Tim Walton.
725
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:26,680
I think it's Tim Walton out of
Ohio State.
726
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:30,200
Curtis, before you finish.
So before you finish, I'm gonna
727
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:33,800
let you go back.
But when you say it, what you
728
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:37,960
said at the beginning of when we
first started looking and you
729
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:41,480
said you defensive coordinator.
Hemphill Yeah.
730
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:44,440
I don't know, man, that kind of.
And then I did a little
731
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:46,000
research.
I would be happy with that.
732
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:48,680
I would be too I.
Don't know.
733
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:50,800
I've heard that name come around
a little bit.
734
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:56,000
Me myself, I just don't know if
we go that be with somebody like
735
00:40:56,000 --> 00:41:00,160
a Tim Walton.
But go ahead, answer me this.
736
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:06,280
Why isn't Hemphill here then?
They ain't played in a month.
737
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:10,440
Because we lie too much, you
know, we, we lie.
738
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:13,520
That's what we good at.
I don't know.
739
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,040
I'm, I'm trying to figure it
out.
740
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:21,120
You know, I'm just hoping that
if we do have AB or C that it is
741
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,240
someone like Hemphill.
Yeah.
742
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,400
You know what I'm saying?
I would be fine with that.
743
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,600
I just don't want them to come
out and say, hey, we're going to
744
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,720
promote da da, da, and I'm going
to be like, no, that ain't going
745
00:41:32,720 --> 00:41:34,400
to work.
That's not going to work.
746
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,320
We took this long to do this.
What are we doing you?
747
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,920
Better make it.
If we go through over a month of
748
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,760
speculating and we end up with a
Sean Quinn or we for whatever
749
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:46,080
reason, bring Bud Foster out of
retirement, I know we've said
750
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:47,360
they've said they're not doing
that.
751
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,520
God no.
I know they said we're not doing
752
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:53,480
that, but you know, I'd, I'd be,
obviously I'd be great with Tim
753
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,040
Walton.
I mean, I know there's words
754
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:58,440
that we at least had some
conversation with banks.
755
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:00,360
I mean, there's words that that,
you know, there's.
756
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,840
I don't.
Can I say something real quick?
757
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:05,720
Everybody put that bullshit out
there.
758
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:09,200
Tim Banks was making 1.5 million
at Tennessee.
759
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:12,400
We that's pretty much our top is
1.5.
760
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:16,560
He was not coming.
I mean, I, I basically heard
761
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:20,280
that the conversation was had
probably put 1.5 on the table
762
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,640
because he essentially matched
what Tennessee was paying now
763
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:27,440
and they obviously cleared it.
They you know, it's the better
764
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:30,040
play.
I mean, no bullshit to us.
765
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,080
I mean, right now that's that's
a better place, that's a better
766
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:34,240
job.
It's a significantly better job.
767
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:39,400
And I mean it's an easier job
because you the recruiting is a
768
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,120
whole lot fucking easier if
you're Tennessee.
769
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:45,840
It just is that that that's just
that's, that's the fact of the
770
00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:46,320
matter.
So I.
771
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:48,920
Mean the girls.
I, I think, I think if you know,
772
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:51,320
even if we were able to beat
whatever Tennessee could fucking
773
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:54,840
do, it would still have been a
questionable decision as far as
774
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:56,000
whether he would have taken the
job all.
775
00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:01,960
Right back to my guy Tim Walton,
current associate head coach,
776
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:05,400
secondary coach for Ohio State,
playing the national title game
777
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:10,640
on Monday night.
If you look back, there's ties
778
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:12,560
to Pride.
He was defensive coordinator at
779
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:14,240
Memphis when Pride was AD line
coach there.
780
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:16,080
So there is a relationship
there.
781
00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:18,600
And I know everybody says, well,
that's stupid.
782
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:21,200
You should never do that.
Y'all people don't work in the
783
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,640
real world.
Y'all people work in fictitious
784
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:26,280
CFB 25.
I can go hire this guy.
785
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:29,720
You ain't gonna hire anybody you
don't know that, You don't
786
00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:33,120
trust, you can't have a
conversation with trust me on
787
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:38,000
that, especially when you're
basically putting your, your
788
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,560
life, your, your coaching life
on the line.
789
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:43,960
So if somebody he knows, I keep
paying that picture.
790
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:47,840
You look at Walden's history,
JTM putting it up on there.
791
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,960
He was offensive coordinator,
not only in college, defensive
792
00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:55,800
coordinator league, coached
several all pro corners in in
793
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:59,360
the NFLI, think it's a fit too.
And everybody's like, well, he's
794
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:02,240
home at Ohio State.
Like Jim Knowles ain't going
795
00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:04,280
nowhere.
He ain't getting the DC job
796
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:07,960
there.
So for his career at 52 years
797
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:11,160
old, this is probably his last
opportunity to get a coordinator
798
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,040
job.
I think it's Walton.
799
00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:17,440
I would love it Like somebody
put it in the chat that said,
800
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:20,400
like, that's probably as as
close to a slam dunk as you can
801
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:24,440
get, so sort.
Of banks, yeah.
802
00:44:24,720 --> 00:44:27,760
Yeah, for real.
So I mean, I get it, it gives
803
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:31,280
you everything that you're
looking for, but I'm just like,
804
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:32,960
it can't be, you know what I'm
saying?
805
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:36,760
Like until I see it, I'm I'm one
of them people that is like, no,
806
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:38,720
it got to be.
It's got to be some kind of bull
807
00:44:38,720 --> 00:44:42,000
crap, you know, it's not going
to be something that good, but.
808
00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:44,280
Yeah.
We're going to see.
809
00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:45,720
We're going to see hopefully
soon.
810
00:44:45,720 --> 00:44:48,200
Because like you said, a lot of
the people who we talking about,
811
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:50,920
like why aren't they here?
Like they ain't played in over a
812
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:52,040
month.
What are we waiting on?
813
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:55,720
I mean, the, the two people that
you know make sense why they're
814
00:44:55,720 --> 00:45:00,280
not here right now is Dex and
Walton.
815
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:02,960
I mean the the of the of the
people that are kind of been
816
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:06,440
floated for this job that
actually makes sense from a
817
00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:10,760
relationship standpoint, history
standpoint, what they bring to
818
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:12,840
the table from a footprint
standpoint.
819
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:17,640
You know that that's really all
we're talking about at this
820
00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:22,080
point is, you know, Dex and and
maybe Walton there, there may be
821
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:25,720
one or two other guys out there.
Now if now if we wanted to
822
00:45:25,720 --> 00:45:29,680
really throw our nuts on the
table just go take him Bill from
823
00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:33,280
JMU and give him like 750,000
because they ain't paying that
824
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:35,640
and and that's what you should
do.
825
00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:38,200
But I think what will happen.
This is my opinion and y'all,
826
00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:44,640
I've told you all this and you
know, per sources, sources,
827
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:49,560
right, Brian, per sources,
apparently Quinn impressed with
828
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:51,320
what he did for linebacker in
the last month.
829
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:55,360
I think Sean Quinn's going to be
the linebacker coach of this
830
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:59,840
unit of this team next year.
The entire linebacker coach, all
831
00:45:59,840 --> 00:46:02,400
of them.
Now that does give some openings
832
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:04,560
elsewhere.
We figure that out as it goes
833
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:06,440
on.
I'm sure some of y'all read
834
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:09,680
message boards and stuff and
things that are happening, but
835
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:14,320
that's my feel is Sean Quinn is
the linebacker coach.
836
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:18,560
No title.
So if in that scenario, So what
837
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:21,720
it sounds like to me if is if
we're we're targeting what seems
838
00:46:21,720 --> 00:46:27,280
to be ADB or probably safety
coach from a position standpoint
839
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:30,960
for DC, whether it be Dex,
whether it be Walton.
840
00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:37,400
So you look at moving Quinn to a
full time full, full unit
841
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:42,400
linebacker coach is is that when
you look at a defensive end
842
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:49,120
specific the line coach, do you
bring in somebody to work
843
00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:53,760
specifically with the DNS?
Maybe and, and somebody said
844
00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:56,400
today they thought I was crazy
thinking like that, that they
845
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:59,840
might give JCA Co DC title.
I don't think that's crazy at
846
00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:01,960
all.
Everybody knows the way code DC
847
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:04,640
sits work.
There is the head code DC and
848
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:07,600
then there's the below code DC.
You don't call plays, you ain't,
849
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:12,160
you ain't DC you doing shit.
I think the way JC, his line,
850
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:17,160
the way his line, his work, the
way he's recruited, the face he
851
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:21,600
is, the honest truth is he's
making $500,000 right now.
852
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:24,520
He's worth a lot more.
You put a code DC title on and
853
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:28,480
give him an extra 250.
And then another thing too is
854
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:30,680
because, yeah, we talked about
like, can they recruit?
855
00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:33,920
Can they do this?
A lot of times the DC and the
856
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:37,880
OC, don't they?
They don't do as much recruiting
857
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:41,720
as we think, you know, like your
name can bring people to us.
858
00:47:41,720 --> 00:47:44,640
But like you got so many other
things that you do.
859
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:48,880
It's not a lot of recruiting
that they do, you know, that
860
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:51,640
they may go with the big fish,
but the groundwork is laid by
861
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:54,760
some of those other guys.
So I can understand why you said
862
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:56,320
that.
You know how I feel about it.
863
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:58,600
I don't know yet.
I want to know who that DC is
864
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:01,760
first before I start talking
about colds and everything else.
865
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:06,120
But I don't know, man.
I'm just excited to hear the
866
00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:07,040
news.
I want to know.
867
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:12,440
I want to know like what, who
and what we're doing moving
868
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:14,760
forward.
You know what I'm saying y'all?
869
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:16,880
Don't flip freak out.
This light back here keep
870
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:19,640
flickering making me feel like
I'm in a scary movie.
871
00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:22,040
So if I get up and start
running, that's why.
872
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:25,160
If a Demogorgon shows up behind
you, I'll let you know.
873
00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:27,960
Yeah, exactly.
All right.
874
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,840
So there all that is you still
got those positions.
875
00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:35,240
I think probably the first
Domino's got to fall right with
876
00:48:35,240 --> 00:48:37,240
the DC.
Once DC falls, everything else
877
00:48:37,240 --> 00:48:40,120
will fall into place.
Some of it will make sense, some
878
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,840
of it won't, and we'll be back
here talking about it whenever
879
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:45,960
that happens.
Trust me.
880
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:48,560
We assume it's next week, so we
may go back-to-back week, which
881
00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:50,320
is something we normally don't
do in the offseason.
882
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:51,960
All right, let's flip real
quick.
883
00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:54,240
Talk about a couple of recruits
here.
884
00:48:54,720 --> 00:48:59,920
One actually 2025 class Aaron
Sparks.
885
00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:02,280
What?
What are you laughing at?
886
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:07,440
That would hit me Tally, hey.
Hey man, I will tell you this.
887
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:11,880
I've upgraded.
I talked to the guys before I
888
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:16,400
had to switch my office out.
My son, we're going to be nice
889
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:18,600
to him today, but he wanted to
switch his rooms around.
890
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:22,360
So we had to switch my office in
his room and he actually, I got
891
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,240
more space in here.
So I'm happy about that.
892
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:27,720
And I went from AT&T to Google
Fiber.
893
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:30,880
And hey, man, I'm telling you,
I'm going to give the
894
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:34,680
endorsement to Google Fiber.
Those guys do not play.
895
00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:38,000
They got us set up good.
You know, I haven't had no
896
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:39,960
problems.
You know, knock on some wood,
897
00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:43,200
knock on some wood.
We didn't had no problems with
898
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:46,760
the Internet since they've been
here and I'm excited about it.
899
00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:49,280
So yeah, I'm glad y'all noticed
it, man.
900
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:51,680
I did this for y'all. 70 bucks a
month.
901
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:56,360
I'm good to go.
He ain't.
902
00:49:56,440 --> 00:49:57,600
He ain't going to tell y'all
that.
903
00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:00,160
He also did it so he didn't have
to drive across town and work in
904
00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:04,160
the office every day either.
Oh yeah, yeah, multiple reasons.
905
00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:06,400
If I'd have been using that
other Internet, trying to work
906
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:10,840
from home and I got fired, I've
been dropping calls, you know,
907
00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:12,720
trying to get on Zoom calls.
It'd have been choppy.
908
00:50:12,720 --> 00:50:15,240
Y'all know what it looked like?
They would have fired me.
909
00:50:15,240 --> 00:50:16,520
They would have thought I was
playing around.
910
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:18,840
So yeah, it was something, it
was something that had to
911
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:20,840
happen.
So I'm I'm feeling good about
912
00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:23,320
the new Internet.
Good to hear, good to hear.
913
00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:25,400
Well, let's talk about these
recruits real quick.
914
00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:31,800
The 1st 2025 Cameron Sparks top
400 player, top 15 in the state
915
00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:35,080
of Tennessee went to Baylor
School, which I know Tally, you
916
00:50:35,080 --> 00:50:37,080
had mentioned.
That's a pretty damn good
917
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:40,520
school.
At one point, and this is I knew
918
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:42,240
this because Tally paid
attention to it.
919
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:45,320
At one point.
This kid was a five star.
920
00:50:46,480 --> 00:50:49,160
I'm trying to figure out he's
63, he's 205.
921
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:54,480
He's classified as an athlete.
I mean, it's a great land.
922
00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:57,080
We got national publicity out of
it because he did it at one of
923
00:50:57,080 --> 00:51:01,880
the one of the All Star Games.
Oh, I mean, yay.
924
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:05,160
You never know.
You never know when you're
925
00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:07,800
dealing with recruiting.
It could be a coach passing
926
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:11,840
something along to somebody
about a character trait, just
927
00:51:11,840 --> 00:51:15,240
something they don't like.
You know, it could be that they
928
00:51:15,240 --> 00:51:19,200
didn't pick a certain school
that that coach or that
929
00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:21,920
recruiter wanted.
So they, you know, dropped them
930
00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:24,320
it again, you know how those
rankings work.
931
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:27,960
We, we know how those go.
But at the same time, you know,
932
00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:32,040
I heard this kid was, and it
could just be he had a bad year,
933
00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:33,440
could have been an injury, I
don't know.
934
00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:36,520
But I know that they at for a
while, this kid was high on
935
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:41,280
Mississippi State's board or he
was high on their board and they
936
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:43,440
was high on his board.
And I don't know what happened.
937
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:46,480
I just know they said that
Virginia Tech was his first
938
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:50,000
offer and they circled back
around and they got back.
939
00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:52,280
They they stayed the course and
I got to give.
940
00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:56,400
And again, I know everybody who
follows us and follows me knows
941
00:51:56,400 --> 00:52:01,920
like I'm hard on the coaches.
I'm not a coach, no coach I like
942
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:05,320
I'm not a coach lover.
Like I love the school.
943
00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:09,080
You know, I want my team to win.
Now I can like some of the
944
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:11,760
things that the coaches do.
So I'm always going to be hard
945
00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:13,320
on the coaches because they get
paid to do this.
946
00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:16,760
So whenever I say certain stuff,
I just expect them to win.
947
00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:19,440
I expect them to put a better
product on them.
948
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:21,240
But I got to give props where
props is due.
949
00:52:21,240 --> 00:52:24,720
Like pride knows what he's doing
when it comes to relationships.
950
00:52:24,720 --> 00:52:29,880
Like he shows that over and over
again in recruiting and you
951
00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:33,600
know, when you talk to some of
the parents and even the players
952
00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:35,640
and they talk about the whole
coaching staff, you know,
953
00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:41,160
Fantail Pry, you know, the list
goes on and on of the recruiters
954
00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:42,760
that we have.
Like they, they know what
955
00:52:42,760 --> 00:52:44,400
they're doing when it comes to
that.
956
00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:50,240
I think the just the frustration
is we want to see that passion
957
00:52:50,240 --> 00:52:52,240
that we put into recruiting on
the field.
958
00:52:52,720 --> 00:52:56,200
That's just it.
And that's really it.
959
00:52:56,200 --> 00:52:57,520
I mean, think about Cameron
Sparks.
960
00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:03,800
I mean, you know, looking at
that ranking, Josh said it here
961
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:07,480
in the comments, you sometimes
it's, you know, a guy that's
962
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:11,080
really good out the gate and
sometimes competition catches up
963
00:53:11,080 --> 00:53:14,280
as you kind of age up.
Still, he's still getting solid
964
00:53:14,280 --> 00:53:15,760
great.
Like he's a he's a very high
965
00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:22,040
three star on all three and and
24/7 still a composite 4 star
966
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:25,040
overall.
I mean, so he's a, he's a guy
967
00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:28,680
that is still considered a, a
pretty high recruit in the week.
968
00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:31,840
When you look at his offers,
it's an interesting offer list
969
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:34,600
because she's got some, some
really good offers when you when
970
00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:36,920
you look at those.
And then it's like, but it's not
971
00:53:36,920 --> 00:53:41,120
the it's not the usual like
murderer's row that you would
972
00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:43,440
expect from a guy that had a
five star label on him at one
973
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:46,320
point.
So that's interesting.
974
00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:50,040
It, it does look more like in
that high 3 low 4 range.
975
00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:54,480
So I think he ultimately got to
about where his talent level
976
00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:57,520
probably dictates over the
course of time.
977
00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:00,760
It just he got there a little
bit of a different route than
978
00:54:00,760 --> 00:54:05,560
most folks go.
Yeah, let's talk about the other
979
00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:09,280
kid.
Got 26 the second, but the only
980
00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:12,280
commit for 26.
Cornell Warren, 6 Four and a
981
00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:17,800
half, 195 lbs.
Bluffton, SC Top five player in
982
00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:23,560
the state of South Carolina, top
60 player nationally, 4 star.
983
00:54:25,080 --> 00:54:27,280
How long do we hold on to him?
I don't know.
984
00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:29,480
We know how everything goes with
all this stuff.
985
00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:33,640
But again Tally, I didn't even
know he was I think you threw it
986
00:54:33,640 --> 00:54:34,800
out there.
Hey, y'all know this kid's
987
00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:37,360
probably going to go to us.
And he again, it's a it's the
988
00:54:37,520 --> 00:54:40,120
it's the Under Armour game.
It's one of those big game where
989
00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:44,640
a lot of people are watching and
pretty good offer list out here,
990
00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:52,240
you know, But it's so early.
He'd get excited about 26 until
991
00:54:52,240 --> 00:54:54,000
after we talk with Mattie in
March.
992
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:58,760
Right, right.
Well, I mean, with this kid, and
993
00:54:59,120 --> 00:55:03,520
again, I'm just a fan, you know,
just snooping around boards and
994
00:55:04,280 --> 00:55:06,600
hearing certain stuff.
I mean, this kid has been high
995
00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:10,400
on Virginia Tech for a while.
From what I heard, family loves
996
00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:12,480
Virginia Tech.
I think, you know, he loves
997
00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:15,120
Virginia Tech.
So I think it had been in the
998
00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:17,280
works for a while.
He wanted to announce it there.
999
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:20,280
So sometimes that's a good and a
bad thing.
1000
00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:22,680
You know, like I know what I
want.
1001
00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:25,480
From what I heard, he's not like
super high on the recruiting
1002
00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:27,680
process.
He just wants to lock in and
1003
00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:30,600
focus on football.
So that could be good.
1004
00:55:30,600 --> 00:55:33,080
But again, you never know what
happens if you go and put a
1005
00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:38,240
shitty, you know, shitty product
in the field and somebody lose
1006
00:55:38,240 --> 00:55:39,560
their job or something.
What happens?
1007
00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:43,040
You know, whatever.
But at the same time, like I
1008
00:55:43,040 --> 00:55:47,360
said, to get in that early, it's
it's cool.
1009
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:50,680
But then you, you get turn
around on the on the other hand,
1010
00:55:50,680 --> 00:55:54,360
and the quarterback, whatever
his name was, Falzon Falco,
1011
00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:56,560
whatever his name is, yeah, you
get him.
1012
00:55:57,080 --> 00:55:59,040
Yeah, you get him to commit
early.
1013
00:55:59,040 --> 00:56:03,600
And the next thing you know, you
seeing the the, the, the I, the
1014
00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:06,680
iPhone notes come out.
I just want to thank Virginia
1015
00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:08,160
Tech.
Get that shit out of here.
1016
00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:12,320
Just don't commit that early if
you don't want to go there.
1017
00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:13,640
You want to.
Exactly.
1018
00:56:13,840 --> 00:56:15,960
Yeah, don't use a placeholder,
but you know that happens.
1019
00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:19,800
That's what it does.
It's part of the process now.
1020
00:56:19,800 --> 00:56:23,360
And I mean, I think that's
that's one thing to to think
1021
00:56:23,360 --> 00:56:27,120
about is that I think overall, I
mean, you look at the the last
1022
00:56:27,120 --> 00:56:30,160
few years, I mean, probably done
a pretty good job of when guys
1023
00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:32,000
commit, he does a good job of
holding on to him.
1024
00:56:33,440 --> 00:56:37,880
You know, there there are those,
you know, examples that kind of
1025
00:56:38,320 --> 00:56:41,640
go against that rule.
But generally he's done a good
1026
00:56:41,640 --> 00:56:43,240
job.
If guys get in the boat, they
1027
00:56:43,240 --> 00:56:47,400
stay in the boat.
So you feel a little bit better
1028
00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:52,480
that you know that that commit
came the early January versus,
1029
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:55,600
you know, a little bit earlier
in the process like it was with
1030
00:56:55,600 --> 00:56:59,000
the with the quarterback.
But I'm excited for this one.
1031
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,920
I think it's going to be he's
got he's got some good, some
1032
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:03,400
really good potential,
obviously.
1033
00:57:04,560 --> 00:57:09,400
And you know, another, you know,
chip of the cap there for
1034
00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:10,520
fantail mines.
So.
1035
00:57:11,640 --> 00:57:14,280
As always man, as always.
All right, let's flip over.
1036
00:57:14,280 --> 00:57:18,080
I got one more thing before we
jump onto the portal stuff and I
1037
00:57:18,080 --> 00:57:20,440
don't know if y'all saw this, I
think I sent you all the
1038
00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:27,240
article, but about the basically
in unison, all the coaches of
1039
00:57:27,240 --> 00:57:31,880
the FBS level are saying they
want one portal starting the day
1040
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:35,840
after New Year's through the
12th 10 days when you can jump
1041
00:57:35,840 --> 00:57:39,840
in the portal.
First of all, I'll ask Brian A
1042
00:57:39,840 --> 00:57:42,160
do you like it?
Boo, do you think it will stick?
1043
00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:49,960
I, I, I have less of a problem
with the time of the window more
1044
00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:54,880
than the placement in the
calendar, I think.
1045
00:57:55,360 --> 00:57:59,480
I think that I wish they would
just back everything up,
1046
00:57:59,480 --> 00:58:04,320
including spring ball and
started the semester and all
1047
00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:10,320
that stuff and get kind of this
ironed out between the 15th and
1048
00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:14,440
the end of January.
I think a 15 day window is
1049
00:58:14,440 --> 00:58:16,080
probably OK.
OK.
1050
00:58:19,160 --> 00:58:21,600
That issues with that.
Spring ball to May.
1051
00:58:22,360 --> 00:58:24,760
And so there's there's a lot of
trickle down here because you
1052
00:58:24,760 --> 00:58:28,240
have to move spring ball to May
in terms of academic eligibility
1053
00:58:28,240 --> 00:58:31,240
and all that other stuff.
But that would give you the
1054
00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:35,680
opportunity to have a window
after everything's finished in
1055
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:39,560
terms of the sport, you know,
the regular season, the
1056
00:58:39,560 --> 00:58:41,800
postseason, the sport is done
for the year.
1057
00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:45,720
You have your transfer portal
window immediately after that.
1058
00:58:46,360 --> 00:58:48,520
And then those guys are eligible
for spring ball.
1059
00:58:48,520 --> 00:58:52,480
When that kicks off in May, you
have a May spring ball.
1060
00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:55,560
You have, you know, your two,
their two-month offseason, Then
1061
00:58:55,560 --> 00:59:02,320
you get into camp.
Tally anything from this on you.
1062
00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:04,800
Man, I don't.
I don't never know what these
1063
00:59:04,800 --> 00:59:08,320
people doing.
I just know I feel like they let
1064
00:59:08,320 --> 00:59:11,240
it get bad so they can come in
and regulate stuff.
1065
00:59:11,480 --> 00:59:13,680
That's what I feel.
I feel like they going to come
1066
00:59:13,680 --> 00:59:18,800
in with some stuff next year.
Portal windows, I ain't going to
1067
00:59:18,800 --> 00:59:22,440
say capping NIL, but paying
attention to NIL, knowing about
1068
00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:24,600
it, all of this stuff that
they're incorporating, I feel
1069
00:59:24,600 --> 00:59:26,680
like they wanted it to be kind
of the wild, Wild West to be
1070
00:59:26,680 --> 00:59:28,880
like, see, we told you, you need
us.
1071
00:59:29,400 --> 00:59:31,000
You know what I'm saying?
Because now you got coaches
1072
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:34,520
quitting and things are getting
crazy.
1073
00:59:34,640 --> 00:59:38,880
So yeah, I do think it needs to
be some stipulations on it.
1074
00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:42,840
I still don't like them.
Like, I don't know how that
1075
00:59:42,840 --> 00:59:46,840
works with what we're doing out
with the placement, but I feel
1076
00:59:46,840 --> 00:59:50,040
like, yeah, stipulations
definitely are have to be that.
1077
00:59:50,360 --> 00:59:52,480
And like Robbie said, I mean,
there's going to be more changes
1078
00:59:52,480 --> 00:59:53,320
coming.
It has to.
1079
00:59:54,160 --> 00:59:57,000
Oh yeah, there's, there's got to
be more changes, but the whole
1080
00:59:57,000 --> 01:00:01,600
thing about the the why it has
to be at some point before like
1081
01:00:01,800 --> 01:00:06,040
mid January around to your
point, yes, the last 10 days of
1082
01:00:06,040 --> 01:00:10,120
the month, early February would
be great, but school starts in
1083
01:00:10,120 --> 01:00:12,880
most time middle of January.
Kids have to be.
1084
01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:14,760
Spring balls.
So they're eligible for spring
1085
01:00:14,760 --> 01:00:15,800
ball.
They don't necessarily have to
1086
01:00:15,800 --> 01:00:17,960
transfer in the the spring
window.
1087
01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:21,000
You mean spring?
Ball I got OK, I got a summer.
1088
01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:25,880
Session they can transfer OK,
officially enroll start of the
1089
01:00:25,880 --> 01:00:27,200
first summer session.
OK.
1090
01:00:27,200 --> 01:00:29,400
So I got what you're saying.
So you're basically saying
1091
01:00:29,400 --> 01:00:31,400
spring ball is no longer there
in school?
1092
01:00:32,160 --> 01:00:33,680
No longer during spring
semester.
1093
01:00:34,240 --> 01:00:35,680
Yeah.
Well, that's what that's what
1094
01:00:35,680 --> 01:00:36,400
I'm saying.
No longer.
1095
01:00:36,440 --> 01:00:37,960
In spring, there's no longer
there in school.
1096
01:00:38,160 --> 01:00:40,600
It's the first summer term.
Yeah.
1097
01:00:41,800 --> 01:00:44,200
I think I could get along with
that right there.
1098
01:00:46,040 --> 01:00:48,040
I think this is better than what
it was.
1099
01:00:48,040 --> 01:00:50,280
Is it perfect?
No they shouldn't.
1100
01:00:50,280 --> 01:00:54,560
In December that shit has to go
away one way or the other.
1101
01:00:54,560 --> 01:00:58,800
That has to go away if they stay
January the mid you're.
1102
01:00:58,960 --> 01:01:00,600
Fucking up your product?
You're fucking.
1103
01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:02,720
Up Exactly.
You're fucking up your product.
1104
01:01:02,960 --> 01:01:05,280
Well, you're fucking up a lot of
shit because at that point
1105
01:01:05,280 --> 01:01:06,960
there's a ton going on.
What You're trying to get high
1106
01:01:06,960 --> 01:01:09,760
school kids in, you're trying to
get bold prep and you're trying
1107
01:01:09,760 --> 01:01:11,400
to figure out what's going on in
the portal.
1108
01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:15,600
I would take this over.
Now, obviously, Brian, you have
1109
01:01:15,600 --> 01:01:17,840
the perfect plan, but you could
go present that to him.
1110
01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:21,240
And you know, a bunch of idiots
at the NCAA, they just like piss
1111
01:01:21,240 --> 01:01:23,840
it away.
All right, let's roll on.
1112
01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:26,640
As you all know, we are brought
to you by the Counts Family
1113
01:01:26,640 --> 01:01:29,200
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neighborhood pharmacy down at
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01:01:29,240 --> 01:01:33,880
301 S Main St. in Blacksburg.
Also, do not forget to check out
1115
01:01:34,080 --> 01:01:38,120
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Blacksburg on the Rock with Paul
1116
01:01:38,120 --> 01:01:40,080
Van Wagner.
I think he was actually live
1117
01:01:40,080 --> 01:01:41,800
tonight, so he actually he
matched.
1118
01:01:41,880 --> 01:01:43,880
With us this week.
He matched with us this week.
1119
01:01:43,880 --> 01:01:46,600
Usually he's on Tuesday.
He must have been doing
1120
01:01:46,600 --> 01:01:49,880
something with the PBMS on
Tuesday then you know.
1121
01:01:49,880 --> 01:01:53,120
Hey, y'all know Jeremy got a?
Hand rid Lena Khan Note now that
1122
01:01:53,120 --> 01:01:55,680
man is untouchable.
All happy man.
1123
01:01:55,680 --> 01:01:58,680
All right well let's talk about
the portal and let's talk about
1124
01:01:59,320 --> 01:02:07,320
and if y'all did not count or
have not counted 1717 in through
1125
01:02:07,320 --> 01:02:09,080
the portal.
This is clearly the biggest
1126
01:02:09,080 --> 01:02:13,320
portal class we've ever had.
I do pay attention to on three,
1127
01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:16,840
more than 247 for some reason.
On three is absolutely plugged
1128
01:02:16,840 --> 01:02:20,240
into it and they know who's in
and who's out right now.
1129
01:02:20,240 --> 01:02:23,560
Virginia Tech, 14th in the
country in portal, ranking
1130
01:02:23,560 --> 01:02:25,920
second in the ACC, only behind
Miami.
1131
01:02:26,280 --> 01:02:28,720
And I want to start on the
offensive side of the ball
1132
01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:32,680
because obviously lot to replace
over there.
1133
01:02:33,120 --> 01:02:35,720
And I want to start with the
skill players.
1134
01:02:36,520 --> 01:02:39,400
And I'm going to pitch this to
tally first tally of the four
1135
01:02:39,400 --> 01:02:42,320
skill players we picked up.
As you started looking at stats,
1136
01:02:42,320 --> 01:02:46,160
maybe watching their games
highlights, who are you most
1137
01:02:46,160 --> 01:02:52,240
excited about coming in?
I'll probably say the running
1138
01:02:52,240 --> 01:02:56,280
back from Bowling Green,
Stewart, he's probably the guy
1139
01:02:56,280 --> 01:02:58,400
that I've been the most excited
about just because we're going
1140
01:02:58,400 --> 01:03:01,480
to have such a huge, huge hole
to fill with with Tooting
1141
01:03:01,480 --> 01:03:04,080
leaving.
And he does put you in the mind
1142
01:03:04,080 --> 01:03:08,640
of of a Tooting body size and
how he runs, his ability to
1143
01:03:08,640 --> 01:03:10,320
break tackles and things like
that.
1144
01:03:11,600 --> 01:03:13,480
And I just feel like he had a
lot of production.
1145
01:03:13,480 --> 01:03:16,160
You know, some of the other guys
that we're getting, they're
1146
01:03:16,160 --> 01:03:21,120
more, you know, potential guys.
This guy has a product that he's
1147
01:03:21,160 --> 01:03:25,600
showed and it's you can go and
watch and you are going to get
1148
01:03:25,600 --> 01:03:27,680
excited about it.
So yeah, I'd say him.
1149
01:03:27,800 --> 01:03:30,360
I'd probably say Stewart.
If y'all are worrying about
1150
01:03:30,360 --> 01:03:34,200
Stewart, if you haven't looked
him up right at 900 yards this
1151
01:03:34,200 --> 01:03:37,960
year on the ground over 5, four
carry and tally, you're right.
1152
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:42,320
He runs a ton like Tune and he
breaks a shit ton of tackles.
1153
01:03:42,680 --> 01:03:44,640
He's got that.
He's a little bit shorter, a
1154
01:03:44,640 --> 01:03:47,720
little bit more compact, but it
ain't, it ain't much.
1155
01:03:47,720 --> 01:03:51,280
It doesn't change him there,
Brian, what about you?
1156
01:03:51,280 --> 01:03:53,040
He like Stewart?
