The transfer portal class has been finalized and offseason workouts have begun. In this episode we discuss the schedule release, where the Hokies land on the national landscape with James Franklin at the helm, and how we feel about this roster heading into the Spring semester.
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And welcome back to the Poundry
Corner Podcast along with my
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partners, Brian Siegler,
Jonathan Tally and Shelton Moss.
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Everybody back in the house
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tonight.
How is everyone?
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Look at us.
Look at us.
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I'm cold, bro.
I'm cold.
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It's a it's a ice rink in my
yard.
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Not a joke, not a joke.
How has everybody survived?
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Because it got as South as
Huntsville.
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I know it hit here in Richmond,
Shelton.
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I'm not sure if you're in
Richmond or back in
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Williamsburg.
It hit everybody wherever we
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were sitting, but it has been
extremely cold and extremely
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nasty for the last five days.
Yeah, it got cold here.
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It's been gross.
But tally.
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I was just saying got cold here,
but I mean, we had like a little
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light dusting, but nothing,
nothing compared to what I've
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been seeing and being our
neighbors to the North Tennessee
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has been they got they got hit
pretty good.
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So thank the Lord we didn't have
no, you know, nothing that
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really impeded school and caused
us caused us not to.
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I think we kind of shut down one
day for work, but nothing,
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nothing for real.
Sean, what about you, man?
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Are you down in Williamsburg or
are you back in the RBA
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currently?
Yeah, I'm back in Williamsburg,
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you know, been been travelling a
lot.
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We went to a went to a place
called Dunn, NC a couple weeks
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ago.
I would not.
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I know about Dunn.
What about Dunn?
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About Dunn.
We know about Dunn.
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OK, well it's it's not a place
I'd recommend to put on your
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itinerary, but.
I agree with you, but I.
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Mean, I was not sad.
I was not sad to leave, no
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offense.
What's wrong with Dunn Man
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North?
Carolina.
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He was done with Dunn.
It's literally.
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Little sketch, but.
Little little sketch redneck
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town low off 95 in the southern
part of North Carolina.
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Sketch and redneck, two things I
don't need to be a part of.
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Hey, good on good on Harnett
County baby.
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Good Harley.
Not a lot, man, Not a lot.
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Yeah, but I've just been, I've
just been working.
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We'll start up with baseball
season here pretty soon.
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Excited for college baseball to
be back just like that.
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So yeah, things are things are
good.
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Good deal and staying warm.
I hope no power losses anything
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like that down there.
No power losses.
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I feel like the the storm is
maybe blown a little bit out of
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proportion, at least depending
on where you live.
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I know like Tally said, simply
got hit pretty hard, but you
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know, we were mostly pretty
good.
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Like there wasn't one thing
going on here.
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Yeah.
For, for here and and down
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there, y'all, you know you're
5060 miles east of RBA.
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It was a perfect scenario, a
perfect case scenario because
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the snow that came through on on
Saturday night, Sunday morning
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was the dustiest snow I think
I've ever seen in my life.
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Living in Virginia, usually
Virginia, we get wet snow.
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It's heavy, it hangs on trees.
You could throw it up.
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The kids want to make snowballs
Sunday morning.
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They're trying and I'm like,
y'all, it ain't, it ain't going
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to make snowballs.
Like ain't no water in it.
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And then the subsequent sleeping
ice.
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I mean, Brian said that my
driveway is a ice rink.
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It is.
It's great to sled on because
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Monday night, me and the
neighbors here, we all got out
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there.
We were drinking some angels
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envy and hotty toddies and
sledding down the hill had the
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had the big fire pit going out
front here.
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Brian man, all the boys, all the
boys in the Wilds came out.
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So it was a good.
Time we've this week so far,
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we've already had two kids from
from wide school come over for
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sled.
Do you know I mean Curtis, you
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know that I got a little nice
little slope in the backyard.
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You have a good slope.
It's been good sledding man.
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They've had a good time with it.
I did want to throw some fun
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facts at you since you you you
threw we we we got a done
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reference out here.
We're talking about Harnett
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County.
Raise your hand if you are a red
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link or good mythical morning
fan.
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Anybody in this house if you are
that's that's where they grew
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up.
So fun fact, they're right in
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between Raleigh and Fayetteville
there.
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So fun.
Fun little.
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Fun.
Little John South of Benson,
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North Carolina played by I think
we did at least once a year as a
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child for you know greens down
there with of course the
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operation was already on this
weekend with weather I hope to
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snow and this is Randall
seriously, man, I I'm done with
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it I'm done I.
Anticipate at least another 3
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inches.
I know.
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And but then it's going to be
normal.
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It's going to get warm again and
hopefully winter's freaking over
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because I'm done with it.
And I'm sure Shelton, who's
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going to be doing baseball
shortly, is done with it because
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I don't know how heated the
press boxes are or where you
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have to be there in games.
Cold baseball games are just in
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tally.
You said.
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Look, he's shaking his head
because he sat in a mini with
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his son.
Cold baseball games suck.
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What's up man suck.
It's not supposed to be played
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in the cold.
No, it's not supposed to be
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played in either the hot or the
nice, not the cold wheel.
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Tally our our boy Will's here
and he wants to know about
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mullets and tight end play.
I like mullets, man.
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I like mullets.
I think we should put cowboy Cal
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collars on all of them and give
them some numbers in the 90s or
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something like that.
Some numbers in the 90s.
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Cowboy collars and then take
their knuckles.
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Tape to knuckles then.
We got then we got Robbie Bacon,
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the three inch reference here,
So. 3 inches.
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Oh, man.
All right, So what are we
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getting into tonight?
Well, we got a few things done.
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Well, we are going to talk about
the schedule.
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Don't worry.
We've dissected it.
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We've made decisions.
People have been texting us
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asking us what game is we going
to.
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First of all, it's it's January.
That them decisions ain't made
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till like summertime.
What my bank account looks like.
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We're going to talk about the
additions to the portal because
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we had that huge episode 2 weeks
ago, but we had even more portal
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entries from tech or to tech I
should say.
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Going to talk about the rounding
out of the staff from tech to a
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couple guys left.
Out of play.
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Oh, look.
You know what, Devin Elvis went.
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Devin Elvis went to Hawaii.
Yeah.
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He went to Hawaii.
You.
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Know what I mean?
Do what you got to do weather
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wise.
You've got the right idea.
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Everything else, not so much.
But.
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Yeah.
And then we're going to talk
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about the rounding out of the
staff as as everybody's seen
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over the last few weeks,
effectively the last three guys
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were named.
So we're going to just hit on
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those.
But we are going to start off
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tonight that with Shelton.
Shelton had not been around for
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a couple weeks.
He'd been travelling.
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He spoke at his alma mater last
time we were together.
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But if y'all have not read his
article on the key play that he
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put out last week.
Great article, great article
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and.
We're going to give right there.
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Go ahead and hit that if you
haven't had a chance to check it
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out yet.
Yeah, check it out, Subscribe
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just for Sheldon's right, and
it's well worth it.
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But we're going to give Shelton
a little corner here, Give him a
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little time to talk about that
article, what went into it,
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because it is really good.
And it raises a lot of points
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about the state of college
sports and football and college
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football specifically.
Go ahead, Shelton.
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Well, thank you all.
It is a free article, by the
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way, so you do not have to have
a subscription to read it.
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So everyone checks it out.
But it was something that, you
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know, had been on my mind for
quite a bit.
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And I was, I was glad that
Indiana won the title to, you
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know, vindicate my thesis.
So really, I, I start with a
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referral question.
Why not Virginia Tech?
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Why not us?
Indiana's won a national title.
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And so the simple question we
can ask is, hey, why not the
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Hokies?
And I think fans of, you know,
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all, you know, programs can be
actually the same thing, like if
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we have the right investment, if
we have the right leaders,
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leadership, why can we not win a
national title as well, at least
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compete for one, certainly.
So I start off with, you know,
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the following.
Look at historically, you know,
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Indiana's national title is
completely unprecedented in the
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context of who they are as a
program, not just in college
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football, but also in pretty
much all of the major college
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sports.
And we'll have a graphic up here
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in a second to show that.
But First off, they're the first
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program to win the first netty
since Florida in 1996.
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That's a 30 year job that the
second longest drought among all
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NCAA sports.
I believe there are 38
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championship sports, I'm not
mistaken.
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So again, this stuff does not
happen, especially in the sport
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of football, which is so, you
know, dominated by, you know, a
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handful of select programs and
you look at the worst ever
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championship wing programs.
This is the five marquee sports,
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the five most watched sports,
football, both basketball,
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baseball and softball.
They get the best TV rating.
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So I looked at all the programs
that have won a national title
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in those sports and sort of then
by the worst win percentage you
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can see there in the end of the
worst team to ever win a
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national title among all of
those sports.
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So again you see the numbers
there, 430 all time win
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percentage.
You know typically you almost
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have to be above 500 and then
the 8th percentile among all FBS
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programs.
Somebody in the comments point
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out to me that I was missing ice
hockey.
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Apparently UMass ice hockey team
has been really bad, but they
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won national a few years ago.
Sorry to any of the ice hockey
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fans out there, it was not on my
radar, but next time I do it,
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I'll I'll give them a shout out.
So but point being, you know,
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Indiana, it just it just does
not happen where a team that is
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this bad for this long wins the
national title.
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And so that's why, you know,
people like myself and Bill
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Connolly does.
The ratings for SP plus ESPN
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have just been mouth a gate at
what the Hoosiers have
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accomplished this year because
it is just so unprecedented in
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the landscape of college
football.
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And so continuing on, you know,
I talked about the SEC.
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We know that the SEC is not
quite what it used to be.
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I think you could still argue
that they might be, you know,
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the the deepest conference from
top to bottom.
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But the fact is they do not have
the juggernaut programs that
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they used to.
The Big 10 has clearly taken
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that mantle.
But even then, I don't think the
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last three national
championships between, you know,
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Michigan House and Indiana have
been all that dominant from a
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historical standpoint.
Now, as far as the SEC goes, you
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know, people will make jokes
about them.
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You know, you know, they, they
used to be players.
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Now that everyone can be
players, they kind of lost their
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advantage.
I think it's a little bit
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overstated.
I think it has more to do with
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the transfer portal, you know,
because college football, we're
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creating a stroke that has been,
you know, defined by geographic
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proximity to talent, the South
winds because they have access
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to the best players.
And once those players in the
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old days joined the program,
they couldn't leave.
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We were just talking before we
came on about how LM and back in
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2016 had a running back score
that consisted of, I'll pull it
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up here, Damien Harris, Beau
Scarborough and the third guy
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freaking his.
Name.
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Scott Jacobs Yeah.
So just, you know, their ability
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to stockpile talent was pretty
unprecedented, and that is not
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going to happen again.
So the SEC has kind of lost
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their recruiting edge, and
that's given to a more of a
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window for teams like, of
course, in the Big 10, but
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certainly in the ACC as well.
So, you know, that's one thing.
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And then just kind of, you know,
put a little bit of a cap on it,
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you know, talk about how there's
always been ebbs and flows in
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the in the history of Constable,
you know, errors of parody,
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errors where it's dominated by
blue bloods, you know, and, and
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things kind of go back and
forth.
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I think we're living in an age
where there's going to be more
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parody.
And so, you know, when you look
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at a guy like James Franklin,
his resume at Penn State speaks
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for itself.
You know, consistently turning
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out ten win seasons, won a Big
10 title at Penn State back in
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2016, Took the Nitty Lions to
the semi final back in 2024
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before they lost in
heartbreaking fashion.
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Notre Dame.
So they were driving away from
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playing for a national title.
That's the coach that is
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coaching at Virginia Tech, you
know, so when I say that Virgin
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Tech is now capable of winning
national championship, I don't
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want people to think that I'm
saying it's easy or that it will
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happen.
You know, maybe they get to the
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semi final and they lose in
heartbreaking fashion and that's
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fine.
That's just the way it goes
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sometimes.
But the key point I want to make
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in this article on what I want
to stress to the fans at home is
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now Virgin Tech has a chance.
The one thing that college
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football has been missing for
the past 25 years is hope, the
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belief that your team is capable
of playing for something
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meaningful, capable of playing
for a championship.
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That's what's been missing the
sport for the past 20 or 30
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years.
And so I'm so grateful for for
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Indiana, not just happy for
their fans, but happy for my
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sport, mainly that every fan
base in America, to varying
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degrees, now has the the
internal belief that they're
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capable of winning a
championship.
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And I think it's a beautiful
thing.
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And I'm, I'm just very glad that
the the Hoosiers won and
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certainly hopeful for for the
Hokies.
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We're pretty blessed I got
coming in that they could do
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some pretty good, pretty good
things here.
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Us coming up here under James
Franklin.
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Yeah.
And it's interesting because,
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you know, this wasn't a, you
know, this wasn't a product of
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the playoff, right?
This wasn't a team that like
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stuck into a playoff and got hot
and made a run.
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This is a team that was
consistently good throughout the
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duration of the 2025 season and
capped it off by winning the
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whole thing.
Yeah, that's the big thing
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because that, I mean, this is
Indiana we're talking about.
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It's not like, you know, oh,
they snuck in because they had a
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few good wins here at the end of
the season.
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And, you know, it wasn't a
situation like the, you know,
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ACC potentially had where you
might have a, you know, some
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team that probably didn't
deserve it representing you in
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the in the playoff.
Like it wasn't any of that
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scenario.
They were on, on the field and
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on paper the best team in
college football all year.
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And then they won it all.
Yeah.
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It's, it's, that's one way to
think about it.
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But Sheldon, I think you're
right.
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Because what we've had really
the last three years is
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different because go back year
1, Michigan, Michigan win a
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national title.
Michigan hadn't won a national
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title since 1996.
Sheldon was not alive yet.
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Me and Tally and Brian were
causing trouble in middle
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school.
Ohio State the next year and
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everybody, the Ohio State's
great Ohio State won a national
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title in 11 years, right?
Right.
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They hadn't won a national title
since 2014.
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Indiana had never won a national
title to where we're putting it
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that in Miami they played in
that title game.
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The last time they played in the
title game was close to 24 years
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ago.
I reflect back my time as a
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youth and thinking about the
early 90s, and that's when I
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cultivated my love for college
football. 90 was Georgia Tech
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and Colorado.
Neither had never won it. 1991
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was Washington had not won it.
Skip 92, go. 93 was Florida
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State, 94 was Nebraska, 95 was
Nebraska.
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Nebraska hadn't won a title
since the 70s, since the 1970s.
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Twenty plus years.
Did you mention that Florida in
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96 in in in. 97 was Michigan,
but it had been forever for
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Michigan.
Our and I think.
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What you're saying is we're back
into that stretch again.
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Where?
Everything seems level, and as
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we look just at the Hokies this
year into what Tal you're
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probably going to talk about.
Is stockpiling talents gone?
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You know why the kids want to
play?
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The kids know they're going to
get money from schools.
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So are you going to sit for
three years behind somebody and
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you're not going to get paid?
That is one thing that is going
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to happen.
They might pay to get you in the
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door but after a couple years
they're going to be like you're
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you're not getting 600,000
anymore where I was.
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Going to say that the big thing
that like with that is that, you
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know, you got teams that used to
could throw what, 50K?
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It's a kid a year and they'd
they'd sit behind somebody else,
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whether back door, front door,
side door, they they they'd sit
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behind someone for two or three
years because they weren't
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getting that anywhere else.
Now they can go and get paid
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100203100K to be a starter for
this other team and not that
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5060 K that they were getting to
to be a second or third Stringer
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behind another five star.
Now facts, facts.
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When Shelton started reading off
like he was saying he was
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reading the running back room
from from Alabama.
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I think it was 2016 and I was
just saying you could go look at
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their most of their positions,
but definitely running back from
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like, I don't know, 2014 to
2017, something like that.
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And it was just, you know,
ridiculous, the ridiculous
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amount of talent that they had
and were able to stockpile in
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those rooms.
And like Sheldon said, they
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won't be able to do that
anymore.
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No school because nobody's going
to sit and wait #1 but also
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going to not go get paid because
they can go to the school down
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the road and get paid more money
and probably play and, you know,
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get that feeling and get, you
know, live out the dream.
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So why not us?
Great, great job.
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I shall not.
When I read that it was, I
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wouldn't say it's exactly what I
was thinking, but once I read,
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it got me to thinking a lot
about what could be and putting
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things in perspective.
Seeing it on paper, it's like,
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you know, I could see if we take
the right approach and do this
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thing the right way, Why?
Why couldn't it be us?
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Because nobody knew who Kurt
Signetti was three years ago.
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Five years ago, you know, they
might have knew who he was, but
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really, who knew who he was now?
Now he's won the national
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championships.
Yeah.
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And you know, I mean, Curtis
mentioned Michigan's title.
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Yeah, I remember a couple years
ago before they won.
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And I was like, you know, think
about how broken college
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football is, where a program
like Michigan, who is
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objectively one of the the
biggest brands in American
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sports, has not won a title in
30 years.
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And we feel like, and we we
almost kind of look at them like
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this kind of plucky underdog.
I think the issue with college
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football over the past couple of
decades is that it became so
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regional.
It was all in the South.
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It was all the SEC.
And we can talk about, you know,
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the reason for that, but.
But, you know, now we're seeing
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us becoming more national and,
and it's about, you know, again,
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leadership, getting the right
guy.
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And you still got to have the
boosters, you still got to have
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the donor base.
But it's, it's not defined by,
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you know, geographic proximity
of talent OR having the right
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boosters or you're having the
brand or the prestige or playing
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in Death Valley.
It's it's not about that.
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It's just about having the right
people.
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And so I think what, what I hope
that we can, you know, have
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going forward is more of a
meritocracy where, you know,
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again, James Franklin's kind of
showing the results.
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He flipped a horrible recruiting
class into a top 25 high school
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class.
He's got from a top 10 to top 20
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transportal class.
I haven't checked the numbers
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recently.
I know they, you know, kind of
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fluctuate face on the site, but
he's giving you the results.
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We've got the players, we've
just got to develop them and
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keep them.
And if we do that, I think the
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really, really awesome things
are are capable of being
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accomplished hold.
On I'm going to get it up for
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you just so you know where where
they are with the transfer
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rankings.
Few days ago it was pretty high.
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Oh my God, it's going.
To.
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Be a pain in the ass.
And I also, so while, while,
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while you're doing that, I will
say one more thing.
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You know, I, I know that people
look at Penn State as a, as a,
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as a very high profile program,
and certainly they are.
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But I don't think the gap
between Penn State and Virginia
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Tech is as deep as people think
it is, or at least some people
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think it is.
Certainly not the, the, the lion
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fans.
You know, they're both, they're
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in some ways they're actually
pretty comparable.
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I mean, they're both very small
towns, not particularly near
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anything, you know, a few hours
from the major metro areas.
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They both got a very football
centric, passionate fan base
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that's, you know, got, you know,
good money, but not elite money.
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And they've historically both
played second fiddle to the top
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two programs in their
conference, Michigan, Ohio
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State, and for us, Clemson and
Florida State.
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So we look at it that way like
I, I think it's a pretty
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comparable fit.
So, so I don't think that what
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Franklin did at Penn State is,
you know, like that he can't
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isn't capable of achieving that
here at Virginia Tech.
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And apparently we have the
better airport.
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We have the much better airport
and we're closer to and actually
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a bigger airport with Roanoke
Regional, what, 3540 minutes
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down the road Currently that
transfer class is 6th on on
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three and I'm going to I like
247.
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I love them attaining all those
guys, but I don't like their
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rankings because their rankings
never account who went out.
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What Virginia Tech brought in is
so much better than what they
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put out.
Like you got to look at Penn
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State, their high end talents
gone.
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They brought in all those.
State.
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Players, which they're good
football players, but nowhere
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near the ceiling of the Penn
State guys that Franklin brought
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down and some of the other guys
he brought down like a Hilson.
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Because that that.
I think that's tally.
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That's your kind of prime point,
right?
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Even though he was at Missouri,
Hilson was a borderline super
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high 4 star, almost 5.
He's not getting playing time.
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So he just basically said, OK,
they're going to give me money,
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I'm probably going to start.
I'm going there.
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Well, the way you can look at
these rankings is you can look
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at 24/7 sports as having the
basically the, the raw in
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numbers, right?
Like, so we're 18th nationally
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in terms of just the players
we're bringing in, but we are,
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what would you say, 3rd, 4th,
4th?
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6th. 6th OK 6th in terms of net
talent in the transfer.
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Net talent gained, Yeah.
Guess who's number one?
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Who's that?
She's #1, Indiana.
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Indiana, Yeah, I.
Was going.
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To say.
Texas Tech.
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But if you got great, yeah, if
you got in the hot tub time
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machine and you went back five
years and and you seen yourself
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and your buddies watching
college football and you said,
449
00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,960
hey, I'm from the future and
Indiana's going to be the team
450
00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:55,160
to beat in 2026, how do you
think people would have looked
451
00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,160
at you?
They had a stare at you cross
452
00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,760
eyed, and you're going to tell
them they beat Penn State, they
453
00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,160
beat Ohio State.
Who else did they beat?
454
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:03,440
NDJ.
They're going to beat.
455
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,240
Alabama, Miami, They're.
Going to beat Miami.
456
00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,200
I'm missing one.
What was the other one?
457
00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:09,120
And they're going to beat
Oregon.
458
00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:11,600
Oregon, twice.
Killed Oregon.
459
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:13,960
Killed Oregon the second time by
30.
460
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:15,840
Could have been 50, but it
won't.
461
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,280
But nobody would have believed.
It but but but.
462
00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,160
To to Shun's point, as we kind
of close this up before we move
463
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:25,600
on, it's like, why not?
You're, you're 100% right.
464
00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:30,400
We are now in an era with
Indiana winning with it looking
465
00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:35,040
like you can be anything, right?
You don't have to read the
466
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,720
traditional blue, but you don't
have to be the constant solid
467
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,880
school.
You can be anything and
468
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:45,640
potentially win the title.
And to a point, we can hate them
469
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,480
all we want, but to the point
with Miami getting there shows
470
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:53,760
you if you can just get in, have
a couple, you can have a couple
471
00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:58,000
Boo boos during the season, just
get in.
472
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,200
That's all.
That's all we ever wanted.
473
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:06,320
I know as a fan, they were.
I still believe that 2005 team,
474
00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,560
Sheldon, you were little but
boys.
475
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,760
I still believe the 2005 team
could have beat anybody in the
476
00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,920
country that year, anybody in
the country No 5.
477
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,680
I would say that I would say the
O the O 9 not to get, I would
478
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,600
say the O nine team, they're
actually more slept on, one of
479
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,880
the more slept on BT teams.
Statistically, they were.
480
00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,000
But the whole.
Thing is we look back through
481
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,360
our history and you feel like
for 15 years there there was
482
00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:33,760
like if we could have just had a
chance to play three games in a
483
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,160
row, right?
Just give us a chance to play
484
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,320
three games in a row, we could
probably be the anybody in the
485
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,440
country.
So there we go Sheldon, great
486
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,680
article.
If y'all have not checked it
487
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,760
out, go to the key, play John
Shelton's name.
488
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,400
Why not?
Virginia Tech?
489
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,120
Great article.
Read up on it.
490
00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:54,720
Now let's flip it over because
to get to where you want to go,
491
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:59,800
you got to have a schedule.
And that schedule dropped just
492
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,280
the other day.
And I'm sure everybody's seen it
493
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,800
and I'm sure you've been picking
it over too, but just to
494
00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,880
highlight it real quick.
Start.
495
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:14,240
September 5th versus VMI Home,
then the next week Old Dominion,
496
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:15,920
then Maryland and then it's an
ace.
497
00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,360
It's a non game.
ACC slate at Boston College,
498
00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:24,040
Pitt at home, Cal at Cal,
Georgia Tech at home, Clemson
499
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:29,080
and Clemson, SMU and Dallas,
Stanford at home, Miami down in
500
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:34,560
Miami, and then finally Virginia
at Lane Stadium for the
501
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,800
Commonwealth Cup.
So I'm going to ask my crew
502
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,760
this.
Were y'all completely shocked
503
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,760
that they didn't double tap us
for long distance road trip
504
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,760
back-to-back?
They like James.
505
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:52,920
I knew it was good they.
Say they bring you some star
506
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:54,680
power to the ACC.
We're helping.
507
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,240
Them, he is the darling.
We're going to be the darling of
508
00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,800
the ACC media day, so I figured
they was going to show us a
509
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:02,600
little love.
We just need the players to
510
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,920
perform now, get a little love,
perform when it's time to
511
00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:07,400
perform.
Wrong.
512
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,680
Were you shot?
Because the way that schedule
513
00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:14,720
set up, we have 4 extremely long
road trips.
514
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:18,200
This year I was very concerned.
I mean it, it's one of those
515
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,560
things you lose a home game and
you get a long road trip added
516
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,600
to the schedule in place of it
because of the going to the 9
517
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,200
conference game.
So automatic, You're like, all
518
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,640
right, they're going to they're
going to fuck us some way on
519
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,080
this and and the way things were
kind of stacked, I was like,
520
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,400
we're going to get at least get
one of those back-to-back or
521
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:39,480
like coming off of a Thursday
game into a long travel the next
522
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,080
week.
So you have a travel Thursday
523
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,240
you get you get the the half by
but it you still got
524
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,520
back-to-back long travel didn't
get any of that.
525
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:52,200
I'm really pleasantly surprised.
And another thing that we can
526
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:58,080
talk about too is that we've got
a lot of talented, but you know,
527
00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,400
younger kids that are coming in
with this transfer portal class.
528
00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:05,120
With the way that a lot of this
roster on the non retention side
529
00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:13,200
is stacking up, the schedule
ramps up pretty slowly where
530
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,800
where you where you get time to
gel before you really get into
531
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:21,720
the meat of the schedule.
So that also bodes well for a
532
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,240
team where a lot of the core is
going to be on the younger side.
533
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:30,160
Yeah, Sheldon, were you shocked
that they didn't back-to-back
534
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,240
long distant road trip the
Hookies this year?
535
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,880
No, honestly, I, I wasn't really
thinking about it, honestly.
536
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,320
Like I'd be curious to know like
if, if the schedule is like has
537
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,040
like some level of like, you
know, computer generator
538
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,160
randomness or if like they're
actually like picking every
539
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:47,480
game.
Like I, I really don't know,
540
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,600
because I know that like, you
know, in pro sports, typically
541
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,000
it's kind of like a, you know,
it's like a computer that does
542
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,320
it.
So I'd just be curious to know
543
00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:56,320
that because if, if there's
someone is actually like behind
544
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,400
the, you know, pulling the
strings, you know, what kind of
545
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,760
biases would they have, you
know, towards certain schools?
546
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,280
But yeah, I mean, it's honestly
like, it's not, it's a pretty
547
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:06,760
solid schedule.
Like, you know, you obviously
548
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,800
don't like having to, you know,
add on SMU there because that's
549
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:13,240
going to be a tough game.
But I mean, you know, yeah, Cal,
550
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,040
that'll be after a Friday night
game.
551
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,600
So you got an extra day there to
prepare for that one and travel.
552
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,600
So that's that's that's good.
SMU don't know if that's going
553
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,240
to be Friday or Saturday, so TV
there.
554
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,360
That's coming off the bat.
Either way, that's coming off
555
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:29,040
the bat.
