Signing Day Redux

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Blacksburg Virginia.
Don't we go to noisy stadiums

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all around the country.
I'm not sure.

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We have ever been in a scene
where bands are any more pumped

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than they are right here.
Tonight waiting right now.

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For the Hokies to take the
field, they are jumping.

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They are screaming and it's been
this way for the last 30

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minutes, Frank Beamer weights in
the tunnel.

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This is the date that they have
pinpointed on the can calendar

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for a very, very long time.
welcome back to the boundary

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Corner podcast with with my
partner.

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Brian Sigler, I'm Curtis Wilson
and Brian.

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That was the voice of the
legendary Ron Franklin, who

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passed a couple weeks ago and I
thought it was not more than a

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fitting tribute to play the 2003
entrance to the Miami game

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because man we can say it,
right?

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If you're of our age, if Ron
Franklin was calling your game

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on ESPN, it was a big.
In deal, you do, that was a big

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day, a matchup that weekend.
The call was always spot on it

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just it was so smooth.
It set the picture.

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He got everybody in the mood for
a great game and as he said

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there's no place like doing it
in Lane man.

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It wasn't, he had that one and
then the 05 when he called that

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game as well.
That night it was two verses

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eight.
When he came back in 2005, it

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was three verses 5.
So, for a generation if again,

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when Ron Franklin called your
game on Saturdays, like, it's

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big, it means there's a lot of
eyes on the country and, you

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know, he passed away 79 years
old.

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And, you know, it's one of those
things that, as our age, like

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things like this are going by,
you know, Keith Jackson passed a

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few years ago.
And when Keith past it's like

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it's part of your childhood and
your adolescents, like, you're

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losing it.
And it sucks in a way.

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But when you hear that call,
it's just like, I mean, I got

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goosebumps.
Yeah.

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You know, we were what 20 10,
19, 20 years old when I was I

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was 19.
He were 20.

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Yeah I was 20.
Wow.

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So rest in peace Ron Franklin.
Buddy, we have a lot to uncover

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tonight.
Yeah.

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Yeah.
A lot of stuff happened.

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The last couple weeks, you know,
we obviously are going to touch

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on a little bit of this national
Signing.

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Day wasn't a busy day per se for
the Hokies, but we were able to

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close out kind of what we
expected.

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Got a couple last-minute
additions and you know, we'll

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talk about that schedule release
and how its whilst overall a

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little little light.
We got a little bit of a

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gauntlet in there.
So we're going to talk about a

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few things tonight here.
A little bit of everything but

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the first thing I want to hit on
tonight.

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Brian is We've been following it
and most fokine ocean whose on

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social media.
Then following it.

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What this coaching staff has
done on the trail in the last

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few weeks is just absolutely
phenomenal.

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Shout out, David coming him over
at text sideline, hook me up

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with this document, it and
keeping track of.

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In these last few weeks, this
staff is went to 101 schools of

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the 101. 70 have been in
Virginia.

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Which impressed said it.
Yep.

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We're going to saturate the
state.

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Yep, we did.
And you know, he said it during

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your in the repressor as well.
You know, not just talking about

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hitting schools where we got
prospects, either closing out

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422 or targeting and 23.
But getting those relationships

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back in schools that don't
necessarily have a prospect that

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are on our radar right now.
Just so that those relationships

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are in Place.
You know with the time comes

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around because it always does.
Right?

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I mean even some of the smaller
schools in the state they're

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going to have a guy pop here
there that that's going to be on

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the division one radar, right?
I mean even Charlotte County

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next to us is had a couple.
We've had a couple in Halifax.

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I mean, not a way, you know,
even, you know Lynchburg little

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bigger but you know, places like
that.

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Yeah.
And think of some of the

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mountain.
Pools.

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And I mean, they literally as we
look through this list, they hit

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everywhere.
I mean, they hit down in the

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Deep, South Western part.
They hit South Side, they went

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to EC glass, somebody, you know,
our high school played against

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and you played against.
They were out here in the West

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End, hitting up, Deep Run in
Hermitage on the East End,

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hitting up style and springs.
No doubt we were going there.

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All sorts of places down in the
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up the peninsula.
Northern it sounds.

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Crazy and it did seem like more
than just a handshake and a, how

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you do them if they think they
were in there, you know, problem

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mentioned today, he was at one
of the smaller schools in

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southwest and when he, when they
knew he was coming, there were

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like 14 teachers who were like,
hockey fans or Alum waiting for.

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I mean.
It's a way it just when words

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are one thing actions are
another.

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Yeah, we received it play out in
real time, right?

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We're seeing and not just
shaking the hands of the coaches

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or talking to the, you know, one
or two prospects, that are there

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for that school but going by and
seeing the teachers that are,

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you know, either hokey alums or
a hokie fans that have reached

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out as the days gone along.
I mean, you saw several photos

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with with, with teachers and
with Yeah, I've been with with,

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you know, even like PE teachers
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I mean, there's stuff all over
the place guys, that aren't

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necessarily directly involved in
the recruiting.

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But had they have an impact,
right?

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They they are, they are
ambassadors for the tech brand

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all the time because that,
that's, you know, that's their

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school.
Or that's, who they like, that's

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who they pull for.
So, getting in good with them

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and showing that they're part of
the process.

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I mean, that's big, that's only
Gonna bode.

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Well, the future it, absolutely.
It's a great to see that.

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Also great to see right now.
Hey, basketball going up 11

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points as we started the show.
I think it was a two-point game

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and I was like, why can't we
just squash lesser competitors?

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Like, they heard it and they
have went on a massive run to go

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up 11 here with about four
minutes left in the first half

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will be watching that and we'll
talk a little Hoops later on.

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It's always good to smash Pastor
because Yes, he just had to get

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people that he's got a punchable
face, man, so punching and

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everything.
So let's set up this tonight,

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guys.
We already kind of mentioned it.

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Big part of not what we talked
about today, was the final

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Signing Day, original Signing
Day.

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The class is kind of a bow on
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Her you say, maybe if you will
walk ons and things like that

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trickle-down, but scholarship,
guys are locked in and Brian.

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We've been talking about this
class being a better class.

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Even with the turnover and I
think again it goes to credit of

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this staff.
End in 24/7 ranked 33, fifth in

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the ACC.
What do you think about that

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before we jump into some of
these players?

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I think they did a good job of
holding on to what was there and

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kind of making a few.
A few good moves towards the end

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to kind of fill out the roster
and make sure that we're a

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little bit better set up going
into the 2023 class.

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And I think they did a good job
with that.

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You know we lost a couple big
names towards the end there.

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Yeah but we replace those with,
you know, a couple, a couple big

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names as well and you know, did
a good job of kind of rounding

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out the edges with some of the
last-minute additions between,

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you know the couple flips we had
towards the end of of the cycle

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in the early Signing Day and
then getting a big one from down

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in Florida to kind of close out
this round of signing day.

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So I think overall the staff did
a good job.

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I'm looking to see, you know,
some improvement heading into

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2023.
Absolutely.

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Or at least not giving any
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Considering the late start in
the 2023 2024 is where I'm

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looking for the big big movement
in terms of upswing.

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In the, in the recruiting pool,
where we're, you know, With with

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the top 20.
Yep, you know, Brent prosthetic

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today during this presser about,
basically, this class you start

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relationships in ninth grade,
they're coming in having to

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start relationships roughly
halfway through these kids 11th

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grade year for the class of 2020
3 in the class of 2020.

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To was.
Well, it was just, this is who

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we are.
This is what we're trying to do.

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I will say this, I think you're
right about next year.

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I want to see no worse than 33.
I'd like to see a marginal gain.

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I'd like to break, I'd like To
see 29-28 be sweet to see mid

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20s but I think that is I think
it's fair and it's and he is

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painting a picture and setting
the standard of like don't

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expect us to go from 33 to 13
and one year because that's not

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how recruiting works and it's
great to see that for Brian.

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Let's talk about these three
guys that were that signed

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today.
And let's start with this guy

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first Daquan, right.
I mean we got him way back.

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When when did he commit?
We see here.

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Middle back summer of last year,
right?

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Yeah, I think it was early June.
Yep, late June late, last year,

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64 230 down from Perry, Georgia,
he went from like a mid 80s, mid

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three-star guy to a four-star
guy and I mean you know, he

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would be higher if Rivals had
him as a tight end and not a

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wide receiver.
Yeah, rawal sort of screws his

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composite up but 24/7 who count
on what get more breaks him as a

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90.
So, you know, probably mention a

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few Quick things about him.
The first thing it kinda was

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interesting and I don't think
it's shocking.

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I think, Brian you've been
looking at tape.

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We're going to be a tight end
worry in a team process, said

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that.
And he talks about, you know,

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they qualms athleticism to the
position to 30, you know, and

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he's just another piece of being
that tight end oriented team.

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Yeah.
And I mean the thing with him is

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that he is that that versatile
player, so you can put him in

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line, you can put him in a wing,
you can put him in the aah, you

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can put him out.
I mean, he's the guy that can

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really do it all for you and
create mismatches across the

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offense, wherever he's lining
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So that's really the big thing
for him.

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He's got really good hands.
Good ball skills.

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He did pretty much everything
down there at Perry between

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playing a little bit of
quarterback wide receiver tight

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in on defense.
I mean, he's really done it all

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and that his versatility is as
big as asset.

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It and he's really shined pretty
much everywhere.

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He's lined up, exactly.
Alright, so again, tight end,

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Rune, that be three tight ends.
Now with him Harrison, St,

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Germain and Benji Gosnell.
Now, brown flip over talk about

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the big guy, next Xavier,
Chaplin signs a letter intent,

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even after getting a male offer
from Michigan, offers from

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Louisville.
He holds with the Hokies, he

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hadn't canceled a couple Ovi
Store.

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Other schools.
So we might have gotten lucky

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but 66, he's ran about 330
pounds.

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Now as Brent probably talked
about, he had lost about 30

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pounds since you know, when he
was offered and he camped here

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and you know, he talked about
this is a guy they wanted to

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keep in the boat right away.
Rudolph when visited him, right?

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When the Dead period ended and
he mentioned Elite size, As dip.

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I think that is categorically
corrective how big?

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Yeah, yeah. 66 3:30.
At the at the time he came here,

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six 6355.
So, 66-34 330 is a big man.

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That's a, that's a big man.
And that's that type of size

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that they're coming in and we're
essentially, Get him in the

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weight room, smooth out the
edges, get him in the on the

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field and get him some reps.
Yep.

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No.
There's no, there's not a whole

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lot of seasoning that he needs
in terms of of the weight room.

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So in that in the weight room,
might not be a problem because

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the one thing that really
impressed trial was how there

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wasn't sloppiness.
He, uh, thinks he's athletic.

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I mean, you see him on the
video, she posed.

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Duncan I'm You have atletic
quick, he moves.

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Well, for that size.
Let me ask this when you saw

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him.
Do that dunk.

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Did you think about any like run
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The amount of explosion in his
legs like getting a hold of a

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defensive end and just like
probably, I mean, an ollie.

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Oh yeah, I mean this guy's
gonna, I mean, we've seen it on

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tape.
He's got really good for him,

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run blocking he, he's got good
drive, uses explosive male, has

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a good punch.
So, I think, you know, like I

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said, Rudolph's going to get in
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those edges.
But I think this is a guy that

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could potentially see some time
for us pretty quick.

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Not not sure if it'll be your
one but Health in.

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We are at tackle, look for you
two to get him on the field

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hopefully well and I think with
his size, I think you could see

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year one.
I mean, you talk about pump,

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protection field goal,
protection teams.

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I mean yeah, I mean, you got to
weigh that against the you want

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to burn a wrench.
I mean, that's essentially if

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you can, if you can find a way,
not to sure.

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But if he's your, if he's your
best.

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Number two, you gotta, you
gotta, you gotta, you gotta ride

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it.
Exactly.

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All right.
Well then, there was one brine

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that kind of came out of nowhere
and Prosthetics they doing

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presser.
They try to keep this very

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quiet.
They try to keep it on the down

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low and literally yesterday
everything started flowing

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through and he committed signed
today and that is Devon Alvis 3

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star out of Melbourne, Florida.
62 180 looks like he's going to

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probably play the safety
position seeing you know,

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Derrick Jones talked about him
being the cheetah and then

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Pearson Prelude putting some
stuff out there.

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They might be battling for him
to play corner or to play it on.

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Did you get a chance?
I know it's been really quick.

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Did you get a chance to look at
anything?

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I mean, he plays m7a, which is
just a monstrous division down

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in Florida.
I haven't looked at a ton of

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tape.
I did kind of quickly glanced at

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him.
I know Provost talking about

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looking at either boundary
corner or potentially free

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safety for him.
So, yeah, I like him either

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either spot based on the tape
that I've seen so far.

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Got a pretty good build already.
I liked it.

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We're going with a little bit
longer Corner 62s, probably a

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little taller than we're used
to, but I like that a little

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more size and he keeps the
athleticism.

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ISM, despite the extra height
there.

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So I'm looking forward to
getting this guy on campus and

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see what he can do.
Yep.

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And you know, process that he
wants to get into about 205

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being at what he is.
Right now, that's a year to

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gain, probably to get there
physically.

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But again, it's one of those,
there's not a lot of Diamonds in

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the Rough because it's called
still ranked among the top

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thousand players in somehow.
You know, no other P1 offers,

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you know, had I think Virginia
state of Virginia Union offer on

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a few other ones, so pretty wild
a kid like that slips through

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and again I think for the back
end at gives us another DB to

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work with.
All right let's talk about real

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Braun, quick to prefer Walk-Ons
in.

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I don't know a lot about them
just names and seeing who they

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are.
But I think it kind of reaches

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to the point going back to what
This is all about being on the

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trail problem about George
balance out of cocks down in

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Virginia Beach, and Latrell
Sutton out of Highland Springs

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belongs dad's plate here.
You know, back in the 1980s,

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Brother played baseball here at
Tech. 61 linebacker luttrell's,

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and outside, linebacker 61 195.
This is how you make inroads.

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You w player.
They both had offers to other

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schools and Especially sudden I
mean we talked about the

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importance of you know we've had
two back-to-back years of taking

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a preferred walk-on from
Highland Springs.

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True back-to-back years, got a
preferred walk-on from Highland

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Springs absolutely got Purnell
as part of this class in terms

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of scholarship athletes.
So getting those inroads is

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still big and it's going to
matter long-term and Again

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getting a guy like Latrell
sudden.

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I think he's you know, I don't
know if he's a guy that can

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eventually earn a scholarship
but I think you know guys that

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have played there in Holland
Springs, they know how to ball.

