We're joined this week by Brett Ciancia, founder of Pick Six Previews, to help us breakdown the Hokies ACC competition for the 2021 season. Pick Six Previews has been the Most Accurate Power 5 College Football preview and Brett's statistical and historical knowledge of these teams stands out as we go game by game to see what we can expect from the Hokies 2021 opponents.

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Welcome back to the boundary
Corner podcast.

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I am Curtis Wilson.
I'm Brian seagull buddy.

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What's up Wednesday night?
Hump day.

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Yes sir.
Yes sir.

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Wednesday night, man.
We well, you've made it to the

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middle of the week.
I haven't been working this week

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on a paternity leave is my
wonderful wife.

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Heads back to work for this
school year.

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Ha, ha.
So, but let me just say, taking

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care of a five month year old
five-month-old is Just as morgue

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if not more work than my usual
job.

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So I'll say that man, I hear you
buddy.

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And in buddy, we have an
absolute treat tonight, man.

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Brett ciancia from pick six,
previews joins us.

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All right, bring your bread on
now.

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Bret, how, how are you doing
this evening?

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Hey, Brian Curtis, yeah, thanks
for having me on.

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It's the best time of year right
now.

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Everyone's undefeated optimism
is running high and I'm excited

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to break down the 2021 season
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Yeah, we're probably more
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That will be at any point of the
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last season shook out for us.
And, you know, some of the

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attrition we've had here and
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So, you know, we're Feeling as
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But let's see how this goes man.
Before we go like into anything.

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With the previews though wanted
to talk a little bit about pick

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six previews and what this is
all about and kind of how you

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got into this.
So, like the big question I have

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is like, I know that, you know,
there's been long established

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Publications, like, Athlon
Lindy's feel steel, you got to

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got into this game in 2012.
What was it like, kind of Into

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that space.
That's kind of the underdog.

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And now, you know, having your
publication being the most

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accurate in terms of the power 5
level.

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Yeah, absolutely.
Well back in 2012, I launched

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pick six, previews, with my
former co founder, Mike the y z

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it and our claim to fame right
away was that we won the

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accuracy title in 2012.
R power 5 predictions were

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created the most accurate in the
country that year, according to

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Stats and.com, who's great at
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These Publications for decades.
So it was a one-year Wonder, but

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then we backed it up again in 13
and again, in 14, and here we

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are.
Now it's my 10th straight year

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doing it.
The first nine have been graded.

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Number one over that time frame.
So, you know, in this is a

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one-man operation now.
So it's just me going up against

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the big companies, the Legacy
Brands, like Athlon, Sports

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Illustrated and Lindy's and fill
steel so to be able to go

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toe-to-toe with them and beat
them all and accuracy is that's

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been the claim to fame but of
course, it really grew through.

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That's kind of the perfect
medium for me to get across my

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Graphics, my information, my
stats, and my opinions.

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And it really has grown
organically so it's been a great

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movement over on Twitter for
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So and then and lastly, I took
it one step further put together

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a full book.
You know, instant download PDF

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about 200 pages long in 2019 was
the first time put that together

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and sold it.
And that book kind of made the

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Rounds Around the media circles
and I was invited to become a

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high.
One voter in 2019.

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So the ultimate honor there and,
you know, it's a, it's an honor.

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So, here we are now the 10th
year and I'll say that.

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It's definitely the hardest of
all 10 having to go through the

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inconsistencies of 2020.
You know, some teams played 4

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games, some played 12, you had
opt-outs, you had transfers, you

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had quarantines as you guys know
of Genentech, just a lot of

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quarantine time where certain
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others at certain times.
And then of course, 21 brings

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this transfer portal.
Boom or The rosters are all

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strictly shook up like never
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So this was the hardest one
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But and real quick though what
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different than the ones you see
on news stands as I think

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balance.
I really try and strike a

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balance between my numbers.
I have all my analytics and

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graphics on the left side of the
page, but really putting it back

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into readable terms.
That football fans want to read

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about because it's boring to
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was point one, two five and X
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Okay, what's that even mean?
So I call head coaches and

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coordinators and beat writers
and try and get the storylines

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and the coaching schemes, and
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there.
So I really go for the balance

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aspect of it.
Yeah, we picked it up, you know,

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obviously, when we invited you
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started.
Reading through it.

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I'm not even twenty page into it
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It is that much information is
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So, Brian, you can attest this
with me because we were both

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looking through yesterday, as we
were getting ready for tonight.

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It is so much information.
Action, it is, but you want

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unbelievable job, man.
Kudos to you for the guys out

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there.
Listening tonight and folks will

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listen in the morning.
The podcast, literally, it will

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be the best. 20 bucks that is
the right price, right 18?

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Yeah. 1800 look, I'm well
discount, special Corner

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discount $18 in for all you guys
who are not only just Virginia

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Tech fans but so many of the
college football fans out there

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but it's not I usually just one
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I'm usually sitting in here from
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We recording late nights.
We're watching Pac-12.

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It is it's unbelievable man.
And you know, kudos to you

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putting together and now even
more Kudos without accurate you

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are.
Yeah.

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Well, thanks, that's that's
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was really the goal of the book.
You know, picture yourself back

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in the 2010 2012 area.
When I launch this thing, I was

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getting tired of just hearing
about the same handful of teams

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when you turn on the TV.
A or pick up a Sports

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Illustrated.
It was the same handful of

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programs.
It was surface level.

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It was not in depth.
It wasn't actual X's and O's it

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was drama.
So what I wanted to do was dig

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into all 66 of these programs
go, super deep.

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I mean, talking every position
group X's and O's coaching

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schemes and what makes my little
different to as I bring in all

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that history, I have not just
five and 10-year Trends but

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50-year Trends, 100-year Trends,
everything you can the goal is

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that when you read about a team
you're Earning something.

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Even if it's your own or an
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I want you to learn about that
team, so I could talk an hour

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about Kansas.
I don't want to bore you but

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that's kind of, that's kind of
the point is that, you know, you

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got enough Alabama, you got
enough Clemson, but there's so

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much unique tradition and
storylines and then college

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football that want to dig into
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So that's great to hear.
That's great feedback and thank

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you for purchasing.
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And the big thing, like when you
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it, I mean you get that, but I
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color-coded.
It's easier to read be kind of

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take some of That like, the
boring aspects of pouring

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through data and kind of puts
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and then you've got the, the
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readable breakdown of
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And I like, how you go into the
history there as well.

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And really, it feels like an
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team.
Not just, oh, here.

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Here's this team.
We know all about it.

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Yeah, it's Virginia Tech.
They've got saying, man.

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All right, let's move on to the
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Do you?
It's a lot of lot of fun stuff

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to dive in there and I think you
really kind of get the, you

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know, what makes each program
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Yeah, thanks.
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I mean once the season ends in
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relive the season.
It sounds crazy, but I'll go

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back and listen to team podcast
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I read every AP game story, the
game recaps, just to try and get

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in the shoes of each fan base in
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happened because and this is
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all the Extra context that was
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it.
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much more that goes into it, the
week-to-week of it with the

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quarantines, but more.
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fluke Enos or you might have one
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and turning the ball over five
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So you really have to dig in, if
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guess get the most accurate
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That's what I do.
It's my process.

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It's a long process.
But but yeah, I'm excited to

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break down the ACC.
For you guys.

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We appreciated and since I
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our buddy tally, that is a
certified saying man.

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Hater hater hater that might be
too strong he would prefer to

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move on from saying man.
He's not necessarily a hater so

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but but it's not up to tally
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All right, so guys what we're
going to do tonight with Brett

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is we are looking at all the
Virginia Tech's, ACC opponents

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and Notre Dame, because why not
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But before we get into that, we
are going to do a quick word

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All right, so we're going to go

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in order of the way Virginia
Tech, please these teams.

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So let's start out of the gate
UNC and Brett you have got UNC

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heading to the college football
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Now, are you seeing this as
mostly a strength of Sam?

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How they do return their full
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improved defense.
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Why are you putting them so high
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really?
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I would say explosive.
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impressive players on offense.
Less saying how last year.

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lot of attention and I guess
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So it's a team that's outside
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I believe they were either 10th
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definitely a roulette ship
prediction here but I have UNC

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winning the Winning the
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college football playoff as an
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typical Dynasty programs.
There's a lot that goes into

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this.
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recruiting, you always start
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starting point and Mack Brown.
He's landed a couple top 15

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classes.
Now it's these five-star guys,

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someday some defensive players
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chart quickly, so it starts
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Secondly, his coordinator hires
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J.
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that hybrid style, where you
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and cross-training and it's just
great athletes all over the

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place.
But really it's the offense had

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a chance to interview Phil long
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pre-seasons.
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genius.
The way he pairs is air raid

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passing Concepts on the outsides
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game in the middle.
So it's not your typical air

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raid on surface level.
It's great balance.

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You saw it last year when they
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put up 550 yards against Miami
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So, so yeah, so they do have a
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this.
Possessions but as I dug in a

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little bit I started to feel
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lose your top two receivers and
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that be enough to Cripple an
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boat, Corrales who was a 20-19
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Great in the red zone and then
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player in the bowl game.
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against A&M.
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and then shock free Brown.
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Brown and foot races and
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Back when they're both playing
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So they while they lose die, on
me they still have shot off

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right there.
So a lot to like there at the

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receiver core albeit a little
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running back.
I know that's going to be a

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bigger Duo to replace but they
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bringing in Thai Chandler, who
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Tennessee.
I mean, this is a guy played 40

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games in the SEC.
I think he's going to be okay,

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and bring some some veteran, you
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So those were the question marks
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I mean, the off, Of line.
All five starters are back there

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NFL size than getting good draft
grades, Sam how everybody knows?

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And by now he's stacked, two
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seasons.
And he's a Heisman front-runner

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this year.
So it's everything for me, it's

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recruiting, it's scheme, it's
returning experience.

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And then lastly, the defense,
that's kind of the biggest

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question, mark, on the team and
the program.

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If you look at it only 2020 as a
season wide scope, they were

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about average on defense.
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down in the second half of the
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They were top 20.
Now, what's the deal with that?

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Why does that matter?
Because all these five stars and

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young guys, these young
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Spring ball last year, didn't
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So they were kind of learning on
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and moving up the depth chart in
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So once those guys started to
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it was excellent defense.
And all that's back now and

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2021.
So that's that's where I'm at

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with UNC now.
Am I nervous about Lane Stadium

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Friday?
Of course I am.

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I was there back in 2008 when
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and if you remember that game it
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the vibe that it was an electric
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Can sue had like a ton of
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was all over Tyrod Taylor but
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the end zone had that crazy
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So long story short, it's gonna
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schedule-wise if they get over
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opener it's a very manageable.
Agile, no Clemson.

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And I think they could rattle
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So essentially, if we don't
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be able to settle in pretty good
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Oh, absolutely.
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It's Georgia, State UVA.
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Georgia, Tech Middle of the pack
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then Florida State transition
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I mean, that's that's a 6 and 0
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Virginia Tech Miami will be
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Dame will be tough but but not
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on the schedule.
I'm selling Notre Dame this year

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as a program.
So yes, a very manageable I

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think they go 11 and 1 when the
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and in scenario against Clemson
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offensive Firepower to do it.
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And Brett mentioned are about
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last year and they truly were,
they were, you know, 58 Total

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Defense giving up, you know,
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then 65th and points per game,
giving up 29, but I see your

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point Brett.
What you doing the analytic

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seeing they got better as the
season goes on and I'd have to

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go back and look at the
competition but I'm going to

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take your word that you expect
to see an uptick in that.

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Let's roll on All right, so
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You've got.
As you said already, you're

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selling Notre Dame this year, a
lot lower than in a lot of other

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folks out there looks like Jack
cone was just named the starter

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for this team.
What are some of the reasons

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you've got Notre Dame kind of
slotted more of a fringe top 25

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team compared to like a fringe
college football playoff team

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where we're used to seeing them.
Yeah so Notre Dame they have a

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great track record the last few
years and a lot of respect for

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what they've built, their under
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Playoff appearances.
I'm think many programs out

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there can match that.
So my hats are off to what

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they've done.
I think it's a transition year

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though about to be subtle about
I think it's a transition year.

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The AP poll has him in the top
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nationally.
And really what this comes down

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to is think of what made them
strong last year.

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It was strong quarterback play
by Ian book.