Are you on that boat or is there
1157
01:03:53,040 --> 01:03:54,360
somebody else that's caught your
eye?
1158
01:03:55,400 --> 01:03:56,960
You're looking at just the
offensive side.
1159
01:03:57,880 --> 01:04:00,920
Offensive skill players.
I'm getting to the big boys
1160
01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:02,040
next.
Skill players all.
1161
01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:04,560
Right.
If we're looking at just the
1162
01:04:04,560 --> 01:04:07,880
skill players, the the the one
that has kind of caught my eye
1163
01:04:08,560 --> 01:04:14,120
is I'm interested to see what
Cam Selden can do, because I'm
1164
01:04:14,120 --> 01:04:17,760
interested to see how we use his
versatility in this offense,
1165
01:04:17,760 --> 01:04:20,200
because I feel like he does
bring a little bit of that J
1166
01:04:20,200 --> 01:04:26,920
lane type energy.
You know, he's going to you
1167
01:04:26,920 --> 01:04:28,160
know, we we've got a bit wide
out.
1168
01:04:28,160 --> 01:04:30,720
He's going to play wide out like
a running back, right.
1169
01:04:30,720 --> 01:04:34,400
So he's going to be a guy that
is going to run through you a
1170
01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:38,240
little bit, run by it some.
The question is going to be with
1171
01:04:38,240 --> 01:04:40,720
him being a full time wide
receiver, which it which it
1172
01:04:40,720 --> 01:04:44,400
seems like is what we're going
to use him with, with some kind
1173
01:04:44,400 --> 01:04:49,280
of hybrid backfield
opportunities there, can he kind
1174
01:04:49,280 --> 01:04:51,320
of ramp up his production as a
receiver?
1175
01:04:52,280 --> 01:04:55,800
Is he going to be a guy that you
can count on, you know, getting
1176
01:04:55,960 --> 01:05:00,000
a handful of catches every game,
or is he more of a gadget type
1177
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:02,920
player that you can kind of use
situationally and scheme up
1178
01:05:03,840 --> 01:05:06,320
against a defense to to get some
big plays?
1179
01:05:06,320 --> 01:05:07,640
I don't know which one that's
going to be.
1180
01:05:07,640 --> 01:05:10,480
I'd rather see the the former.
I'd rather see him be more of a
1181
01:05:10,480 --> 01:05:12,920
dynamic player than necessarily
a gadget player.
1182
01:05:14,440 --> 01:05:16,880
OK, I hear you on that.
Yeah, I mean, obviously the big
1183
01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:20,080
thing about him that everybody's
been talking about is he was a
1184
01:05:20,080 --> 01:05:22,080
Virginia kid.
He got recruited hard.
1185
01:05:22,080 --> 01:05:25,400
He went to Tennessee as all
story with all Virginia kids
1186
01:05:25,400 --> 01:05:27,800
that leave you go elsewhere,
they gone screw you.
1187
01:05:27,800 --> 01:05:30,000
They don't care about you.
You got to come back home.
1188
01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:34,160
Y'all know that I'm going to go
a little bit different than
1189
01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:37,840
y'all and I know I'm not doing
this at all to go out here and
1190
01:05:37,840 --> 01:05:39,800
say, are you just trying to be
different?
1191
01:05:40,520 --> 01:05:43,880
I like Marcellus Hawkins and
it's for one reason.
1192
01:05:43,880 --> 01:05:47,560
He's coming from D2.
He's coming from the Mules out
1193
01:05:47,560 --> 01:05:50,360
in Central Missouri.
Yes, that is their nickname.
1194
01:05:50,640 --> 01:05:52,720
It's the Mules.
It's a giant red mule.
1195
01:05:52,920 --> 01:05:55,360
Go look at the thing, it looks
funnier and Hee Haw.
1196
01:05:55,360 --> 01:05:58,080
And if you don't know what Hee
Haw is, I'm aging myself
1197
01:05:58,080 --> 01:06:00,600
significantly and where I grew
up significantly.
1198
01:06:00,840 --> 01:06:03,640
But if we look at this kid, he
is truly a dual threat running
1199
01:06:03,640 --> 01:06:09,200
back with what he did not last
year, because last year he
1200
01:06:09,200 --> 01:06:12,840
effectively got in the portal
early what he did two years ago
1201
01:06:14,000 --> 01:06:17,080
down there.
But what I think this does more
1202
01:06:17,080 --> 01:06:22,600
than anything is Hawkins is a
junior, a true junior.
1203
01:06:22,880 --> 01:06:26,200
Stewart's a senior.
We are not having to throw a ton
1204
01:06:26,200 --> 01:06:30,680
on Jeremiah Kony and or Tyler
Mason this year.
1205
01:06:31,200 --> 01:06:33,440
That's what I love about it.
You're putting it now, if they
1206
01:06:33,440 --> 01:06:36,480
go out in spring ball, they whip
ass, they jump him.
1207
01:06:36,760 --> 01:06:39,440
That is what it is.
But it's not that pressure
1208
01:06:39,440 --> 01:06:43,560
because we saw both those guys
and I like the way they set that
1209
01:06:43,560 --> 01:06:45,360
up.
That room is now sort of set up
1210
01:06:45,360 --> 01:06:47,960
to say this is when it's going
to be your turn.
1211
01:06:48,040 --> 01:06:52,000
You jump on them, you jump these
guys, oh, these guys jump you.
1212
01:06:52,000 --> 01:06:53,240
That is what it is.
That's football.
1213
01:06:53,520 --> 01:06:55,400
But I love the way they've got
that set up now.
1214
01:06:56,800 --> 01:06:59,440
All righty, let's go ahead
somebody.
1215
01:06:59,840 --> 01:07:01,400
Nope, thought I heard tomorrow
about to say so.
1216
01:07:01,600 --> 01:07:04,800
All right, let's now talk about
the offensive line because we
1217
01:07:04,800 --> 01:07:09,240
didn't stole all the West
Virginia shit Brian be excited
1218
01:07:09,240 --> 01:07:14,000
about if not all.
Give me Thomas Remack baby.
1219
01:07:16,920 --> 01:07:22,360
So I'm excited for having a guy
that can come in immediately
1220
01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:27,480
solidify the interior offensive
line, be a leader, which I feel
1221
01:07:27,480 --> 01:07:30,720
like has kind of been a little
bit of a void.
1222
01:07:30,720 --> 01:07:35,840
I mean, we had we had Kade Moore
and we're we're losing him
1223
01:07:35,880 --> 01:07:37,600
obviously.
So I think this is going to be
1224
01:07:37,600 --> 01:07:39,800
an opportunity to get some
leadership in that room.
1225
01:07:40,120 --> 01:07:44,080
I think there's some other guys
that you know could play a big
1226
01:07:44,080 --> 01:07:46,680
role in this offensive line as
well, but Remack is definitely
1227
01:07:46,680 --> 01:07:48,960
the guy that I'm looking for
from a leadership standpoint,
1228
01:07:48,960 --> 01:07:52,120
from an ability standpoint, to
really solidify this room and
1229
01:07:52,120 --> 01:07:54,720
kind of set the culture of what
Matt Moore is bringing in.
1230
01:07:54,720 --> 01:07:58,920
Because Matt Moore is bringing
his own brand of toughness as a
1231
01:07:58,920 --> 01:08:02,480
coach and Remack is going to be
the guy in the room that's going
1232
01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:05,560
to kind of filter that down to
the rest of that unit.
1233
01:08:05,560 --> 01:08:07,600
I'm excited to see what he can
bring to the table there.
1234
01:08:12,600 --> 01:08:17,920
You're on mute there, Kurt.
Yes, I mean, Brian pretty much
1235
01:08:17,920 --> 01:08:20,200
hit the nail on the head when he
talks about Remack because it's
1236
01:08:20,200 --> 01:08:23,000
like we need stuff now, you know
what I'm saying?
1237
01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:26,319
You want to know the other two
guys are young that he's brought
1238
01:08:26,319 --> 01:08:30,279
with him, which is good.
We want some youth and we have
1239
01:08:30,279 --> 01:08:34,800
some youth, but Reback is going
to be the guy who is, he's like,
1240
01:08:35,920 --> 01:08:39,240
I've been with him.
I know you know what he expects
1241
01:08:39,319 --> 01:08:40,760
when he's talking to the other
players.
1242
01:08:41,880 --> 01:08:45,840
Hey, I know he may have didn't
pay attention to you when you
1243
01:08:45,840 --> 01:08:48,439
ask him a question, but that's
just how he is.
1244
01:08:48,760 --> 01:08:51,920
Hey, I know he may have yelled
at you, but he does that because
1245
01:08:51,920 --> 01:08:53,359
of this.
This is what he wants.
1246
01:08:54,319 --> 01:08:57,520
You need a player like that to
kind of be a, a, a coach in that
1247
01:08:57,520 --> 01:09:00,720
room with you to get the other
guys on board.
1248
01:09:00,720 --> 01:09:03,520
Because I mean, when you think
about Virginia Tech, those guys
1249
01:09:03,520 --> 01:09:07,520
have been through what, 3
coaches in four years, something
1250
01:09:07,520 --> 01:09:09,760
like that?
Three coaches in three years, 3
1251
01:09:09,960 --> 01:09:12,880
coaches.
There's no, no stability there.
1252
01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:17,479
So when you have a guy that
comes with the coach and he's
1253
01:09:17,479 --> 01:09:21,200
able to tell him like, hey, I've
been with coach for three years,
1254
01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:25,880
four years, whatever it's been.
And man, he's helped me a ton do
1255
01:09:25,880 --> 01:09:28,120
this.
And you can go back and look at
1256
01:09:28,120 --> 01:09:30,240
his tape.
You know, the other guys,
1257
01:09:30,240 --> 01:09:31,640
they've been with him.
He recruited them.
1258
01:09:31,960 --> 01:09:35,560
But you can go and look at this
guy and say he's done it.
1259
01:09:35,800 --> 01:09:37,920
You know what I'm saying?
He's played at a high level.
1260
01:09:38,319 --> 01:09:41,520
He's produced at a high level.
And this is the coach that
1261
01:09:41,520 --> 01:09:44,439
helped him got there.
So I'm excited about it.
1262
01:09:44,439 --> 01:09:47,319
But also, you know, if I just
had to throw somebody else.
1263
01:09:47,319 --> 01:09:49,960
Al Turner, is it Al Turner?
Yeah, he.
1264
01:09:50,080 --> 01:09:50,640
Yeah.
Al Turner.
1265
01:09:50,840 --> 01:09:54,480
Yeah.
He his, his upside is, is nice.
1266
01:09:54,560 --> 01:09:57,160
You know, you know, much
different when you go look at
1267
01:09:57,280 --> 01:09:59,520
offense alignment in high
school, because most of the time
1268
01:09:59,880 --> 01:10:01,960
they're bigger and faster than
people that are playing.
1269
01:10:01,960 --> 01:10:04,240
So it's hard to take take from
high school.
1270
01:10:04,240 --> 01:10:07,520
But he seems to have a high
ceiling when you just go look at
1271
01:10:07,520 --> 01:10:11,320
what he was able to do and you
know, his ranking and things
1272
01:10:11,320 --> 01:10:13,840
like that.
And plus, I've seen him in the
1273
01:10:13,840 --> 01:10:19,400
I've seen him in the in the, in
the recruiting when he was out
1274
01:10:19,480 --> 01:10:22,280
in his recruiting pictures.
Hey, the man had on some retro
1275
01:10:22,280 --> 01:10:24,880
fours.
If I got an offense, a white
1276
01:10:24,880 --> 01:10:27,960
offensive lineman that's got
some retro 4 Jordan zone that
1277
01:10:27,960 --> 01:10:29,600
mean he'd have been around some
black people.
1278
01:10:30,120 --> 01:10:33,120
So he understands how this world
works and he ain't scared.
1279
01:10:33,800 --> 01:10:35,680
He don't get in here.
He got a little style about
1280
01:10:35,680 --> 01:10:38,120
himself.
His daddy already been getting
1281
01:10:38,120 --> 01:10:40,400
involved with with hokey Twitter
as well.
1282
01:10:41,080 --> 01:10:43,000
We need him to do that because
we crazy.
1283
01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:45,160
We like crazy people.
We hope he crazy.
1284
01:10:46,120 --> 01:10:49,760
So yeah, man, I'm, I'm excited
about the I'm excited that a
1285
01:10:49,760 --> 01:10:51,960
coach came in and he brought
some shit with it.
1286
01:10:52,680 --> 01:10:55,080
You know what I'm saying?
Like I'm used to people taking
1287
01:10:55,080 --> 01:10:58,320
shit with them leaving.
I'm glad he brought some, some
1288
01:10:58,320 --> 01:11:00,400
players with him and brought an
attitude.
1289
01:11:00,400 --> 01:11:02,760
And I'll say this, I got, I do
got to give a shout out to, I
1290
01:11:03,040 --> 01:11:07,960
won't say no names, but I'll
just say a source that I trust.
1291
01:11:08,720 --> 01:11:14,200
I was in the room with Matt
Moore on a recruiting trip and
1292
01:11:14,200 --> 01:11:18,440
he was very impressed with what
he's seen and heard from Matt
1293
01:11:18,440 --> 01:11:23,640
Moore, his recruiting tactics,
how he talks to the high school
1294
01:11:23,640 --> 01:11:27,360
kids, how he's already talking
about Virginia Tech.
1295
01:11:27,360 --> 01:11:32,120
So I didn't see it first hand.
But again, the person that I
1296
01:11:32,120 --> 01:11:39,160
trust, my family told me that he
seen it first hand and gave me a
1297
01:11:39,280 --> 01:11:42,520
kind of a breakdown on on what
he's seen and what he heard.
1298
01:11:42,520 --> 01:11:45,920
And from what he said.
Like I'm excited about it
1299
01:11:46,240 --> 01:11:49,280
because when you get a lot of
time offensive line coaches, I
1300
01:11:49,280 --> 01:11:53,280
mean, most people just conceive.
It was like meatheads, you know
1301
01:11:53,280 --> 01:11:55,800
what I'm saying, you know, cut
off sleeves, shirt, spit
1302
01:11:55,800 --> 01:11:58,240
tobacco, you know, get out there
and block somebody.
1303
01:11:58,480 --> 01:12:02,520
But when you got somebody who
has it was told to me can break
1304
01:12:02,520 --> 01:12:06,800
stuff down like, Hey, when I get
you in as a as a senior, you
1305
01:12:06,800 --> 01:12:09,000
know, now you're a senior in
high school.
1306
01:12:09,520 --> 01:12:11,600
This is what what you need to do
this year.
1307
01:12:11,800 --> 01:12:13,400
This is what I expect you to do
this year.
1308
01:12:13,680 --> 01:12:16,680
And then when you come in as a
freshman, you'll be doing this,
1309
01:12:16,800 --> 01:12:20,560
breaking it down like that to a
lineman, because a lot of times
1310
01:12:20,640 --> 01:12:23,120
lineman are overlooked by a lot
of people.
1311
01:12:23,440 --> 01:12:27,560
But when you have somebody who
will pour into them because I
1312
01:12:27,560 --> 01:12:32,800
mean, who's the who's the
highest paid people in the NFL?
1313
01:12:34,640 --> 01:12:37,560
The guy who's throwing the ball,
guy who's catching the ball, guy
1314
01:12:37,560 --> 01:12:39,560
who's stopping the dude from
catching the ball and the guy
1315
01:12:39,560 --> 01:12:42,400
who was protecting the guy from
throwing the ball, that's
1316
01:12:42,400 --> 01:12:44,520
throwing the ball.
And probably the guy who's
1317
01:12:44,520 --> 01:12:45,720
rushing the guy throwing the
ball.
1318
01:12:45,720 --> 01:12:49,440
So when you start talking about
offensive lineman, they're very
1319
01:12:49,440 --> 01:12:53,000
important.
And as fans, we don't really pay
1320
01:12:53,000 --> 01:12:56,240
attention to that until you get
in something like we was in this
1321
01:12:56,240 --> 01:12:57,960
year and you're like, damn, we
need sponsors line.
1322
01:12:57,960 --> 01:13:02,320
And so I'm excited about Matt
Moore being there and bringing
1323
01:13:02,320 --> 01:13:03,680
some, bringing some kids with
it.
1324
01:13:04,520 --> 01:13:07,440
If you don't have at least a
good offensive line, you are
1325
01:13:07,440 --> 01:13:10,160
lowering the ceiling on the
talent of the rest of the
1326
01:13:10,200 --> 01:13:11,880
offense.
You are that.
1327
01:13:11,880 --> 01:13:13,360
You are that on a show.
Look at this.
1328
01:13:13,360 --> 01:13:15,440
I'm sorry.
I was, I was just going to
1329
01:13:15,440 --> 01:13:17,760
piggyback a little bit on on
totally there.
1330
01:13:21,040 --> 01:13:23,360
You know, you talk about the
importance of the offensive line
1331
01:13:23,360 --> 01:13:27,240
and I think you know, what we've
had a problem with and what I'm
1332
01:13:27,240 --> 01:13:33,440
hoping that, you know, Matt
Moore can help us solve is the
1333
01:13:33,440 --> 01:13:38,280
development piece.
And the, you know, Tally, you
1334
01:13:38,280 --> 01:13:40,200
talked about it bringing some
talent with you.
1335
01:13:40,200 --> 01:13:45,800
So if, if we had a big criticism
of this staff on the recruiting
1336
01:13:45,800 --> 01:13:48,280
side, they've done pretty well
recruiting overall, I feel.
1337
01:13:49,280 --> 01:13:52,520
But the coaches that came in
didn't bring a whole lot with
1338
01:13:52,520 --> 01:13:55,480
them from wherever they came
from previously.
1339
01:13:55,480 --> 01:13:57,280
They they didn't bring a whole
lot with them, right.
1340
01:13:57,840 --> 01:14:00,680
This hire, he's bringing some
with him.
1341
01:14:01,640 --> 01:14:03,200
So I think that speaks to the
culture.
1342
01:14:03,200 --> 01:14:05,920
And as as you pointed out,
Tally, you're getting some, some
1343
01:14:05,920 --> 01:14:09,360
good initial feedback from folks
on the road as well.
1344
01:14:09,360 --> 01:14:11,560
So that that bodes well for the
future as well all.
1345
01:14:13,520 --> 01:14:14,720
Right.
I'm going to ask you this real
1346
01:14:14,720 --> 01:14:16,560
quick.
First of all, Al Tuner love.
1347
01:14:16,560 --> 01:14:19,760
Get him good counsel, kid.
Good counsel up in Maryland,
1348
01:14:19,760 --> 01:14:21,160
kid.
That's, that's it.
1349
01:14:21,160 --> 01:14:25,400
That's a good football program.
Second, Brian and Ali, y'all,
1350
01:14:25,400 --> 01:14:28,520
y'all watch a little bit of
Remack.
1351
01:14:29,080 --> 01:14:30,960
Can he play left tackle?
Because he didn't have the
1352
01:14:30,960 --> 01:14:33,480
opportunity to play left tackle
because Wyatt Malin's been
1353
01:14:33,480 --> 01:14:35,440
there.
And Wyatt Malin's getting taken
1354
01:14:35,440 --> 01:14:38,320
very high in the draft somewhere
in the first 3 rounds because he
1355
01:14:38,320 --> 01:14:40,040
had the capability to kick
outside.
1356
01:14:40,040 --> 01:14:43,000
He's 6/6, so he's already got
the height.
1357
01:14:43,000 --> 01:14:46,400
He's got the physical tool.
I mean, he's, he's, you know,
1358
01:14:46,440 --> 01:14:50,440
6/6, 3:15-ish.
So I mean, he's got the, the
1359
01:14:50,440 --> 01:14:53,960
size and the, the physicals.
I haven't watched enough tape
1360
01:14:53,960 --> 01:14:58,000
on, on his foot speed to tell
you whether he can handle that,
1361
01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:02,080
that level of step outside.
And you know, like you said with
1362
01:15:02,080 --> 01:15:06,560
Mylan there, there wasn't really
a a big opportunity for anybody
1363
01:15:06,560 --> 01:15:08,800
else to get a bunch of run,
especially when you were already
1364
01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:11,240
good enough to get on the field
elsewhere.
1365
01:15:11,240 --> 01:15:17,800
So I'm, I think it would, it
wouldn't hurt to try them out
1366
01:15:17,800 --> 01:15:21,000
there, especially if you don't
get another guy that has seen
1367
01:15:21,000 --> 01:15:24,280
some significant snaps that left
tackle at the collegiate level,
1368
01:15:25,760 --> 01:15:27,680
you know, before the start of
spring ball.
1369
01:15:27,680 --> 01:15:31,040
So it couldn't hurt.
And, and I don't, I don't know
1370
01:15:31,040 --> 01:15:33,520
if that's something Matt Moore
explores or if, you know, he's
1371
01:15:33,520 --> 01:15:35,680
going to keep him where he's
comfortable because he knows
1372
01:15:35,680 --> 01:15:37,080
what that level of play looks
like.
1373
01:15:38,280 --> 01:15:41,400
I just hope he goes and gives
somebody another tackle.
1374
01:15:41,960 --> 01:15:43,640
Yeah.
You know, I think that he has
1375
01:15:44,240 --> 01:15:49,440
yeah, I think that he's got the
the prowess and the and the
1376
01:15:49,440 --> 01:15:53,400
recruiting skills to go get one.
You know, I I just hope that he
1377
01:15:53,400 --> 01:15:56,280
can.
I know that this getting few and
1378
01:15:56,280 --> 01:15:59,320
far between, but hell, with the
way this portal stuff works, you
1379
01:15:59,320 --> 01:16:00,960
never know who's going to jump
in the portal next.
1380
01:16:00,960 --> 01:16:06,120
So I I hope we go get another
tackle or like you said,
1381
01:16:06,120 --> 01:16:10,080
somebody who can at least have
some have some significant
1382
01:16:10,080 --> 01:16:13,280
snaps.
So we're not pushing somebody to
1383
01:16:13,280 --> 01:16:17,200
do something and we're letting
them go with a comfortable hood.
1384
01:16:17,200 --> 01:16:22,480
So.
You're on mute, Curtis.
1385
01:16:25,480 --> 01:16:26,520
All right.
Let's look over to the ball now
1386
01:16:26,800 --> 01:16:31,280
and kind of pull you out with
that talk about the secondary,
1387
01:16:32,880 --> 01:16:35,360
Callie, what we had
conversations to become.
1388
01:16:36,080 --> 01:16:37,360
Hey, Curtis, can't, Can't hear
you, bud.
1389
01:16:37,520 --> 01:16:39,200
You're still.
Sound like you're in a fishbowl.
1390
01:16:39,720 --> 01:16:40,400
How about now?
Oh.
1391
01:16:40,880 --> 01:16:42,360
Yeah, that's good.
Yeah, you're good.
1392
01:16:42,680 --> 01:16:45,280
Callie, me and you were talking
and we were talking to some
1393
01:16:45,280 --> 01:16:47,960
people out there was like, why
are we getting so many secondary
1394
01:16:47,960 --> 01:16:51,680
guys and all this bullshit?
Because they all was gone, we
1395
01:16:51,680 --> 01:16:54,320
have none.
Two corners left.
1396
01:16:54,720 --> 01:16:57,560
Yeah, you had Q reddish in the
room by itself.
1397
01:16:57,880 --> 01:16:59,760
Pretty much.
That's it.
1398
01:17:00,400 --> 01:17:02,120
Who else you got?
You got?
1399
01:17:02,920 --> 01:17:05,520
Yeah, you had.
Jaylen Jones is gone.
1400
01:17:05,920 --> 01:17:07,720
Gone.
Stroman is gone.
1401
01:17:07,720 --> 01:17:11,520
Stroke is going to Notre Dame.
He was hurt all last year.
1402
01:17:11,720 --> 01:17:14,800
We still been saying Phillips is
gone.
1403
01:17:15,800 --> 01:17:17,880
Who else?
Delane's at LSU.
1404
01:17:18,160 --> 01:17:20,200
Delane's at LSU.
Wrongs going to be getting
1405
01:17:20,200 --> 01:17:21,320
drafted.
I'm gone.
1406
01:17:22,200 --> 01:17:25,080
We got some young talent, you
know, we got some young guys,
1407
01:17:25,400 --> 01:17:29,960
but I think the coaches know
they have to win next year.
1408
01:17:29,960 --> 01:17:33,240
They got to find a way to put a
good product on the on the field
1409
01:17:33,240 --> 01:17:35,960
next year when it's not going to
be, oh, let's develop these
1410
01:17:35,960 --> 01:17:38,040
guys.
You know, like I ain't saying
1411
01:17:38,040 --> 01:17:40,840
nobody's getting fired.
I'm just saying you can't keep
1412
01:17:40,840 --> 01:17:44,640
losing games by 1 score.
You can't, you got to win and
1413
01:17:44,640 --> 01:17:47,000
they can't say, well, you know,
we had an injury.
1414
01:17:47,000 --> 01:17:50,240
So that's what happened.
You got to have enough.
1415
01:17:50,280 --> 01:17:53,040
And I just know that I feel like
they're like, well, we can't put
1416
01:17:53,040 --> 01:17:59,800
our eggs in one basket.
You know, I now I feel like, and
1417
01:17:59,800 --> 01:18:05,840
this is going to get off topic a
little bit, but I definitely
1418
01:18:05,840 --> 01:18:11,320
wish we still had Chaplin.
Definitely wish we had Chaplin,
1419
01:18:12,320 --> 01:18:17,320
but at the same time, for what
they needed to pay Chaplin, what
1420
01:18:17,320 --> 01:18:21,520
he got paid, we needed so much
stuff on that line.
1421
01:18:21,520 --> 01:18:25,040
I don't know that we could have
did it to give one person this
1422
01:18:25,240 --> 01:18:29,920
amount or two people that
amount, but we need 5, you know,
1423
01:18:30,120 --> 01:18:33,280
so we got to kind of divvy that
up over five to six people.
1424
01:18:33,560 --> 01:18:36,880
I mean, on that offensive line,
we need eight people to go.
1425
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:41,200
We need eight people to be ready
to go that can protect the
1426
01:18:41,200 --> 01:18:44,160
quarterback.
So sometimes it's a committee
1427
01:18:44,160 --> 01:18:46,760
thing.
And I feel like what they looked
1428
01:18:46,760 --> 01:18:52,440
at in the portal was we might
have to do it by committee.
1429
01:18:52,520 --> 01:18:55,800
You know, even when you start
looking at like wide receivers,
1430
01:18:55,800 --> 01:18:58,640
oh, we got a lot of wide
receivers or why we recruiting
1431
01:18:58,640 --> 01:19:01,680
this?
I mean, we had we were throwing
1432
01:19:01,680 --> 01:19:05,840
feet.
Jennings was hurt, Jay Lane was
1433
01:19:05,840 --> 01:19:08,360
hurt.
If y'all don't know, Gosnell was
1434
01:19:08,360 --> 01:19:11,760
hurt, I don't know if Kwan got
banged up, but it's a football.
1435
01:19:11,840 --> 01:19:14,600
It's a football season.
You know, we got to have people
1436
01:19:14,600 --> 01:19:18,040
that we can plug into different
places because that's why you
1437
01:19:18,040 --> 01:19:20,240
lose those games, because you're
playing people that's hurt.
1438
01:19:20,560 --> 01:19:23,400
You don't have enough depth and
then the depth that you have
1439
01:19:23,400 --> 01:19:27,200
behind it is really young and
inexperienced or they just don't
1440
01:19:27,200 --> 01:19:30,160
have the talent level to really
be playing it.
1441
01:19:31,360 --> 01:19:34,040
The powerful level, you know,
some of the people that we may
1442
01:19:34,040 --> 01:19:38,200
have had on the team.
So with that, if I'm a coach,
1443
01:19:38,880 --> 01:19:41,040
I'm going out and I'm getting
everything I can.
1444
01:19:41,120 --> 01:19:44,160
If you can play, come in here
and try to get you a spot
1445
01:19:45,760 --> 01:19:50,280
because like we had Ground Zero.
Like nobody has anything
1446
01:19:50,280 --> 01:19:52,440
guaranteed.
You got to go out and you got to
1447
01:19:52,440 --> 01:19:57,000
earn it.
The coaches mindset was, and it
1448
01:19:57,000 --> 01:19:58,680
should be.
You know, the coaches got to
1449
01:19:58,680 --> 01:20:00,920
earn it.
I'd be telling them that if I
1450
01:20:00,920 --> 01:20:05,240
was proud, I'd be like, hey man,
y'all ain't guaranteed nothing
1451
01:20:05,240 --> 01:20:08,120
unless you're fine tell because
you keep on fucking recruiting
1452
01:20:08,120 --> 01:20:09,520
your ass off.
We just ain't going to say
1453
01:20:09,560 --> 01:20:13,680
nothing to you.
I got a too, but it's like come
1454
01:20:13,680 --> 01:20:17,120
on, dog, you got to you got to
six and seven is not good.
1455
01:20:17,600 --> 01:20:20,200
Nobody should be comfortable.
That's why in.
1456
01:20:20,480 --> 01:20:24,200
Between, you know, when we look
at the inconsistency that we had
1457
01:20:24,200 --> 01:20:29,080
at that, at that position, we
look at a Stroman that had some
1458
01:20:29,320 --> 01:20:32,960
struggles staying on the field,
whether it was injuries, whether
1459
01:20:32,960 --> 01:20:38,600
it was targeting dismissals, you
know, whatever it may be,
1460
01:20:38,600 --> 01:20:43,440
Stroban played what, a handful
of games in two years like.
1461
01:20:44,000 --> 01:20:46,160
At some point you got to be.
Available if you're going to
1462
01:20:46,160 --> 01:20:48,440
contribute.
Stroman played 1/4 this year.
1463
01:20:49,480 --> 01:20:52,880
Yeah, so so. 1/4 at Vanderbilt
and we never got to see him this
1464
01:20:52,920 --> 01:20:55,320
year so at some.
Point you got to be available if
1465
01:20:55,320 --> 01:20:58,680
you want to be an asset.
Yeah, Jaylen Jones was a
1466
01:20:58,720 --> 01:21:01,000
converted wide receiver.
Yep.
1467
01:21:01,080 --> 01:21:04,920
And did a great job for us, you
know, did what he could do.
1468
01:21:05,360 --> 01:21:08,360
Did what he could do.
But at the same time, it's like,
1469
01:21:09,000 --> 01:21:11,480
what's his level at the level of
the guys we're bringing in?
1470
01:21:11,480 --> 01:21:17,240
I don't think so, you know.
I mean, he he the attempt was
1471
01:21:17,560 --> 01:21:21,240
like the ceiling was is he, you
know, divine Diablo, but like he
1472
01:21:21,280 --> 01:21:25,320
never got, he never got past
serviceable safety.
1473
01:21:25,320 --> 01:21:28,440
Like he's a guy that you
wouldn't mind having and you're
1474
01:21:28,440 --> 01:21:32,680
too deep, but he's not a guy.
And unfortunately we had to be a
1475
01:21:32,680 --> 01:21:36,840
front line player for a lot of
snaps game to game.
1476
01:21:37,320 --> 01:21:38,800
And so that that was the
problem.
1477
01:21:39,080 --> 01:21:42,200
You know, you, you throw in most
Phillips who's a, who's a
1478
01:21:42,200 --> 01:21:47,120
talented player, but was young
and still learning a lot and,
1479
01:21:47,240 --> 01:21:50,480
and made a bunch of mistakes and
we we saw those out there.
1480
01:21:50,480 --> 01:21:54,520
So I mean there was and, and
those guys are no longer with
1481
01:21:54,520 --> 01:21:56,520
us.
You got a, you got a backfield
1482
01:21:56,520 --> 01:21:58,960
and you got a backfield with
guys that have seen it and done
1483
01:21:58,960 --> 01:22:02,360
it and that you got enough tape.
Or you can say I can rely on
1484
01:22:02,360 --> 01:22:06,360
these guys at this position
because that's one thing that
1485
01:22:06,360 --> 01:22:10,600
this secondary, you know, it
was, we considered that
1486
01:22:10,600 --> 01:22:13,560
cornerback room a big asset.
We considered the safety room a
1487
01:22:13,560 --> 01:22:15,720
big liability at the start of
2024.
1488
01:22:15,720 --> 01:22:17,560
Everybody talked about it.
We talked about it.
1489
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:20,040
You know, linebacker room was
probably the only other room
1490
01:22:20,040 --> 01:22:22,400
that, you know, was a bigger
concern, right?
1491
01:22:22,920 --> 01:22:29,360
So when we look at safety, I
feel a lot better about safety
1492
01:22:29,600 --> 01:22:34,680
right now than I felt at any
point heading into 2024 or for
1493
01:22:34,680 --> 01:22:37,480
the duration of the 2024 season,
especially once you had a
1494
01:22:37,480 --> 01:22:40,920
Strowman go down in the first
game and and found out pretty
1495
01:22:40,920 --> 01:22:42,920
quickly that you probably
weren't going to get him back at
1496
01:22:42,920 --> 01:22:46,160
any point during the season.