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Yes, they do.
So if they can get some other

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things cleaned up in their game
that could potentially be an

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offer there, but you know, worst
case that's going to be somebody

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that can give us a good look.
You know, we can week out.

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Yeah.
And again it just keeps building

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the inroads and recruiting into
vital recruiting areas.

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Our future and in and again,
it's also awesome to see George

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dad played here.
You know, guy gets a chance to

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follow in Dad's footsteps which
is always a cool thing just like

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a lot of the brother's stuff.
So awesome to see that I'm sure.

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We'll have a few more preferred
walk-on before the end of the

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week.
Probably, for the next time we

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meet.
All right, Brian.

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So what we decided to do is you
know, we will always went

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through these players when a lot
You know Brown would break them

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down real quick and sometimes
that would take a long time.

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So as we are getting into season
3 here of the boundary Corner

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podcast, we're getting smarter
not work, it's hard but still

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making things.
Interesting.

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So we're smarter not harder
right smarter not harder.

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And so the kind of the way we
looked at this class and we're

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going to talk about every
player, but we kind of put it

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into three categories in Players
that we like in each category

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and we kind of broke them down.
This we talked about and we

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mentioned this before, we have a
crown jewels of this class.

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We were kind of the upper
echelon for whatever reason we

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call them one a blue-collar
grounder guys, Brian Fields on

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tape.
They just go in there.

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They do their jobs.
Going to have a chance to make

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it and then the under-the-radar,
guys.

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So Brian.
Let's start it.

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Let's start with the crown
jewels and there's four of them.

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Gunner, Givens start with him.
The highest rated player in this

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Virginia Tech, recruiting class
Gunnar of top 200 player.

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Top 25 at the defensive end
position, you know, for Star

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basically in the, you know,
mid-90s low to mid 90s.

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He is the crown jewel of this
class, would you not agree?

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Yeah, he's definitely there.
I put him in.

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Probably cam Johnson 1A 1B
Gunner gets the the slight nod

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there with the with the slightly
higher rating.

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And, you know, just the pedigree
that everyone was looking at

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that kind of the one of the big
dogs in the state.

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So, and I like it.
I mean, you know, it looks like

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he's going to be be on the
defensive line for us.

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He was kind of That tweener spot
as his recruitment went along.

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There.
Is he going to be an interior

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offensive line?
Is he going to be potentially a

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tight end?
Is it going to be defensive

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linemen settled on defensive
line?

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I think that's probably the best
place for him.

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He's shown good athleticism on
both sides of the ball.

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So I like him there.
So they don't make a lot of 65

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to 70 coming, straight out of
high school.

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Now, that's that's one of those
things of like, if given Comes

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in.
I think he's enrolled already

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and it starts clicking on the
defensive line.

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He's going to have potential to
have a role year one, just

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because of body size.
Now you already mentioned the

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second Crown, Jewel, cam
Johnson, you know, top 300

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player.
You know in probably one of the

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bigger reasons he's up here is
where he plays, he plays at st.

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Francis Academy at is an elite
private school for free.

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Ball.
Six, foot, 165 pounds, already

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enrolled love.
Seeing that, how big is it to

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get that in road to st.
Francis with KM, it's huge man.

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It's huge getting in with
schools like st.

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Francis and I mean, we can just
we can run down the list of the

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screen there.
Yeah.

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We could run through the schools
there that we would like to get

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better relationships with but
Saint Francis is definitely up

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there.
You know, with the big boys in

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that area.
And you know, I like this guy's

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take, you know, he's probably a
little bit.

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I wouldn't say raw but
definitely a little little

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little rough around the edges in
some areas of his game but I

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think out the gate I mean he's
got great athleticism and good

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technique overall.
I think you'll make an impact.

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I don't know about your one but
he's a, he's definitely a guy

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that you need to look out for
your to as some of the older

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quarterbacks on this roster
start kind of cycling out after

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2022.
It's all so new here.

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So again, cam Johnson, another
one of the crown jewels Use of

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this class.
All right, we kind of started

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arguing about the next to but we
finally settled.

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We had a debate, we did.
But the next crown jewels looked

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at was Benji guys.
Know the, you know, the 65 240,

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tight end played in Hillsville,
this year, originally from North

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Carolina, he is in the North
Carolina rankings, you know,

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four-star guy, you know, top 20
at his position.

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You know, top 350 and a country
in he was originally committed

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to Ohio State decommitted.
Whatever reason, I'd have to go

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back and read those stories, but
there was a late surge by North

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Carolina.
Try to get him in their boat, in

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crying them.
Essentially closed the deal on

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it and we know how important
North Carolina can be for

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recruiting.
Yep, that's why he's here.

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Yeah, that's the big thing.
So, I mean, when we talk about

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Benji, guys, do you know,
regardless of the, the physical

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traits, he brings good size, 65
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North Carolina's backyard.
After they've eaten our lunch

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for three straight Cycles is
pretty pretty fucking good.

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And I like that we were able to
make those moves and get that

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deal closed, especially with the
coaching change and then pry

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being able to come in there and
finish things off.

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Yep.
So again, big big, you know,

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land getting the footing back in
North Carolina, stealing a good

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player from down there.
Big time the The fourth one.

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He's been there for a while for
us and I don't think it should

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come as and eat it might come as
a shock to some people.

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We consider him a crown jewel,
but I feel like we feel like

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Richard Purnell is a crown jewel
coming out of Highland Springs.

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We're still wondering what
people are rating him on.

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I mean, you know, winner on you
love this tape to playing at

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three technique.
You feel like he also could slip

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out the big end.
And something playing, something

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like a 56 technique.
And it's getting that Holland

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Springs.
One of their Elite guys yeah

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getting that guy to commit stay
committed be one of the if you

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didn't notice were shot out
there recruiting every day

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trying to get kids to come on
and he's a crown jewel of this

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class.
Yeah, in my opinion, he is, I

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mean, we look at it and, you
know, I'm going to give the most

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Credence here to his 2247
ranking and 89 which is, you

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know, borderline four-star,
composite is kind of that that

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high three item id, three kind
of bullshit.

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In my opinion, I think he
probably probably should be

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literally a high three or
borderline for in most rankings.

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He's not quite there in a couple
that, that brought him down

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there, probably because some of
them have him as kind of a

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tweener on the d-line.
That that might be what I think

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that but watching the tape, it
speaks for itself coming from a

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program like Holland spring
speaks for itself.

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So yeah, definitely a crown
jewel in our book.

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Exactly.
So there are the four crown

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jewels Gunner Givens cam Benji
and Rashad the crown jewels of

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the 2022.
Hokies recruiting class.

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Now, next Braun, we're going to
look at the blue collared.

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Rounders guys tape.
Taped it, you love more than the

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others because I know I know one
of them.

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One of them I was on
immediately.

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00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:11,400
You sort of got me suede into
the other two and let's start

447
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:12,900
with it.
We've already got his brother

448
00:28:12,900 --> 00:28:18,500
Kayden here Braylon more and
Brian just like big brother.

449
00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,900
While he a blue-collar ground
and did a bunch of nasty and

450
00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:26,300
him, he had a bunch of nasty and
I'd say he's probably got a

451
00:28:26,308 --> 00:28:32,500
little bit more potential upside
than his brother but probably

452
00:28:32,900 --> 00:28:36,600
isn't going to be able to out
the gate play as quickly, so

453
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:40,100
we'll see about that.
But really nasty.

454
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,900
Really good in the Run blocking
game, just like his brother.

455
00:28:43,900 --> 00:28:46,500
Hopefully we'll see him really
soon.

456
00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:49,300
Get on the field and get some
chances to show what he can.

457
00:28:49,300 --> 00:28:54,200
I do, but I like what we're
doing overall with this with the

458
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:58,600
interior offensive line in this
class, we're going to speak

459
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,500
about the next guy here in a
couple minutes.

460
00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:03,600
But yeah Braylon more is going
to be somebody to keep an eye on

461
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,400
because he's going to go in
there.

462
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:09,500
And again, that nasty guys
always get end up playing

463
00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:14,100
somewhere somewhere somehow.
I have a feeling to just because

464
00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:17,800
of defensive line, I know, we're
kind of okay at d-tackle.

465
00:29:18,700 --> 00:29:21,800
His sighs.
I mean, he could be right there,

466
00:29:21,900 --> 00:29:24,800
you know, battling for that
soon.

467
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,000
So, again, there might be
internal fighting between JC,

468
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,600
frison, Rudolph soon?
Yes, 63 to 90.

469
00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:32,900
So, he's kind of got that, he's
a saint.

470
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,500
Yeah, he's kind of, right, well,
you want to play.

471
00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:38,300
You don't play me guard, you
want to play him, it d-tackle.

472
00:29:40,700 --> 00:29:44,200
I guess it's going to pinned on,
if knowing him knowing and

473
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,800
seeing his game, he's going to
probably with that, whatever

474
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:50,500
spots going to get him on the
field, the fastest, that's where

475
00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:53,400
he's going to end up.
He's already enrolled to so they

476
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,600
will get to see him in Spring,
which I think better helps to

477
00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:58,200
get that evaluation when side of
the ball.

478
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,200
He's going to be on.
Yeah, you can get that

479
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:04,000
evaluation pretty quick and that
way gets get things settled

480
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,800
before you really get into what
will probably be a redshirt year

481
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:12,100
for him, his freshman year, so
Way he's working with his

482
00:30:12,100 --> 00:30:15,400
position group that he's going
to be with long term because you

483
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,600
got to get a good evaluation on
him, you know.

484
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,500
Really before that redshirt
freshman year so that's going to

485
00:30:21,508 --> 00:30:23,500
be important.
I think that'll that'll put him

486
00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:27,700
fast track on his on his route
to you at least the too deep.

487
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,500
Yep.
Alright, next Guy, Brian, kind

488
00:30:30,500 --> 00:30:32,700
of already gave it away.
Although we've got a few

489
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,200
offensive.
Lineman Brian loved.

490
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:40,000
Johnny, Dixon out of Corpus
Christi Texas, the 75 cents.

491
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:44,500
Of transferred to Texas.
Who's coming back to Virginia, a

492
00:30:44,508 --> 00:30:49,100
true Center, correct?
Yeah, yeah, I'm sure we're

493
00:30:49,100 --> 00:30:51,500
Center.
Yeah, I think that's probably

494
00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:54,000
why he's on the blue-collar
ground because he is a true

495
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:59,600
Center where, you know, those
guys have got to be rough.

496
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:05,500
Tough and also smart, as hell,
Johnny, not enrolled, yet will

497
00:31:05,500 --> 00:31:08,900
slowly start figuring out when
these guys will enroll, well,

498
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,900
whether it will be First summer
session.

499
00:31:11,900 --> 00:31:15,500
Second summer session will be
getting here in August, but why

500
00:31:15,500 --> 00:31:18,200
did you you steer me really hard
towards Johnny.

501
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:24,500
Why why Johnny he's got a nasty
trade but again, he's a guy that

502
00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:29,600
uses his intelligence, his
ability to get in the right

503
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:33,300
place and make the play to his
Advantage.

504
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,100
Just looking at the tape, it
looks like a guy that could

505
00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:40,400
especially how thin we are at
the position after the 2022.

506
00:31:40,500 --> 00:31:44,200
To, I think he could be a guy
that's going to slip into the

507
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:49,100
starting role or at least a 2d
parole by his second year on

508
00:31:49,108 --> 00:31:54,600
campus.
Also note here, that and again,

509
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:58,000
it was awesome to hold onto him
after the old staff left.

510
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,600
Yeah.
And he talked about what he when

511
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,500
he committed back in April Point
21.

512
00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:08,400
He talked about, you know, He
was he was a Virginia kid, his

513
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,600
army kid though, or a military
kid, and they got moved out

514
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,400
there.
And it's almost like this kid,

515
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,000
was always a Virginia kid.
It didn't matter who the staff

516
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,500
because I think he might have
came here.

517
00:32:18,500 --> 00:32:21,500
Whoever it was.
Yeah he was looking to try to

518
00:32:21,500 --> 00:32:25,400
get back on this on the east
coast probably particularly in

519
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:30,500
Virginia from Jump Street.
You know, this wasn't a Texas to

520
00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:34,000
BT situation.
This was a I'm trying to play a

521
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:38,100
beat irregardless situation.
Baa 2, TX 2 VT.

522
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:42,500
There we go.
And include again, kudos to the

523
00:32:42,500 --> 00:32:44,100
staff.
The current staff were closing

524
00:32:44,100 --> 00:32:47,900
the deal on the, on the handoff
there because you know, things

525
00:32:47,900 --> 00:32:52,000
can still go sideways, you know,
in those situations.

526
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,800
So the fact they were able to
stay on him and and close it out

527
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,400
was good because he had quite a
few good offers.

528
00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,300
So it was one of those to stay
on and make, you know, make sure

529
00:33:00,300 --> 00:33:02,900
you close the deal.
Alright, final guy here,

530
00:33:02,900 --> 00:33:09,700
speaking of VA in the 15 Kyrie
moist in the 64 220 pound,

531
00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:12,300
defensive end out of King's Fork
down in Suffolk.

532
00:33:14,900 --> 00:33:21,100
In this is one you pushed even
more on me than Johnny but why

533
00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:24,400
do you see is him in that
grinder, type role with moist

534
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:28,400
and so he's got a motor and he's
going to need it because he's

535
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:32,300
probably going to play play that
smaller end opposite of Gunner

536
00:33:32,300 --> 00:33:34,600
opposite.
You know, Pernell if he ends up

537
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:40,200
sliding outside He's got quick
as he he often pass rush with

538
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,500
his hand in the dirt and
standing up.

539
00:33:42,700 --> 00:33:45,400
So he's kind of got a little bit
of Versatility there.

540
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:50,300
When it, when it comes to pass
rushing, really good at getting

541
00:33:50,300 --> 00:33:54,000
flattened fast, chasing running
backs out of the backfield.

542
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:58,700
So you got a lot of tackles for
loss where he tracked down a

543
00:33:58,700 --> 00:34:01,100
running back from behind behind
the line of scrimmage.

544
00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:05,100
So I like his game overall.
Again it's going to be a little

545
00:34:05,100 --> 00:34:08,600
bit of getting Ting, getting
some weight on him and seeing

546
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:12,100
how he can handle that.
But, you know, out the gate, I

547
00:34:12,100 --> 00:34:15,300
like his his ability.
Excellent.

548
00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:17,800
So again, our blue-collar
grinders for whatever reasons,

549
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:23,000
the streaks of nastiness Motors
intelligent play bread and more.

550
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,000
Johnny Dixon Kyrie moist in
there.