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You really took care of the ball
and did enough to win and was

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clutched in the fourth quarter,
all those intangibles so it was

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Ian book.
It was one of the best offensive

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lines in the Country.
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seven that was nasty.
Now, fast-forward, 20, 21, all

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that's gone.
Ian book, graduated four of

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these offensive linemen are gone
and it's all Americans like Liam

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eichenberg Arron Banks, couple
other draft picks, Robert Haynes

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E.
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that offensive line and then the
front seven speaking to the

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defense they lost their
coordinator Clark.

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Lee takes over at his alma
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going through a coordinator
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foundations of what made them
special Last year our

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transition.
So I think that early on in the

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season, their their Prime for an
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It's definitely doable and you
mentioned Jack cone.

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Yeah.
It's a, an experienced power

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five starter, but I don't I
think it's gonna be tougher than

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people are picturing to replace
the in book.

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He did so much.
You don't think of it as a

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runner or as a dual threat.
But in the pocket, very elusive,

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it's hard to lay a finger on
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He was mobile enough and I was
decisive enough, so I think they

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lose a lot with him going.
I was going to ask was that At

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one big reason cones coming from
the Wisconsin offense, which is

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really power.
Run based play action versus.

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We can remember Ian book, we go
back to 2019 and that last Drive

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Notre Dame.
Virginia Tech that sealed the

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game for them.
There were several times he

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scrambled even though he's not a
dual threat quarterback, he had

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that element.
Which definitely improved the

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offense now.
Brett, you did mention Clark

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Lee, he did move on to
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And one thing that's changed
Marcus Freeman comes in over

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from Cincinnati.
Freeman's real popular, Virginia

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Tech a lot of people certain
people think that he could be

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the next head coach here or they
like him as the next head coach

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here.
Now, what does he bring to the

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Irish?
That could really help them

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mitigate some of these Personnel
losses from last year?

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Yeah.
Well, Marcus Freeman.

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He's a, he's a former star
linebacker himself from a higher

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state and quickly surging up the
coaching ranks.

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You're right about that.
Now, I admit I don't cover the

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non a cutie.
Team so I'm familiar with

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Cincinnati.
I don't know, the X's and O's on

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him too.
Well, yet what I do know is what

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he has in.
Recruiting has been Monumental

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to Notre Dame already and just a
few months they're bringing in a

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new caliber of player.
They went right into Ohio and

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stole a five-star Defender from
Ohio State.

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So I think you're bringing a
higher tier of recruiting that,

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you know, that's music to ears
for Virginia Tech fans.

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So you have that, and of course
he was part of great defenses

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with Luke fickle there at
Cincinnati, two undefeated teams

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and and strong defensive play.
So yeah.

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To be huge.
Now, they have some star power.

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They have to replace with
Jeremiah Was to quarter, MOA the

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All-America winner and Butkus
winner, they're gone but there's

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still plenty of star power of
front.

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So we'll see.
But I think overall it's a

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transitional year both
defensively at quarterback

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offensive line.
I think the biggest issue their

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star power in the backfield
Byron Williams and and many

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grunk wrong jr.
They call him Michael Mayer and

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tight end.
So there's definitely some

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pieces.
Is there?

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They recruit well, but in
general, I don't think this is

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another playoff caliber team or
one of their better teams.

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It's going to be 20 22 for that,
okay?

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Okay.
So you think those essentially

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because that offensive line
turned from their biggest

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strength of one, of the biggest
question marks heading into the

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season.
You know, they could get snake

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bitten by team.
Here are there.

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So, with that being said, our
friend tally, has a question

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here.
Can VT beat this Notre Dame team

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this year.
I think the definitely beatable

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Early on in the season.
You know, the the the key

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question for this specific
matchup is going to be if you

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guys can establish the run on
that front seven.

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And, you know, because you're
breaking in a relatively new

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quarterback Braxton Burmeister,
I think he was three in one and

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starts.
Last year, we'll call him a

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part-time starter, but really
losing your top lineman and

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Khalil Herbert there.
So, how quickly can that rushing

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game?
Reload can that dominate this

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new front seven for Notre Dame?
A lot of storylines.

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But if you're just looking at a
program by Oh Graham.

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Yeah, they're they're going to
be younger newer and in the

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second game of the year that's
definitely going to be at our, I

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don't know if it's a second game
of the year, actually.

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I keep saying that but it's the
fifth, but it's still relatively

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made October.
Yeah, yeah.

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It's right there before you feel
like team start turning Corners

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yes.
So we'll see.

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Yeah, somebody also mentioned
only, I don't know if he I think

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you saw it Brett, they lose in
major bowl games.

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I like to be in major bowl
games.

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I wouldn't care if we lost sixty
three to seven, just getting

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there.
Back-to-back years is an

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accomplishment in itself for
Notre Dame and like you said

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with Marcus Freeman coming in
and now bumping up the

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recruiting, you're seeing 2022
for them being strong and maybe

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even further out.
So yeah, let's roll on one team

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that I think it's because you're
the coach is a lot of Virginia

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Tech, fans cannot stand as pit
and patent or doozy.

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Now we've seen Kenny Pickett for
numerous years.

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Couple times he's Taurus up.
A couple times.

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He's got in porn up.
So it seems like they come and

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go with.
However, Kenny pickets playing,

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he's a fifth year.
Starter usually, we don't say

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that.
Usually a guy that starts that

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much is in the NFL by now, but
he's not.

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So it's 21 going to be the same
or story with Kenny.

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Pickett, they come and go as he
is, or do they have more pieces

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that might help them improve.
Well, college football, it's all

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about timing.
It's all about timing up.

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Different roster groups and
position groups.

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Really mesh a fool offense and
then you got a meshing offense

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with the defense and it's been
inconsistent here in Pittsburgh

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where in 20 16 through 18, they
had solid offenses but nothing

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on defense.
Finally in our duties defense

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clicked in 2019, but the offense
fell out.

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So it's very inconsistent even
within the offense will just

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focus on that for now.
Yeah, fifth-year Kenny ticket,

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he's got better skill, Talent
around them at receiver and

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running back, then he's had.
But then at the same time, the

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timing again, the offensive line
goes through a transition with

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for Carter's gone and they're
their All-American caliber.

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Jimmy Marcy, the center is gone.
So while you pick up some extra

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pieces and at the skill spots,
he's going to have less

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protection.
And he's already went through a

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couple injuries last year, so,
you know, you got to think about

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his Blind Side and him in the
pocket.

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He's not the most mobile guy.
So while you pick up better

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skill, Talent offensive line is
transitioning now, so, it's just

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timing.
So that's that's the office.

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Let's talk about the defense a
little bit, a newly returned

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production from guys, like
Keyshawn camp and collage it can

447
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see but the pieces that they
lost were pretty heavy producers

448
00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:02,200
on that last year and then
including the you know the

449
00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:06,100
opt-out that they had, you know,
will they be able to reload this

450
00:23:06,100 --> 00:23:09,500
defense or will there be some
Growing Pains this season?

451
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,700
Yeah this was kind of a key to
my ACC Coastal protection where

452
00:23:13,700 --> 00:23:16,600
I'm a little bit lower on
Pittsburgh than most I'm kind of

453
00:23:16,608 --> 00:23:19,400
selling this defense.
Right now, they lose like you

454
00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,900
had mentioned to all Americans.
Along that defensive line,

455
00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:24,300
Richard Weaver and Patrick
Jones, both gone.

456
00:23:24,500 --> 00:23:26,900
And that third guy, that was
also gone with Jalen Twyman.

457
00:23:26,900 --> 00:23:30,800
So, so much star power gone up
front, but it doesn't end there.

458
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:34,000
It's also in the backfield, the
secondary that all-conference

459
00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,800
always CC pair of safeties,
Paris for demarre.

460
00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:37,900
Hamlin.
They're both gone.

461
00:23:37,900 --> 00:23:40,500
So it's quite a Reload.
They have to go through this

462
00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:42,800
time around now.
It was great that he finally

463
00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:47,100
click that defense in 2019 they
matched in 2020 or Allah or at

464
00:23:47,100 --> 00:23:49,700
least came Close in 2020, but I
think you're in for a

465
00:23:49,700 --> 00:23:52,500
transition.
So, all that together with the,

466
00:23:52,500 --> 00:23:55,100
the offensive line question, can
you pick it?

467
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,600
I don't know why the fifth year
compared to the fourth of the

468
00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,000
third of the second would be the
year that everything clicks all

469
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,200
of a sudden, right?
So, you know, that's kind of a

470
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,500
hedge their, but yeah.
So, I have Pittsburgh

471
00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:08,900
middle-of-the-pack, 45th
nationally, but tied in fourth

472
00:24:08,900 --> 00:24:13,000
in the coastal.
All right, let's get out of the

473
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,100
pit territory.
They do have to play in Lane

474
00:24:15,100 --> 00:24:16,900
Stadium.
This year, not Heinz Field.

475
00:24:16,900 --> 00:24:19,900
Thank goodness for us.
Basically house of horror for

476
00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:22,900
the Hokies yellow seats.
Oh yes.

477
00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:27,600
The osce's and really since I do
it back, when we were younger,

478
00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,900
you know, in college and stuff
and we could not win at Heinz

479
00:24:30,900 --> 00:24:35,000
Field for some reason and the
tradition continued less 2016

480
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,900
when we play Fade ball and
petting our dues, he lost his

481
00:24:37,900 --> 00:24:40,800
mind on the sidelines, which is
a whole nother story, and One of

482
00:24:40,808 --> 00:24:44,200
those fun things to watch.
Now let's go to me.

483
00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:48,000
A team that has been struggling
the last couple years para que.

484
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,700
You know, they bring back a lot
of production from last year

485
00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,300
that production did not produce
a lot of wins or anything last

486
00:24:54,300 --> 00:24:58,400
year.
And you know, I mean, does

487
00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:03,300
another year of seasoning really
help this team or is it just I

488
00:25:03,300 --> 00:25:07,200
mean what do you see for them?
And is it is any hope there?

489
00:25:08,700 --> 00:25:12,100
Well now that we're five years
into the Dana Beaver, Dino

490
00:25:12,100 --> 00:25:16,400
babers era, sorry.
Dino babers era would starting

491
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,800
to look that 2018 was the
outlier and start to look like

492
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:20,500
that was somewhat of a fluke
season.

493
00:25:21,100 --> 00:25:24,800
Of course, Syracuse has been a
losing program for really about

494
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,300
15-20 years now.
They had a rare Ten win season,

495
00:25:28,300 --> 00:25:31,100
popped out of nowhere.
And it's been back to the back

496
00:25:31,100 --> 00:25:35,000
to the usual bottom of the
barrel ACC program and you can

497
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,200
really be traced through spots
first quarterback.

498
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,300
That's the easy one.
Once Eric Dunn's, you left,

499
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,500
there was a transition there was
Tommy DeVito.

500
00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:46,000
He was banged up and now they
have a Mississippi State

501
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,700
transfer Garrett Schrader and
they're a little bit more

502
00:25:48,700 --> 00:25:52,300
Mobility to the skill set.
But still, I think you're

503
00:25:52,300 --> 00:25:56,300
learning the post Dungey era is,
is a tough offense to come by,

504
00:25:56,500 --> 00:25:58,100
but really sides.
We're back.

505
00:25:58,100 --> 00:26:01,100
It's really the entire problem.
This this program is offensive

506
00:26:01,100 --> 00:26:02,900
line.
It's just continues to be a

507
00:26:02,900 --> 00:26:06,300
destructive unit to their
offense and the entire team,

508
00:26:06,500 --> 00:26:09,600
they allowed thirty eight sacks
last year and 11 games only

509
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,800
Kansas had more.
I mean, that's bottom of the

510
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:16,300
barrel nationally and and what
that means is it gives no time

511
00:26:16,300 --> 00:26:19,000
for intermediate passing or
vertical passing.

512
00:26:19,300 --> 00:26:23,100
So on passes 10 plus yards down
the field, Syracuse completed

513
00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:26,500
just 23% of them.
So it's just it's an offense,

514
00:26:26,500 --> 00:26:29,300
that's completely stuck.
Chuck and, and limited by that

515
00:26:29,300 --> 00:26:31,900
offensive line.
So, yes, they have starters

516
00:26:31,900 --> 00:26:34,600
back, but until that line shows
me anything.

517
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:38,800
I mean, you got to keep them
last place in the conference and

518
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:42,700
lucky for the Hokies.
We don't get have to go to the

519
00:26:42,700 --> 00:26:46,900
Carrier Dome, which has been
notorious a getting snake been

520
00:26:46,900 --> 00:26:48,900
there for the Hokies for
whatever reason.