So I feel a lot better about
1497
01:22:46,160 --> 01:22:48,920
what we've done here.
And, and when it comes to
1498
01:22:48,920 --> 01:22:51,120
secondary, you can never have
too many of those guys because
1499
01:22:51,120 --> 01:22:53,240
those guys play a lot of snaps.
They're running a lot, they're
1500
01:22:53,240 --> 01:22:56,880
all over the field safety wise.
You got a lot of big collisions.
1501
01:22:56,880 --> 01:22:59,400
So I mean, you can't have too
many of those guys back there
1502
01:22:59,400 --> 01:23:01,520
that you think you can, can
trust and rely on.
1503
01:23:04,120 --> 01:23:07,040
So do you have a, do y'all have
a particular favorite or like
1504
01:23:07,080 --> 01:23:10,520
who's the guy that stuck out?
Whether you read stats, looked
1505
01:23:10,520 --> 01:23:13,960
at tape and said that's the guy
right there.
1506
01:23:14,240 --> 01:23:16,400
Talk about it in the the
defensive backfield.
1507
01:23:16,640 --> 01:23:19,720
Yeah, DB because we got 6.
Yeah, I'm going to tell you who
1508
01:23:19,720 --> 01:23:21,600
my favorite was, and not for the
reason.
1509
01:23:21,600 --> 01:23:23,280
Well, I'm going to tell you the
reason.
1510
01:23:23,760 --> 01:23:26,640
Q Reddish's brother.
That's who my favorite is.
1511
01:23:26,640 --> 01:23:31,080
Let me tell you why you got to
play the game within the
1512
01:23:31,080 --> 01:23:33,360
football game.
There's another reddish brother
1513
01:23:33,360 --> 01:23:35,000
that's still in high school.
You.
1514
01:23:35,400 --> 01:23:38,640
May try to go get you got to
play the game, man.
1515
01:23:38,680 --> 01:23:42,240
You got to play the game.
So he's at AD 2.
1516
01:23:42,480 --> 01:23:44,520
You know, I don't I don't even
watch film.
1517
01:23:44,520 --> 01:23:46,600
I don't know what he can do.
I don't care what he can do.
1518
01:23:46,600 --> 01:23:49,640
You just get him.
But you got people coming at Q
1519
01:23:49,640 --> 01:23:53,600
Reddish because Reddish can play
Reddish is the future for us in
1520
01:23:53,600 --> 01:23:57,120
that defensive backfield.
And why don't you shut
1521
01:23:57,120 --> 01:23:59,520
everything down and you go talk
to the parents and say, what if
1522
01:23:59,520 --> 01:24:01,200
I can get all of your boys
together?
1523
01:24:01,480 --> 01:24:03,400
So you're just going to watch
one game?
1524
01:24:04,160 --> 01:24:06,320
Y'all are just coming here.
You're just going to watch
1525
01:24:06,320 --> 01:24:08,760
Virginia Tech.
We going to take care of your
1526
01:24:08,760 --> 01:24:10,080
boys.
We going to take care of you.
1527
01:24:10,320 --> 01:24:14,160
So we go and we get his brother
and we bring his brother in and
1528
01:24:14,160 --> 01:24:16,880
then I see if the brothers tweet
and all we still got one more to
1529
01:24:16,880 --> 01:24:18,480
bring.
We still got one more out here.
1530
01:24:18,840 --> 01:24:21,760
And then, you know, I don't know
how that works out that if the
1531
01:24:21,760 --> 01:24:25,280
younger brother comes, but I
mean, you got to you got to be
1532
01:24:25,280 --> 01:24:28,200
able to do things like that.
And I feel like we've missed the
1533
01:24:28,200 --> 01:24:33,200
marks on in the past, especially
with the last regime of taking
1534
01:24:33,200 --> 01:24:36,640
the layups, you know, because
when you go get his brother, you
1535
01:24:36,640 --> 01:24:39,680
keep you potentially with that
signing.
1536
01:24:39,840 --> 01:24:42,400
It shows me that you ain't you
ain't fucking around like you,
1537
01:24:42,560 --> 01:24:47,640
you taking it serious.
But it also keeps Q here and
1538
01:24:47,640 --> 01:24:51,240
engaged and brothers can talk to
each other different, you know
1539
01:24:51,240 --> 01:24:53,000
what I'm saying?
They they seem like a talented
1540
01:24:53,000 --> 01:24:55,560
family.
So and the older brother has
1541
01:24:55,560 --> 01:24:58,240
seen some stuff that probably
the young brother hadn't.
1542
01:24:58,240 --> 01:25:01,440
So he's like, hey, man, even if
Q is starting or he's getting
1543
01:25:01,440 --> 01:25:05,040
more snaps, like I can see
you're not doing this right.
1544
01:25:05,080 --> 01:25:07,320
You know you going to listen to
your brother a little bit
1545
01:25:07,480 --> 01:25:11,760
different than you listen to any
other any other teammate because
1546
01:25:11,760 --> 01:25:15,600
y'all got that bond like that.
So and it falls along with what
1547
01:25:15,600 --> 01:25:17,800
Virginia Tech is.
How many brothers have we had
1548
01:25:18,280 --> 01:25:20,160
like if there's a brother out
there, go get them.
1549
01:25:20,600 --> 01:25:23,280
I'm mad at them because they
didn't get Woodson's brother get
1550
01:25:23,320 --> 01:25:24,840
him too.
You know what I'm saying?
1551
01:25:24,840 --> 01:25:27,640
If there's a brother out there,
bring him to Virginia Tech Look
1552
01:25:27,640 --> 01:25:30,200
at the gods nail brothers.
You put them on the field
1553
01:25:30,200 --> 01:25:31,720
together.
They play good together like I
1554
01:25:31,720 --> 01:25:35,440
just I was excited to see them
play the game within the game.
1555
01:25:35,840 --> 01:25:39,080
You know, even if I don't, even
if the older or reddish brother
1556
01:25:39,360 --> 01:25:43,120
then log a ton of snaps, like I
said, I haven't did a lot of
1557
01:25:43,120 --> 01:25:44,880
tape on him.
I was just excited that our
1558
01:25:44,880 --> 01:25:48,160
coaches, are they getting in the
fight, You know what I'm saying?
1559
01:25:48,160 --> 01:25:51,600
Taking it serious.
Yeah, and, and the the youngest
1560
01:25:51,600 --> 01:25:55,520
reddish is effectively the
highest rated out of them coming
1561
01:25:55,520 --> 01:25:58,080
out of school.
I'll tell you who I like in
1562
01:25:58,080 --> 01:25:59,520
Tally Me.
And you talked about it and you
1563
01:25:59,520 --> 01:26:03,000
watched a little tape on them
and then you sold me about an
1564
01:26:03,000 --> 01:26:08,040
hour ago.
Isaiah Brown maybe screw his
1565
01:26:08,040 --> 01:26:09,280
name up.
Probably screw his name up.
1566
01:26:09,280 --> 01:26:09,960
Y'all know I can do that.
I'm.
1567
01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:11,560
Good Brown Murray.
Brown.
1568
01:26:11,560 --> 01:26:14,800
Because I have Brown Murray.
Because you said it and you said
1569
01:26:14,800 --> 01:26:18,320
it perfectly this year we have
to have a nickel cornerback.
1570
01:26:18,440 --> 01:26:19,960
They have to be specifically
made for that.
1571
01:26:20,360 --> 01:26:23,040
Derek Canteen was that he
unfortunately left because he
1572
01:26:23,040 --> 01:26:28,000
wanted to play a little bit more
Brown Murray basically is that
1573
01:26:28,360 --> 01:26:30,520
and he's got two years of
eligibility left.
1574
01:26:31,520 --> 01:26:33,880
You probably, you probably sold
that to him.
1575
01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:37,280
You're going to start at nickel
and we rotate nickel in that
1576
01:26:37,440 --> 01:26:41,240
that star position all the time.
And I think cuz that solidifies
1577
01:26:41,240 --> 01:26:42,920
right there.
You know, we know Lovett can
1578
01:26:42,920 --> 01:26:47,000
play and now you drop him in.
It's like we got a nickel, we
1579
01:26:47,000 --> 01:26:49,120
got a corner.
We got to figure out the other
1580
01:26:49,120 --> 01:26:53,040
side between Reddish or one of
these other guys.
1581
01:26:53,120 --> 01:26:55,280
That's who I'm excited about.
What about you, Brian?
1582
01:26:55,280 --> 01:26:58,440
What about these guys?
Anybody just like?
1583
01:26:58,840 --> 01:27:01,600
Yep.
You know what I like?
1584
01:27:01,800 --> 01:27:05,440
I like both Tyson Flowers and
Christian Ellis.
1585
01:27:07,240 --> 01:27:11,280
Yeah, I think maybe Flowers just
by a a hair here.
1586
01:27:11,800 --> 01:27:17,680
I like his size, you know, just,
you know, about two 11/6 foot.
1587
01:27:17,680 --> 01:27:20,960
I mean, I think I think that's a
guy that's going to be a big
1588
01:27:20,960 --> 01:27:24,080
asset back there for us and the
safety and you're looking at his
1589
01:27:24,080 --> 01:27:27,040
tape and and things like that.
I think he's going to give us a
1590
01:27:27,040 --> 01:27:33,480
consistency of play and a, a
discipline, a controlled chaos
1591
01:27:33,560 --> 01:27:37,920
that we haven't really had at
that position in a while.
1592
01:27:37,920 --> 01:27:40,680
And, and probably Stroman came
the closest to that when he was
1593
01:27:40,680 --> 01:27:45,360
healthy and eligible.
But I, I, I think we're, we're
1594
01:27:45,440 --> 01:27:46,880
going to see some big things
from him.
1595
01:27:46,880 --> 01:27:52,160
I think he's going to definitely
make a big impact in 2025.
1596
01:27:52,680 --> 01:27:54,880
And you know the other big part
about getting it?
1597
01:27:54,880 --> 01:27:57,440
And again, Charlie, this is the
game within a game we continue
1598
01:27:57,440 --> 01:28:01,320
to talk about.
You now do not have to put the
1599
01:28:01,360 --> 01:28:05,880
middle Reddish in probably a bad
position for his career because
1600
01:28:05,880 --> 01:28:10,080
he played solid this year.
But we know it's like you're a
1601
01:28:10,080 --> 01:28:13,440
sophomore, you're very still
young to the college game.
1602
01:28:13,440 --> 01:28:15,960
We saw with most Phillips last
year, we saw with his freshman
1603
01:28:15,960 --> 01:28:17,320
year.
He's still making a ton of
1604
01:28:17,320 --> 01:28:24,040
mistakes where we know as a
safety, if you fuck up, it's
1605
01:28:24,040 --> 01:28:25,960
over.
Yeah, you laugh at the fence.
1606
01:28:26,480 --> 01:28:29,520
You you blow a coverage, you
missed a tackle, you missed a
1607
01:28:29,520 --> 01:28:33,280
gap.
It's done and I think to me like
1608
01:28:33,280 --> 01:28:35,280
that's the game within a game.
That's also talking to the
1609
01:28:35,280 --> 01:28:37,760
parents, right talent saying,
hey, listen, we're not going to
1610
01:28:37,760 --> 01:28:41,040
put Q in a situation where he's
going to screw up his career
1611
01:28:41,560 --> 01:28:44,240
where I could put him out there
because we're bringing all these
1612
01:28:44,240 --> 01:28:46,440
other guys.
We're getting everything ready.
1613
01:28:46,920 --> 01:28:51,240
Not so much this year, but next
year he's going to be our dog as
1614
01:28:51,240 --> 01:28:54,800
a safety.
So anything else on the
1615
01:28:54,800 --> 01:28:56,920
secondary room which is
completely remade.
1616
01:28:56,920 --> 01:28:58,800
If you've got your favorite,
throw it in the chat.
1617
01:28:58,800 --> 01:29:00,880
We'd love to hear it.
Love seeing Kogel come back
1618
01:29:00,880 --> 01:29:02,480
home.
Should have came here to begin
1619
01:29:02,480 --> 01:29:05,120
with.
It's all I'm going to say.
1620
01:29:05,720 --> 01:29:10,360
Let's go to the front 7 now and
four guys there.
1621
01:29:10,640 --> 01:29:12,760
I still can't figure out what
they're doing with one of them,
1622
01:29:12,760 --> 01:29:18,000
but any any favorites on that
Bass Priest or Nash?
1623
01:29:18,080 --> 01:29:22,960
The outcome?
Obviously Jordan Bass is a big
1624
01:29:22,960 --> 01:29:28,760
fucking name and a big deal in a
room that needs some consistency
1625
01:29:28,760 --> 01:29:33,080
and some experience.
And you know, you know, Bass is
1626
01:29:33,080 --> 01:29:37,640
now a player that has had a
little bit of run and I think
1627
01:29:37,640 --> 01:29:39,200
it's kind of ready to take the
next step.
1628
01:29:39,200 --> 01:29:42,800
And I think we're going to give
him a good opportunity to to be
1629
01:29:42,800 --> 01:29:44,720
a big time player in the middle
of that defense.
1630
01:29:48,760 --> 01:29:53,080
Kylie, you got anybody?
And yeah, of course you want to
1631
01:29:53,080 --> 01:29:54,720
say bass.
I was preaching that from the
1632
01:29:54,720 --> 01:29:58,160
beginning just because it gives
you so much athleticism.
1633
01:29:58,280 --> 01:30:01,040
They are like Brian said in that
in that linebacker rule.
1634
01:30:01,600 --> 01:30:06,240
But anytime you get somebody,
you know, on the defensive line
1635
01:30:06,240 --> 01:30:09,440
that has some production because
I feel like you got to be built
1636
01:30:09,440 --> 01:30:12,560
in the trenches.
Haven't watched a ton of tape on
1637
01:30:12,560 --> 01:30:18,280
Nash, but watched a little bit
Nash's.
1638
01:30:18,280 --> 01:30:21,800
Nash's from what I've seen,
serviceable and we ain't even.
1639
01:30:22,320 --> 01:30:25,560
Are we talking about?
Are we talking about what's his
1640
01:30:25,560 --> 01:30:27,520
name the ginger guy yet?
Have we talked about?
1641
01:30:27,560 --> 01:30:29,120
Him.
I said junk them I I know I
1642
01:30:29,120 --> 01:30:31,760
butchered the poor guy's name.
Yeah, junk them I.
1643
01:30:32,440 --> 01:30:34,360
I don't even, I don't know how
to pronounce it.
1644
01:30:34,360 --> 01:30:36,880
I just know he calls himself the
ginger freak or something like
1645
01:30:36,880 --> 01:30:40,000
that and he was suflexing
somebody and smiling in a
1646
01:30:40,000 --> 01:30:42,400
picture.
I need him on my team.
1647
01:30:42,880 --> 01:30:44,400
You know what I'm saying?
Like, yeah, let me see.
1648
01:30:44,920 --> 01:30:47,960
Let me let me see what he doing
because I I got a feeling that I
1649
01:30:47,960 --> 01:30:50,720
mean, he's got a lot of
production from what him coming
1650
01:30:50,720 --> 01:30:52,680
from like Eastern Michigan or
wherever he came from.
1651
01:30:53,120 --> 01:31:00,480
And I feel like he's around that
same size as as Lord have mercy.
1652
01:31:01,800 --> 01:31:03,280
Come on, Brian, help me out with
a name.
1653
01:31:03,280 --> 01:31:07,040
I'm doing the Curtis.
Oh man. 16 sack man.
1654
01:31:07,640 --> 01:31:09,880
Oh APR.
APR APR There we go.
1655
01:31:09,880 --> 01:31:11,680
Damn Sally Tally.
Really blinking?
1656
01:31:12,040 --> 01:31:15,880
Yeah, same size.
Not saying it's going to be the
1657
01:31:15,880 --> 01:31:18,760
same production because I don't
want to put that on the kid, but
1658
01:31:20,680 --> 01:31:22,520
him coming off the edge is going
to be scary.
1659
01:31:22,840 --> 01:31:28,320
So I'll be excited to see what
he does and how he progresses in
1660
01:31:28,320 --> 01:31:32,160
the defense.
But again, I still think we need
1661
01:31:33,240 --> 01:31:35,640
need a little help there in the
trenches because like I said
1662
01:31:35,640 --> 01:31:39,280
that it's built in the trenches,
offensive line, defensive line,
1663
01:31:39,360 --> 01:31:42,560
everything else doesn't matter.
You got Woodson back there, you
1664
01:31:42,560 --> 01:31:44,760
got Bass back there.
You get these safeties in, you
1665
01:31:44,760 --> 01:31:47,640
got to have somebody that keeps
them off of them.
1666
01:31:47,920 --> 01:31:50,960
You know, you got to have some
guys that are going to require
1667
01:31:50,960 --> 01:31:53,280
some double team to keep them
offline linebacker.
1668
01:31:53,280 --> 01:31:55,960
So I'll be interested to see
what they do in that room.
1669
01:31:55,960 --> 01:31:59,680
But I do like Nash and I do like
the the champion for you.
1670
01:32:00,320 --> 01:32:03,360
Yeah, John could definitely, but
brings a lot of upside.
1671
01:32:04,760 --> 01:32:08,480
You know, he's kind of one of
those guys where you based on
1672
01:32:08,480 --> 01:32:12,240
his production already much like
APR you do that he was going to
1673
01:32:12,240 --> 01:32:16,640
be able to come in and at worst
kind of rate raise the the level
1674
01:32:16,640 --> 01:32:18,560
of play based on what you
already got on your roster.
1675
01:32:19,800 --> 01:32:22,560
You know, the question is going
to be can he pop and have that
1676
01:32:22,560 --> 01:32:26,760
that high ceiling that we saw
from an APR, What's that ceiling
1677
01:32:26,760 --> 01:32:29,400
going to look like?
I mean, this is a guy that you
1678
01:32:29,440 --> 01:32:33,000
know a bunch of tackles for
loss, you know, all Max
1679
01:32:33,000 --> 01:32:37,680
selection.
He's a guy that I think can can
1680
01:32:37,680 --> 01:32:39,920
make some plays.
We've we've seen his ability
1681
01:32:39,920 --> 01:32:45,920
there when he ramps up the level
of play to the power forward
1682
01:32:45,920 --> 01:32:47,880
level, are we going to see a
drop off?
1683
01:32:47,880 --> 01:32:49,880
I think that's the only thing
that you would maybe be
1684
01:32:49,880 --> 01:32:52,360
concerned about with him is
that, you know, is, is a step up
1685
01:32:52,360 --> 01:32:54,080
and level play.
And he he played some talented
1686
01:32:54,080 --> 01:32:55,840
competition.
Obviously he's a guy that was
1687
01:32:55,840 --> 01:32:59,240
AP4 recruit out of high school.
So I mean he's seen he's seen
1688
01:32:59,240 --> 01:33:03,560
the competition level before.
You know, is he going to be able
1689
01:33:03,560 --> 01:33:06,640
to to level up that play as a
kind of a full time, you know,
1690
01:33:06,640 --> 01:33:08,520
starter or rotational player in
this defense?
1691
01:33:08,880 --> 01:33:11,160
Brian, let me ask something
quick because I again, I didn't
1692
01:33:11,160 --> 01:33:14,360
watch the full game.
I know y'all did and Chad, I
1693
01:33:14,360 --> 01:33:16,960
know some of y'all was at the
game and watch the game.
1694
01:33:17,400 --> 01:33:21,360
A lot of people like what they
say from Emmett Laws in the in
1695
01:33:21,360 --> 01:33:23,760
the Mayo Bowl.
Did y'all get to watch him in
1696
01:33:23,760 --> 01:33:26,800
here Curtis?
Y'all know I can't, I, I'm not
1697
01:33:26,800 --> 01:33:29,800
like y'all, I can't just watch
the line like I have to sit
1698
01:33:29,800 --> 01:33:31,760
there with y'all and watch it.
So.
1699
01:33:32,440 --> 01:33:35,760
But from what I heard, people
were giving him kudos, the way
1700
01:33:35,760 --> 01:33:37,840
he held leverage, the way he
shot gaps quick.
1701
01:33:37,840 --> 01:33:39,560
Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, the, the, the
1702
01:33:39,560 --> 01:33:41,680
quickness jumps out real, real
quick.
1703
01:33:43,280 --> 01:33:46,400
And, you know, you combine that
with a, with a good amount of
1704
01:33:46,400 --> 01:33:48,440
power, especially for a kid
that, you know, hadn't really
1705
01:33:48,440 --> 01:33:53,160
been in a weight program like
that for a while.
1706
01:33:53,160 --> 01:33:55,920
The the fact that he's able to
pop that quick, I think is very,
1707
01:33:56,480 --> 01:33:59,640
very encouraging for the
interior, that defensive line.
1708
01:34:00,120 --> 01:34:01,440
Right.
Yeah.
1709
01:34:01,440 --> 01:34:03,400
So I don't know.
I just thought about that
1710
01:34:03,400 --> 01:34:08,080
because I'm looking at looking
at Nash and his size and just
1711
01:34:08,080 --> 01:34:11,080
the things he done because thank
Josh for putting in the chat.
1712
01:34:11,680 --> 01:34:13,880
Nash had a good year.
You know, a lot of people said
1713
01:34:13,880 --> 01:34:17,440
he could have been like he said,
first team, but he just had
1714
01:34:17,440 --> 01:34:20,920
somebody else that was playing
with him that was good as well.
1715
01:34:20,920 --> 01:34:23,920
So it'll be interesting to see
because it did you.
1716
01:34:24,600 --> 01:34:27,280
This is what this is what blows
my mind sometimes, Curtis, when
1717
01:34:27,280 --> 01:34:32,000
you have people that they'll see
somebody recruit, recruit, go
1718
01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:34,000
somewhere and they go, oh, he
came from this school.
1719
01:34:34,520 --> 01:34:37,360
He's got to suck or he can't be.
But then when you go look at
1720
01:34:37,360 --> 01:34:40,600
just say like what two years
ago, Florida State had Jared
1721
01:34:40,600 --> 01:34:43,240
Verse, right?
We go look when we when we when
1722
01:34:43,240 --> 01:34:46,880
we did our our show on them,
Jared Verse didn't come out of
1723
01:34:46,880 --> 01:34:48,360
school and go straight to
Florida State.
1724
01:34:48,360 --> 01:34:55,240
He came from yeah, small schools
then transfers in different
1725
01:34:55,240 --> 01:34:58,600
things like that.
In this in this climate, people
1726
01:34:58,600 --> 01:35:01,920
are going to transfer and when
kids go to a small school,
1727
01:35:01,920 --> 01:35:05,120
they're looking for the, the
they're looking to go bigger so
1728
01:35:05,120 --> 01:35:08,240
they can get to their ultimate
goal, you know, either a bigger
1729
01:35:08,240 --> 01:35:13,600
NIL or ultimately the NFL.
So I've never discount a kid
1730
01:35:13,600 --> 01:35:15,360
just because he came from a
smaller school.
1731
01:35:16,280 --> 01:35:17,720
You know, production is
production.
1732
01:35:18,000 --> 01:35:21,000
I just hope when they get here
they can progress that
1733
01:35:21,000 --> 01:35:23,480
production.
Yep, I think the the big thing
1734
01:35:23,480 --> 01:35:27,440
with that is that a lot of
times, you know, kids that get
1735
01:35:27,440 --> 01:35:29,960
recruited out of high school,
sometimes the fit and the
1736
01:35:29,960 --> 01:35:32,520
opportunity aren't there.
So they go to a place where they
1737
01:35:32,520 --> 01:35:35,200
have some fit and some
opportunity and get to showcase
1738
01:35:35,720 --> 01:35:39,120
their ability.
And then you're like, OK, well,
1739
01:35:39,680 --> 01:35:41,000
they've they've shown what they
can do.
1740
01:35:41,000 --> 01:35:42,760
You got some tape.
That's something that these
1741
01:35:42,760 --> 01:35:45,720
other schools that may fit that
mold a little bit better and
1742
01:35:45,720 --> 01:35:49,240
have seen what they can do in
that similar style of of system.
1743
01:35:49,720 --> 01:35:52,000
They can say, all right, well, I
can I can see that leveling up
1744
01:35:52,000 --> 01:35:53,560
here.
I can see that working here.
1745
01:35:53,880 --> 01:35:57,840
You know, I, I think he feels a
need that we that we have, you
1746
01:35:57,840 --> 01:35:59,920
know, when think about like a
defensive line, like all right,
1747
01:35:59,920 --> 01:36:02,160
well, you got a you got a big
in, but you want a guy that can
1748
01:36:02,160 --> 01:36:05,600
really get after the passer or,
you know, you got that guy to
1749
01:36:05,600 --> 01:36:07,600
get after the passer.
But we need a big in that can,
1750
01:36:07,600 --> 01:36:08,920
you know, be good against the
run.
1751
01:36:08,920 --> 01:36:12,120
You know you got guys that have
shown that in a similar type of
1752
01:36:12,120 --> 01:36:14,480
system and that's where where
you can get those comps and you
1753
01:36:14,480 --> 01:36:17,560
can get those guys from the FCS
is the.
1754
01:36:18,160 --> 01:36:20,480
D Twos.
The the G5, even the D twos.
1755
01:36:20,480 --> 01:36:23,080
Yeah, it's true.
Kind of, you know, level up and
1756
01:36:23,240 --> 01:36:27,920
and and we've seen some success.
I mean, you even look at, you
1757
01:36:27,920 --> 01:36:30,400
know, what Manny Diaz did with
Duke and bring in a bunch of,
1758
01:36:31,040 --> 01:36:35,640
you know, FCS and division two
offensive lineman and turning
1759
01:36:35,640 --> 01:36:39,440
that team around in one year.
I mean it, it's, it's not
1760
01:36:39,440 --> 01:36:41,120
something that, you know, these,
these guys.
1761
01:36:41,120 --> 01:36:43,800
Play at these different levels.
You got to be talent everywhere,
1762
01:36:44,560 --> 01:36:46,720
just like Josh.
Yeah, just like Josh said, I
1763
01:36:47,040 --> 01:36:49,800
mean first came from.
Albany.
1764
01:36:49,800 --> 01:36:51,760
It was Buffalo.
I'm sorry, I was a slightly.
1765
01:36:51,760 --> 01:36:55,640
No, no, you're good.
But then if that's too far back,
1766
01:36:55,640 --> 01:36:57,560
if y'all too young and that's
too far back.
1767
01:36:58,600 --> 01:37:01,680
If you watched any of the
college football playoffs this
1768
01:37:01,680 --> 01:37:05,400
year, who probably jumped out to
you was Cam Scatterball?
1769
01:37:05,960 --> 01:37:07,840
Yep.
You know, we started his college
1770
01:37:07,840 --> 01:37:10,680
career.
Sacramento State.
1771
01:37:12,760 --> 01:37:15,400
DDFCS.
Sacramento State.
1772
01:37:15,520 --> 01:37:19,240
So I don't want to hear about
well, this just because we got
1773
01:37:19,240 --> 01:37:21,040
this.
He must do this man, sometimes.
1774
01:37:21,560 --> 01:37:25,200
Sometimes a kid needs, sometimes
they just need the opportunity
1775
01:37:25,200 --> 01:37:26,360
so.
It's all play.
1776
01:37:26,560 --> 01:37:29,480
I think what we're seeing
nowadays is like you've got kids
1777
01:37:29,480 --> 01:37:33,600
with talent and what you have to
be able to do is you've got to
1778
01:37:33,600 --> 01:37:36,120
start playing because if you
don't get the opportunity to
1779
01:37:36,120 --> 01:37:37,720
play, ain't nobody looking at
you.
1780
01:37:37,720 --> 01:37:39,760
Nobody can tell.
Well, he's a five star.
1781
01:37:40,040 --> 01:37:42,960
He ain't seen the field.
I don't know what he can do, and
1782
01:37:42,960 --> 01:37:46,040
you're seeing the blue bloods do
it as well as every other school
1783
01:37:46,040 --> 01:37:46,640
do it.
Now.
1784
01:37:47,160 --> 01:37:50,240
I need somebody I know that can
step on that field and play
1785
01:37:50,240 --> 01:37:51,760
well.
He played D2 competition.
1786
01:37:52,080 --> 01:37:54,320
I don't care if he played D2
competition.
1787
01:37:54,440 --> 01:37:57,760
He had 21 sacks.
He was killing everybody down
1788
01:37:57,760 --> 01:38:02,640
there.
He has A63 frame, he's 260 lbs.
1789
01:38:02,800 --> 01:38:05,160
He can bend.
He's got explosion.
1790
01:38:06,000 --> 01:38:09,360
That doesn't matter.
That doesn't matter if it's D2
1791
01:38:09,360 --> 01:38:11,640
or wherever it is.
He's got those things.
1792
01:38:11,800 --> 01:38:14,720
You can bring him here and and
that's why you're seeing it.
1793
01:38:14,720 --> 01:38:16,640
It's actually one of the better
things that's happened in
1794
01:38:16,640 --> 01:38:20,800
college football because you're
seeing guys who would never, you
1795
01:38:20,800 --> 01:38:24,400
never hear the names.
You never hear the names, and
1796
01:38:24,400 --> 01:38:26,440
the next thing you know you are
hearing the names because
1797
01:38:26,440 --> 01:38:28,760
they're taking flash.
Those guys you get.
1798
01:38:28,880 --> 01:38:31,920
To hope get a a combine offer
and pop at the combine now.
1799
01:38:32,040 --> 01:38:34,120
Now you actually get some
college tape with them and they
1800
01:38:34,120 --> 01:38:36,920
get that combine invite by
default because they played at
1801
01:38:36,920 --> 01:38:39,280
those other schools as they were
kind of trending up throughout
1802
01:38:39,280 --> 01:38:41,880
their career.
We're calling all these names
1803
01:38:41,880 --> 01:38:43,840
out and all we.
I should have just started with
1804
01:38:43,840 --> 01:38:45,840
this name.
Basil Tooton.
1805
01:38:46,200 --> 01:38:48,240
Basil Tooton.
North Carolina A&T.
1806
01:38:48,640 --> 01:38:51,440
Basil Tooton, man.
I mean, who?
1807
01:38:51,840 --> 01:38:55,000
Who would have thought?
Well, I mean I'm sure he did,
1808
01:38:55,040 --> 01:38:58,880
but as far as the college Lancet
goes, even some Virginia Tech
1809
01:38:58,880 --> 01:39:01,640
fans, who would have thought
this kid comes in to Virginia
1810
01:39:01,640 --> 01:39:05,120
Tech plays two years here,
breaks the record for the most
1811
01:39:05,120 --> 01:39:07,520
yards in the game.
Like it just wasn't stood man,
1812
01:39:07,640 --> 01:39:09,440
you know what I'm saying?
Playing behind a shitty
1813
01:39:09,440 --> 01:39:14,320
offensive line to be able to do
what he did to get 1000 yards,
1814
01:39:14,320 --> 01:39:17,000
like he had a decent off in
line.
1815
01:39:17,000 --> 01:39:18,640
He made a ran for two and he was
hurt.
1816
01:39:18,880 --> 01:39:21,880
How many games did he miss?
Like even that, you know what
1817
01:39:21,880 --> 01:39:24,160
I'm saying?
In other landscapes, as much as
1818
01:39:24,160 --> 01:39:26,000
people say, well, I hate the
portal.
1819
01:39:26,320 --> 01:39:28,800
Well, I hate the way that
college football is now.
1820
01:39:29,120 --> 01:39:32,040
You know, we would have never
had the and I told somebody this
1821
01:39:32,040 --> 01:39:35,200
on the timeline and we, I said
the portal has done a lot of
1822
01:39:35,200 --> 01:39:36,600
stuff for us that we didn't
have.
1823
01:39:37,720 --> 01:39:40,120
Our best defensive player came
through the portal.
1824
01:39:40,120 --> 01:39:42,240
Our best offensive players came
through the portal.
1825
01:39:42,720 --> 01:39:44,600
That's just what it is.
Not a lot.
1826
01:39:45,080 --> 01:39:48,800
Our three best running backs in
this coaching regime and the
1827
01:39:48,800 --> 01:39:53,560
last came from the portal.
Yeah, so you can hate the portal
1828
01:39:53,560 --> 01:39:56,720
all you want, you just, you just
hate that you, you feel like
1829
01:39:56,720 --> 01:39:58,360
your coach isn't using it to
correct.
1830
01:39:58,360 --> 01:40:01,040
But I'm going to go back to
giving kudos again.
1831
01:40:02,080 --> 01:40:05,640
This coaching staff has not
missed much on evals.
1832
01:40:05,840 --> 01:40:09,040
They know how to eval.
The portal, the port, their
1833
01:40:09,040 --> 01:40:13,520
portal evals have been good.
So I'm on, I'm on, I'm gonna let
1834
01:40:13,520 --> 01:40:15,120
them cook.
Let them.