Yeah.
556
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,360
So it's so.
Yeah, Yeah.
557
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:33,960
So you you're to.
Your point?
558
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,240
You've got an extra day for the
Cal trip and you're going to
559
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:39,080
get, you're coming off the bat
for the SMU trip, whether it's
560
00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,360
Friday or Saturday, so you're
going to have plenty of time to
561
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:45,200
prepare for it.
I was shocked because I remember
562
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,920
what they did two years ago,
remember what they did two years
563
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:51,640
ago when they sent us to Miami
on a Friday night and then the
564
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,560
next week they sent us out to
Stanford.
565
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,120
Like.
That's that's what I fully was
566
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,840
expecting like you're going to
go to BC and then you're going
567
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,640
to go to Cal the next week so
screw y'all.
568
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,880
Even with that being said, look
it up.
569
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:12,680
Tech is going to travel like the
third most miles this year of
570
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,280
any ACC school.
The other two ACC schools are
571
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,200
the western schools.
So they are going to be on a
572
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,360
plane a ton, but I was a little
bit shocked.
573
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:27,760
So I'm I'm I'm I'm going to be
interested to see how that all
574
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,800
plays out.
Not having things like that to
575
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:37,760
be as to just to be as you know,
roadblocks for this team this
576
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,840
year.
All right, VMI, Old Dominion,
577
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:48,680
Pitt, Georgia Tech, Stanford,
Virginia, Shelton Moss.
578
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,840
Give me one word to describe
those six home games.
579
00:30:55,320 --> 00:31:01,800
Whelming, I mean, I don't know I
under whelming, but whelming is
580
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:02,800
that I don't know there's a
word.
581
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:04,720
I don't know that's.
Why?
582
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,640
But I like it a lot.
I'd say I'm whelmed.
583
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,200
I mean, I like Georgia Tech.
That'll be interesting.
584
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:15,840
I got, I got some, a lot of
thoughts on BMI and, you know,
585
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,320
Stanford man UVA like it's just,
yeah, it's it's a pretty
586
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,280
forgettable schedule.
Like, you know, it's you're,
587
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,520
you're not going to remember a
lot of these games, you know, a
588
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:29,000
few years from now.
Like I just yeah, welding is a
589
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,840
word.
What's your take on VMI?
590
00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:34,200
I know you got some part of VMI,
just just wondering.
591
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:35,800
Yeah.
So, yeah, for those who don't
592
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,120
know, I'm, I'm AVMI fan, so I,
you know, add the disc number
593
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:41,120
there.
I I was not a fan of playing the
594
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,960
game just because I think, you
know, first of all, it'd be a
595
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:47,080
loss for VMI, obviously, but
also, like, you know, it's going
596
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:48,720
to be a really, really
uncompetitive matchup.
597
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,760
Even an average FCS team will be
able to challenge Vt more than
598
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:53,480
VMI will.
I mean, this is going to be a
599
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:56,480
111 team that's going to be
losing pretty much all of its
600
00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:59,440
best players from last year, New
coaching staff coming from AD 2
601
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,440
school.
Remember that VMI can't really
602
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,520
get transfers at all.
Hardly.
603
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,720
So yeah, it's, it's going to be
a bloodbath.
604
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,880
And I just, I just don't think a
game like that does anything for
605
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,440
VTi Know they want to start the
Franklin Air with a win.
606
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,800
I think relative to the value of
keeping the GMU game.
607
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,960
I just, I just disagree with I,
I understand their, their
608
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,160
thought process of like, you
know, let's get a get an easy
609
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:21,440
win, kind of get the ball
rolling here.
610
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,240
I just, I just prefer that that
that game not be played.
611
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:26,720
I know there's some tradition
there, but that's my that's my
612
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,520
opinion.
Hey, it is a tradition.
613
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:32,480
That's why Skipper was made.
Tally one word for that home
614
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:37,200
slate.
Dubs OK wins that's.
615
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:39,520
What we going to get, that's
what we need.
616
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:45,320
So that's part of whelming is
AW, you know, it's it is part of
617
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:46,240
that.
Yeah.
618
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,560
Brian.
Before I give mine, I'm going to
619
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,760
give, I'm going to give a little
props to Sheldon for
620
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:57,080
inadvertently quoting Gabrielle
Union from 10 Things I Hate
621
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:58,880
About You.
So bravo.
622
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:02,640
I didn't know that me.
Neither.
623
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:04,880
That's what I'm saying.
That's why I said this was
624
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,560
inadvertent.
I was absolutely certain that
625
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:12,000
was inadvertent lackluster, but
I think that might be a good
626
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:16,320
thing.
When you look at what we got
627
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:20,840
here, you know, to Tally's
point, you know, Pitt's probably
628
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:22,480
going to be the toughest home
game.
629
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:26,080
If you know, just looking at
what they were able to do last
630
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:29,720
year, kind of some of the things
that have happened on Georgia
631
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:33,560
Tech's front, from an overall
staff and roster standpoint,
632
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:38,160
Pitt's probably going to be the
best team we play at home.
633
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,280
That's not knocking Virginia.
I'm just not going to give them
634
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,560
props until they show me they
can do it more than one fucking
635
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:45,520
year.
So there we go.
636
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:54,880
All right.
What I'll say is affordable
637
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:58,880
because if you want to get to
some home games in the first
638
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,880
year, James Franklin, it's not
that slate where people are
639
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:05,720
going to go nuts.
So selling the tickets, if that
640
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:12,239
Clemson game was that BT this
year at Tech this year, buckle
641
00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,199
up because that thing would go
through the roof.
642
00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:17,120
And as you get the FS us and if
the Miami was a home game this
643
00:34:17,159 --> 00:34:21,800
year and we did anything of the
sort, you wouldn't be able to
644
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:23,560
get it.
So for everybody out there, I'm
645
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:25,600
I'm being very cost conscious.
It's affordable.
646
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:29,000
If you want to go see James
Franklin in his first year at
647
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,679
Lane Stadium, I don't think
you're going to have to pay
648
00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:33,719
through your nose.
You'll have to pay a good price,
649
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:35,960
but not through your nose like
it could be.
650
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:40,199
All right.
Shout out to Shout out to Curtis
651
00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:41,600
for standing up for the working
class.
652
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:46,520
I appreciate that, Curtis.
Standing up for the working
653
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:48,719
class, you know.
What directing that towards me
654
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:50,679
We.
We, we, we might all be able to
655
00:34:50,679 --> 00:34:52,560
go to a game again at the same
time.
656
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:54,920
Going to schedule.
Maybe.
657
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:56,960
Maybe.
Maybe.
658
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:01,680
All right, so look at the
schedule and just kind of glance
659
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,800
through it boys.
As y'all are looking through it,
660
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,480
what game?
And I'll start this one with
661
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:11,000
tally.
What game with where it's at on
662
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:12,840
the schedule.
Do you just fucking hate?
663
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:16,040
Just like why is that got to be
right there?
664
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,800
It's not so much of where it is,
but how it is.
665
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:28,000
The SMU game, just because I was
thinking about going to Dallas,
666
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:33,040
but then they hit me with that
flex bullshit and it's like it's
667
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:36,840
going to be expensive for me to
go to Dallas anyway, right, Yes.
668
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,880
I don't know if I need to be
going to be there for a Friday
669
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:44,000
or Saturday.
Just give me a date, man.
670
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,080
So that game is very.
Personal with tally.
671
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,440
That game was that game was,
yeah, it was.
672
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,160
It was next.
Before it even started.
673
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:56,600
I was like, oh, I'm done.
I can't do that flex stuff, you
674
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:58,520
know what I'm saying?
I need it to be a certain date.
675
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:02,760
But yeah, probably that probably
that game was the one I looked
676
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:06,240
at and it kind of threw me off a
little bit just because of that.
677
00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:10,800
Not saying I I carefully play on
a Friday or Saturday, but it's
678
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:14,640
just like I needed it to be a
definite one for that one.
679
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,840
Because when I looked at the
schedule or hurt, you know,
680
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:21,600
seeing who we were playing, it
was like that was probably the
681
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,880
place that I wanted to visit the
most.
682
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:29,720
Trying to get to a home game and
an away game this year and
683
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:34,360
that's not it.
Brian.
684
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:37,560
Which one am I most excited
about?
685
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:39,760
Which?
One I'm no, no, no, no, no, no
686
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,600
Halley's mad about the way that
game is scheduled because he
687
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:47,160
can't make fucking planes What
game and where it's scheduled.
688
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:48,720
Do you hate?
This was not.
689
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:50,760
He's not hating about anything
for the team.
690
00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:52,800
He just hates.
He wants to go to Dallas to the
691
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:54,000
game and they didn't screwed
him.
692
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,400
It's very personal with tally.
It's not even a very.
693
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:57,680
Personal.
I get that.
694
00:36:57,720 --> 00:36:59,480
I get that.
It ain't got to be about.
695
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:03,560
The team, it can be about
personal, it can be about the
696
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:08,640
team, but what game with where
it's scheduled do you hate?
697
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:15,360
I'm not a big fan of having
Miami and Virginia back-to-back.
698
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,240
You, you know you're going to be
you're going to be up, you're
699
00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:24,320
going to be high for for that
Miami game.
700
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,960
It's on the road win or lose
that there's going to be a lot
701
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:31,520
of motions, there's going to be
a lot of lot of effort expelled
702
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,760
in that match up.
I know you get a bonus day
703
00:37:35,240 --> 00:37:38,600
between the game that you
wouldn't get otherwise, but
704
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:44,080
having those two rivalry games
back-to-back, that, that's a
705
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,080
whole lot of juice to use in two
weeks.
706
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:52,720
Shelton what game with where it
is on the schedule do you
707
00:37:52,960 --> 00:38:01,800
absolutely hate?
Well, well, well, yeah.
708
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:06,240
I'd I'd probably I'd probably go
well.
709
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:10,040
Nice.
I mean, I guess, I guess Clemson
710
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:13,120
SMU back-to-back, that's going
to be pretty tough, you know, to
711
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:16,400
like, granted, we don't know how
Clem, how good Clemson's going
712
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,840
to be or you know, a lot of
other teams, frankly, for, you
713
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:20,520
know, for that matter, just
with, you know, the the
714
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,280
volatility year to year.
But assuming that Clemson's got
715
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:26,240
a solid team, which I think they
probably will, you know, playing
716
00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:28,520
them on the road and then having
to go back potentially on a
717
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:30,400
Friday night.
So again, potentially short
718
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:31,760
rest.
No, no, no.
719
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,440
It's not short rest.
Oh, that's.
720
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:37,440
Right, that's about it.
I'm.
721
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,320
Having.
To change, but I'm going to
722
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:42,200
change.
My answer, so I got I got to, I
723
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:43,960
got to change my answer.
I mean, honestly, like Curtis,
724
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:47,200
like it's not I really don't
have an issue too much with the
725
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,160
structural schedule.
Like I, I think, I think it's
726
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,360
pretty, I think it's pretty
favorable.
727
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:52,840
But I think it's the VMI game
because he.
728
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:54,000
Didn't want to play the VMI
game.
729
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,840
There you go.
He already, he already protested
730
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:58,840
his hate for that.
But I think Shelton, Shelton,
731
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:01,240
you're right.
Like it's not too much that you
732
00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:04,120
could say about the schedule
where it's like it's stacking
733
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:05,560
back-to-back or anything like
that.
734
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:09,680
I will say this, I don't like
where the SMU game is.
735
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:14,160
I would, after playing Clemson,
regardless of the result of that
736
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,640
game, I would want to be right
out there because if they go
737
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:21,120
down to Death Valley and win,
it's the role of it's the wave
738
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:24,360
of emotions, right?
But if they lose and it's a
739
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,680
tight game, you also get right
back on the field.
740
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:29,000
Like you just played with the
team you know has a lot of
741
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,160
talent.
The next team you play will not
742
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:33,000
have enough talent.
You should be able to beat them
743
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,200
instead.
What if there is momentum going
744
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:38,040
after that game?
It's going to effectively be
745
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:41,440
killed by Halloween.
It's going to put my hands up.
746
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:43,320
So I don't like the way that
scheduled.
747
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:46,240
I'd rather have fucking Stanford
after Clemson if there's a
748
00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:48,200
break.
So that's where I am.
749
00:39:49,240 --> 00:39:51,920
You don't get to ride the highs
and you don't get to be.
750
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:54,360
If you get right back.
On the border.
751
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,920
Yeah, exactly. 1000% Ron.
All right.
752
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:02,640
Last one here, we always talk
about stretches of the season.
753
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,920
What is y'all feel the toughest
3 game stretch whether there's a
754
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:09,920
break in between or not for this
team?
755
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:18,120
Bronzey Gala.
Toughest 3 game stretch three
756
00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:21,280
games.
I'm going to have to go that
757
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:24,280
Georgia Tech through SMU
regardless of the the bye
758
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:28,680
weekend there.
I know I, I, I caveat it earlier
759
00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:31,080
that Georgia Tech probably isn't
going to be the team we saw this
760
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:34,320
year in 2026.
They're still going to be a
761
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:35,960
solid team.
They have a very good head
762
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:37,760
coach.
I think they're going to be
763
00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:44,160
every bit of a, you know, upper
tier ACC opponent this year.
764
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:48,080
I just don't think they're quite
going to have the singular
765
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:51,440
talent of at the quarterback
position and I don't think
766
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:54,280
they're quite going to be as
deep as they've been these last
767
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:58,920
couple years across the board.
So you got them, you know,
768
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:02,720
Clemson's going to at least have
a, again, another, yeah, top
769
00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:07,120
three, top four ACC team heading
into 2026.
770
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:09,880
And SMU is probably going to be
right there as well.
771
00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:14,320
So you're talking about at least
the top, you know, 5 or 6 ACC
772
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:18,360
opponent followed by two top
four top five ACC opponents.
773
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,800
So.
Plus since using the portal for
774
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:24,320
once they got they got double
digit players out of the portal
775
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,040
this year.
You know how bad double is right
776
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,480
now?
Double I.
777
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,720
Have to adapt.
I can't, I can't launder players
778
00:41:32,720 --> 00:41:34,840
through my my church.
Have y'all been seeing?
779
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,240
Have y'all been seeing and talk
about the older you know what
780
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:39,920
the Ole Miss?
Oh yeah.
781
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:45,640
He been mad.
I'm talking about went down a a
782
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:49,200
daily routine of what was going
on at 4:15.
783
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:53,240
He went to class at 416.
He used the bathroom while he
784
00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:58,160
got a text message.
He he about to shut this thing
785
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:01,240
down by itself.
He ain't playing it.
786
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:02,800
He ain't playing with that
tampering stuff.
787
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:11,520
Sheldon, I'm gonna I'm gonna let
you go next.
788
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,040
What?
What's the toughest 3 game
789
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:20,120
stretch?
I'd probably say, honestly, I
790
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:26,200
might go Cal George Deck Clemson
just because again, like, you
791
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:29,960
know, Cal again, they may not be
great, but it's if you're taking
792
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:34,640
a 5 hour flight, you know, it's,
it's, you know, potentially if
793
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:37,080
it's a night game, you got the
PAC 12 after dark vibes, you
794
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:40,840
know, spooky things can happen.
Those are always just very weird
795
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:43,520
vibes games that you know, can
can, you know, kind of catch you
796
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,000
off guard.
The Georgia Tech, I know they
797
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,440
lost a lot from last year, but
you know, they, they still got a
798
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:52,120
good coach, you know, and again,
like I said, Clemson, we we
799
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,920
haven't beaten Clemson since
what, 2007 I think.
800
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:57,720
That's crazy.
Yeah.
801
00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:00,800
So, you know, and maybe maybe
they have a bounce back here.
802
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:03,360
Like I just, you know, that that
step of stretch, especially
803
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:05,360
mid-october where where you're
kind of, you know, testing your
804
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:07,680
depth chart because I don't
think, you know, we don't know
805
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:09,280
if the Hoagies love a
particularly deep team this
806
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,480
year.
That's where you kind of really
807
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:13,080
sort of see what she was made
of.
808
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:15,280
And and I think that's the kind
of spot where, you know,
809
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:17,640
typically some past tech teams
have kind of, you know, wilted
810
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:19,880
away.
So we'll see how all plays out.
811
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,640
But that's one stretch where,
you know, I'd be be a little bit
812
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:25,280
concerned.
That that's the stretch too,
813
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:29,280
Sheldon, to your point, like if
you, you know, I could look at
814
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,840
this schedule the way it's
stacking up and you can see
815
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:35,880
potentially if things go the way
you want them to, Virginia Tech
816
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:39,640
going into Clemson with an
unblemished record or you can
817
00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:42,720
see them going in there with two
or three losses.
818
00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:45,280
It really just kind of depends
on how that that second stretch
819
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:46,960
runs.
So as to your point, that's a
820
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:48,960
really important stretch for
them, especially as those
821
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:52,600
injuries set in all.
Right Tyler, what about you?
822
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:56,040
Toughest 3 game stretch?
I would have said the first
823
00:43:56,040 --> 00:44:00,520
three games, but Shell just told
me all the reasons why Vietnam
824
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:04,400
is is is not going to be any
kind of threat.
825
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:09,160
You still have to show you still
have to show a certain style of
826
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,080
win in that game when we play
them.
827
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:15,360
But I'll say ODU, Maryland and
Boston College.
828
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:19,440
And the reason I say those games
is because if you don't get off,
829
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:23,320
if you don't have the foundation
set for what people supposed to
830
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:28,520
expect from Virginia Tech and
James Franklin, things are going
831
00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:30,880
to look a lot different for the
rest of the year because we know
832
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:32,200
how the fan base will turn on
you.
833
00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:36,040
You know what I'm saying?
They don't care about them high
834
00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:40,240
profile coach.
They don't care about stars or
835
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:43,240
none of that stuff.
They keep people want to see
836
00:44:43,240 --> 00:44:44,640
wins.
And then I'm talking about
837
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:48,440
people who are paying.
So it's OK to roll out a great,
838
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:53,320
you know, a great plan and hey,
let's raise money to do this and
839
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:55,800
let's do that.
But if we go out and we don't
840
00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:59,120
win these games, those first
three games, you got ODU.
841
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:02,800
Who is Ricky?
Ricky Ryan has shown, has shown
842
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:06,800
that he can coach.
I've never known anybody on his
843
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:11,520
teams, but they always find a
way to kick our ass or, you
844
00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:14,240
know, make it a game.
So I'm sure he's going to put a
845
00:45:14,240 --> 00:45:18,280
team together that is going to
be, you know, somewhat
846
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:22,160
competitive, which is who we're
going to be fighting with for
847
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:27,200
recruits, you know, in that area
and the last time we played.
848
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:29,840
Maryland, we remember.
What that looked like, you know,
849
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:32,720
nobody cares who played and who
didn't play.
850
00:45:32,720 --> 00:45:34,360
They just remember what the
score was.
851
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:36,680
And then you go up to Boston
College.
852
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:40,320
You know, we never know.
We never know what.
853
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:42,640
We get when.
We go up there so those three
854
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:47,160
games, because you should be 1
and O going into those three
855
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:50,840
games.
And then it comes down to
856
00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:55,480
finding out what kind of team we
really have because if we can,
857
00:45:56,240 --> 00:45:58,120
we got a lot of unknowns.
I know we're going to get a
858
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:01,720
little bit into the different
rooms and things like.
859
00:46:01,720 --> 00:46:04,200
That but.
In my opinion, everything's
860
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:07,520
unknown with this team.
Everything is is is brand new.
861
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:14,880
There's a lot of potential with
minimal production, so that's
862
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:16,680
what we need to.
See what we have and.
863
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:19,960
Then that'll tell me what we
going to do against.
864
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:23,080
Clemson or what we're.
Going to do against Miami and
865
00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:27,080
later on in the year, but we got
to start off on the right foot.
866
00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:30,880
So those three games.
You, you, you.
867
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:33,200
Kind of stole my answer because
I do think.
868
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:36,480
It's the first three games
because how they fire out and I
869
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:38,960
know Shelton, you've already
said VMI is not a good team.
870
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:42,920
Cover your.
Ear Shelton.
871
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:46,880
I want to see him hang 60.
I want it to be a bloodbath.
872
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:51,600
I want it to be crush of soul
and then the next two games same
873
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:54,160
way.
Because that's the momentum,
874
00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:56,280
right?
Regardless who you're playing
875
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:59,680
those first three games, if they
go out and just knock the crap
876
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:01,520
out of those three teams.
And you're.
877
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:06,000
Three and O going into Boston
College, first ACC game, they're
878
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:10,160
going to come up on game day and
it's going to be like Genie
879
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,120
Texter.
You know, I'm not the Boston
880
00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:13,800
College place where they have
problems.
881
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:16,160
You're going to start getting
mentions.
882
00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:19,040
You, you, you, you kill.
BMI but then.
883
00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:23,280
Struggling those next two but
get wins is this same old crap.
884
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:25,600
They can't they.
They get to a different team.
885
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:28,760
So I think the first 3 because
you want to come out guns
886
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:32,200
blazing, guns blazing and
putting people on notice when I
887
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,760
say James Franklin, Ricky
Ronnie's boy, right?
888
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:39,920
He coached with him.
James, if we are 4210, you got
889
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:42,160
to try to get 50 on his ass that
last quarter.
890
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:44,760
Yeah, somebody was.
I was talking with somebody.
891
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:48,920
I can't remember who was maybe
Quest and they was like, I don't
892
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:51,520
think that they're going to try
to, you know, if we get up on
893
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:53,440
ODUI don't think they're going
to try to run the score up.
894
00:47:53,440 --> 00:48:01,760
I said Ricky got prop fired,
came in his house drunk all of
895
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:07,280
his Kool-aid, kicked over the
BBQ grill and then told.
896
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:10,480
Him, he wasn't paying his rent.
And they come and escorted him
897
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:13,560
out.
So I don't think it's a world
898
00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:16,960
where if we're if we up on ODU
that they're going to be like
899
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:19,520
how we need to rein back now.
Pretty sure they're going to
900
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:21,360
want to kick their ass.
I know Brian is.
901
00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:27,280
So I think with what what my boy
say on remember the Titans, you
902
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:34,240
blitz all night, blitz all.
No doubt, leave no doubt.
903
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:39,320
So there's a schedule, you know,
and just our quick takes on, you
904
00:48:39,320 --> 00:48:42,280
know, some of the the pieces of
how we feel and all that fun
905
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:47,840
stuff because it is a long time
away now.
906
00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:49,720
Let's just hit a couple real
quick things.
907
00:48:49,720 --> 00:48:53,240
Before we get to talking to the
portal and then the coaches, but
908
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:57,400
you know, I saw it announced a
little earlier this week, the
909
00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:00,400
ACC title game is no longer
going to be a night game.
910
00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:05,640
So Tally got to remember.
That now it's not a night game
911
00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:09,080
anymore.
So you cannot drive the day of
912
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:11,640
from Huntsville to Charlotte
because we know that's a
913
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:14,000
legitimate Dr. you can make in a
day.
914
00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:17,120
You can't do that no more.
But what do y'all think of it?
915
00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:21,520
Like this is the way I remember
the ACC, Brian, me and you
916
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:25,120
sitting in my college apartment
hanging, slinging bears at noon
917
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:28,840
and 1:00, getting drunk,
watching the ACC title game.
918
00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:31,920
Include Miami the first year
because that was a 12:00 game
919
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:33,520
and we'd be dimped for the ACC
title.
920
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:37,520
What did you think of it?
I think it's a solid.
921
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:41,960
Move.
I think having a a, a solo a a a
922
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:48,600
prime spot in the slate for
those championship games is a
923
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:50,240
good showcase for the
conference.
924
00:49:50,240 --> 00:49:54,240
I think that's a better showcase
for the conference than sharing
925
00:49:54,960 --> 00:50:00,440
a prime time spot.
You know, I think a lot of.
926
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:01,760
It's going to depend on what
what?
927
00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:04,240
What the ACC does with it,
whether they continue to
928
00:50:04,240 --> 00:50:09,120
capitalize off what Miami was
able to do this year and as to
929
00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:12,400
whether, you know, that really
matters long term.
930
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:18,040
But it's nice to see you getting
a.
931
00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:21,120
Slot that I think makes.
Sense for the ACC and you're not
932
00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:26,800
competing against the Big 10 or
the SEC for those eyes and you
933
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:29,920
can kind of marquee the teams
that have done well in your
934
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:31,840
conference for the year,
especially after, like I said,
935
00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:35,600
what we saw with Miami this year
talking about not competing.
936
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:37,760
And.
Getting those eyes too.
937
00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:42,040
What you think about the
potential of three Friday games?
938
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,120
Are we a high school Are.
We a high school team.
939
00:50:46,240 --> 00:50:47,680
Or are we just trying to get
eyes?
940
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:50,200
Can.
I get eyes because.
941
00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:53,720
That those Friday games, even
the ones when we're not playing
942
00:50:53,720 --> 00:50:58,120
good teams, it's still upper,
upper 1,000,000, close to two.
943
00:50:58,120 --> 00:51:02,600
That Friday, that Friday game
against Miami two years ago was
944
00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:04,480
the third highest watch game all
week.
945
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:07,680
All week.
Like the only two games.
946
00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:08,920
It was like Georgia.
And I.
947
00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:12,240
Want to say Georgia and Bama
were like that next Saturday and
948
00:51:12,240 --> 00:51:16,120
then a Big 10 game was it?
I'm I'm fine with Friday games.
949
00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:19,000
I also.
Like it too that if they play it
950
00:51:19,160 --> 00:51:23,560
right and you get a Friday game
before like effectively a big
951
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:25,840
game, you get that one extra day
of rest and prep.
952
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:29,160
So I'm I like it.
Let me throw this out there is
953
00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:32,520
Friday the new?
Thursday with the NFL having the
954
00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:36,120
Thursday night slot games now,
yes, we're all shaking out here.
955
00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:39,680
That's freaking lutely.
Sheldon, what about you do?
956
00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:42,080
You like?
The move to make it easier for
957
00:51:42,080 --> 00:51:43,320
you.
Harder.
958
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:47,960
For you, I do not care at all.
All I care about is is 2 things,
959
00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:50,640
one that is from Charlotte so I
can eventually go to it, and two
960
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:51,760
that we're fucking playing in
it.
961
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:55,320
That's all I care about.
There we go, they can play at.
962
00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:56,760
Nine in the.
Morning, if we there, I'm going
963
00:51:56,760 --> 00:51:58,920
to.
Be there, put my shirt off, my
964
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:05,320
areola's painted.
Areola's painted.
965
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:06,320
There we go.
All.
966
00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:10,920
Right, let's let's talk about
the portal before we get into
967
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:15,400
the new additions to the portal.
Kamara and Morgan, the edge it
968
00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:19,560
was coming out from Baylor
unfortunately could not meet
969
00:52:19,560 --> 00:52:22,080
admissions.
Therefore believe that's the
970
00:52:22,080 --> 00:52:24,520
story, right, He could meet
admissions.
971
00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:26,600
Well, I want to say that's the
case because he has.
972
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:28,480
Not committed anywhere.
Else there was a credit
973
00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:31,960
conflict.
Well, it makes me question.
974
00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:35,440
What?
What does Baylor give their
975
00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:36,480
incoming?
Freshman.