521
00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:51,400
It seems like, we like a, like,
a lot of teams, they just come

522
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,300
out flat for that game.
So getting them at home, I think

523
00:26:54,300 --> 00:26:57,100
is going to going to be good
going along with with some of

524
00:26:57,108 --> 00:27:00,700
those other.
Or just overall struggles that

525
00:27:00,700 --> 00:27:02,800
they had last year I think
carried over this year.

526
00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,600
But let's talk about Dino babers
a little bit more because this

527
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,200
kind of, you know, to me this
kind of has a feeling of a

528
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,100
make-or-break campaign for him
is that you're thinking as well

529
00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:16,200
or, you know, do you think he
gets another couple years to try

530
00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,600
to right the ship?
Yeah, I think that it might have

531
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,700
run its course by now, I think
it was an interesting higher

532
00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:26,500
bringing this air raid past
heavy concept up to the

533
00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:28,200
Northeast.
You know, I'm based out of

534
00:27:28,208 --> 00:27:31,100
Pennsylvania and I know anything
north of me and they're not

535
00:27:31,100 --> 00:27:34,100
throwing the ball around.
So to see that kind of Texas

536
00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:37,600
style offense, come up here was
unique and it clicked for in

537
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,300
2018, it even clicked a couple
times before that.

538
00:27:40,300 --> 00:27:41,600
And it's some of those first
years.

539
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,600
I think they had Virginia Tech
and they beat Clemson, the one

540
00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,700
year.
And he was known for his big

541
00:27:46,700 --> 00:27:49,500
locker room, you know,
celebrations and you know, an

542
00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:53,400
emotional guy, it was going
well, but since that Peak That

543
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,500
10-win season, it's been
straight downhill and last year

544
00:27:56,500 --> 00:28:00,800
was just really an Isabel.
So now with starters back, you

545
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,400
know, if you don't see progress
in the win column or at least

546
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,000
offensive line wise, that'd be
that'd be grounds to me, move

547
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,300
on.
Now, he's made a couple changes.

548
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,600
He went with the unique defense,
going with that rare 335 base

549
00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,600
defense.
So I credit him for, you know,

550
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,500
he's creative, he's trying to
make things click up in the

551
00:28:18,508 --> 00:28:21,200
Northeast, which is kind of a
dead zone for college football,

552
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,600
so we'll see.
But I think you got to get some

553
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,200
more wins in the win column to
be safe.

554
00:28:26,700 --> 00:28:27,400
Yeah.
It's at it.

555
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,300
I mean, one of the things I
think we look back on Syracuse,

556
00:28:31,300 --> 00:28:35,000
you know, they had a run of of a
good while they're where they

557
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,600
were a really quality program
and it's been very hit-or-miss,

558
00:28:38,700 --> 00:28:42,200
kind of, since the early 2000s.
So absolutely, they were, I

559
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,800
mean, from the mid 80s into the
early 2000s.

560
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:48,300
I mean, it, 110 10 games,
multiple times, they went to

561
00:28:48,300 --> 00:28:52,900
multiple big bowls and then
after McNabb and the Miss on

562
00:28:52,900 --> 00:28:56,300
Vicks, Probably one of the
biggest things that ever

563
00:28:56,300 --> 00:28:59,700
happened to Syracuse was missing
recruiting Michael Vick in 98.

564
00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:03,800
It was down to Syracuse in
Virginia, Tech Brett, they

565
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:07,800
missed em and it seems like
after that they fell off but

566
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:12,000
let's move on to further south
and let's look at Georgia Tech

567
00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:15,100
um you know Jeff Collins had a
hell of a thing to do when he

568
00:29:15,100 --> 00:29:18,600
arrived at Georgia Tech, it's
rebuilding a roster from the

569
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,900
Paul Johnson cut your knees out.
Flex loan option offense.

570
00:29:22,900 --> 00:29:26,100
Yeah, I said it, I'm Landing it
too many guys have gotten

571
00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:29,100
injured whether you like it or
not, you know.

572
00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:33,600
But they returned Jeff Sims.
Jeff Sims amazing athlete, you

573
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:37,800
know, and had good consistent,
recruiting classes, not great,

574
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:42,200
but good, getting some talents
in the door, is this the season?

575
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:46,400
We finally see them.
Maybe take a step up or you see

576
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:50,000
in them kind of metal.
Yeah, I think you're in for a

577
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,700
pretty big step forward in the
win column at least.

578
00:29:52,700 --> 00:29:56,000
And, and for what it's worth,
you saw a step forward from his

579
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,600
first year, 19 to second year
2020.

580
00:29:58,700 --> 00:30:00,800
Although it didn't show up in
the win column, but

581
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,000
statistically analytically
watching them, they were

582
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,000
certainly improved in 2020.
It's just with the shortened

583
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,100
season, no, non-conference the
record didn't show it.

584
00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:12,400
So I think you're going to get
the wind boost and more

585
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:15,400
performance boost its returning
production on both sides of the

586
00:30:15,408 --> 00:30:19,300
ball and that comes from a it's
the Dividends are paying off

587
00:30:19,300 --> 00:30:21,400
finally, from playing such a
young roster.

588
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,200
In 2019, the biggest transition
I call it.

589
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,800
The biggest program transition
since Nebraska went away from

590
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,800
the option, back in 2004 when
they went from the old.

591
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:33,700
I, you know, I formation option.
Frank solich to build Callahan's

592
00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:35,500
NFL, west, coast passing
offense.

593
00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:38,100
So and with that, you know what
they did here.

594
00:30:38,100 --> 00:30:41,100
Similarly, moving away from
Johnson's flexbone, option.

595
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,200
Yeah, it's going to take
multiple years to recruit

596
00:30:45,300 --> 00:30:46,800
positions.
You never recruited before.

597
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:48,600
Tight ends, they didn't have
Single tight end.

598
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,800
It was all a backs and see backs
and be backs and fullback.

599
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,500
So yeah, it's a heck of a
transition.

600
00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:56,400
Now to his credit, he's done
everything right.

601
00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:59,200
Jeff Collins, he's really
rebranded them as Atlanta's

602
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:00,900
team.
He's made them seem cool to the

603
00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:03,300
recruits in the area.
He loves Atlanta.

604
00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:07,200
I had the chance to interview
him before the 2020 season, and

605
00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:08,400
you could just hear it through
the phone.

606
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:12,400
His passion for Georgia Tech, he
brought a Waffle House cart to

607
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,200
practice.
That was a big deal on Twitter

608
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,900
and wasn't all just smoke and
mirrors heel and the top.

609
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,200
T5 recruiting class, which is
their highest in, I think, 15

610
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,100
years there.
So it seems like it's heading in

611
00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:26,500
the right direction this year,
you'll get all those dividends

612
00:31:26,500 --> 00:31:29,400
paying off, they think they
found their quarterback there

613
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,900
with Jeff Sims.
You mentioned them Jameer Gibbs.

614
00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:34,900
Also in the backfield, he hits
the whole really fast and brings

615
00:31:34,900 --> 00:31:38,000
that kick return speed.
So there's a lot to like it's

616
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,300
veteran, finally, and there now
three years into this

617
00:31:40,300 --> 00:31:42,300
transition.
So time to collect some wins.

618
00:31:43,700 --> 00:31:46,600
Yeah.
And when we look back at 2020,

619
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,000
We usually do in the season, we
do like a weekly kind of pick

620
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,700
against the spread and Georgia
Tech was the one that kept

621
00:31:53,700 --> 00:31:58,000
stinging me every week because
they'd have a good game I'd be

622
00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,700
like, okay I'm a little bit
higher on them.

623
00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:02,200
I think they're gonna put some
consistency in there and then

624
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,500
they go out and fall flat the
next week so I think maybe

625
00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:08,300
getting some more You know,
little little more seasoning

626
00:32:08,300 --> 00:32:11,700
there might help them but you
know, let's talk about their

627
00:32:11,700 --> 00:32:13,800
defense a little bit because
they did seem to have a

628
00:32:13,808 --> 00:32:16,400
propensity to give up some big
plays last year.

629
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:20,100
Is there anyone on that roster
that looks poised to take a step

630
00:32:20,100 --> 00:32:24,000
and help them on that front?
Yeah, I mean first off it's it's

631
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,600
interesting to think about
because in that opener, remember

632
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,200
last year, they opened up
against Florida State at the

633
00:32:29,208 --> 00:32:31,900
time we thought that this was a
legit Florida State team and you

634
00:32:31,900 --> 00:32:35,700
had Georgia Tech holding on the
13 points playing like crazy.

635
00:32:35,700 --> 00:32:37,800
So, So I thought, wow, what a
transition.

636
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,900
It looks like this.
Georgia Tech defense is for real

637
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,100
and then fast forward a week.
They give up 700 yards, the UCF

638
00:32:43,100 --> 00:32:45,700
and then we start to learn the
hey, Florida, State isn't the

639
00:32:45,700 --> 00:32:47,300
only Florida state?
They're pretty bad.

640
00:32:47,300 --> 00:32:50,300
So, it was all about First
Impressions and they've worn off

641
00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:52,400
now.
So, with that said, though, nine

642
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,200
starters are back that's good
for 20th, nationally and

643
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,100
returning production on defense.
So that's usually a pretty

644
00:32:58,100 --> 00:33:01,200
reliable indicator of a
year-to-year Improvement.

645
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,600
So yeah, he runs a 425 base
scheme, Andrew thakur and all

646
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,100
five.
Is it Baxter back?

647
00:33:07,100 --> 00:33:09,200
So you have experience in the
secondary.

648
00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:13,700
They also added Kenyatta Watson.
It was a top 150 recruit.

649
00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:16,300
They're from Texas.
He was pushing to starve.

650
00:33:16,300 --> 00:33:17,800
It was a crowded Texas,
secondary.

651
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:21,400
So he's in adding some, you
know, some almost five-star

652
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:24,200
Talent there.
So, yeah, we'll see.

653
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,200
I mean there's there's transfers
coming in.

654
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,300
I think they also added an
all-conference USA player from

655
00:33:29,300 --> 00:33:32,600
Old Dominion, so yeah, we'll see
if it clicks.

656
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,700
There is one big vacancy at
linebacker, losing tackle

657
00:33:35,700 --> 00:33:36,900
machine.
David Curry.

658
00:33:37,100 --> 00:33:39,800
But, you know, although he
gobbled up a lot of tackles,

659
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,200
maybe didn't have the
athleticism to make the, you

660
00:33:42,208 --> 00:33:43,700
know, the all-acc teams and
such.

661
00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:47,900
So yeah, look at just overall a
ton of production back and you

662
00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:50,400
want to see now that that
translate into progress on the

663
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,200
field and in the number.
So at now first step is there.

664
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:57,900
I'll see if they can execute.
So this is the first big road

665
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,900
conference game for Virginia
Tech is this kind of that trap

666
00:34:01,900 --> 00:34:05,900
game a team that on paper, we
probably should win but with

667
00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:09,699
With some of the things that
their steps they're taking

668
00:34:09,699 --> 00:34:13,500
forward and then playing at home
and being the first road test is

669
00:34:13,500 --> 00:34:16,199
that something that could kind
of come back and bite us?

670
00:34:16,699 --> 00:34:19,100
Yeah, well when you look at
programs in the ACC Coastal,

671
00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:22,100
Georgia Tech might have the
biggest variance, the biggest

672
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,900
most volatility of outcomes.
I mean if you don't think of it

673
00:34:24,900 --> 00:34:27,900
as a stock, I mean, they could
they could Skyrocket with all

674
00:34:27,900 --> 00:34:31,800
this experience and all those
close losses, now converting to

675
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,500
wins and they can take care of
the ball.

676
00:34:33,500 --> 00:34:35,900
Turnovers have been bad.
Those things tend to even out

677
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,100
out.
So they could click and become

678
00:34:38,100 --> 00:34:42,300
really a top 25 caliber team or
of course, they could stay where

679
00:34:42,300 --> 00:34:45,800
they are and in that three wind
territory and it just so happens

680
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,900
that the returning experience
has a ceiling on it and they're

681
00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:52,000
kind of stuck in the in the
three win land so they could do

682
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,600
anything.
They're very variable I have

683
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,500
them tied with Pittsburgh their
forth but I could see them

684
00:34:56,500 --> 00:34:59,300
going.
And any direction really see,

685
00:34:59,300 --> 00:35:03,700
Braun writing right there.
Brett, make no bets or anything

686
00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:05,600
towards Georgia Tech this year,
the class.

687
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:11,600
And the same volatility.
So we're going to clone we're

688
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,000
going to move onto another away
game.

689
00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:19,200
A Friday night game up at BC.
You've already said it in.