1835
01:40:15,120 --> 01:40:17,280
Their high school evals have
been pretty good too, because
1836
01:40:17,280 --> 01:40:19,480
the guys that have seen
significant playing time have
1837
01:40:19,480 --> 01:40:22,480
popped, even if they haven't
necessarily been consistent and
1838
01:40:22,480 --> 01:40:23,720
settled.
They pop.
1839
01:40:23,720 --> 01:40:25,280
They've shown the talent is
there.
1840
01:40:27,440 --> 01:40:29,400
All right.
Well, that's going to wrap up
1841
01:40:29,400 --> 01:40:31,880
the portal.
And yes, Josh, it gives and it
1842
01:40:31,880 --> 01:40:35,600
takes away.
We know all about that because
1843
01:40:35,640 --> 01:40:39,960
if we look at where our guys who
left went, only one went down
1844
01:40:39,960 --> 01:40:44,600
significantly.
And when I say that 9 to D1 like
1845
01:40:44,600 --> 01:40:47,840
6 to G5, only one to an FCS
school.
1846
01:40:48,200 --> 01:40:52,880
Yeah, and I mean, and, and, and
shockingly, we've somehow, you
1847
01:40:52,880 --> 01:40:58,200
know, flipped that in a way
where rankings wise, we got more
1848
01:40:58,200 --> 01:41:00,480
in than we than we sent out and
we were worried about how much
1849
01:41:00,480 --> 01:41:03,880
we sent out, right.
So I I think that that shows
1850
01:41:03,880 --> 01:41:07,680
that that we're doing pretty
good with the portal between the
1851
01:41:07,680 --> 01:41:11,040
guys we landed between where we
sit, I think was with some of
1852
01:41:11,040 --> 01:41:13,960
this some of the guys that are
still out there is this this
1853
01:41:13,960 --> 01:41:15,560
cycle kind of wraps up here,
but.
1854
01:41:15,560 --> 01:41:18,760
We don't, we know we need, we
need one more defensive lineman.
1855
01:41:18,760 --> 01:41:20,160
We need one more offensive
lineman.
1856
01:41:20,560 --> 01:41:25,400
If they were to get those in the
next week along with making one
1857
01:41:25,400 --> 01:41:28,920
more exceptional hire.
They won the offseason again.
1858
01:41:28,920 --> 01:41:32,000
They go have a saying stupid
shit between now and August.
1859
01:41:32,720 --> 01:41:37,680
Yep, Yep.
I'll say this, the moves they
1860
01:41:37,680 --> 01:41:41,480
made this offseason have made
the roster deeper.
1861
01:41:44,240 --> 01:41:48,080
We'll see whether the talent
level is raised, but the roster
1862
01:41:48,080 --> 01:41:52,120
is deeper and it's deeper at the
positions that we were poor at
1863
01:41:52,120 --> 01:41:57,320
last year. 100% All right.
Real quick, Brian, as we start
1864
01:41:57,320 --> 01:42:01,320
wrapping this thing up, did you
get a chance to do your thing or
1865
01:42:01,560 --> 01:42:03,720
were you busy at work?
Too busy man.
1866
01:42:03,720 --> 01:42:05,960
It's been I've been drinking
from a fire hose this whole.
1867
01:42:05,960 --> 01:42:08,760
Week all right all right I just
asked all right real quick if
1868
01:42:08,760 --> 01:42:11,720
y'all don't know national
championship game Monday night
1869
01:42:11,960 --> 01:42:14,640
stupidest thing they can do
let's put it on a Monday night
1870
01:42:14,640 --> 01:42:18,280
let's kill all these working
people who like college football
1871
01:42:18,280 --> 01:42:19,640
names stay up till midnight on
the.
1872
01:42:19,640 --> 01:42:22,000
Monday.
It's on Monday.
1873
01:42:22,520 --> 01:42:23,840
That's Martin Luther King Day,
ain't it?
1874
01:42:24,040 --> 01:42:24,760
Yes, it is.
Oh.
1875
01:42:25,160 --> 01:42:28,120
Yeah, people aren't working.
Black folks will be off, we
1876
01:42:28,160 --> 01:42:29,560
take.
But you got to work the next
1877
01:42:29,560 --> 01:42:31,920
day.
The game kicks off at 8:00.
1878
01:42:31,960 --> 01:42:32,880
Tonight we don't worry about
that.
1879
01:42:32,880 --> 01:42:35,200
We barbecuing that day, we got
that.
1880
01:42:35,360 --> 01:42:37,400
Funny tally.
All right, real quick for us who
1881
01:42:37,400 --> 01:42:38,840
are not here.
I never heard anything from
1882
01:42:38,840 --> 01:42:43,400
Sheldon Sheldon's busy y'all.
But our music man, Jason, he's
1883
01:42:43,400 --> 01:42:47,080
got actually a few things right.
He made a bet for the Irish to
1884
01:42:47,080 --> 01:42:50,840
win the national championship
about two months ago at 20 to
1885
01:42:50,840 --> 01:42:52,960
one.
He has not told us how much he
1886
01:42:52,960 --> 01:42:55,040
put on that.
I'm going to find out that in
1887
01:42:55,040 --> 01:42:57,880
the next couple days.
But he's got Irish cover to win.
1888
01:42:57,880 --> 01:43:01,840
I write a Miranda Ohio State
with the win, but the Irish
1889
01:43:01,840 --> 01:43:06,760
cover Jonathan Talley.
What was the question?
1890
01:43:06,760 --> 01:43:08,680
I'm sorry.
Who's one of the national title
1891
01:43:08,680 --> 01:43:09,000
and is?
It.
1892
01:43:09,040 --> 01:43:10,520
Oh yeah, I thought y'all already
knew that.
1893
01:43:10,520 --> 01:43:12,120
It's Ohio State, man.
Ohio State.
1894
01:43:12,120 --> 01:43:17,280
How much 2121?
Wanted to make sure you stuck on
1895
01:43:17,280 --> 01:43:19,160
it because you texted me 21.
He said.
1896
01:43:19,200 --> 01:43:20,920
He said 3 touchdowns. 3
touchdowns.
1897
01:43:20,920 --> 01:43:23,880
He said he said uninstered
testing game.
1898
01:43:23,880 --> 01:43:26,520
Do you BBQ celebrate MLK day
prime?
1899
01:43:29,000 --> 01:43:31,840
I've got So with that, with that
modest 8, I got the Irish to
1900
01:43:31,840 --> 01:43:35,000
cover Ohio State to win.
And I'm LeBron.
1901
01:43:35,000 --> 01:43:37,880
I think Ohio State wins the
Irish to cover.
1902
01:43:40,320 --> 01:43:42,760
I mean, all they're going to do
is lean on the Virginia boys.
1903
01:43:45,720 --> 01:43:47,200
Man, don't talk about it.
Don't.
1904
01:43:47,200 --> 01:43:50,160
Talk I mean it just pisses me
off when I see 91 and 30 when I
1905
01:43:50,160 --> 01:43:52,240
thought 32 do what he did on
Friday night.
1906
01:43:52,240 --> 01:43:56,840
That made me so fucking mad when
he took that little screen out
1907
01:43:56,840 --> 01:43:58,040
just.
Yeah.
1908
01:43:58,880 --> 01:44:01,320
Why?
Anyway, anything else before we
1909
01:44:01,320 --> 01:44:07,320
wrap it up tonight, boys?
You know what, just sitting here
1910
01:44:07,320 --> 01:44:10,200
watching some of the the, the
way that game against NC State
1911
01:44:10,200 --> 01:44:12,400
wrapped up, just going to give a
little bit more kudos to the
1912
01:44:12,400 --> 01:44:15,560
basketball team for, for gutting
one out, especially being down
1913
01:44:15,560 --> 01:44:18,680
15 early in the second-half
there.
1914
01:44:18,680 --> 01:44:22,200
So that was a that was a gutsy
win.
1915
01:44:23,920 --> 01:44:26,560
I don't think this is a a very
talented team, but I think it's
1916
01:44:26,560 --> 01:44:31,360
a very gritty team.
I'm trying to look up a stat for
1917
01:44:31,360 --> 01:44:33,680
you, Curtis, before we get off
here, All right?
1918
01:44:33,880 --> 01:44:35,560
This is why I say it's going to
be a blowout.
1919
01:44:36,120 --> 01:44:37,280
Why you say it's going to be a
blowout?
1920
01:44:37,800 --> 01:44:48,600
Last five years 2024 or last
year 34 to 13. 21 points. 202365
1921
01:44:48,600 --> 01:44:52,760
to seven.
That's the ugly one. 202233 to
1922
01:44:52,760 --> 01:44:56,880
18. 15.
Kind of close, right, 15/20/21.
1923
01:44:57,360 --> 01:44:59,720
That's an interesting game.
5224.
1924
01:45:00,320 --> 01:45:09,760
That ain't interesting. 20204225
you can go back to 20194416.
1925
01:45:10,680 --> 01:45:14,920
These guys ain't close, man.
People keep arguing about, oh, I
1926
01:45:14,920 --> 01:45:17,960
can't believe they messed up
college football and these games
1927
01:45:17,960 --> 01:45:20,240
aren't interesting, I said.
When has the national
1928
01:45:20,240 --> 01:45:23,920
championship game been
interested in the last five
1929
01:45:23,920 --> 01:45:26,080
years?
Might want to go back.
1930
01:45:26,080 --> 01:45:29,520
It might have been 2018.
I had it pulled up.
1931
01:45:30,360 --> 01:45:33,000
I think you're right.
I think 2018 was the last 18.
1932
01:45:33,000 --> 01:45:35,080
Was the last interesting one.
Yeah.
1933
01:45:35,160 --> 01:45:37,520
Is it right?
Was that Batman, Clemson?
1934
01:45:37,680 --> 01:45:42,400
They have Batman, Clemson 20.
That was George, that was the
1935
01:45:42,400 --> 01:45:47,160
two, the two when they beat the
guy on the cover 2 on the
1936
01:45:47,160 --> 01:45:49,560
corner.
Yeah, I mean come on man, like
1937
01:45:49,840 --> 01:45:51,800
y'all people be for.
People 17.
1938
01:45:51,840 --> 01:45:54,000
Years ago, what have you done
for the game?
1939
01:45:54,200 --> 01:45:56,560
These people be in their own
worlds.
1940
01:45:57,040 --> 01:45:58,520
I was like, man, I'm enjoying
the games.
1941
01:45:58,520 --> 01:46:01,480
I don't care who, losing who.
What about, you know, everybody
1942
01:46:01,480 --> 01:46:03,240
kept telling us we won't get
good games.
1943
01:46:03,400 --> 01:46:06,280
The games Thursday and Friday
were good.
1944
01:46:06,640 --> 01:46:09,640
We stayed up playing poker and
literally till the last of those
1945
01:46:09,640 --> 01:46:13,160
games and then Friday night.
If Steve Sarkeesian gets get his
1946
01:46:13,160 --> 01:46:16,800
head out of his ass, why are you
running a pistol toss 9 yards
1947
01:46:16,800 --> 01:46:18,560
behind the loud scrimmage
against Ohio State?
1948
01:46:19,760 --> 01:46:21,320
He didn't want to win, man.
He was drunk.
1949
01:46:21,800 --> 01:46:23,560
He was already.
All right, don't joke about that
1950
01:46:23,560 --> 01:46:24,880
because he might have been
drunk.
1951
01:46:24,880 --> 01:46:28,640
We know the history there.
We know the history there.
1952
01:46:28,800 --> 01:46:31,720
Anything else y'all want to say?
We didn't win an hour 45?
1953
01:46:32,120 --> 01:46:35,560
Hey, listen, we'll say this.
If there is a coaching
1954
01:46:35,560 --> 01:46:39,240
announcement for Wednesday next
week, we will be here live
1955
01:46:39,240 --> 01:46:42,040
probably on Wednesday, depending
on basketball schedules.
1956
01:46:43,000 --> 01:46:44,360
But anything else, boys, before
we go?
1957
01:46:45,280 --> 01:46:46,680
I think we get to punch you,
brother.
1958
01:46:46,960 --> 01:46:49,960
I think we're good to go, man.
Shout out to everybody who came
1959
01:46:49,960 --> 01:46:52,560
and hung out with us.
We know we go a little long.
1960
01:46:52,560 --> 01:46:56,000
We know it's a weekday.
Y'all always come in and give us
1961
01:46:56,360 --> 01:46:58,840
y'all give us great content
because a lot of times I don't
1962
01:46:58,840 --> 01:47:00,040
know what the hell I'm talking
about.
1963
01:47:00,320 --> 01:47:04,120
I just listened to Josh in the
chat and regurgitate what he's
1964
01:47:04,120 --> 01:47:06,040
saying.
So appreciate y'all for coming
1965
01:47:06,040 --> 01:47:09,080
out.
Josh, Chris, all our guys.
1966
01:47:09,080 --> 01:47:12,200
And when you're listening to it
tomorrow at work, man, just jam.
1967
01:47:12,200 --> 01:47:15,160
Have a whatever.
We're going to have a positive
1968
01:47:15,160 --> 01:47:16,920
mindset.
We're going to have a great DC
1969
01:47:16,920 --> 01:47:20,000
hire.
We going to get this last couple
1970
01:47:20,000 --> 01:47:23,360
of pieces in through the portal
and we going to start back in
1971
01:47:23,360 --> 01:47:24,880
line.
There we go.
1972
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All right, that's not a lie.
That's not a lie.
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That is probably true.
That wraps up this episode of
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the Boundary Corner Podcast,
brought to you by the Counts
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Family Pharmacy in Blacksburg.
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there pressing that that one.
It's always a fun one, always an
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entertaining one.
If it's the first time you've
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ever listened to it and you came
back again tonight, Jesus,
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praise Jesus.
Got all kind of stuff man.
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Hey, I don't that eraser I.
Just got all.
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I don't know where this stuff
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What?
Else, follow us on your favorite
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for listening and as always,
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Hokies.
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The.
And welcome back to the Boundary
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Corner podcast.
Along with my partners, Brian
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Sieglen, Jonathan Talley, I am
Curtis Wilson.
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We are part of the College
Huddle Network and we are
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brought to you by Doctor Jeremy
Counts, our favorite pharmacist
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down at Counts Family Pharmacy,
your friendly neighborhood
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pharmacy, three O 1 S Main St.
in Blacksburg.
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Welcome back, gentlemen, to the
new year.
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New year, everybody.
New Year's same me.
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I'm just here.
I don't know if I'm the old me,
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the new me, somewhere in
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Yeah, it's been.
I started a new job the day
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after New Year's.
I guess that.
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That could.
That could.
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Technically, be fun.
That is fun.
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We I had we had hell week last
week down here in Richmond, man
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Tally got to hear all about
power going out, Internet going
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out.
Brian can't take showers.
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We got bowl water.
I had to.
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Build snow so I could flush my
toilets.
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That's crazy.
We got apocalyptic down here for
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a couple.
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That's crazy.
It was wild, man.
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I mean, what happens when it
snows in the South and then it
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doesn't warm up the next two
days afterwards?
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Yeah.
And your water plant has a
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catastrophic failure, you know.
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Wow, that happened.
We had some snow for one day,
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but it wasn't, it didn't get
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So you know, it's like one day
and even like it.
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The day before I walked outside
and I had short sleeves on.
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I was like, it's like 50° out
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This ain't this is going to be
crazy.
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And then the next day, like I go
to sleep and wake up, it's like
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6 inches of snow.
Oh yeah, well the whole thing
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is, did y'all have the day after
the snow it got warm again.
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Yeah, then I was going to say
the next day it was just like,
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my wife is in healthcare, so
they had already told him like,
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you can't miss work, It's going
to snow.
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We know for a fact it's snowing.
You need to be at work.
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So this was just say like a
Thursday, she had to get a hotel
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room, her and another lady that
she works, we got a hotel room
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that's close to the hospital.
So she had to stay there.
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works at, she helps out at a
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retirement home that's close to
the home to our house.
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And I was telling, I was like,
Hey, you can come home.
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I'll come get you.
Because we got a, a group around
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here, a Wrangler group called
the rocket City Wranglers.
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Shout out to them.
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just get out.
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fifty of them.
And you can book them and
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they'll come get you and, you
know, take you to the store if
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they need to.
But they definitely help with
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the healthcare workers.
So they was getting the, getting
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the nurses to and from home if
they needed to.
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And I told her I was like, you
can come home.
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It's not going to be bad.
She's like, I'm it's, it's a big
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hill and I'm going to just go
ahead and stay.
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So she ended up staying at the
retirement home the next night
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and woke up and it's nothing.
It's like a dust, a dust
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outside.
But you just never know in
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Alabama, man.
When you get some ice and snow,
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The main thing is these fuckers
can't drive.
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Like I don't try to drive.
I'm, I'm these fuckers as well.
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Like I don't try to drive in it.
But you got some people because
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Huntsville is so crazy and
people are from like all over.
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They come here and they're like,
Oh, I grew up in this.
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And then they, they don't
realize that the roads ain't set
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up the same way as if you came
from the north or, you know,
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they, they, they don't come in
ice.
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I mean, they don't come salt the
roads and things like that.
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So you get people sliding all
over the place.
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Yeah, I like what you said right
there.
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You might have driven it
elsewhere, but the roads down
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here was not made for you to be
snowed in and attempting to
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drive on it.
So that's the good pieces, but.
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They're not treated properly.
They're not built that way.
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It's not.
It's not designed for that type
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of traversal.
It is not designed, but you
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know, we're back to reality.
We're back to somewhat normal
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January now and it has been a
little over two weeks since we
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all got together in person.
Obviously we can.
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We we, we pretty much just talk
everyday via message, sometimes
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phone call here they so we're
always communicating.
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But we got a lot to unload
because since that point in
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time, we had the bowl game, tons
of portal stuff.
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No new coaches let's we won't
get into that in a little while.
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But let's start off with the the
news that broke this afternoon.
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I'm sure y'all all saw it.
A huge congratulation as Michael
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Vick will be inducted into the
College Football Hall of Fame
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this year.
Definitely well worth it.
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I, I didn't even know he was on
the ballot personally so I
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didn't and it just popped up.
I think I saw Andy Bitter and it
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was like Michael's Hall of
Famer.
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Like, yes, he should be a Hall
of Famer without a doubt.
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Right.
It's like when you go and I,
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I'll talk to my son about some
stuff and you got so many
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different errors and something.
If you put somebody in a sports
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era and you remove them or they,
they play in a sports area and
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you remove them from that era,
does it change the game?
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You know, does it their, you
know, their, their career, what
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they've done?
Did it have an impact from the
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game?
It changes the game.
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And when you think about Michael
Vick and what he did in the
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game, like even outside the
game, the culture that he
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created outside of the game
changed everything.
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You go to basketball, you think
about AI like they change rules.
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There's like, oh, we got to
dress up because we don't like
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the way he dressed on the
sidelines.
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I mean, AI had little white boys
with their hair braided.
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Like it's just when you have
somebody that impacts the game
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like that, like, come on, man.
And then they got stats to go
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with it.
You got to be a Hall of Famer.
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Nothing else to talk about.
So don't get no crazy ideas.
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None of you crazy people out
there that say the man don't
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deserve it because he do.
I'm going to leave it at that.
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Brian, what you think?
Yeah.
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I mean, this has been to me a
long time coming.
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I mean, if we're looking at just
the 99 team alone, I mean, it's
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it's really, yeah, I'm shocked.
He's the third induction from
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the 99 team and not the at least
the second.
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Corey Moore really being the
only other one that you could
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say from a college football
impact, might, might have had an
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equal or greater impact during
his time in Blacksburg and
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during his time playing college
football.
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Obviously, when we talk about
Michael Vick's legacy, we're
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talking about a legacy that does
transcend college football.
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But Tally, to your point, you
know, what Mike did at
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quarterback at Virginia Tech, it
definitely had an impact on the
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game.
It changed the way I think a lot
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of people viewed the quarterback
position and what it could be
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from a combination of athletic
ability and arm talent.
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Right.
And so I think it's well
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deserved.
And Curtis, I'm I'm gonna pitch
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it to you, man.
What you think?
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Well, I mean, like you said,
it's it's a long time coming and
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where you see what Michael Vick
is the effects of what we see
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now take a look this weekend,
Jalen Hurts, Lamar Jackson and I
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know Josh Allen's white, but
Josh Allen, big athletic kid,
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fast, strong arm.
They're super athletic
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quarterbacks.
And that was Michael.
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Before Michael, though, no one
had like the arm.
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And when I say the arm, Michael
could make every throw.
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Michael knew how to do touch.
Michael could throw bombs.
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I'm still the prettiest ball
I've ever seen.
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And this is him in the NFL.
Was that bomb to DeSean Jackson
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from the two skins?
Oh my God.
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Or somebody Andre Davis stuff.
He just he flips it his legacy.
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It's it's now 25 years, 26
years, Lord have mercy later.
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It is now a direct impact on the
entire game of football, the
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entire game of football.
And it's well deserved and so
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glad for him.
You know, huge Congrats, Michael
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Vick out there.
Dwight, I forgot to text you
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today when I saw it.
I'll text you later to say
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Congrats so you can pass that on
and, and good for him with the
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coaching job.
Just, you know, one of those
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great things.
So really happy for him.
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Real quick, let's flip to
something else before we hit the
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Mayo ball.
Do y'all believe we won two
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basketball games in a row?
Pretty good want to get some
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some solid competition one
against, you know, I'd say NC
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State's kind of a a mid level to
kind of low, you know, lower end
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of the ACC.
But at the same time, you know,
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when we were looking at this
roster, we were like two, maybe
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3 ACC wins total.
And, you know, you're kind of
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already hitting that, you know,
this early in January and.
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They hit it.
I didn't watch a game tonight.
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I thought it was.
Going to be a very long ACC
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regular season so.
I've only watched one.
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I've only watched one game and
that was enough for me.
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I said I ain't watching none of
this shit.
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Like I just thought it was going
to be super bad.
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And it again, I go back and
forth with people online all the
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time and I never said Mike Young
can't coach because he can't
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Like, he is a old school coach.
He knows what he's doing.
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He can coach.
But my thing on him is the
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retaining of talent.
To get to the top of the ACC,
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you have to have big guards that
can play defense, long guards
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that can shoot, you know,
because when you got to think
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you're going to get most of the
time UNC and Duke, and that's
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going to be, that's a rough go
at it.
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You know, you can throw other
teams in there as well.
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You know, I know Virginia's
coach left, but Virginia always
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has a good team and you got to
be able to have the talent to
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play with those teams.
Just being able to coach a lot
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of time that can get you to that
next level in the ACC.
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Maybe mid major shirt, but here
it's tough.
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So shout out to Mike Young for
his coaching job because he is a
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hell of a coach.
I have to give him his props.
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I don't know if people think
that I think he can't coach.
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He can coach.
I just yeah, I just like I said
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that the talent in it, he's Got
Talent.
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He has got it and I never said
he hadn't got it.
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I think he can recruit pretty
good, but it's the retaining of
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talent and people say Oh well,
it's the NIL or is this this was
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happening before that.
So he was in my opinion, but I
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didn't mean to go on that rant.
No, I wanted to say that I
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respect Mike Young for what he
does.
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When he gets, hey, he'll put
some people out there and he can
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run some XS and OS and the dude
can coach.
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I got to give him his props.
But to your point tally is what
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you talk about the retaining and
that's usually where the old
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school coaches lose it.
It's in the offseason, it's
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wrong, and I'm sure, I'm sure
Mike ain't no slouching the
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offseason running those guys
through drills and shit.
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I'm sure you probably hammers
them.
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And.
We we're in a day and age, kids
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don't like that shit.
It's easy to transfer.
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And so it's one of those things
is for Mike Young because to be
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honest, he probably ain't going
anywhere in the next three or
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four years.
Just the way everything's set
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up.
If, if, if you don't like Mike
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Young, you got to deal with him.
But can he find somebody to
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bring in to almost smooth a
little bit?
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Like Coach, we know you want to
work on more, but you've got to
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you got to tone it down just a
little bit so they don't leave,
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so you can carry over because as
these guys learn your system.
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Why did he not bump off some
people at Wofford?
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Those guys have been with him
four and five years.
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They it was clockwork.
They knew exactly what to do in,
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you know, you take somebody like
Lawal, who's he that, that, that
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might be one of the most
athletic kids that's ever played
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at Virginia Tech, straight up.
Unbelievable.
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So just let's find my young an
offseason guru that can help him
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not lose people, that's all.
But I don't know if it's like,
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you know, I know his at times
the system can be a little rigid
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for some guys that are a little
bit better at creating their own
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shot and things like that.
So I don't know if if some of
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that is what is chasing folks
off.
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I don't know if to Curtis's
point, some of the offseason
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stuff, I don't know if it's
just, you know, new age and
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opportunities are presenting
themselves.
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And I'm not talking about
necessarily NIL, but I mean,
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with the transfer portal, you,
you get to look at opportunities
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that may not have presented
themselves when you committed to
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Virginia Tech and that may be
where you wanted to be to begin
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with.
So I mean, there, there's so
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many different, you know, things
that open up for these kids now
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that just weren't possible, you
know, even looking back 5-6
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years ago.
So it's crazy.
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I don't know if that that's the
biggest piece of it, whether
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it's the NIL piece or whether
it's, you know, something
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related to, you know, the, the,
the, the, the scheme or the
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offseason regiment that, that,
that that team goes through.
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But we, we seem to turn,
especially when it comes to
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guards.
We, we, we turn through guards a
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lot more than and we shouldn't.
I would like to see.
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And we shouldn't because his
system with, with some of the
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the three-point shots and stuff
like that, we, we shouldn't be
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losing guards.
Right.
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I mean, really shouldn't, right?
Let's roll on past that and
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let's talk about the mayonnaise
bowl.
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Before we get into that, we got
some, we got some folks joining
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us.
Let's go ahead and throw some
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names up.
Here.
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All right, Tom, up here then,
man.
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Hey, we got.
Andre Andre.
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Big weekend for him.
Go birds.
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Andre, you still ain't played me
in this game man, I've been I've
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been ready to catch you on this
game for a while pop that gaming
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tag let's figure out what's
going on that's.
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Right.
Hey, we got we got Lavar in the
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house.
Lavar, What's up, Lavar?
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Lavar in the house.
Mile High.
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He said he wouldn't get video
for a while.
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Am I?
How you getting video now?
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You good?
I did a check I I was able to
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pull it through on my end so it
looks like everybody else is
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interacting so I'm guessing.
Yeah, I think everybody good
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and.
Everything's looking good, our
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man Chris.
Mr. Lester's in the house.
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Congratulations to this man.
Congratulations to you, got a
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baby on the way.
Baby on the way.
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Why are y'all telling that man?
Congratulations for that baby.
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You your life about to be
healed.
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You should have left that baby.
Where was that?
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Now I'm just playing, man.
That's a blessing.
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It is a blessing for.
Real.
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It is a blessing we got Jim up
in here.
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Throw Jim's up there.
We got Jim, Jim, Jim a couple
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comments here.
That one right there, yeah, it
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is a hell of a class that he's
going in with.
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And then, yeah, I I think the
next one is true, Lee.
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So it should be in Hall of Fame.
Lee.
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So it's going to elite running
back.
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And that year he scored 2027.
All right, 27 touchdowns.
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That's crazy.
It's still crazy.
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Wow.
Crazy.
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All right, well, let's flip it
to the Mayo Bowl.
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Thank y'all.
Keep the comments coming.
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Anything you want to chime in on
24/10?
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And I mean, this is the way I
felt about it.
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We knew what it was going to be,
right?
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We knew what it was going to be.
You start looking who they had
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lead, who we had lead.
We had a hell of a lot better
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players leave than they had
left.
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They lost their tackle and their
wide receiver and maybe one
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other offensive line.
They had most of their defense
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intact.
They had their quarterback
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intact.
They had their lead running back
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intact.
Not just quarterback intact,
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multi year starting.
Quarterback multi year starting
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quarterback intact.
I thought it was going to be 45
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to 7.
I ain't going to lie to you.
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I didn't too, I was actually.
I think I texted y'all after the
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game was like we only lost about
14 I think.
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The the, the problem that I had
is that there were still some
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opportunities that we didn't
capitalize on.
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Yeah.
And I mean, I know we're going
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to talk about that in a little
bit, but let's start with what
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went well, what did y'all like?
And I mean, what was it?
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Was it mostly them, the young
bucks showing out a little bit
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or what was it?
Aiden Green or Brody Adams, I
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mean, you get to see what the
next leaders in your in your
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wide receiver room.
I know we bringing into a couple
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of wide receivers, but when you
bring somebody in, you can say I
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need veteran leadership what you
do.
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But you got to have people there
that know what the culture is of
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what you're trying to build at
your school.
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So even if you bring in a kid
that's played football for five
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years, a college football,
that's great, but he had some
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experience, but he doesn't have
Blackbird Blacksburg experience,
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you know what I'm saying?
That's the thing that you need.
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So when you see some of the
young guys get in and I mean,
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Aiden look good.
I don't know, man.
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Some people was hating on Aiden.
Like I always thought Aiden was
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a baller, but some people was
like, oh, Nah, man, he's not
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going to be that good.
You know, you don't he this or
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he dropped.
He has too many drops.
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That's what it was this year.
He has too many drops and I'm
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like, you got to take some
lumps, you know what I'm saying?
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Like he's he's a young player.
He may seem old to us, but what
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is he?
He's going to be a A junior, no?
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Richer sophomore.
Cuz he richer.
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Sophomore.
Yeah.
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He's richer.
Sophomore.
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He played very little his first
year.
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He played sparingly this year,
right?
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A green, absolutely bald.
I mean, you look at his, that's
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that line.
I mean, he was the guy they were
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looking for.
He was getting himself open and
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all that stuff.
I tell you who else impressed
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me?
The stat line isn't there, but
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we talked about looking for
burst and cut.
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The freshman, Tyler Mason.
Y'all see a couple of his runs
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where like you saw him, he fell
in poop.
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It was just like, and he's the
freshman.
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And he was running behind a
ragtag line, he was running
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behind some, he was running
behind me.
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And that ain't good.
I felt.
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I tried to get up off the couch
today, you know?
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I think some of those holes I
could have, I could have opened
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up a little bit better.
Yeah.
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Brian's like.
And I'm 40 and and I'm probably.
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I ain't no lie to you, it took
me a while Brian, to watch that
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game.
I knew about it through y'all
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and some Twitter interaction.
X in action, however you want to
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say it.
I talked to Chris one night and
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Chris, he said a couple of the
other item.
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I'm going to go watch it.
It was late.
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It was late one night.
So I went and watched it late
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one night and just seeing kind
of what was going on.
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It was what I expected.
But yeah, it was.
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It was some good stuff that went
in.
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But I was like, yeah, that line
was bad, man.
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It was, I think we figured this
out.
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I know Brian probably saw it
real quick.
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Actually, Brian, you put
something in one of the chats
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wearing Johnny Tackle.
Johnny Garrett's a right tackle
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or none, hands down.
Johnny, we love you, but you got
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to play on the right.
Side I, I think he's a he's a
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good tackle, but he doesn't
quite have quick enough feet.
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I think to play left tackle BB
he's not your every down left
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tackle.
I think in a pinch you can put
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him out there, but he doesn't
quite have the feet to to play
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left tackle as being a guy
that's going to take, you know,
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50 plus steps a game at that
position.
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So that is what it is because
because the rest of it looked
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bad.
And I mean, and that's what's
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going to happen when literally
probably your three better
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players aren't there.
Say what you want to say.
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Can somebody get me a birth
certificate on Bob?
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Shit, he's got to be 45 years
old.
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He older than us.
I know he older than me.
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See, I thought he had already
used like three years of
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eligibility before we got him.
Nope, he was in a cheat code.
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He was at a JUCO and he's
getting that rule.
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Bob shit.
Crazy, crazy.
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He needs to go and find Sam
Rogers and work with him in with
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high school students.
That's what he need to be doing.
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I'm just going to say that I
ain't going to go too hard on my
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boy, but I feel like he'd have
been in school a long time.
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I think it's time to go.
It's true, it's true, but he
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comes back next year, so yeah,
it's a depth piece.
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If you're, if you're telling me
he's a depth piece, he's a guy
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that's coming off the bench to,
you know.
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He should, you should.
He should quit.
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Is that what you're about to
say?
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No, he's going to say Brian,
probably going to say he's
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alright as long as he's a depth.
Piece, yeah, as long as he's a
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depth piece, I don't, I don't
need, I don't need that, that
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person being a lynchpin of my
offensive line and that.
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And that's not necessarily, you
know, dissing him that much.
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Like what I'm saying is that I
think we've seen the best we're
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going to see from Bob Schick and
we know that that's not enough.
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So if he's if he's in the front
line next year, that's a
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problem.
That is a big problem as he's in
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the front line next year,
especially with some of the
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young guys coming up.
Some of the young guys had
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already played in front of him
this year.
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I mean, the the reason he was
really playing any this year was
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because Leith got hurt.