551
00:34:25,500 --> 00:34:29,300
All right, Ron three guys, we
are putting it under the radar

552
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,000
and we've already talked about
one of these guys.

553
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:37,199
It was Daquan right.
He was again a mid three-star.

554
00:34:37,300 --> 00:34:40,400
Just five months ago and now
four star.

555
00:34:41,100 --> 00:34:43,699
We've talked about his
athleticism, his versatility

556
00:34:43,699 --> 00:34:47,500
being able to probably line up
anywhere as a tight end.

557
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:50,500
And even though now he's a
four-star we put him here

558
00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:54,400
because he wasn't he committed,
it was just like well this is a

559
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:58,200
good player and he's all for.
This is still somewhat somewhat

560
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:01,000
pedestrian, right?
Somewhat very pedestrian.

561
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:06,700
So you know, definitely under
the radar In you know, it

562
00:35:06,700 --> 00:35:10,700
seemingly some of that extra
tape with 24/7 made them go.

563
00:35:10,700 --> 00:35:14,400
Whoa, this is, this is a little
different with this kid.

564
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,200
Yeah.
I'm, I was sitting here from day

565
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:18,500
one.
When I watch this guy's take.

566
00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:23,800
How is he not a four-star?
How you do that?

567
00:35:24,100 --> 00:35:26,700
You did.
It was mind-boggling how this

568
00:35:26,700 --> 00:35:30,100
kid was not a four-star and, I
mean, you know, 24/7 is updated

569
00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:33,900
their their ranking for him, you
know?

570
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,900
We looked at it when we were
putting this, some of the notes

571
00:35:36,900 --> 00:35:40,100
together for this episode.
Well, yesterday or day before?

572
00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:44,300
Yeah, Rivals having him as a
wide receiver is what's bringing

573
00:35:44,300 --> 00:35:49,800
down his, his composite rating
on on 24/7 and on on three, if

574
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,100
y'all have it checked out on
three, some of the, the folks

575
00:35:53,100 --> 00:35:56,700
that started 24/7, have another
recruiting site.

576
00:35:56,700 --> 00:36:01,300
Now, they've got ranking similar
to 24/7.

577
00:36:01,300 --> 00:36:03,900
They go a little bit deeper
industry standard.

578
00:36:04,300 --> 00:36:07,900
Great because if you look at
industry standards, shout out at

579
00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:11,400
three industry standard.
You're like when Brian was I'm

580
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,600
sure you went on three.
It's like who's bringing him

581
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:18,700
down freaking Rivals?
Hasn't like a 5.5 like a load.

582
00:36:18,700 --> 00:36:21,000
Not a myth 3 star.
They have him as a low

583
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:25,500
three-star.
Even what ESPN has him.

584
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:29,200
He was either a 79 or 80.
Yeah, it was like a, it was a it

585
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,400
was a high three very high
three-star.

586
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:36,300
So on three you kind of Of see a
composite of a girl over there.

587
00:36:36,300 --> 00:36:37,800
You figure out who's bringing
him down.

588
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:43,600
Alright, next Guy Brian under
the radar price.

589
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,400
Do you?
Yeah.

590
00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:50,500
Bryce Duke one of our many
scholarship running backs.

591
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:55,000
One of our many scholarship.
Hey Willie a couple this class.

592
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,200
Yeah yeah we we trimmed it down
significantly.

593
00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:04,100
Compared to was it 2020 and 2021
aliens but Bryce.

594
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:08,400
Do you got a Tuscarora up in
Leesburg 5 1196 pounds running

595
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:12,300
back and re-enroll, which is
great.

596
00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:15,500
We were up at Tuscarora visit
again because obviously, they

597
00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:18,400
they're not one of those.
It's every 10 years.

598
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:22,900
Tuscaroras putting out solid
players every day, you use it,

599
00:37:22,900 --> 00:37:25,800
not every year, but why is he
under the radar?

600
00:37:26,300 --> 00:37:30,100
He won the Metro player of the
year, he had some ungodly

601
00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:32,700
numbers.
In.

602
00:37:32,700 --> 00:37:36,200
I was told the brown I'm like we
got to put in here because it's

603
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:39,400
where he plays and who he plays
those scores, not in the biggest

604
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,500
division, the or Northern
Virginia.

605
00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:43,800
So they're not playing allow the
powers.

606
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,500
If Bryce jute, put up those
numbers somewhere here in

607
00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:54,700
Richmond or down in the 75.
He wouldn't be a, he's like an

608
00:37:54,700 --> 00:37:57,400
85 composite, he'd be a 95
composite.

609
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,200
Yeah, it breaks to played in
Chesterfield.

610
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:05,000
Virginia Beach.
Every every D1 school would be

611
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:06,700
coming after him.
Chris time.

612
00:38:06,700 --> 00:38:12,500
Rumors, he put up.
Yeah, Chris time but he doesn't.

613
00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:19,600
So last year we are now What we
don't know is does, his does

614
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:21,700
that Talent scale up yet?
Yep.

615
00:38:21,700 --> 00:38:24,600
We haven't seen what that Talent
looks like against higher level

616
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:28,000
competition and we want, it'll
be enough years.

617
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:29,300
Yeah.
It's going to it's going to be

618
00:38:29,300 --> 00:38:34,700
at least a little bit but I
think I mean you can't turn your

619
00:38:34,700 --> 00:38:39,500
nose up at that production.
Know it's hard to ignore that

620
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:45,800
and running back is a position
that you don't necessarily the

621
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,100
jump in.
Doesn't necessarily negate the

622
00:38:48,100 --> 00:38:49,700
ability, right?
Yeah.

623
00:38:50,300 --> 00:38:56,700
Because Usually the thing that
is that you see more with with

624
00:38:56,700 --> 00:39:01,300
the running back position, is
that with other positions?

625
00:39:01,300 --> 00:39:02,500
I should say not the running
back position.

626
00:39:02,500 --> 00:39:05,800
Other positions level of talent,
you're usually talking about a

627
00:39:05,808 --> 00:39:08,100
lot lot.
Bigger players, yep.

628
00:39:08,300 --> 00:39:11,600
But that matters more in the
trenches that matters more when

629
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,700
you're a linebacker as a running
back.

630
00:39:14,700 --> 00:39:17,700
I mean as long as you can take
the hits I mean the level of

631
00:39:17,700 --> 00:39:20,700
competition is only going to
impact you so much.

632
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:26,600
Only so much now I will counter
this if you're playing what a or

633
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:31,200
to a yeah and now that really
has been interested in

634
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,500
something.
Look at what tusks or is I

635
00:39:33,508 --> 00:39:40,300
thought they were 38.
We're efforting this and I might

636
00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:43,600
be completely wrong, but I swore
Tuscarora High Schools 3A.

637
00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:49,200
I don't think they're too are.
I don't think they can be to A1A

638
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,000
being up in Northern Virginia
and that's impossible.

639
00:39:54,300 --> 00:39:59,000
I hope he's by the way, up, 14
points, early, keep it rolling

640
00:39:59,900 --> 00:40:03,600
early 17, they're really putting
the hammer down which is great

641
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,300
to see.
Obviously it has been more than

642
00:40:05,300 --> 00:40:08,200
a couple times this year having
good leads and letting them

643
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:13,300
dwindle away.
And I feeling that tonight, that

644
00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:18,400
just missed a big dump for
Georgia Tech where is Tuscarora,

645
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:31,600
Brian, efforting efforting
Georgia Tech cannot literally by

646
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:36,600
shot right now.
Ten-foot jump shot rooms out to

647
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:42,200
get the rebound way up there.
Short, we hit a three and now

648
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,800
we're up 17.
There we go.

649
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:46,900
That's what we like to hear.
That's what we like being in

650
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:52,000
their division for early so
therefore they're not the five

651
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:53,400
or six.
Therefore so they're playing

652
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:58,000
some decent schools.
So again it's not one or two, a

653
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:02,200
or don't but don't Don't crap on
one day or two a guys like Jeff

654
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:05,500
King.
No Justin Hamilton and other

655
00:41:05,500 --> 00:41:07,400
players have came from those
small schools.

656
00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:10,100
All right Brian.
Let's hit the last one up.

657
00:41:10,100 --> 00:41:13,800
The under-the-radar guy still
trying to figure out his raid in

658
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:17,600
here.
From the RBA Thomas, Dale,

659
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:21,200
Malachi moss and 63. 310 pound
guy, guys.

660
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:24,400
Got interest from pet interest
from pitt, had interest in

661
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:29,200
Colorado, Iowa State, Minnesota,
Mississippi, State, NC State,

662
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:33,200
Penn State West Virginia, UCF.
You see ya?

663
00:41:33,500 --> 00:41:37,700
So good programs had super
interested in.

664
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:43,300
He's right at the mid-30s.
I can't figure this out.

665
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,900
He plays for a good.
Team he plays in a good League,

666
00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:49,600
he chose production, he has
size.

667
00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:53,500
He also doesn't scale as a
scholarship which is awesome.

668
00:41:53,900 --> 00:41:58,600
If y'all read that story, some
military stuff with his family,

669
00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:01,700
he's going to be on the team and
he is not going to count as a

670
00:42:01,707 --> 00:42:04,400
scholarship, which is awesome
for the team.

671
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:06,900
But, you know also that, you
know what kind of background he

672
00:42:06,900 --> 00:42:09,300
comes from.
Yeah, I mean, this is the legit

673
00:42:09,300 --> 00:42:11,700
division one player that doesn't
count against the scholarship.

674
00:42:11,700 --> 00:42:14,700
This isn't, you know, a chair, a
charity.

675
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:18,900
Even this this is this is us
getting a guy that I think can

676
00:42:18,900 --> 00:42:21,600
do a good amount of damage and
not counting against the

677
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:26,800
scholarship number.
So that's huge and, you know, we

678
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,600
talked he's under the radar, you
know, he's right there in that

679
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:31,700
mid three range but I mean
looking at looking at his

680
00:42:31,700 --> 00:42:37,200
tapie's Look at the build 633
10.

681
00:42:37,300 --> 00:42:40,000
I mean, he's going to be you
interior.

682
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:44,100
He's on the Indie tackle.
This is a big need position for

683
00:42:44,100 --> 00:42:48,300
us and I think just foundational
wise he's coming in at a size

684
00:42:48,300 --> 00:42:52,400
where like I said it's more of a
you know you buff out the edges

685
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:54,800
and I think he's going to be
ready to do some damage inside

686
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,200
there.
Yeah and one of the tougher

687
00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:03,200
things to again it's where like
the recruiting stuff Kind of

688
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:08,400
screws up is.
Any player that size is a mid

689
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:12,800
three.
You know is it's just really

690
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:14,700
tough.
Sorry having to do something

691
00:43:14,700 --> 00:43:15,500
here.
Folks.

692
00:43:16,300 --> 00:43:19,100
It's just really tough to figure
out how this guy flies under the

693
00:43:19,107 --> 00:43:21,900
radar.
I would understand if we look at

694
00:43:21,900 --> 00:43:23,600
his offer list and we were his
biggest.

695
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:28,100
All right, let's see, have the
CF and he had some coastal's and

696
00:43:28,100 --> 00:43:31,500
other places like that.
But the school's I mentioned are

697
00:43:31,500 --> 00:43:37,200
legit Big Ten, Big 12 and you
know, s Using spoons.

698
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:42,500
He's got all of the Big G five
schools on the east coast and

699
00:43:42,500 --> 00:43:47,500
then a good handful of power
five schools, some of them with

700
00:43:48,300 --> 00:43:51,000
you know histories of putting
out some really damn good

701
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:54,400
defensive lineman like pit and
like NC State in the other thing

702
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:57,400
is where you place Thomas Dale,
he's playing teams like bird.

703
00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:00,100
We know the product bird can put
out in the toeic has put in

704
00:44:00,100 --> 00:44:03,500
players out, he playing
Hopewell, where Henderson went

705
00:44:03,500 --> 00:44:08,000
Petersburg Dinwiddie That's a
good schedule, that's a good

706
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:11,500
schedule, that he played
against, so blows my mind why

707
00:44:11,500 --> 00:44:13,200
he's one of the under the radar
guys.

708
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:16,900
So again folks the three under
the radar guys.

709
00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:22,800
They Quan right.
Bryce Duke, Malachi my Madison.

710
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:26,000
So and like I said, we could
have put Daquan right in there

711
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:29,700
with the crown jewels if it
wasn't for the fact that he was

712
00:44:29,700 --> 00:44:31,900
legitimately under the radar
June.

713
00:44:33,100 --> 00:44:38,300
So the class in general again
33rd we feel, we feel good about

714
00:44:38,300 --> 00:44:40,700
it because there are some
players in that, had some good

715
00:44:40,700 --> 00:44:47,900
tape and with this change in
regime We feel like the probably

716
00:44:47,900 --> 00:44:51,200
going to be able to use them
better and More in touch.

717
00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:56,300
Yeah.
And you know, I think we kind of

718
00:44:56,700 --> 00:45:03,300
were expecting A big loss in the
class as being a side effect of

719
00:45:03,300 --> 00:45:07,900
moving on which we needed to do
and it you know, banerji players

720
00:45:07,900 --> 00:45:11,400
aside.
You know, I think we came out

721
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:14,200
about as good as we could have.
Expected was a bump in the road

722
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:18,700
and it's yet how easy to think.
When Justin Fuente essentially

723
00:45:18,700 --> 00:45:23,400
stepped down, we were 26 27, we
only drop about five to six

724
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:26,200
spots which is only does not
happen.

725
00:45:26,900 --> 00:45:28,100
All right, Brian.
Real quick.

726
00:45:28,100 --> 00:45:30,700
I want to just hit you on this
and then ask you a quick

727
00:45:30,700 --> 00:45:32,500
question.
The recruiting makeup

728
00:45:32,500 --> 00:45:34,900
scholarship wise of this class?
I mean, including Malachi

729
00:45:34,900 --> 00:45:38,700
Madison just because he's that
type of player offensive ly, one

730
00:45:38,700 --> 00:45:42,100
quarterback.
One running back two wide outs,

731
00:45:42,100 --> 00:45:45,000
three defensive ends.
Six offensive, lineman

732
00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:49,900
defensively, six defensive
lineman's one linebacker and

733
00:45:49,900 --> 00:45:55,600
three defensive backs.
What it if this is you, if

734
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:58,800
you're the director of player
Personnel, recruiting whatever,

735
00:45:59,700 --> 00:46:01,800
how would your typical year
look?

736
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:04,800
Like, how would you want it
balanced out?

737
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:09,200
Because to me, this year is a
hell of a lot better than what.

738
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:10,600
We've done the last couple of
years.