976
00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:40,920
Football players the first year
because if my kids going.
977
00:52:40,920 --> 00:52:44,480
To Baylor, and he's a good.
Player and he might play good or
978
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:46,160
get isolated on him for the
second year.
979
00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:48,640
Better put him on some
plastidetal transfer.
980
00:52:50,120 --> 00:52:50,880
That's a weed.
Let's.
981
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:55,280
Get weed, ain't nobody.
They wanted to hold up for
982
00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:58,480
Kyron.
Drones so yeah, but Kyron had
983
00:52:58,480 --> 00:52:59,440
been there 2.
Years.
984
00:52:59,960 --> 00:53:01,840
Remember that.
Kyron had been there two years.
985
00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:03,840
I'll give you.
You've got to at least.
986
00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:09,280
Take like Econ. 100 by that
point in time, but it's it's a.
987
00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:11,040
Loss right it.
Sucks because that kid.
988
00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:14,440
Looks like a beast in every
shape.
989
00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:17,760
And form so.
Yeah, I, I, I was, I got.
990
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:19,520
We said it last time he was on
there.
991
00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:23,880
I think the very next day is
when the the news came out like
992
00:53:24,200 --> 00:53:26,720
he, he was the guy I was most
pumped about on from the
993
00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:28,080
transfer port on the defensive
side.
994
00:53:28,080 --> 00:53:31,320
Now we'll say we're we'll talk
about a second the ultimate
995
00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:33,640
pivot that we got off that is
about as good as I could have
996
00:53:33,640 --> 00:53:36,280
hoped for.
Not a lot, not a lot.
997
00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:38,360
Tally.
Sheldon, Sheldon, I know you
998
00:53:38,360 --> 00:53:42,320
have not been as deep in the
recruiting world, but so if, if,
999
00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:44,760
if you need to abstain, you may
abstain.
1000
00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:47,760
Tally any field before we get
into.
1001
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:50,560
These the the.
Guys who are here in class
1002
00:53:51,160 --> 00:53:57,040
running and pushing weights.
I try not to get too hype about
1003
00:53:57,040 --> 00:53:59,840
it.
You know, right now I need, I
1004
00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:03,800
need us to, you know, I need to
see who really going to be.
1005
00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:07,080
Here before I get too.
High, but I was bummed whenever
1006
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:11,480
whenever we lost the the the
bail of the and I was I was
1007
00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:13,840
pretty bummed about that.
But like Brian said, the pivot
1008
00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:16,200
was kind of cool and it was
quick too.
1009
00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:18,440
You know what I'm saying?
It was like we didn't wait a
1010
00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:20,520
long time.
OK, James, I see you got a
1011
00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:22,440
little juice.
I like it.
1012
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:25,480
They said James on the sleeping
about 3-4 hours a night.
1013
00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:28,520
So hey man, I.
Get it?
1014
00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:30,360
I need you to.
Stay happy though man.
1015
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:33,040
Take your wife out, call Cheetah
and see what he did a little
1016
00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:36,640
bit.
Don't be just like him but you
1017
00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:39,440
know still go out every nine.
Then enjoy your wife.
1018
00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:42,760
But James has been working, he
said.
1019
00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:46,160
He ain't got no hobbies.
All he doing is working
1020
00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:48,560
football.
All right, I'm going to put 2.
1021
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:50,560
Things in the chat so y'all can
shuffle.
1022
00:54:51,040 --> 00:54:55,840
First of all, this is clearly.
What Kamara Morgan was.
1023
00:54:55,840 --> 00:55:01,040
Taking at Baylor.
And then you know what?
1024
00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:02,520
Last month.
Got a strategy here?
1025
00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:05,400
You got a kid that you
definitely want to keep.
1026
00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:10,320
Don't let them play.
Put them in classes.
1027
00:55:10,320 --> 00:55:11,800
You know what?
15.
1028
00:55:11,800 --> 00:55:14,440
What 15 classes that tech
doesn't transfer these?
1029
00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:15,680
That's what you took in the
first year?
1030
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:18,720
Shout out Laszlo.
Shout out Laszlo Shelton
1031
00:55:18,720 --> 00:55:20,400
Shelton.
Has to go here in a second, but
1032
00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:24,640
Shelton just you know, give me
your just quick overall take
1033
00:55:24,920 --> 00:55:28,400
because the the portal is
officially well it's if we're
1034
00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:30,440
not done, it might be 1.
Guy at it, but that's not
1035
00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:33,280
looking.
Like a Gale, but just you've.
1036
00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:36,080
I know you've been.
Busy but just following it.
1037
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:39,080
What's your overall take on it?
Yeah.
1038
00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:41,000
So my overall take is.
Really just from a?
1039
00:55:41,080 --> 00:55:43,240
A roster construction
standpoint, the one thing that I
1040
00:55:43,240 --> 00:55:46,160
really like that that Franklin
did is, you know, stock up on
1041
00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:48,080
some some younger guys, guys
have multiple years of
1042
00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:50,520
eligibility and we see lots of
freshmen retro freshmen
1043
00:55:50,520 --> 00:55:52,240
software's in there.
So I think that's a really good,
1044
00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:54,440
you know, kind of long term
development move.
1045
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:56,800
Obviously, you know, Franklin's
talked a lot about, you know,
1046
00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:58,280
still wanting to be a
developmental partner.
1047
00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:01,480
I think the the mistake a lot
of, you know, coaches and this
1048
00:56:01,480 --> 00:56:03,280
is true for all sports.
I've heard some coaches say this
1049
00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:06,720
is that, you know, they, they
very much over line the portal
1050
00:56:07,840 --> 00:56:10,200
And so they take a bunch of guys
that, you know, are older and
1051
00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:12,760
more experienced, but you know,
they they've kind of hit their
1052
00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:14,720
ceiling.
And when those guys leave, if
1053
00:56:14,720 --> 00:56:17,240
they don't have, you know, more
than, you know, one or two years
1054
00:56:17,240 --> 00:56:20,120
of eligibility, you've got to
replace those holes the next
1055
00:56:20,120 --> 00:56:22,960
year or the year after that.
And so if you take guys that you
1056
00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:25,640
know, one, are, are talented
enough, but also, you know, can
1057
00:56:25,640 --> 00:56:28,000
be the program for multiple
seasons, ideally two or three,
1058
00:56:28,280 --> 00:56:32,040
you're able to, you know, I
guess more effectively a rebuild
1059
00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:34,520
because you don't have to you
don't have to constantly be
1060
00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:37,040
replacing those holes.
So I like what Franklin's done
1061
00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:38,120
so far.
Obviously he got, you know,
1062
00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:41,600
grunk at quarterback, Quayshawn
Brown from Duke, the wide
1063
00:56:41,600 --> 00:56:42,800
receiver.
I really like him.
1064
00:56:42,800 --> 00:56:44,400
I I'm very happy with that pick
up.
1065
00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:47,960
I think he's going to be a stud
And, you know, overall they can
1066
00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:50,360
do a little bit more on the
lines, but but I think, you
1067
00:56:50,360 --> 00:56:52,880
know, just kind of, you know,
overall, it's really just to,
1068
00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:55,680
you know, stock up on talent,
you know, kind of get the the
1069
00:56:55,680 --> 00:56:58,040
baseline level of talent up to
where you know, it needs to be
1070
00:56:58,040 --> 00:57:00,720
competitive in the ACC.
And then hopefully after that in
1071
00:57:00,720 --> 00:57:02,840
the years following, and that's
when you really start to, you
1072
00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:04,960
know, kind of get the guys you
want from high school, develop
1073
00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:06,800
them and then they'll be rolling
here.
1074
00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:09,520
But as a as a transitional
class, I really I really really
1075
00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:14,320
like the the portable editions.
I can't hear you, Curtis.
1076
00:57:14,760 --> 00:57:18,360
And he's back.
I, I will, I will, I will, I
1077
00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:20,520
will jump in here.
While Curtis is getting his his
1078
00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:24,440
mic straightened up, I like what
we're doing from the portal from
1079
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:29,960
Sheldon to your point, because
we're basically re resetting the
1080
00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:35,600
24 and 25 recruiting classes to
the James Franklin level 26
1081
00:57:35,600 --> 00:57:40,520
class that we saw come in being
a top 25 class for just from an
1082
00:57:40,520 --> 00:57:43,320
overall talent standpoint from
what they were coming out of
1083
00:57:43,320 --> 00:57:46,600
high school.
Now, when we we look at what
1084
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:51,240
that means long term, you know,
shell them to your point, it
1085
00:57:51,240 --> 00:57:56,040
means that you don't have to go
and get a bunch of headhunters
1086
00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:59,600
every year and get into this
churn of needing, needing a
1087
00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:04,080
quarterback every year from the
portal, needing a left tackle
1088
00:58:04,080 --> 00:58:07,520
every year from the portal.
You don't get into this point
1089
00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:10,840
where you're having to reset the
same positions, the key
1090
00:58:10,840 --> 00:58:13,400
positions on your roster every
single year.
1091
00:58:13,920 --> 00:58:16,840
You got a foundation that you
can build on for two or three
1092
00:58:16,840 --> 00:58:19,600
years now.
You can get your high school
1093
00:58:19,600 --> 00:58:22,640
recruiting in line, start back
filling those positions, and
1094
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:25,640
eventually you get to a point
where you're only having to kind
1095
00:58:25,640 --> 00:58:28,200
of plug in a couple holes here
and there from the attrition
1096
00:58:28,200 --> 00:58:30,600
that you have from your roster
going into the transfer portal.
1097
00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:32,840
Yeah, man.
I mean roster.
1098
00:58:32,840 --> 00:58:34,080
Management, it's a big deal
like.
1099
00:58:34,080 --> 00:58:36,040
I I think you know, we know
fuente struggle with it.
1100
00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:39,600
I think Pry, you know, pride
talked to me again about high
1101
00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:41,800
school development for the first
couple of years, but it seemed
1102
00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:44,480
like that last year he kind of
really over over pivoted towards
1103
00:58:44,480 --> 00:58:45,960
a portal like bringing in 30 new
guys.
1104
00:58:45,960 --> 00:58:48,600
It just didn't work out.
So I think Franklin to kind of,
1105
00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:51,240
you know, this will be the last
thing I say before I head out is
1106
00:58:51,240 --> 00:58:54,880
I think Franklin's taken the
really a good approach of long
1107
00:58:54,880 --> 00:58:56,920
term focus.
But we're going to upgrade our
1108
00:58:56,920 --> 00:58:59,000
account level to where it's
competent in the ACC.
1109
00:58:59,200 --> 00:59:01,880
And so, like Brian said, just
plug holes where we need him
1110
00:59:01,880 --> 00:59:03,880
going forward.
But for a, for a transitional
1111
00:59:03,880 --> 00:59:07,160
class, we, you know, as a
baseline, I think, I think they
1112
00:59:07,160 --> 00:59:09,440
made some really additions
perfect.
1113
00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:10,560
Well, Sean, we know you got to
be.
1114
00:59:10,560 --> 00:59:12,760
Up early in the morning.
Man, could get you jumping on
1115
00:59:12,760 --> 00:59:15,880
for the hour that you could.
Again, check out the article at
1116
00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:19,400
the Key play written by Shelton.
Why not Virginia Tech?
1117
00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:20,960
We'll see you soon man.
Take care.
1118
00:59:20,960 --> 00:59:22,840
God bless you guys.
Thank you all.
1119
00:59:24,160 --> 00:59:25,520
Right, let's.
Talk about.
1120
00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:29,000
This because.
Brian, you made it point.
1121
00:59:30,560 --> 00:59:31,680
I don't know if Gronk's doing
it.
1122
00:59:31,680 --> 00:59:32,840
I'm on.
Right now.
1123
00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:35,840
I do not want Gronk to be
interviewing with anyone.
1124
00:59:36,200 --> 00:59:39,520
Then go find what?
The offense is go.
1125
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:41,520
Win and then come talk to us
next year.
1126
00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:44,280
I mean, I, I'd say he, yeah.
And.
1127
00:59:44,400 --> 00:59:47,200
If if we're giving interviews
before the spring, that's
1128
00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:50,120
probably a problem, that is a
serious problem, all right.
1129
00:59:51,040 --> 00:59:53,440
Let's go.
Let's go talk about the four
1130
00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:56,160
guys that we did not get to talk
about last week and where we
1131
00:59:56,160 --> 01:00:00,200
staying with them.
And instead of going 1 by 1 by
1132
01:00:00,200 --> 01:00:02,120
1.
And let's just talk all four
1133
01:00:02,120 --> 01:00:05,480
guys at the same time.
Let's talk about Brian.
1134
01:00:05,480 --> 01:00:08,920
You, you mentioned this guy
already, Sam Okanalola, the the
1135
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:15,600
edge from by a pit by Colorado.
Justin Terry, not Curtis Terry,
1136
01:00:16,040 --> 01:00:18,000
Justin Terry.
Finally, you got it right,
1137
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:21,040
Curtis.
The offensive tackle.
1138
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:25,200
The offensive tackle out of Ohio
State.
1139
01:00:26,440 --> 01:00:29,280
Then this one came out of
nowhere.
1140
01:00:29,280 --> 01:00:33,360
Curtis Jones.
Curtis Jones from West Virginia,
1141
01:00:33,920 --> 01:00:36,880
the kid who did everything.
He played linebacker, he played
1142
01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:39,080
edge, he played running back at
the end.
1143
01:00:39,520 --> 01:00:42,520
But he saw Rich Rod was bringing
like 60 guys in and he was like
1144
01:00:42,520 --> 01:00:45,760
this motherfucking stupid.
I'll get out of here real quick.
1145
01:00:45,760 --> 01:00:48,200
And then, finally, the last Penn
State.
1146
01:00:48,200 --> 01:00:50,480
Guy.
Toser, Denmark.
1147
01:00:50,920 --> 01:00:55,560
So Tally, we'll kick it to you
because Brian kind of already
1148
01:00:55,560 --> 01:00:58,600
buried it.
Which one you most excited?
1149
01:00:58,600 --> 01:01:02,520
About are those 4.
Probably Terry just.
1150
01:01:02,520 --> 01:01:06,640
Because I mean, we heard about
his name early, early in the
1151
01:01:06,640 --> 01:01:11,560
portal process, and that's all
we need the most help at.
1152
01:01:12,920 --> 01:01:14,840
I think it was Chris, I think.
I'm pretty sure it was.
1153
01:01:15,720 --> 01:01:20,000
Chris Lester that was talking
about by May of this year we
1154
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:26,520
would have been done brought in
18 O lineman, which is crazy
1155
01:01:26,520 --> 01:01:31,480
compared to I think we hadn't
brought in 18 O lineman from O 5
1156
01:01:31,520 --> 01:01:37,880
to 2025 we have.
Been very scarce on.
1157
01:01:38,200 --> 01:01:43,360
Recruiting lineman SO and
especially at a high level.
1158
01:01:43,360 --> 01:01:45,360
Like lineman.
Didn't play at a high level, so
1159
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:48,040
we don't know who's going to pan
out.
1160
01:01:48,040 --> 01:01:51,440
Of course, that's why you pull
people in and.
1161
01:01:51,480 --> 01:01:54,920
And hope people develop to.
Get better, but we have a lot of
1162
01:01:54,920 --> 01:01:59,280
people that have the opportunity
to show what they can do when
1163
01:01:59,280 --> 01:02:01,600
you bring in, you know, 18
offensive lineman.
1164
01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:04,480
So we need it.
So I'm probably more most
1165
01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:06,960
excited about him.
Bet you Bron.
1166
01:02:08,320 --> 01:02:11,760
Sammy Sachs man, Sammy.
Sachs, Sammy Sachs.
1167
01:02:12,520 --> 01:02:16,280
Samuel Okun Lolo it.
It was a great when, when, when
1168
01:02:16,280 --> 01:02:17,080
Morgan.
Laughed.
1169
01:02:17,080 --> 01:02:19,800
It's like, oh man, I had that
kick, but you said it.
1170
01:02:19,800 --> 01:02:20,840
What up?
Hit it.
1171
01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:25,080
Yeah, this is a guy that.
When you watch his tape, I mean,
1172
01:02:25,080 --> 01:02:29,200
he pops, man.
You had some pretty decent
1173
01:02:29,200 --> 01:02:32,880
production at Colorado, had some
has, has had some good
1174
01:02:32,880 --> 01:02:35,640
production, you know, throughout
his college career so far.
1175
01:02:36,520 --> 01:02:39,360
I'm really interested to see if
he could take kind of that next
1176
01:02:39,360 --> 01:02:43,240
step to become that premier
tight pass rusher.
1177
01:02:44,320 --> 01:02:46,960
But I mean, he's a guy that, you
know, when you watch the tape,
1178
01:02:46,960 --> 01:02:49,680
he definitely stands out.
He's got really great burst off
1179
01:02:49,680 --> 01:02:53,280
the line of scrimmage.
He's going to give guys problems
1180
01:02:53,280 --> 01:02:55,680
with that speed rush.
You know, we'll see if he can
1181
01:02:55,680 --> 01:02:58,440
kind of develop a second move
or, or, or be a little bit
1182
01:02:58,440 --> 01:03:03,440
better all around with that.
But for for a guy that is your
1183
01:03:04,120 --> 01:03:08,320
pivot from the guy that was
considered to be the the jewel
1184
01:03:08,320 --> 01:03:10,640
on the defensive side of the
football in your, in your
1185
01:03:10,640 --> 01:03:13,240
transfer portal class, that's a
pretty damn good pivot.
1186
01:03:14,160 --> 01:03:17,040
Well, yeah, it was a.
Great pivot and and and.
1187
01:03:17,640 --> 01:03:21,080
I, I, I mentioned Jones I think
a couple weeks ago about how
1188
01:03:21,080 --> 01:03:25,520
getting him in here would be
good and Sammy's great, but I,
1189
01:03:25,520 --> 01:03:27,200
I'm interested to see what
they're going to do.
1190
01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:30,840
With Curtis Jones, because are
they going?
1191
01:03:30,840 --> 01:03:35,040
To put him like at an outside
linebacker role in his defense,
1192
01:03:35,840 --> 01:03:40,120
or we can put him at an edge.
And, and The thing is, he is a
1193
01:03:40,160 --> 01:03:41,280
football.
Player.
1194
01:03:42,040 --> 01:03:45,640
He is a football player.
How do I say he's a football
1195
01:03:45,640 --> 01:03:48,520
player?
So he played twelve games, 23
1196
01:03:48,520 --> 01:03:50,960
tackles, 3 tackles for loss,
including the sack.
1197
01:03:51,560 --> 01:03:55,560
He also rushed the ball for 11
times for three touchdowns.
1198
01:03:56,520 --> 01:03:59,440
That guy loves football and
that's what you want bringing in
1199
01:03:59,440 --> 01:04:01,080
here so.
I want to see.
1200
01:04:01,080 --> 01:04:02,880
Clearly he has some athletic
ability.
1201
01:04:03,320 --> 01:04:06,520
You know, he's like 6 to like
235.
1202
01:04:06,520 --> 01:04:11,600
So he's kind of undersized and
edge, but does he have a role?
1203
01:04:11,640 --> 01:04:13,920
He's the guy, no disrespect to
Denmark.
1204
01:04:13,920 --> 01:04:16,320
I think Denmark could be an
excellent wide receiver.
1205
01:04:16,920 --> 01:04:19,920
But I think those three guys
that are coming in, you talked
1206
01:04:20,080 --> 01:04:22,520
to Sheldon, was talking about
how he kind of levelled it out.
1207
01:04:22,920 --> 01:04:25,160
Those three guys.
I think we expect you're going
1208
01:04:25,160 --> 01:04:26,680
to like to come in this year and
you're going to play.
1209
01:04:27,400 --> 01:04:29,240
You're going to play.
And that's big.
1210
01:04:30,240 --> 01:04:31,960
All right, let's get to it real
quick.
1211
01:04:32,160 --> 01:04:33,800
We're.
Going to go through each room
1212
01:04:33,800 --> 01:04:37,360
over the next, I'd say 10-15
minutes here, maybe less, and
1213
01:04:37,360 --> 01:04:40,680
we're just going to say how we
feel about how we feel about the
1214
01:04:40,680 --> 01:04:44,640
depth of that room. 1 is the
worst, 10 is the best.
1215
01:04:44,640 --> 01:04:47,400
If we land on one or 10 for
anything, I'll be shocked.
1216
01:04:48,040 --> 01:04:50,680
But I just wanted to do this
because I think probably next
1217
01:04:50,680 --> 01:04:55,520
month at some point, we're going
to probably build a depth chart
1218
01:04:55,520 --> 01:04:58,640
and say this is how if
everything in the perfect world
1219
01:04:58,640 --> 01:05:00,280
happens, this is how it's going
to look.
1220
01:05:00,960 --> 01:05:02,640
So let's start.
Let's.
1221
01:05:02,640 --> 01:05:04,640
Start with the.
Quarterback room, by the way,
1222
01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:10,040
I'm going to shout out TSL, all
the guys over there, Will David
1223
01:05:10,440 --> 01:05:11,960
Guy, who's been on here a lot,
Chris.
1224
01:05:11,960 --> 01:05:14,280
Coleman, They.
Put a hell of a list together
1225
01:05:14,280 --> 01:05:19,360
with literally everybody who's
in everybody who's out on their
1226
01:05:19,360 --> 01:05:21,040
website.
It's unbelievable.
1227
01:05:21,480 --> 01:05:24,120
It made it really easy for me.
I didn't have to put something
1228
01:05:24,120 --> 01:05:26,240
together, which I thought I was
going to have to do.
1229
01:05:26,640 --> 01:05:28,160
But let's start with the
quarterback room.
1230
01:05:28,160 --> 01:05:29,440
I'm going to start with you,
Tally.
1231
01:05:30,520 --> 01:05:32,000
Where do you feel death?
Right?
1232
01:05:33,520 --> 01:05:34,120
Where are?
You though.
1233
01:05:34,480 --> 01:05:35,800
How do you feel about the whole
but?
1234
01:05:35,920 --> 01:05:39,400
How you feel about the death One
to five, one to.
1235
01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:42,360
Ten I would.
Say probably.
1236
01:05:42,360 --> 01:05:46,840
About a about a seven, Yeah, I'd
probably say about A7 on that.
1237
01:05:46,840 --> 01:05:53,120
All right.
Ron, I'm going to go.
1238
01:05:53,120 --> 01:05:56,960
Right at the seven as well all.
Right, I'm I'm going.
1239
01:05:56,960 --> 01:06:02,160
To go with A5.
We know Gronk can play, but it's
1240
01:06:02,160 --> 01:06:04,760
behind him of the following Red
shirt freshman red shirt
1241
01:06:04,760 --> 01:06:08,560
freshman red shirt freshman
freshman Is Gronk in the.
1242
01:06:08,560 --> 01:06:11,280
Freshman 4.
Behind Curtis, I'm going to ask
1243
01:06:11,280 --> 01:06:13,080
you one question.
What's that?
1244
01:06:14,000 --> 01:06:17,560
Let's look at all of the
rosters.
1245
01:06:17,600 --> 01:06:19,560
In.
The power 4.
1246
01:06:19,560 --> 01:06:23,640
Let's let's show the power 4.
That's a. 140.
1247
01:06:23,640 --> 01:06:29,520
Four teams, man 144 players.
All right, so all all.
1248
01:06:29,520 --> 01:06:34,160
All of those guys, when you look
at their depth charts, how many
1249
01:06:34,360 --> 01:06:39,320
of their starters beyond QB one
have seen anything other than
1250
01:06:39,320 --> 01:06:43,240
garbage time?
I don't know, I have to look at
1251
01:06:43,240 --> 01:06:46,960
every single rostring.
Just just but like in your head.
1252
01:06:47,080 --> 01:06:50,840
Think, think about how would you
say this year 8080% of.
1253
01:06:50,840 --> 01:06:54,600
Them probably do not have a
solid backup so they're pretty
1254
01:06:54,600 --> 01:06:57,360
much in the same damn.
Situation we are behind Grump.
1255
01:06:57,640 --> 01:06:59,480
I know I want to be better than
though.
1256
01:07:01,040 --> 01:07:03,400
And there's enough and when I.
Say this I'm looking.
1257
01:07:03,400 --> 01:07:07,960
At more of a Bryce is likely the
number 2, but what I'm saying is
1258
01:07:09,560 --> 01:07:11,320
I always want a buffer.
I'm sorry, I'm a SAN.
1259
01:07:11,320 --> 01:07:13,840
Francisco fan.
This year we had the best backup
1260
01:07:13,840 --> 01:07:16,200
in the league.
He had to play for seven games.
1261
01:07:16,200 --> 01:07:18,320
He went five and two.
What?
1262
01:07:18,520 --> 01:07:21,240
Yeah, so the so.
The But The thing is like so
1263
01:07:21,240 --> 01:07:25,240
Bronk is a sophomore see a true
sophomore or red shirt,
1264
01:07:25,240 --> 01:07:27,360
sophomore, red shirt, red shirt.
Sophomore.
1265
01:07:27,360 --> 01:07:29,280
This year or going into.
This year, right?
1266
01:07:29,600 --> 01:07:31,040
Yep, Yep.
All right.
1267
01:07:31,040 --> 01:07:32,720
So he was a red shirt.
Freshman.
1268
01:07:32,720 --> 01:07:35,720
Last year, right?
Cool not.
1269
01:07:35,720 --> 01:07:36,840
Expecting.
To play.
1270
01:07:37,320 --> 01:07:39,040
Nobody really knew what he could
do.
1271
01:07:39,520 --> 01:07:44,600
He was he gets thrust into
action because Drew Allah goes
1272
01:07:44,600 --> 01:07:48,960
down to lose their very
experienced, you know, starter.
1273
01:07:50,160 --> 01:07:53,400
How do we know Kelvin Ryan can't
play?
1274
01:07:54,160 --> 01:07:56,720
How do we know you know Baker
can't play?
1275
01:07:57,000 --> 01:08:01,400
Because Virginia Tech doesn't
give us an opportunity.
1276
01:08:01,400 --> 01:08:03,480
To see it in the past.
You know what I'm saying?
1277
01:08:03,720 --> 01:08:07,400
When Kyron struggled, when Kyron
was hurt, we didn't play another
1278
01:08:07,400 --> 01:08:09,320
quarterback, you know what I'm
saying?
1279
01:08:09,320 --> 01:08:12,040
We just continued to go with the
same person.
1280
01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:14,160
I don't want anybody to get hurt
for us to see it.
1281
01:08:14,160 --> 01:08:17,399
But sometimes through adversity
it builds some character.
1282
01:08:18,040 --> 01:08:23,040
We just never seen it.
So a year later, how many people
1283
01:08:23,040 --> 01:08:25,359
probably was after Grunt?
He was probably one of the most
1284
01:08:25,840 --> 01:08:30,640
sought after quarterbacks that
was in the portal that wasn't
1285
01:08:30,640 --> 01:08:34,439
supposed to play.
So to Brian's point, we don't
1286
01:08:34,439 --> 01:08:35,880
know what we got.
You know what I'm saying?
1287
01:08:35,880 --> 01:08:38,720
I don't want to hype it up, but
I'm just saying we know that we
1288
01:08:38,720 --> 01:08:42,479
have at least a QB, one that is
going.
1289
01:08:42,479 --> 01:08:46,040
To be very.