Robbie's one of them.
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Going to college for seven years
is just fine.
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Robin.
Playing football on my team is
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not fine.
Get your ass off that offensive
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line and get over there and call
some plays or something.
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Tally, I'm going to throw this
to.
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You real quick man because
player coach situation.
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Yeah, player coach Tally, we
talked about this because you I
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think you mentioned in the chat
somewhere or a message to me and
421
00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,360
maybe best me and Brian and you
were like, man, this is going to
422
00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:35,040
be like the Pinstripe Bowl
again.
423
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:36,520
I don't want to watch and that's
the reason.
424
00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,640
I know you didn't watch it, but
what does it say to you when you
425
00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:44,320
just went back and watched it
where we were in 2021 to where
426
00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,480
we are now as far as talent
level goes?
427
00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:52,640
Because to me it it says a lot.
No, it was true.
428
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,960
I mean, it's exactly what I
said.
429
00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,360
I, I think I put some on the
timeline about it too.
430
00:23:57,360 --> 00:24:01,080
I just asked the question like
how bad did people think we was
431
00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:05,400
going to lose And it all of them
was bad.
432
00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,000
You know, I had no doubt we were
going to lose, but I thought it
433
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:15,960
was going to get super bad.
So I was like, yeah, Pinstripe
434
00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,680
Bowl 50, two to seven, something
like that.
435
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:23,840
But the floor has been raised.
I got to give for as much shit
436
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,760
as I do give the coaching staff
or I do give prior because all
437
00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,000
of it falls on proud of me.
Y'all know how I feel?
438
00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:35,680
I do have to give him his props.
He has raised the talent level.
439
00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:39,720
He took over a shit show.
He has raised the talent level
440
00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:43,160
in the room and I think you see
that when you get people like,
441
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,200
you know, Keelan Adams with the
ball in his hand.
442
00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:48,760
They can make plays, you know
what I'm saying?
443
00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:52,360
You can see the kid can move a
little bit different and a
444
00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:55,760
little bit faster than most wide
receivers that we had.
445
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,880
I don't think that a senior
receiver that's graduating.
446
00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,280
Shout out to all my guys
leaving.
447
00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:04,640
Hope y'all go tear it up at the
combine and you know, in the
448
00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,600
NFL.
But I don't think a wide
449
00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,440
receiver that we had has the
skill set of just say we're just
450
00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,880
going to say keep.
I don't think any of them have
451
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,360
that skill set.
And I don't think Virginia Tech
452
00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:20,280
has had a wide receiver with a
skill set like that in a while.
453
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,480
Even when you think back to like
Isaiah Ford, right?
454
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,040
Great wide receiver, different
skill set.
455
00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:29,120
Cam Phillips.
Great wide receiver for us,
456
00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:34,480
different skill set.
Bucky Hodges, great tight end,
457
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,520
wide receiver, whatever you want
to call him, but much different
458
00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,360
skill set.
We haven't had that person that
459
00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:43,120
could just take the top off of
defenses.
460
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,480
Jay Lane was able to show us
some things in the short passing
461
00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,240
game where he could get loose.
He was a little shifty, but a
462
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,760
lot of times we asked a lot of
Jay Lane, you know, and we got
463
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,880
him hurt.
He played hurt most of the year.
464
00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:01,480
So we didn't we we we seen him
do some things, but I think I
465
00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,840
think we left a little bit on
the table with him.
466
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,560
Shout out to Jay Lane for
playing Hollows games injured
467
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:10,680
and Steven Gosnell as well.
But anyway, like you said,
468
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:14,440
Curtis, just to go back to your
point, yeah, I got it.
469
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:18,440
I got to say, you know, the the
talent level, the Florida talent
470
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,400
level has been raised and that
and that's good to see.
471
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:22,880
You know you do want to see
that.
472
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,360
So the the only position where
you can see that really the town
473
00:26:26,360 --> 00:26:29,280
level had been raised was the
was the position that stood out
474
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:30,920
like a sore thumb, which is the
offensive line.
475
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,720
Yeah.
You took the two best and two
476
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:38,040
most important positions off
that offensive line and it was
477
00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:41,720
evident that that was a problem.
And that's and that's not knock
478
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:43,360
to the other guys.
I mean, I think they were put in
479
00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:46,320
a position where they're
probably not quite ready.
480
00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,320
They weren't quite prepared
enough for that scenario and
481
00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:54,320
they got exposed a little bit.
But pulling back to Tally's
482
00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,600
point and especially looking at
the wide receiver room and for
483
00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:03,120
the young guys, especially a guy
like Keelan Adams, what I like
484
00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:05,960
and what I see and, and, and
Tally, you kind of alluded to
485
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,320
it, but I know we've talked
before.
486
00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:11,320
There's fast and there's quick.
And to me, quick is more
487
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:16,000
important on a football field.
And Brody is quick.
488
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:20,240
Super quick.
And and that that's a product of
489
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,200
a couple things.
That's a product of being fast
490
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,560
with the football.
That's also a product of being a
491
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,680
very good with your vision and
your and precise with your route
492
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,400
running.
And those are things that he
493
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,120
does very well.
A lot of times when you see
494
00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:38,240
those receivers that are quick
like that, it's usually a small
495
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:42,320
guy, you know what I'm saying?
Somebody who's 5859, they may be
496
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:47,640
listed at 511.
Well, Keelan is probably 62, you
497
00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:51,840
know, 6-1 somewhere around now.
So to have that and he's putting
498
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,520
on weight, I think he's probably
up to about 180 now, probably
499
00:27:55,520 --> 00:28:00,680
came in at about 170.
If he can gain another 10 lbs,
500
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:07,520
it mean 616-2190 with that, with
that kind of speed, like that's
501
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,160
a different beast than we used
to.
502
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,400
Then you start seeing then you
start seeing talent that
503
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:18,960
somewhere like Ohio State has or
LSU or you know, even Alabama,
504
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,440
you know the wide receivers has
come through Alabama lately.
505
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:23,680
You start seeing that kind of
talent level.
506
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,000
Not saying we going to see the
same production because we don't
507
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,520
know.
But I'm just saying when you
508
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:31,680
start seeing that type talent
level come to Virginia Tech now
509
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,760
I want to see what we can do
with it and I know we going to
510
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,120
talk about it later on even in
the portal, you know, the things
511
00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:40,800
that prize been able to do and
not even fucking having ADC,
512
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:45,200
which we'll talk about as well.
But Curtis, I, I, I think you
513
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,360
had a point that you about the
about the, about the jump in on.
514
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,440
Well, the one thing that the the
Brody play where he made that
515
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,880
big, that big run, it was short
sighted and he when he made that
516
00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:00,840
cut, he was near the sideline.
He knew it's like I got to go
517
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:04,440
now when he made that cut and it
was the explosiveness, because
518
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,640
y'all talk about quick.
I always like to, I, I watch it
519
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,240
close now, guys who are
explosive, when I say explosive,
520
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:14,680
it's 123 boom.
He's gone where sometimes it
521
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,600
takes guys 6-7 steps before they
hit stride.
522
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:21,360
Brody, it was, he made that a,
the cut was impressive.
523
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,760
And then 1-2 boom.
And the next thing you know,
524
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,160
it's 58 yards.
Somebody angles him and gets
525
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,200
him.
And I'm sure people gave Chris
526
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,440
grief.
I'm sure Keelan got grief.
527
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,560
But that's what we're talking
about.
528
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:36,760
We're talking about those elite
traits.
529
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,480
You start putting those on the
football field, that's how you
530
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,200
get better.
So I love that.
531
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,120
I'm going to tell you one more
elite trait.
532
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,680
And while we wrap this up, John
loves foot.
533
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,520
Jesus Christ.
Jesus, that's the one you want?
534
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,200
See, people like that is why I
want to play college football
535
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,680
for nine years.
Yep, Robbie, you know, not Bob.
536
00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,680
John Love.
John Love, can we keep him in
537
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,120
college for seven years?
I'll be all right with it.
538
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,120
I'll be all right with that.
But I mean.
539
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:09,480
When he lines up the kick.
When he lines up the kick, it
540
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,120
doesn't matter where he is on
the field.
541
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,320
It never crosses my mind that
he's going to miss.
542
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,400
He just, it just seems like, you
know what I'm saying.
543
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:23,040
He don't miss, man.
I'm always confident whenever he
544
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:26,800
gets back there.
Just so you know, Tally, he has
545
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:30,040
two years of eligibility left,
two years of.
546
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,960
Eligibility money.
I mean, if you're kidding, when
547
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:34,760
you go to college you ain't
looking at getting money and
548
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:39,560
pussy like giving both of them
go man, what?
549
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:43,840
Let's go.
The man happy she's been happy
550
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:51,160
man the.
Man in his college career is 88%
551
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,600
from field gold range in the
last two years.
552
00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:59,600
He is 38 of 42.
And we've been running.
553
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,880
It ain't, it ain't all been
short, you know, We're all been
554
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,240
running.
We running about to kick 60
555
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:09,680
yards, 50 yard field goals.
I think one game he had the most
556
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,880
points on the game on the team.
He did.
557
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:13,000
He might have kicked.
He did, yeah.
558
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,720
By the way, I noticed for you,
Charlie, that was for you right
559
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,160
there.
Had to be.
560
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,320
Yeah, JT in the name.
Had to be.
561
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:26,320
All right, so there's the Mayo
Bowl season over, You know, is
562
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:27,520
what it is.
Let's roll.
563
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:31,760
Let's talk to staff changes
because the last time we spoke,
564
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:37,680
the Matt Moore hire had been
made, but it was state of the
565
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,000
program.
So we were talking 10,000
566
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:44,000
things, everything liquor was
flowing, bruises were flowing,
567
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,680
fun was happening.
But let's let's take a little
568
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:54,720
bit deep at Matt Moore, a little
bit more because I think, I
569
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,240
don't think anybody's going to
deny this.
570
00:31:56,680 --> 00:32:01,080
It's not only an upgrade, it's a
significant upgrade from Ron.
571
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,840
No disrespect to Ron, but is a
significant upgrade.
572
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,080
We disrespect to Ron, but go
ahead.
573
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,640
Try to be cordial here man.
I tried to be cordial.
574
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:16,360
They said Ron Crook was zooming
calling people that.
575
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:20,600
If this was happening, I don't
know Chad, if y'all know let me
576
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,120
know.
They said my man was zooming
577
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,520
coaching, so he didn't even have
a house in Blacksburg.
578
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,200
Can't do that.
We can't do that, man.
579
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:31,920
We'll we'll figure that out one
day.
580
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:35,680
But I think overall I want to
hear y'all's viewpoints because
581
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:39,480
obviously now we have gotten to
the point where we've read more
582
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,640
about Matt Moore.
We see what if offensive lines
583
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:44,240
done.
Brian, you played online when
584
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:48,920
you saw the hire and when you
started reading, and I know you
585
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:52,360
got your points, but what,
what's, what's, what's, what are
586
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,280
you most excited about with the
Matt Moore hire?
587
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,840
A toughness, I think that's
that's a big thing and an
588
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,120
ability to recruit quality
talent and develop that talent
589
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:07,040
and get that talent to the NFLI
think that's something Matt
590
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:12,640
Moore has shown those offenses
at West Virginia have been up
591
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,480
and down.
The one consistent thing that we
592
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:20,120
saw through that era was the
offensive line play was pretty
593
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:25,280
consistent and there was nothing
really to complain about from
594
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,040
their play from from from that
standpoint on that offense.
595
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:31,120
So I think that's the big thing
for me is that you know, you're
596
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:32,600
going to get a consistent level
of play.
597
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,000
You're going to get some good
development of the players that
598
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,080
are on the roster.
So I think by default, you're
599
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:42,080
going to get a level of play
increase before you even start
600
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,600
talking about the guys that he's
bringing with him or the guys
601
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,680
that he can recruit to play in
Blacksburg.
602
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,280
So that's why I'm excited.
And again, I mean, we talked
603
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,480
about the guys I wanted.
I, I was, I was big Marcus
604
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,120
Johnson.
But I, I, I said Matt Moore was
605
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:59,640
probably my, my, my 1B.
If I had to pick up guys that I
606
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:01,840
thought were going to be
available, you know, would have
607
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,720
some opportunities to get hired
by the team.
608
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,280
So the fact that we got that
one, I'm good with it.
609
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:10,440
Let's rock, baby.
Callie, what about you, man?
610
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:16,360
If y'all need to know anything
about Matt Moore, I I ain't got
611
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,080
to look at that nails.
Besides, he coached at Hoover
612
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:24,480
High School in the early 2000s.
Them motherfuckers was cheating.
613
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:29,520
Rush Pros was cheating.
They was doing anything that
614
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:32,120
could be Rush Pros had.
He was living a double life.
615
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,840
He had a wife on this side of
town and a wife on that side of
616
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:37,360
town.
And guess what?
617
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:41,239
He's still cheating now.
He's still cheating right now in
618
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:43,400
Alabama.
Rush Pros is still cheating.
619
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:44,480
I ain't saying Matt Moore
cheating.
620
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,639
I hope he cheating.
I hope that he cheating.
621
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,719
But if you don't believe me, you
go back and you look up Hoover
622
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:55,480
High School in the early 2000.
They was the first high school
623
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:59,960
team to have a show.
He I think he was a offensive
624
00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:02,400
coordinator and maybe I know
he's offensive line because I
625
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:03,640
think he was offensive
coordinator.
626
00:35:04,240 --> 00:35:06,400
They had ATV show.
It's called 2A days.
627
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:09,720
Go look up two a days and see
how Hoover High School, which
628
00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:13,240
was probably 20 minutes from
where I grew up, it was like
629
00:35:13,240 --> 00:35:15,320
celebrities, man, like
everybody.
630
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,080
MTV Show.
If Matt Moore can make it
631
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:22,040
through an MTV show with no
scandals, I mean, I know he can.
632
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,000
Go to Blacksburg and cheat Matt.
We going to help you cheat,
633
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,000
Matt.
You tell us what you need.
634
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,440
Tell us what you need.
We tell us what you need to get
635
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,960
a tackle in there right now.
If Matt was in there, he seen
636
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:41,240
#70 Matt would have, Matt would
have had to tell #70 to go to
637
00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:42,800
Walmart and start bagging
grocers.
638
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:45,560
And they don't even bag
groceries at Walmart no more.
639
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,080
You bag them yourself.
But he would have made them go
640
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:49,840
down there and do that.
Hey, Matt going to be all right.
641
00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,960
But besides that, looking at
his, looking at what he's got,
642
00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:57,520
he got people.
He's putting people in the NFL,
643
00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,680
which is great.
You know, he took some recruits
644
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:02,160
from us, which was not great for
us, but great for him.
645
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:04,960
And he was coaching in West
Virginia.
646
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:10,200
Like come on man, how you get
somebody to come to West
647
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:14,680
Virginia?
They throwing batteries at
648
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:18,640
people, burning couches.
This man is getting people to
649
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,360
come over there and they kicking
our ass.
650
00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:23,160
Thank you.
Thank you, Matt for finally
651
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:25,480
coming in here to help right
this ship, man.
652
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:30,240
We just need somebody to get
some big ass country boys.
653
00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:31,880
I don't care where they come
from.
654
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:35,240
And we just need them to not let
the other team get to our
655
00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:38,520
quarterback and don't and tell
them to don't sack their own
656
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:42,240
quarterback.
Don't step on his feet, you
657
00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:44,680
know, don't pull his pants down,
None of that.
658
00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:46,680
We need you to protect him.
That's what we need.
659
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:48,640
That's what you're getting paid
for.
660
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,480
I think it's what y'all said.
Just to kind of cap this off
661
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:55,440
about more, it's it's the
development because he got there
662
00:36:55,440 --> 00:37:00,040
in 2019 Colt Mckibbitt, who's
now starting right tackle for my
663
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,080
49ers.
I wish he wasn't.
664
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,280
He is definitely a great college
player and not a good NFL player
665
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,880
or he is a serviceable NFL
player.
666
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,560
All American, that's 2019 Zach
Frazier.
667
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:19,160
God, if Zach Frazier, two time
all American what, 50th pickers
668
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:22,680
in the center somewhere like
that for the Steelers and he's
669
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:25,920
and he's never been he's he's
he's he's going to be their next
670
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:27,120
grade center.
Yeah.
671
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,200
Mike Webster.
You got Germante Dawson, you had
672
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,040
the Pouncey kid.
They nailed him.
673
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,600
That kid is unbelievable.
And now you got Wyatt Mallam,
674
00:37:35,240 --> 00:37:37,240
who's likely going to be high
pick.
675
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,640
He had this other kid down in
the sunbelt.
676
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:43,800
He got picked like in the 80's.
The guy takes it and develops it
677
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:46,720
and it doesn't.
It doesn't seem like it matters
678
00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:49,320
where it is.
Because to me you turned 3 out
679
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:53,160
of West Virginia in a five year
period for all Americans.
680
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:57,080
High picks, good NFL players
y'all.
681
00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:01,400
That man knows what he's doing.
To your point to Brian, go look
682
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,720
at the run games.
Even they did not have a good
683
00:38:03,720 --> 00:38:07,440
season this year at all.
Still they got more rushing
684
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:09,960
yards than us.
They didn't have a backlight to
685
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,840
they still were doing 193 a
game.
686
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,640
Yep, that's insane and.
We we haven't talked about the
687
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:20,040
fact that, you know, Doug Nestor
finished his time at West
688
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:23,840
Virginia and is now on a
practice reserve squad, so.
689
00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:27,280
Still making him he's.
He's out there playing in the
690
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:30,240
NFL.
He's not necessarily on a game
691
00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:32,880
day roster, but that's not
making some moves.
692
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:35,560
So if the guy is getting talent
into the league.
693
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,280
He's getting talent and he knows
how to recruit because we'll
694
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:41,600
talk about the guys later that
are coming over these these
695
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:45,440
weren't 7-8 hundred ranked guys.
These guys were a lot higher.
696
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,240
Let's talk about the other three
positions real quick that are
697
00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:53,440
not filled.
Strength and conditioning
698
00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:56,960
director of high school
relations and defensive
699
00:38:56,960 --> 00:39:00,680
coordinator.
Curtis Curtis prompt a scare
700
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:04,960
earlier today.
Well, it still is a question
701
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:05,600
mark.
Why?
702
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:09,360
If you did not know now David
Cunningham, our buddy over at
703
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:13,200
Tech Sideline, Jared Ferguson,
still on the school website for
704
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:16,480
strength and conditioning, but
as of like 2:00 this afternoon
705
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:18,880
he was not listening.
Only football staff.
706
00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:21,960
Fortunately.
Throw us off for a minute,
707
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:24,440
Curtis.
Well, still though, why isn't he
708
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:26,840
there?
But why isn't he there?
709
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:28,520
He was part of that staff this
year.
710
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:33,320
But let's let's just kind of go
into it because I mean, some got
711
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,160
a break within the next week,
right?
712
00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:43,480
Hopefully we thank you dude.
Word on the street is it's
713
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,320
breaking sometime later this
week or next week.
714
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:50,600
Everyone here we were, we were
hoping it would break before we
715
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:53,200
pressed record tonight so we
could have a little bit more to
716
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:57,800
to chew on from a, you know, new
coach perspective.
717
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:00,400
But now we're we're we're we're
still going to be in speculation
718
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:03,520
mode just like we were, you
know, a little over two weeks
719
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:04,200
ago.
So.
720
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,200
We don't know who's been
interviewed.
721
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:13,160
What's everyone's feeling?
What's which way is the wind
722
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:16,800
blowing for you guys?
Well, y'all go ahead Curtis, you
723
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:20,000
start us off start us.
Off and I've set on this for
724
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:23,840
about 3 weeks now.
I think it's Tim Walton.
725
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:26,680
I think it's Tim Walton out of
Ohio State.
726
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:30,200
Curtis, before you finish.
So before you finish, I'm gonna
727
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:33,800
let you go back.
But when you say it, what you
728
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:37,960
said at the beginning of when we
first started looking and you
729
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:41,480
said you defensive coordinator.
Hemphill Yeah.
730
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:44,440
I don't know, man, that kind of.
And then I did a little
731
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:46,000
research.
I would be happy with that.
732
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:48,680
I would be too I.
Don't know.
733
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:50,800
I've heard that name come around
a little bit.
734
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:56,000
Me myself, I just don't know if
we go that be with somebody like
735
00:40:56,000 --> 00:41:00,160
a Tim Walton.
But go ahead, answer me this.
736
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:06,280
Why isn't Hemphill here then?
They ain't played in a month.
737
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:10,440
Because we lie too much, you
know, we, we lie.
738
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:13,520
That's what we good at.
I don't know.
739
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,040
I'm, I'm trying to figure it
out.
740
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:21,120
You know, I'm just hoping that
if we do have AB or C that it is
741
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,240
someone like Hemphill.
Yeah.
742
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,400
You know what I'm saying?
I would be fine with that.
743
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,600
I just don't want them to come
out and say, hey, we're going to
744
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,720
promote da da, da, and I'm going
to be like, no, that ain't going
745
00:41:32,720 --> 00:41:34,400
to work.
That's not going to work.
746
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,320
We took this long to do this.
What are we doing you?
747
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,920
Better make it.
If we go through over a month of
748
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,760
speculating and we end up with a
Sean Quinn or we for whatever
749
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:46,080
reason, bring Bud Foster out of
retirement, I know we've said
750
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:47,360
they've said they're not doing
that.
751
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,520
God no.
I know they said we're not doing
752
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:53,480
that, but you know, I'd, I'd be,
obviously I'd be great with Tim
753
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,040
Walton.
I mean, I know there's words
754
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:58,440
that we at least had some
conversation with banks.
755
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:00,360
I mean, there's words that that,
you know, there's.
756
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,840
I don't.
Can I say something real quick?
757
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:05,720
Everybody put that bullshit out
there.
758
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:09,200
Tim Banks was making 1.5 million
at Tennessee.
759
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:12,400
We that's pretty much our top is
1.5.
760
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:16,560
He was not coming.
I mean, I, I basically heard
761
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:20,280
that the conversation was had
probably put 1.5 on the table
762
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,640
because he essentially matched
what Tennessee was paying now
763
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:27,440
and they obviously cleared it.
They you know, it's the better
764
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:30,040
play.
I mean, no bullshit to us.
765
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,080
I mean, right now that's that's
a better place, that's a better
766
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:34,240
job.
It's a significantly better job.
767
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:39,400
And I mean it's an easier job
because you the recruiting is a
768
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,120
whole lot fucking easier if
you're Tennessee.
769
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:45,840
It just is that that that's just
that's, that's the fact of the
770
00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:46,320
matter.
So I.
771
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:48,920
Mean the girls.
I, I think, I think if you know,
772
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:51,320
even if we were able to beat
whatever Tennessee could fucking
773
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:54,840
do, it would still have been a
questionable decision as far as
774
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:56,000
whether he would have taken the
job all.
775
00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:01,960
Right back to my guy Tim Walton,
current associate head coach,
776
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:05,400
secondary coach for Ohio State,
playing the national title game
777
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:10,640
on Monday night.
If you look back, there's ties
778
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:12,560
to Pride.
He was defensive coordinator at
779
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:14,240
Memphis when Pride was AD line
coach there.
780
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:16,080
So there is a relationship
there.
781
00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:18,600
And I know everybody says, well,
that's stupid.
782
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:21,200
You should never do that.
Y'all people don't work in the
783
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,640
real world.
Y'all people work in fictitious
784
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:26,280
CFB 25.
I can go hire this guy.
785
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:29,720
You ain't gonna hire anybody you
don't know that, You don't
786
00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:33,120
trust, you can't have a
conversation with trust me on
787
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:38,000
that, especially when you're
basically putting your, your
788
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,560
life, your, your coaching life
on the line.
789
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:43,960
So if somebody he knows, I keep
paying that picture.
790
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:47,840
You look at Walden's history,
JTM putting it up on there.
791
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,960
He was offensive coordinator,
not only in college, defensive
792
00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:55,800
coordinator league, coached
several all pro corners in in
793
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:59,360
the NFLI, think it's a fit too.
And everybody's like, well, he's
794
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:02,240
home at Ohio State.
Like Jim Knowles ain't going
795
00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:04,280
nowhere.
He ain't getting the DC job
796
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:07,960
there.
So for his career at 52 years
797
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:11,160
old, this is probably his last
opportunity to get a coordinator
798
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,040
job.
I think it's Walton.
799
00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:17,440
I would love it Like somebody
put it in the chat that said,
800
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:20,400
like, that's probably as as
close to a slam dunk as you can
801
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:24,440
get, so sort.
Of banks, yeah.
802
00:44:24,720 --> 00:44:27,760
Yeah, for real.
So I mean, I get it, it gives
803
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:31,280
you everything that you're
looking for, but I'm just like,
804
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:32,960
it can't be, you know what I'm
saying?
805
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:36,760
Like until I see it, I'm I'm one
of them people that is like, no,
806
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:38,720
it got to be.
It's got to be some kind of bull
807
00:44:38,720 --> 00:44:42,000
crap, you know, it's not going
to be something that good, but.
808
00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:44,280
Yeah.
We're going to see.
809
00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:45,720
We're going to see hopefully
soon.
810
00:44:45,720 --> 00:44:48,200
Because like you said, a lot of
the people who we talking about,
811
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:50,920
like why aren't they here?
Like they ain't played in over a
812
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:52,040
month.
What are we waiting on?
813
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:55,720
I mean, the, the two people that
you know make sense why they're
814
00:44:55,720 --> 00:45:00,280
not here right now is Dex and
Walton.
815
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:02,960
I mean the the of the of the
people that are kind of been
816
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:06,440
floated for this job that
actually makes sense from a
817
00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:10,760
relationship standpoint, history
standpoint, what they bring to
818
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:12,840
the table from a footprint
standpoint.
819
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:17,640
You know that that's really all
we're talking about at this
820
00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:22,080
point is, you know, Dex and and
maybe Walton there, there may be
821
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:25,720
one or two other guys out there.
Now if now if we wanted to
822
00:45:25,720 --> 00:45:29,680
really throw our nuts on the
table just go take him Bill from
823
00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:33,280
JMU and give him like 750,000
because they ain't paying that
824
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:35,640
and and that's what you should
do.
825
00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:38,200
But I think what will happen.
This is my opinion and y'all,
826
00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:44,640
I've told you all this and you
know, per sources, sources,
827
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:49,560
right, Brian, per sources,
apparently Quinn impressed with
828
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:51,320
what he did for linebacker in
the last month.
829
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:55,360
I think Sean Quinn's going to be
the linebacker coach of this
830
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:59,840
unit of this team next year.
The entire linebacker coach, all
831
00:45:59,840 --> 00:46:02,400
of them.
Now that does give some openings
832
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:04,560
elsewhere.
We figure that out as it goes
833
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:06,440
on.
I'm sure some of y'all read
834
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:09,680
message boards and stuff and
things that are happening, but
835
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:14,320
that's my feel is Sean Quinn is
the linebacker coach.
836
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:18,560
No title.
So if in that scenario, So what
837
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:21,720
it sounds like to me if is if
we're we're targeting what seems
838
00:46:21,720 --> 00:46:27,280
to be ADB or probably safety
coach from a position standpoint
839
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:30,960
for DC, whether it be Dex,
whether it be Walton.
840
00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:37,400
So you look at moving Quinn to a
full time full, full unit
841
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:42,400
linebacker coach is is that when
you look at a defensive end
842
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:49,120
specific the line coach, do you
bring in somebody to work
843
00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:53,760
specifically with the DNS?
Maybe and, and somebody said
844
00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:56,400
today they thought I was crazy
thinking like that, that they
845
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:59,840
might give JCA Co DC title.
I don't think that's crazy at
846
00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:01,960
all.
Everybody knows the way code DC
847
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:04,640
sits work.
There is the head code DC and
848
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:07,600
then there's the below code DC.
You don't call plays, you ain't,
849
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:12,160
you ain't DC you doing shit.
I think the way JC, his line,
850
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:17,160
the way his line, his work, the
way he's recruited, the face he
851
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:21,600
is, the honest truth is he's
making $500,000 right now.
852
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:24,520
He's worth a lot more.
You put a code DC title on and
853
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:28,480
give him an extra 250.
And then another thing too is
854
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:30,680
because, yeah, we talked about
like, can they recruit?
855
00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:33,920
Can they do this?
A lot of times the DC and the
856
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:37,880
OC, don't they?
They don't do as much recruiting
857
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:41,720
as we think, you know, like your
name can bring people to us.
858
00:47:41,720 --> 00:47:44,640
But like you got so many other
things that you do.
859
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:48,880
It's not a lot of recruiting
that they do, you know, that
860
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:51,640
they may go with the big fish,
but the groundwork is laid by
861
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:54,760
some of those other guys.
So I can understand why you said
862
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:56,320
that.
You know how I feel about it.
863
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:58,600
I don't know yet.
I want to know who that DC is
864
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:01,760
first before I start talking
about colds and everything else.
865
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:06,120
But I don't know, man.
I'm just excited to hear the
866
00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:07,040
news.
I want to know.
867
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:12,440
I want to know like what, who
and what we're doing moving
868
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:14,760
forward.
You know what I'm saying y'all?
869
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:16,880
Don't flip freak out.
This light back here keep
870
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:19,640
flickering making me feel like
I'm in a scary movie.
871
00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:22,040
So if I get up and start
running, that's why.
872
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:25,160
If a Demogorgon shows up behind
you, I'll let you know.
873
00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:27,960
Yeah, exactly.
All right.
874
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,840
So there all that is you still
got those positions.
875
00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:35,240
I think probably the first
Domino's got to fall right with
876
00:48:35,240 --> 00:48:37,240
the DC.
Once DC falls, everything else
877
00:48:37,240 --> 00:48:40,120
will fall into place.
Some of it will make sense, some
878
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,840
of it won't, and we'll be back
here talking about it whenever
879
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:45,960
that happens.
Trust me.
880
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:48,560
We assume it's next week, so we
may go back-to-back week, which
881
00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:50,320
is something we normally don't
do in the offseason.
882
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:51,960
All right, let's flip real
quick.
883
00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:54,240
Talk about a couple of recruits
here.
884
00:48:54,720 --> 00:48:59,920
One actually 2025 class Aaron
Sparks.
885
00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:02,280
What?
What are you laughing at?
886
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:07,440
That would hit me Tally, hey.
Hey man, I will tell you this.
887
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:11,880
I've upgraded.
I talked to the guys before I
888
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:16,400
had to switch my office out.
My son, we're going to be nice
889
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:18,600
to him today, but he wanted to
switch his rooms around.
890
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:22,360
So we had to switch my office in
his room and he actually, I got
891
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,240
more space in here.
So I'm happy about that.
892
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:27,720
And I went from AT&T to Google
Fiber.
893
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:30,880
And hey, man, I'm telling you,
I'm going to give the
894
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:34,680
endorsement to Google Fiber.
Those guys do not play.
895
00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:38,000
They got us set up good.
You know, I haven't had no
896
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:39,960
problems.
You know, knock on some wood,
897
00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:43,200
knock on some wood.
We didn't had no problems with
898
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:46,760
the Internet since they've been
here and I'm excited about it.
899
00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:49,280
So yeah, I'm glad y'all noticed
it, man.
900
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:51,680
I did this for y'all. 70 bucks a
month.
901
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:56,360
I'm good to go.
He ain't.
902
00:49:56,440 --> 00:49:57,600
He ain't going to tell y'all
that.
903
00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:00,160
He also did it so he didn't have
to drive across town and work in
904
00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:04,160
the office every day either.
Oh yeah, yeah, multiple reasons.
905
00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:06,400
If I'd have been using that
other Internet, trying to work
906
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:10,840
from home and I got fired, I've
been dropping calls, you know,
907
00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:12,720
trying to get on Zoom calls.
It'd have been choppy.
908
00:50:12,720 --> 00:50:15,240
Y'all know what it looked like?
They would have fired me.
909
00:50:15,240 --> 00:50:16,520
They would have thought I was
playing around.
910
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:18,840
So yeah, it was something, it
was something that had to
911
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:20,840
happen.
So I'm I'm feeling good about
912
00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:23,320
the new Internet.
Good to hear, good to hear.
913
00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:25,400
Well, let's talk about these
recruits real quick.
914
00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:31,800
The 1st 2025 Cameron Sparks top
400 player, top 15 in the state
915
00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:35,080
of Tennessee went to Baylor
School, which I know Tally, you
916
00:50:35,080 --> 00:50:37,080
had mentioned.
That's a pretty damn good
917
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:40,520
school.
At one point, and this is I knew
918
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:42,240
this because Tally paid
attention to it.
919
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:45,320
At one point.
This kid was a five star.
920
00:50:46,480 --> 00:50:49,160
I'm trying to figure out he's
63, he's 205.
921
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:54,480
He's classified as an athlete.
I mean, it's a great land.
922
00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:57,080
We got national publicity out of
it because he did it at one of
923
00:50:57,080 --> 00:51:01,880
the one of the All Star Games.