690
00:35:19,300 --> 00:35:22,300
You've already put it out there.
You said, build, your kovitch is

691
00:35:22,300 --> 00:35:26,200
a program changer for BC.
Obviously, they haven't had this

692
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,500
sort of potential quarterback
talent in close to 15 years,

693
00:35:29,500 --> 00:35:32,100
last being met Ryan.
So, tell us.

694
00:35:32,300 --> 00:35:35,700
Why do you think he is the one
to lift the PC out of the six

695
00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:37,100
to?
Seven win doldrums.

696
00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:40,700
As it seems like it's been
forever with them between Adagio

697
00:35:40,900 --> 00:35:44,300
and haffley.
Yeah, he really wasn't program

698
00:35:44,300 --> 00:35:46,100
changer.
This was a big-time deal.

699
00:35:46,700 --> 00:35:49,300
Landing him through the transfer
portal from Notre, Dame.

700
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,400
The obvious, is that a starting
quarterback.

701
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,500
He's putting up a ton of yards
and breaking records but more so

702
00:35:55,500 --> 00:35:57,500
it kind of unlock the transfer
portal for Boston.

703
00:35:57,500 --> 00:35:59,800
College it made it a destination
to other five-star.

704
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,500
Enforced our recruits were I
should say transfers because

705
00:36:03,500 --> 00:36:06,900
after jerk evict made the move
over five star receiver.

706
00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:09,700
Jalen gill from Ohio State
five-star safety.

707
00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:11,600
Jaden Lars would be from Florida
State.

708
00:36:11,700 --> 00:36:14,700
They both came to chest.
Also, he kind of was the first

709
00:36:14,700 --> 00:36:17,500
Domino to fall, and of course,
it helps that he backed it up,

710
00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:20,600
right away on the field, just
four of those.

711
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,200
First five games were 300-yard
passing days.

712
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,700
That's a PC record.
That's from, from a school that

713
00:36:25,700 --> 00:36:28,400
has a Heisman winner.
Doug Flutie NFL owners.

714
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:32,300
Matt Hasselbeck, Matt, Ryan.
So he made a huge, instant

715
00:36:32,300 --> 00:36:34,200
impact.
But really, what makes me

716
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:38,100
excited about Boston College,
this year is the receiver core.

717
00:36:38,100 --> 00:36:41,200
It's the best they've ever had.
They have Zay flowers back, he's

718
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,000
all ACC caliber.
They get Kobe white back from

719
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:45,800
injury.
People forget about him, but he

720
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:47,900
was incredible a couple years
ago, he's back.

721
00:36:47,900 --> 00:36:49,500
So that's a heck of a one-two
punch.

722
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,200
I just mentioned five star Guild
there.

723
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,300
He's going to be their third
option might even move up higher

724
00:36:55,300 --> 00:36:58,200
than that.
So, this is the best, you know,

725
00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,700
receiver core they've ever had
at a program that is usually

726
00:37:00,700 --> 00:37:05,000
just been a power Run game.
So that very veteran offensive

727
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,600
line, everyone's talked about
them.

728
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,400
So the question becomes pain to
defense making up gains.

729
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,500
Can they be strong enough to
hold leads again?

730
00:37:12,700 --> 00:37:15,700
Of these teams and can be see.
Finally get out of that seven

731
00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:17,000
win range.
They definitely have the

732
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:21,000
capability to do it.
So I know last year, Boston

733
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,900
College seem to get kind of
snake bitten by the the athletic

734
00:37:24,900 --> 00:37:27,500
quarterback.
Are they going to do anything

735
00:37:27,500 --> 00:37:30,100
this year to kind of limit,
explosive plays from that

736
00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:33,300
position?
And are they trying to do

737
00:37:33,300 --> 00:37:35,700
anything?
Like is what they do is that

738
00:37:35,700 --> 00:37:38,800
going to give them kind of
create holes and other parts of

739
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:41,300
that defense if they gets a
smaller at the linebacker

740
00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:44,200
position?
Yeah, that's exactly right.

741
00:37:44,900 --> 00:37:47,000
So one move they already made.
Is that they moved?

742
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,700
I already mentioned him.
Jaden, Lars would be the 5 Star

743
00:37:49,700 --> 00:37:52,500
safety from Florida State.
They moved him down the line

744
00:37:52,500 --> 00:37:54,300
backer.
So, getting him into the box,

745
00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:57,700
that's kind of trading size for
Speed there in the middle, tier

746
00:37:57,700 --> 00:38:01,400
the defense, Jeff haffley.
I mean that defense is area of

747
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,400
expertise, he's a defensive
coach defensive coordinator, he

748
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,800
was the coordinator on Ohio
State's 2019, that was the best

749
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:09,900
defense in the country had Chase
young, there's eyes and

750
00:38:09,900 --> 00:38:13,900
candidate so he's a proven mind.
Chance of interviewing him to

751
00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:17,500
and just like Jeff Collins, very
passionate about Boston College

752
00:38:17,500 --> 00:38:19,700
and building this thing off.
It's another younger coach

753
00:38:19,900 --> 00:38:22,600
younger head coach.
But, yeah, I mean that this is

754
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:23,800
his strength that side of the
ball.

755
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:27,800
So I think that with him there
they should be improving on

756
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:29,500
defense.
You would think so?

757
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:31,700
We'll see if they can defend
better against the running

758
00:38:31,700 --> 00:38:34,900
quarterbacks because, yeah,
those guys gave them troubles,

759
00:38:34,900 --> 00:38:38,100
Brandon, Armstrong last year
across them handed hooker when

760
00:38:38,100 --> 00:38:40,500
he was in for Virginia Tech,
they couldn't stop him either.

761
00:38:40,500 --> 00:38:43,600
So, that was definitely the The
the Achilles heel.

762
00:38:45,100 --> 00:38:48,600
So this one back to back with
the Georgia Tech road trip and

763
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:52,200
then a trip up to Chestnut Hill,
you know, what do you think the

764
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,900
Hokies are able to pull off to?
And on that trip?

765
00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:59,900
Yeah, that be impressive because
while I think you'll be pretty

766
00:38:59,900 --> 00:39:02,400
much favored Over Georgia Tech.
I think the PC games more of a

767
00:39:02,408 --> 00:39:05,100
toss-up to me.
In fact, I have them ranked, I

768
00:39:05,107 --> 00:39:08,800
think either right next to each
other, 33rd and 34th overall,

769
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,400
Virginia Tech and BC.
So that's really a coin flip

770
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,300
game.
So you come out of there, too

771
00:39:13,300 --> 00:39:16,700
and oh, that's that's solid.
I mean, You know, so yeah, and

772
00:39:16,700 --> 00:39:19,200
to road trips, no less.
And I know they're smaller,

773
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:22,500
programs smaller schools.
But given the right occasion,

774
00:39:22,500 --> 00:39:24,000
both the Stadium's can be
rocking.

775
00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:27,100
I was actually up in DC when
they play Clemson a couple years

776
00:39:27,100 --> 00:39:30,300
ago and hosted College GameDay.
And although it only seats about

777
00:39:30,300 --> 00:39:33,500
40,000 that place because b,c
return a punt return for a

778
00:39:33,508 --> 00:39:36,500
touchdown and take the lead that
place was one of the loudest,

779
00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:39,100
I've heard, I mean, the, the
roof came off of that place.

780
00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:42,000
So, in the right environment in
the right setting, it can be

781
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,400
intimidating.
So we'll say, yeah, they don't

782
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:45,600
they don't quite have the
numbers there.

783
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:48,200
But they definitely have a great
atmosphere and that can

784
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,400
definitely be intimidating for
opponents sometimes.

785
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:51,700
Yeah.
Great atmosphere.

786
00:39:51,700 --> 00:39:54,500
When it's when they're packed
on, ask you a real quick

787
00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:57,600
question and do a little you
know hypothetical here if you

788
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:01,800
put jerk of itch on Notre Dame
how many places higher would you

789
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,300
have another name this year?
Wow.

790
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:08,700
That I like it.
I like it the ball definitely

791
00:40:08,700 --> 00:40:11,300
hot me obviously higher I would
take him over Jack cone

792
00:40:11,300 --> 00:40:14,500
instantly.
Yeah I'd probably have them

793
00:40:14,500 --> 00:40:16,100
talk.
Team now there's still enough

794
00:40:16,100 --> 00:40:20,000
questions that I'd still it
doesn't settle my opinions about

795
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,500
their offensive line going
through its transition, the

796
00:40:22,500 --> 00:40:25,500
coordinator change on defense.
So I would still shy away from

797
00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:29,900
top 10 for them but a lot closer
than number 24 I currently have

798
00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:31,800
them.
So yeah it's a great

799
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:33,300
hypothetical.
Yeah.

800
00:40:33,700 --> 00:40:39,100
So probably closer to that you
know 11:45 range that I guess

801
00:40:39,100 --> 00:40:41,900
some other folks have them.
Yeah I can see I can see that.

802
00:40:41,900 --> 00:40:45,600
I mean he has you know some of
Ability there.

803
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,500
He's a really big kid.
He doesn't go down, easy, kind

804
00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:51,800
of reminds me of of
Roethlisberger in his in his

805
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:55,200
college days.
So, Yeah, I could definitely see

806
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:59,800
that being a step forward.
So let's move on to Duke.

807
00:41:02,300 --> 00:41:05,900
What this team is just not
returning, very much production

808
00:41:05,900 --> 00:41:09,300
from last year and they were in
a very good football.

809
00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:13,700
Team.
Last year either was last

810
00:41:13,700 --> 00:41:16,500
season, kind of a not an anomaly
for the cutcliffe error or is

811
00:41:16,500 --> 00:41:18,600
this kind of a sign of things to
come, you think?

812
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,700
Well, yeah, it's been a steady
decline since they won the

813
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:24,800
coastal.
Vision.

814
00:41:25,100 --> 00:41:27,000
And last year was by far the
worst.

815
00:41:27,100 --> 00:41:29,200
And when you dig into it a bit,
there's a couple things, I mean,

816
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:32,600
first his passing attack, I
think was more cutting-edge

817
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,800
earlier in the decade or the
middle of the decade, but it's

818
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:39,100
kind of gotten a bit stale and
predictable, so schematically, I

819
00:41:39,100 --> 00:41:41,300
think they're kind of stuck in
the mud, but really, it was

820
00:41:41,300 --> 00:41:43,600
turnovers.
And I know that every fan base

821
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,500
complains about that and you
hear that from everybody.

822
00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:49,800
But, but no statistically this
was the most turnovers by any

823
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:54,100
FPS team not just power Phi, but
all of FBS since 2012.

824
00:41:54,100 --> 00:41:56,600
So, You're talking about worse
than a decade turnovers.

825
00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:59,500
So, yeah.
And it was a combination, their

826
00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:03,800
turnover margin of offense,
giving it away like crazy, you

827
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,200
know, their quarterback threw
the most pics of me in the end

828
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:09,000
of in the entire country but
then the defense couldn't take

829
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:13,100
the ball away so you know that
combo obviously is a bad recipe.

830
00:42:13,100 --> 00:42:15,100
So yeah.
It was his worst year ever at

831
00:42:15,100 --> 00:42:19,100
Duke and it looks like they're
on the decline is a program back

832
00:42:19,100 --> 00:42:22,600
to their historic mean they're
as a below-average program.

833
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:26,400
All right, so I'll puts a
similar question.

834
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:29,800
I want to ask would babers, you
know, to the store, cool nature

835
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:32,000
of Duke.
I mean, you go back for a 15

836
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:33,900
year stretch.
They averaged two wins.

837
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:38,000
They had one winning season from
whence /, left in, 89 up until

838
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,200
cut Cliffs winnings, first
winning season.

839
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:45,800
In the mid-2000s, it's his job
safe until he decides to retire

840
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:49,100
because Juke has been so bad and
at least he's made them somewhat

841
00:42:49,100 --> 00:42:51,200
relevant.
Pulling off some wins, making a

842
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:54,300
bowl game here and there.
Or is it?

843
00:42:54,300 --> 00:42:58,200
Or is it Buster?
Is it they say we've got a we

844
00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:01,900
can't look on the Pastoral.
We got to continue to try to at

845
00:43:01,900 --> 00:43:03,400
least make a bowl game every
year.

846
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:07,000
Yeah, I kind of get the sense
that given their program

847
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:10,600
context, and how it's so
basketball Centric and kind of

848
00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:12,700
anything that football is kind
of icing on the cake.