Capable so I'm.
1290
01:08:46,040 --> 01:08:48,160
Excited about that.
We're going to be able to.
1291
01:08:48,160 --> 01:08:52,000
Throw the ball, I love you but.
We couldn't.
1292
01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:54,399
Throw the ball and it wasn't all
on, Karen.
1293
01:08:54,399 --> 01:08:56,600
We'll get into that.
We'll take a whole show and
1294
01:08:56,600 --> 01:08:59,800
we'll talk about how bad our
offensive line was, how bad our
1295
01:08:59,800 --> 01:09:02,359
play column was to our
personnel, how bad our
1296
01:09:02,359 --> 01:09:04,359
quarterback quarterback play
was.
1297
01:09:04,359 --> 01:09:08,680
But we'll get to see the the
wide receivers get some passes.
1298
01:09:08,960 --> 01:09:10,319
You know, that's what we want to
see.
1299
01:09:10,319 --> 01:09:13,000
All right.
Let's move on to the running.
1300
01:09:13,000 --> 01:09:14,720
Backroom, and I'm going to start
with this one.
1301
01:09:14,720 --> 01:09:21,760
Give me a nine.
I'm right there with you.
1302
01:09:21,760 --> 01:09:25,680
I will take a 9.
I mean, Overton coming.
1303
01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:29,880
Off an.
Injury as a true freshman did
1304
01:09:29,880 --> 01:09:33,080
that.
Imagine what a full.
1305
01:09:33,080 --> 01:09:36,319
Offseason.
In the room is going to do for
1306
01:09:36,319 --> 01:09:37,279
that.
Kid.
1307
01:09:38,319 --> 01:09:40,640
Holy shit that.
That room is going.
1308
01:09:40,640 --> 01:09:44,160
To be lights out, him and Hawk
are going to be a tandem.
1309
01:09:44,840 --> 01:09:47,200
Like I'm not going to go back
and say like anything with the
1310
01:09:47,200 --> 01:09:49,399
Untouchables or anything like
that, but that's going to be a
1311
01:09:49,399 --> 01:09:53,840
really good 1-2 punch in that
backfield Cali.
1312
01:09:54,360 --> 01:09:56,040
Yeah, I'm probably going to go
an 8 on that as.
1313
01:09:56,040 --> 01:10:00,800
Well, just because people sleep
on Hulk, man, I don't know.
1314
01:10:00,800 --> 01:10:03,440
Look, I ain't going to say
nobody like wanted him to leave,
1315
01:10:03,440 --> 01:10:08,440
but I don't think a lot of
people really, we thought.
1316
01:10:08,440 --> 01:10:11,720
About him leaving or staying.
As much as we should have.
1317
01:10:12,120 --> 01:10:14,640
I think Hawk had almost 900
yards rushing.
1318
01:10:14,960 --> 01:10:18,680
He almost was 1000 yard back.
And at the beginning of the
1319
01:10:18,680 --> 01:10:21,680
season, who really knew him like
we didn't?
1320
01:10:21,680 --> 01:10:24,960
We thought, oh, it's going to
be, you know, Stewart or, you
1321
01:10:24,960 --> 01:10:27,080
know, we thought Overton.
We knew he was hurt.
1322
01:10:27,080 --> 01:10:28,960
We thought he may get in, you
know.
1323
01:10:29,320 --> 01:10:31,520
Then we thought Bennett may be
the one who catches out of the
1324
01:10:31,520 --> 01:10:35,640
backfield and Hawkins comes in
for all intents and purposes
1325
01:10:35,640 --> 01:10:39,440
plays great behind a crappy
offensive line on the three wind
1326
01:10:39,440 --> 01:10:43,000
team.
So we have some potential and we
1327
01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:45,040
have some production which I'm
really excited about.
1328
01:10:46,040 --> 01:10:48,400
And don't you forget about big.
Ass Bill.
1329
01:10:48,400 --> 01:10:50,800
James because he going to run
through some people.
1330
01:10:52,520 --> 01:10:53,280
Bill.
Davis.
1331
01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:54,840
Bill.
Bill Davis.
1332
01:10:54,840 --> 01:10:58,920
Yeah, I'm screwed.
Damn it, Curtis, What?
1333
01:10:58,920 --> 01:11:00,040
Do you say hey?
Brian.
1334
01:11:00,080 --> 01:11:02,240
Last.
Week battle last man.
1335
01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:10,200
I like making all crack up, see?
Everybody thinks I'm the mile.
1336
01:11:10,760 --> 01:11:11,440
The.
Group.
1337
01:11:13,320 --> 01:11:14,880
Everybody.
Thinks I'm the mile man I.
1338
01:11:14,880 --> 01:11:17,920
Want to group?
But this yeah, and I'm I'm just
1339
01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:19,720
getting up the numbers here
tally because I couldn't
1340
01:11:19,720 --> 01:11:25,640
remember either 75750 He
averaged 6 yards of carry,
1341
01:11:25,640 --> 01:11:28,680
though last year did Hawk 6
yards a Gary.
1342
01:11:28,680 --> 01:11:31,400
Damn good.
All right, let's go to wide
1343
01:11:31,400 --> 01:11:35,240
receiver tight ends because I I
want to bunch them together
1344
01:11:36,040 --> 01:11:39,480
because I think again, I think
when you to me, I think about
1345
01:11:39,480 --> 01:11:43,600
the outside skill positions, you
can do so much where two tight
1346
01:11:43,600 --> 01:11:45,120
ends and two wide receivers are
on the field.
1347
01:11:45,120 --> 01:11:47,680
So if you start saying, well,
the tight end room's not great
1348
01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:50,840
or it's great and the wide.
Receiver room's OK.
1349
01:11:50,840 --> 01:11:54,000
And it's just like the way they
are playing at the same time,
1350
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:57,000
doing the same things.
They got a run block, they got
1351
01:11:57,000 --> 01:11:59,320
to go out there and run routes,
they got to do other things.
1352
01:11:59,600 --> 01:12:03,920
So tight end wide receivers,
what do y'all think?
1353
01:12:03,920 --> 01:12:08,800
About that room.
Tally Curtis has said he's.
1354
01:12:08,800 --> 01:12:09,960
Going to put them together.
I'm going to.
1355
01:12:09,960 --> 01:12:12,360
Separate them because I love
tight end.
1356
01:12:12,360 --> 01:12:19,200
So I'm going to say tidy in
room, give me about a 7.87 point
1357
01:12:19,200 --> 01:12:22,880
8 and then wide receiver room
I'm going to go with a 8.
1358
01:12:23,920 --> 01:12:28,600
So I'll say, I'll say tight end
room is a little bit under.
1359
01:12:28,600 --> 01:12:31,640
Because I don't.
Think we've really seen how to
1360
01:12:31,640 --> 01:12:35,280
use tight ends in a while at
Virginia Tech, though Benji had
1361
01:12:35,280 --> 01:12:38,200
a a pretty good year, year
before last.
1362
01:12:38,440 --> 01:12:42,000
But still, we didn't use them.
We weren't at offense to really
1363
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:43,760
use our tight ends the way that
we should.
1364
01:12:44,520 --> 01:12:47,320
You know, none of the kind of
crossing routes, none of the,
1365
01:12:48,320 --> 01:12:50,880
you know, up the same routes and
things like that where you
1366
01:12:50,880 --> 01:12:53,080
really use that tight end.
And the reason I say you
1367
01:12:53,080 --> 01:12:56,480
separate them, Curtis, is
because yes, you do use them
1368
01:12:56,480 --> 01:13:01,080
similar, but the tight end room,
you're going to have to, they're
1369
01:13:01,680 --> 01:13:06,080
going to have to block block
like a tight end is, is is.
1370
01:13:06,080 --> 01:13:08,040
Blocking.
Much different than what a wide
1371
01:13:08,040 --> 01:13:10,520
receiver blocks.
You think about a tight end
1372
01:13:10,520 --> 01:13:15,040
blocking somebody like Ruben
Bang or chipping him or you know
1373
01:13:15,040 --> 01:13:18,120
what I'm saying, Getting to that
next level and and blocking.
1374
01:13:18,160 --> 01:13:21,960
What's my man that played that
cow #0 like a tight ends going
1375
01:13:21,960 --> 01:13:24,440
to have to go block him, wide
receiver going to have to block
1376
01:13:24,440 --> 01:13:26,480
him.
So little bit different.
1377
01:13:26,480 --> 01:13:29,240
So that's why I braided the
tight ends a little bit under
1378
01:13:29,240 --> 01:13:32,080
the receiver room because
they're going to have a little
1379
01:13:32,080 --> 01:13:33,920
bit harder time and they're very
young.
1380
01:13:33,920 --> 01:13:38,040
But I think the mix with the
young players and very talented.
1381
01:13:38,040 --> 01:13:43,720
I think I think the next star
out of all the offense is
1382
01:13:43,720 --> 01:13:46,400
probably going to be Luke
Reynolds.
1383
01:13:47,800 --> 01:13:49,640
I mean, I just.
Think that he's going to be a.
1384
01:13:49,640 --> 01:13:53,640
Star because of his work ethic.
If you go look at what he was
1385
01:13:53,640 --> 01:13:56,280
doing at Penn State, he's always
in the weight room.
1386
01:13:56,280 --> 01:14:00,000
He was always winning some kind
of award, being the kind of the
1387
01:14:00,000 --> 01:14:03,360
first person there, last person
to leave type player.
1388
01:14:04,920 --> 01:14:09,040
He's fast enough to be able to
run, but he's strong enough to
1389
01:14:09,040 --> 01:14:10,760
be able to block, which is what
we need.
1390
01:14:11,600 --> 01:14:12,760
So I think he's going to be a
star.
1391
01:14:12,760 --> 01:14:16,480
But having Benji come back,
Benji going to have to.
1392
01:14:17,040 --> 01:14:19,080
Benji, if you watch it, man, I
love you.
1393
01:14:19,600 --> 01:14:20,800
Your ass is going to have to
block.
1394
01:14:21,560 --> 01:14:24,560
We know you can kill.
We need you to block this year.
1395
01:14:24,920 --> 01:14:27,680
You know what I'm saying?
I'd love to see some 2 tight end
1396
01:14:27,680 --> 01:14:30,680
sets for us to be able to get
downhill, whether it's, you
1397
01:14:30,920 --> 01:14:34,000
know, some pop passes or some up
the scene passes or just
1398
01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:36,400
running, you know, right at the
defense.
1399
01:14:36,840 --> 01:14:39,240
And then the receiver room, I
know I'm being long winded, but
1400
01:14:39,440 --> 01:14:43,160
then the receiver room is just,
you got Uber talent all over the
1401
01:14:43,160 --> 01:14:45,880
place.
We have it, but again, AG is
1402
01:14:45,880 --> 01:14:49,520
going to be AGI think AG is a
great possession receiver.
1403
01:14:50,520 --> 01:14:54,080
He's a 5050 guy.
He's going to go get the ball if
1404
01:14:54,080 --> 01:14:56,320
you give him the opportunity
most of the time.
1405
01:14:57,120 --> 01:15:01,560
But we just haven't really had
people that can run past people
1406
01:15:01,560 --> 01:15:05,080
consistently and a quarterback,
they can get it to him when they
1407
01:15:05,080 --> 01:15:08,360
run past people consistently for
a while.
1408
01:15:08,640 --> 01:15:12,640
So I think that we have that.
I think we have that now in the
1409
01:15:12,640 --> 01:15:14,440
receiver room.
And I think that some people are
1410
01:15:14,440 --> 01:15:17,360
going to emerge that we don't
even know about in that receiver
1411
01:15:17,360 --> 01:15:19,520
room because there's going to be
a lot of competition now.
1412
01:15:20,000 --> 01:15:23,080
So, Mike said.
What's a pass?
1413
01:15:27,720 --> 01:15:28,160
Mike, go.
Oh, man.
1414
01:15:29,080 --> 01:15:30,400
What about you?
Brian?
1415
01:15:31,080 --> 01:15:32,000
Go.
Ahead, Kylie finish up.
1416
01:15:32,480 --> 01:15:33,280
No that.
Was it?
1417
01:15:33,280 --> 01:15:34,560
Man, I was going to toss it to
I.
1418
01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:36,760
Was going to toss to one of
y'all, but you said Brian, so
1419
01:15:37,040 --> 01:15:40,360
I'll toss it to Brian.
I'll let it right here so since.
1420
01:15:40,360 --> 01:15:42,280
Tally, separate them.
I'll separate them too.
1421
01:15:44,440 --> 01:15:46,760
Give me a 7 1/2 for the tight
end room.
1422
01:15:46,760 --> 01:15:52,000
I think from a receiving
perspective, this this team
1423
01:15:52,520 --> 01:15:55,200
would be a nine.
But I think from a blocking,
1424
01:15:55,200 --> 01:16:00,960
it's like a six and blocking to
Tally's point is going to be the
1425
01:16:01,000 --> 01:16:05,760
more important aspect because
we're going to need them to
1426
01:16:05,760 --> 01:16:09,640
block in the running game.
We don't always need them in the
1427
01:16:09,640 --> 01:16:10,680
passing game.
We've got it.
1428
01:16:10,680 --> 01:16:13,240
We got weapons across the board
in the passing game.
1429
01:16:13,240 --> 01:16:14,880
You know, there's going to be
sets where they're not even on
1430
01:16:14,880 --> 01:16:17,240
the field.
We're we're going to need them
1431
01:16:17,240 --> 01:16:18,800
in the running game pretty
consistently.
1432
01:16:18,800 --> 01:16:21,960
So that's why they get a 7 point
7.5.
1433
01:16:22,720 --> 01:16:25,720
The wide receiver room I'm going
to give an 8.
1434
01:16:27,880 --> 01:16:29,920
I.
Think this is a very.
1435
01:16:29,920 --> 01:16:35,320
Talented group and I you know,
tally, you made the point there
1436
01:16:35,320 --> 01:16:37,760
you got AG very good possession
receiver.
1437
01:16:37,760 --> 01:16:39,720
I think he can do some things
really well.
1438
01:16:40,440 --> 01:16:42,720
He's going to be the kind of the
leader in that room.
1439
01:16:43,200 --> 01:16:46,600
You got a lot of young talent
and then you got a a guy like
1440
01:16:47,080 --> 01:16:50,520
Keshawn coming over that's going
to, I think be a really good
1441
01:16:50,520 --> 01:16:52,760
difference maker in the slot
there.
1442
01:16:52,760 --> 01:16:55,560
So I think this is going to be a
dynamic unit.
1443
01:16:55,560 --> 01:16:57,840
I think they're going to work
well with what we're trying to
1444
01:16:57,840 --> 01:17:01,360
do offensively.
And I think the upgrading the
1445
01:17:01,360 --> 01:17:04,040
tight end talent, especially in
the passing game, along with
1446
01:17:04,040 --> 01:17:09,320
what we've been able to do in
the portal and in these last few
1447
01:17:09,320 --> 01:17:14,600
draft of the last few recruiting
classes at the wide receiver
1448
01:17:14,600 --> 01:17:18,040
position is going to really give
Gronk some some weapons to take
1449
01:17:18,040 --> 01:17:21,040
advantage of.
Hi.
1450
01:17:21,840 --> 01:17:23,800
I'm going to go with A7 for
both.
1451
01:17:25,320 --> 01:17:26,680
Y'all made the points.
About the tight.
1452
01:17:26,680 --> 01:17:29,960
Ends and I.
Think with the wide receiver
1453
01:17:29,960 --> 01:17:33,680
room you've got.
Two guys who were pretty.
1454
01:17:33,680 --> 01:17:38,640
Established with Aiden and Quish
on brown spring to me they.
1455
01:17:38,640 --> 01:17:41,680
Could get quicker to an eighth.
In the tight end room was good.
1456
01:17:43,280 --> 01:17:45,560
That's just the way I feel.
About the depth the.
1457
01:17:45,760 --> 01:17:48,800
Spring has got I need to see two
or three guys in the spring
1458
01:17:48,800 --> 01:17:52,480
break out at wide out to push
Aiden.
1459
01:17:52,480 --> 01:17:56,320
To push Kay Sean.
To really say now if if they
1460
01:17:56,320 --> 01:18:00,400
need to come off the field,
teams are like, and the other
1461
01:18:00,400 --> 01:18:03,400
two guys are just as good coming
on, the other three guys just as
1462
01:18:03,400 --> 01:18:05,000
good coming on.
So I'm a 7 and an 8.
1463
01:18:05,760 --> 01:18:09,720
All right, back to Brian
Siegler, deep breath, Brian.
1464
01:18:09,760 --> 01:18:14,480
Currently there are 21 offensive
lineman on this roster.
1465
01:18:16,080 --> 01:18:24,080
Where do you?
Feel on the depth of it 6 OK.
1466
01:18:27,040 --> 01:18:29,120
I I.
I could probably.
1467
01:18:29,120 --> 01:18:33,640
Be talked down to. 5 1/2 I I
know I've been on record saying
1468
01:18:34,840 --> 01:18:39,920
I would have liked to get
another guard in this group in
1469
01:18:39,920 --> 01:18:44,920
the transfer portal, a head of
the start of camp and and winter
1470
01:18:44,920 --> 01:18:49,600
workouts, spring camp, all that.
I would have loved to get one
1471
01:18:49,600 --> 01:18:52,920
more guard in there to push some
of these starters at the high
1472
01:18:52,920 --> 01:18:56,680
level.
I think we've got guys at the
1473
01:18:56,680 --> 01:19:00,000
guard position that can play,
but I kind of wanted to level up
1474
01:19:00,440 --> 01:19:04,680
that position as well.
Obviously we know what we've
1475
01:19:04,680 --> 01:19:06,640
done at the tackle position.
That's, you know, we talked
1476
01:19:06,640 --> 01:19:09,360
about that.
That's been an emphasis both in
1477
01:19:09,360 --> 01:19:12,520
the 26th class, the way that one
wrapped up and what we did in
1478
01:19:12,520 --> 01:19:16,120
the portal.
You know, we've shored up having
1479
01:19:16,480 --> 01:19:21,800
a center that can play behind
altooner.
1480
01:19:21,800 --> 01:19:23,320
I think we're good there with
Troutman.
1481
01:19:23,920 --> 01:19:26,400
It's it's really just, you know,
we didn't really do a lot of
1482
01:19:26,400 --> 01:19:29,040
guard to make that position
better.
1483
01:19:29,040 --> 01:19:33,720
I would have liked to see some
movement there, but you just
1484
01:19:33,720 --> 01:19:37,240
wanted one you probably wanted.
One established guard where you
1485
01:19:37,280 --> 01:19:40,800
do even even if it's been.
A rotational player, just
1486
01:19:40,800 --> 01:19:45,440
somebody that could come in and
push the current starters and
1487
01:19:45,440 --> 01:19:47,280
try to level up that room just a
little bit more.
1488
01:19:47,800 --> 01:19:50,080
Yeah, I'm, I'm.
I mean, I don't know.
1489
01:19:50,080 --> 01:19:53,520
I'll listen to y'all more but I
think it's a six because I only
1490
01:19:53,520 --> 01:19:57,280
count 7 guys that can play like
I know can play.
1491
01:19:57,960 --> 01:20:02,520
To get higher I need to know
8:00 and 9:00 and right now I
1492
01:20:02,520 --> 01:20:03,920
only.
See. 7.
1493
01:20:03,920 --> 01:20:07,680
That have played and there's a
couple guys coming in like
1494
01:20:07,680 --> 01:20:12,040
Justin Terry, like Justin Bell,
Can they play?
1495
01:20:12,560 --> 01:20:17,280
Or Lucas Austin, if you tell me
one to three of those, this
1496
01:20:17,280 --> 01:20:20,040
could get into the 6 1/2 to 7
range tally.
1497
01:20:20,720 --> 01:20:24,480
Yeah, I was at about a. 5.
Right, Mediocre, you know what
1498
01:20:24,480 --> 01:20:27,200
I'm saying?
Just because so many unknowns
1499
01:20:27,200 --> 01:20:31,600
there and it's so important to
like you said, we know we got
1500
01:20:31,600 --> 01:20:36,720
about 6 that can play or have
played, but we need to be at
1501
01:20:36,720 --> 01:20:41,600
about 9 or 10 always so.
Yeah, I would say 5 for now,
1502
01:20:41,600 --> 01:20:44,160
right?
5 for that one.
1503
01:20:44,400 --> 01:20:47,760
All right.
Do we want to do defense, the D
1504
01:20:47,760 --> 01:20:55,680
line all together or position?
All right.
1505
01:20:55,880 --> 01:20:58,000
So go.
D line tally all.
1506
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:00,240
Together, how you feeling about
this room?
1507
01:21:04,280 --> 01:21:07,400
Say what now It.
Happened it.
1508
01:21:07,400 --> 01:21:09,760
Happened.
It only took four years.
1509
01:21:10,200 --> 01:21:12,000
Somebody else made an appearance
on here.
1510
01:21:15,360 --> 01:21:17,360
Defensive line, where do you
feel?
1511
01:21:17,360 --> 01:21:24,000
With the depth of this room.
With the defensive line, I would
1512
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:27,760
probably.
Say you had about.
1513
01:21:27,760 --> 01:21:30,960
A 7/7 and 1/2.
Somewhere around there just
1514
01:21:30,960 --> 01:21:35,600
because, I mean, I really think
JC was taking no disrespect to
1515
01:21:35,600 --> 01:21:39,640
some of the players we had, but
I think JC was taking, you know,
1516
01:21:39,640 --> 01:21:42,800
chicken shit and making chicken
salad for a little bit.
1517
01:21:43,280 --> 01:21:46,720
And I think that chaos is going
to have a lot better something
1518
01:21:46,720 --> 01:21:51,480
to work with and more pieces to
work with for us to be
1519
01:21:51,480 --> 01:21:52,960
productive.
You know what I'm saying?
1520
01:21:52,960 --> 01:21:54,480
In the past now, last year was
bad.
1521
01:21:54,720 --> 01:21:56,600
You know, I already talked to
y'all about how I feel about the
1522
01:21:56,600 --> 01:21:59,520
sacks, what we missed and things
like that.
1523
01:21:59,520 --> 01:22:02,840
So how many sacks we had
compared to the years before.
1524
01:22:03,680 --> 01:22:09,160
But even when we were good on
the line, we weren't very deep.
1525
01:22:09,400 --> 01:22:13,440
I think now we're going to be
pretty deep moving forward on
1526
01:22:13,480 --> 01:22:20,560
that defensive line, Ron.
Yeah, I'm right at a 7 and a.
1527
01:22:20,560 --> 01:22:24,760
Half as well.
I think this is going to be a
1528
01:22:25,800 --> 01:22:28,240
unit that.
If not.
1529
01:22:28,640 --> 01:22:33,440
The sole strength of the defense
is definitely going to be the
1530
01:22:33,440 --> 01:22:35,400
reason that we're going to win a
lot of games.
1531
01:22:36,440 --> 01:22:40,440
I like what even even with the
you know, we, we talked about
1532
01:22:40,440 --> 01:22:45,560
the, the, the decommit in the
transfer portal, you know, with,
1533
01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:50,480
with Morgan there, I think we
got.
1534
01:22:50,480 --> 01:22:52,080
A good pivot there.
I think this is going to be a
1535
01:22:52,080 --> 01:22:54,080
pretty.
Good overall defensive line.
1536
01:22:55,160 --> 01:22:57,600
You know, we shored up D tackle
a little bit, filled in some
1537
01:22:57,600 --> 01:23:01,800
holes there, went out and got a
about a good handful of edges,
1538
01:23:01,800 --> 01:23:05,760
guys that could rush the passer
and and the big problem last
1539
01:23:05,760 --> 01:23:07,400
year wasn't even getting
pressure.
1540
01:23:07,400 --> 01:23:11,840
It was getting home, finishing
those plates like we were
1541
01:23:11,840 --> 01:23:13,000
getting.
We.
1542
01:23:13,000 --> 01:23:15,160
Were getting in the.
Backfield that wasn't.
1543
01:23:15,160 --> 01:23:18,320
The problem, we just were not
getting guys to the ground and
1544
01:23:18,320 --> 01:23:21,720
ending the play.
So yeah, that's going to be the
1545
01:23:21,720 --> 01:23:24,160
biggest thing that I'd like to
see is us making sure that we
1546
01:23:24,160 --> 01:23:27,600
finish those plays and take care
of the business once we're in
1547
01:23:27,600 --> 01:23:30,400
the backfield.
All right, I'm slightly.
1548
01:23:30,520 --> 01:23:32,000
Under and I'm.
At a six.
1549
01:23:33,760 --> 01:23:34,720
And it's more.
Leaning.
1550
01:23:34,720 --> 01:23:37,960
Towards the defensive end room,
because I look at D tackle
1551
01:23:37,960 --> 01:23:40,920
between we've seen Copeland and
Paul, we know they can play.
1552
01:23:41,320 --> 01:23:43,400
We saw Law have flashes last
year.
1553
01:23:43,400 --> 01:23:47,720
We've seen Johnson have flashes
where the defensive end room.
1554
01:23:47,720 --> 01:23:50,480
It's more of.
It's Sammy Sachs.
1555
01:23:51,240 --> 01:23:55,560
Put that on the well and then
shout out Matt Neal forgiveness.
1556
01:23:55,560 --> 01:23:58,880
That one, there you go, Matt
Neal shout out there.
1557
01:23:59,200 --> 01:24:02,440
But there's like, there's no
second guy.
1558
01:24:03,320 --> 01:24:05,480
So I'm at a six right now now.
Maybe.
1559
01:24:05,600 --> 01:24:09,160
The reason, Brian, you and Tally
are feeling better is like
1560
01:24:09,160 --> 01:24:13,160
Hilson's pedigree or, you know,
Malachi Williams pedigree.
1561
01:24:13,160 --> 01:24:16,760
Like these guys, we're going to
expect to be good players coming
1562
01:24:16,760 --> 01:24:18,920
out.
But that's where I'm at like a
1563
01:24:18,920 --> 01:24:21,480
six because I just need one more
edge.
1564
01:24:21,480 --> 01:24:25,880
Got to get my bump up on that.
All right, let's roll on.
1565
01:24:26,240 --> 01:24:27,480
Brian.
Is off camera.
1566
01:24:27,480 --> 01:24:29,920
I would be still there in the
background, maybe getting a
1567
01:24:29,920 --> 01:24:33,840
beverage.
Ron, what about the?
1568
01:24:33,840 --> 01:24:36,960
Linebacker room.
Linebacker room, little unique
1569
01:24:37,320 --> 01:24:40,080
brought in some young guys we
don't know what some going
1570
01:24:40,080 --> 01:24:44,960
Curtis Jones.
But returning some.
1571
01:24:45,520 --> 01:24:48,320
Returning the dog in returning
the phenom.
1572
01:24:49,240 --> 01:24:50,680
Returning the dog, returning
the.
1573
01:24:50,680 --> 01:24:54,040
Phenom.
Getting in a really competent
1574
01:24:54,040 --> 01:24:57,400
Mike and Keon Wiley coming over
from Penn State.
1575
01:24:59,560 --> 01:25:03,320
And then potentially.
Mixing in some of those young
1576
01:25:03,320 --> 01:25:05,200
towns, in particular Brett
Clatterbaugh.