Oh, I mean, yay.
924
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:05,160
You never know.
You never know when you're
925
00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:07,800
dealing with recruiting.
It could be a coach passing
926
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:11,840
something along to somebody
about a character trait, just
927
00:51:11,840 --> 00:51:15,240
something they don't like.
You know, it could be that they
928
00:51:15,240 --> 00:51:19,200
didn't pick a certain school
that that coach or that
929
00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:21,920
recruiter wanted.
So they, you know, dropped them
930
00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:24,320
it again, you know how those
rankings work.
931
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:27,960
We, we know how those go.
But at the same time, you know,
932
00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:32,040
I heard this kid was, and it
could just be he had a bad year,
933
00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:33,440
could have been an injury, I
don't know.
934
00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:36,520
But I know that they at for a
while, this kid was high on
935
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:41,280
Mississippi State's board or he
was high on their board and they
936
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:43,440
was high on his board.
And I don't know what happened.
937
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:46,480
I just know they said that
Virginia Tech was his first
938
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:50,000
offer and they circled back
around and they got back.
939
00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:52,280
They they stayed the course and
I got to give.
940
00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:56,400
And again, I know everybody who
follows us and follows me knows
941
00:51:56,400 --> 00:52:01,920
like I'm hard on the coaches.
I'm not a coach, no coach I like
942
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:05,320
I'm not a coach lover.
Like I love the school.
943
00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:09,080
You know, I want my team to win.
Now I can like some of the
944
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:11,760
things that the coaches do.
So I'm always going to be hard
945
00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:13,320
on the coaches because they get
paid to do this.
946
00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:16,760
So whenever I say certain stuff,
I just expect them to win.
947
00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:19,440
I expect them to put a better
product on them.
948
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:21,240
But I got to give props where
props is due.
949
00:52:21,240 --> 00:52:24,720
Like pride knows what he's doing
when it comes to relationships.
950
00:52:24,720 --> 00:52:29,880
Like he shows that over and over
again in recruiting and you
951
00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:33,600
know, when you talk to some of
the parents and even the players
952
00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:35,640
and they talk about the whole
coaching staff, you know,
953
00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:41,160
Fantail Pry, you know, the list
goes on and on of the recruiters
954
00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:42,760
that we have.
Like they, they know what
955
00:52:42,760 --> 00:52:44,400
they're doing when it comes to
that.
956
00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:50,240
I think the just the frustration
is we want to see that passion
957
00:52:50,240 --> 00:52:52,240
that we put into recruiting on
the field.
958
00:52:52,720 --> 00:52:56,200
That's just it.
And that's really it.
959
00:52:56,200 --> 00:52:57,520
I mean, think about Cameron
Sparks.
960
00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:03,800
I mean, you know, looking at
that ranking, Josh said it here
961
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:07,480
in the comments, you sometimes
it's, you know, a guy that's
962
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:11,080
really good out the gate and
sometimes competition catches up
963
00:53:11,080 --> 00:53:14,280
as you kind of age up.
Still, he's still getting solid
964
00:53:14,280 --> 00:53:15,760
great.
Like he's a he's a very high
965
00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:22,040
three star on all three and and
24/7 still a composite 4 star
966
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:25,040
overall.
I mean, so he's a, he's a guy
967
00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:28,680
that is still considered a, a
pretty high recruit in the week.
968
00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:31,840
When you look at his offers,
it's an interesting offer list
969
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:34,600
because she's got some, some
really good offers when you when
970
00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:36,920
you look at those.
And then it's like, but it's not
971
00:53:36,920 --> 00:53:41,120
the it's not the usual like
murderer's row that you would
972
00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:43,440
expect from a guy that had a
five star label on him at one
973
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:46,320
point.
So that's interesting.
974
00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:50,040
It, it does look more like in
that high 3 low 4 range.
975
00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:54,480
So I think he ultimately got to
about where his talent level
976
00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:57,520
probably dictates over the
course of time.
977
00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:00,760
It just he got there a little
bit of a different route than
978
00:54:00,760 --> 00:54:05,560
most folks go.
Yeah, let's talk about the other
979
00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:09,280
kid.
Got 26 the second, but the only
980
00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:12,280
commit for 26.
Cornell Warren, 6 Four and a
981
00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:17,800
half, 195 lbs.
Bluffton, SC Top five player in
982
00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:23,560
the state of South Carolina, top
60 player nationally, 4 star.
983
00:54:25,080 --> 00:54:27,280
How long do we hold on to him?
I don't know.
984
00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:29,480
We know how everything goes with
all this stuff.
985
00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:33,640
But again Tally, I didn't even
know he was I think you threw it
986
00:54:33,640 --> 00:54:34,800
out there.
Hey, y'all know this kid's
987
00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:37,360
probably going to go to us.
And he again, it's a it's the
988
00:54:37,520 --> 00:54:40,120
it's the Under Armour game.
It's one of those big game where
989
00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:44,640
a lot of people are watching and
pretty good offer list out here,
990
00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:52,240
you know, But it's so early.
He'd get excited about 26 until
991
00:54:52,240 --> 00:54:54,000
after we talk with Mattie in
March.
992
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:58,760
Right, right.
Well, I mean, with this kid, and
993
00:54:59,120 --> 00:55:03,520
again, I'm just a fan, you know,
just snooping around boards and
994
00:55:04,280 --> 00:55:06,600
hearing certain stuff.
I mean, this kid has been high
995
00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:10,400
on Virginia Tech for a while.
From what I heard, family loves
996
00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:12,480
Virginia Tech.
I think, you know, he loves
997
00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:15,120
Virginia Tech.
So I think it had been in the
998
00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:17,280
works for a while.
He wanted to announce it there.
999
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:20,280
So sometimes that's a good and a
bad thing.
1000
00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:22,680
You know, like I know what I
want.
1001
00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:25,480
From what I heard, he's not like
super high on the recruiting
1002
00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:27,680
process.
He just wants to lock in and
1003
00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:30,600
focus on football.
So that could be good.
1004
00:55:30,600 --> 00:55:33,080
But again, you never know what
happens if you go and put a
1005
00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:38,240
shitty, you know, shitty product
in the field and somebody lose
1006
00:55:38,240 --> 00:55:39,560
their job or something.
What happens?
1007
00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:43,040
You know, whatever.
But at the same time, like I
1008
00:55:43,040 --> 00:55:47,360
said, to get in that early, it's
it's cool.
1009
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:50,680
But then you, you get turn
around on the on the other hand,
1010
00:55:50,680 --> 00:55:54,360
and the quarterback, whatever
his name was, Falzon Falco,
1011
00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:56,560
whatever his name is, yeah, you
get him.
1012
00:55:57,080 --> 00:55:59,040
Yeah, you get him to commit
early.
1013
00:55:59,040 --> 00:56:03,600
And the next thing you know, you
seeing the the, the, the I, the
1014
00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:06,680
iPhone notes come out.
I just want to thank Virginia
1015
00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:08,160
Tech.
Get that shit out of here.
1016
00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:12,320
Just don't commit that early if
you don't want to go there.
1017
00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:13,640
You want to.
Exactly.
1018
00:56:13,840 --> 00:56:15,960
Yeah, don't use a placeholder,
but you know that happens.
1019
00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:19,800
That's what it does.
It's part of the process now.
1020
00:56:19,800 --> 00:56:23,360
And I mean, I think that's
that's one thing to to think
1021
00:56:23,360 --> 00:56:27,120
about is that I think overall, I
mean, you look at the the last
1022
00:56:27,120 --> 00:56:30,160
few years, I mean, probably done
a pretty good job of when guys
1023
00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:32,000
commit, he does a good job of
holding on to him.
1024
00:56:33,440 --> 00:56:37,880
You know, there there are those,
you know, examples that kind of
1025
00:56:38,320 --> 00:56:41,640
go against that rule.
But generally he's done a good
1026
00:56:41,640 --> 00:56:43,240
job.
If guys get in the boat, they
1027
00:56:43,240 --> 00:56:47,400
stay in the boat.
So you feel a little bit better
1028
00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:52,480
that you know that that commit
came the early January versus,
1029
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:55,600
you know, a little bit earlier
in the process like it was with
1030
00:56:55,600 --> 00:56:59,000
the with the quarterback.
But I'm excited for this one.
1031
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,920
I think it's going to be he's
got he's got some good, some
1032
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:03,400
really good potential,
obviously.
1033
00:57:04,560 --> 00:57:09,400
And you know, another, you know,
chip of the cap there for
1034
00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:10,520
fantail mines.
So.
1035
00:57:11,640 --> 00:57:14,280
As always man, as always.
All right, let's flip over.
1036
00:57:14,280 --> 00:57:18,080
I got one more thing before we
jump onto the portal stuff and I
1037
00:57:18,080 --> 00:57:20,440
don't know if y'all saw this, I
think I sent you all the
1038
00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:27,240
article, but about the basically
in unison, all the coaches of
1039
00:57:27,240 --> 00:57:31,880
the FBS level are saying they
want one portal starting the day
1040
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:35,840
after New Year's through the
12th 10 days when you can jump
1041
00:57:35,840 --> 00:57:39,840
in the portal.
First of all, I'll ask Brian A
1042
00:57:39,840 --> 00:57:42,160
do you like it?
Boo, do you think it will stick?
1043
00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:49,960
I, I, I have less of a problem
with the time of the window more
1044
00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:54,880
than the placement in the
calendar, I think.
1045
00:57:55,360 --> 00:57:59,480
I think that I wish they would
just back everything up,
1046
00:57:59,480 --> 00:58:04,320
including spring ball and
started the semester and all
1047
00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:10,320
that stuff and get kind of this
ironed out between the 15th and
1048
00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:14,440
the end of January.
I think a 15 day window is
1049
00:58:14,440 --> 00:58:16,080
probably OK.
OK.
1050
00:58:19,160 --> 00:58:21,600
That issues with that.
Spring ball to May.
1051
00:58:22,360 --> 00:58:24,760
And so there's there's a lot of
trickle down here because you
1052
00:58:24,760 --> 00:58:28,240
have to move spring ball to May
in terms of academic eligibility
1053
00:58:28,240 --> 00:58:31,240
and all that other stuff.
But that would give you the
1054
00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:35,680
opportunity to have a window
after everything's finished in
1055
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:39,560
terms of the sport, you know,
the regular season, the
1056
00:58:39,560 --> 00:58:41,800
postseason, the sport is done
for the year.
1057
00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:45,720
You have your transfer portal
window immediately after that.
1058
00:58:46,360 --> 00:58:48,520
And then those guys are eligible
for spring ball.
1059
00:58:48,520 --> 00:58:52,480
When that kicks off in May, you
have a May spring ball.
1060
00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:55,560
You have, you know, your two,
their two-month offseason, Then
1061
00:58:55,560 --> 00:59:02,320
you get into camp.
Tally anything from this on you.
1062
00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:04,800
Man, I don't.
I don't never know what these
1063
00:59:04,800 --> 00:59:08,320
people doing.
I just know I feel like they let
1064
00:59:08,320 --> 00:59:11,240
it get bad so they can come in
and regulate stuff.
1065
00:59:11,480 --> 00:59:13,680
That's what I feel.
I feel like they going to come
1066
00:59:13,680 --> 00:59:18,800
in with some stuff next year.
Portal windows, I ain't going to
1067
00:59:18,800 --> 00:59:22,440
say capping NIL, but paying
attention to NIL, knowing about
1068
00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:24,600
it, all of this stuff that
they're incorporating, I feel
1069
00:59:24,600 --> 00:59:26,680
like they wanted it to be kind
of the wild, Wild West to be
1070
00:59:26,680 --> 00:59:28,880
like, see, we told you, you need
us.
1071
00:59:29,400 --> 00:59:31,000
You know what I'm saying?
Because now you got coaches
1072
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:34,520
quitting and things are getting
crazy.
1073
00:59:34,640 --> 00:59:38,880
So yeah, I do think it needs to
be some stipulations on it.
1074
00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:42,840
I still don't like them.
Like, I don't know how that
1075
00:59:42,840 --> 00:59:46,840
works with what we're doing out
with the placement, but I feel
1076
00:59:46,840 --> 00:59:50,040
like, yeah, stipulations
definitely are have to be that.
1077
00:59:50,360 --> 00:59:52,480
And like Robbie said, I mean,
there's going to be more changes
1078
00:59:52,480 --> 00:59:53,320
coming.
It has to.
1079
00:59:54,160 --> 00:59:57,000
Oh yeah, there's, there's got to
be more changes, but the whole
1080
00:59:57,000 --> 01:00:01,600
thing about the the why it has
to be at some point before like
1081
01:00:01,800 --> 01:00:06,040
mid January around to your
point, yes, the last 10 days of
1082
01:00:06,040 --> 01:00:10,120
the month, early February would
be great, but school starts in
1083
01:00:10,120 --> 01:00:12,880
most time middle of January.
Kids have to be.
1084
01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:14,760
Spring balls.
So they're eligible for spring
1085
01:00:14,760 --> 01:00:15,800
ball.
They don't necessarily have to
1086
01:00:15,800 --> 01:00:17,960
transfer in the the spring
window.
1087
01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:21,000
You mean spring?
Ball I got OK, I got a summer.
1088
01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:25,880
Session they can transfer OK,
officially enroll start of the
1089
01:00:25,880 --> 01:00:27,200
first summer session.
OK.
1090
01:00:27,200 --> 01:00:29,400
So I got what you're saying.
So you're basically saying
1091
01:00:29,400 --> 01:00:31,400
spring ball is no longer there
in school?
1092
01:00:32,160 --> 01:00:33,680
No longer during spring
semester.
1093
01:00:34,240 --> 01:00:35,680
Yeah.
Well, that's what that's what
1094
01:00:35,680 --> 01:00:36,400
I'm saying.
No longer.
1095
01:00:36,440 --> 01:00:37,960
In spring, there's no longer
there in school.
1096
01:00:38,160 --> 01:00:40,600
It's the first summer term.
Yeah.
1097
01:00:41,800 --> 01:00:44,200
I think I could get along with
that right there.
1098
01:00:46,040 --> 01:00:48,040
I think this is better than what
it was.
1099
01:00:48,040 --> 01:00:50,280
Is it perfect?
No they shouldn't.
1100
01:00:50,280 --> 01:00:54,560
In December that shit has to go
away one way or the other.
1101
01:00:54,560 --> 01:00:58,800
That has to go away if they stay
January the mid you're.
1102
01:00:58,960 --> 01:01:00,600
Fucking up your product?
You're fucking.
1103
01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:02,720
Up Exactly.
You're fucking up your product.
1104
01:01:02,960 --> 01:01:05,280
Well, you're fucking up a lot of
shit because at that point
1105
01:01:05,280 --> 01:01:06,960
there's a ton going on.
What You're trying to get high
1106
01:01:06,960 --> 01:01:09,760
school kids in, you're trying to
get bold prep and you're trying
1107
01:01:09,760 --> 01:01:11,400
to figure out what's going on in
the portal.
1108
01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:15,600
I would take this over.
Now, obviously, Brian, you have
1109
01:01:15,600 --> 01:01:17,840
the perfect plan, but you could
go present that to him.
1110
01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:21,240
And you know, a bunch of idiots
at the NCAA, they just like piss
1111
01:01:21,240 --> 01:01:23,840
it away.
All right, let's roll on.
1112
01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:26,640
As you all know, we are brought
to you by the Counts Family
1113
01:01:26,640 --> 01:01:29,200
Pharmacy, your friendly
neighborhood pharmacy down at
1114
01:01:29,240 --> 01:01:33,880
301 S Main St. in Blacksburg.
Also, do not forget to check out
1115
01:01:34,080 --> 01:01:38,120
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Blacksburg on the Rock with Paul
1116
01:01:38,120 --> 01:01:40,080
Van Wagner.
I think he was actually live
1117
01:01:40,080 --> 01:01:41,800
tonight, so he actually he
matched.
1118
01:01:41,880 --> 01:01:43,880
With us this week.
He matched with us this week.
1119
01:01:43,880 --> 01:01:46,600
Usually he's on Tuesday.
He must have been doing
1120
01:01:46,600 --> 01:01:49,880
something with the PBMS on
Tuesday then you know.
1121
01:01:49,880 --> 01:01:53,120
Hey, y'all know Jeremy got a?
Hand rid Lena Khan Note now that
1122
01:01:53,120 --> 01:01:55,680
man is untouchable.
All happy man.
1123
01:01:55,680 --> 01:01:58,680
All right well let's talk about
the portal and let's talk about
1124
01:01:59,320 --> 01:02:07,320
and if y'all did not count or
have not counted 1717 in through
1125
01:02:07,320 --> 01:02:09,080
the portal.
This is clearly the biggest
1126
01:02:09,080 --> 01:02:13,320
portal class we've ever had.
I do pay attention to on three,
1127
01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:16,840
more than 247 for some reason.
On three is absolutely plugged
1128
01:02:16,840 --> 01:02:20,240
into it and they know who's in
and who's out right now.
1129
01:02:20,240 --> 01:02:23,560
Virginia Tech, 14th in the
country in portal, ranking
1130
01:02:23,560 --> 01:02:25,920
second in the ACC, only behind
Miami.
1131
01:02:26,280 --> 01:02:28,720
And I want to start on the
offensive side of the ball
1132
01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:32,680
because obviously lot to replace
over there.
1133
01:02:33,120 --> 01:02:35,720
And I want to start with the
skill players.
1134
01:02:36,520 --> 01:02:39,400
And I'm going to pitch this to
tally first tally of the four
1135
01:02:39,400 --> 01:02:42,320
skill players we picked up.
As you started looking at stats,
1136
01:02:42,320 --> 01:02:46,160
maybe watching their games
highlights, who are you most
1137
01:02:46,160 --> 01:02:52,240
excited about coming in?
I'll probably say the running
1138
01:02:52,240 --> 01:02:56,280
back from Bowling Green,
Stewart, he's probably the guy
1139
01:02:56,280 --> 01:02:58,400
that I've been the most excited
about just because we're going
1140
01:02:58,400 --> 01:03:01,480
to have such a huge, huge hole
to fill with with Tooting
1141
01:03:01,480 --> 01:03:04,080
leaving.
And he does put you in the mind
1142
01:03:04,080 --> 01:03:08,640
of of a Tooting body size and
how he runs, his ability to
1143
01:03:08,640 --> 01:03:10,320
break tackles and things like
that.
1144
01:03:11,600 --> 01:03:13,480
And I just feel like he had a
lot of production.
1145
01:03:13,480 --> 01:03:16,160
You know, some of the other guys
that we're getting, they're
1146
01:03:16,160 --> 01:03:21,120
more, you know, potential guys.
This guy has a product that he's
1147
01:03:21,160 --> 01:03:25,600
showed and it's you can go and
watch and you are going to get
1148
01:03:25,600 --> 01:03:27,680
excited about it.
So yeah, I'd say him.
1149
01:03:27,800 --> 01:03:30,360
I'd probably say Stewart.
If y'all are worrying about
1150
01:03:30,360 --> 01:03:34,200
Stewart, if you haven't looked
him up right at 900 yards this
1151
01:03:34,200 --> 01:03:37,960
year on the ground over 5, four
carry and tally, you're right.
1152
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:42,320
He runs a ton like Tune and he
breaks a shit ton of tackles.
1153
01:03:42,680 --> 01:03:44,640
He's got that.
He's a little bit shorter, a
1154
01:03:44,640 --> 01:03:47,720
little bit more compact, but it
ain't, it ain't much.
1155
01:03:47,720 --> 01:03:51,280
It doesn't change him there,
Brian, what about you?
1156
01:03:51,280 --> 01:03:53,040
He like Stewart?
Are you on that boat or is there
1157
01:03:53,040 --> 01:03:54,360
somebody else that's caught your
eye?
1158
01:03:55,400 --> 01:03:56,960
You're looking at just the
offensive side.
1159
01:03:57,880 --> 01:04:00,920
Offensive skill players.
I'm getting to the big boys
1160
01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:02,040
next.
Skill players all.
1161
01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:04,560
Right.
If we're looking at just the
1162
01:04:04,560 --> 01:04:07,880
skill players, the the the one
that has kind of caught my eye
1163
01:04:08,560 --> 01:04:14,120
is I'm interested to see what
Cam Selden can do, because I'm
1164
01:04:14,120 --> 01:04:17,760
interested to see how we use his
versatility in this offense,
1165
01:04:17,760 --> 01:04:20,200
because I feel like he does
bring a little bit of that J
1166
01:04:20,200 --> 01:04:26,920
lane type energy.
You know, he's going to you
1167
01:04:26,920 --> 01:04:28,160
know, we we've got a bit wide
out.
1168
01:04:28,160 --> 01:04:30,720
He's going to play wide out like
a running back, right.
1169
01:04:30,720 --> 01:04:34,400
So he's going to be a guy that
is going to run through you a
1170
01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:38,240
little bit, run by it some.
The question is going to be with
1171
01:04:38,240 --> 01:04:40,720
him being a full time wide
receiver, which it which it
1172
01:04:40,720 --> 01:04:44,400
seems like is what we're going
to use him with, with some kind
1173
01:04:44,400 --> 01:04:49,280
of hybrid backfield
opportunities there, can he kind
1174
01:04:49,280 --> 01:04:51,320
of ramp up his production as a
receiver?
1175
01:04:52,280 --> 01:04:55,800
Is he going to be a guy that you
can count on, you know, getting
1176
01:04:55,960 --> 01:05:00,000
a handful of catches every game,
or is he more of a gadget type
1177
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:02,920
player that you can kind of use
situationally and scheme up
1178
01:05:03,840 --> 01:05:06,320
against a defense to to get some
big plays?
1179
01:05:06,320 --> 01:05:07,640
I don't know which one that's
going to be.
1180
01:05:07,640 --> 01:05:10,480
I'd rather see the the former.
I'd rather see him be more of a
1181
01:05:10,480 --> 01:05:12,920
dynamic player than necessarily
a gadget player.
1182
01:05:14,440 --> 01:05:16,880
OK, I hear you on that.
Yeah, I mean, obviously the big
1183
01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:20,080
thing about him that everybody's
been talking about is he was a
1184
01:05:20,080 --> 01:05:22,080
Virginia kid.
He got recruited hard.
1185
01:05:22,080 --> 01:05:25,400
He went to Tennessee as all
story with all Virginia kids
1186
01:05:25,400 --> 01:05:27,800
that leave you go elsewhere,
they gone screw you.
1187
01:05:27,800 --> 01:05:30,000
They don't care about you.
You got to come back home.
1188
01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:34,160
Y'all know that I'm going to go
a little bit different than
1189
01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:37,840
y'all and I know I'm not doing
this at all to go out here and
1190
01:05:37,840 --> 01:05:39,800
say, are you just trying to be
different?
1191
01:05:40,520 --> 01:05:43,880
I like Marcellus Hawkins and
it's for one reason.
1192
01:05:43,880 --> 01:05:47,560
He's coming from D2.
He's coming from the Mules out
1193
01:05:47,560 --> 01:05:50,360
in Central Missouri.
Yes, that is their nickname.
1194
01:05:50,640 --> 01:05:52,720
It's the Mules.
It's a giant red mule.
1195
01:05:52,920 --> 01:05:55,360
Go look at the thing, it looks
funnier and Hee Haw.
1196
01:05:55,360 --> 01:05:58,080
And if you don't know what Hee
Haw is, I'm aging myself
1197
01:05:58,080 --> 01:06:00,600
significantly and where I grew
up significantly.
1198
01:06:00,840 --> 01:06:03,640
But if we look at this kid, he
is truly a dual threat running
1199
01:06:03,640 --> 01:06:09,200
back with what he did not last
year, because last year he
1200
01:06:09,200 --> 01:06:12,840
effectively got in the portal
early what he did two years ago
1201
01:06:14,000 --> 01:06:17,080
down there.
But what I think this does more
1202
01:06:17,080 --> 01:06:22,600
than anything is Hawkins is a
junior, a true junior.
1203
01:06:22,880 --> 01:06:26,200
Stewart's a senior.
We are not having to throw a ton
1204
01:06:26,200 --> 01:06:30,680
on Jeremiah Kony and or Tyler
Mason this year.
1205
01:06:31,200 --> 01:06:33,440
That's what I love about it.
You're putting it now, if they
1206
01:06:33,440 --> 01:06:36,480
go out in spring ball, they whip
ass, they jump him.
1207
01:06:36,760 --> 01:06:39,440
That is what it is.
But it's not that pressure
1208
01:06:39,440 --> 01:06:43,560
because we saw both those guys
and I like the way they set that
1209
01:06:43,560 --> 01:06:45,360
up.
That room is now sort of set up
1210
01:06:45,360 --> 01:06:47,960
to say this is when it's going
to be your turn.
1211
01:06:48,040 --> 01:06:52,000
You jump on them, you jump these
guys, oh, these guys jump you.
1212
01:06:52,000 --> 01:06:53,240
That is what it is.
That's football.
1213
01:06:53,520 --> 01:06:55,400
But I love the way they've got
that set up now.
1214
01:06:56,800 --> 01:06:59,440
All righty, let's go ahead
somebody.
1215
01:06:59,840 --> 01:07:01,400
Nope, thought I heard tomorrow
about to say so.
1216
01:07:01,600 --> 01:07:04,800
All right, let's now talk about
the offensive line because we
1217
01:07:04,800 --> 01:07:09,240
didn't stole all the West
Virginia shit Brian be excited
1218
01:07:09,240 --> 01:07:14,000
about if not all.
Give me Thomas Remack baby.
1219
01:07:16,920 --> 01:07:22,360
So I'm excited for having a guy
that can come in immediately
1220
01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:27,480
solidify the interior offensive
line, be a leader, which I feel
1221
01:07:27,480 --> 01:07:30,720
like has kind of been a little
bit of a void.
1222
01:07:30,720 --> 01:07:35,840
I mean, we had we had Kade Moore
and we're we're losing him
1223
01:07:35,880 --> 01:07:37,600
obviously.
So I think this is going to be
1224
01:07:37,600 --> 01:07:39,800
an opportunity to get some
leadership in that room.
1225
01:07:40,120 --> 01:07:44,080
I think there's some other guys
that you know could play a big
1226
01:07:44,080 --> 01:07:46,680
role in this offensive line as
well, but Remack is definitely
1227
01:07:46,680 --> 01:07:48,960
the guy that I'm looking for
from a leadership standpoint,
1228
01:07:48,960 --> 01:07:52,120
from an ability standpoint, to
really solidify this room and
1229
01:07:52,120 --> 01:07:54,720
kind of set the culture of what
Matt Moore is bringing in.
1230
01:07:54,720 --> 01:07:58,920
Because Matt Moore is bringing
his own brand of toughness as a
1231
01:07:58,920 --> 01:08:02,480
coach and Remack is going to be
the guy in the room that's going
1232
01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:05,560
to kind of filter that down to
the rest of that unit.
1233
01:08:05,560 --> 01:08:07,600
I'm excited to see what he can
bring to the table there.
1234
01:08:12,600 --> 01:08:17,920
You're on mute there, Kurt.
Yes, I mean, Brian pretty much
1235
01:08:17,920 --> 01:08:20,200
hit the nail on the head when he
talks about Remack because it's
1236
01:08:20,200 --> 01:08:23,000
like we need stuff now, you know
what I'm saying?
1237
01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:26,319
You want to know the other two
guys are young that he's brought
1238
01:08:26,319 --> 01:08:30,279
with him, which is good.
We want some youth and we have
1239
01:08:30,279 --> 01:08:34,800
some youth, but Reback is going
to be the guy who is, he's like,
1240
01:08:35,920 --> 01:08:39,240
I've been with him.
I know you know what he expects
1241
01:08:39,319 --> 01:08:40,760
when he's talking to the other
players.
1242
01:08:41,880 --> 01:08:45,840
Hey, I know he may have didn't
pay attention to you when you
1243
01:08:45,840 --> 01:08:48,439
ask him a question, but that's
just how he is.
1244
01:08:48,760 --> 01:08:51,920
Hey, I know he may have yelled
at you, but he does that because
1245
01:08:51,920 --> 01:08:53,359
of this.
This is what he wants.
1246
01:08:54,319 --> 01:08:57,520
You need a player like that to
kind of be a, a, a coach in that
1247
01:08:57,520 --> 01:09:00,720
room with you to get the other
guys on board.
1248
01:09:00,720 --> 01:09:03,520
Because I mean, when you think
about Virginia Tech, those guys
1249
01:09:03,520 --> 01:09:07,520
have been through what, 3
coaches in four years, something
1250
01:09:07,520 --> 01:09:09,760
like that?
Three coaches in three years, 3
1251
01:09:09,960 --> 01:09:12,880
coaches.
There's no, no stability there.
1252
01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:17,479
So when you have a guy that
comes with the coach and he's
1253
01:09:17,479 --> 01:09:21,200
able to tell him like, hey, I've
been with coach for three years,
1254
01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:25,880
four years, whatever it's been.
And man, he's helped me a ton do
1255
01:09:25,880 --> 01:09:28,120
this.
And you can go back and look at
1256
01:09:28,120 --> 01:09:30,240
his tape.
You know, the other guys,
1257
01:09:30,240 --> 01:09:31,640
they've been with him.
He recruited them.
1258
01:09:31,960 --> 01:09:35,560
But you can go and look at this
guy and say he's done it.
1259
01:09:35,800 --> 01:09:37,920
You know what I'm saying?
He's played at a high level.
1260
01:09:38,319 --> 01:09:41,520
He's produced at a high level.
And this is the coach that
1261
01:09:41,520 --> 01:09:44,439
helped him got there.
So I'm excited about it.
1262
01:09:44,439 --> 01:09:47,319
But also, you know, if I just
had to throw somebody else.
1263
01:09:47,319 --> 01:09:49,960
Al Turner, is it Al Turner?
Yeah, he.
1264
01:09:50,080 --> 01:09:50,640
Yeah.
Al Turner.
1265
01:09:50,840 --> 01:09:54,480
Yeah.
He his, his upside is, is nice.
1266
01:09:54,560 --> 01:09:57,160
You know, you know, much
different when you go look at
1267
01:09:57,280 --> 01:09:59,520
offense alignment in high
school, because most of the time
1268
01:09:59,880 --> 01:10:01,960
they're bigger and faster than
people that are playing.
1269
01:10:01,960 --> 01:10:04,240
So it's hard to take take from
high school.
1270
01:10:04,240 --> 01:10:07,520
But he seems to have a high
ceiling when you just go look at
1271
01:10:07,520 --> 01:10:11,320
what he was able to do and you
know, his ranking and things
1272
01:10:11,320 --> 01:10:13,840
like that.
And plus, I've seen him in the
1273
01:10:13,840 --> 01:10:19,400
I've seen him in the in the, in
the recruiting when he was out
1274
01:10:19,480 --> 01:10:22,280
in his recruiting pictures.
Hey, the man had on some retro
1275
01:10:22,280 --> 01:10:24,880
fours.
If I got an offense, a white
1276
01:10:24,880 --> 01:10:27,960
offensive lineman that's got
some retro 4 Jordan zone that
1277
01:10:27,960 --> 01:10:29,600
mean he'd have been around some
black people.
1278
01:10:30,120 --> 01:10:33,120
So he understands how this world
works and he ain't scared.
1279
01:10:33,800 --> 01:10:35,680
He don't get in here.
He got a little style about
1280
01:10:35,680 --> 01:10:38,120
himself.
His daddy already been getting
1281
01:10:38,120 --> 01:10:40,400
involved with with hokey Twitter
as well.
1282
01:10:41,080 --> 01:10:43,000
We need him to do that because
we crazy.
1283
01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:45,160
We like crazy people.
We hope he crazy.
1284
01:10:46,120 --> 01:10:49,760
So yeah, man, I'm, I'm excited
about the I'm excited that a
1285
01:10:49,760 --> 01:10:51,960
coach came in and he brought
some shit with it.
1286
01:10:52,680 --> 01:10:55,080
You know what I'm saying?
Like I'm used to people taking
1287
01:10:55,080 --> 01:10:58,320
shit with them leaving.
I'm glad he brought some, some
1288
01:10:58,320 --> 01:11:00,400
players with him and brought an
attitude.
1289
01:11:00,400 --> 01:11:02,760
And I'll say this, I got, I do
got to give a shout out to, I
1290
01:11:03,040 --> 01:11:07,960
won't say no names, but I'll
just say a source that I trust.
1291
01:11:08,720 --> 01:11:14,200
I was in the room with Matt
Moore on a recruiting trip and
1292
01:11:14,200 --> 01:11:18,440
he was very impressed with what
he's seen and heard from Matt
1293
01:11:18,440 --> 01:11:23,640
Moore, his recruiting tactics,
how he talks to the high school
1294
01:11:23,640 --> 01:11:27,360
kids, how he's already talking
about Virginia Tech.
1295
01:11:27,360 --> 01:11:32,120
So I didn't see it first hand.