849
00:43:12,700 --> 00:43:14,700
I hate to think of it that way,
but if you try and get into

850
00:43:14,700 --> 00:43:18,500
their shoes as a, as a school
and an alumni base, that's how I

851
00:43:18,508 --> 00:43:21,700
kind of see it and the way that
he brought them to Great Heights

852
00:43:21,900 --> 00:43:24,800
in a crowded conference and A
power five conference and wanted

853
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,900
to Vision.
I think that he has a much

854
00:43:26,900 --> 00:43:29,900
longer leash than the average
coach and maybe even just can go

855
00:43:29,900 --> 00:43:32,300
out and his term.
So I don't think it'll be a

856
00:43:32,308 --> 00:43:35,500
dramatic firing or a, you know,
a Black Monday, whatever they

857
00:43:35,500 --> 00:43:38,500
call it on the the day after
rivalry weekend.

858
00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:42,500
So it'll be on his own terms.
I think barring anything like a

859
00:43:42,500 --> 00:43:46,500
winless season or a scandal, but
he's done so much for them as a

860
00:43:46,508 --> 00:43:48,400
program that I think the, he
gets a call shots.

861
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:52,500
And when he heads out, Yeah, not
just delivering wins to a

862
00:43:52,508 --> 00:43:56,600
program that isn't used to it,
but he's definitely seemed to be

863
00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:59,400
a very ambassador of Goodwill
for the ACC.

864
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:03,300
I think most of the coaches
enjoy cutcliffe.

865
00:44:03,300 --> 00:44:07,800
So I think that that might play
a role as well and just, you

866
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:12,000
know, his history overall it
seems like they want to they

867
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,200
probably won't move on unless he
gets really bad like you were

868
00:44:14,207 --> 00:44:16,000
talking about there.
Yeah.

869
00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:20,200
I mean, everyone from Robinson's
coaches to Media members.

870
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:23,400
Do they look like there's guys
who aren't anywhere near the

871
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:27,700
Duke Market, but they try to get
cutcliffe only because he's such

872
00:44:27,700 --> 00:44:31,200
a good guy to talk to.
Now, the one thing I told Brian

873
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:35,300
as we were discussing yesterday,
and I'll throw this at you, cut

874
00:44:35,300 --> 00:44:38,100
Clips is in his mid 60's, so
he's probably got five to seven

875
00:44:38,100 --> 00:44:40,300
years of coaching.
Do you think it could be one of

876
00:44:40,300 --> 00:44:42,300
those things where he maybe
wants to leave?

877
00:44:42,900 --> 00:44:47,100
Maybe go be an offensive
coordinator at, you know, a top

878
00:44:47,100 --> 00:44:49,800
15 school where he knows I'm
going to get Talent.

879
00:44:50,300 --> 00:44:53,600
I can create new Concepts
because they what you will, what

880
00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:56,900
he did between Tennessee and Ole
Miss and Dugal offensively.

881
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:02,200
He wanted Ole Miss in June.
He has an above 500 winning

882
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:03,900
percentages at those two
schools.

883
00:45:04,100 --> 00:45:07,300
Do you think you could see him
sort of, I want to leave because

884
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:10,100
I want to go chase one more
National Title like I did at

885
00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:13,000
Tennessee.
Yeah, it's an interesting

886
00:45:13,100 --> 00:45:16,100
hypothetical there.
Of course, he made his, his big

887
00:45:16,100 --> 00:45:19,200
start at Tennessee.
I don't know, at that age and at

888
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,400
that point your career, you've
been a head coach for so long.

889
00:45:22,100 --> 00:45:25,200
I wonder if they'd be willing to
give up the reins and get more

890
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:26,800
into a coordinator role.
I don't know.

891
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:29,300
I don't know how that Works.
The head coach can, sometimes

892
00:45:29,300 --> 00:45:32,700
get away with being a CEO type
coach in the recruiting world.

893
00:45:32,700 --> 00:45:34,300
Having the coordinators, be the
Grinders.

894
00:45:34,300 --> 00:45:36,900
And so I don't know if you want
to get back into that role.

895
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:40,700
It's impossible for me to know.
I had some personal thing with

896
00:45:40,700 --> 00:45:45,000
him, so I don't know, it's
interesting, but I kind of I

897
00:45:45,008 --> 00:45:47,900
think that this is his last
stand and hopefully, make a bull

898
00:45:47,900 --> 00:45:50,000
push.
Get drunk with Gatorade and ride

899
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:53,900
off into the sunset, but we'll
see you never know, her coach

900
00:45:53,900 --> 00:45:57,800
cut, we really hope so.
All right, so big one.

901
00:45:57,900 --> 00:46:01,900
One near the end of the season.
This rivalry really 25 years in

902
00:46:01,900 --> 00:46:06,200
the making in the early 90s, it
was a brawl between Miami and

903
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:10,700
Virginia Tech.
Miami is returning, a ton of

904
00:46:10,700 --> 00:46:14,200
talent from last season,
especially on offense.

905
00:46:15,300 --> 00:46:20,000
Is this season is the season for
this team really on how well,

906
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:25,000
Gary, Kings ACL holds up.
Six months later.

907
00:46:26,500 --> 00:46:29,200
Well, without the Eric King all
bets are off.

908
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:31,400
I mean, I don't think they have
a chance at anything without

909
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:33,100
him.
That's really been the one

910
00:46:33,100 --> 00:46:36,100
position group, maybe along with
offensive line but definitely

911
00:46:36,100 --> 00:46:37,700
quarterback.
That is held them back during

912
00:46:37,700 --> 00:46:40,100
the Manny Diaz era and sneers
the for that too.

913
00:46:40,300 --> 00:46:43,000
So what he brought immediately
when he transferred in from

914
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:46,300
Houston was not only stability
of quarterback but highlight

915
00:46:46,300 --> 00:46:50,800
plays like a Human Highlight
Reel passing throwing, I mean

916
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:54,100
passing and running dual threat
and people think about is

917
00:46:54,100 --> 00:46:56,500
running mostly but pass.
Eyes.

918
00:46:56,500 --> 00:46:59,000
He's got the Miami all-time
record right now for completion

919
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:02,500
percentage about Bernie Kosar.
So he's excellent in both sides

920
00:47:02,500 --> 00:47:04,600
of the game without him.
Yeah.

921
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:05,800
I mean, I don't know where they
go.

922
00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:09,300
They have a couple guys right
now or were in Spring ball

923
00:47:09,300 --> 00:47:12,200
battling it out with Tyler Van
Dyke and Jake Garcia.

924
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:16,300
But this guy special dear King.
So he was probably the biggest

925
00:47:16,500 --> 00:47:19,500
one man addition out there and
power 5 along with their

926
00:47:19,500 --> 00:47:21,800
coordinator.
Rent Lashley who turned around

927
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:23,700
and offense, it was really stuck
in the mud.

928
00:47:23,700 --> 00:47:25,700
The last couple of years, really
made them.

929
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:30,800
Powerful offense is power spread
offense that he brought in it

930
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:33,100
clicked.
So a couple issues that might

931
00:47:33,100 --> 00:47:36,500
hold them back are at receiver.
And I know that returning

932
00:47:36,500 --> 00:47:39,100
production-wise yeah they're all
returning starters and have

933
00:47:39,100 --> 00:47:42,800
stats but if you watch them and
check out other analytics and

934
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:45,600
drop rates, they were some of
the worst drop rates out there.

935
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:48,400
They got to improve on, catching
the ball and and setting up King

936
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:51,200
for Success.
Now they do add in Charleston,

937
00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:53,400
Rambo who started two seasons at
Oklahoma.

938
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,900
That's that's a massive transfer
portal win.

939
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:00,600
And lastly though, so the
defense has been a strong point

940
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:03,500
for Miami for years and I think
that will continue, but they are

941
00:48:03,500 --> 00:48:07,300
going through a coordinator
change with Blake Baker gone and

942
00:48:07,300 --> 00:48:10,500
they also lose a ton of
Firepower along the defensive

943
00:48:10,500 --> 00:48:14,400
line, especially the rush Edge
and defensive end spots losing

944
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:18,800
Jalen Phillips, Quincy Roche,
and Greg Russo, all of the NFL.

945
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:21,300
So that's some Firepower gone
from the pass rush.

946
00:48:21,300 --> 00:48:23,200
So we'll see how all that comes
together.

947
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:25,500
I want to ask you real quick on
a bronze.

948
00:48:25,500 --> 00:48:29,300
Got something to ask about the
defense but I'm looking at the

949
00:48:29,300 --> 00:48:34,800
time frame of Dirac Kings ACL
tear, I'm a 49ers fan but just

950
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:37,800
so, you know.
So I carry last year was Nick

951
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:40,600
Bosa.
Tearing his ACL week to Nick

952
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:44,300
Bosa just started getting in
pads this week.

953
00:48:44,700 --> 00:48:47,900
He's almost a year out.
He's going to go against

954
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:53,800
Alabama, week one.
I mean, From you're looking at

955
00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:58,600
it analytically, if they know he
can't run how much does it

956
00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:02,100
hinder that offense from doing
what it can do?

957
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:07,100
It's huge and and picture this
too, if you're going against you

958
00:49:07,100 --> 00:49:09,900
give Nick Saban eight months to
prep for you know.

959
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:12,900
Your king is in handcuffs and
can't run.

960
00:49:13,100 --> 00:49:16,600
That's just that's unfair.
So yeah and then when you break

961
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:19,300
down Alabama not to get you know
we're getting like a second

962
00:49:19,300 --> 00:49:22,600
effect here but real quick their
defense first this year and that

963
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:25,700
that past rosters, incredible
Alabama that front sevens nasty.

964
00:49:25,700 --> 00:49:28,600
So yeah, that's a bad formula
for Miami.

965
00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:33,700
So let's talk more about the
defense then because you know

966
00:49:33,700 --> 00:49:36,800
you talked about the explosive
guys that are gone from that

967
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:41,700
defense from the pass rush The
Edge position, they get most of

968
00:49:41,700 --> 00:49:46,100
their secondary back though will
they be able to generate enough

969
00:49:46,100 --> 00:49:49,000
pressure on the quarterback to
actually maximize that

970
00:49:49,100 --> 00:49:52,700
experience?
They have on the back end So, I

971
00:49:52,700 --> 00:49:55,100
think they will it won't be as
incredible as last year.

972
00:49:55,100 --> 00:49:58,000
They were one of the best sack
teams out there in tackles for

973
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:00,900
loss, but I will say that
schematically, that's what

974
00:50:00,900 --> 00:50:03,700
they're going for.
One of my stats, I run as my -

975
00:50:03,700 --> 00:50:06,700
play percentage and what that
means is just tracks, how often

976
00:50:06,700 --> 00:50:09,500
a defense is making plays in the
backfield or at the line of

977
00:50:09,500 --> 00:50:11,900
scrimmage.
And it's somewhat stylistic

978
00:50:11,900 --> 00:50:15,400
where some teams will, you know,
Blitz a ton to try and create

979
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:18,800
havoc in the backfield and might
get burnt more and long yardage

980
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:22,000
plays in the back side.
But but long story short, Right

981
00:50:22,100 --> 00:50:24,400
under Manny Diaz.
This team is always in the top

982
00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:27,500
10 of my - play right there, an
aggressive style defense.

983
00:50:27,500 --> 00:50:31,100
It's attacking and you know,
that was before, Blake Baker,

984
00:50:31,100 --> 00:50:33,600
got here is coordinator and I
think it'll continue now that

985
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:35,900
he's gone.
It's more a man, he dies things.

986
00:50:35,900 --> 00:50:38,000
So they're going to try for it
now.

987
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:41,100
Can they hit home enough?
We'll see, because that's three.

988
00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:45,000
Legit NFL was going from that
pass rush but they recruit well

989
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:48,300
here, as you guys know, one of
the best in the conference, top

990
00:50:48,300 --> 00:50:51,000
15 nationally.
So there's probably guys that

991
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:52,100
are ready to step up.
Up.

992
00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:55,800
And I think the secondary will
hold it down while that pass

993
00:50:55,800 --> 00:50:59,900
rush comes of age because they
get a five star in from from

994
00:50:59,900 --> 00:51:03,700
UGA, Tyreke Stephenson comes in.
They have Bubba, Bolden, who is

995
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:06,700
incredible last year
all-conference, caliber safety,

996
00:51:06,700 --> 00:51:12,500
they're coming in from USC, so,
and then, yeah, tons of guys IV

997
00:51:12,500 --> 00:51:16,100
I'll bleed.
So, yeah, we'll say, but there's

998
00:51:16,100 --> 00:51:20,900
lots of like while that pass
rush gets its footing, What

999
00:51:20,900 --> 00:51:23,300
you're telling me you might be a
little bit of a struggle down

1000
00:51:23,300 --> 00:51:26,600
there in South Beach.
When the Hokies take a trip down

1001
00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:30,300
there it wasn't only a king's
healthy with without King and

1002
00:51:30,300 --> 00:51:31,900
all bets are off.
Like I said, so we're going to

1003
00:51:31,908 --> 00:51:33,600
learn a lot Week 1 against
Alabama.