1577
01:25:05,880 --> 01:25:12,240
So I'm at a six 6 1/2.
If he if he really twisted my
1578
01:25:12,240 --> 01:25:17,000
arm, I would have liked to seen
one more established guy, kind
1579
01:25:17,000 --> 01:25:21,760
of the front end of that guys
that could be at the 2D1 more 2D
1580
01:25:21,760 --> 01:25:25,000
guy that you could really know.
You can depend on has the stats,
1581
01:25:25,120 --> 01:25:30,080
the experience to back that up.
But I really like what was
1582
01:25:30,080 --> 01:25:34,040
returning on this roster.
I like Keon Wiley and I'm
1583
01:25:34,040 --> 01:25:35,880
interested to see what some of
the young guys can do.
1584
01:25:37,520 --> 01:25:39,680
That's you, Tally.
Yeah, I'm right.
1585
01:25:39,680 --> 01:25:41,680
At about a six.
You know what I'm saying?
1586
01:25:41,680 --> 01:25:45,400
Like pretty much what Brian was
saying, you know, interested in
1587
01:25:45,400 --> 01:25:49,520
seeing what some of the some of
the young guys can do as well as
1588
01:25:49,520 --> 01:25:52,640
the return talent.
But I'm, I'm really excited
1589
01:25:52,640 --> 01:25:56,360
about Caleb Spencer.
Yeah.
1590
01:25:56,600 --> 01:25:58,280
That was that was a big.
That was a big.
1591
01:25:59,440 --> 01:26:03,520
Run it back.
I I'm at a six.
1592
01:26:03,560 --> 01:26:05,920
And 1/2.
If Curtis Jones isn't a
1593
01:26:05,920 --> 01:26:08,360
linebacker, I'm a 7 1/2 if he is
a linebacker.
1594
01:26:10,880 --> 01:26:12,480
There you go.
Because I think what he would
1595
01:26:12,480 --> 01:26:15,080
add is that.
Like, you've got the three
1596
01:26:15,360 --> 01:26:19,560
effective starters right?
Between Noah, between Caleb and
1597
01:26:19,880 --> 01:26:23,360
between Keyon, if you get that
one extra guy.
1598
01:26:24,600 --> 01:26:28,320
I know Santiago's still on it,
but he just didn't do a lot for
1599
01:26:28,320 --> 01:26:32,800
it last year.
Maybe he steps.
1600
01:26:32,800 --> 01:26:36,560
Up but if you get that 4th.
Guy where you know he can
1601
01:26:36,560 --> 01:26:38,240
effectively rotate because you
feel.
1602
01:26:38,240 --> 01:26:39,800
Like.
No one can slide to Mike at
1603
01:26:39,800 --> 01:26:42,880
times, so if Keon needs a
breather, he can bring one guy.
1604
01:26:43,480 --> 01:26:46,720
That's my thing. 6 1/2 if Jones
is linebacker or not a
1605
01:26:46,720 --> 01:26:48,880
linebacker. 7 1/2 He is a
linebacker.
1606
01:26:49,880 --> 01:26:51,200
Yeah.
And we and we still don't know.
1607
01:26:51,200 --> 01:26:52,120
You know, I mean, there's a
couple.
1608
01:26:52,120 --> 01:26:55,560
Things we're still kind of
figuring out is Jordan Bass
1609
01:26:55,560 --> 01:27:00,600
playing star or safety.
You know, what sort of progress
1610
01:27:00,600 --> 01:27:03,560
do we see in, in terms of Gay
Williams's development?
1611
01:27:04,000 --> 01:27:06,480
Like there's a lot of question
marks out there with the overall
1612
01:27:06,480 --> 01:27:09,800
lineback position.
So we can really see that
1613
01:27:09,800 --> 01:27:12,960
position level up just from
things we don't really know
1614
01:27:12,960 --> 01:27:16,560
about yet. 100% All right.
Let's go down.
1615
01:27:16,560 --> 01:27:18,680
To the cornerback.
Room, we'll include the Nichols.
1616
01:27:18,680 --> 01:27:20,920
With what we're feeling on this
room.
1617
01:27:24,680 --> 01:27:26,760
Who's going first?
You are.
1618
01:27:27,920 --> 01:27:33,560
You know, I'm going first, you
know, looking at the guys we
1619
01:27:33,560 --> 01:27:40,280
brought in with, you know,
Woolsey, White, Chadwick, you
1620
01:27:40,280 --> 01:27:42,480
combine that with what we're
bringing back and you look at
1621
01:27:42,480 --> 01:27:46,640
what we were already had going
on at that nickel spot.
1622
01:27:47,440 --> 01:27:51,800
Like, you know, I know, I know
Chris Lester's been on here and
1623
01:27:51,800 --> 01:27:55,200
sung his praises.
What I saw early from Knowledge
1624
01:27:55,200 --> 01:28:00,920
Harold was legit.
So I think, I think death wise,
1625
01:28:00,920 --> 01:28:05,000
we're going to be able to go,
you know, six corners deep and
1626
01:28:05,000 --> 01:28:06,520
not really.
See a ton of drop.
1627
01:28:06,520 --> 01:28:09,920
Off, you know, counting the,
the, the, the two edges there
1628
01:28:09,920 --> 01:28:13,000
with the nickel.
All right.
1629
01:28:13,360 --> 01:28:16,440
Kelly probably get me at about
a.
1630
01:28:18,120 --> 01:28:19,280
Six and a.
Half.
1631
01:28:19,800 --> 01:28:23,160
I'd say probably.
About a 6 1/2 and the main
1632
01:28:23,160 --> 01:28:28,160
reason is I think probably one
of the people I'm most excited
1633
01:28:28,160 --> 01:28:31,360
about in the corners room is
coming off of an injury.
1634
01:28:31,880 --> 01:28:34,520
Jay Cinco.
That's fair coming off of an
1635
01:28:34,520 --> 01:28:36,000
injury.
You know if I.
1636
01:28:36,000 --> 01:28:42,360
Knew he was able to play at a
high level which I think.
1637
01:28:42,360 --> 01:28:45,000
He will be, but I'm.
Just saying, I knew that
1638
01:28:45,080 --> 01:28:49,520
probably would be more at about
8:00, but I think that for us to
1639
01:28:49,520 --> 01:28:56,360
be where I'm comfortable, I need
to see, I need to see Clark on
1640
01:28:56,440 --> 01:28:59,040
that field and grooving.
Did I give a number?
1641
01:28:59,040 --> 01:29:00,040
I don't even think I gave a
fucking.
1642
01:29:00,040 --> 01:29:00,640
Number.
Did I say?
1643
01:29:00,640 --> 01:29:02,200
I thought you gave a seven.
Yeah.
1644
01:29:02,200 --> 01:29:05,880
OK, 7.
I thought you gave a. 7.
1645
01:29:06,640 --> 01:29:08,720
Yeah, I'm, I'm.
See y'all.
1646
01:29:08,720 --> 01:29:10,080
Y'all are a little bearish on
this room.
1647
01:29:10,080 --> 01:29:11,120
I'm.
Bullish on this room.
1648
01:29:11,600 --> 01:29:16,160
I'm an 8 because Chadwick White
Brown.
1649
01:29:16,160 --> 01:29:18,720
Murray Williams.
Kenny Woosley, all can play.
1650
01:29:19,320 --> 01:29:20,800
They can play at the Division
One level.
1651
01:29:21,600 --> 01:29:24,000
You start talking about if.
Clark.
1652
01:29:24,160 --> 01:29:29,520
If Harold continues to show what
he flashed last year, you're
1653
01:29:29,520 --> 01:29:31,480
talking about a.
Room that.
1654
01:29:31,480 --> 01:29:36,200
Literally any combination on the
field, you're going to have good
1655
01:29:36,200 --> 01:29:40,080
results like it's it's.
It's deep.
1656
01:29:40,400 --> 01:29:42,200
It's it's not.
The whole like some of the
1657
01:29:42,200 --> 01:29:45,520
rooms, can this guy play?
We need somebody to step up
1658
01:29:46,120 --> 01:29:48,400
where with this room we start
turning on film.
1659
01:29:48,800 --> 01:29:51,200
It's like, Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep,
Yep.
1660
01:29:51,360 --> 01:29:53,320
All these guys can play.
Do they have their moments?
1661
01:29:53,320 --> 01:29:54,640
Yes.
Every corner has moments,
1662
01:29:54,640 --> 01:29:56,880
though.
Every corners been beat.
1663
01:29:57,520 --> 01:29:59,000
But you start seeing that in
this.
1664
01:29:59,000 --> 01:30:03,800
If you're telling me Knowledge
and Jay Cinco, Josh Clark go to
1665
01:30:03,800 --> 01:30:07,960
where we think they can go with
their ceilings, Yep, that room,
1666
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:10,400
I mean.
And talk about a room that
1667
01:30:10,400 --> 01:30:13,640
completely flipped.
Because once Lovett opted out
1668
01:30:13,640 --> 01:30:17,680
last year, like it got in the
portal, that room was decimated.
1669
01:30:18,320 --> 01:30:21,520
And they have completely built
that to to a point.
1670
01:30:21,520 --> 01:30:24,200
Like I said, when I said the
defensive line I think is going
1671
01:30:24,200 --> 01:30:26,960
to be the strength of this
defense, it's because the
1672
01:30:26,960 --> 01:30:29,680
cornerback room has leveled up
to a point where they're in that
1673
01:30:29,680 --> 01:30:36,840
discussion 100 percent, 100%.
But also that opted that gave
1674
01:30:36,840 --> 01:30:40,760
Knowledge Herald a chance to
show in flash to say, all right,
1675
01:30:41,280 --> 01:30:44,280
now we got some tape for you.
Go clean this up and you're
1676
01:30:44,280 --> 01:30:46,280
going to be way up here.
Yeah.
1677
01:30:47,240 --> 01:30:49,000
The raw ability.
Of knowledge, Harrell.
1678
01:30:49,000 --> 01:30:50,600
Is.
Unreal.
1679
01:30:50,880 --> 01:30:54,240
It is there, understand?
Yeah, and I think like his.
1680
01:30:54,240 --> 01:30:56,560
Knowledge of the game I think is
the biggest part.
1681
01:30:56,560 --> 01:31:00,400
Like he, you know, it didn't
seem like he ever looked like he
1682
01:31:00,400 --> 01:31:02,760
was lost anywhere, which you
don't really really see that a
1683
01:31:02,760 --> 01:31:05,200
lot with a true freshman getting
out there and getting some time.
1684
01:31:05,200 --> 01:31:09,160
So shout out to him and and if
we can see him take another step
1685
01:31:09,160 --> 01:31:12,680
this year, that's going to be
huge. 100% all right.
1686
01:31:12,760 --> 01:31:16,760
Let's see our last room here.
And that's the safety room and
1687
01:31:16,760 --> 01:31:18,040
I'm going.
To start with this one.
1688
01:31:19,640 --> 01:31:22,240
I'm going to be nice.
And gracious and give it a 5.
1689
01:31:22,640 --> 01:31:28,120
I this is 1 room I am completely
worried about now maybe having
1690
01:31:28,120 --> 01:31:32,080
that corner room at an 8 and if
and if knowledge and.
1691
01:31:32,080 --> 01:31:34,920
Josh, take that big.
Step it don't matter what the
1692
01:31:34,920 --> 01:31:38,320
safeties do, but I don't feel
good about this room.
1693
01:31:38,320 --> 01:31:40,840
And if one guy I feel good
about, his name is Gwen Reddish,
1694
01:31:41,640 --> 01:31:43,280
he's the only guy I feel really
good about.
1695
01:31:43,280 --> 01:31:46,200
Off of Andrew. 5 coming off an
injury.
1696
01:31:46,200 --> 01:31:48,680
That's just the way it was I'm.
In I'm in a 5 for that room.
1697
01:31:51,320 --> 01:31:52,760
Tally, I'll let you go first on
this one.
1698
01:31:53,080 --> 01:31:54,240
Yeah, I.
Probably I'm.
1699
01:31:56,000 --> 01:31:58,160
I'm probably going.
To say a little bit more.
1700
01:31:58,160 --> 01:32:00,200
Optimistic than Curtis, but not
much.
1701
01:32:00,200 --> 01:32:06,680
I'd probably say about a six
just because I know if.
1702
01:32:06,680 --> 01:32:09,920
Q if Q is on the field.
And he's not coming off of a
1703
01:32:09,920 --> 01:32:11,720
knee injury, you know what I'm
saying?
1704
01:32:12,320 --> 01:32:21,080
He if Q is on the field, I know
what he brings, so I'm pretty
1705
01:32:22,280 --> 01:32:24,120
excited about that.
Part of it.
1706
01:32:24,560 --> 01:32:27,800
But I was hoping we was going to
go out and get maybe a, you
1707
01:32:27,800 --> 01:32:32,040
know, another safety as well,
just to have a rotation piece
1708
01:32:32,040 --> 01:32:38,080
and we didn't do that.
So 6 is where I'm at, Yeah, I
1709
01:32:38,080 --> 01:32:41,720
think.
You know, if I knew, if I knew
1710
01:32:41,720 --> 01:32:45,800
what we were going to get from
some of these guys, like because
1711
01:32:45,800 --> 01:32:47,080
we're not bringing anybody in,
right?
1712
01:32:47,080 --> 01:32:48,680
So we're not bringing anybody in
this position.
1713
01:32:48,680 --> 01:32:51,480
We're literally talking about
guys that are coming back.
1714
01:32:52,520 --> 01:32:57,800
I think frontline, you know, we
we saw, you know, Jordan Bass
1715
01:32:57,800 --> 01:32:59,600
likes to hit people.
We know that that right.
1716
01:32:59,600 --> 01:33:02,520
We know that we know what what Q
can do.
1717
01:33:02,880 --> 01:33:05,080
I think there's a lot of
question marks behind that.
1718
01:33:06,200 --> 01:33:08,560
You know you got.
Sheldon Robinson.
1719
01:33:08,560 --> 01:33:10,480
Showed some flashes.
Can he take a step?
1720
01:33:11,800 --> 01:33:14,320
What are we going to get out of
Chirag Koval this year?
1721
01:33:16,520 --> 01:33:20,600
What can a guy, you know, I, I
really don't know what we have
1722
01:33:20,600 --> 01:33:23,080
beyond that.
So that's kind of where I'm at
1723
01:33:23,080 --> 01:33:24,720
is is Chirag Koval going to step
up?
1724
01:33:24,720 --> 01:33:27,320
Because you know, you you want
at least 4 safeties that you can
1725
01:33:27,320 --> 01:33:32,640
count on.
And right now I've got 2 1/2, so
1726
01:33:32,640 --> 01:33:34,520
beyond the front.
Line I'm I'm concerned about.
1727
01:33:34,520 --> 01:33:37,200
Depth.
So it, it's a, it's a tentative
1728
01:33:37,200 --> 01:33:41,120
5 for me, But I, I think that if
some of the young guys come on
1729
01:33:41,120 --> 01:33:43,720
at that position, I think we
could, you know, talk about that
1730
01:33:43,720 --> 01:33:46,680
being levelled up.
I don't know how much we'll see
1731
01:33:47,720 --> 01:33:50,680
in spring practice in the spring
game that'll give us any more
1732
01:33:50,680 --> 01:33:52,920
confidence about that as we go
forward.
1733
01:33:53,400 --> 01:33:56,320
But I think it's, you know, it's
a, it's a room that probably I'm
1734
01:33:56,320 --> 01:33:59,360
the most concerned about on the
defense just because I, I think
1735
01:33:59,360 --> 01:34:02,080
the front line is fine.
I think the depth is the
1736
01:34:02,080 --> 01:34:06,840
concern. 100% tallies off right
there so.
1737
01:34:06,840 --> 01:34:09,360
That that's kind of where we are
and this is pre spring with that
1738
01:34:09,360 --> 01:34:11,160
too.
Again, a lot of this we want to
1739
01:34:11,160 --> 01:34:15,160
see what we hear from practices,
what we see at the springing.
1740
01:34:15,160 --> 01:34:19,720
Yes, we know it's all vanilla,
but if people are looking good,
1741
01:34:19,720 --> 01:34:22,160
if there's position changes, you
never know what might take
1742
01:34:22,160 --> 01:34:23,480
place.
Hey Curtis, this is Virginia
1743
01:34:23,480 --> 01:34:25,000
Tech.
How we feeling about specialist?
1744
01:34:30,480 --> 01:34:32,840
Feeling good, we got the.
Boomer from the.
1745
01:34:32,880 --> 01:34:36,600
The boomer mullet kid from
Marshall and you got the love
1746
01:34:36,600 --> 01:34:37,800
brothers.
That's right.
1747
01:34:37,800 --> 01:34:41,480
I mean.
Ten yeah, yeah, A10 about the
1748
01:34:41,480 --> 01:34:44,440
specialist as as good.
As as high as you can.
1749
01:34:44,440 --> 01:34:47,920
Get I feel good about the
specialist, give me a 10/9 and
1750
01:34:47,920 --> 01:34:49,360
1/2 whatever the fuck you want
to give me.
1751
01:34:49,360 --> 01:34:51,840
I'm I'm good with them.
Damn right all.
1752
01:34:54,040 --> 01:34:57,680
Right, let's roll on now and.
Just a couple more pieces to
1753
01:34:57,680 --> 01:34:59,200
hit.
The coaching staff finally
1754
01:34:59,200 --> 01:35:02,320
rounded out with the Curtis was
so.
1755
01:35:02,320 --> 01:35:04,680
Happy when that came out.
It took forever.
1756
01:35:04,680 --> 01:35:08,080
Curtis was about to lose his.
Mind, why don't we own fucking
1757
01:35:08,080 --> 01:35:13,120
safety scores?
For a month and a half, that's.
1758
01:35:13,120 --> 01:35:16,400
All Curtis can talk about.
Yes, yes, I harped on it, but
1759
01:35:16,400 --> 01:35:18,800
it's finally done.
They got the three final
1760
01:35:18,800 --> 01:35:20,800
defensive coaches finally
confirmed.
1761
01:35:20,800 --> 01:35:24,320
Darius Eubanks is going to be
linebacker coach, Nick Perry
1762
01:35:24,560 --> 01:35:29,240
cornerback coach and Anthony
Midget, legendary Anthony Midget
1763
01:35:29,480 --> 01:35:33,320
going to be the same safety
coach and now you start looking.
1764
01:35:33,960 --> 01:35:37,000
I don't want to get into support
staff yet because it's going to
1765
01:35:37,000 --> 01:35:41,200
be more and probably another.
Day between now and the.
1766
01:35:41,200 --> 01:35:43,080
Spring they'll probably.
Start putting all that stuff up
1767
01:35:43,080 --> 01:35:46,840
where we can really dissect it
and say how good.
1768
01:35:46,840 --> 01:35:48,480
With the exception of Warren.
Ruggiero.
1769
01:35:49,000 --> 01:35:51,040
Because that, that makes me feel
so much better.
1770
01:35:51,040 --> 01:35:53,920
About the offense is Warren.
Is like the senior analyst on
1771
01:35:53,920 --> 01:35:56,560
offense that's big and, and
let's let's talk about.
1772
01:35:56,560 --> 01:35:59,960
Another thing, because this is
something that I think you know,
1773
01:35:59,960 --> 01:36:03,880
outside of a, you know, a Sean
Spencer and outside of Fontell
1774
01:36:03,880 --> 01:36:06,560
getting his money and things
like that, we were like, why?
1775
01:36:06,560 --> 01:36:09,640
Why aren't we going out there
and spending big money on these
1776
01:36:09,640 --> 01:36:12,040
position coaches?
And it's like, well, when you
1777
01:36:12,040 --> 01:36:15,440
see with the analysts that we're
bringing in the amount and who
1778
01:36:15,440 --> 01:36:19,280
it is, we're spending money.
On.
1779
01:36:19,280 --> 01:36:22,800
This coaching staff, we're just
not throwing it all at the top
1780
01:36:22,800 --> 01:36:25,680
flight position groups that the
guys that are recruiting, we're
1781
01:36:25,680 --> 01:36:27,840
throwing it at recruiters.
We got recruiters all over the
1782
01:36:27,840 --> 01:36:31,160
staff, but we're also got
analyst all over the place.
1783
01:36:31,520 --> 01:36:34,600
And that's going to matter big
time, especially with those
1784
01:36:34,600 --> 01:36:38,760
situational pieces and the game
prep pieces that we struggled
1785
01:36:38,760 --> 01:36:42,240
with, frankly, the last really
even going back to Fuente.
1786
01:36:42,440 --> 01:36:45,120
So no, it's true.
It's true.
1787
01:36:45,680 --> 01:36:50,040
But overall, I mean, it's set.
I look at it, I'd like to feel a
1788
01:36:50,040 --> 01:36:52,240
lot better, but I don't feel
terrible.
1789
01:36:52,760 --> 01:36:55,600
Tally, what about you just kind
of setting the final pieces of
1790
01:36:55,600 --> 01:36:57,240
the staff?
Yeah.
1791
01:36:57,240 --> 01:37:00,320
No, I think that.
Kind of what Brian said, I mean,
1792
01:37:00,320 --> 01:37:04,280
we're spending money kind of
across the board and I kind of
1793
01:37:04,280 --> 01:37:07,120
look at the coaching staff the
same as the recruiting that
1794
01:37:07,120 --> 01:37:10,200
we've done.
You can't spend.
1795
01:37:10,200 --> 01:37:15,000
Big in one place when?
You need everything he had to we
1796
01:37:15,000 --> 01:37:18,960
had to spread it out and get
everything we had to get a
1797
01:37:19,840 --> 01:37:25,080
foundation set to be able to
build on and you want, I mean,
1798
01:37:26,280 --> 01:37:28,560
prom may have.
Like cleared the.
1799
01:37:28,560 --> 01:37:31,280
Land off.
That might have been all he done
1800
01:37:32,000 --> 01:37:35,240
at the end of the day.
We had to, we had to go in there
1801
01:37:35,240 --> 01:37:39,560
and pour some concrete, man.
So I'm pretty, I'm pretty
1802
01:37:39,680 --> 01:37:43,440
excited about I, you know, not
saying everything's great and
1803
01:37:43,440 --> 01:37:46,440
we're going to be awesome.
I'm just saying for what we had
1804
01:37:46,440 --> 01:37:49,120
to work with, I think we've done
pretty good.
1805
01:37:49,520 --> 01:37:53,920
I think we've had some pivots in
that coaching staff, but I'm
1806
01:37:53,920 --> 01:37:57,600
pretty happy with the places
that I was.
1807
01:37:57,600 --> 01:38:00,480
Most worried about the.
Trenches, I think we're going to
1808
01:38:00,480 --> 01:38:02,440
be OK and I think we're going to
upgrade.
1809
01:38:02,440 --> 01:38:06,680
I'll say that.
I know we've upgraded on one
1810
01:38:06,680 --> 01:38:08,080
side of the ball with the
coaching.
1811
01:38:09,040 --> 01:38:13,040
Matt Moore still being there and
having more pieces to work with
1812
01:38:13,160 --> 01:38:16,440
is an upgrade.
Same coach, he's got some help
1813
01:38:16,440 --> 01:38:18,920
to help him and we've got more
pieces.
1814
01:38:19,000 --> 01:38:25,080
So coaching and recruiting,
definitely, I'm OK with both of
1815
01:38:25,080 --> 01:38:26,920
those.
Nice.
1816
01:38:27,480 --> 01:38:28,600
All right.
Last peace before.
1817
01:38:28,600 --> 01:38:35,000
We close it out tonight.
Basketball teams.
1818
01:38:35,120 --> 01:38:37,720
What's 16?
60 Lord, have mercy.
1819
01:38:39,800 --> 01:38:42,360
But I'm going to.
Tell you what, I I, may I?
1820
01:38:42,360 --> 01:38:44,680
Threw in a chat last night, I
hope you all saw it.
1821
01:38:44,680 --> 01:38:50,040
This team makes me have to throw
2 Zim's in and take a couple
1822
01:38:50,040 --> 01:38:51,920
fingers of whiskey at the end of
games.
1823
01:38:53,400 --> 01:38:55,640
We are the.
Worst team in the final three.
1824
01:38:55,640 --> 01:39:00,160
Minutes in the country, the last
two minutes, man the last. 2-3
1825
01:39:00,160 --> 01:39:04,320
minutes, it's insane.
And you know.
1826
01:39:05,360 --> 01:39:10,320
And amazingly, amazingly, we've
only blown a couple and a couple
1827
01:39:10,320 --> 01:39:14,720
had to be a buzzer beater
against us. 333 buzzer beaters.
1828
01:39:15,240 --> 01:39:17,080
3 blown.
Yeah.
1829
01:39:17,320 --> 01:39:20,440
I mean, we've only really gotten
beat beat in two games this
1830
01:39:20,480 --> 01:39:22,560
year, the Louisville game,
which.
1831
01:39:23,560 --> 01:39:25,600
With that, that stud.
Coming back.
1832
01:39:26,040 --> 01:39:28,640
I'm not saying I expected I
wanted a better show in there.
1833
01:39:28,640 --> 01:39:30,880
Yeah.
And then VCU coming off the the.
1834
01:39:31,320 --> 01:39:34,440
Wall injury, we were talking
about that.
1835
01:39:34,480 --> 01:39:37,000
The other day, do we even count
those?
1836
01:39:37,800 --> 01:39:40,200
Because you talk about a flip
turn around the walls, your
1837
01:39:40,200 --> 01:39:43,760
primary rebounder, defender,
transition guy, and you have
1838
01:39:43,760 --> 01:39:48,200
literally one day to prep, no
days to prep without a day to
1839
01:39:48,240 --> 01:39:50,280
prep, half day to prep, and you
play.
1840
01:39:50,280 --> 01:39:52,840
Saint Mary's.
Before like those two are what
1841
01:39:52,840 --> 01:39:59,360
they are, but I mean like.
Right now I think of all those
1842
01:39:59,360 --> 01:40:01,440
guys.
They're in the last four in a
1843
01:40:02,640 --> 01:40:04,960
lot of Quad 1 and.
Two wins, good record.
1844
01:40:04,960 --> 01:40:11,120
Day so pretty crazy, but MM
young if you're listening figure
1845
01:40:11,120 --> 01:40:12,600
away how to.
Coach, how to get a ball?
1846
01:40:12,600 --> 01:40:17,000
In on a press in the last 120
seconds, that is.
1847
01:40:17,560 --> 01:40:19,760
Everybody been saying players,
players, players.
1848
01:40:21,320 --> 01:40:23,800
That's coaching.
That's understanding the players
1849
01:40:23,800 --> 01:40:25,480
you.
Need and that's understanding
1850
01:40:25,480 --> 01:40:28,400
how to set back screens, how to
get the ball to somebody in a
1851
01:40:28,400 --> 01:40:32,640
position and it seems to.
Me, that's continuing.
1852
01:40:32,640 --> 01:40:35,960
To be an.
Issue to me, it's on might not
1853
01:40:35,960 --> 01:40:38,920
so much to players.
Yeah, it's, I mean.
1854
01:40:40,000 --> 01:40:46,600
We can talk about, I mean, Neo
has been inefficient, but he has
1855
01:40:46,600 --> 01:40:51,080
been particularly poor in those
three minutes, especially with
1856
01:40:51,080 --> 01:40:54,520
the ball handling.