But again, the person that I
1296
01:11:32,120 --> 01:11:39,160
trust, my family told me that he
seen it first hand and gave me a
1297
01:11:39,280 --> 01:11:42,520
kind of a breakdown on on what
he's seen and what he heard.
1298
01:11:42,520 --> 01:11:45,920
And from what he said.
Like I'm excited about it
1299
01:11:46,240 --> 01:11:49,280
because when you get a lot of
time offensive line coaches, I
1300
01:11:49,280 --> 01:11:53,280
mean, most people just conceive.
It was like meatheads, you know
1301
01:11:53,280 --> 01:11:55,800
what I'm saying, you know, cut
off sleeves, shirt, spit
1302
01:11:55,800 --> 01:11:58,240
tobacco, you know, get out there
and block somebody.
1303
01:11:58,480 --> 01:12:02,520
But when you got somebody who
has it was told to me can break
1304
01:12:02,520 --> 01:12:06,800
stuff down like, Hey, when I get
you in as a as a senior, you
1305
01:12:06,800 --> 01:12:09,000
know, now you're a senior in
high school.
1306
01:12:09,520 --> 01:12:11,600
This is what what you need to do
this year.
1307
01:12:11,800 --> 01:12:13,400
This is what I expect you to do
this year.
1308
01:12:13,680 --> 01:12:16,680
And then when you come in as a
freshman, you'll be doing this,
1309
01:12:16,800 --> 01:12:20,560
breaking it down like that to a
lineman, because a lot of times
1310
01:12:20,640 --> 01:12:23,120
lineman are overlooked by a lot
of people.
1311
01:12:23,440 --> 01:12:27,560
But when you have somebody who
will pour into them because I
1312
01:12:27,560 --> 01:12:32,800
mean, who's the who's the
highest paid people in the NFL?
1313
01:12:34,640 --> 01:12:37,560
The guy who's throwing the ball,
guy who's catching the ball, guy
1314
01:12:37,560 --> 01:12:39,560
who's stopping the dude from
catching the ball and the guy
1315
01:12:39,560 --> 01:12:42,400
who was protecting the guy from
throwing the ball, that's
1316
01:12:42,400 --> 01:12:44,520
throwing the ball.
And probably the guy who's
1317
01:12:44,520 --> 01:12:45,720
rushing the guy throwing the
ball.
1318
01:12:45,720 --> 01:12:49,440
So when you start talking about
offensive lineman, they're very
1319
01:12:49,440 --> 01:12:53,000
important.
And as fans, we don't really pay
1320
01:12:53,000 --> 01:12:56,240
attention to that until you get
in something like we was in this
1321
01:12:56,240 --> 01:12:57,960
year and you're like, damn, we
need sponsors line.
1322
01:12:57,960 --> 01:13:02,320
And so I'm excited about Matt
Moore being there and bringing
1323
01:13:02,320 --> 01:13:03,680
some, bringing some kids with
it.
1324
01:13:04,520 --> 01:13:07,440
If you don't have at least a
good offensive line, you are
1325
01:13:07,440 --> 01:13:10,160
lowering the ceiling on the
talent of the rest of the
1326
01:13:10,200 --> 01:13:11,880
offense.
You are that.
1327
01:13:11,880 --> 01:13:13,360
You are that on a show.
Look at this.
1328
01:13:13,360 --> 01:13:15,440
I'm sorry.
I was, I was just going to
1329
01:13:15,440 --> 01:13:17,760
piggyback a little bit on on
totally there.
1330
01:13:21,040 --> 01:13:23,360
You know, you talk about the
importance of the offensive line
1331
01:13:23,360 --> 01:13:27,240
and I think you know, what we've
had a problem with and what I'm
1332
01:13:27,240 --> 01:13:33,440
hoping that, you know, Matt
Moore can help us solve is the
1333
01:13:33,440 --> 01:13:38,280
development piece.
And the, you know, Tally, you
1334
01:13:38,280 --> 01:13:40,200
talked about it bringing some
talent with you.
1335
01:13:40,200 --> 01:13:45,800
So if, if we had a big criticism
of this staff on the recruiting
1336
01:13:45,800 --> 01:13:48,280
side, they've done pretty well
recruiting overall, I feel.
1337
01:13:49,280 --> 01:13:52,520
But the coaches that came in
didn't bring a whole lot with
1338
01:13:52,520 --> 01:13:55,480
them from wherever they came
from previously.
1339
01:13:55,480 --> 01:13:57,280
They they didn't bring a whole
lot with them, right.
1340
01:13:57,840 --> 01:14:00,680
This hire, he's bringing some
with him.
1341
01:14:01,640 --> 01:14:03,200
So I think that speaks to the
culture.
1342
01:14:03,200 --> 01:14:05,920
And as as you pointed out,
Tally, you're getting some, some
1343
01:14:05,920 --> 01:14:09,360
good initial feedback from folks
on the road as well.
1344
01:14:09,360 --> 01:14:11,560
So that that bodes well for the
future as well all.
1345
01:14:13,520 --> 01:14:14,720
Right.
I'm going to ask you this real
1346
01:14:14,720 --> 01:14:16,560
quick.
First of all, Al Tuner love.
1347
01:14:16,560 --> 01:14:19,760
Get him good counsel, kid.
Good counsel up in Maryland,
1348
01:14:19,760 --> 01:14:21,160
kid.
That's, that's it.
1349
01:14:21,160 --> 01:14:25,400
That's a good football program.
Second, Brian and Ali, y'all,
1350
01:14:25,400 --> 01:14:28,520
y'all watch a little bit of
Remack.
1351
01:14:29,080 --> 01:14:30,960
Can he play left tackle?
Because he didn't have the
1352
01:14:30,960 --> 01:14:33,480
opportunity to play left tackle
because Wyatt Malin's been
1353
01:14:33,480 --> 01:14:35,440
there.
And Wyatt Malin's getting taken
1354
01:14:35,440 --> 01:14:38,320
very high in the draft somewhere
in the first 3 rounds because he
1355
01:14:38,320 --> 01:14:40,040
had the capability to kick
outside.
1356
01:14:40,040 --> 01:14:43,000
He's 6/6, so he's already got
the height.
1357
01:14:43,000 --> 01:14:46,400
He's got the physical tool.
I mean, he's, he's, you know,
1358
01:14:46,440 --> 01:14:50,440
6/6, 3:15-ish.
So I mean, he's got the, the
1359
01:14:50,440 --> 01:14:53,960
size and the, the physicals.
I haven't watched enough tape
1360
01:14:53,960 --> 01:14:58,000
on, on his foot speed to tell
you whether he can handle that,
1361
01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:02,080
that level of step outside.
And you know, like you said with
1362
01:15:02,080 --> 01:15:06,560
Mylan there, there wasn't really
a a big opportunity for anybody
1363
01:15:06,560 --> 01:15:08,800
else to get a bunch of run,
especially when you were already
1364
01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:11,240
good enough to get on the field
elsewhere.
1365
01:15:11,240 --> 01:15:17,800
So I'm, I think it would, it
wouldn't hurt to try them out
1366
01:15:17,800 --> 01:15:21,000
there, especially if you don't
get another guy that has seen
1367
01:15:21,000 --> 01:15:24,280
some significant snaps that left
tackle at the collegiate level,
1368
01:15:25,760 --> 01:15:27,680
you know, before the start of
spring ball.
1369
01:15:27,680 --> 01:15:31,040
So it couldn't hurt.
And, and I don't, I don't know
1370
01:15:31,040 --> 01:15:33,520
if that's something Matt Moore
explores or if, you know, he's
1371
01:15:33,520 --> 01:15:35,680
going to keep him where he's
comfortable because he knows
1372
01:15:35,680 --> 01:15:37,080
what that level of play looks
like.
1373
01:15:38,280 --> 01:15:41,400
I just hope he goes and gives
somebody another tackle.
1374
01:15:41,960 --> 01:15:43,640
Yeah.
You know, I think that he has
1375
01:15:44,240 --> 01:15:49,440
yeah, I think that he's got the
the prowess and the and the
1376
01:15:49,440 --> 01:15:53,400
recruiting skills to go get one.
You know, I I just hope that he
1377
01:15:53,400 --> 01:15:56,280
can.
I know that this getting few and
1378
01:15:56,280 --> 01:15:59,320
far between, but hell, with the
way this portal stuff works, you
1379
01:15:59,320 --> 01:16:00,960
never know who's going to jump
in the portal next.
1380
01:16:00,960 --> 01:16:06,120
So I I hope we go get another
tackle or like you said,
1381
01:16:06,120 --> 01:16:10,080
somebody who can at least have
some have some significant
1382
01:16:10,080 --> 01:16:13,280
snaps.
So we're not pushing somebody to
1383
01:16:13,280 --> 01:16:17,200
do something and we're letting
them go with a comfortable hood.
1384
01:16:17,200 --> 01:16:22,480
So.
You're on mute, Curtis.
1385
01:16:25,480 --> 01:16:26,520
All right.
Let's look over to the ball now
1386
01:16:26,800 --> 01:16:31,280
and kind of pull you out with
that talk about the secondary,
1387
01:16:32,880 --> 01:16:35,360
Callie, what we had
conversations to become.
1388
01:16:36,080 --> 01:16:37,360
Hey, Curtis, can't, Can't hear
you, bud.
1389
01:16:37,520 --> 01:16:39,200
You're still.
Sound like you're in a fishbowl.
1390
01:16:39,720 --> 01:16:40,400
How about now?
Oh.
1391
01:16:40,880 --> 01:16:42,360
Yeah, that's good.
Yeah, you're good.
1392
01:16:42,680 --> 01:16:45,280
Callie, me and you were talking
and we were talking to some
1393
01:16:45,280 --> 01:16:47,960
people out there was like, why
are we getting so many secondary
1394
01:16:47,960 --> 01:16:51,680
guys and all this bullshit?
Because they all was gone, we
1395
01:16:51,680 --> 01:16:54,320
have none.
Two corners left.
1396
01:16:54,720 --> 01:16:57,560
Yeah, you had Q reddish in the
room by itself.
1397
01:16:57,880 --> 01:16:59,760
Pretty much.
That's it.
1398
01:17:00,400 --> 01:17:02,120
Who else you got?
You got?
1399
01:17:02,920 --> 01:17:05,520
Yeah, you had.
Jaylen Jones is gone.
1400
01:17:05,920 --> 01:17:07,720
Gone.
Stroman is gone.
1401
01:17:07,720 --> 01:17:11,520
Stroke is going to Notre Dame.
He was hurt all last year.
1402
01:17:11,720 --> 01:17:14,800
We still been saying Phillips is
gone.
1403
01:17:15,800 --> 01:17:17,880
Who else?
Delane's at LSU.
1404
01:17:18,160 --> 01:17:20,200
Delane's at LSU.
Wrongs going to be getting
1405
01:17:20,200 --> 01:17:21,320
drafted.
I'm gone.
1406
01:17:22,200 --> 01:17:25,080
We got some young talent, you
know, we got some young guys,
1407
01:17:25,400 --> 01:17:29,960
but I think the coaches know
they have to win next year.
1408
01:17:29,960 --> 01:17:33,240
They got to find a way to put a
good product on the on the field
1409
01:17:33,240 --> 01:17:35,960
next year when it's not going to
be, oh, let's develop these
1410
01:17:35,960 --> 01:17:38,040
guys.
You know, like I ain't saying
1411
01:17:38,040 --> 01:17:40,840
nobody's getting fired.
I'm just saying you can't keep
1412
01:17:40,840 --> 01:17:44,640
losing games by 1 score.
You can't, you got to win and
1413
01:17:44,640 --> 01:17:47,000
they can't say, well, you know,
we had an injury.
1414
01:17:47,000 --> 01:17:50,240
So that's what happened.
You got to have enough.
1415
01:17:50,280 --> 01:17:53,040
And I just know that I feel like
they're like, well, we can't put
1416
01:17:53,040 --> 01:17:59,800
our eggs in one basket.
You know, I now I feel like, and
1417
01:17:59,800 --> 01:18:05,840
this is going to get off topic a
little bit, but I definitely
1418
01:18:05,840 --> 01:18:11,320
wish we still had Chaplin.
Definitely wish we had Chaplin,
1419
01:18:12,320 --> 01:18:17,320
but at the same time, for what
they needed to pay Chaplin, what
1420
01:18:17,320 --> 01:18:21,520
he got paid, we needed so much
stuff on that line.
1421
01:18:21,520 --> 01:18:25,040
I don't know that we could have
did it to give one person this
1422
01:18:25,240 --> 01:18:29,920
amount or two people that
amount, but we need 5, you know,
1423
01:18:30,120 --> 01:18:33,280
so we got to kind of divvy that
up over five to six people.
1424
01:18:33,560 --> 01:18:36,880
I mean, on that offensive line,
we need eight people to go.
1425
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:41,200
We need eight people to be ready
to go that can protect the
1426
01:18:41,200 --> 01:18:44,160
quarterback.
So sometimes it's a committee
1427
01:18:44,160 --> 01:18:46,760
thing.
And I feel like what they looked
1428
01:18:46,760 --> 01:18:52,440
at in the portal was we might
have to do it by committee.
1429
01:18:52,520 --> 01:18:55,800
You know, even when you start
looking at like wide receivers,
1430
01:18:55,800 --> 01:18:58,640
oh, we got a lot of wide
receivers or why we recruiting
1431
01:18:58,640 --> 01:19:01,680
this?
I mean, we had we were throwing
1432
01:19:01,680 --> 01:19:05,840
feet.
Jennings was hurt, Jay Lane was
1433
01:19:05,840 --> 01:19:08,360
hurt.
If y'all don't know, Gosnell was
1434
01:19:08,360 --> 01:19:11,760
hurt, I don't know if Kwan got
banged up, but it's a football.
1435
01:19:11,840 --> 01:19:14,600
It's a football season.
You know, we got to have people
1436
01:19:14,600 --> 01:19:18,040
that we can plug into different
places because that's why you
1437
01:19:18,040 --> 01:19:20,240
lose those games, because you're
playing people that's hurt.
1438
01:19:20,560 --> 01:19:23,400
You don't have enough depth and
then the depth that you have
1439
01:19:23,400 --> 01:19:27,200
behind it is really young and
inexperienced or they just don't
1440
01:19:27,200 --> 01:19:30,160
have the talent level to really
be playing it.
1441
01:19:31,360 --> 01:19:34,040
The powerful level, you know,
some of the people that we may
1442
01:19:34,040 --> 01:19:38,200
have had on the team.
So with that, if I'm a coach,
1443
01:19:38,880 --> 01:19:41,040
I'm going out and I'm getting
everything I can.
1444
01:19:41,120 --> 01:19:44,160
If you can play, come in here
and try to get you a spot
1445
01:19:45,760 --> 01:19:50,280
because like we had Ground Zero.
Like nobody has anything
1446
01:19:50,280 --> 01:19:52,440
guaranteed.
You got to go out and you got to
1447
01:19:52,440 --> 01:19:57,000
earn it.
The coaches mindset was, and it
1448
01:19:57,000 --> 01:19:58,680
should be.
You know, the coaches got to
1449
01:19:58,680 --> 01:20:00,920
earn it.
I'd be telling them that if I
1450
01:20:00,920 --> 01:20:05,240
was proud, I'd be like, hey man,
y'all ain't guaranteed nothing
1451
01:20:05,240 --> 01:20:08,120
unless you're fine tell because
you keep on fucking recruiting
1452
01:20:08,120 --> 01:20:09,520
your ass off.
We just ain't going to say
1453
01:20:09,560 --> 01:20:13,680
nothing to you.
I got a too, but it's like come
1454
01:20:13,680 --> 01:20:17,120
on, dog, you got to you got to
six and seven is not good.
1455
01:20:17,600 --> 01:20:20,200
Nobody should be comfortable.
That's why in.
1456
01:20:20,480 --> 01:20:24,200
Between, you know, when we look
at the inconsistency that we had
1457
01:20:24,200 --> 01:20:29,080
at that, at that position, we
look at a Stroman that had some
1458
01:20:29,320 --> 01:20:32,960
struggles staying on the field,
whether it was injuries, whether
1459
01:20:32,960 --> 01:20:38,600
it was targeting dismissals, you
know, whatever it may be,
1460
01:20:38,600 --> 01:20:43,440
Stroban played what, a handful
of games in two years like.
1461
01:20:44,000 --> 01:20:46,160
At some point you got to be.
Available if you're going to
1462
01:20:46,160 --> 01:20:48,440
contribute.
Stroman played 1/4 this year.
1463
01:20:49,480 --> 01:20:52,880
Yeah, so so. 1/4 at Vanderbilt
and we never got to see him this
1464
01:20:52,920 --> 01:20:55,320
year so at some.
Point you got to be available if
1465
01:20:55,320 --> 01:20:58,680
you want to be an asset.
Yeah, Jaylen Jones was a
1466
01:20:58,720 --> 01:21:01,000
converted wide receiver.
Yep.
1467
01:21:01,080 --> 01:21:04,920
And did a great job for us, you
know, did what he could do.
1468
01:21:05,360 --> 01:21:08,360
Did what he could do.
But at the same time, it's like,
1469
01:21:09,000 --> 01:21:11,480
what's his level at the level of
the guys we're bringing in?
1470
01:21:11,480 --> 01:21:17,240
I don't think so, you know.
I mean, he he the attempt was
1471
01:21:17,560 --> 01:21:21,240
like the ceiling was is he, you
know, divine Diablo, but like he
1472
01:21:21,280 --> 01:21:25,320
never got, he never got past
serviceable safety.
1473
01:21:25,320 --> 01:21:28,440
Like he's a guy that you
wouldn't mind having and you're
1474
01:21:28,440 --> 01:21:32,680
too deep, but he's not a guy.
And unfortunately we had to be a
1475
01:21:32,680 --> 01:21:36,840
front line player for a lot of
snaps game to game.
1476
01:21:37,320 --> 01:21:38,800
And so that that was the
problem.
1477
01:21:39,080 --> 01:21:42,200
You know, you, you throw in most
Phillips who's a, who's a
1478
01:21:42,200 --> 01:21:47,120
talented player, but was young
and still learning a lot and,
1479
01:21:47,240 --> 01:21:50,480
and made a bunch of mistakes and
we we saw those out there.
1480
01:21:50,480 --> 01:21:54,520
So I mean there was and, and
those guys are no longer with
1481
01:21:54,520 --> 01:21:56,520
us.
You got a, you got a backfield
1482
01:21:56,520 --> 01:21:58,960
and you got a backfield with
guys that have seen it and done
1483
01:21:58,960 --> 01:22:02,360
it and that you got enough tape.
Or you can say I can rely on
1484
01:22:02,360 --> 01:22:06,360
these guys at this position
because that's one thing that
1485
01:22:06,360 --> 01:22:10,600
this secondary, you know, it
was, we considered that
1486
01:22:10,600 --> 01:22:13,560
cornerback room a big asset.
We considered the safety room a
1487
01:22:13,560 --> 01:22:15,720
big liability at the start of
2024.
1488
01:22:15,720 --> 01:22:17,560
Everybody talked about it.
We talked about it.
1489
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:20,040
You know, linebacker room was
probably the only other room
1490
01:22:20,040 --> 01:22:22,400
that, you know, was a bigger
concern, right?
1491
01:22:22,920 --> 01:22:29,360
So when we look at safety, I
feel a lot better about safety
1492
01:22:29,600 --> 01:22:34,680
right now than I felt at any
point heading into 2024 or for
1493
01:22:34,680 --> 01:22:37,480
the duration of the 2024 season,
especially once you had a
1494
01:22:37,480 --> 01:22:40,920
Strowman go down in the first
game and and found out pretty
1495
01:22:40,920 --> 01:22:42,920
quickly that you probably
weren't going to get him back at
1496
01:22:42,920 --> 01:22:46,160
any point during the season.
So I feel a lot better about
1497
01:22:46,160 --> 01:22:48,920
what we've done here.
And, and when it comes to
1498
01:22:48,920 --> 01:22:51,120
secondary, you can never have
too many of those guys because
1499
01:22:51,120 --> 01:22:53,240
those guys play a lot of snaps.
They're running a lot, they're
1500
01:22:53,240 --> 01:22:56,880
all over the field safety wise.
You got a lot of big collisions.
1501
01:22:56,880 --> 01:22:59,400
So I mean, you can't have too
many of those guys back there
1502
01:22:59,400 --> 01:23:01,520
that you think you can, can
trust and rely on.
1503
01:23:04,120 --> 01:23:07,040
So do you have a, do y'all have
a particular favorite or like
1504
01:23:07,080 --> 01:23:10,520
who's the guy that stuck out?
Whether you read stats, looked
1505
01:23:10,520 --> 01:23:13,960
at tape and said that's the guy
right there.
1506
01:23:14,240 --> 01:23:16,400
Talk about it in the the
defensive backfield.
1507
01:23:16,640 --> 01:23:19,720
Yeah, DB because we got 6.
Yeah, I'm going to tell you who
1508
01:23:19,720 --> 01:23:21,600
my favorite was, and not for the
reason.
1509
01:23:21,600 --> 01:23:23,280
Well, I'm going to tell you the
reason.
1510
01:23:23,760 --> 01:23:26,640
Q Reddish's brother.
That's who my favorite is.
1511
01:23:26,640 --> 01:23:31,080
Let me tell you why you got to
play the game within the
1512
01:23:31,080 --> 01:23:33,360
football game.
There's another reddish brother
1513
01:23:33,360 --> 01:23:35,000
that's still in high school.
You.
1514
01:23:35,400 --> 01:23:38,640
May try to go get you got to
play the game, man.
1515
01:23:38,680 --> 01:23:42,240
You got to play the game.
So he's at AD 2.
1516
01:23:42,480 --> 01:23:44,520
You know, I don't I don't even
watch film.
1517
01:23:44,520 --> 01:23:46,600
I don't know what he can do.
I don't care what he can do.
1518
01:23:46,600 --> 01:23:49,640
You just get him.
But you got people coming at Q
1519
01:23:49,640 --> 01:23:53,600
Reddish because Reddish can play
Reddish is the future for us in
1520
01:23:53,600 --> 01:23:57,120
that defensive backfield.
And why don't you shut
1521
01:23:57,120 --> 01:23:59,520
everything down and you go talk
to the parents and say, what if
1522
01:23:59,520 --> 01:24:01,200
I can get all of your boys
together?
1523
01:24:01,480 --> 01:24:03,400
So you're just going to watch
one game?
1524
01:24:04,160 --> 01:24:06,320
Y'all are just coming here.
You're just going to watch
1525
01:24:06,320 --> 01:24:08,760
Virginia Tech.
We going to take care of your
1526
01:24:08,760 --> 01:24:10,080
boys.
We going to take care of you.
1527
01:24:10,320 --> 01:24:14,160
So we go and we get his brother
and we bring his brother in and
1528
01:24:14,160 --> 01:24:16,880
then I see if the brothers tweet
and all we still got one more to
1529
01:24:16,880 --> 01:24:18,480
bring.
We still got one more out here.
1530
01:24:18,840 --> 01:24:21,760
And then, you know, I don't know
how that works out that if the
1531
01:24:21,760 --> 01:24:25,280
younger brother comes, but I
mean, you got to you got to be
1532
01:24:25,280 --> 01:24:28,200
able to do things like that.
And I feel like we've missed the
1533
01:24:28,200 --> 01:24:33,200
marks on in the past, especially
with the last regime of taking
1534
01:24:33,200 --> 01:24:36,640
the layups, you know, because
when you go get his brother, you
1535
01:24:36,640 --> 01:24:39,680
keep you potentially with that
signing.
1536
01:24:39,840 --> 01:24:42,400
It shows me that you ain't you
ain't fucking around like you,
1537
01:24:42,560 --> 01:24:47,640
you taking it serious.
But it also keeps Q here and
1538
01:24:47,640 --> 01:24:51,240
engaged and brothers can talk to
each other different, you know
1539
01:24:51,240 --> 01:24:53,000
what I'm saying?
They they seem like a talented
1540
01:24:53,000 --> 01:24:55,560
family.
So and the older brother has
1541
01:24:55,560 --> 01:24:58,240
seen some stuff that probably
the young brother hadn't.
1542
01:24:58,240 --> 01:25:01,440
So he's like, hey, man, even if
Q is starting or he's getting
1543
01:25:01,440 --> 01:25:05,040
more snaps, like I can see
you're not doing this right.
1544
01:25:05,080 --> 01:25:07,320
You know you going to listen to
your brother a little bit
1545
01:25:07,480 --> 01:25:11,760
different than you listen to any
other any other teammate because
1546
01:25:11,760 --> 01:25:15,600
y'all got that bond like that.
So and it falls along with what
1547
01:25:15,600 --> 01:25:17,800
Virginia Tech is.
How many brothers have we had
1548
01:25:18,280 --> 01:25:20,160
like if there's a brother out
there, go get them.
1549
01:25:20,600 --> 01:25:23,280
I'm mad at them because they
didn't get Woodson's brother get
1550
01:25:23,320 --> 01:25:24,840
him too.
You know what I'm saying?
1551
01:25:24,840 --> 01:25:27,640
If there's a brother out there,
bring him to Virginia Tech Look
1552
01:25:27,640 --> 01:25:30,200
at the gods nail brothers.
You put them on the field
1553
01:25:30,200 --> 01:25:31,720
together.
They play good together like I
1554
01:25:31,720 --> 01:25:35,440
just I was excited to see them
play the game within the game.
1555
01:25:35,840 --> 01:25:39,080
You know, even if I don't, even
if the older or reddish brother
1556
01:25:39,360 --> 01:25:43,120
then log a ton of snaps, like I
said, I haven't did a lot of
1557
01:25:43,120 --> 01:25:44,880
tape on him.
I was just excited that our
1558
01:25:44,880 --> 01:25:48,160
coaches, are they getting in the
fight, You know what I'm saying?
1559
01:25:48,160 --> 01:25:51,600
Taking it serious.
Yeah, and, and the the youngest
1560
01:25:51,600 --> 01:25:55,520
reddish is effectively the
highest rated out of them coming
1561
01:25:55,520 --> 01:25:58,080
out of school.
I'll tell you who I like in
1562
01:25:58,080 --> 01:25:59,520
Tally Me.
And you talked about it and you
1563
01:25:59,520 --> 01:26:03,000
watched a little tape on them
and then you sold me about an
1564
01:26:03,000 --> 01:26:08,040
hour ago.
Isaiah Brown maybe screw his
1565
01:26:08,040 --> 01:26:09,280
name up.
Probably screw his name up.
1566
01:26:09,280 --> 01:26:09,960
Y'all know I can do that.
I'm.
1567
01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:11,560
Good Brown Murray.
Brown.
1568
01:26:11,560 --> 01:26:14,800
Because I have Brown Murray.
Because you said it and you said
1569
01:26:14,800 --> 01:26:18,320
it perfectly this year we have
to have a nickel cornerback.
1570
01:26:18,440 --> 01:26:19,960
They have to be specifically
made for that.
1571
01:26:20,360 --> 01:26:23,040
Derek Canteen was that he
unfortunately left because he
1572
01:26:23,040 --> 01:26:28,000
wanted to play a little bit more
Brown Murray basically is that
1573
01:26:28,360 --> 01:26:30,520
and he's got two years of
eligibility left.
1574
01:26:31,520 --> 01:26:33,880
You probably, you probably sold
that to him.
1575
01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:37,280
You're going to start at nickel
and we rotate nickel in that
1576
01:26:37,440 --> 01:26:41,240
that star position all the time.
And I think cuz that solidifies
1577
01:26:41,240 --> 01:26:42,920
right there.
You know, we know Lovett can
1578
01:26:42,920 --> 01:26:47,000
play and now you drop him in.
It's like we got a nickel, we
1579
01:26:47,000 --> 01:26:49,120
got a corner.
We got to figure out the other
1580
01:26:49,120 --> 01:26:53,040
side between Reddish or one of
these other guys.
1581
01:26:53,120 --> 01:26:55,280
That's who I'm excited about.
What about you, Brian?
1582
01:26:55,280 --> 01:26:58,440
What about these guys?
Anybody just like?
1583
01:26:58,840 --> 01:27:01,600
Yep.
You know what I like?
1584
01:27:01,800 --> 01:27:05,440
I like both Tyson Flowers and
Christian Ellis.
1585
01:27:07,240 --> 01:27:11,280
Yeah, I think maybe Flowers just
by a a hair here.
1586
01:27:11,800 --> 01:27:17,680
I like his size, you know, just,
you know, about two 11/6 foot.
1587
01:27:17,680 --> 01:27:20,960
I mean, I think I think that's a
guy that's going to be a big
1588
01:27:20,960 --> 01:27:24,080
asset back there for us and the
safety and you're looking at his
1589
01:27:24,080 --> 01:27:27,040
tape and and things like that.
I think he's going to give us a
1590
01:27:27,040 --> 01:27:33,480
consistency of play and a, a
discipline, a controlled chaos
1591
01:27:33,560 --> 01:27:37,920
that we haven't really had at
that position in a while.
1592
01:27:37,920 --> 01:27:40,680
And, and probably Stroman came
the closest to that when he was
1593
01:27:40,680 --> 01:27:45,360
healthy and eligible.
But I, I, I think we're, we're
1594
01:27:45,440 --> 01:27:46,880
going to see some big things
from him.
1595
01:27:46,880 --> 01:27:52,160
I think he's going to definitely
make a big impact in 2025.
1596
01:27:52,680 --> 01:27:54,880
And you know the other big part
about getting it?
1597
01:27:54,880 --> 01:27:57,440
And again, Charlie, this is the
game within a game we continue
1598
01:27:57,440 --> 01:28:01,320
to talk about.
You now do not have to put the
1599
01:28:01,360 --> 01:28:05,880
middle Reddish in probably a bad
position for his career because
1600
01:28:05,880 --> 01:28:10,080
he played solid this year.
But we know it's like you're a
1601
01:28:10,080 --> 01:28:13,440
sophomore, you're very still
young to the college game.
1602
01:28:13,440 --> 01:28:15,960
We saw with most Phillips last
year, we saw with his freshman
1603
01:28:15,960 --> 01:28:17,320
year.
He's still making a ton of
1604
01:28:17,320 --> 01:28:24,040
mistakes where we know as a
safety, if you fuck up, it's
1605
01:28:24,040 --> 01:28:25,960
over.
Yeah, you laugh at the fence.
1606
01:28:26,480 --> 01:28:29,520
You you blow a coverage, you
missed a tackle, you missed a
1607
01:28:29,520 --> 01:28:33,280
gap.
It's done and I think to me like
1608
01:28:33,280 --> 01:28:35,280
that's the game within a game.
That's also talking to the
1609
01:28:35,280 --> 01:28:37,760
parents, right talent saying,
hey, listen, we're not going to
1610
01:28:37,760 --> 01:28:41,040
put Q in a situation where he's
going to screw up his career
1611
01:28:41,560 --> 01:28:44,240
where I could put him out there
because we're bringing all these
1612
01:28:44,240 --> 01:28:46,440
other guys.
We're getting everything ready.
1613
01:28:46,920 --> 01:28:51,240
Not so much this year, but next
year he's going to be our dog as
1614
01:28:51,240 --> 01:28:54,800
a safety.
So anything else on the
1615
01:28:54,800 --> 01:28:56,920
secondary room which is
completely remade.
1616
01:28:56,920 --> 01:28:58,800
If you've got your favorite,
throw it in the chat.
1617
01:28:58,800 --> 01:29:00,880
We'd love to hear it.
Love seeing Kogel come back
1618
01:29:00,880 --> 01:29:02,480
home.
Should have came here to begin
1619
01:29:02,480 --> 01:29:05,120
with.
It's all I'm going to say.
1620
01:29:05,720 --> 01:29:10,360
Let's go to the front 7 now and
four guys there.
1621
01:29:10,640 --> 01:29:12,760
I still can't figure out what
they're doing with one of them,
1622
01:29:12,760 --> 01:29:18,000
but any any favorites on that
Bass Priest or Nash?
1623
01:29:18,080 --> 01:29:22,960
The outcome?
Obviously Jordan Bass is a big
1624
01:29:22,960 --> 01:29:28,760
fucking name and a big deal in a
room that needs some consistency
1625
01:29:28,760 --> 01:29:33,080
and some experience.
And you know, you know, Bass is
1626
01:29:33,080 --> 01:29:37,640
now a player that has had a
little bit of run and I think
1627
01:29:37,640 --> 01:29:39,200
it's kind of ready to take the
next step.
1628
01:29:39,200 --> 01:29:42,800
And I think we're going to give
him a good opportunity to to be
1629
01:29:42,800 --> 01:29:44,720
a big time player in the middle
of that defense.
1630
01:29:48,760 --> 01:29:53,080
Kylie, you got anybody?
And yeah, of course you want to
1631
01:29:53,080 --> 01:29:54,720
say bass.
I was preaching that from the
1632
01:29:54,720 --> 01:29:58,160
beginning just because it gives
you so much athleticism.