1004
00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:37,900
All right, so we're going to
move from one rival to another.

1005
00:51:39,500 --> 00:51:42,700
UVA closing out the regular
season for the Hokies.

1006
00:51:43,500 --> 00:51:47,500
Yeah, they played well down the
stretch last season, but they

1007
00:51:47,500 --> 00:51:52,100
did lose convincingly to the
Hokies at Lane Stadium to close

1008
00:51:52,100 --> 00:51:54,900
out their season.
Do you have kind of a stock

1009
00:51:54,900 --> 00:51:58,000
rising, or a stock falling grade
on this season heading into

1010
00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:01,400
2021?
So not only because I'm on a

1011
00:52:01,408 --> 00:52:05,500
Virginia Tech's show, but in all
honesty, I have them as a

1012
00:52:05,500 --> 00:52:09,500
downgrade this year, I had them
six in the coastal and Without

1013
00:52:09,500 --> 00:52:14,300
of 65 power 5 teams.
So yeah, I don't see, I don't

1014
00:52:14,300 --> 00:52:16,200
see them bouncing back towards,
you know, fighting for a

1015
00:52:16,207 --> 00:52:19,200
conference or title Crown again.
Now to his credit.

1016
00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:22,300
Brandon Armstrong was great, he
filled in for Bryce Perkins that

1017
00:52:22,300 --> 00:52:26,000
role that do it all role in.
Mendenhall's an offense, you

1018
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:28,800
know shouldering a ton of
carries in the Run game accurate

1019
00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:30,400
passing.
So he was fine.

1020
00:52:30,700 --> 00:52:34,500
It's just been from there.
I don't see many other pieces of

1021
00:52:34,500 --> 00:52:37,700
what would be a ranked team or a
conference Contender start in

1022
00:52:37,700 --> 00:52:39,800
the backfield.
They really Acted to a

1023
00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:42,400
traditional running game.
Usually teams have a feature

1024
00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:45,500
back or a couple guys.
Put the running backs, don't do

1025
00:52:45,500 --> 00:52:49,300
much for them there and then it
receiver they lose a couple key

1026
00:52:49,300 --> 00:52:53,300
pieces Du Bois and Joe read are
gone and the breakout freshman.

1027
00:52:53,300 --> 00:52:56,900
The 67 lateral Davis?
Breakout star, he's injured.

1028
00:52:56,900 --> 00:53:01,200
So there's I think a lack of
Firepower on offense and then

1029
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:05,100
you know you lose a couple stars
on defense to and really the

1030
00:53:05,100 --> 00:53:09,000
past defense has been what's
held them back for about a year

1031
00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:10,800
and a A half.
Now I have the stats all in the

1032
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:13,900
book but you can see it clear
decline their Midway through

1033
00:53:13,900 --> 00:53:16,900
2019 and it's been terrible.
Passing defense sense.

1034
00:53:17,300 --> 00:53:20,700
So yeah, so it's funny when you
look at Virginia Tech the last

1035
00:53:20,700 --> 00:53:25,000
three years, the Hokies have
lost, 23 in state teams, Liberty

1036
00:53:25,100 --> 00:53:28,900
Old Dominion and UVA.
But I'm if you ask some alumni,

1037
00:53:28,900 --> 00:53:31,200
I wonder which one they're more
upset about it, since it might

1038
00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:33,600
be that you VA.
So I think you'll defend the

1039
00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:35,400
Commonwealth cup again for
another year.

1040
00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:38,200
Make it what 16 out of 17 or
something crazy.

1041
00:53:40,100 --> 00:53:41,500
Yeah, that'd be nice to see you
again.

1042
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:46,900
We did not like the common look
up leaving Blacksburg in 2019.

1043
00:53:46,900 --> 00:53:50,000
That wouldn't definitely stung.
And I don't think we necessarily

1044
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:54,800
want to say UVA is our Benchmark
in terms of whether a season is

1045
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:59,300
successful or unsuccessful.
But we definitely want to keep

1046
00:53:59,300 --> 00:54:01,500
that that cup at home every
year.

1047
00:54:01,500 --> 00:54:05,800
So yeah, we'll see.
I the big thing I.

1048
00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:09,100
This is kind of a little bit of
an inverse of What we were

1049
00:54:09,100 --> 00:54:12,200
dealing with, with Miami.
You hit on a little bit with the

1050
00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:17,200
secondary being pretty weak for
UVA, you know, they also lost

1051
00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:22,000
two of their best pass rushers
from last season.

1052
00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:25,100
Are they going to be able to
generate enough pressure on the

1053
00:54:25,100 --> 00:54:28,200
quarterback to hide?
What is objectively and awful

1054
00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:32,100
secondary.
Yeah, I don't think so.

1055
00:54:32,500 --> 00:54:34,700
It's kind of one of the major
factors have been having them so

1056
00:54:34,700 --> 00:54:36,300
low.
I think if you look at some of

1057
00:54:36,300 --> 00:54:38,700
the other preseason magazines
out there, they have UVA.

1058
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:42,400
Higher than six, probably in
that fourth or fifth or even

1059
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:44,600
third range.
But I've got them down at six

1060
00:54:44,900 --> 00:54:47,800
because of that star power gone
from the linebackers and Edge

1061
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:50,200
Rush positions.
And just in general the

1062
00:54:50,200 --> 00:54:54,700
secondary it was I think it was
Bryce Hall when he went down to

1063
00:54:54,700 --> 00:54:58,300
injury in 2019 that pass defense
really collapsed and it

1064
00:54:58,308 --> 00:55:01,200
continued again in 20 and I
don't know why it would change

1065
00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:05,300
all of a sudden 2021 with those
stars in front of them gone.

1066
00:55:05,300 --> 00:55:07,600
So yeah.
And then when you look at it I

1067
00:55:07,600 --> 00:55:10,000
also like to look in between the
Season, you know, first half

1068
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:13,700
second half second half of this
season 2020.

1069
00:55:13,700 --> 00:55:16,400
They were one of the worst
defense is in America, so and I

1070
00:55:16,408 --> 00:55:19,400
know that everyone's got context
with injuries and all kinds of

1071
00:55:19,408 --> 00:55:22,900
stuff, weird 2020 stuff, but
there's not enough there for me

1072
00:55:22,900 --> 00:55:24,900
to see a complete overnight
change.

1073
00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:29,600
Got you?
I want to say you, did you

1074
00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:33,400
predict the 2019 UVA Coastal?
When?

1075
00:55:33,900 --> 00:55:38,000
Because of the Perkins factor?
I did not.

1076
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:41,600
I don't think I can give you.
I'm trying to go to memory

1077
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:46,900
banks, but, you know, but
clearly, you know, they're

1078
00:55:47,300 --> 00:55:50,500
they're the defense, the back
end, looks terrible and

1079
00:55:50,500 --> 00:55:54,600
obviously, I'm assuming what for
them to be to that.

1080
00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:57,200
Fourth, the third rain, maybe
fifth range burning Armstrong

1081
00:55:57,200 --> 00:56:01,200
has to put Bryce Perkins like
you know, numbers up and that's

1082
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:06,200
something you're not seeing.
So you know which as a Virginia

1083
00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:10,100
Tech fan, that's good for sir.
Certain family members in mind.

1084
00:56:10,100 --> 00:56:14,300
They don't like to hear that.
So we're, hey, I just being

1085
00:56:14,300 --> 00:56:16,400
real, man.
All right, before we get into

1086
00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:20,200
Virginia Tech, one more question
to ask you, what is the one ACC

1087
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:24,300
we haven't mentioned here, not
on our schedule, not Clemson.

1088
00:56:24,900 --> 00:56:28,000
But we need to watch out for
like early season, watch a few

1089
00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:31,200
of their games, because you feel
like they have a chance to

1090
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:36,200
really do something this year.
So, not opponent that knocks out

1091
00:56:36,200 --> 00:56:39,600
UNC in Miami and not Clemson.
So I think, Next in line, we

1092
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:42,000
have to be NC State.
This is a team that I have right

1093
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:46,800
near the top 25. 26 nationally,
second in the ACC Atlantic and

1094
00:56:47,100 --> 00:56:49,700
what you have with NC State
under Dent Dave Turin.

1095
00:56:49,900 --> 00:56:52,600
He's produced a lot of NFL
players has been kind of stuck

1096
00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:55,300
at that 9 win range, but this
time around everything's

1097
00:56:55,300 --> 00:56:59,100
clicking, where you have second
year coordinators, remember this

1098
00:56:59,100 --> 00:57:02,100
to this time last year there was
no Spring ball no summer camp

1099
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:04,800
and he went with a double
coordinator, change bringing in,

1100
00:57:05,100 --> 00:57:08,500
Tim back on offense and Tony
Gibson on defense with a rare

1101
00:57:08,500 --> 00:57:12,000
three. 35 scheme.
So with no install time, they

1102
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:14,700
actually still did pretty well.
In both coordinators are great,

1103
00:57:14,700 --> 00:57:16,600
the offense and defense both
Rose.

1104
00:57:16,800 --> 00:57:20,500
Now, you get the double dividend
of all returning production and

1105
00:57:20,500 --> 00:57:23,100
returning coordinators and
second-year bonus schematically.

1106
00:57:23,100 --> 00:57:26,100
So I think the sky's the limit
for NC State and they can really

1107
00:57:26,100 --> 00:57:29,300
collect some wins every position
group looks out.

1108
00:57:29,300 --> 00:57:31,900
When you break it down, there's
not many holes here.

1109
00:57:31,900 --> 00:57:37,600
So I look for them as a legit
top 25 caliber team and, you

1110
00:57:37,607 --> 00:57:39,800
know, possible for an upset.
Are there depending on where

1111
00:57:39,800 --> 00:57:41,300
they're flying?
Yeah.

1112
00:57:41,500 --> 00:57:45,500
And now, the vet came over from
Texas, Gibson came over from

1113
00:57:45,500 --> 00:57:48,300
West Virginia and obviously
they've got to Virginia Tech,

1114
00:57:48,300 --> 00:57:52,100
coaches and Charlie Wiles.
And Brian Mitchell at the corner

1115
00:57:52,100 --> 00:57:54,000
position.
But I'll ask you a question

1116
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:56,800
because really referring to
really their defensive side.

1117
00:57:56,900 --> 00:58:00,500
They bring all, but one starter
back, but when a starter is like

1118
00:58:00,500 --> 00:58:04,800
a Liam, McNeil High NFL draft
pick, highly productive player

1119
00:58:05,300 --> 00:58:08,800
as you were looking into making
your decisions how much?

1120
00:58:08,900 --> 00:58:12,000
Does that go into when it's one
guy?

1121
00:58:12,600 --> 00:58:16,500
But he is essentially all-acc,
All-American, top draft pick.

1122
00:58:16,700 --> 00:58:19,800
How does that go into when, you
know, you know, analyze this

1123
00:58:19,800 --> 00:58:23,800
data you have?
Yeah, it's, it's important.

1124
00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:26,700
I mean, not all returning,
starters are equal, not all, you

1125
00:58:26,700 --> 00:58:30,400
know, not all graduating seniors
are the same, but yeah, that's

1126
00:58:30,400 --> 00:58:33,900
one big hole, but 10 starters
around, and we're back and not

1127
00:58:33,900 --> 00:58:35,700
just that but they hit the
transfer portal really.

1128
00:58:35,700 --> 00:58:39,100
Well, in fact, it was part of
State who they rated Got a

1129
00:58:39,107 --> 00:58:40,900
couple starters, these aren't
backup.

1130
00:58:40,900 --> 00:58:44,000
Guys, these are veterans
starters and even small

1131
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:47,300
conference caliber players bring
in Cory Durden from their

1132
00:58:47,300 --> 00:58:50,000
defensive line and Cyrus fagin
in the secondary.

1133
00:58:50,300 --> 00:58:53,800
So while you have 10 starters
back you add to basically

1134
00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:57,100
starters from Florida State and
and more so than that.

1135
00:58:57,100 --> 00:58:59,500
It's like I said it's them
having their second full year in

1136
00:58:59,500 --> 00:59:02,500
the scheme, a real offseason, a
real spring to learn it.