739
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:14,900
It's a lot better because you
always want to be like every

740
00:46:14,900 --> 00:46:19,200
year you want At least a handful
offensive lineman at least a

741
00:46:19,207 --> 00:46:24,200
handful of defensive lineman, I
think, defensive lineman and all

742
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:26,800
of its alignment.
We probably went a little

743
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:29,700
heavier than we would in a
typical year just because we

744
00:46:29,700 --> 00:46:32,800
have such a deficiency on both
sides of the ball at those

745
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:37,000
positions right now.
And you always D bodies because

746
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:39,600
you got five on the offensive
line, you got to start, you got

747
00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:42,800
four on the defensive line, you
got to start and defensive line,

748
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:45,600
you're probably rotating a full
eight, guys.

749
00:46:46,500 --> 00:46:47,900
To get it right?
Yeah.

750
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:51,400
To get even so.
So so you're talking about eight

751
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:53,900
positions that you're going to
have to have game day.

752
00:46:53,900 --> 00:46:56,600
Ready on both sides of the ball?
Yep.

753
00:46:56,800 --> 00:47:00,500
So you're saying probably
offensive defensive line four to

754
00:47:00,500 --> 00:47:03,900
five a year regardless.
Just we're taking eight to ten.

755
00:47:03,900 --> 00:47:07,100
We could go 11.
We could go 12 exactly what

756
00:47:07,100 --> 00:47:10,100
about defensive back because
that's when we went three I felt

757
00:47:10,100 --> 00:47:12,100
like we could go one or two
more.

758
00:47:12,100 --> 00:47:16,400
Although I put zaevion Bradshaw
at wide receiver he could Be

759
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:19,200
over on the defensive backs that
he does have that skill set,

760
00:47:19,500 --> 00:47:23,100
same with defensive back for 25
or do you could you go lower

761
00:47:23,100 --> 00:47:27,500
because of I think you can go, I
think he can go for just because

762
00:47:27,500 --> 00:47:32,700
there is some position fluidity
with some positions that we

763
00:47:32,700 --> 00:47:36,300
have.
Now, you know, there's some guys

764
00:47:36,300 --> 00:47:38,500
you recruit as a safety that
might end up at Sam.

765
00:47:38,500 --> 00:47:41,600
There's some guys that you
recruited saying that might end

766
00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:43,100
up at safety.
So there's some position

767
00:47:43,100 --> 00:47:47,000
fluidity there that could have
some overlap But I think like

768
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:52,800
4324 in a given year, maybe at
the top end 5, but for would

769
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:56,600
probably be the nice little
middle middle ground there for

770
00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:59,700
DBS.
And, you know, some of that's

771
00:47:59,700 --> 00:48:01,800
just going to depend on how the
cycle is going through.

772
00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:03,900
Whether you're still heavy at
corner, whether you're still

773
00:48:03,900 --> 00:48:07,200
having a safety and what that
makeup looks like because

774
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:08,800
safety.
Obviously there's a little more

775
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:11,900
position fluidity that there
would be at somebody that's a

776
00:48:11,908 --> 00:48:15,700
true Corner.
Yeah like km and like DJ last

777
00:48:15,700 --> 00:48:18,300
year Yep.
And then the the rest, the

778
00:48:18,308 --> 00:48:20,900
linebacking groups, the tight
ends wide receivers running

779
00:48:20,900 --> 00:48:23,700
backs.
Quarterbacks, I'm one of those,

780
00:48:23,700 --> 00:48:25,500
I think we should take a
quarterback every year.

781
00:48:26,100 --> 00:48:27,400
You don't know who's going to
hit.

782
00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:30,200
You don't know who, you know,
who's going to click.

783
00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:33,300
When they get to College the
running back room.

784
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:36,600
The way we add done it, just
completely messed it up.

785
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:38,300
I don't think we can take one of
year.

786
00:48:38,500 --> 00:48:40,700
I think that's a two or three
position a year because

787
00:48:40,700 --> 00:48:44,600
sometimes you have those guys
come in and it does take them a

788
00:48:44,607 --> 00:48:49,000
while to get going, some guys
can Take a look this year, it

789
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:52,200
would happen.
Give it a few games started

790
00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:56,100
rolling.
You should have six to eight

791
00:48:56,100 --> 00:48:58,500
scholarship running backs at any
given time.

792
00:48:58,700 --> 00:49:04,800
Not six to eight in one cycle.
We had at one point.

793
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:06,200
What 12?
Or 13?

794
00:49:06,500 --> 00:49:08,300
Scholarship running backs on the
roster?

795
00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:13,600
Yeah kind of insane can't do you
know I feel like wide receiver

796
00:49:13,700 --> 00:49:17,800
linebackers depending on your Or
offensive system incited.

797
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:21,600
The peony offensive systems
that's going to fluctuate you

798
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:24,400
could probably get by with when
we're here in front private

799
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:29,300
generally say tight end dominant
offense I don't think we're

800
00:49:29,300 --> 00:49:35,000
going back to the 1970s and run
you know some sort of 78 million

801
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:38,200
line just pound the ball but I
think what they're looking to do

802
00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:42,700
is you're probably going to have
minimum two tight ends on the

803
00:49:42,707 --> 00:49:46,900
field at a time 12 Personnel
unless we are in Some sort of

804
00:49:46,900 --> 00:49:50,500
hurry up come from behind mode,
but then, but then you take a

805
00:49:50,500 --> 00:49:55,400
look at guys like Daquan, right?
And even a guy like, Drake or

806
00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:59,900
James Mitchell, we're even you
can stay in 12 Personnel, right?

807
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:03,400
You can say it well, personnel
and still run your entire

808
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:05,100
Playbook.
They're playing The Joker.

809
00:50:05,300 --> 00:50:09,500
So, it's one of the interesting
things going to 2023 will be

810
00:50:09,500 --> 00:50:11,700
paying real attention to keep an
eye on folks.

811
00:50:11,700 --> 00:50:15,300
See how our, how their balance
in this class out.

812
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:18,100
Look at avoids of the next
couple years.

813
00:50:18,700 --> 00:50:21,000
All right, Brian.
Oh, by the way, we did take a

814
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:23,500
kicker Didn't want to leave him
off.

815
00:50:23,500 --> 00:50:26,400
We have a kicker on scholarship,
he better be kicking field goals

816
00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:30,800
year, one much like Peter Moore
did hunting.

817
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:32,600
All right.
Have you worked out last year?

818
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:36,400
Hopefully it works out this year
Order review, Brian, no ends no

819
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:39,500
out.
I guess that's good.

820
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:42,600
Guys, this point, that's good.
I mean right now we're probably

821
00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:46,600
going to see a little bit of
fluctuation as we get towards

822
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:50,300
the end of winter workouts, and
will probably see more

823
00:50:50,300 --> 00:50:54,100
fluctuation.
Or the spring Gabriel as we

824
00:50:54,100 --> 00:50:58,600
approach, the spring game but
the fact that we didn't lose

825
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:03,100
anybody in the process there, I
think bodes well for folks,

826
00:51:03,100 --> 00:51:06,000
buying in at least in the short
term, you know.

827
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,900
I know some people are going to
if they don't see themselves

828
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:10,800
jumping up the depth chart like
they want.

829
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:13,500
That's another story, but at
least in terms of what the

830
00:51:13,508 --> 00:51:16,100
coaches is, is selling right
now.

831
00:51:16,100 --> 00:51:19,400
They're buying it.
So I'm good with that now.

832
00:51:19,700 --> 00:51:22,500
Nobody in nobody out, but
Jamari, Connor, and Annie Dear

833
00:51:22,500 --> 00:51:23,900
Thompson announced they're
turning.

834
00:51:23,900 --> 00:51:27,600
That's good for the back end and
I was big and I think I think

835
00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:29,100
Shamari Connor is going to be
Sam.

836
00:51:29,700 --> 00:51:32,100
I think you doing the same.
Now do you think he's going to

837
00:51:32,100 --> 00:51:37,100
play Sam and nickel or because
what we've seen and what?

838
00:51:37,100 --> 00:51:40,300
Everybody Robbie who were going
to be discussing within a couple

839
00:51:40,300 --> 00:51:44,900
weeks here last couple years?
They stayed in base regardless

840
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:48,800
like you go, three wide cool.
We got a Sam linebacker, I can

841
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:50,900
run what I want to run out of
here with him.

842
00:51:52,900 --> 00:51:56,800
And I think it's good for him
for Jamari, Connor to play that

843
00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:59,100
Sam.
That's what he's going to play

844
00:51:59,100 --> 00:52:01,300
in the league.
Now, the question is going to

845
00:52:01,300 --> 00:52:04,300
be, if we do, go to Nickel mr.
Mori.

846
00:52:04,300 --> 00:52:07,700
Leave the field.
That's the question.

847
00:52:08,500 --> 00:52:12,300
Yeah, a big one.
And so there's there's two

848
00:52:12,300 --> 00:52:16,200
schools of thought here because
You know, playing Sam.

849
00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:20,000
He's probably going to get less
day-to-day practice at the

850
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:23,100
things that he's probably are
the deficiencies in his game.

851
00:52:23,700 --> 00:52:27,500
Yep.
So he, that may not be something

852
00:52:27,500 --> 00:52:30,000
where you can just kind of flip
the switch and moving back out

853
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:34,000
there again and best, he'll
still probably had the same

854
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:36,900
liabilities in those situations
that he had this year because

855
00:52:36,900 --> 00:52:40,600
he's not going to be wrapping it
as much, even as he was last

856
00:52:40,600 --> 00:52:46,900
year that said having Having
some fluidity there where you

857
00:52:46,900 --> 00:52:50,300
don't have to go.
Nickel a true nickel package

858
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:53,200
every time that that definitely
helps.

859
00:52:53,700 --> 00:52:57,600
Well, it helps if you plan hurry
UPS, right, very up team just

860
00:52:57,600 --> 00:53:00,000
like, we don't need to sub out.
We're going to go to this next.

861
00:53:00,700 --> 00:53:03,200
If you have, if you got a team
that you know, you get them in a

862
00:53:03,207 --> 00:53:05,600
third and long and you got a
chance to, you know, they're not

863
00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:08,400
hurrying up so you can get your
your true Nickel in there and

864
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:10,200
get yourself package in there.
That's fine.

865
00:53:11,400 --> 00:53:13,900
But if they're going hurry up,
then you can stick with your

866
00:53:13,900 --> 00:53:16,900
base and still not.
Be vulnerable, even though you

867
00:53:16,908 --> 00:53:20,400
still, you know, you don't have
it as many still have, probably

868
00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:22,700
more holes than your nickel
package has if they're going.

869
00:53:23,500 --> 00:53:26,300
Hurry up, but you're not
bleeding.

870
00:53:26,800 --> 00:53:29,300
No, you're not at all.
All right, Brian.

871
00:53:29,300 --> 00:53:32,000
Well let's flip it over to this.
We're going to talk about more

872
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:36,000
staff additions.
We are completely away from Mom

873
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:38,500
and Pops.
Now we're not we're not you know

874
00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:41,400
Nationwide corporate we're
definitely Regional corporate

875
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:43,900
now and let's start with this
one.

876
00:53:43,900 --> 00:53:47,200
If you recognize the name sounds
familiar especially the last

877
00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:53,500
name it shouldn't surprise.
You Jalen Belen has been hired

878
00:53:53,500 --> 00:53:55,800
to serve as the Director of own
campus.

879
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:59,800
Recruiting, why does the violin
name sound?

880
00:53:59,800 --> 00:54:03,100
So familiar ask well, John
Berlin was basically Frank's

881
00:54:03,100 --> 00:54:08,100
chief of Staff. 30 years,
basically from the moment, Frank

882
00:54:08,100 --> 00:54:12,500
walk through the door and tell
you he she comes from Wake

883
00:54:12,500 --> 00:54:14,800
Forest where she was an
assistant.

884
00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:19,700
Essentially she was day,
Paulson's chief of staff and

885
00:54:19,700 --> 00:54:21,400
their on-campus recruiting
coordinator.

886
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:24,700
So what she's doing here?
So obviously has some

887
00:54:24,700 --> 00:54:30,700
backgrounds had been there for a
couple Seasons graduated from

888
00:54:31,700 --> 00:54:35,300
Georgia, Southern mom.
Mom is the chief of staff of the

889
00:54:35,300 --> 00:54:37,400
men's basketball program that
are watching right now who was

890
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:40,600
up 20 points.
Second ago, love the high run.

891
00:54:41,200 --> 00:54:44,900
Yeah, I mean, you can say, you
know, ties, I mean obviously

892
00:54:44,900 --> 00:54:47,100
that's that.
You can spend that one way or

893
00:54:47,100 --> 00:54:51,500
the other but you know she's got
the Bona fides to the back that

894
00:54:51,500 --> 00:54:56,200
up and I think it's going to be
a good good asset and someone

895
00:54:56,200 --> 00:55:00,000
that Already kind of has an
understanding of the way

896
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:02,300
Virginia Tech operates and I
think that's important and

897
00:55:02,300 --> 00:55:04,000
that's that's the big thing that
prize.

898
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:07,600
Been looking at, as he's built
both the on the field staff and

899
00:55:07,600 --> 00:55:09,500
the off.
The field staff is some of that

900
00:55:09,500 --> 00:55:13,500
familiarity with how Virginia
Tech operates the, how to sell

901
00:55:13,500 --> 00:55:15,200
it.
And also understanding the

902
00:55:15,200 --> 00:55:18,500
limitations and how to make sure
that those don't get highlighted

903
00:55:18,500 --> 00:55:20,900
as well, which is just, as
important in the recruiting

904
00:55:20,900 --> 00:55:22,500
process has anything else as
well.

905
00:55:22,900 --> 00:55:26,500
Exactly, it's that she's
basically been a hook your whole

906
00:55:26,500 --> 00:55:28,100
life with the exception.
Option of going to Georgia,

907
00:55:28,100 --> 00:55:33,200
Southern for undergrad.
You know she you know she left

908
00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:37,100
Blacksburg at 18, she's lived in
Blacksburg for 18 years.

909
00:55:37,100 --> 00:55:39,500
You don't think she doesn't know
that place ins and out like you

910
00:55:39,500 --> 00:55:42,500
said, know what to sell know
what not to sell.

911
00:55:42,800 --> 00:55:46,600
Now she's the director of
on-campus recruiting.

912
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:49,600
So I think that she's primarily
going to be the person when they

913
00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:53,300
show up for their visits.
Now, the director of recruiting

914
00:55:54,100 --> 00:55:58,400
Kami Nations Kami Nations coming
to us from Marshall.