He is not adjusted very well to
1857
01:40:54,880 --> 01:41:00,440
the college game and knowing not
only knowing how to press when,
1858
01:41:00,440 --> 01:41:03,040
when, when to move the ball,
when not when to stop the ball,
1859
01:41:03,040 --> 01:41:05,680
things like that.
It's like he's not assertive
1860
01:41:05,680 --> 01:41:11,400
when when he should be, but he's
also passive when he shouldn't
1861
01:41:11,400 --> 01:41:13,520
be.
So it's like he doesn't really
1862
01:41:13,520 --> 01:41:15,480
know.
He hasn't gotten a feel for
1863
01:41:15,480 --> 01:41:18,040
everything and that just gets
compounded when you got a full
1864
01:41:18,040 --> 01:41:21,600
court press at the end of games.
It's true, man.
1865
01:41:22,240 --> 01:41:24,600
So, so true.
Hi.
1866
01:41:25,320 --> 01:41:27,000
Boys, anything else?
We want to.
1867
01:41:27,000 --> 01:41:30,560
Hit on before we wrap it up,
man.
1868
01:41:30,560 --> 01:41:32,520
It's just good to be back.
In here with you guys man.
1869
01:41:32,520 --> 01:41:35,760
It's I know it's offseason.
We're probably only going once
1870
01:41:35,760 --> 01:41:39,520
every couple weeks, you know,
for the next, you know, month or
1871
01:41:39,520 --> 01:41:42,320
so.
But it's going to be, you know,
1872
01:41:42,800 --> 01:41:45,480
March hits, it's going to be
back into full throttle again.
1873
01:41:45,480 --> 01:41:48,720
But I always love jumping on
with you guys, man.
1874
01:41:48,720 --> 01:41:52,760
It's always, always a good
fucking good to be excited.
1875
01:41:52,760 --> 01:41:53,640
About football.
I.
1876
01:41:53,640 --> 01:41:59,400
Think one thing that we didn't
talk about before we go Curtis
1877
01:41:59,400 --> 01:42:02,080
missed it.
He kind of hit on it, but he
1878
01:42:02,080 --> 01:42:02,760
didn't.
Say.
1879
01:42:03,480 --> 01:42:06,120
What games are you looking to go
to this year?
1880
01:42:07,960 --> 01:42:08,800
I know it's.
Early.
1881
01:42:08,840 --> 01:42:10,480
I know it's early but.
You got a plan.
1882
01:42:10,480 --> 01:42:14,880
Now, Curtis, I can't wait.
Until May, I'll just pay the
1883
01:42:14,880 --> 01:42:17,480
extra money.
I'll go ahead and tell you right
1884
01:42:17,480 --> 01:42:19,720
now.
I'm I'm going to Clemson.
1885
01:42:21,000 --> 01:42:22,160
I'm going to Clemson.
That's.
1886
01:42:22,160 --> 01:42:23,680
Going to be my awakening.
Was going to be.
1887
01:42:23,760 --> 01:42:25,200
That's 3 1/2 hours for you
though.
1888
01:42:25,200 --> 01:42:27,280
That's not.
No, that's about 5.
1889
01:42:27,280 --> 01:42:28,320
It's about 5:00.
Hours.
1890
01:42:28,840 --> 01:42:32,680
About 5 hours for me.
So I want to, I want to go to
1891
01:42:32,720 --> 01:42:34,400
Clemson.
I don't know where I'm going to
1892
01:42:34,400 --> 01:42:35,600
stay.
Because they already tripping
1893
01:42:35,600 --> 01:42:38,840
about prices of water.
So it's going to be somewhere
1894
01:42:38,840 --> 01:42:42,120
outside of where the university
is.
1895
01:42:42,440 --> 01:42:45,560
But I want to go to Clemson now.
The home game is going to be a
1896
01:42:45,560 --> 01:42:47,200
little tricky.
I don't know what home game I
1897
01:42:47,200 --> 01:42:52,400
want to go to, but that's where
I need some help.
1898
01:42:53,120 --> 01:42:55,600
Chad, where's everybody going,
what games we're going to this
1899
01:42:55,600 --> 01:42:57,320
year?
I'm going to try to talk Curtis
1900
01:42:57,320 --> 01:43:00,000
to take a road trip with me.
To to College Park, I heard they
1901
01:43:00,000 --> 01:43:01,920
got a really good target in your
campus.
1902
01:43:07,000 --> 01:43:09,000
We shall see what.
Those.
1903
01:43:09,000 --> 01:43:11,240
Tickets should be pretty
affordable for that.
1904
01:43:11,560 --> 01:43:15,920
So maybe they're, I don't know,
like if.
1905
01:43:16,000 --> 01:43:19,480
If you ask me right now, the.
Game I want to go to.
1906
01:43:19,720 --> 01:43:23,360
Because I think we're going.
To start off hot, I think Pitt
1907
01:43:23,400 --> 01:43:24,520
is going to be a fun.
Game.
1908
01:43:25,160 --> 01:43:26,720
I was trying to think Pitt too
but.
1909
01:43:27,360 --> 01:43:29,280
Pitt like Pitt A reality game,
though?
1910
01:43:29,560 --> 01:43:30,560
Pitt's a Friday.
Game.
1911
01:43:30,840 --> 01:43:33,000
It's a Friday game.
It's a Friday game.
1912
01:43:33,040 --> 01:43:36,360
That's the only reason I wasn't.
Locked in on Pitt, on Pitt
1913
01:43:36,360 --> 01:43:39,760
because it's a Friday game and
when I go to Blacksburg I kind
1914
01:43:39,760 --> 01:43:44,120
of want the whole Saturday
experience this year, 100%.
1915
01:43:45,440 --> 01:43:46,760
But the fun thing about?
A Friday.
1916
01:43:47,440 --> 01:43:49,400
The fun thing?
About a Friday game is that you
1917
01:43:49,400 --> 01:43:51,920
can go Friday.
You get a night game experience,
1918
01:43:52,360 --> 01:43:56,040
stay the night, spend all day
Saturday in Blacksburg at the
1919
01:43:56,040 --> 01:43:59,320
bars just watching games with
everybody, go hang out at the
1920
01:43:59,320 --> 01:44:00,920
bars.
So it's.
1921
01:44:00,920 --> 01:44:03,960
Been half the day, spend half
the go downtown, eat breakfast,
1922
01:44:03,960 --> 01:44:06,160
eat lunch, watch games and then
tally.
1923
01:44:06,160 --> 01:44:09,800
You know you can when it's
getting close to dinner. 4:00
1924
01:44:09,800 --> 01:44:12,320
You can say I love all y'all,
but I got to go to Bristol to
1925
01:44:12,320 --> 01:44:14,440
gamble for a few hours before I
get back to Alabama.
1926
01:44:14,440 --> 01:44:17,320
There we go.
So maybe that's the. 1.
1927
01:44:17,480 --> 01:44:21,080
If it ain't that one than
Georgia Tech same way
1928
01:44:21,080 --> 01:44:23,440
mid-october.
I was thinking Georgia Tech too
1929
01:44:24,320 --> 01:44:26,520
if I mid-october on.
That Friday, I was.
1930
01:44:26,520 --> 01:44:31,240
Thinking Georgia Tech will be a.
Good game, I'd circle those.
1931
01:44:31,240 --> 01:44:33,520
Two games now something.
Out, by the way, our buddy
1932
01:44:33,520 --> 01:44:37,320
Jason, Music man, he thinks
about going to the BMI game,
1933
01:44:37,520 --> 01:44:38,840
like, right out the gate.
Just go.
1934
01:44:38,880 --> 01:44:41,800
Yeah, Labor Day weekend.
We'll.
1935
01:44:41,800 --> 01:44:44,760
See, I got to give a few months.
We got our schedules and stuff
1936
01:44:44,760 --> 01:44:47,760
to go out and money.
It's always about.
1937
01:44:47,920 --> 01:44:50,080
I might be heading out of town
on the.
1938
01:44:50,080 --> 01:44:52,040
Heels of that.
So that's why I have not
1939
01:44:52,040 --> 01:44:54,320
committed to VMI yet.
So we will see.
1940
01:44:55,080 --> 01:44:56,720
All good man.
Well, with that.
1941
01:44:56,720 --> 01:44:59,560
Being said.
Love to hear where y'all are
1942
01:44:59,560 --> 01:45:03,200
thinking about or your games you
want to go to this year.
1943
01:45:03,680 --> 01:45:06,560
But let's wrap it up.
This episode of the Boundary
1944
01:45:06,560 --> 01:45:08,160
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1945
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1954
01:45:33,000 --> 01:45:36,200
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Also buried an ice hadn't worked
1955
01:45:36,200 --> 01:45:37,840
all week.
Ain't doing a thing.
1956
01:45:38,080 --> 01:45:40,080
Robbie ain't done anything this
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1957
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Everybody back in the house
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tonight.
How is everyone?
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Look at us.
Look at us.
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I'm cold, bro.
I'm cold.
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00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,640
It's a it's a ice rink in my
yard.
16
00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,800
Not a joke, not a joke.
How has everybody survived?
17
00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,920
Because it got as South as
Huntsville.
18
00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:19,000
I know it hit here in Richmond,
Shelton.
19
00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,600
I'm not sure if you're in
Richmond or back in
20
00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,240
Williamsburg.
It hit everybody wherever we
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were sitting, but it has been
extremely cold and extremely
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00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:33,560
nasty for the last five days.
Yeah, it got cold here.
23
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It's been gross.
But tally.
24
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I was just saying got cold here,
but I mean, we had like a little
25
00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:45,080
light dusting, but nothing,
nothing compared to what I've
26
00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,720
been seeing and being our
neighbors to the North Tennessee
27
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has been they got they got hit
pretty good.
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So thank the Lord we didn't have
no, you know, nothing that
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really impeded school and caused
us caused us not to.
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I think we kind of shut down one
day for work, but nothing,
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nothing for real.
Sean, what about you, man?
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Are you down in Williamsburg or
are you back in the RBA
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currently?
Yeah, I'm back in Williamsburg,
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you know, been been travelling a
lot.
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We went to a went to a place
called Dunn, NC a couple weeks
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ago.
I would not.
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I know about Dunn.
What about Dunn?
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About Dunn.
We know about Dunn.
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OK, well it's it's not a place
I'd recommend to put on your
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itinerary, but.
I agree with you, but I.
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Mean, I was not sad.
I was not sad to leave, no
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offense.
What's wrong with Dunn Man
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North?
Carolina.
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He was done with Dunn.
It's literally.
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Little sketch, but.
Little little sketch redneck
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town low off 95 in the southern
part of North Carolina.
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Sketch and redneck, two things I
don't need to be a part of.
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Hey, good on good on Harnett
County baby.
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Good Harley.
Not a lot, man, Not a lot.
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Yeah, but I've just been, I've
just been working.
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We'll start up with baseball
season here pretty soon.
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Excited for college baseball to
be back just like that.
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So yeah, things are things are
good.
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Good deal and staying warm.
I hope no power losses anything
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like that down there.
No power losses.
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I feel like the the storm is
maybe blown a little bit out of
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proportion, at least depending
on where you live.
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I know like Tally said, simply
got hit pretty hard, but you
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know, we were mostly pretty
good.
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Like there wasn't one thing
going on here.
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Yeah.
For, for here and and down
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there, y'all, you know you're
5060 miles east of RBA.
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It was a perfect scenario, a
perfect case scenario because
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the snow that came through on on
Saturday night, Sunday morning
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was the dustiest snow I think
I've ever seen in my life.
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Living in Virginia, usually
Virginia, we get wet snow.
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It's heavy, it hangs on trees.
You could throw it up.
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The kids want to make snowballs
Sunday morning.
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They're trying and I'm like,
y'all, it ain't, it ain't going
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to make snowballs.
Like ain't no water in it.
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And then the subsequent sleeping
ice.
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I mean, Brian said that my
driveway is a ice rink.
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It is.
It's great to sled on because
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Monday night, me and the
neighbors here, we all got out
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there.
We were drinking some angels
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envy and hotty toddies and
sledding down the hill had the
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had the big fire pit going out
front here.
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Brian man, all the boys, all the
boys in the Wilds came out.
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So it was a good.
Time we've this week so far,
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we've already had two kids from
from wide school come over for
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sled.
Do you know I mean Curtis, you
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know that I got a little nice
little slope in the backyard.
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You have a good slope.
It's been good sledding man.
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They've had a good time with it.
I did want to throw some fun
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facts at you since you you you
threw we we we got a done
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reference out here.
We're talking about Harnett
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County.
Raise your hand if you are a red
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link or good mythical morning
fan.
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Anybody in this house if you are
that's that's where they grew
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up.
So fun fact, they're right in
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between Raleigh and Fayetteville
there.
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So fun.
Fun little.
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Fun.
Little John South of Benson,
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North Carolina played by I think
we did at least once a year as a
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child for you know greens down
there with of course the
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operation was already on this
weekend with weather I hope to
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snow and this is Randall
seriously, man, I I'm done with
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it I'm done I.
Anticipate at least another 3
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inches.
I know.
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And but then it's going to be
normal.
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It's going to get warm again and
hopefully winter's freaking over
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because I'm done with it.
And I'm sure Shelton, who's
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going to be doing baseball
shortly, is done with it because
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I don't know how heated the
press boxes are or where you
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have to be there in games.
Cold baseball games are just in
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tally.
You said.
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Look, he's shaking his head
because he sat in a mini with
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his son.
Cold baseball games suck.
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What's up man suck.
It's not supposed to be played
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in the cold.
No, it's not supposed to be
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played in either the hot or the
nice, not the cold wheel.
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Tally our our boy Will's here
and he wants to know about
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mullets and tight end play.
I like mullets, man.
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I like mullets.
I think we should put cowboy Cal
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collars on all of them and give
them some numbers in the 90s or
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something like that.
Some numbers in the 90s.
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Cowboy collars and then take
their knuckles.
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Tape to knuckles then.
We got then we got Robbie Bacon,
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the three inch reference here,
So. 3 inches.
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Oh, man.
All right, So what are we
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getting into tonight?
Well, we got a few things done.
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Well, we are going to talk about
the schedule.
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Don't worry.
We've dissected it.
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We've made decisions.
People have been texting us
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asking us what game is we going
to.
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First of all, it's it's January.
That them decisions ain't made
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till like summertime.
What my bank account looks like.
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We're going to talk about the
additions to the portal because
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we had that huge episode 2 weeks
ago, but we had even more portal
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entries from tech or to tech I
should say.
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Going to talk about the rounding
out of the staff from tech to a
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couple guys left.
Out of play.
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Oh, look.
You know what, Devin Elvis went.
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Devin Elvis went to Hawaii.
Yeah.
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He went to Hawaii.
You.
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Know what I mean?
Do what you got to do weather
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wise.
You've got the right idea.
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Everything else, not so much.
But.
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Yeah.
And then we're going to talk
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about the rounding out of the
staff as as everybody's seen
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over the last few weeks,
effectively the last three guys
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were named.
So we're going to just hit on
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those.
But we are going to start off
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tonight that with Shelton.
Shelton had not been around for
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a couple weeks.
He'd been travelling.
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He spoke at his alma mater last
time we were together.
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But if y'all have not read his
article on the key play that he
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put out last week.
Great article, great article
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and.
We're going to give right there.
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Go ahead and hit that if you
haven't had a chance to check it
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out yet.
Yeah, check it out, Subscribe
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just for Sheldon's right, and
it's well worth it.
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But we're going to give Shelton
a little corner here, Give him a
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little time to talk about that
article, what went into it,
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because it is really good.
And it raises a lot of points
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about the state of college
sports and football and college
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football specifically.
Go ahead, Shelton.
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Well, thank you all.
It is a free article, by the
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way, so you do not have to have
a subscription to read it.
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So everyone checks it out.
But it was something that, you
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know, had been on my mind for
quite a bit.
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And I was, I was glad that
Indiana won the title to, you
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know, vindicate my thesis.
So really, I, I start with a
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referral question.
Why not Virginia Tech?
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Why not us?
Indiana's won a national title.
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And so the simple question we
can ask is, hey, why not the
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Hokies?
And I think fans of, you know,
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all, you know, programs can be
actually the same thing, like if
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we have the right investment, if
we have the right leaders,
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leadership, why can we not win a
national title as well, at least
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compete for one, certainly.
So I start off with, you know,
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the following.
Look at historically, you know,
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Indiana's national title is
completely unprecedented in the
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context of who they are as a
program, not just in college
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football, but also in pretty
much all of the major college
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sports.
And we'll have a graphic up here
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in a second to show that.
But First off, they're the first
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program to win the first netty
since Florida in 1996.
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That's a 30 year job that the
second longest drought among all
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NCAA sports.
I believe there are 38
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championship sports, I'm not
mistaken.
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So again, this stuff does not
happen, especially in the sport
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of football, which is so, you
know, dominated by, you know, a
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handful of select programs and
you look at the worst ever
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championship wing programs.
This is the five marquee sports,
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the five most watched sports,
football, both basketball,
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baseball and softball.
They get the best TV rating.
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So I looked at all the programs
that have won a national title
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in those sports and sort of then
by the worst win percentage you
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can see there in the end of the
worst team to ever win a
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national title among all of
those sports.
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So again you see the numbers
there, 430 all time win
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percentage.
You know typically you almost
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have to be above 500 and then
the 8th percentile among all FBS
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programs.
Somebody in the comments point
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out to me that I was missing ice
hockey.
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Apparently UMass ice hockey team
has been really bad, but they
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won national a few years ago.
Sorry to any of the ice hockey
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fans out there, it was not on my
radar, but next time I do it,
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I'll I'll give them a shout out.
So but point being, you know,
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Indiana, it just it just does
not happen where a team that is
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this bad for this long wins the
national title.
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And so that's why, you know,
people like myself and Bill
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Connolly does.
The ratings for SP plus ESPN
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have just been mouth a gate at
what the Hoosiers have
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accomplished this year because
it is just so unprecedented in
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the landscape of college
football.
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And so continuing on, you know,
I talked about the SEC.
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We know that the SEC is not
quite what it used to be.
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I think you could still argue
that they might be, you know,
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the the deepest conference from
top to bottom.
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But the fact is they do not have
the juggernaut programs that
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they used to.
The Big 10 has clearly taken
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that mantle.
But even then, I don't think the
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last three national
championships between, you know,
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Michigan House and Indiana have
been all that dominant from a
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historical standpoint.
Now, as far as the SEC goes, you
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know, people will make jokes
about them.
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You know, you know, they, they
used to be players.
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Now that everyone can be
players, they kind of lost their
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advantage.
I think it's a little bit
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overstated.
I think it has more to do with
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the transfer portal, you know,
because college football, we're
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creating a stroke that has been,
you know, defined by geographic
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proximity to talent, the South
winds because they have access
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to the best players.
And once those players in the
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old days joined the program,
they couldn't leave.
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We were just talking before we
came on about how LM and back in
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2016 had a running back score
that consisted of, I'll pull it
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up here, Damien Harris, Beau
Scarborough and the third guy
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freaking his.
Name.
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Scott Jacobs Yeah.
So just, you know, their ability
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to stockpile talent was pretty
unprecedented, and that is not
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going to happen again.
So the SEC has kind of lost
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their recruiting edge, and
that's given to a more of a
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window for teams like, of
course, in the Big 10, but
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certainly in the ACC as well.
So, you know, that's one thing.
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And then just kind of, you know,
put a little bit of a cap on it,
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you know, talk about how there's
always been ebbs and flows in
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the in the history of Constable,
you know, errors of parody,
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errors where it's dominated by
blue bloods, you know, and, and
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things kind of go back and
forth.
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I think we're living in an age
where there's going to be more
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parody.
And so, you know, when you look
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at a guy like James Franklin,
his resume at Penn State speaks
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for itself.
You know, consistently turning
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out ten win seasons, won a Big
10 title at Penn State back in
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2016, Took the Nitty Lions to
the semi final back in 2024
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before they lost in
heartbreaking fashion.
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Notre Dame.
So they were driving away from
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playing for a national title.
That's the coach that is
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coaching at Virginia Tech, you
know, so when I say that Virgin
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Tech is now capable of winning
national championship, I don't
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want people to think that I'm
saying it's easy or that it will
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happen.
You know, maybe they get to the
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semi final and they lose in
heartbreaking fashion and that's
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fine.
That's just the way it goes
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sometimes.
But the key point I want to make
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in this article on what I want
to stress to the fans at home is
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now Virgin Tech has a chance.
The one thing that college
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football has been missing for
the past 25 years is hope, the
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belief that your team is capable
of playing for something
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meaningful, capable of playing
for a championship.
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That's what's been missing the
sport for the past 20 or 30
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years.
And so I'm so grateful for for
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Indiana, not just happy for
their fans, but happy for my
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sport, mainly that every fan
base in America, to varying
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degrees, now has the the
internal belief that they're
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capable of winning a
championship.
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And I think it's a beautiful
thing.
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And I'm, I'm just very glad that
the the Hoosiers won and
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certainly hopeful for for the
Hokies.
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We're pretty blessed I got
coming in that they could do
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some pretty good, pretty good
things here.
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Us coming up here under James
Franklin.
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Yeah.
And it's interesting because,
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you know, this wasn't a, you
know, this wasn't a product of
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the playoff, right?
This wasn't a team that like
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stuck into a playoff and got hot
and made a run.
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This is a team that was
consistently good throughout the
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duration of the 2025 season and
capped it off by winning the
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whole thing.
Yeah, that's the big thing
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because that, I mean, this is
Indiana we're talking about.
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It's not like, you know, oh,
they snuck in because they had a
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few good wins here at the end of
the season.
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And, you know, it wasn't a
situation like the, you know,
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ACC potentially had where you
might have a, you know, some
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team that probably didn't
deserve it representing you in
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the in the playoff.
Like it wasn't any of that
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scenario.
They were on, on the field and
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on paper the best team in
college football all year.
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And then they won it all.
Yeah.
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It's, it's, that's one way to
think about it.
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But Sheldon, I think you're
right.
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Because what we've had really
the last three years is
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different because go back year
1, Michigan, Michigan win a
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national title.
Michigan hadn't won a national
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title since 1996.
Sheldon was not alive yet.
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Me and Tally and Brian were
causing trouble in middle
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school.
Ohio State the next year and
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everybody, the Ohio State's
great Ohio State won a national
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title in 11 years, right?
Right.
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They hadn't won a national title
since 2014.
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Indiana had never won a national
title to where we're putting it
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that in Miami they played in
that title game.
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The last time they played in the
title game was close to 24 years
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ago.
I reflect back my time as a
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youth and thinking about the
early 90s, and that's when I
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cultivated my love for college
football. 90 was Georgia Tech
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and Colorado.
Neither had never won it. 1991
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was Washington had not won it.
Skip 92, go. 93 was Florida
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State, 94 was Nebraska, 95 was
Nebraska.
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Nebraska hadn't won a title
since the 70s, since the 1970s.
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Twenty plus years.
Did you mention that Florida in
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96 in in in. 97 was Michigan,
but it had been forever for
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Michigan.
Our and I think.
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What you're saying is we're back
into that stretch again.
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Where?
Everything seems level, and as
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we look just at the Hokies this
year into what Tal you're
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probably going to talk about.
Is stockpiling talents gone?
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You know why the kids want to
play?
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The kids know they're going to
get money from schools.
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So are you going to sit for
three years behind somebody and
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you're not going to get paid?
That is one thing that is going
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to happen.
They might pay to get you in the
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door but after a couple years
they're going to be like you're
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you're not getting 600,000
anymore where I was.
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Going to say that the big thing
that like with that is that, you
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know, you got teams that used to
could throw what, 50K?
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It's a kid a year and they'd
they'd sit behind somebody else,
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whether back door, front door,
side door, they they they'd sit
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behind someone for two or three
years because they weren't
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getting that anywhere else.
Now they can go and get paid
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100203100K to be a starter for
this other team and not that
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5060 K that they were getting to
to be a second or third Stringer
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behind another five star.
Now facts, facts.
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When Shelton started reading off
like he was saying he was
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reading the running back room
from from Alabama.
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I think it was 2016 and I was
just saying you could go look at
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their most of their positions,
but definitely running back from
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like, I don't know, 2014 to
2017, something like that.
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And it was just, you know,
ridiculous, the ridiculous
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amount of talent that they had
and were able to stockpile in
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those rooms.
And like Sheldon said, they
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won't be able to do that
anymore.
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No school because nobody's going
to sit and wait #1 but also
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going to not go get paid because
they can go to the school down
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the road and get paid more money
and probably play and, you know,
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get that feeling and get, you
know, live out the dream.
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So why not us?
Great, great job.
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I shall not.
When I read that it was, I
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wouldn't say it's exactly what I
was thinking, but once I read,
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it got me to thinking a lot
about what could be and putting
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things in perspective.
Seeing it on paper, it's like,
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you know, I could see if we take
the right approach and do this
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thing the right way, Why?
Why couldn't it be us?
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Because nobody knew who Kurt
Signetti was three years ago.
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Five years ago, you know, they
might have knew who he was, but
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really, who knew who he was now?
Now he's won the national
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championships.
Yeah.
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And you know, I mean, Curtis
mentioned Michigan's title.
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Yeah, I remember a couple years
ago before they won.
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And I was like, you know, think
about how broken college
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football is, where a program
like Michigan, who is
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objectively one of the the
biggest brands in American
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sports, has not won a title in
30 years.
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And we feel like, and we we
almost kind of look at them like
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this kind of plucky underdog.
I think the issue with college
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football over the past couple of
decades is that it became so
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regional.
It was all in the South.
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It was all the SEC.
And we can talk about, you know,
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the reason for that, but.
But, you know, now we're seeing
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us becoming more national and,
and it's about, you know, again,
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leadership, getting the right
guy.
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And you still got to have the
boosters, you still got to have
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the donor base.
But it's, it's not defined by,
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you know, geographic proximity
of talent OR having the right
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boosters or you're having the
brand or the prestige or playing
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in Death Valley.
It's it's not about that.
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It's just about having the right
people.
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And so I think what, what I hope
that we can, you know, have
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going forward is more of a
meritocracy where, you know,
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again, James Franklin's kind of
showing the results.
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He flipped a horrible recruiting
class into a top 25 high school
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class.
He's got from a top 10 to top 20
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transportal class.
I haven't checked the numbers
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recently.
I know they, you know, kind of
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fluctuate face on the site, but
he's giving you the results.
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We've got the players, we've
just got to develop them and
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keep them.
And if we do that, I think the
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really, really awesome things
are are capable of being
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accomplished hold.
On I'm going to get it up for
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you just so you know where where
they are with the transfer
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rankings.
Few days ago it was pretty high.
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Oh my God, it's going.
To.
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Be a pain in the ass.
And I also, so while, while,
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while you're doing that, I will
say one more thing.
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You know, I, I know that people
look at Penn State as a, as a,
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as a very high profile program,
and certainly they are.
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But I don't think the gap
between Penn State and Virginia
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Tech is as deep as people think
it is, or at least some people
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think it is.
Certainly not the, the, the lion
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fans.
You know, they're both, they're
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in some ways they're actually
pretty comparable.
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I mean, they're both very small
towns, not particularly near
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anything, you know, a few hours
from the major metro areas.
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They both got a very football
centric, passionate fan base
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that's, you know, got, you know,
good money, but not elite money.