1137
00:59:02,700 --> 00:59:06,700
The 335 it's not your normal
base defense like, you know,

1138
00:59:06,700 --> 00:59:11,000
everyone's for 3 or 3 4.
So, Going to this one, they

1139
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:13,500
needed that extra year of
coaching so it's going to go a

1140
00:59:13,508 --> 00:59:17,100
long way for him and yeah of
course McNeil's a huge loss but

1141
00:59:17,100 --> 00:59:19,800
overall full profile.
I like what they have here.

1142
00:59:20,800 --> 00:59:24,400
Yeah and bave Doran in 2020.
I mean some people thought he

1143
00:59:24,400 --> 00:59:30,000
was knocking on the hot seat
there and then all of you know

1144
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:33,600
he has a pretty good campaign
has a really good offseason and

1145
00:59:33,600 --> 00:59:36,100
getting some guys in the portal
and now they're they're

1146
00:59:36,100 --> 00:59:39,400
essentially gearing up to you
know, potentially Noise this

1147
00:59:39,400 --> 00:59:42,300
year.
So that's a big big switch in

1148
00:59:42,300 --> 00:59:44,700
just you know, 12 12 months
there for them.

1149
00:59:45,500 --> 00:59:47,500
Yeah, for sure.
And one last note that

1150
00:59:47,500 --> 00:59:51,200
recruiting profiles really
improved to they had some some

1151
00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:54,400
record-high classes for their
context back in 18 and 19.

1152
00:59:54,400 --> 00:59:58,200
So those High classes, they're
coming of age of starters so to

1153
00:59:58,200 --> 01:00:00,100
fill McNeil's void there and
nose tackle.

1154
01:00:00,100 --> 01:00:02,800
It's not just one.
But three, four stars are all

1155
01:00:02,800 --> 01:00:06,600
battling for that nose tackle
spot and then during the added.

1156
01:00:06,600 --> 01:00:09,700
So yeah, so everything's kind of
coming into into fruition here.

1157
01:00:09,700 --> 01:00:12,300
This is year to really break
through in the win column

1158
01:00:12,300 --> 01:00:15,100
because that's been kind of
what's hold held him back.

1159
01:00:15,100 --> 01:00:18,800
They've produced a ton of NFL
players, but the win-loss record

1160
01:00:18,800 --> 01:00:22,600
is nothing to be proud of.
So far against Power, five teams

1161
01:00:22,600 --> 01:00:25,800
that finished with 9 wins or
more, he's Owen 22.

1162
01:00:25,900 --> 01:00:28,000
So, you got to start winning
some notable games, and I think

1163
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:31,000
this is the year to do it.
All right, so now that we've

1164
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:34,900
touched on every other opponent,
the the Hokies have this year,

1165
01:00:34,900 --> 01:00:37,400
let's talk about the Hokies
themselves a little bit.

1166
01:00:37,700 --> 01:00:39,800
You know, the big one.
Is on offense.

1167
01:00:39,800 --> 01:00:44,700
We're looking at the metrics and
just the overall production that

1168
01:00:44,700 --> 01:00:48,700
Khalil Herbert generated last
year was pretty ridiculous and

1169
01:00:48,700 --> 01:00:50,900
losing a couple pieces on the
offensive line.

1170
01:00:51,700 --> 01:00:53,500
How do you think Virginia Tech
goes about?

1171
01:00:53,500 --> 01:00:55,900
Replacing that production in
2021.

1172
01:00:57,100 --> 01:01:00,700
Yeah, it's going to be tough
because that running game was so

1173
01:01:00,700 --> 01:01:03,800
dominant and really the
offensive line as a unit in the

1174
01:01:03,800 --> 01:01:07,300
running game was they were road
graders or whatever the term is

1175
01:01:07,300 --> 01:01:08,700
for that.
I mean, it was impressive.

1176
01:01:08,800 --> 01:01:11,100
I've christened aerosol here and
All-American.

1177
01:01:11,100 --> 01:01:14,000
Honors was a first rounder that,
you know, it's hard to replace

1178
01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:15,400
that.
And now of course, the seat of

1179
01:01:15,400 --> 01:01:18,400
Smith and tenuta they return.
They're getting high grades

1180
01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:22,000
themselves, but to lose such a
big piece like that are saw and

1181
01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:25,400
the running back there Herbert.
That's really the engine of that

1182
01:01:25,400 --> 01:01:29,100
offense last year, so definitely
question marks there the other

1183
01:01:29,100 --> 01:01:32,800
transfer from that cycle, I
believe was, was Blackshear from

1184
01:01:32,800 --> 01:01:35,600
Rutgers, but I think that he was
moving over to slot receiver.

1185
01:01:35,600 --> 01:01:38,200
He's a different type of Runner
than Herbert.

1186
01:01:38,200 --> 01:01:43,000
So, Definitely a question mark
for me in the Run game and we'll

1187
01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:46,500
see about that passing wise.
It was a battle Burmeister and

1188
01:01:46,500 --> 01:01:49,900
hooker of course, hooker leaves
for, I think it was Tennessee.

1189
01:01:50,800 --> 01:01:52,300
So it's fully burned, my
sister's team.

1190
01:01:52,300 --> 01:01:54,200
This year, we didn't see too
much of them.

1191
01:01:54,500 --> 01:01:58,100
I think I said earlier he was
three and one is four starts and

1192
01:01:58,100 --> 01:02:01,700
there wasn't much to statistical
variance between when Burmeister

1193
01:02:01,700 --> 01:02:04,200
was in, and when hooker was in
sometimes, when I look into it,

1194
01:02:04,200 --> 01:02:06,900
I look at which games each
quarterback started and played

1195
01:02:06,900 --> 01:02:09,700
in trying gray than that way.
But But they were pretty similar

1196
01:02:09,700 --> 01:02:11,500
outcomes when neither guy was
in.

1197
01:02:11,500 --> 01:02:14,300
So so yeah.
Big question mark here.

1198
01:02:14,500 --> 01:02:17,900
This will say a lot about Fuente
the way that he can kind of

1199
01:02:17,900 --> 01:02:20,600
transition from a great rushing
attack and see if they can make

1200
01:02:20,600 --> 01:02:23,500
gains in the passing attack now.
Yeah, absolutely.

1201
01:02:23,700 --> 01:02:25,900
Yeah.
Raheem Blackshear is a guy that

1202
01:02:25,900 --> 01:02:29,400
my partner here at Portland
through things at the PD will

1203
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:33,000
put the way they used him.
The video we had from Rutgers in

1204
01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:35,900
the highlights.
It was like this is a hybrid,

1205
01:02:35,900 --> 01:02:37,800
got you have to use in multiple
ways.

1206
01:02:38,200 --> 01:02:40,300
How are you?
Jim was incorrect, the coaching

1207
01:02:40,300 --> 01:02:42,900
staff actually came out owned it
that they were putting too much

1208
01:02:42,900 --> 01:02:44,600
on and last year which we like
to hear.

1209
01:02:44,800 --> 01:02:47,000
So hopefully that changes.
Now I'm going to flip the

1210
01:02:47,008 --> 01:02:50,700
defense because as you just said
it, how dominant the running

1211
01:02:50,700 --> 01:02:53,900
game was last year.
Let me say you something, and

1212
01:02:53,900 --> 01:02:56,900
you and it's and you can you
painted a picture perfectly in

1213
01:02:56,900 --> 01:02:59,100
the magazine?
We were best, especially on

1214
01:02:59,100 --> 01:03:04,400
defense, you know, in just about
every category, it did show

1215
01:03:04,400 --> 01:03:07,100
flashes at times.
And in certain games, it looked

1216
01:03:07,100 --> 01:03:08,600
like, well, this looks like a
bug.

1217
01:03:08,800 --> 01:03:12,600
Foster lunch pail, you know
defense Do you think that

1218
01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:16,300
breaking in a new defensive
coordinator in the covid era?

1219
01:03:16,300 --> 01:03:20,600
On had a big impact on those
numbers?

1220
01:03:20,600 --> 01:03:24,400
And how much did Improvement?
Do you predict for this defense

1221
01:03:24,400 --> 01:03:29,500
come the 2021 season?
So, first off, when I look at

1222
01:03:29,500 --> 01:03:33,100
all these 66 programs and 2020
was so weird.

1223
01:03:33,100 --> 01:03:35,700
All these different sides
storylines and everything, all

1224
01:03:35,700 --> 01:03:38,700
this extra context but Virginia
Tech's defense is really the

1225
01:03:38,700 --> 01:03:40,600
poster child of that.
They had it all.

1226
01:03:40,600 --> 01:03:43,500
Unfortunately it was The
coordinator change and not just

1227
01:03:43,500 --> 01:03:46,300
any coordinator of change, but
replacing an all-time coaching

1228
01:03:46,300 --> 01:03:50,300
Legend Bud Foster after some 30
years there along the sidelines.

1229
01:03:50,300 --> 01:03:53,300
So massive transition there with
no prep time.

1230
01:03:53,600 --> 01:03:56,200
Then you had what you thought
would be an All-American guy

1231
01:03:56,800 --> 01:03:59,300
with Kaylin Farley.
So he opts out, you had the

1232
01:03:59,300 --> 01:04:02,400
opt-out factor now and that was
that was new in 2020.

1233
01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:06,500
So you lose him, then you lost
multiple starters and the

1234
01:04:06,500 --> 01:04:09,600
rotation was thin and there was
all these quarantines, remember

1235
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:12,800
early in the season on the
broadcast they were Like 25

1236
01:04:12,800 --> 01:04:17,000
players are out tonight.
So just every single storyline

1237
01:04:17,000 --> 01:04:19,300
2020 related possible hit this
defense.

1238
01:04:19,300 --> 01:04:23,100
So also say that I think you're
in for a physical Improvement in

1239
01:04:23,100 --> 01:04:26,400
2021, it can't get worse,
because you have a second-year

1240
01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:29,100
bonus with the coordinator.
It's a more normal offseason.

1241
01:04:29,100 --> 01:04:32,900
You're not going to have
opt-outs in August and and now

1242
01:04:32,900 --> 01:04:35,700
you have some, some more proven
pieces within this scheme.

1243
01:04:35,700 --> 01:04:38,000
So, yeah, it's going to get
better.

1244
01:04:38,500 --> 01:04:40,400
It was just really fluky season
last year.

1245
01:04:40,400 --> 01:04:42,100
It specifically to this
defendant Yes.

1246
01:04:44,200 --> 01:04:46,600
Yeah, we were watching it.
There were some moments that

1247
01:04:46,600 --> 01:04:50,200
just seemed like it looks like
they just didn't have enough

1248
01:04:50,200 --> 01:04:55,400
preparation time, particularly
kind of that in moment in, in

1249
01:04:55,400 --> 01:04:59,000
the Liberty game after the, the
time out during the blocked

1250
01:04:59,000 --> 01:05:02,800
field goal and, you know, not
not recognizing that.

1251
01:05:02,800 --> 01:05:06,900
Hey, if they get another eight
to ten yards there in makeable

1252
01:05:06,900 --> 01:05:10,200
field, goal range and not, you
know, a wing and a prayer.

1253
01:05:11,000 --> 01:05:13,000
And just there were there were
little moments like that.

1254
01:05:13,100 --> 01:05:15,800
That throughout the year that
just they were head-scratcher.

1255
01:05:15,800 --> 01:05:20,300
So hopefully some more of this
seasoning and actually you know

1256
01:05:20,300 --> 01:05:24,700
it sounds like J Hamm wanted to
simplify some of the concepts

1257
01:05:24,700 --> 01:05:27,000
that he was trying to put in
last year.

1258
01:05:27,000 --> 01:05:30,400
Some of that probably is is a
little bit of trial and error

1259
01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:34,000
and some of us just okay.
Well I've actually got time to

1260
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:37,900
refine what I want to do here
and kind of get back to the nuts

1261
01:05:37,900 --> 01:05:39,900
and bolts of what this defense
did.

1262
01:05:39,900 --> 01:05:43,800
Well last year, we read your
picks Seek reviews.

1263
01:05:43,800 --> 01:05:47,400
The, the 2021, you know, you say
that there's some enough bright

1264
01:05:47,400 --> 01:05:51,100
spots on the roster to put us a
put the Virginia Tech Hokies as

1265
01:05:51,100 --> 01:05:53,200
the clear cut number 3 in the
coastal.