915
00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:00,100
So, obviously Mike Villa on the
ground.

916
00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:03,800
Anna.
All of fingerprints, all over

917
00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:09,100
this higher.
So, what did you do with her

918
00:56:09,500 --> 00:56:11,300
Thunder hitch?
Yeah, she was at.

919
00:56:11,300 --> 00:56:13,800
She was at Marshall, when they
signed their best class ever,

920
00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:15,200
ever.
Ever.

921
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:17,900
In bullying me wrong, I think
having Charles up there is

922
00:56:17,908 --> 00:56:21,300
helping them out a lot, but
having knowing someone like,

923
00:56:21,300 --> 00:56:25,100
this saw it be done in a way.
It's awesome.

924
00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:29,100
But, you know, you know it, as
at worst, they're not fumbling

925
00:56:29,100 --> 00:56:31,900
the bag behind the scenes,
they're getting everything done.

926
00:56:32,500 --> 00:56:34,200
That needs to be done.
Yeah.

927
00:56:34,500 --> 00:56:36,300
You know whether they're moving
the needle forward.

928
00:56:36,500 --> 00:56:38,100
They're not, they're not setting
the needle back.

929
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:41,200
Nope, not at all.
Um, she's actually been in

930
00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:44,200
Collegiate football since 2013
where she started as an

931
00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:49,200
assistant, a student assistant
LSU that is her alma mater.

932
00:56:49,400 --> 00:56:53,500
So she graduated there in 17,
then she went over to

933
00:56:53,500 --> 00:56:57,700
Mississippi State and served as
a recruiting assistant while

934
00:56:57,700 --> 00:56:59,800
filigrana was the director of
recruiting.

935
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:06,000
Also some connection there joke,
Moorhead was coaching there

936
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:09,300
during That timeframe also Chris
Marvel's are at that point in

937
00:57:09,308 --> 00:57:11,600
time as well.
So obviously we see some

938
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:13,300
interconnections there.
Yep.

939
00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:21,700
In Dom, you know 1920 she was
over at Austin Peay You know, I

940
00:57:21,700 --> 00:57:29,100
feel like this is, you know,
solid resume, not blowing your

941
00:57:29,100 --> 00:57:32,400
things, but I feel like this is
a villa Grana Comfort higher,

942
00:57:32,700 --> 00:57:36,400
from where his position is NOW
essential he's worked with her

943
00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:39,300
and basically, he's saying to
himself, she's going to get her

944
00:57:39,300 --> 00:57:41,500
shit done.
I'm not going to have to worry

945
00:57:41,500 --> 00:57:43,000
about what she's doing that
office.

946
00:57:43,100 --> 00:57:45,100
Yeah, well I think there's two
things that stand out to me.

947
00:57:45,100 --> 00:57:47,700
So number one is obviously the
relationship with the look Rana

948
00:57:48,100 --> 00:57:51,200
and the come Effort level that
he has with her doing the roll.

949
00:57:51,400 --> 00:57:55,300
Number two, you know, we talked
about the resume, but the resume

950
00:57:55,300 --> 00:57:58,800
says to me is that she's seen
the inner workings of pretty

951
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:02,700
much every level of college
football to some degree up to

952
00:58:02,700 --> 00:58:04,000
this point.
Yeah.

953
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:06,500
The biggest programs.
The bit, one of the biggest

954
00:58:06,500 --> 00:58:09,200
programs, your run-of-the-mill
SEC.

955
00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:13,500
She's seen high-level G5.
She's seen FCS.

956
00:58:13,700 --> 00:58:16,300
Yep.
I mean, she seen how the

957
00:58:16,300 --> 00:58:19,000
recruiting happens at different
levels and brings That

958
00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:21,700
experience to the table.
Yeah, awesome.

959
00:58:21,700 --> 00:58:24,900
So welcome her aboard.
All right, Brian.

960
00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:31,200
The next guy. when this floated
down to us, was about 10 days

961
00:58:31,200 --> 00:58:38,100
ago, Like we have a pretty big
high school head coach.

962
00:58:38,900 --> 00:58:42,800
He's coaching 275, he's coach
down in North Carolina and it

963
00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:45,800
looks like he's going to be
doing something.

964
00:58:47,100 --> 00:58:50,300
Glenwood Fair be gets announced
director of high school

965
00:58:50,300 --> 00:58:53,200
relations.
All right, so first of all,

966
00:58:53,400 --> 00:58:58,000
you've been in North Carolina,
last couple years down Jewish

967
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:03,100
Chambers down outside.
Charlotte this team is 3085 over

968
00:59:03,100 --> 00:59:07,400
the last three seasons, they won
back-to-back state titles in 19

969
00:59:07,400 --> 00:59:11,900
and 20 before that.
He was Devon Hunters.

970
00:59:11,900 --> 00:59:18,800
Head coach down in Indian.
River, and he coached down at

971
00:59:18,800 --> 00:59:25,700
Lakeland in the 75. and soften
went to Liberty.

972
00:59:27,500 --> 00:59:31,400
I mean.
What more do you want from a

973
00:59:31,400 --> 00:59:34,200
director of high school
relations than that resume?

974
00:59:35,300 --> 00:59:39,600
See a, what is there to say
Glenwood Farabee to me, it

975
00:59:39,600 --> 00:59:42,900
sounds like a golf name right
Linwood.

976
00:59:42,900 --> 00:59:46,500
Farabee approaches the par-4 9th
for his tee shot.

977
00:59:47,700 --> 00:59:51,300
Yeah, but what I really like
about this higher is that it

978
00:59:51,300 --> 00:59:54,200
speaks further to that point
that we've been making is that

979
00:59:54,600 --> 00:59:58,600
this isn't mom-and-pop anymore.
We're approaching this from a

980
00:59:58,600 --> 01:00:03,300
corporate standpoint.
Wait and wait for him to improve

981
01:00:03,300 --> 01:00:06,300
our Outreach to those high
schools and improve the

982
01:00:06,300 --> 01:00:09,100
relationships.
Also kind of set things up for

983
01:00:09,100 --> 01:00:12,800
the future because having those
relationships, please helps us

984
01:00:12,800 --> 01:00:15,700
be strategic when we were just
getting out of it, you know,

985
01:00:15,700 --> 01:00:20,100
which are which is really good
to hear, because the guy has,

986
01:00:20,100 --> 01:00:22,400
I'm going to be director of high
school relations in.

987
01:00:22,500 --> 01:00:24,400
I've been out of it, eight or
ten years.

988
01:00:24,600 --> 01:00:26,500
You might have a good feel of
what it's going from the

989
01:00:26,500 --> 01:00:31,800
University and what to look at.
But maybe not so much.

990
01:00:31,900 --> 01:00:35,700
What's going on inside the high
schools now, as you know, kids

991
01:00:35,700 --> 01:00:37,800
evolved.
But Brian, let's continue to

992
01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:41,500
flip because the strength
conditioning staff has added

993
01:00:41,600 --> 01:00:48,100
quite a few new members as well.
And let's start by taking a look

994
01:00:48,100 --> 01:00:52,000
at the first to me.
This looks like a basic hiring

995
01:00:52,400 --> 01:00:56,600
of this is my right-hand, man.
He knows how I want stuff done,

996
01:00:57,300 --> 01:01:00,200
Greg Allen six years ago.
Dodie you.

997
01:01:00,200 --> 01:01:05,200
So obviously, spend some time
with the white Galt Also Serve

998
01:01:05,200 --> 01:01:08,000
down at Richmond before that in
Marshall.

999
01:01:12,300 --> 01:01:16,300
This just seems like this is the
whites right hand man.

1000
01:01:17,500 --> 01:01:20,000
Yeah, definitely seems like this
is a guy that he has a high

1001
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:22,100
degree of comfort level with
that.

1002
01:01:22,100 --> 01:01:25,200
He's bringing on.
So yeah, I think that's going to

1003
01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:30,900
be the guy that he's leaning on
most in this staff, probably at

1004
01:01:30,900 --> 01:01:32,500
the gay just because of that
Comfort level.

1005
01:01:33,600 --> 01:01:36,900
Yes, sir.
Now, the next man needs no

1006
01:01:36,900 --> 01:01:40,300
introduction.
In Blacksburg Jarrett Ferguson

1007
01:01:40,300 --> 01:01:47,900
returns Ferguson obviously a
crucial player in the 99 season

1008
01:01:47,900 --> 01:01:52,400
play for the Hokies 98. 201,
then came back as the senior

1009
01:01:52,400 --> 01:02:00,100
strength and conditioning coach
16 or 2006. 217 again it, you

1010
01:02:00,100 --> 01:02:03,200
said it just a few minutes to go
with Jalen Belen.

1011
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:06,000
In.
You've got to know your culture

1012
01:02:06,800 --> 01:02:10,900
and it seems like it every level
Brent prize having a culture

1013
01:02:10,900 --> 01:02:13,800
higher?
Yeah, every level there's a

1014
01:02:13,808 --> 01:02:16,600
culture higher.
There's a guy that understands

1015
01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:21,200
Blacksburg understand what it
means to be a hokie understands

1016
01:02:21,700 --> 01:02:27,500
the tradition and Jared Ferguson
is just, another example of kind

1017
01:02:27,500 --> 01:02:32,200
of getting back to the roots but
still pushing pushing forward

1018
01:02:32,200 --> 01:02:37,100
into kind of a new era as well.
So, I think that's really what

1019
01:02:37,100 --> 01:02:39,700
the staff is about.
Injured person is kind of a

1020
01:02:39,900 --> 01:02:42,500
microcosm of that on the
strength and conditioning stuff.

1021
01:02:43,400 --> 01:02:45,900
Absolutely absolutely.
Alright.

1022
01:02:45,900 --> 01:02:50,500
KJ forms, I'm still trying to
figure out how we stole this guy

1023
01:02:51,100 --> 01:02:55,200
KJ Florence last year last few
years had served as the

1024
01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:57,300
assistant strength and get you
coach down at Old Miss.

1025
01:02:57,800 --> 01:02:59,600
Yep.
You just primarily for running

1026
01:02:59,600 --> 01:03:02,200
backs, tight ends, and
quarterbacks and specialists.

1027
01:03:03,100 --> 01:03:06,500
Obviously, Matt Correll has
shaped himself into probably

1028
01:03:06,500 --> 01:03:09,900
being a first-round quarterback
this year.

1029
01:03:11,800 --> 01:03:14,100
You know, maybe it's just
getting back home, guys,

1030
01:03:14,100 --> 01:03:17,400
originally from Virginia Beach.
He had went sometime in Marshall

1031
01:03:17,400 --> 01:03:20,700
and 19 digit, some internship
down at Georgia.

1032
01:03:20,700 --> 01:03:25,100
So he's seen some workings of
two, pretty big SEC programs and

1033
01:03:25,100 --> 01:03:27,800
now we have him here really like
this higher.

1034
01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:32,300
Yeah, this is big for us.
You know, again, getting back

1035
01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:36,100
somebody that meeting with the
Virginia Beach area, you know,

1036
01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:41,700
went to Old Dominion for
undergrad, graduated in 2014, So

1037
01:03:41,700 --> 01:03:45,800
this is somebody with deep ties
to Virginia that we were able to

1038
01:03:45,900 --> 01:03:50,200
kind of bring back into the fold
and I think having that pedigree

1039
01:03:50,200 --> 01:03:55,300
and then seeing again, talk
about old miss, you know, you

1040
01:03:55,300 --> 01:03:59,500
also was at What marshall yeah
from a while as well.

1041
01:03:59,500 --> 01:04:04,100
So he seen seen a good deal of
programs in a short period of

1042
01:04:04,100 --> 01:04:06,100
time.
I think he's going to be a big

1043
01:04:06,100 --> 01:04:09,200
asset for us.
Absolutely last one.

1044
01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:13,800
Matte green holla.
Coming from Georgia Southern.

1045
01:04:13,800 --> 01:04:16,900
So obviously, you know,
obviously probably has some

1046
01:04:16,900 --> 01:04:20,300
contacts with Brad, Glenn there
but did an internship down the

1047
01:04:20,300 --> 01:04:23,400
South Carolina and if you know
remembered the white did have

1048
01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:25,200
some connection down to South
Carolina.

1049
01:04:25,500 --> 01:04:29,700
So to me it's not a probably not
probably partially a buddy

1050
01:04:29,700 --> 01:04:30,700
higher.
Yes.

1051
01:04:31,100 --> 01:04:33,600
But someone who spent three
years at Georgia.

1052
01:04:33,600 --> 01:04:37,600
Southern, he'd spent three years
in appstate as system strength.

1053
01:04:37,600 --> 01:04:42,300
Conditioning directors.
They're probably Is one of those

1054
01:04:42,300 --> 01:04:47,100
things where you've got.
You got your right-hand man this

1055
01:04:47,100 --> 01:04:51,500
is an up-and-comer that knows
what you like same way

1056
01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:54,400
important.
You got Ferguson to me, you got

1057
01:04:54,400 --> 01:04:59,400
Ferguson who knows the culture
you've got Blacksburg.

1058
01:04:59,500 --> 01:05:03,600
You've got KJ who sing big-time
programs and develop some

1059
01:05:03,600 --> 01:05:06,000
big-time players.
And then once again you've got

1060
01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:10,200
the whites kind of guy.
So kind of a guides.

1061
01:05:10,300 --> 01:05:11,400
I know these guys are going to
hell.

1062
01:05:11,500 --> 01:05:14,700
If these other guys along.
Yeah, I mean, you know, we

1063
01:05:14,700 --> 01:05:15,900
talked about strength and
conditioning.

1064
01:05:15,900 --> 01:05:19,900
I mean, yes, they have, you
know, they're not quite as

1065
01:05:19,900 --> 01:05:22,200
impactful day-to-day as the
coach would be.

1066
01:05:22,200 --> 01:05:25,900
But, you know, we talked about a
guy that was interning in South

1067
01:05:25,900 --> 01:05:28,500
Carolina and was working
primarily with the defensive

1068
01:05:28,500 --> 01:05:30,500
line that had your baby and
clowning on it.

1069
01:05:31,400 --> 01:05:32,700
You know.
That's, that's a, that's a

1070
01:05:32,707 --> 01:05:37,900
pretty big deal UGA.
It's the Citadel spent time at

1071
01:05:37,900 --> 01:05:40,400
appstate.
Now, Georgia, Southern now with

1072
01:05:40,400 --> 01:05:44,200
that, it comes to us.
This resume is a guy that is

1073
01:05:44,200 --> 01:05:47,000
kind of building there and I
think this is yes it's a I don't

1074
01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:48,900
I wouldn't call it a buddy
higher, it's a relationship

1075
01:05:48,900 --> 01:05:51,000
higher.
Yeah and I think this guy has

1076
01:05:51,000 --> 01:05:55,000
shown aptitude to get the job
done, wherever he's landed at.