1633
01:29:58,280 --> 01:30:01,040
They are like Brian said in that
in that linebacker rule.
1634
01:30:01,600 --> 01:30:06,240
But anytime you get somebody,
you know, on the defensive line
1635
01:30:06,240 --> 01:30:09,440
that has some production because
I feel like you got to be built
1636
01:30:09,440 --> 01:30:12,560
in the trenches.
Haven't watched a ton of tape on
1637
01:30:12,560 --> 01:30:18,280
Nash, but watched a little bit
Nash's.
1638
01:30:18,280 --> 01:30:21,800
Nash's from what I've seen,
serviceable and we ain't even.
1639
01:30:22,320 --> 01:30:25,560
Are we talking about?
Are we talking about what's his
1640
01:30:25,560 --> 01:30:27,520
name the ginger guy yet?
Have we talked about?
1641
01:30:27,560 --> 01:30:29,120
Him.
I said junk them I I know I
1642
01:30:29,120 --> 01:30:31,760
butchered the poor guy's name.
Yeah, junk them I.
1643
01:30:32,440 --> 01:30:34,360
I don't even, I don't know how
to pronounce it.
1644
01:30:34,360 --> 01:30:36,880
I just know he calls himself the
ginger freak or something like
1645
01:30:36,880 --> 01:30:40,000
that and he was suflexing
somebody and smiling in a
1646
01:30:40,000 --> 01:30:42,400
picture.
I need him on my team.
1647
01:30:42,880 --> 01:30:44,400
You know what I'm saying?
Like, yeah, let me see.
1648
01:30:44,920 --> 01:30:47,960
Let me let me see what he doing
because I I got a feeling that I
1649
01:30:47,960 --> 01:30:50,720
mean, he's got a lot of
production from what him coming
1650
01:30:50,720 --> 01:30:52,680
from like Eastern Michigan or
wherever he came from.
1651
01:30:53,120 --> 01:31:00,480
And I feel like he's around that
same size as as Lord have mercy.
1652
01:31:01,800 --> 01:31:03,280
Come on, Brian, help me out with
a name.
1653
01:31:03,280 --> 01:31:07,040
I'm doing the Curtis.
Oh man. 16 sack man.
1654
01:31:07,640 --> 01:31:09,880
Oh APR.
APR APR There we go.
1655
01:31:09,880 --> 01:31:11,680
Damn Sally Tally.
Really blinking?
1656
01:31:12,040 --> 01:31:15,880
Yeah, same size.
Not saying it's going to be the
1657
01:31:15,880 --> 01:31:18,760
same production because I don't
want to put that on the kid, but
1658
01:31:20,680 --> 01:31:22,520
him coming off the edge is going
to be scary.
1659
01:31:22,840 --> 01:31:28,320
So I'll be excited to see what
he does and how he progresses in
1660
01:31:28,320 --> 01:31:32,160
the defense.
But again, I still think we need
1661
01:31:33,240 --> 01:31:35,640
need a little help there in the
trenches because like I said
1662
01:31:35,640 --> 01:31:39,280
that it's built in the trenches,
offensive line, defensive line,
1663
01:31:39,360 --> 01:31:42,560
everything else doesn't matter.
You got Woodson back there, you
1664
01:31:42,560 --> 01:31:44,760
got Bass back there.
You get these safeties in, you
1665
01:31:44,760 --> 01:31:47,640
got to have somebody that keeps
them off of them.
1666
01:31:47,920 --> 01:31:50,960
You know, you got to have some
guys that are going to require
1667
01:31:50,960 --> 01:31:53,280
some double team to keep them
offline linebacker.
1668
01:31:53,280 --> 01:31:55,960
So I'll be interested to see
what they do in that room.
1669
01:31:55,960 --> 01:31:59,680
But I do like Nash and I do like
the the champion for you.
1670
01:32:00,320 --> 01:32:03,360
Yeah, John could definitely, but
brings a lot of upside.
1671
01:32:04,760 --> 01:32:08,480
You know, he's kind of one of
those guys where you based on
1672
01:32:08,480 --> 01:32:12,240
his production already much like
APR you do that he was going to
1673
01:32:12,240 --> 01:32:16,640
be able to come in and at worst
kind of rate raise the the level
1674
01:32:16,640 --> 01:32:18,560
of play based on what you
already got on your roster.
1675
01:32:19,800 --> 01:32:22,560
You know, the question is going
to be can he pop and have that
1676
01:32:22,560 --> 01:32:26,760
that high ceiling that we saw
from an APR, What's that ceiling
1677
01:32:26,760 --> 01:32:29,400
going to look like?
I mean, this is a guy that you
1678
01:32:29,440 --> 01:32:33,000
know a bunch of tackles for
loss, you know, all Max
1679
01:32:33,000 --> 01:32:37,680
selection.
He's a guy that I think can can
1680
01:32:37,680 --> 01:32:39,920
make some plays.
We've we've seen his ability
1681
01:32:39,920 --> 01:32:45,920
there when he ramps up the level
of play to the power forward
1682
01:32:45,920 --> 01:32:47,880
level, are we going to see a
drop off?
1683
01:32:47,880 --> 01:32:49,880
I think that's the only thing
that you would maybe be
1684
01:32:49,880 --> 01:32:52,360
concerned about with him is
that, you know, is, is a step up
1685
01:32:52,360 --> 01:32:54,080
and level play.
And he he played some talented
1686
01:32:54,080 --> 01:32:55,840
competition.
Obviously he's a guy that was
1687
01:32:55,840 --> 01:32:59,240
AP4 recruit out of high school.
So I mean he's seen he's seen
1688
01:32:59,240 --> 01:33:03,560
the competition level before.
You know, is he going to be able
1689
01:33:03,560 --> 01:33:06,640
to to level up that play as a
kind of a full time, you know,
1690
01:33:06,640 --> 01:33:08,520
starter or rotational player in
this defense?
1691
01:33:08,880 --> 01:33:11,160
Brian, let me ask something
quick because I again, I didn't
1692
01:33:11,160 --> 01:33:14,360
watch the full game.
I know y'all did and Chad, I
1693
01:33:14,360 --> 01:33:16,960
know some of y'all was at the
game and watch the game.
1694
01:33:17,400 --> 01:33:21,360
A lot of people like what they
say from Emmett Laws in the in
1695
01:33:21,360 --> 01:33:23,760
the Mayo Bowl.
Did y'all get to watch him in
1696
01:33:23,760 --> 01:33:26,800
here Curtis?
Y'all know I can't, I, I'm not
1697
01:33:26,800 --> 01:33:29,800
like y'all, I can't just watch
the line like I have to sit
1698
01:33:29,800 --> 01:33:31,760
there with y'all and watch it.
So.
1699
01:33:32,440 --> 01:33:35,760
But from what I heard, people
were giving him kudos, the way
1700
01:33:35,760 --> 01:33:37,840
he held leverage, the way he
shot gaps quick.
1701
01:33:37,840 --> 01:33:39,560
Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, the, the, the
1702
01:33:39,560 --> 01:33:41,680
quickness jumps out real, real
quick.
1703
01:33:43,280 --> 01:33:46,400
And, you know, you combine that
with a, with a good amount of
1704
01:33:46,400 --> 01:33:48,440
power, especially for a kid
that, you know, hadn't really
1705
01:33:48,440 --> 01:33:53,160
been in a weight program like
that for a while.
1706
01:33:53,160 --> 01:33:55,920
The the fact that he's able to
pop that quick, I think is very,
1707
01:33:56,480 --> 01:33:59,640
very encouraging for the
interior, that defensive line.
1708
01:34:00,120 --> 01:34:01,440
Right.
Yeah.
1709
01:34:01,440 --> 01:34:03,400
So I don't know.
I just thought about that
1710
01:34:03,400 --> 01:34:08,080
because I'm looking at looking
at Nash and his size and just
1711
01:34:08,080 --> 01:34:11,080
the things he done because thank
Josh for putting in the chat.
1712
01:34:11,680 --> 01:34:13,880
Nash had a good year.
You know, a lot of people said
1713
01:34:13,880 --> 01:34:17,440
he could have been like he said,
first team, but he just had
1714
01:34:17,440 --> 01:34:20,920
somebody else that was playing
with him that was good as well.
1715
01:34:20,920 --> 01:34:23,920
So it'll be interesting to see
because it did you.
1716
01:34:24,600 --> 01:34:27,280
This is what this is what blows
my mind sometimes, Curtis, when
1717
01:34:27,280 --> 01:34:32,000
you have people that they'll see
somebody recruit, recruit, go
1718
01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:34,000
somewhere and they go, oh, he
came from this school.
1719
01:34:34,520 --> 01:34:37,360
He's got to suck or he can't be.
But then when you go look at
1720
01:34:37,360 --> 01:34:40,600
just say like what two years
ago, Florida State had Jared
1721
01:34:40,600 --> 01:34:43,240
Verse, right?
We go look when we when we when
1722
01:34:43,240 --> 01:34:46,880
we did our our show on them,
Jared Verse didn't come out of
1723
01:34:46,880 --> 01:34:48,360
school and go straight to
Florida State.
1724
01:34:48,360 --> 01:34:55,240
He came from yeah, small schools
then transfers in different
1725
01:34:55,240 --> 01:34:58,600
things like that.
In this in this climate, people
1726
01:34:58,600 --> 01:35:01,920
are going to transfer and when
kids go to a small school,
1727
01:35:01,920 --> 01:35:05,120
they're looking for the, the
they're looking to go bigger so
1728
01:35:05,120 --> 01:35:08,240
they can get to their ultimate
goal, you know, either a bigger
1729
01:35:08,240 --> 01:35:13,600
NIL or ultimately the NFL.
So I've never discount a kid
1730
01:35:13,600 --> 01:35:15,360
just because he came from a
smaller school.
1731
01:35:16,280 --> 01:35:17,720
You know, production is
production.
1732
01:35:18,000 --> 01:35:21,000
I just hope when they get here
they can progress that
1733
01:35:21,000 --> 01:35:23,480
production.
Yep, I think the the big thing
1734
01:35:23,480 --> 01:35:27,440
with that is that a lot of
times, you know, kids that get
1735
01:35:27,440 --> 01:35:29,960
recruited out of high school,
sometimes the fit and the
1736
01:35:29,960 --> 01:35:32,520
opportunity aren't there.
So they go to a place where they
1737
01:35:32,520 --> 01:35:35,200
have some fit and some
opportunity and get to showcase
1738
01:35:35,720 --> 01:35:39,120
their ability.
And then you're like, OK, well,
1739
01:35:39,680 --> 01:35:41,000
they've they've shown what they
can do.
1740
01:35:41,000 --> 01:35:42,760
You got some tape.
That's something that these
1741
01:35:42,760 --> 01:35:45,720
other schools that may fit that
mold a little bit better and
1742
01:35:45,720 --> 01:35:49,240
have seen what they can do in
that similar style of of system.
1743
01:35:49,720 --> 01:35:52,000
They can say, all right, well, I
can I can see that leveling up
1744
01:35:52,000 --> 01:35:53,560
here.
I can see that working here.
1745
01:35:53,880 --> 01:35:57,840
You know, I, I think he feels a
need that we that we have, you
1746
01:35:57,840 --> 01:35:59,920
know, when think about like a
defensive line, like all right,
1747
01:35:59,920 --> 01:36:02,160
well, you got a you got a big
in, but you want a guy that can
1748
01:36:02,160 --> 01:36:05,600
really get after the passer or,
you know, you got that guy to
1749
01:36:05,600 --> 01:36:07,600
get after the passer.
But we need a big in that can,
1750
01:36:07,600 --> 01:36:08,920
you know, be good against the
run.
1751
01:36:08,920 --> 01:36:12,120
You know you got guys that have
shown that in a similar type of
1752
01:36:12,120 --> 01:36:14,480
system and that's where where
you can get those comps and you
1753
01:36:14,480 --> 01:36:17,560
can get those guys from the FCS
is the.
1754
01:36:18,160 --> 01:36:20,480
D Twos.
The the G5, even the D twos.
1755
01:36:20,480 --> 01:36:23,080
Yeah, it's true.
Kind of, you know, level up and
1756
01:36:23,240 --> 01:36:27,920
and and we've seen some success.
I mean, you even look at, you
1757
01:36:27,920 --> 01:36:30,400
know, what Manny Diaz did with
Duke and bring in a bunch of,
1758
01:36:31,040 --> 01:36:35,640
you know, FCS and division two
offensive lineman and turning
1759
01:36:35,640 --> 01:36:39,440
that team around in one year.
I mean it, it's, it's not
1760
01:36:39,440 --> 01:36:41,120
something that, you know, these,
these guys.
1761
01:36:41,120 --> 01:36:43,800
Play at these different levels.
You got to be talent everywhere,
1762
01:36:44,560 --> 01:36:46,720
just like Josh.
Yeah, just like Josh said, I
1763
01:36:47,040 --> 01:36:49,800
mean first came from.
Albany.
1764
01:36:49,800 --> 01:36:51,760
It was Buffalo.
I'm sorry, I was a slightly.
1765
01:36:51,760 --> 01:36:55,640
No, no, you're good.
But then if that's too far back,
1766
01:36:55,640 --> 01:36:57,560
if y'all too young and that's
too far back.
1767
01:36:58,600 --> 01:37:01,680
If you watched any of the
college football playoffs this
1768
01:37:01,680 --> 01:37:05,400
year, who probably jumped out to
you was Cam Scatterball?
1769
01:37:05,960 --> 01:37:07,840
Yep.
You know, we started his college
1770
01:37:07,840 --> 01:37:10,680
career.
Sacramento State.
1771
01:37:12,760 --> 01:37:15,400
DDFCS.
Sacramento State.
1772
01:37:15,520 --> 01:37:19,240
So I don't want to hear about
well, this just because we got
1773
01:37:19,240 --> 01:37:21,040
this.
He must do this man, sometimes.
1774
01:37:21,560 --> 01:37:25,200
Sometimes a kid needs, sometimes
they just need the opportunity
1775
01:37:25,200 --> 01:37:26,360
so.
It's all play.
1776
01:37:26,560 --> 01:37:29,480
I think what we're seeing
nowadays is like you've got kids
1777
01:37:29,480 --> 01:37:33,600
with talent and what you have to
be able to do is you've got to
1778
01:37:33,600 --> 01:37:36,120
start playing because if you
don't get the opportunity to
1779
01:37:36,120 --> 01:37:37,720
play, ain't nobody looking at
you.
1780
01:37:37,720 --> 01:37:39,760
Nobody can tell.
Well, he's a five star.
1781
01:37:40,040 --> 01:37:42,960
He ain't seen the field.
I don't know what he can do, and
1782
01:37:42,960 --> 01:37:46,040
you're seeing the blue bloods do
it as well as every other school
1783
01:37:46,040 --> 01:37:46,640
do it.
Now.
1784
01:37:47,160 --> 01:37:50,240
I need somebody I know that can
step on that field and play
1785
01:37:50,240 --> 01:37:51,760
well.
He played D2 competition.
1786
01:37:52,080 --> 01:37:54,320
I don't care if he played D2
competition.
1787
01:37:54,440 --> 01:37:57,760
He had 21 sacks.
He was killing everybody down
1788
01:37:57,760 --> 01:38:02,640
there.
He has A63 frame, he's 260 lbs.
1789
01:38:02,800 --> 01:38:05,160
He can bend.
He's got explosion.
1790
01:38:06,000 --> 01:38:09,360
That doesn't matter.
That doesn't matter if it's D2
1791
01:38:09,360 --> 01:38:11,640
or wherever it is.
He's got those things.
1792
01:38:11,800 --> 01:38:14,720
You can bring him here and and
that's why you're seeing it.
1793
01:38:14,720 --> 01:38:16,640
It's actually one of the better
things that's happened in
1794
01:38:16,640 --> 01:38:20,800
college football because you're
seeing guys who would never, you
1795
01:38:20,800 --> 01:38:24,400
never hear the names.
You never hear the names, and
1796
01:38:24,400 --> 01:38:26,440
the next thing you know you are
hearing the names because
1797
01:38:26,440 --> 01:38:28,760
they're taking flash.
Those guys you get.
1798
01:38:28,880 --> 01:38:31,920
To hope get a a combine offer
and pop at the combine now.
1799
01:38:32,040 --> 01:38:34,120
Now you actually get some
college tape with them and they
1800
01:38:34,120 --> 01:38:36,920
get that combine invite by
default because they played at
1801
01:38:36,920 --> 01:38:39,280
those other schools as they were
kind of trending up throughout
1802
01:38:39,280 --> 01:38:41,880
their career.
We're calling all these names
1803
01:38:41,880 --> 01:38:43,840
out and all we.
I should have just started with
1804
01:38:43,840 --> 01:38:45,840
this name.
Basil Tooton.
1805
01:38:46,200 --> 01:38:48,240
Basil Tooton.
North Carolina A&T.
1806
01:38:48,640 --> 01:38:51,440
Basil Tooton, man.
I mean, who?
1807
01:38:51,840 --> 01:38:55,000
Who would have thought?
Well, I mean I'm sure he did,
1808
01:38:55,040 --> 01:38:58,880
but as far as the college Lancet
goes, even some Virginia Tech
1809
01:38:58,880 --> 01:39:01,640
fans, who would have thought
this kid comes in to Virginia
1810
01:39:01,640 --> 01:39:05,120
Tech plays two years here,
breaks the record for the most
1811
01:39:05,120 --> 01:39:07,520
yards in the game.
Like it just wasn't stood man,
1812
01:39:07,640 --> 01:39:09,440
you know what I'm saying?
Playing behind a shitty
1813
01:39:09,440 --> 01:39:14,320
offensive line to be able to do
what he did to get 1000 yards,
1814
01:39:14,320 --> 01:39:17,000
like he had a decent off in
line.
1815
01:39:17,000 --> 01:39:18,640
He made a ran for two and he was
hurt.
1816
01:39:18,880 --> 01:39:21,880
How many games did he miss?
Like even that, you know what
1817
01:39:21,880 --> 01:39:24,160
I'm saying?
In other landscapes, as much as
1818
01:39:24,160 --> 01:39:26,000
people say, well, I hate the
portal.
1819
01:39:26,320 --> 01:39:28,800
Well, I hate the way that
college football is now.
1820
01:39:29,120 --> 01:39:32,040
You know, we would have never
had the and I told somebody this
1821
01:39:32,040 --> 01:39:35,200
on the timeline and we, I said
the portal has done a lot of
1822
01:39:35,200 --> 01:39:36,600
stuff for us that we didn't
have.
1823
01:39:37,720 --> 01:39:40,120
Our best defensive player came
through the portal.
1824
01:39:40,120 --> 01:39:42,240
Our best offensive players came
through the portal.
1825
01:39:42,720 --> 01:39:44,600
That's just what it is.
Not a lot.
1826
01:39:45,080 --> 01:39:48,800
Our three best running backs in
this coaching regime and the
1827
01:39:48,800 --> 01:39:53,560
last came from the portal.
Yeah, so you can hate the portal
1828
01:39:53,560 --> 01:39:56,720
all you want, you just, you just
hate that you, you feel like
1829
01:39:56,720 --> 01:39:58,360
your coach isn't using it to
correct.
1830
01:39:58,360 --> 01:40:01,040
But I'm going to go back to
giving kudos again.
1831
01:40:02,080 --> 01:40:05,640
This coaching staff has not
missed much on evals.
1832
01:40:05,840 --> 01:40:09,040
They know how to eval.
The portal, the port, their
1833
01:40:09,040 --> 01:40:13,520
portal evals have been good.
So I'm on, I'm on, I'm gonna let
1834
01:40:13,520 --> 01:40:15,120
them cook.
Let them.
1835
01:40:15,120 --> 01:40:17,280
Their high school evals have
been pretty good too, because
1836
01:40:17,280 --> 01:40:19,480
the guys that have seen
significant playing time have
1837
01:40:19,480 --> 01:40:22,480
popped, even if they haven't
necessarily been consistent and
1838
01:40:22,480 --> 01:40:23,720
settled.
They pop.
1839
01:40:23,720 --> 01:40:25,280
They've shown the talent is
there.
1840
01:40:27,440 --> 01:40:29,400
All right.
Well, that's going to wrap up
1841
01:40:29,400 --> 01:40:31,880
the portal.
And yes, Josh, it gives and it
1842
01:40:31,880 --> 01:40:35,600
takes away.
We know all about that because
1843
01:40:35,640 --> 01:40:39,960
if we look at where our guys who
left went, only one went down
1844
01:40:39,960 --> 01:40:44,600
significantly.
And when I say that 9 to D1 like
1845
01:40:44,600 --> 01:40:47,840
6 to G5, only one to an FCS
school.
1846
01:40:48,200 --> 01:40:52,880
Yeah, and I mean, and, and, and
shockingly, we've somehow, you
1847
01:40:52,880 --> 01:40:58,200
know, flipped that in a way
where rankings wise, we got more
1848
01:40:58,200 --> 01:41:00,480
in than we than we sent out and
we were worried about how much
1849
01:41:00,480 --> 01:41:03,880
we sent out, right.
So I I think that that shows
1850
01:41:03,880 --> 01:41:07,680
that that we're doing pretty
good with the portal between the
1851
01:41:07,680 --> 01:41:11,040
guys we landed between where we
sit, I think was with some of
1852
01:41:11,040 --> 01:41:13,960
this some of the guys that are
still out there is this this
1853
01:41:13,960 --> 01:41:15,560
cycle kind of wraps up here,
but.
1854
01:41:15,560 --> 01:41:18,760
We don't, we know we need, we
need one more defensive lineman.
1855
01:41:18,760 --> 01:41:20,160
We need one more offensive
lineman.
1856
01:41:20,560 --> 01:41:25,400
If they were to get those in the
next week along with making one
1857
01:41:25,400 --> 01:41:28,920
more exceptional hire.
They won the offseason again.
1858
01:41:28,920 --> 01:41:32,000
They go have a saying stupid
shit between now and August.
1859
01:41:32,720 --> 01:41:37,680
Yep, Yep.
I'll say this, the moves they
1860
01:41:37,680 --> 01:41:41,480
made this offseason have made
the roster deeper.
1861
01:41:44,240 --> 01:41:48,080
We'll see whether the talent
level is raised, but the roster
1862
01:41:48,080 --> 01:41:52,120
is deeper and it's deeper at the
positions that we were poor at
1863
01:41:52,120 --> 01:41:57,320
last year. 100% All right.
Real quick, Brian, as we start
1864
01:41:57,320 --> 01:42:01,320
wrapping this thing up, did you
get a chance to do your thing or
1865
01:42:01,560 --> 01:42:03,720
were you busy at work?
Too busy man.
1866
01:42:03,720 --> 01:42:05,960
It's been I've been drinking
from a fire hose this whole.
1867
01:42:05,960 --> 01:42:08,760
Week all right all right I just
asked all right real quick if
1868
01:42:08,760 --> 01:42:11,720
y'all don't know national
championship game Monday night
1869
01:42:11,960 --> 01:42:14,640
stupidest thing they can do
let's put it on a Monday night
1870
01:42:14,640 --> 01:42:18,280
let's kill all these working
people who like college football
1871
01:42:18,280 --> 01:42:19,640
names stay up till midnight on
the.
1872
01:42:19,640 --> 01:42:22,000
Monday.
It's on Monday.
1873
01:42:22,520 --> 01:42:23,840
That's Martin Luther King Day,
ain't it?
1874
01:42:24,040 --> 01:42:24,760
Yes, it is.
Oh.
1875
01:42:25,160 --> 01:42:28,120
Yeah, people aren't working.
Black folks will be off, we
1876
01:42:28,160 --> 01:42:29,560
take.
But you got to work the next
1877
01:42:29,560 --> 01:42:31,920
day.
The game kicks off at 8:00.
1878
01:42:31,960 --> 01:42:32,880
Tonight we don't worry about
that.
1879
01:42:32,880 --> 01:42:35,200
We barbecuing that day, we got
that.
1880
01:42:35,360 --> 01:42:37,400
Funny tally.
All right, real quick for us who
1881
01:42:37,400 --> 01:42:38,840
are not here.
I never heard anything from
1882
01:42:38,840 --> 01:42:43,400
Sheldon Sheldon's busy y'all.
But our music man, Jason, he's
1883
01:42:43,400 --> 01:42:47,080
got actually a few things right.
He made a bet for the Irish to
1884
01:42:47,080 --> 01:42:50,840
win the national championship
about two months ago at 20 to
1885
01:42:50,840 --> 01:42:52,960
one.
He has not told us how much he
1886
01:42:52,960 --> 01:42:55,040
put on that.
I'm going to find out that in
1887
01:42:55,040 --> 01:42:57,880
the next couple days.
But he's got Irish cover to win.
1888
01:42:57,880 --> 01:43:01,840
I write a Miranda Ohio State
with the win, but the Irish
1889
01:43:01,840 --> 01:43:06,760
cover Jonathan Talley.
What was the question?
1890
01:43:06,760 --> 01:43:08,680
I'm sorry.
Who's one of the national title
1891
01:43:08,680 --> 01:43:09,000
and is?
It.
1892
01:43:09,040 --> 01:43:10,520
Oh yeah, I thought y'all already
knew that.
1893
01:43:10,520 --> 01:43:12,120
It's Ohio State, man.
Ohio State.
1894
01:43:12,120 --> 01:43:17,280
How much 2121?
Wanted to make sure you stuck on
1895
01:43:17,280 --> 01:43:19,160
it because you texted me 21.
He said.
1896
01:43:19,200 --> 01:43:20,920
He said 3 touchdowns. 3
touchdowns.
1897
01:43:20,920 --> 01:43:23,880
He said he said uninstered
testing game.
1898
01:43:23,880 --> 01:43:26,520
Do you BBQ celebrate MLK day
prime?
1899
01:43:29,000 --> 01:43:31,840
I've got So with that, with that
modest 8, I got the Irish to
1900
01:43:31,840 --> 01:43:35,000
cover Ohio State to win.
And I'm LeBron.
1901
01:43:35,000 --> 01:43:37,880
I think Ohio State wins the
Irish to cover.
1902
01:43:40,320 --> 01:43:42,760
I mean, all they're going to do
is lean on the Virginia boys.
1903
01:43:45,720 --> 01:43:47,200
Man, don't talk about it.
Don't.
1904
01:43:47,200 --> 01:43:50,160
Talk I mean it just pisses me
off when I see 91 and 30 when I
1905
01:43:50,160 --> 01:43:52,240
thought 32 do what he did on
Friday night.
1906
01:43:52,240 --> 01:43:56,840
That made me so fucking mad when
he took that little screen out
1907
01:43:56,840 --> 01:43:58,040
just.
Yeah.
1908
01:43:58,880 --> 01:44:01,320
Why?
Anyway, anything else before we
1909
01:44:01,320 --> 01:44:07,320
wrap it up tonight, boys?
You know what, just sitting here
1910
01:44:07,320 --> 01:44:10,200
watching some of the the, the
way that game against NC State
1911
01:44:10,200 --> 01:44:12,400
wrapped up, just going to give a
little bit more kudos to the
1912
01:44:12,400 --> 01:44:15,560
basketball team for, for gutting
one out, especially being down
1913
01:44:15,560 --> 01:44:18,680
15 early in the second-half
there.
1914
01:44:18,680 --> 01:44:22,200
So that was a that was a gutsy
win.
1915
01:44:23,920 --> 01:44:26,560
I don't think this is a a very
talented team, but I think it's
1916
01:44:26,560 --> 01:44:31,360
a very gritty team.
I'm trying to look up a stat for
1917
01:44:31,360 --> 01:44:33,680
you, Curtis, before we get off
here, All right?
1918
01:44:33,880 --> 01:44:35,560
This is why I say it's going to
be a blowout.
1919
01:44:36,120 --> 01:44:37,280
Why you say it's going to be a
blowout?
1920
01:44:37,800 --> 01:44:48,600
Last five years 2024 or last
year 34 to 13. 21 points. 202365
1921
01:44:48,600 --> 01:44:52,760
to seven.
That's the ugly one. 202233 to
1922
01:44:52,760 --> 01:44:56,880
18. 15.
Kind of close, right, 15/20/21.
1923
01:44:57,360 --> 01:44:59,720
That's an interesting game.
5224.
1924
01:45:00,320 --> 01:45:09,760
That ain't interesting. 20204225
you can go back to 20194416.
1925
01:45:10,680 --> 01:45:14,920
These guys ain't close, man.
People keep arguing about, oh, I
1926
01:45:14,920 --> 01:45:17,960
can't believe they messed up
college football and these games
1927
01:45:17,960 --> 01:45:20,240
aren't interesting, I said.
When has the national
1928
01:45:20,240 --> 01:45:23,920
championship game been
interested in the last five
1929
01:45:23,920 --> 01:45:26,080
years?
Might want to go back.
1930
01:45:26,080 --> 01:45:29,520
It might have been 2018.
I had it pulled up.
1931
01:45:30,360 --> 01:45:33,000
I think you're right.
I think 2018 was the last 18.
1932
01:45:33,000 --> 01:45:35,080
Was the last interesting one.
Yeah.
1933
01:45:35,160 --> 01:45:37,520
Is it right?
Was that Batman, Clemson?
1934
01:45:37,680 --> 01:45:42,400
They have Batman, Clemson 20.
That was George, that was the
1935
01:45:42,400 --> 01:45:47,160
two, the two when they beat the
guy on the cover 2 on the
1936
01:45:47,160 --> 01:45:49,560
corner.
Yeah, I mean come on man, like
1937
01:45:49,840 --> 01:45:51,800
y'all people be for.
People 17.
1938
01:45:51,840 --> 01:45:54,000
Years ago, what have you done
for the game?
1939
01:45:54,200 --> 01:45:56,560
These people be in their own
worlds.
1940
01:45:57,040 --> 01:45:58,520
I was like, man, I'm enjoying
the games.
1941
01:45:58,520 --> 01:46:01,480
I don't care who, losing who.
What about, you know, everybody
1942
01:46:01,480 --> 01:46:03,240
kept telling us we won't get
good games.
1943
01:46:03,400 --> 01:46:06,280
The games Thursday and Friday
were good.
1944
01:46:06,640 --> 01:46:09,640
We stayed up playing poker and
literally till the last of those
1945
01:46:09,640 --> 01:46:13,160
games and then Friday night.
If Steve Sarkeesian gets get his
1946
01:46:13,160 --> 01:46:16,800
head out of his ass, why are you
running a pistol toss 9 yards
1947
01:46:16,800 --> 01:46:18,560
behind the loud scrimmage
against Ohio State?
1948
01:46:19,760 --> 01:46:21,320
He didn't want to win, man.
He was drunk.
1949
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He was already.
All right, don't joke about that
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because he might have been
drunk.
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We know the history there.
We know the history there.
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Anything else y'all want to say?
We didn't win an hour 45?
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Hey, listen, we'll say this.
If there is a coaching
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announcement for Wednesday next
week, we will be here live
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probably on Wednesday, depending
on basketball schedules.
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But anything else, boys, before
we go?
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I think we get to punch you,
brother.
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I think we're good to go, man.
Shout out to everybody who came
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and hung out with us.
We know we go a little long.
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We know it's a weekday.
Y'all always come in and give us
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y'all give us great content
because a lot of times I don't
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know what the hell I'm talking
about.
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I just listened to Josh in the
chat and regurgitate what he's
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saying.
So appreciate y'all for coming
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out.
Josh, Chris, all our guys.
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And when you're listening to it
tomorrow at work, man, just jam.
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Have a whatever.
We're going to have a positive
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mindset.
We're going to have a great DC
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01:47:16,920 --> 01:47:20,000
hire.
We going to get this last couple
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of pieces in through the portal
and we going to start back in
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line.
There we go.
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All right, that's not a lie.
That's not a lie.
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That is probably true.
That wraps up this episode of
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the Boundary Corner Podcast,
brought to you by the Counts
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Family Pharmacy in Blacksburg.
I'm Curtis.
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Wilson, Brian.
Siegler, Jonathan.
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Talley.
We are part of the college
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shuttle network.
Check out Boundary corner vt.com
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where you can get this shirt if
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episodes.
You also follow us Twitter,
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Really appreciate we are right
at 1300 for stay of the program
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on YouTube.
Appreciate all y'all going out
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there pressing that that one.
It's always a fun one, always an
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entertaining one.
If it's the first time you've
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01:48:04,360 --> 01:48:08,040
ever listened to it and you came
back again tonight, Jesus,
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praise Jesus.
Got all kind of stuff man.
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Hey, I don't that eraser I.
Just got all.
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I don't know where this stuff
come from.
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What?
Else, follow us on your favorite
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podcast or the randomness of the
old room Tylenol.
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As always, we let our buddy
Jason Long plays in play us out.
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Check him out at his website
jasonlongmusic.com.
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Link to all of his music, any
live showings, and everything
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he's got.
As always, we appreciate y'all
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for listening and as always,
let's go.
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Hokies.