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And they've historically both
played second fiddle to the top
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two programs in their
conference, Michigan, Ohio
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State, and for us, Clemson and
Florida State.
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So we look at it that way like
I, I think it's a pretty
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comparable fit.
So, so I don't think that what
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Franklin did at Penn State is,
you know, like that he can't
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isn't capable of achieving that
here at Virginia Tech.
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And apparently we have the
better airport.
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We have the much better airport
and we're closer to and actually
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a bigger airport with Roanoke
Regional, what, 3540 minutes
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down the road Currently that
transfer class is 6th on on
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three and I'm going to I like
247.
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I love them attaining all those
guys, but I don't like their
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rankings because their rankings
never account who went out.
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What Virginia Tech brought in is
so much better than what they
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put out.
Like you got to look at Penn
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State, their high end talents
gone.
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They brought in all those.
State.
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Players, which they're good
football players, but nowhere
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near the ceiling of the Penn
State guys that Franklin brought
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down and some of the other guys
he brought down like a Hilson.
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Because that that.
I think that's tally.
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That's your kind of prime point,
right?
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Even though he was at Missouri,
Hilson was a borderline super
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high 4 star, almost 5.
He's not getting playing time.
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So he just basically said, OK,
they're going to give me money,
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I'm probably going to start.
I'm going there.
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Well, the way you can look at
these rankings is you can look
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at 24/7 sports as having the
basically the, the raw in
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numbers, right?
Like, so we're 18th nationally
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in terms of just the players
we're bringing in, but we are,
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what would you say, 3rd, 4th,
4th?
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6th. 6th OK 6th in terms of net
talent in the transfer.
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Net talent gained, Yeah.
Guess who's number one?
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Who's that?
She's #1, Indiana.
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Indiana, Yeah, I.
Was going.
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To say.
Texas Tech.
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But if you got great, yeah, if
you got in the hot tub time
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machine and you went back five
years and and you seen yourself
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and your buddies watching
college football and you said,
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hey, I'm from the future and
Indiana's going to be the team
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to beat in 2026, how do you
think people would have looked
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at you?
They had a stare at you cross
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eyed, and you're going to tell
them they beat Penn State, they
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beat Ohio State.
Who else did they beat?
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NDJ.
They're going to beat.
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Alabama, Miami, They're.
Going to beat Miami.
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I'm missing one.
What was the other one?
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And they're going to beat
Oregon.
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Oregon, twice.
Killed Oregon.
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Killed Oregon the second time by
30.
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Could have been 50, but it
won't.
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But nobody would have believed.
It but but but.
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To to Shun's point, as we kind
of close this up before we move
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on, it's like, why not?
You're, you're 100% right.
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We are now in an era with
Indiana winning with it looking
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like you can be anything, right?
You don't have to read the
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traditional blue, but you don't
have to be the constant solid
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school.
You can be anything and
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potentially win the title.
And to a point, we can hate them
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all we want, but to the point
with Miami getting there shows
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you if you can just get in, have
a couple, you can have a couple
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Boo boos during the season, just
get in.
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That's all.
That's all we ever wanted.
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I know as a fan, they were.
I still believe that 2005 team,
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Sheldon, you were little but
boys.
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I still believe the 2005 team
could have beat anybody in the
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country that year, anybody in
the country No 5.
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I would say that I would say the
O the O 9 not to get, I would
478
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,600
say the O nine team, they're
actually more slept on, one of
479
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,880
the more slept on BT teams.
Statistically, they were.
480
00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,000
But the whole.
Thing is we look back through
481
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,360
our history and you feel like
for 15 years there there was
482
00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:33,760
like if we could have just had a
chance to play three games in a
483
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,160
row, right?
Just give us a chance to play
484
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,320
three games in a row, we could
probably be the anybody in the
485
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,440
country.
So there we go Sheldon, great
486
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,680
article.
If y'all have not checked it
487
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,760
out, go to the key, play John
Shelton's name.
488
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,400
Why not?
Virginia Tech?
489
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,120
Great article.
Read up on it.
490
00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:54,720
Now let's flip it over because
to get to where you want to go,
491
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:59,800
you got to have a schedule.
And that schedule dropped just
492
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,280
the other day.
And I'm sure everybody's seen it
493
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,800
and I'm sure you've been picking
it over too, but just to
494
00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,880
highlight it real quick.
Start.
495
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:14,240
September 5th versus VMI Home,
then the next week Old Dominion,
496
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:15,920
then Maryland and then it's an
ace.
497
00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,360
It's a non game.
ACC slate at Boston College,
498
00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:24,040
Pitt at home, Cal at Cal,
Georgia Tech at home, Clemson
499
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:29,080
and Clemson, SMU and Dallas,
Stanford at home, Miami down in
500
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:34,560
Miami, and then finally Virginia
at Lane Stadium for the
501
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,800
Commonwealth Cup.
So I'm going to ask my crew
502
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,760
this.
Were y'all completely shocked
503
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,760
that they didn't double tap us
for long distance road trip
504
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,760
back-to-back?
They like James.
505
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:52,920
I knew it was good they.
Say they bring you some star
506
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:54,680
power to the ACC.
We're helping.
507
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,240
Them, he is the darling.
We're going to be the darling of
508
00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,800
the ACC media day, so I figured
they was going to show us a
509
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:02,600
little love.
We just need the players to
510
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,920
perform now, get a little love,
perform when it's time to
511
00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:07,400
perform.
Wrong.
512
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,680
Were you shot?
Because the way that schedule
513
00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:14,720
set up, we have 4 extremely long
road trips.
514
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:18,200
This year I was very concerned.
I mean it, it's one of those
515
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,560
things you lose a home game and
you get a long road trip added
516
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,600
to the schedule in place of it
because of the going to the 9
517
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,200
conference game.
So automatic, You're like, all
518
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,640
right, they're going to they're
going to fuck us some way on
519
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,080
this and and the way things were
kind of stacked, I was like,
520
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,400
we're going to get at least get
one of those back-to-back or
521
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:39,480
like coming off of a Thursday
game into a long travel the next
522
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,080
week.
So you have a travel Thursday
523
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,240
you get you get the the half by
but it you still got
524
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,520
back-to-back long travel didn't
get any of that.
525
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:52,200
I'm really pleasantly surprised.
And another thing that we can
526
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:58,080
talk about too is that we've got
a lot of talented, but you know,
527
00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,400
younger kids that are coming in
with this transfer portal class.
528
00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:05,120
With the way that a lot of this
roster on the non retention side
529
00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:13,200
is stacking up, the schedule
ramps up pretty slowly where
530
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,800
where you where you get time to
gel before you really get into
531
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:21,720
the meat of the schedule.
So that also bodes well for a
532
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,240
team where a lot of the core is
going to be on the younger side.
533
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:30,160
Yeah, Sheldon, were you shocked
that they didn't back-to-back
534
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,240
long distant road trip the
Hookies this year?
535
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,880
No, honestly, I, I wasn't really
thinking about it, honestly.
536
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,320
Like I'd be curious to know like
if, if the schedule is like has
537
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,040
like some level of like, you
know, computer generator
538
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,160
randomness or if like they're
actually like picking every
539
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:47,480
game.
Like I, I really don't know,
540
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,600
because I know that like, you
know, in pro sports, typically
541
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,000
it's kind of like a, you know,
it's like a computer that does
542
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,320
it.
So I'd just be curious to know
543
00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:56,320
that because if, if there's
someone is actually like behind
544
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,400
the, you know, pulling the
strings, you know, what kind of
545
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,760
biases would they have, you
know, towards certain schools?
546
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,280
But yeah, I mean, it's honestly
like, it's not, it's a pretty
547
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:06,760
solid schedule.
Like, you know, you obviously
548
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,800
don't like having to, you know,
add on SMU there because that's
549
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:13,240
going to be a tough game.
But I mean, you know, yeah, Cal,
550
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,040
that'll be after a Friday night
game.
551
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,600
So you got an extra day there to
prepare for that one and travel.
552
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,600
So that's that's that's good.
SMU don't know if that's going
553
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,240
to be Friday or Saturday, so TV
there.
554
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,360
That's coming off the bat.
Either way, that's coming off
555
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:29,040
the bat.
Yeah.
556
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,360
So it's so.
Yeah, Yeah.
557
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:33,960
So you you're to.
Your point?
558
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,240
You've got an extra day for the
Cal trip and you're going to
559
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:39,080
get, you're coming off the bat
for the SMU trip, whether it's
560
00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,360
Friday or Saturday, so you're
going to have plenty of time to
561
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:45,200
prepare for it.
I was shocked because I remember
562
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,920
what they did two years ago,
remember what they did two years
563
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:51,640
ago when they sent us to Miami
on a Friday night and then the
564
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,560
next week they sent us out to
Stanford.
565
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,120
Like.
That's that's what I fully was
566
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,840
expecting like you're going to
go to BC and then you're going
567
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,640
to go to Cal the next week so
screw y'all.
568
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,880
Even with that being said, look
it up.
569
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:12,680
Tech is going to travel like the
third most miles this year of
570
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,280
any ACC school.
The other two ACC schools are
571
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,200
the western schools.
So they are going to be on a
572
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,360
plane a ton, but I was a little
bit shocked.
573
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:27,760
So I'm I'm I'm I'm going to be
interested to see how that all
574
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,800
plays out.
Not having things like that to
575
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:37,760
be as to just to be as you know,
roadblocks for this team this
576
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,840
year.
All right, VMI, Old Dominion,
577
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:48,680
Pitt, Georgia Tech, Stanford,
Virginia, Shelton Moss.
578
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,840
Give me one word to describe
those six home games.
579
00:30:55,320 --> 00:31:01,800
Whelming, I mean, I don't know I
under whelming, but whelming is
580
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:02,800
that I don't know there's a
word.
581
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:04,720
I don't know that's.
Why?
582
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,640
But I like it a lot.
I'd say I'm whelmed.
583
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,200
I mean, I like Georgia Tech.
That'll be interesting.
584
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:15,840
I got, I got some, a lot of
thoughts on BMI and, you know,
585
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,320
Stanford man UVA like it's just,
yeah, it's it's a pretty
586
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,280
forgettable schedule.
Like, you know, it's you're,
587
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,520
you're not going to remember a
lot of these games, you know, a
588
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:29,000
few years from now.
Like I just yeah, welding is a
589
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,840
word.
What's your take on VMI?
590
00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:34,200
I know you got some part of VMI,
just just wondering.
591
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:35,800
Yeah.
So, yeah, for those who don't
592
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,120
know, I'm, I'm AVMI fan, so I,
you know, add the disc number
593
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:41,120
there.
I I was not a fan of playing the
594
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,960
game just because I think, you
know, first of all, it'd be a
595
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:47,080
loss for VMI, obviously, but
also, like, you know, it's going
596
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:48,720
to be a really, really
uncompetitive matchup.
597
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,760
Even an average FCS team will be
able to challenge Vt more than
598
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:53,480
VMI will.
I mean, this is going to be a
599
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:56,480
111 team that's going to be
losing pretty much all of its
600
00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:59,440
best players from last year, New
coaching staff coming from AD 2
601
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,440
school.
Remember that VMI can't really
602
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,520
get transfers at all.
Hardly.
603
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,720
So yeah, it's, it's going to be
a bloodbath.
604
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,880
And I just, I just don't think a
game like that does anything for
605
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,440
VTi Know they want to start the
Franklin Air with a win.
606
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,800
I think relative to the value of
keeping the GMU game.
607
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,960
I just, I just disagree with I,
I understand their, their
608
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,160
thought process of like, you
know, let's get a get an easy
609
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:21,440
win, kind of get the ball
rolling here.
610
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,240
I just, I just prefer that that
that game not be played.
611
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:26,720
I know there's some tradition
there, but that's my that's my
612
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:28,520
opinion.
Hey, it is a tradition.
613
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:32,480
That's why Skipper was made.
Tally one word for that home
614
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:37,200
slate.
Dubs OK wins that's.
615
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:39,520
What we going to get, that's
what we need.
616
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:45,320
So that's part of whelming is
AW, you know, it's it is part of
617
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:46,240
that.
Yeah.
618
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,560
Brian.
Before I give mine, I'm going to
619
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,760
give, I'm going to give a little
props to Sheldon for
620
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:57,080
inadvertently quoting Gabrielle
Union from 10 Things I Hate
621
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:58,880
About You.
So bravo.
622
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:02,640
I didn't know that me.
Neither.
623
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:04,880
That's what I'm saying.
That's why I said this was
624
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,560
inadvertent.
I was absolutely certain that
625
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:12,000
was inadvertent lackluster, but
I think that might be a good
626
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:16,320
thing.
When you look at what we got
627
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:20,840
here, you know, to Tally's
point, you know, Pitt's probably
628
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:22,480
going to be the toughest home
game.
629
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:26,080
If you know, just looking at
what they were able to do last
630
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:29,720
year, kind of some of the things
that have happened on Georgia
631
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:33,560
Tech's front, from an overall
staff and roster standpoint,
632
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:38,160
Pitt's probably going to be the
best team we play at home.
633
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,280
That's not knocking Virginia.
I'm just not going to give them
634
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,560
props until they show me they
can do it more than one fucking
635
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:45,520
year.
So there we go.
636
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:54,880
All right.
What I'll say is affordable
637
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:58,880
because if you want to get to
some home games in the first
638
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,880
year, James Franklin, it's not
that slate where people are
639
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:05,720
going to go nuts.
So selling the tickets, if that
640
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:12,239
Clemson game was that BT this
year at Tech this year, buckle
641
00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,199
up because that thing would go
through the roof.
642
00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:17,120
And as you get the FS us and if
the Miami was a home game this
643
00:34:17,159 --> 00:34:21,800
year and we did anything of the
sort, you wouldn't be able to
644
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:23,560
get it.
So for everybody out there, I'm
645
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:25,600
I'm being very cost conscious.
It's affordable.
646
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:29,000
If you want to go see James
Franklin in his first year at
647
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,679
Lane Stadium, I don't think
you're going to have to pay
648
00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:33,719
through your nose.
You'll have to pay a good price,
649
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:35,960
but not through your nose like
it could be.
650
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:40,199
All right.
Shout out to Shout out to Curtis
651
00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:41,600
for standing up for the working
class.
652
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:46,520
I appreciate that, Curtis.
Standing up for the working
653
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:48,719
class, you know.
What directing that towards me
654
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:50,679
We.
We, we, we might all be able to
655
00:34:50,679 --> 00:34:52,560
go to a game again at the same
time.
656
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:54,920
Going to schedule.
Maybe.
657
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:56,960
Maybe.
Maybe.
658
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:01,680
All right, so look at the
schedule and just kind of glance
659
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,800
through it boys.
As y'all are looking through it,
660
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,480
what game?
And I'll start this one with
661
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:11,000
tally.
What game with where it's at on
662
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:12,840
the schedule.
Do you just fucking hate?
663
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:16,040
Just like why is that got to be
right there?
664
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,800
It's not so much of where it is,
but how it is.
665
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:28,000
The SMU game, just because I was
thinking about going to Dallas,
666
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:33,040
but then they hit me with that
flex bullshit and it's like it's
667
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:36,840
going to be expensive for me to
go to Dallas anyway, right, Yes.
668
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,880
I don't know if I need to be
going to be there for a Friday
669
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:44,000
or Saturday.
Just give me a date, man.
670
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,080
So that game is very.
Personal with tally.
671
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,440
That game was that game was,
yeah, it was.
672
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,160
It was next.
Before it even started.
673
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:56,600
I was like, oh, I'm done.
I can't do that flex stuff, you
674
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:58,520
know what I'm saying?
I need it to be a certain date.
675
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:02,760
But yeah, probably that probably
that game was the one I looked
676
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:06,240
at and it kind of threw me off a
little bit just because of that.
677
00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:10,800
Not saying I I carefully play on
a Friday or Saturday, but it's
678
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:14,640
just like I needed it to be a
definite one for that one.
679
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,840
Because when I looked at the
schedule or hurt, you know,
680
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:21,600
seeing who we were playing, it
was like that was probably the
681
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,880
place that I wanted to visit the
most.
682
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:29,720
Trying to get to a home game and
an away game this year and
683
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:34,360
that's not it.
Brian.
684
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:37,560
Which one am I most excited
about?
685
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:39,760
Which?
One I'm no, no, no, no, no, no
686
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,600
Halley's mad about the way that
game is scheduled because he
687
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:47,160
can't make fucking planes What
game and where it's scheduled.
688
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:48,720
Do you hate?
This was not.
689
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:50,760
He's not hating about anything
for the team.
690
00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:52,800
He just hates.
He wants to go to Dallas to the
691
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:54,000
game and they didn't screwed
him.
692
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,400
It's very personal with tally.
It's not even a very.
693
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:57,680
Personal.
I get that.
694
00:36:57,720 --> 00:36:59,480
I get that.
It ain't got to be about.
695
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:03,560
The team, it can be about
personal, it can be about the
696
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:08,640
team, but what game with where
it's scheduled do you hate?
697
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:15,360
I'm not a big fan of having
Miami and Virginia back-to-back.
698
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,240
You, you know you're going to be
you're going to be up, you're
699
00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:24,320
going to be high for for that
Miami game.
700
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,960
It's on the road win or lose
that there's going to be a lot
701
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:31,520
of motions, there's going to be
a lot of lot of effort expelled
702
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,760
in that match up.
I know you get a bonus day
703
00:37:35,240 --> 00:37:38,600
between the game that you
wouldn't get otherwise, but
704
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:44,080
having those two rivalry games
back-to-back, that, that's a
705
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,080
whole lot of juice to use in two
weeks.
706
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:52,720
Shelton what game with where it
is on the schedule do you
707
00:37:52,960 --> 00:38:01,800
absolutely hate?
Well, well, well, yeah.
708
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:06,240
I'd I'd probably I'd probably go
well.
709
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:10,040
Nice.
I mean, I guess, I guess Clemson
710
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:13,120
SMU back-to-back, that's going
to be pretty tough, you know, to
711
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:16,400
like, granted, we don't know how
Clem, how good Clemson's going
712
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,840
to be or you know, a lot of
other teams, frankly, for, you
713
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:20,520
know, for that matter, just
with, you know, the the
714
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,280
volatility year to year.
But assuming that Clemson's got
715
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:26,240
a solid team, which I think they
probably will, you know, playing
716
00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:28,520
them on the road and then having
to go back potentially on a
717
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:30,400
Friday night.
So again, potentially short
718
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:31,760
rest.
No, no, no.
719
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,440
It's not short rest.
Oh, that's.
720
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:37,440
Right, that's about it.
I'm.
721
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,320
Having.
To change, but I'm going to
722
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:42,200
change.
My answer, so I got I got to, I
723
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:43,960
got to change my answer.
I mean, honestly, like Curtis,
724
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:47,200
like it's not I really don't
have an issue too much with the
725
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,160
structural schedule.
Like I, I think, I think it's
726
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,360
pretty, I think it's pretty
favorable.
727
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:52,840
But I think it's the VMI game
because he.
728
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:54,000
Didn't want to play the VMI
game.
729
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,840
There you go.
He already, he already protested
730
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:58,840
his hate for that.
But I think Shelton, Shelton,
731
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:01,240
you're right.
Like it's not too much that you
732
00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:04,120
could say about the schedule
where it's like it's stacking
733
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:05,560
back-to-back or anything like
that.
734
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:09,680
I will say this, I don't like
where the SMU game is.
735
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:14,160
I would, after playing Clemson,
regardless of the result of that
736
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,640
game, I would want to be right
out there because if they go
737
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:21,120
down to Death Valley and win,
it's the role of it's the wave
738
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:24,360
of emotions, right?
But if they lose and it's a
739
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,680
tight game, you also get right
back on the field.
740
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:29,000
Like you just played with the
team you know has a lot of
741
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,160
talent.
The next team you play will not
742
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:33,000
have enough talent.
You should be able to beat them
743
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,200
instead.
What if there is momentum going
744
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:38,040
after that game?
It's going to effectively be
745
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:41,440
killed by Halloween.
It's going to put my hands up.
746
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:43,320
So I don't like the way that
scheduled.
747
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:46,240
I'd rather have fucking Stanford
after Clemson if there's a
748
00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:48,200
break.
So that's where I am.
749
00:39:49,240 --> 00:39:51,920
You don't get to ride the highs
and you don't get to be.
750
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:54,360
If you get right back.
On the border.
751
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,920
Yeah, exactly. 1000% Ron.
All right.
752
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:02,640
Last one here, we always talk
about stretches of the season.
753
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,920
What is y'all feel the toughest
3 game stretch whether there's a
754
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:09,920
break in between or not for this
team?
755
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:18,120
Bronzey Gala.
Toughest 3 game stretch three
756
00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:21,280
games.
I'm going to have to go that
757
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:24,280
Georgia Tech through SMU
regardless of the the bye
758
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:28,680
weekend there.
I know I, I, I caveat it earlier
759
00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:31,080
that Georgia Tech probably isn't
going to be the team we saw this
760
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:34,320
year in 2026.
They're still going to be a
761
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:35,960
solid team.
They have a very good head
762
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:37,760
coach.
I think they're going to be
763
00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:44,160
every bit of a, you know, upper
tier ACC opponent this year.
764
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:48,080
I just don't think they're quite
going to have the singular
765
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:51,440
talent of at the quarterback
position and I don't think
766
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:54,280
they're quite going to be as
deep as they've been these last
767
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:58,920
couple years across the board.
So you got them, you know,
768
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:02,720
Clemson's going to at least have
a, again, another, yeah, top
769
00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:07,120
three, top four ACC team heading
into 2026.
770
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:09,880
And SMU is probably going to be
right there as well.
771
00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:14,320
So you're talking about at least
the top, you know, 5 or 6 ACC
772
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:18,360
opponent followed by two top
four top five ACC opponents.
773
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,800
So.
Plus since using the portal for
774
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:24,320
once they got they got double
digit players out of the portal
775
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,040
this year.
You know how bad double is right
776
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,480
now?
Double I.
777
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,720
Have to adapt.
I can't, I can't launder players
778
00:41:32,720 --> 00:41:34,840
through my my church.
Have y'all been seeing?
779
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,240
Have y'all been seeing and talk
about the older you know what
780
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:39,920
the Ole Miss?
Oh yeah.
781
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:45,640
He been mad.
I'm talking about went down a a
782
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:49,200
daily routine of what was going
on at 4:15.
783
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:53,240
He went to class at 416.
He used the bathroom while he
784
00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:58,160
got a text message.
He he about to shut this thing
785
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:01,240
down by itself.
He ain't playing it.
786
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:02,800
He ain't playing with that
tampering stuff.
787
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:11,520
Sheldon, I'm gonna I'm gonna let
you go next.
788
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,040
What?
What's the toughest 3 game
789
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:20,120
stretch?
I'd probably say, honestly, I
790
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:26,200
might go Cal George Deck Clemson
just because again, like, you
791
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:29,960
know, Cal again, they may not be
great, but it's if you're taking
792
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:34,640
a 5 hour flight, you know, it's,
it's, you know, potentially if
793
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:37,080
it's a night game, you got the
PAC 12 after dark vibes, you
794
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:40,840
know, spooky things can happen.
Those are always just very weird
795
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:43,520
vibes games that you know, can
can, you know, kind of catch you
796
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,000
off guard.
The Georgia Tech, I know they
797
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,440
lost a lot from last year, but
you know, they, they still got a
798
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:52,120
good coach, you know, and again,
like I said, Clemson, we we
799
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,920
haven't beaten Clemson since
what, 2007 I think.
800
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:57,720
That's crazy.
Yeah.
801
00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:00,800
So, you know, and maybe maybe
they have a bounce back here.
802
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:03,360
Like I just, you know, that that
step of stretch, especially
803
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:05,360
mid-october where where you're
kind of, you know, testing your
804
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:07,680
depth chart because I don't
think, you know, we don't know
805
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:09,280
if the Hoagies love a
particularly deep team this
806
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,480
year.
That's where you kind of really
807
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:13,080
sort of see what she was made
of.
808
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:15,280
And and I think that's the kind
of spot where, you know,
809
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:17,640
typically some past tech teams
have kind of, you know, wilted
810
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:19,880
away.
So we'll see how all plays out.
811
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,640
But that's one stretch where,
you know, I'd be be a little bit
812
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:25,280
concerned.
That that's the stretch too,
813
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:29,280
Sheldon, to your point, like if
you, you know, I could look at
814
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,840
this schedule the way it's
stacking up and you can see
815
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:35,880
potentially if things go the way
you want them to, Virginia Tech
816
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:39,640
going into Clemson with an
unblemished record or you can
817
00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:42,720
see them going in there with two
or three losses.
818
00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:45,280
It really just kind of depends
on how that that second stretch
819
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:46,960
runs.
So as to your point, that's a
820
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:48,960
really important stretch for
them, especially as those
821
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:52,600
injuries set in all.
Right Tyler, what about you?
822
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:56,040
Toughest 3 game stretch?
I would have said the first
823
00:43:56,040 --> 00:44:00,520
three games, but Shell just told
me all the reasons why Vietnam
824
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:04,400
is is is not going to be any
kind of threat.
825
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:09,160
You still have to show you still
have to show a certain style of
826
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,080
win in that game when we play
them.
827
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:15,360
But I'll say ODU, Maryland and
Boston College.
828
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:19,440
And the reason I say those games
is because if you don't get off,
829
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:23,320
if you don't have the foundation
set for what people supposed to
830
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:28,520
expect from Virginia Tech and
James Franklin, things are going
831
00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:30,880
to look a lot different for the
rest of the year because we know
832
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:32,200
how the fan base will turn on
you.
833
00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:36,040
You know what I'm saying?
They don't care about them high
834
00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:40,240
profile coach.
They don't care about stars or
835
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:43,240
none of that stuff.
They keep people want to see
836
00:44:43,240 --> 00:44:44,640
wins.
And then I'm talking about
837
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:48,440
people who are paying.
So it's OK to roll out a great,
838
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:53,320
you know, a great plan and hey,
let's raise money to do this and
839
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:55,800
let's do that.
But if we go out and we don't
840
00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:59,120
win these games, those first
three games, you got ODU.
841
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:02,800
Who is Ricky?
Ricky Ryan has shown, has shown
842
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:06,800
that he can coach.
I've never known anybody on his
843
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:11,520
teams, but they always find a
way to kick our ass or, you
844
00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:14,240
know, make it a game.
So I'm sure he's going to put a
845
00:45:14,240 --> 00:45:18,280
team together that is going to
be, you know, somewhat
846
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:22,160
competitive, which is who we're
going to be fighting with for
847
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:27,200
recruits, you know, in that area
and the last time we played.
848
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:29,840
Maryland, we remember.
What that looked like, you know,
849
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:32,720
nobody cares who played and who
didn't play.
850
00:45:32,720 --> 00:45:34,360
They just remember what the
score was.
851
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:36,680
And then you go up to Boston
College.
852
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:40,320
You know, we never know.
We never know what.
853
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:42,640
We get when.
We go up there so those three
854
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:47,160
games, because you should be 1
and O going into those three
855
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:50,840
games.
And then it comes down to
856
00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:55,480
finding out what kind of team we
really have because if we can,
857
00:45:56,240 --> 00:45:58,120
we got a lot of unknowns.