1077
01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:58,600
So, freaking lutely.
And then, Brian, there is a new

1078
01:05:58,600 --> 01:06:03,200
position amongst Virginia Tech
strength or Virginia Tech

1079
01:06:03,200 --> 01:06:05,800
strength conditioning.
And that is the director of

1080
01:06:05,800 --> 01:06:09,400
sports science, who is Brian
Jackson.

1081
01:06:10,900 --> 01:06:13,700
He's had Add a similar role to
this down.

1082
01:06:13,900 --> 01:06:18,600
We've been married last year.
Also did some stuff down at Duke

1083
01:06:18,600 --> 01:06:21,200
implementing Sports Performance
program is down there.

1084
01:06:22,000 --> 01:06:25,800
It's really interesting to if
you heard prior talk today.

1085
01:06:26,200 --> 01:06:31,300
Basically he's it sounds like
he's monitoring everything.

1086
01:06:31,300 --> 01:06:34,400
These guys are doing, like, I
know he mentioned something

1087
01:06:34,400 --> 01:06:38,300
about like if a guy has a
hamstring injury and he says

1088
01:06:38,300 --> 01:06:42,800
he's okay in the stuff that
Jackson's reading says now

1089
01:06:42,800 --> 01:06:45,800
something's going on because his
explosiveness is here.

1090
01:06:45,900 --> 01:06:48,000
It was here.
Yeah.

1091
01:06:48,100 --> 01:06:52,800
And so he's almost like I'm not
saying a private detective for

1092
01:06:52,800 --> 01:06:56,700
the coaching staff on this sort
of stuff, but he kinda is, and

1093
01:06:56,700 --> 01:07:00,500
then his background, he was in
the 82nd Airborne.

1094
01:07:03,300 --> 01:07:07,700
I mean, what could it, you know,
what are you going to say to a

1095
01:07:07,700 --> 01:07:11,600
guy who's done that?
Yeah, I mean he's here Here's a

1096
01:07:11,607 --> 01:07:19,300
parachutist lady's life out
there did that, and, you know,

1097
01:07:19,300 --> 01:07:22,700
doing it in a way that, you
know, is is even intense

1098
01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:27,800
relative to, you know, the the
normal side of that.

1099
01:07:28,700 --> 01:07:31,300
And then and then coming into a
roll like this, you know, I

1100
01:07:31,300 --> 01:07:35,500
think putting putting science
behind those essentially, the

1101
01:07:35,508 --> 01:07:38,700
training aspects that we're
looking at here and, you know,

1102
01:07:38,700 --> 01:07:40,800
whether someone can be pushed
harder.

1103
01:07:41,500 --> 01:07:44,600
Whether they need to be pushed a
little less but, you know, based

1104
01:07:44,600 --> 01:07:51,600
on the data and based on things
that he seeing, I think that's

1105
01:07:51,600 --> 01:07:55,100
going to be big for us having in
the scientific approach.

1106
01:07:55,100 --> 01:07:58,700
And again, this this speaks more
to us kind of coming into the

1107
01:07:58,707 --> 01:08:02,300
21st century and using, you
know, all the tools that are

1108
01:08:02,308 --> 01:08:05,100
available at the tool belt and
not overlooking anything that

1109
01:08:05,100 --> 01:08:08,200
could benefit us off the field
and on the field.

1110
01:08:09,100 --> 01:08:13,600
Yep. 100% couple other things
announced today, too.

1111
01:08:13,600 --> 01:08:16,800
Big of a Winslow and you know,
in a petty are going to be

1112
01:08:16,800 --> 01:08:19,500
retained.
Thank both those guys doing very

1113
01:08:19,500 --> 01:08:24,000
good jobs in.
This is interesting, kai-shan.

1114
01:08:24,000 --> 01:08:28,899
Jared is going to move to a
defensive GA roll me and you

1115
01:08:28,899 --> 01:08:32,100
were trying to look back felt
like Kai Shang was doing

1116
01:08:32,100 --> 01:08:35,200
something with the Redskins a
few years ago more on field than

1117
01:08:35,200 --> 01:08:38,700
in a development role.
Don't know.

1118
01:08:38,700 --> 01:08:41,500
If this is one of those things
is like as they are slowly

1119
01:08:41,500 --> 01:08:43,800
building the analytics and
changing the player development

1120
01:08:43,800 --> 01:08:47,100
team.
It's cool that he gets to stay

1121
01:08:47,100 --> 01:08:49,200
because he is a hokie through
and through probably one of the

1122
01:08:49,207 --> 01:08:57,000
better safeties in the last 5-10
years and guy who had shot him

1123
01:08:57,000 --> 01:08:57,700
and Chuck.
Yeah.

1124
01:08:57,899 --> 01:09:01,100
If not for probably a freak neck
injury probably would still be

1125
01:09:01,100 --> 01:09:03,899
in the league in some capacity
because he was showing out there

1126
01:09:05,899 --> 01:09:09,200
Yeah, I think this is big and I
think getting him into a role

1127
01:09:09,200 --> 01:09:12,800
where he can kind of have an
impact on the field as well, is

1128
01:09:12,800 --> 01:09:15,600
going to be good for him.
I don't know what his long-term

1129
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:19,200
goals are in terms of whether
it's coaching or, you know, a

1130
01:09:19,200 --> 01:09:23,200
higher level off the field roll.
But this kind of gives him that,

1131
01:09:23,800 --> 01:09:27,200
you know, he's got experience
both off the field and now he's,

1132
01:09:27,200 --> 01:09:29,600
you'll have some on the field
that he can kind of pivot,

1133
01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:32,800
whichever way he decides to go
and, you know, hopefully that

1134
01:09:32,800 --> 01:09:37,000
ends up being long term with the
Hokies but I This is a good good

1135
01:09:37,000 --> 01:09:40,300
kind of career building move for
him and something that's going

1136
01:09:40,300 --> 01:09:44,100
to help us on the field as well.
Abso-freakin'-lutely.

1137
01:09:45,000 --> 01:09:47,700
All right, before we get into
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1138
01:09:47,700 --> 01:09:50,500
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Now back to the episode and we
are back in for those who are

1148
01:10:22,500 --> 01:10:26,000
watching us or watching the
game, listening to us Hokies up

1149
01:10:26,000 --> 01:10:28,400
16 with less than six minutes to
go over.

1150
01:10:28,400 --> 01:10:30,900
Georgia Tech.
Let's just go ahead and put it

1151
01:10:30,900 --> 01:10:32,900
away and make it a 20-point
victory.

1152
01:10:33,200 --> 01:10:34,300
There we go.
All right Brian.

1153
01:10:35,100 --> 01:10:38,700
This week, the schedule was
announced.

1154
01:10:39,500 --> 01:10:42,100
We knew everybody, we were
playing, we just, and we knew a

1155
01:10:42,108 --> 01:10:45,500
few of the orders, but we didn't
know the complete order, and now

1156
01:10:45,500 --> 01:10:47,200
it's kind of been laid out
there.

1157
01:10:48,800 --> 01:10:51,300
Let's kind of do this by
quadrants of for.

1158
01:10:51,700 --> 01:10:55,900
Right, let's take a look at the
first four games we are at ODU,

1159
01:10:55,900 --> 01:10:59,700
which will either be a Friday
night or a Saturday game.

1160
01:11:00,300 --> 01:11:02,700
Pretty sure.
CBS Sports has that.

1161
01:11:02,700 --> 01:11:05,200
I'm pretty sure they're probably
going to put that in a prime

1162
01:11:05,200 --> 01:11:07,800
time window.
So be looking at a six or seven

1163
01:11:07,800 --> 01:11:14,800
kick either one of those nights.
So pretty big there.

1164
01:11:15,100 --> 01:11:17,700
Yep.
And then the home opener is not

1165
01:11:17,700 --> 01:11:19,900
an easy task for Brent Pride,
you know.

1166
01:11:21,200 --> 01:11:24,600
Boston College in, you know
Djokovic coming back and a

1167
01:11:24,600 --> 01:11:28,700
pretty well coached team.
They're well-coached team and a

1168
01:11:28,700 --> 01:11:33,200
team that during the Fuente era
kind of had a snake bitten.

1169
01:11:33,200 --> 01:11:37,500
Most of the time except for
that, that one game we got them

1170
01:11:37,800 --> 01:11:39,000
when they were turning the ball
over.

1171
01:11:39,000 --> 01:11:42,500
So I think this is going to be
an interesting one to look at.

1172
01:11:43,600 --> 01:11:47,500
You know, are they going to be a
step up or step down from where

1173
01:11:47,500 --> 01:11:51,600
they were last year?
I think, you know, See how we

1174
01:11:51,600 --> 01:11:55,100
are at this point?
I think ODU is probably a good,

1175
01:11:56,700 --> 01:12:00,900
a good team to kind of cut our
teeth against before we get into

1176
01:12:00,900 --> 01:12:02,700
an ACC opener.
Yep.

1177
01:12:03,000 --> 01:12:07,400
Because they are, they are a
team that doesn't have as much

1178
01:12:07,400 --> 01:12:11,000
talent as we do, but they are a
team that plays above their

1179
01:12:11,000 --> 01:12:12,900
talent level, at a consistent
level.

1180
01:12:14,300 --> 01:12:16,800
So I think that's kind of a
good, a good way to cut our

1181
01:12:16,800 --> 01:12:19,200
teeth and then we'll see what we
got against Boston College.

1182
01:12:19,600 --> 01:12:23,600
Yeah. 19th of September is the
Wofford game and, you know, an

1183
01:12:23,600 --> 01:12:32,600
FCS team in which we need
because September 22nd Thursday

1184
01:12:32,600 --> 01:12:35,100
night Lane, Stadium against
West, Virginia.

1185
01:12:39,500 --> 01:12:41,700
What?
When you this series happened,

1186
01:12:41,700 --> 01:12:45,900
right?
In, you know, it's Thursday

1187
01:12:45,900 --> 01:12:48,500
nights aren't what they used to
be for Collegiate football

1188
01:12:48,600 --> 01:12:52,300
because the NFL is essentially
taking it over, but this is like

1189
01:12:52,300 --> 01:12:57,700
a power play right here because
you're talking about the, the,

1190
01:12:57,800 --> 01:13:01,300
the mountaintops of Thursday
nights.

1191
01:13:02,000 --> 01:13:04,300
Yeah.
We're some of the West Virginia

1192
01:13:04,300 --> 01:13:05,600
games.
Absolutely.

1193
01:13:05,900 --> 01:13:10,100
Absolutely.
And I think Going to be Jack

1194
01:13:10,100 --> 01:13:12,800
that game.
I think the crowd is going to be

1195
01:13:12,800 --> 01:13:14,200
Jack.
I think there's going to be a

1196
01:13:14,200 --> 01:13:19,400
bunch of people from the ages of
23. 273, not going to work

1197
01:13:19,400 --> 01:13:23,600
Thursday or Friday that weekend
and making it a full weekend.

1198
01:13:23,600 --> 01:13:27,400
But to have that game because
you immediately, when that thing

1199
01:13:27,400 --> 01:13:30,200
popped up Thursday you you
that's a Nike.

1200
01:13:31,000 --> 01:13:32,800
Oh yes.
As soon as it pops I was like

1201
01:13:32,800 --> 01:13:34,300
yep.
That's going to be Thursday

1202
01:13:34,300 --> 01:13:37,200
night.
Prom time.

1203
01:13:37,200 --> 01:13:39,100
Prime time.
We got West Virginia.

1204
01:13:39,300 --> 01:13:42,700
Leah coming in to Blacksburg.
They've got the Black Diamond.

1205
01:13:42,700 --> 01:13:45,000
We want that shit back.
Yes we do.

1206
01:13:46,300 --> 01:13:48,400
And that's really going to kick
off.

1207
01:13:48,400 --> 01:13:52,200
What becomes a The Gauntlet
stretch of this schedule, right?

1208
01:13:52,500 --> 01:13:54,700
Yeah.
The next four games, including

1209
01:13:54,700 --> 01:14:00,400
the by go as follows at UNC,
which is not scary place to play

1210
01:14:00,400 --> 01:14:04,500
at pit, where it is scary,
because it's so damn quiet.

1211
01:14:05,000 --> 01:14:09,700
Miami at home on the 15th, open
on the 22nd for a by and then a

1212
01:14:09,700 --> 01:14:15,100
Thursday night game, the only
Rowley he's hey yeah.

1213
01:14:15,100 --> 01:14:19,100
That's gonna be a big A game
which of those four games

1214
01:14:19,400 --> 01:14:27,700
worries you the most probably.
Probably Thursday.

1215
01:14:27,700 --> 01:14:31,700
The NC State is going to be our
toughest competition but I'd say

1216
01:14:31,700 --> 01:14:35,100
pit is probably one be just
because of how we historically

1217
01:14:35,700 --> 01:14:41,400
play when we go to Heinz Field
and even though I think pits not

1218
01:14:41,400 --> 01:14:43,100
going to be as good as they were
this year.

1219
01:14:43,100 --> 01:14:46,800
I think they're going to still
have a little smoke, they'll be

1220
01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:51,000
good enough and that might be
hopefully we're not the same

1221
01:14:51,600 --> 01:14:54,900
same team that's traveled to
Pittsburgh the last few years.

1222
01:14:55,000 --> 01:14:58,200
And laid some eggs.
Exactly, let's hope that is

1223
01:14:58,200 --> 01:15:00,700
going to be washed away in the
prior era.

1224
01:15:01,000 --> 01:15:04,100
The other two games are just
probably the two most talented

1225
01:15:04,100 --> 01:15:09,100
teams will play all year.
Rankings y star, y, yes.

1226
01:15:09,100 --> 01:15:14,300
And in terms of just over all
the recruits that they put have

1227
01:15:14,300 --> 01:15:18,100
in the guys that they've grabbed
in the portal UNC and Miami will

1228
01:15:18,100 --> 01:15:22,100
be the most Talent Laden teams
that we will play in this

1229
01:15:22,100 --> 01:15:25,800
period.
Despite the fact that they

1230
01:15:25,800 --> 01:15:30,200
haven't always played up to that
their their ranking the exactly.

1231
01:15:32,600 --> 01:15:37,700
I kind of look at the first
eight games and so much is going

1232
01:15:37,700 --> 01:15:40,000
to be tone setting, right?
Yeah.

1233
01:15:40,900 --> 01:15:43,700
What happens in those first
eight games, is it?