1266
01:05:54,300 --> 01:05:57,600
But you said that there's a gap
between us and UNC in Miami

1267
01:05:57,600 --> 01:05:59,900
which kind of makes sense based
on their roster makeup and

1268
01:05:59,900 --> 01:06:03,500
things like that.
What Catalyst, if any could

1269
01:06:03,500 --> 01:06:09,100
allow a Virginia Tech to capture
the coastal in 2021, I think a

1270
01:06:09,200 --> 01:06:12,000
legitimate passing attack will
be nice to get to get going.

1271
01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:15,700
You want to see that want to see
a more balanced attack but

1272
01:06:15,700 --> 01:06:18,200
really the defense I think the
defense is number one concern

1273
01:06:18,200 --> 01:06:21,000
right now.
Just given all that yardage up

1274
01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:24,800
last year and points and just
think of the old regime Virginia

1275
01:06:24,800 --> 01:06:28,800
Tech teams that were competitive
winning 10 games making orange

1276
01:06:28,800 --> 01:06:30,500
bowls.
It was it was the always defense

1277
01:06:30,500 --> 01:06:33,000
first and I think I put this in
the book to wear.

1278
01:06:33,000 --> 01:06:36,500
If you could have paired the
2020, rushing attack with some

1279
01:06:36,500 --> 01:06:38,900
of those great bud.
Sturdy fences, you're talking

1280
01:06:38,900 --> 01:06:41,800
Conference Championship, but
timing is everything, and it

1281
01:06:41,800 --> 01:06:44,500
kind of just, you know, it just
so happened to align with the

1282
01:06:44,500 --> 01:06:47,500
weaker defense.
But yeah, I agree with what I

1283
01:06:47,508 --> 01:06:49,100
wrote that there are bright
spots here.

1284
01:06:49,100 --> 01:06:53,100
So speaking to the defense,
specifically guys like Jermaine

1285
01:06:53,100 --> 01:06:56,100
Waller, I mean he and Farley
were the best corner, one of the

1286
01:06:56,100 --> 01:06:59,800
best corner Duo's in America in
19 and you had Farley opt-out

1287
01:06:59,800 --> 01:07:02,600
and while there was banged up so
you get Waller back.

1288
01:07:02,800 --> 01:07:05,500
Dorian strong was a bright spot
as a true freshman so that might

1289
01:07:05,500 --> 01:07:09,000
be your next Duo there.
You also add A two-year SEC

1290
01:07:09,000 --> 01:07:12,200
starter.
We tied the alien safety to your

1291
01:07:12,200 --> 01:07:13,900
starter, they're transferring
in.

1292
01:07:14,800 --> 01:07:18,300
And then another thing is you
know some guys are playing a

1293
01:07:18,300 --> 01:07:20,300
little bit out of position, I
think I read.

1294
01:07:20,300 --> 01:07:23,800
So getting Dax hollifield to
move back inside more of a

1295
01:07:23,808 --> 01:07:26,500
natural fit for what he was
recruited towards.

1296
01:07:26,500 --> 01:07:29,900
So little adjustments like that
little tweaks and then a whole

1297
01:07:29,900 --> 01:07:34,100
year extra in this new scheme
and new coordinator, that might

1298
01:07:34,100 --> 01:07:37,400
be enough to flip some of these
Gamers oats because it was very

1299
01:07:37,400 --> 01:07:38,900
odd.
God, I've been doing this ten

1300
01:07:38,900 --> 01:07:40,800
years.
The see, Virginia Tech not with

1301
01:07:40,800 --> 01:07:42,400
a winning record, and not in a
bowl game.

1302
01:07:42,500 --> 01:07:44,900
I know that's, you know,
repetitive for you guys to hear,

1303
01:07:44,900 --> 01:07:46,500
you've probably talked about it
for eight months.

1304
01:07:46,500 --> 01:07:49,800
But, you know, from a, from a
national scope, you just always

1305
01:07:49,800 --> 01:07:51,400
pencil in Virginia Tech, 48
wins.

1306
01:07:51,400 --> 01:07:54,100
That's just a given every year.
So you want to start to get back

1307
01:07:54,100 --> 01:07:57,600
to that, you want to start to be
handling the in-state teams, and

1308
01:07:57,600 --> 01:07:59,700
some of the teams below you in
the, in the coastal.

1309
01:07:59,700 --> 01:08:02,500
So, you know, building blocks
baby steps first.

1310
01:08:02,500 --> 01:08:04,700
But you got to get back to the
bowl season.

1311
01:08:05,600 --> 01:08:08,800
Yeah, this is the first season
that Virginia Tech hasn't gotten

1312
01:08:08,800 --> 01:08:11,500
that kind of courtesy, AP Top 25
vote.

1313
01:08:12,600 --> 01:08:15,700
Even if we don't, need end up
making the the 25 we weren't in

1314
01:08:15,700 --> 01:08:17,500
that others, receiving vote
category.

1315
01:08:17,500 --> 01:08:22,700
So, definitely the, some of the
luster rubbed off last year and

1316
01:08:22,700 --> 01:08:26,200
hopefully they can recapture
some of the magic we're used to

1317
01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:30,500
this year.
Absolutely Brandon in breath.

1318
01:08:30,500 --> 01:08:33,600
Thank you for you know,
everything tonight and but as

1319
01:08:33,600 --> 01:08:37,800
far as Virginia Tech goes, the
one question I have and you talk

1320
01:08:37,800 --> 01:08:42,399
about the passing attack, but
can they now since they've

1321
01:08:42,399 --> 01:08:45,000
settled on Braxton Burmeister
super athletic guy?

1322
01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:48,500
I don't know if you saw this the
other day, had a mph of like

1323
01:08:48,500 --> 01:08:54,700
22.8, so obviously speeding you
want to see the passing attack

1324
01:08:54,700 --> 01:08:59,399
but obviously with the elements
of Burmeister running is that

1325
01:08:59,399 --> 01:09:02,399
one of the biggest keys to
elevating the passing attack.

1326
01:09:02,899 --> 01:09:05,399
Don't, there's no way they can
bring it back to seven point,

1327
01:09:05,399 --> 01:09:08,200
seven yards per carry like, you
know, Herbert last year.

1328
01:09:08,500 --> 01:09:11,800
But if they find between Jalen
Holston Keyshawn King in the

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variety of running backs and
attacks.

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Averaging 6 per carry, is that
better ways with the guy who's

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01:09:19,100 --> 01:09:23,800
now been in a system multiple
years to actually Elevate that

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01:09:23,800 --> 01:09:27,399
attack.
I could see it and and

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01:09:27,399 --> 01:09:31,500
specifically with Justin Fuente
here for years he couldn't have,

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01:09:31,700 --> 01:09:33,399
there was no returning starter
at quarterback.

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01:09:33,399 --> 01:09:37,500
It was always one year guy or a
half season guy, so I'm remember

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01:09:37,500 --> 01:09:40,500
being excited coming into 2019
to have Ryan Willis.

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01:09:41,300 --> 01:09:43,500
What we thought was a second
year starter and when that

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01:09:43,500 --> 01:09:45,200
didn't pan out, it was handed
hooker.

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01:09:45,200 --> 01:09:47,500
And I thought last year, okay,
this will be a second year

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01:09:47,500 --> 01:09:50,300
starter and that didn't pan out.
So, I want somebody to go

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01:09:50,300 --> 01:09:53,200
through a fool, you know, second
season and just see the kind of

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01:09:53,200 --> 01:09:55,800
games that can be made now.
It has.

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01:09:55,900 --> 01:09:57,400
Is that lettuce is in the
quarterback?

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01:09:57,700 --> 01:10:00,100
I wonder if once he gets back to
some of his old roots, that old

1345
01:10:00,100 --> 01:10:03,700
quarterback Veer that he used to
run at ECU on those successful,

1346
01:10:03,800 --> 01:10:07,000
you know, Rose Bowl wins and and
undefeated Seasons when they

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01:10:07,000 --> 01:10:10,000
were still in the Mountain West.
So, yeah, you want to use some

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01:10:10,000 --> 01:10:11,400
quarterback run, get him
involved.

1349
01:10:11,400 --> 01:10:14,600
If he's that quick because that
brings don't, you know, that'll

1350
01:10:14,600 --> 01:10:17,500
draw attention from the
secondary and pack more guys,

1351
01:10:17,500 --> 01:10:21,700
into the box AKA open up some
Lanes on the outsides because

1352
01:10:21,700 --> 01:10:23,100
that might be a relative
strength.

1353
01:10:23,100 --> 01:10:24,900
As you have your top three
receivers back.

1354
01:10:25,300 --> 01:10:27,900
Robinson and Turner, and
obviously James Mitchell over

1355
01:10:27,900 --> 01:10:29,700
the middle.
So yeah.

1356
01:10:29,700 --> 01:10:31,600
So play that Advantage.
We'll see.

1357
01:10:31,600 --> 01:10:34,300
I mean, I wrote this.
I said there's a lot to like

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01:10:34,300 --> 01:10:38,200
this bright spots everywhere.
It's just, you know, with a norm

1359
01:10:38,200 --> 01:10:40,300
or normal season.
I'm excited to see the gains.

1360
01:10:40,300 --> 01:10:44,100
They make awesome.
Brett we again, I really

1361
01:10:44,100 --> 01:10:46,300
appreciate your time here
tonight.

1362
01:10:47,100 --> 01:10:50,700
Well, before we wrap up, Brett,
you know, go ahead and give your

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01:10:50,700 --> 01:10:54,100
Twitter account website where
people can go purchase this and

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01:10:54,100 --> 01:10:57,600
pokefans.
The boundary corner is stomping

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01:10:57,700 --> 01:11:00,800
or on the stump of this.
By this preview guide, it is

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01:11:00,800 --> 01:11:04,800
well worth the money spent.
Yeah, well, thanks to the

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01:11:04,800 --> 01:11:06,500
praise.
Thank you for purchasing, and of

1368
01:11:06,500 --> 01:11:08,600
course, thanks for having me on.
It's been great, connecting with

1369
01:11:08,600 --> 01:11:12,800
so many Virginia Tech fans on
Twitter followers, and other

1370
01:11:12,800 --> 01:11:16,400
podcast shows, it's a lot of
great media down there, so I

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01:11:16,407 --> 01:11:20,000
appreciate the work you guys do.
And so, yeah, it's pick six

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01:11:20,000 --> 01:11:23,900
previews.com and on there I have
a couple sample pages so you can

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01:11:23,900 --> 01:11:26,300
see what we're talking about
with the The level of detail

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01:11:26,700 --> 01:11:29,600
that, you know, the infographics
on the left sides, my Trends, my

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01:11:29,600 --> 01:11:32,300
data, but then the readable
story lines on the right side of

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01:11:32,300 --> 01:11:35,100
the page and really deeper die
than you're going to find

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01:11:35,100 --> 01:11:38,500
anywhere else.
So, sample Pages testimonials

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01:11:38,500 --> 01:11:40,100
are up there.
I just got a huge one from

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01:11:40,100 --> 01:11:42,700
ESPN's.
Chris palika, the bear, the

1380
01:11:42,700 --> 01:11:44,600
bear, that was a great one
there.

1381
01:11:45,400 --> 01:11:47,500
Yeah, it's up there on Pixies
freebies.com.

1382
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And then on Twitter, if you're a
Twitter follower, it's at pick

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All spelled out and you'll get

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There.

1385
01:11:56,600 --> 01:12:00,600
Well soon.
What Brett best of luck this

1386
01:12:00,600 --> 01:12:03,400
season?
Hopefully, you know, definitely

1387
01:12:03,400 --> 01:12:05,800
this time next year, we want to
have you back on for another

1388
01:12:05,800 --> 01:12:08,200
preview.
Maybe we catch up with you after

1389
01:12:08,200 --> 01:12:14,100
the season and we can sort of do
some deep diving of you know, as

1390
01:12:14,100 --> 01:12:17,900
your statistic and as your
models look you know what came

1391
01:12:17,900 --> 01:12:22,300
to fruition what was different
so you know will definitely be

1392
01:12:22,300 --> 01:12:24,800
connecting with you.
Hopefully have you back on some

1393
01:12:24,800 --> 01:12:28,400
time in the offseason?
Yeah, for sure guys.

1394
01:12:28,400 --> 01:12:30,800
Any time and keep up the great
work, we'll be in touch on

1395
01:12:30,800 --> 01:12:32,800
Twitter.
Appreciate it.

1396
01:12:32,900 --> 01:12:35,700
Well, that's is going to wrap up
this episode of The Boundary

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01:12:35,700 --> 01:12:37,700
Corner podcast.
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1398
01:12:38,100 --> 01:12:41,200
I'm Brian Sigler.
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