1234
01:15:43,900 --> 01:15:48,500
You know expectations I don't
some people already like a twin

1235
01:15:48,500 --> 01:15:53,700
six wins. 10 wins, somebody said
12 wins, trying to realize what

1236
01:15:53,700 --> 01:15:56,300
that person was on but you know,
to each his own.

1237
01:15:56,300 --> 01:15:59,300
Ha ha ha.
Well, um, I mean there's there's

1238
01:15:59,300 --> 01:16:01,700
not a game on here that we
couldn't win.

1239
01:16:02,300 --> 01:16:04,700
No, there's not, but there.
But there sir.

1240
01:16:04,700 --> 01:16:07,600
I don't think I have no
illusions that we would come

1241
01:16:07,600 --> 01:16:11,400
close to running the table.
Yeah, the best part about this

1242
01:16:11,400 --> 01:16:12,900
schedule.
Let's talk about the last four

1243
01:16:12,900 --> 01:16:15,000
games.
Georgia Tech is going to be

1244
01:16:15,000 --> 01:16:19,500
November 5th, Then followed by
at Juke at Liberty, and then UVA

1245
01:16:19,500 --> 01:16:22,600
at home.
Best thing about this schedule,

1246
01:16:22,600 --> 01:16:25,400
top to bottom is the furthest
drive.

1247
01:16:25,400 --> 01:16:31,300
This team has is pit, so they're
definitely going to be getting a

1248
01:16:31,300 --> 01:16:34,800
lot of these Places.
You know, some Pro Hokies

1249
01:16:34,800 --> 01:16:38,700
they're going to get you know
like we should try that we

1250
01:16:38,700 --> 01:16:42,900
should travel.
Well you don't have to worry

1251
01:16:42,900 --> 01:16:45,500
about the the travel fatigue is
much.

1252
01:16:45,700 --> 01:16:47,000
Yep.
You're not on you.

1253
01:16:47,000 --> 01:16:49,900
Not on a plane as long as I own
the buses long and I mean, I'll

1254
01:16:49,900 --> 01:16:54,300
all that is shortened.
And then you talk about the

1255
01:16:54,300 --> 01:16:59,500
stretches.
So we start, I'd say we started

1256
01:16:59,500 --> 01:17:01,600
about it.
The average level, we ramp it

1257
01:17:01,600 --> 01:17:02,400
up.
A little bit.

1258
01:17:02,400 --> 01:17:06,400
But then we kind of got a little
bit of a, of a coast and Coast

1259
01:17:06,400 --> 01:17:08,500
into the Finish.
You know, I don't think it.

1260
01:17:08,500 --> 01:17:12,000
I don't think it gets easy, but
it definitely tapers off.

1261
01:17:12,400 --> 01:17:14,500
I think it's easy.
I'm sorry.

1262
01:17:15,000 --> 01:17:17,100
Georgia Tech is Georgia Tech and
Duke.

1263
01:17:17,100 --> 01:17:20,000
Yeah, I'll give you their
hemorrhaging players.

1264
01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:22,900
Yep.
Hemorrhaging players, I mean

1265
01:17:23,300 --> 01:17:26,000
with Georgia Tech is
hemorrhaging, Dukes under Elko

1266
01:17:26,000 --> 01:17:30,400
on her brand-new system.
Brand-new everything trying to

1267
01:17:30,400 --> 01:17:31,700
get back to Duke where they were
there.

1268
01:17:31,800 --> 01:17:34,000
Are going to be a tough out.
I just don't think they have the

1269
01:17:34,000 --> 01:17:36,900
talent right now to do anything
no, not this year.

1270
01:17:38,300 --> 01:17:40,400
Liberty, Malik, Willis ain't
coming back.

1271
01:17:40,500 --> 01:17:44,600
They got Charlie Brewer.
I've seen Charlie Brooker play,

1272
01:17:45,700 --> 01:17:50,000
Charlie Willis, I know you
freezes, it, freaking genius all

1273
01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:54,300
offensively but he's not exactly
working with a potential NFL

1274
01:17:54,300 --> 01:17:57,100
quarterback.
He's working with a average

1275
01:17:57,100 --> 01:18:01,100
Collegiate starter even called
that's trying to salvage a

1276
01:18:01,108 --> 01:18:05,200
career because of concussions.
Exactly, which is just so we

1277
01:18:05,200 --> 01:18:08,400
don't know if Charlie was going
to be starting by the next to

1278
01:18:08,400 --> 01:18:15,300
last week in the season but more
so with Liberty is all right, we

1279
01:18:15,300 --> 01:18:17,600
saw what they did in 2020.
Yeah, we lost one.

1280
01:18:18,700 --> 01:18:22,000
We saw, they had a great season.
They didn't have a great season

1281
01:18:22,000 --> 01:18:25,100
last year.
They were they were fine.

1282
01:18:25,500 --> 01:18:28,200
They were okay, but they weren't
doing or not doing.

1283
01:18:29,000 --> 01:18:32,900
I think some people a rhythmic
if they, if they were in a power

1284
01:18:32,900 --> 01:18:35,700
five district, they'd be a
Flirtin With the bowl.

1285
01:18:36,100 --> 01:18:39,000
They'd be somewhere between five
wins and maybe seven wins and be

1286
01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:42,100
there up Grand last year last
year with Miley.

1287
01:18:42,400 --> 01:18:45,600
Those with Malik Willis.
All right.

1288
01:18:45,600 --> 01:18:50,800
So then UVA obviously they're
going through their own coaching

1289
01:18:50,800 --> 01:18:52,900
change.
Lot of kids in the portal

1290
01:18:52,900 --> 01:18:54,600
Armstrong's back.
Yes.

1291
01:18:56,500 --> 01:19:00,800
So I think they so that they
won't have the same offensive

1292
01:19:00,800 --> 01:19:04,100
line they had last year, but
they've at least stop the

1293
01:19:04,100 --> 01:19:06,800
hemorrhaging of offensive
lineman that they were having

1294
01:19:06,800 --> 01:19:09,300
with some of the signings that
they had.

1295
01:19:10,100 --> 01:19:12,800
But I think the overall Talent
level is a step back.

1296
01:19:12,800 --> 01:19:17,900
Now, we'll see you your to Jake
and get them turned around

1297
01:19:17,900 --> 01:19:21,100
really quick, but I think you
definitely see a step back and

1298
01:19:21,100 --> 01:19:24,400
offensive line play for UVA.
I don't think they have a quick

1299
01:19:24,400 --> 01:19:27,700
fix for that defense.
So I mean, it's still going to

1300
01:19:27,708 --> 01:19:32,100
be the Brandon Armstrong show
and they had.

1301
01:19:32,100 --> 01:19:35,000
I hope that works at least for
the 2022 year.

1302
01:19:35,000 --> 01:19:38,300
I figure exactly.
All right, Brian.

1303
01:19:38,500 --> 01:19:41,000
So there's the AC sketch that's
are just an initial thoughts,

1304
01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:44,700
obviously, as we get deeper,
Deeper into the season and get

1305
01:19:44,700 --> 01:19:48,200
closer to the season.
We will do what we did last year

1306
01:19:48,200 --> 01:19:50,600
game by game.
Thought process.

1307
01:19:51,500 --> 01:19:55,000
While we get our records you got
a gut feeling that the Gate of

1308
01:19:55,000 --> 01:20:01,400
how many you think we get.
I don't honestly won't because I

1309
01:20:01,400 --> 01:20:04,700
sit here and I think most
important positions quarterback

1310
01:20:04,700 --> 01:20:12,100
right there to me Jason or
Wells, or better quarterbacks in

1311
01:20:12,100 --> 01:20:16,800
Braxton was I think we're at
least gonna get.

1312
01:20:18,200 --> 01:20:20,800
Yes.
Well I feel like you know we're

1313
01:20:20,800 --> 01:20:23,900
going to talk about it in two
weeks when we me and Robbie

1314
01:20:23,900 --> 01:20:27,300
break down the both sides of the
ball.

1315
01:20:27,300 --> 01:20:31,300
But the competency of the of the
play calling, I feel like is

1316
01:20:31,300 --> 01:20:34,800
going to be significantly higher
from what I've seen so far in

1317
01:20:34,800 --> 01:20:39,500
the tape.
I've watched so far so y'all can

1318
01:20:39,700 --> 01:20:41,800
that's my teaser for two weeks
from now.

1319
01:20:41,800 --> 01:20:46,200
Y'all look forward to that.
But I think that alone, even if

1320
01:20:46,200 --> 01:20:49,900
you talked about the same Talent
level coming back, you know that

1321
01:20:49,900 --> 01:20:54,200
probably gets this one or two
wins in the other direction now.

1322
01:20:55,100 --> 01:20:59,000
I think we probably at least
initially Talent.

1323
01:20:59,000 --> 01:21:01,000
Why's it taking a step back on
defense?

1324
01:21:01,000 --> 01:21:04,800
So we'll see if if the pride
factor is able to offset, that

1325
01:21:06,600 --> 01:21:09,400
may be so, so we'll see.
But I mean, if I had to go gut,

1326
01:21:09,400 --> 01:21:13,500
I'm saying that somewhere
between Five and seven.

1327
01:21:13,500 --> 01:21:16,200
I think we might could get if
you told me right now we get

1328
01:21:16,200 --> 01:21:22,000
six, I'd be happy with that and
that's based on the roster as

1329
01:21:22,000 --> 01:21:25,700
it's constructive.
Now, ask me again, once we have

1330
01:21:25,700 --> 01:21:29,900
the next big portal and portal
out after the, the spring game.

1331
01:21:30,800 --> 01:21:33,100
Well, why don't we talk about
the spring game?

1332
01:21:33,100 --> 01:21:38,200
Because heck spring game, April
16th at 4:00, we could see

1333
01:21:38,200 --> 01:21:40,800
something there and you could
look at me and be like, did I

1334
01:21:40,808 --> 01:21:46,200
say six?
Higher higher or lower, but

1335
01:21:46,500 --> 01:21:51,000
springing, April. 16th 4 p.m.
will be on SEC network.

1336
01:21:52,900 --> 01:21:55,300
You mean, it's going to be a SEC
network and people can go in

1337
01:21:55,300 --> 01:21:57,200
person.
Yes, they can.

1338
01:21:57,300 --> 01:22:01,800
What a novel fucking concept
crazy, our current status for

1339
01:22:01,800 --> 01:22:08,300
that game is TVD because we have
weddings around the same time

1340
01:22:08,300 --> 01:22:11,100
where you're going to be out of
town a couple weekends, I'm

1341
01:22:11,100 --> 01:22:13,900
gonna be out of town.
Couple weekends in.

1342
01:22:13,900 --> 01:22:18,500
Sometimes as you grow up to be
an adult to ask to go out of

1343
01:22:18,500 --> 01:22:23,800
town again, it doesn't fly all
the time but either way we're

1344
01:22:23,800 --> 01:22:25,900
going.
What we're what we want to do is

1345
01:22:25,900 --> 01:22:29,600
we want to get probably a quick
hitting episode live from a

1346
01:22:29,608 --> 01:22:34,600
tailgate at the spring game.
We're hoping that happens.

1347
01:22:35,100 --> 01:22:39,300
Obviously there's there's still
some moving parts to that but we

1348
01:22:39,300 --> 01:22:41,700
will let you know as soon as we
both have.

1349
01:22:41,900 --> 01:22:46,800
We've been given the green light
both from our own mindsets and

1350
01:22:46,800 --> 01:22:50,600
from our wives there's your key
right there.

1351
01:22:50,700 --> 01:22:53,100
Now let's talk about this.
Braun spring.

1352
01:22:53,100 --> 01:22:58,200
Practices are going to start
March 18th in something that cry

1353
01:22:58,200 --> 01:23:00,100
talked about.
During the presser really caught

1354
01:23:00,100 --> 01:23:02,300
my ear.
He talked about those opening

1355
01:23:02,300 --> 01:23:07,500
days of spring, practice aren't
really practice days.

1356
01:23:08,200 --> 01:23:11,600
Um, say this today, like the
18th 19th and 20th.

1357
01:23:11,900 --> 01:23:14,100
Like installation days more
step.

1358
01:23:14,100 --> 01:23:17,600
Then hard-hitting practice days.
What does that tell you?

1359
01:23:17,600 --> 01:23:19,700
Do you think this is like his
Norm?

1360
01:23:19,700 --> 01:23:25,700
Or is this just this is
brand-new here and I have to do

1361
01:23:25,700 --> 01:23:29,100
it this way this year.
Well I think you probably I

1362
01:23:29,100 --> 01:23:31,400
don't know if we get as many
practices but you're going to

1363
01:23:31,400 --> 01:23:34,300
spend a good deal of practices
out the gate especially in

1364
01:23:34,300 --> 01:23:38,400
spring with installation, you
know, you're bringing along more

1365
01:23:38,400 --> 01:23:43,000
than likely some new Shman,
obviously that have just

1366
01:23:43,000 --> 01:23:46,100
enrolled, you're bringing along
freshman at redshirting the

1367
01:23:46,100 --> 01:23:51,000
previous year that probably ran
more of the other teams Playbook

1368
01:23:51,000 --> 01:23:53,400
than they ever got to look at
our own teams play books.

1369
01:23:54,000 --> 01:23:56,400
So the level of installation is
going to be something like that

1370
01:23:56,400 --> 01:23:59,600
out, the gate, regardless, it's
always a good refresher to get

1371
01:23:59,600 --> 01:24:02,100
some of the veterans back into
that mindset as well.

1372
01:24:04,200 --> 01:24:07,100
You know, there are there are
some guys only team, you know,

1373
01:24:07,100 --> 01:24:09,600
particularly a quarterback that
almost has to do this.

1374
01:24:10,500 --> 01:24:14,100
But then other position guys.
That kind of really they soak up

1375
01:24:14,100 --> 01:24:17,200
the Playbook.
It's in their head unless it's a

1376
01:24:17,200 --> 01:24:19,100
new play or something or another
wrinkle.

1377
01:24:19,100 --> 01:24:23,100
That the coordinators adding to
the offense, they've got that

1378
01:24:23,100 --> 01:24:25,800
shit in the memory bank and then
there's other guys that they

1379
01:24:25,800 --> 01:24:28,600
have to get those reps to really
have that muscle memory.

1380
01:24:29,400 --> 01:24:32,100
So that's why you do things like
that, with installation because

1381
01:24:32,100 --> 01:24:35,100
there's there's two guys that
learn differently that our

1382
01:24:35,100 --> 01:24:37,700
veterans and you got to bring
those young guys along as well.

1383
01:24:38,400 --> 01:24:45,000
Makes sense. 15 total practices.
Brian will be the amount and

1384
01:24:45,000 --> 01:24:49,300
starting the 18th are starting a
little bit later than the old

1385
01:24:49,300 --> 01:24:54,900
staff did for whatever reason.
I think maybe a couple of it is

1386
01:24:55,700 --> 01:25:02,900
I'd have to look but Tech Spring
break is probably somewhere in

1387
01:25:02,900 --> 01:25:05,400
that neighborhood.
Maybe it's that we're going to

1388
01:25:05,407 --> 01:25:07,900
wait a few days till they're
back from spring break to get

1389
01:25:07,900 --> 01:25:10,400
them into.
It makes a lot of sense to me.

1390
01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:15,100
But there are two new rules that
have been passed concerning

1391
01:25:15,100 --> 01:25:19,000
spring practice.
The first is going to limit

1392
01:25:19,300 --> 01:25:23,700
full-contact to no more than 75
minutes of a non scrimmage

1393
01:25:23,700 --> 01:25:25,600
practice.
What does that say to you?

1394
01:25:25,600 --> 01:25:27,300
And you hear those words like
that.

1395
01:25:31,700 --> 01:25:36,400
I think it's good and bad, you
know, I think we talked about 75

1396
01:25:36,400 --> 01:25:38,800
minutes, no more than that for
non scrimmage practice.

1397
01:25:39,800 --> 01:25:42,200
You don't want guys getting beat
up during the Spring but you

1398
01:25:42,200 --> 01:25:44,300
also want to make sure that they
are hitting your in the spring

1399
01:25:44,300 --> 01:25:47,900
because that's when you get to
do a lot more with fundamentals.

1400
01:25:47,900 --> 01:25:52,300
You get to do a lot more with
install, but if you're going to

1401
01:25:52,300 --> 01:25:55,500
run install, you need to
sometimes get that going full

1402
01:25:55,500 --> 01:26:01,100
speed as well.
So I don't, I don't hate it from

1403
01:26:01,100 --> 01:26:04,800
a long-term Health perspective,
but it gets you probably a

1404
01:26:04,808 --> 01:26:07,600
little less out of some of those
practices.

1405
01:26:07,600 --> 01:26:11,700
Then you didn't even want I got
you.

1406
01:26:11,700 --> 01:26:15,800
I got what you mean by that.
Um, I want to say used to be 90,

1407
01:26:15,900 --> 01:26:20,200
so down about 15 minutes that is
a lot of time.

1408
01:26:20,200 --> 01:26:25,300
Overall I think again.
I get like you've got to get

1409
01:26:25,300 --> 01:26:29,000
physical because that is the
nature of this game, but it's

1410
01:26:29,000 --> 01:26:32,300
also if we're looking at a
safety thing, which is going to

1411
01:26:32,300 --> 01:26:36,100
go more and more to like, what's
15 minutes really?

1412
01:26:36,100 --> 01:26:38,000
What's 15 minutes?
What can you do that?

1413
01:26:38,000 --> 01:26:42,300
You can't do in 75 now, the
other one, this is a super

1414
01:26:42,300 --> 01:26:46,600
interesting one, because They
are going to be banning

1415
01:26:46,600 --> 01:26:49,800
full-contact from occurring on
two consecutive spring days.

1416
01:26:52,600 --> 01:26:56,600
So basically no back-to-back
pads, which obviously going to

1417
01:26:56,600 --> 01:27:01,700
save some on the body, but also
tells me there, it's going to

1418
01:27:01,700 --> 01:27:05,000
probably be a thing for coaches.
Like you now have to be really

1419
01:27:05,000 --> 01:27:08,400
smart of how you plan these
things out, right?

1420
01:27:08,700 --> 01:27:09,400
Yep.
Yeah.

1421
01:27:09,400 --> 01:27:14,800
I think they're going to change
how they probably do the their

1422
01:27:14,800 --> 01:27:18,500
practices.
They're going to be Periods

1423
01:27:18,500 --> 01:27:21,600
where they that they don't
include on the days where they

1424
01:27:21,600 --> 01:27:24,000
can hit and there's going to be
certain periods that they

1425
01:27:24,000 --> 01:27:28,000
include only on days that
they're going full pads.

1426
01:27:28,000 --> 01:27:31,200
So yeah, I think that'll just
change how they're going to

1427
01:27:31,208 --> 01:27:34,800
structure those practices based
on which periods in which

1428
01:27:35,200 --> 01:27:38,300
specific drills and things are
done on a given day.

1429
01:27:40,200 --> 01:27:45,400
So, again, some new rules of the
coaches have to abide by and

1430
01:27:45,400 --> 01:27:47,900
live with.
I think we're lucky in the sense

1431
01:27:47,900 --> 01:27:51,700
that Brent prize a new coach, he
new head coach.

1432
01:27:52,200 --> 01:27:54,300
You can say, well, he's been at
Penn State and they've been

1433
01:27:54,300 --> 01:27:57,900
doing certain things, certain
ways, coolest, part is, he gets

1434
01:27:57,900 --> 01:28:00,000
hired as a head coach, he gets
to put this together and then

1435
01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:02,700
they say, well, you can't do
this anymore, cool.

1436
01:28:02,700 --> 01:28:06,400
Well, I was writing my plan out
anyway and I can just take that

1437
01:28:06,400 --> 01:28:09,500
into account for look forward
to, which is a really great

1438
01:28:09,500 --> 01:28:11,700
thing.
First of all, right, before we

1439
01:28:11,700 --> 01:28:13,500
get ready for our last segment
here.

1440
01:28:13,500 --> 01:28:14,700
Hokies up.
Thirteen.

1441
01:28:14,700 --> 01:28:19,300
Fifty seconds, left pastner in
the punchable face and his

1442
01:28:19,400 --> 01:28:24,900
stupid looking sideburns is he's
like, he took a timeout down,

1443
01:28:25,700 --> 01:28:29,300
13.
I mean, we've seen, we saw

1444
01:28:29,300 --> 01:28:32,600
Reggie Miller do the impossible
one time.

1445
01:28:34,000 --> 01:28:37,600
But come on man.
Yep, I don't think that's going

1446
01:28:37,600 --> 01:28:40,300
to happen.
I did confirm actually their

1447
01:28:40,800 --> 01:28:43,600
spring break ends March 13th, so
that they're essentially giving

1448
01:28:43,600 --> 01:28:48,000
them a few days to get back in
the swing and then going full

1449
01:28:48,000 --> 01:28:51,300
bore.
But, but think about the genius

1450
01:28:51,300 --> 01:28:53,700
of, they're probably going to do
two or three days at weekend,

1451
01:28:53,700 --> 01:28:54,800
right?
Yep.

1452
01:28:55,600 --> 01:28:59,300
Friday, Saturday, or Friday,
Saturday, Sunday, huge

1453
01:28:59,300 --> 01:29:03,000
installation program to start it
right off the bat.

1454
01:29:03,000 --> 01:29:05,100
We're the guys.
We are back in the swing versus

1455
01:29:05,900 --> 01:29:11,200
you know, doing it 2:14-15,
middle of the week, you know, to

1456
01:29:11,200 --> 01:29:12,200
me.
It doesn't make sense.

1457
01:29:13,100 --> 01:29:17,300
Alright Braun.
There is essentially one game

1458
01:29:17,300 --> 01:29:22,100
left in this football season and
it is the CP available.

1459
01:29:23,300 --> 01:29:28,800
And unfortunately.
You got one guy that's not happy

1460
01:29:28,800 --> 01:29:34,400
on this on this podcast or less
happy much less happy for

1461
01:29:34,400 --> 01:29:37,100
myself.
It is not the same for Cisco.

1462
01:29:37,100 --> 01:29:43,400
49ers with our Guy Darryl Tapp
helping them out.

1463
01:29:43,400 --> 01:29:46,400
It's the Rams and it's the
Bengals.

1464
01:29:48,000 --> 01:29:52,900
Thankfully, it's the Bengals.
Yeah, because there are certain

1465
01:29:52,900 --> 01:29:55,700
things we don't have to see
leading up to that game.

1466
01:29:55,700 --> 01:30:00,300
That pretty much as a Sporting
Community, unless you live in

1467
01:30:00,308 --> 01:30:05,700
Kansas City, no one wants to see
Jackson the homes, not nobody.

1468
01:30:07,300 --> 01:30:10,000
Nobody really wants to see
Brittany either but definitely

1469
01:30:10,000 --> 01:30:13,000
nobody wants to see Jackson
homes, definitely - you Jackson

1470
01:30:13,400 --> 01:30:17,100
so bingle's Rams on or off of
mechanical bull.

1471
01:30:18,800 --> 01:30:20,800
I said on or off a mechanical
bull.

1472
01:30:22,000 --> 01:30:25,400
I don't know if you saw that
video this week and not see that

1473
01:30:25,400 --> 01:30:31,500
videos this weekend, okay, but
this game, we're not going to be

1474
01:30:31,500 --> 01:30:34,100
spread here, but I just want to
see what the line is.

1475
01:30:34,100 --> 01:30:37,400
Rams are four point favorites.
49 and a half over under.

1476
01:30:40,300 --> 01:30:43,400
Will let you do the saving
because I can't right now.

1477
01:30:44,700 --> 01:30:46,400
What do you think on this game,
Brian?

1478
01:30:47,500 --> 01:30:52,300
He got and I know we're really a
long ways out, so people get

1479
01:30:52,300 --> 01:30:54,300
hurt.
You can always take your bed

1480
01:30:54,300 --> 01:31:00,200
away.
Yeah, I'm going to go, I'm going

1481
01:31:00,200 --> 01:31:05,300
to go Bangles.
You know, I think that that

1482
01:31:05,300 --> 01:31:07,600
defense does a good job of
keeping them in there.

1483
01:31:07,600 --> 01:31:15,300
I think there's a little bit
more fight in in the Bangles

1484
01:31:16,400 --> 01:31:21,600
will see if they can hang with
that defensive line because

1485
01:31:21,600 --> 01:31:24,800
that's really the only thing
that concerns me is that

1486
01:31:24,800 --> 01:31:28,300
defensive line, getting after
burrow, and causing Havoc,

1487
01:31:28,300 --> 01:31:31,600
because the Bangles almost don't
have an offensive line.

1488
01:31:33,400 --> 01:31:37,200
But if they're able to slow them
down enough for Borough to cook,

1489
01:31:37,200 --> 01:31:38,700
I think they could be onto
something.

1490
01:31:39,300 --> 01:31:43,900
All right.
Interesting call Hokies win by

1491
01:31:43,900 --> 01:31:46,700
the way.
Let's see if we can meet like

1492
01:31:46,700 --> 01:31:49,900
nine in a row going to the
tournament next month.

1493
01:31:50,500 --> 01:31:55,100
Um, I'm completely against you.
I think the Rams are going to

1494
01:31:55,100 --> 01:31:57,600
win this game.
I think it's going to be a seven

1495
01:31:57,600 --> 01:32:01,400
and nine point win and it's
exactly what you just said, it's

1496
01:32:01,400 --> 01:32:03,900
defensive line versus offensive
line.

1497
01:32:04,900 --> 01:32:08,400
And that is a bad offensive
line.

1498
01:32:09,000 --> 01:32:14,000
No, if ands or buts about it and
let's go through.

1499
01:32:14,000 --> 01:32:16,600
It does Kansas City have an
elite defensive line.

1500
01:32:17,400 --> 01:32:22,700
Now does the Titans have an
events in Italy defensive line I

1501
01:32:22,700 --> 01:32:24,300
would say above average but not
Elite.

1502
01:32:24,300 --> 01:32:31,600
Now Do the Raiders know?
So how they got here is they

1503
01:32:31,600 --> 01:32:34,000
play three teams without Elite
defensive lines?

1504
01:32:35,000 --> 01:32:39,700
If I think Aaron Donald and Von
Miller going to just eat all

1505
01:32:39,700 --> 01:32:44,700
night and where most teams don't
have that, one lockdown Corner,

1506
01:32:44,700 --> 01:32:46,900
Jalen range is just going to
follow you more Chase all over

1507
01:32:46,900 --> 01:32:48,500
the field.
I think Jamal Chase is going to

1508
01:32:48,500 --> 01:32:52,200
get his but I think Jalen's
probably going to be able to

1509
01:32:52,400 --> 01:32:57,200
limit them enough.
And I think personally that

1510
01:32:57,200 --> 01:32:59,200
defense is good, not great.
Eight.

1511
01:32:59,600 --> 01:33:02,700
And I think our defense is
great.

1512
01:33:03,800 --> 01:33:07,900
And we held that team to 20
points and we have an elite

1513
01:33:07,900 --> 01:33:11,200
defensive line.
We have right, borderline Elite

1514
01:33:11,200 --> 01:33:13,100
linebacker.
Play our back end is a little

1515
01:33:13,100 --> 01:33:16,400
bit struggling, but are back in.
I think so.

1516
01:33:16,400 --> 01:33:21,200
But I think this game is like
3526, I think the Rams are going

1517
01:33:21,200 --> 01:33:26,000
to score it will end its.
Is it funny for me being the

1518
01:33:26,000 --> 01:33:29,700
West in the NFC West guy and I'm
not paying to see the rims win

1519
01:33:29,700 --> 01:33:35,200
because Stafford.
Like they have their a-holes on

1520
01:33:35,200 --> 01:33:40,700
that team but they also have
like good guys, like, you know,

1521
01:33:42,600 --> 01:33:44,200
Yeah, I get you.
I get you.

1522
01:33:44,600 --> 01:33:48,800
Yeah.
So, bronze on the Bengals.

1523
01:33:48,800 --> 01:33:51,400
I'm on the Rams, I'll grab the
Bangles for now.

1524
01:33:51,400 --> 01:33:57,300
Like I said, I'll, I'll
re-evaluate a little bit but my

1525
01:33:57,300 --> 01:34:30,700
gut listen.
That's pretty freaking funny.

1526
01:34:33,100 --> 01:34:34,300
That's great.
All right.

1527
01:34:34,300 --> 01:34:37,300
Well, if you've got none, let's
wrap up this episode of the

1528
01:34:38,200 --> 01:34:40,000
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1529
01:34:40,300 --> 01:34:43,400
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1530
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1538
01:35:09,900 --> 01:35:12,800
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He what did he do?

1539
01:35:12,800 --> 01:35:15,100
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1540
01:35:15,200 --> 01:35:18,100
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1541
01:35:18,100 --> 01:35:22,000
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1542
01:35:22,000 --> 01:35:27,000
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1543
01:35:27,000 --> 01:35:28,400
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1544
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Okay.