I know we're going to get a
858
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:01,720
little bit into the different
rooms and things like.
859
00:46:01,720 --> 00:46:04,200
That but.
In my opinion, everything's
860
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:07,520
unknown with this team.
Everything is is is brand new.
861
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:14,880
There's a lot of potential with
minimal production, so that's
862
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:16,680
what we need to.
See what we have and.
863
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:19,960
Then that'll tell me what we
going to do against.
864
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:23,080
Clemson or what we're.
Going to do against Miami and
865
00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:27,080
later on in the year, but we got
to start off on the right foot.
866
00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:30,880
So those three games.
You, you, you.
867
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:33,200
Kind of stole my answer because
I do think.
868
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:36,480
It's the first three games
because how they fire out and I
869
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:38,960
know Shelton, you've already
said VMI is not a good team.
870
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:42,920
Cover your.
Ear Shelton.
871
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:46,880
I want to see him hang 60.
I want it to be a bloodbath.
872
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:51,600
I want it to be crush of soul
and then the next two games same
873
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:54,160
way.
Because that's the momentum,
874
00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:56,280
right?
Regardless who you're playing
875
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:59,680
those first three games, if they
go out and just knock the crap
876
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:01,520
out of those three teams.
And you're.
877
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:06,000
Three and O going into Boston
College, first ACC game, they're
878
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:10,160
going to come up on game day and
it's going to be like Genie
879
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,120
Texter.
You know, I'm not the Boston
880
00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:13,800
College place where they have
problems.
881
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:16,160
You're going to start getting
mentions.
882
00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:19,040
You, you, you, you kill.
BMI but then.
883
00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:23,280
Struggling those next two but
get wins is this same old crap.
884
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:25,600
They can't they.
They get to a different team.
885
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:28,760
So I think the first 3 because
you want to come out guns
886
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:32,200
blazing, guns blazing and
putting people on notice when I
887
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,760
say James Franklin, Ricky
Ronnie's boy, right?
888
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:39,920
He coached with him.
James, if we are 4210, you got
889
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:42,160
to try to get 50 on his ass that
last quarter.
890
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:44,760
Yeah, somebody was.
I was talking with somebody.
891
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:48,920
I can't remember who was maybe
Quest and they was like, I don't
892
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:51,520
think that they're going to try
to, you know, if we get up on
893
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:53,440
ODUI don't think they're going
to try to run the score up.
894
00:47:53,440 --> 00:48:01,760
I said Ricky got prop fired,
came in his house drunk all of
895
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:07,280
his Kool-aid, kicked over the
BBQ grill and then told.
896
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:10,480
Him, he wasn't paying his rent.
And they come and escorted him
897
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:13,560
out.
So I don't think it's a world
898
00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:16,960
where if we're if we up on ODU
that they're going to be like
899
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:19,520
how we need to rein back now.
Pretty sure they're going to
900
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:21,360
want to kick their ass.
I know Brian is.
901
00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:27,280
So I think with what what my boy
say on remember the Titans, you
902
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:34,240
blitz all night, blitz all.
No doubt, leave no doubt.
903
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:39,320
So there's a schedule, you know,
and just our quick takes on, you
904
00:48:39,320 --> 00:48:42,280
know, some of the the pieces of
how we feel and all that fun
905
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:47,840
stuff because it is a long time
away now.
906
00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:49,720
Let's just hit a couple real
quick things.
907
00:48:49,720 --> 00:48:53,240
Before we get to talking to the
portal and then the coaches, but
908
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:57,400
you know, I saw it announced a
little earlier this week, the
909
00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:00,400
ACC title game is no longer
going to be a night game.
910
00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:05,640
So Tally got to remember.
That now it's not a night game
911
00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:09,080
anymore.
So you cannot drive the day of
912
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:11,640
from Huntsville to Charlotte
because we know that's a
913
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:14,000
legitimate Dr. you can make in a
day.
914
00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:17,120
You can't do that no more.
But what do y'all think of it?
915
00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:21,520
Like this is the way I remember
the ACC, Brian, me and you
916
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:25,120
sitting in my college apartment
hanging, slinging bears at noon
917
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:28,840
and 1:00, getting drunk,
watching the ACC title game.
918
00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:31,920
Include Miami the first year
because that was a 12:00 game
919
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:33,520
and we'd be dimped for the ACC
title.
920
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:37,520
What did you think of it?
I think it's a solid.
921
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:41,960
Move.
I think having a a, a solo a a a
922
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:48,600
prime spot in the slate for
those championship games is a
923
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:50,240
good showcase for the
conference.
924
00:49:50,240 --> 00:49:54,240
I think that's a better showcase
for the conference than sharing
925
00:49:54,960 --> 00:50:00,440
a prime time spot.
You know, I think a lot of.
926
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:01,760
It's going to depend on what
what?
927
00:50:02,080 --> 00:50:04,240
What the ACC does with it,
whether they continue to
928
00:50:04,240 --> 00:50:09,120
capitalize off what Miami was
able to do this year and as to
929
00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:12,400
whether, you know, that really
matters long term.
930
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:18,040
But it's nice to see you getting
a.
931
00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:21,120
Slot that I think makes.
Sense for the ACC and you're not
932
00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:26,800
competing against the Big 10 or
the SEC for those eyes and you
933
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:29,920
can kind of marquee the teams
that have done well in your
934
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:31,840
conference for the year,
especially after, like I said,
935
00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:35,600
what we saw with Miami this year
talking about not competing.
936
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:37,760
And.
Getting those eyes too.
937
00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:42,040
What you think about the
potential of three Friday games?
938
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,120
Are we a high school Are.
We a high school team.
939
00:50:46,240 --> 00:50:47,680
Or are we just trying to get
eyes?
940
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:50,200
Can.
I get eyes because.
941
00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:53,720
That those Friday games, even
the ones when we're not playing
942
00:50:53,720 --> 00:50:58,120
good teams, it's still upper,
upper 1,000,000, close to two.
943
00:50:58,120 --> 00:51:02,600
That Friday, that Friday game
against Miami two years ago was
944
00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:04,480
the third highest watch game all
week.
945
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:07,680
All week.
Like the only two games.
946
00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:08,920
It was like Georgia.
And I.
947
00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:12,240
Want to say Georgia and Bama
were like that next Saturday and
948
00:51:12,240 --> 00:51:16,120
then a Big 10 game was it?
I'm I'm fine with Friday games.
949
00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:19,000
I also.
Like it too that if they play it
950
00:51:19,160 --> 00:51:23,560
right and you get a Friday game
before like effectively a big
951
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:25,840
game, you get that one extra day
of rest and prep.
952
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:29,160
So I'm I like it.
Let me throw this out there is
953
00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:32,520
Friday the new?
Thursday with the NFL having the
954
00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:36,120
Thursday night slot games now,
yes, we're all shaking out here.
955
00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:39,680
That's freaking lutely.
Sheldon, what about you do?
956
00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:42,080
You like?
The move to make it easier for
957
00:51:42,080 --> 00:51:43,320
you.
Harder.
958
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:47,960
For you, I do not care at all.
All I care about is is 2 things,
959
00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:50,640
one that is from Charlotte so I
can eventually go to it, and two
960
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:51,760
that we're fucking playing in
it.
961
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:55,320
That's all I care about.
There we go, they can play at.
962
00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:56,760
Nine in the.
Morning, if we there, I'm going
963
00:51:56,760 --> 00:51:58,920
to.
Be there, put my shirt off, my
964
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:05,320
areola's painted.
Areola's painted.
965
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:06,320
There we go.
All.
966
00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:10,920
Right, let's let's talk about
the portal before we get into
967
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:15,400
the new additions to the portal.
Kamara and Morgan, the edge it
968
00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:19,560
was coming out from Baylor
unfortunately could not meet
969
00:52:19,560 --> 00:52:22,080
admissions.
Therefore believe that's the
970
00:52:22,080 --> 00:52:24,520
story, right, He could meet
admissions.
971
00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:26,600
Well, I want to say that's the
case because he has.
972
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:28,480
Not committed anywhere.
Else there was a credit
973
00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:31,960
conflict.
Well, it makes me question.
974
00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:35,440
What?
What does Baylor give their
975
00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:36,480
incoming?
Freshman.
976
00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:40,920
Football players the first year
because if my kids going.
977
00:52:40,920 --> 00:52:44,480
To Baylor, and he's a good.
Player and he might play good or
978
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:46,160
get isolated on him for the
second year.
979
00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:48,640
Better put him on some
plastidetal transfer.
980
00:52:50,120 --> 00:52:50,880
That's a weed.
Let's.
981
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:55,280
Get weed, ain't nobody.
They wanted to hold up for
982
00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:58,480
Kyron.
Drones so yeah, but Kyron had
983
00:52:58,480 --> 00:52:59,440
been there 2.
Years.
984
00:52:59,960 --> 00:53:01,840
Remember that.
Kyron had been there two years.
985
00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:03,840
I'll give you.
You've got to at least.
986
00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:09,280
Take like Econ. 100 by that
point in time, but it's it's a.
987
00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:11,040
Loss right it.
Sucks because that kid.
988
00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:14,440
Looks like a beast in every
shape.
989
00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:17,760
And form so.
Yeah, I, I, I was, I got.
990
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:19,520
We said it last time he was on
there.
991
00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:23,880
I think the very next day is
when the the news came out like
992
00:53:24,200 --> 00:53:26,720
he, he was the guy I was most
pumped about on from the
993
00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:28,080
transfer port on the defensive
side.
994
00:53:28,080 --> 00:53:31,320
Now we'll say we're we'll talk
about a second the ultimate
995
00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:33,640
pivot that we got off that is
about as good as I could have
996
00:53:33,640 --> 00:53:36,280
hoped for.
Not a lot, not a lot.
997
00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:38,360
Tally.
Sheldon, Sheldon, I know you
998
00:53:38,360 --> 00:53:42,320
have not been as deep in the
recruiting world, but so if, if,
999
00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:44,760
if you need to abstain, you may
abstain.
1000
00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:47,760
Tally any field before we get
into.
1001
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:50,560
These the the.
Guys who are here in class
1002
00:53:51,160 --> 00:53:57,040
running and pushing weights.
I try not to get too hype about
1003
00:53:57,040 --> 00:53:59,840
it.
You know, right now I need, I
1004
00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:03,800
need us to, you know, I need to
see who really going to be.
1005
00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:07,080
Here before I get too.
High, but I was bummed whenever
1006
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:11,480
whenever we lost the the the
bail of the and I was I was
1007
00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:13,840
pretty bummed about that.
But like Brian said, the pivot
1008
00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:16,200
was kind of cool and it was
quick too.
1009
00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:18,440
You know what I'm saying?
It was like we didn't wait a
1010
00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:20,520
long time.
OK, James, I see you got a
1011
00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:22,440
little juice.
I like it.
1012
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:25,480
They said James on the sleeping
about 3-4 hours a night.
1013
00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:28,520
So hey man, I.
Get it?
1014
00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:30,360
I need you to.
Stay happy though man.
1015
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:33,040
Take your wife out, call Cheetah
and see what he did a little
1016
00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:36,640
bit.
Don't be just like him but you
1017
00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:39,440
know still go out every nine.
Then enjoy your wife.
1018
00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:42,760
But James has been working, he
said.
1019
00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:46,160
He ain't got no hobbies.
All he doing is working
1020
00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:48,560
football.
All right, I'm going to put 2.
1021
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:50,560
Things in the chat so y'all can
shuffle.
1022
00:54:51,040 --> 00:54:55,840
First of all, this is clearly.
What Kamara Morgan was.
1023
00:54:55,840 --> 00:55:01,040
Taking at Baylor.
And then you know what?
1024
00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:02,520
Last month.
Got a strategy here?
1025
00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:05,400
You got a kid that you
definitely want to keep.
1026
00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:10,320
Don't let them play.
Put them in classes.
1027
00:55:10,320 --> 00:55:11,800
You know what?
15.
1028
00:55:11,800 --> 00:55:14,440
What 15 classes that tech
doesn't transfer these?
1029
00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:15,680
That's what you took in the
first year?
1030
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:18,720
Shout out Laszlo.
Shout out Laszlo Shelton
1031
00:55:18,720 --> 00:55:20,400
Shelton.
Has to go here in a second, but
1032
00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:24,640
Shelton just you know, give me
your just quick overall take
1033
00:55:24,920 --> 00:55:28,400
because the the portal is
officially well it's if we're
1034
00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:30,440
not done, it might be 1.
Guy at it, but that's not
1035
00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:33,280
looking.
Like a Gale, but just you've.
1036
00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:36,080
I know you've been.
Busy but just following it.
1037
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:39,080
What's your overall take on it?
Yeah.
1038
00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:41,000
So my overall take is.
Really just from a?
1039
00:55:41,080 --> 00:55:43,240
A roster construction
standpoint, the one thing that I
1040
00:55:43,240 --> 00:55:46,160
really like that that Franklin
did is, you know, stock up on
1041
00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:48,080
some some younger guys, guys
have multiple years of
1042
00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:50,520
eligibility and we see lots of
freshmen retro freshmen
1043
00:55:50,520 --> 00:55:52,240
software's in there.
So I think that's a really good,
1044
00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:54,440
you know, kind of long term
development move.
1045
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:56,800
Obviously, you know, Franklin's
talked a lot about, you know,
1046
00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:58,280
still wanting to be a
developmental partner.
1047
00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:01,480
I think the the mistake a lot
of, you know, coaches and this
1048
00:56:01,480 --> 00:56:03,280
is true for all sports.
I've heard some coaches say this
1049
00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:06,720
is that, you know, they, they
very much over line the portal
1050
00:56:07,840 --> 00:56:10,200
And so they take a bunch of guys
that, you know, are older and
1051
00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:12,760
more experienced, but you know,
they they've kind of hit their
1052
00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:14,720
ceiling.
And when those guys leave, if
1053
00:56:14,720 --> 00:56:17,240
they don't have, you know, more
than, you know, one or two years
1054
00:56:17,240 --> 00:56:20,120
of eligibility, you've got to
replace those holes the next
1055
00:56:20,120 --> 00:56:22,960
year or the year after that.
And so if you take guys that you
1056
00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:25,640
know, one, are, are talented
enough, but also, you know, can
1057
00:56:25,640 --> 00:56:28,000
be the program for multiple
seasons, ideally two or three,
1058
00:56:28,280 --> 00:56:32,040
you're able to, you know, I
guess more effectively a rebuild
1059
00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:34,520
because you don't have to you
don't have to constantly be
1060
00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:37,040
replacing those holes.
So I like what Franklin's done
1061
00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:38,120
so far.
Obviously he got, you know,
1062
00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:41,600
grunk at quarterback, Quayshawn
Brown from Duke, the wide
1063
00:56:41,600 --> 00:56:42,800
receiver.
I really like him.
1064
00:56:42,800 --> 00:56:44,400
I I'm very happy with that pick
up.
1065
00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:47,960
I think he's going to be a stud
And, you know, overall they can
1066
00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:50,360
do a little bit more on the
lines, but but I think, you
1067
00:56:50,360 --> 00:56:52,880
know, just kind of, you know,
overall, it's really just to,
1068
00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:55,680
you know, stock up on talent,
you know, kind of get the the
1069
00:56:55,680 --> 00:56:58,040
baseline level of talent up to
where you know, it needs to be
1070
00:56:58,040 --> 00:57:00,720
competitive in the ACC.
And then hopefully after that in
1071
00:57:00,720 --> 00:57:02,840
the years following, and that's
when you really start to, you
1072
00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:04,960
know, kind of get the guys you
want from high school, develop
1073
00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:06,800
them and then they'll be rolling
here.
1074
00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:09,520
But as a as a transitional
class, I really I really really
1075
00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:14,320
like the the portable editions.
I can't hear you, Curtis.
1076
00:57:14,760 --> 00:57:18,360
And he's back.
I, I will, I will, I will, I
1077
00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:20,520
will jump in here.
While Curtis is getting his his
1078
00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:24,440
mic straightened up, I like what
we're doing from the portal from
1079
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:29,960
Sheldon to your point, because
we're basically re resetting the
1080
00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:35,600
24 and 25 recruiting classes to
the James Franklin level 26
1081
00:57:35,600 --> 00:57:40,520
class that we saw come in being
a top 25 class for just from an
1082
00:57:40,520 --> 00:57:43,320
overall talent standpoint from
what they were coming out of
1083
00:57:43,320 --> 00:57:46,600
high school.
Now, when we we look at what
1084
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:51,240
that means long term, you know,
shell them to your point, it
1085
00:57:51,240 --> 00:57:56,040
means that you don't have to go
and get a bunch of headhunters
1086
00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:59,600
every year and get into this
churn of needing, needing a
1087
00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:04,080
quarterback every year from the
portal, needing a left tackle
1088
00:58:04,080 --> 00:58:07,520
every year from the portal.
You don't get into this point
1089
00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:10,840
where you're having to reset the
same positions, the key
1090
00:58:10,840 --> 00:58:13,400
positions on your roster every
single year.
1091
00:58:13,920 --> 00:58:16,840
You got a foundation that you
can build on for two or three
1092
00:58:16,840 --> 00:58:19,600
years now.
You can get your high school
1093
00:58:19,600 --> 00:58:22,640
recruiting in line, start back
filling those positions, and
1094
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:25,640
eventually you get to a point
where you're only having to kind
1095
00:58:25,640 --> 00:58:28,200
of plug in a couple holes here
and there from the attrition
1096
00:58:28,200 --> 00:58:30,600
that you have from your roster
going into the transfer portal.
1097
00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:32,840
Yeah, man.
I mean roster.
1098
00:58:32,840 --> 00:58:34,080
Management, it's a big deal
like.
1099
00:58:34,080 --> 00:58:36,040
I I think you know, we know
fuente struggle with it.
1100
00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:39,600
I think Pry, you know, pride
talked to me again about high
1101
00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:41,800
school development for the first
couple of years, but it seemed
1102
00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:44,480
like that last year he kind of
really over over pivoted towards
1103
00:58:44,480 --> 00:58:45,960
a portal like bringing in 30 new
guys.
1104
00:58:45,960 --> 00:58:48,600
It just didn't work out.
So I think Franklin to kind of,
1105
00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:51,240
you know, this will be the last
thing I say before I head out is
1106
00:58:51,240 --> 00:58:54,880
I think Franklin's taken the
really a good approach of long
1107
00:58:54,880 --> 00:58:56,920
term focus.
But we're going to upgrade our
1108
00:58:56,920 --> 00:58:59,000
account level to where it's
competent in the ACC.
1109
00:58:59,200 --> 00:59:01,880
And so, like Brian said, just
plug holes where we need him
1110
00:59:01,880 --> 00:59:03,880
going forward.
But for a, for a transitional
1111
00:59:03,880 --> 00:59:07,160
class, we, you know, as a
baseline, I think, I think they
1112
00:59:07,160 --> 00:59:09,440
made some really additions
perfect.
1113
00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:10,560
Well, Sean, we know you got to
be.
1114
00:59:10,560 --> 00:59:12,760
Up early in the morning.
Man, could get you jumping on
1115
00:59:12,760 --> 00:59:15,880
for the hour that you could.
Again, check out the article at
1116
00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:19,400
the Key play written by Shelton.
Why not Virginia Tech?
1117
00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:20,960
We'll see you soon man.
Take care.
1118
00:59:20,960 --> 00:59:22,840
God bless you guys.
Thank you all.
1119
00:59:24,160 --> 00:59:25,520
Right, let's.
Talk about.
1120
00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:29,000
This because.
Brian, you made it point.
1121
00:59:30,560 --> 00:59:31,680
I don't know if Gronk's doing
it.
1122
00:59:31,680 --> 00:59:32,840
I'm on.
Right now.
1123
00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:35,840
I do not want Gronk to be
interviewing with anyone.
1124
00:59:36,200 --> 00:59:39,520
Then go find what?
The offense is go.
1125
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:41,520
Win and then come talk to us
next year.
1126
00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:44,280
I mean, I, I'd say he, yeah.
And.
1127
00:59:44,400 --> 00:59:47,200
If if we're giving interviews
before the spring, that's
1128
00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:50,120
probably a problem, that is a
serious problem, all right.
1129
00:59:51,040 --> 00:59:53,440
Let's go.
Let's go talk about the four
1130
00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:56,160
guys that we did not get to talk
about last week and where we
1131
00:59:56,160 --> 01:00:00,200
staying with them.
And instead of going 1 by 1 by
1132
01:00:00,200 --> 01:00:02,120
1.
And let's just talk all four
1133
01:00:02,120 --> 01:00:05,480
guys at the same time.
Let's talk about Brian.
1134
01:00:05,480 --> 01:00:08,920
You, you mentioned this guy
already, Sam Okanalola, the the
1135
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:15,600
edge from by a pit by Colorado.
Justin Terry, not Curtis Terry,
1136
01:00:16,040 --> 01:00:18,000
Justin Terry.
Finally, you got it right,
1137
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:21,040
Curtis.
The offensive tackle.
1138
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:25,200
The offensive tackle out of Ohio
State.
1139
01:00:26,440 --> 01:00:29,280
Then this one came out of
nowhere.
1140
01:00:29,280 --> 01:00:33,360
Curtis Jones.
Curtis Jones from West Virginia,
1141
01:00:33,920 --> 01:00:36,880
the kid who did everything.
He played linebacker, he played
1142
01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:39,080
edge, he played running back at
the end.
1143
01:00:39,520 --> 01:00:42,520
But he saw Rich Rod was bringing
like 60 guys in and he was like
1144
01:00:42,520 --> 01:00:45,760
this motherfucking stupid.
I'll get out of here real quick.
1145
01:00:45,760 --> 01:00:48,200
And then, finally, the last Penn
State.
1146
01:00:48,200 --> 01:00:50,480
Guy.
Toser, Denmark.
1147
01:00:50,920 --> 01:00:55,560
So Tally, we'll kick it to you
because Brian kind of already
1148
01:00:55,560 --> 01:00:58,600
buried it.
Which one you most excited?
1149
01:00:58,600 --> 01:01:02,520
About are those 4.
Probably Terry just.
1150
01:01:02,520 --> 01:01:06,640
Because I mean, we heard about
his name early, early in the
1151
01:01:06,640 --> 01:01:11,560
portal process, and that's all
we need the most help at.
1152
01:01:12,920 --> 01:01:14,840
I think it was Chris, I think.
I'm pretty sure it was.
1153
01:01:15,720 --> 01:01:20,000
Chris Lester that was talking
about by May of this year we
1154
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:26,520
would have been done brought in
18 O lineman, which is crazy
1155
01:01:26,520 --> 01:01:31,480
compared to I think we hadn't
brought in 18 O lineman from O 5
1156
01:01:31,520 --> 01:01:37,880
to 2025 we have.
Been very scarce on.
1157
01:01:38,200 --> 01:01:43,360
Recruiting lineman SO and
especially at a high level.
1158
01:01:43,360 --> 01:01:45,360
Like lineman.
Didn't play at a high level, so
1159
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:48,040
we don't know who's going to pan
out.
1160
01:01:48,040 --> 01:01:51,440
Of course, that's why you pull
people in and.
1161
01:01:51,480 --> 01:01:54,920
And hope people develop to.
Get better, but we have a lot of
1162
01:01:54,920 --> 01:01:59,280
people that have the opportunity
to show what they can do when
1163
01:01:59,280 --> 01:02:01,600
you bring in, you know, 18
offensive lineman.
1164
01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:04,480
So we need it.
So I'm probably more most
1165
01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:06,960
excited about him.
Bet you Bron.
1166
01:02:08,320 --> 01:02:11,760
Sammy Sachs man, Sammy.
Sachs, Sammy Sachs.
1167
01:02:12,520 --> 01:02:16,280
Samuel Okun Lolo it.
It was a great when, when, when
1168
01:02:16,280 --> 01:02:17,080
Morgan.
Laughed.
1169
01:02:17,080 --> 01:02:19,800
It's like, oh man, I had that
kick, but you said it.
1170
01:02:19,800 --> 01:02:20,840
What up?
Hit it.
1171
01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:25,080
Yeah, this is a guy that.
When you watch his tape, I mean,
1172
01:02:25,080 --> 01:02:29,200
he pops, man.
You had some pretty decent
1173
01:02:29,200 --> 01:02:32,880
production at Colorado, had some
has, has had some good
1174
01:02:32,880 --> 01:02:35,640
production, you know, throughout
his college career so far.
1175
01:02:36,520 --> 01:02:39,360
I'm really interested to see if
he could take kind of that next
1176
01:02:39,360 --> 01:02:43,240
step to become that premier
tight pass rusher.
1177
01:02:44,320 --> 01:02:46,960
But I mean, he's a guy that, you
know, when you watch the tape,
1178
01:02:46,960 --> 01:02:49,680
he definitely stands out.
He's got really great burst off
1179
01:02:49,680 --> 01:02:53,280
the line of scrimmage.
He's going to give guys problems
1180
01:02:53,280 --> 01:02:55,680
with that speed rush.
You know, we'll see if he can
1181
01:02:55,680 --> 01:02:58,440
kind of develop a second move
or, or, or be a little bit
1182
01:02:58,440 --> 01:03:03,440
better all around with that.
But for for a guy that is your
1183
01:03:04,120 --> 01:03:08,320
pivot from the guy that was
considered to be the the jewel
1184
01:03:08,320 --> 01:03:10,640
on the defensive side of the
football in your, in your
1185
01:03:10,640 --> 01:03:13,240
transfer portal class, that's a
pretty damn good pivot.
1186
01:03:14,160 --> 01:03:17,040
Well, yeah, it was a.
Great pivot and and and.
1187
01:03:17,640 --> 01:03:21,080
I, I, I mentioned Jones I think
a couple weeks ago about how
1188
01:03:21,080 --> 01:03:25,520
getting him in here would be
good and Sammy's great, but I,
1189
01:03:25,520 --> 01:03:27,200
I'm interested to see what
they're going to do.
1190
01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:30,840
With Curtis Jones, because are
they going?
1191
01:03:30,840 --> 01:03:35,040
To put him like at an outside
linebacker role in his defense,
1192
01:03:35,840 --> 01:03:40,120
or we can put him at an edge.
And, and The thing is, he is a
1193
01:03:40,160 --> 01:03:41,280
football.
Player.
1194
01:03:42,040 --> 01:03:45,640
He is a football player.
How do I say he's a football
1195
01:03:45,640 --> 01:03:48,520
player?
So he played twelve games, 23
1196
01:03:48,520 --> 01:03:50,960
tackles, 3 tackles for loss,
including the sack.
1197
01:03:51,560 --> 01:03:55,560
He also rushed the ball for 11
times for three touchdowns.
1198
01:03:56,520 --> 01:03:59,440
That guy loves football and
that's what you want bringing in
1199
01:03:59,440 --> 01:04:01,080
here so.
I want to see.
1200
01:04:01,080 --> 01:04:02,880
Clearly he has some athletic
ability.
1201
01:04:03,320 --> 01:04:06,520
You know, he's like 6 to like
235.
1202
01:04:06,520 --> 01:04:11,600
So he's kind of undersized and
edge, but does he have a role?
1203
01:04:11,640 --> 01:04:13,920
He's the guy, no disrespect to
Denmark.
1204
01:04:13,920 --> 01:04:16,320
I think Denmark could be an
excellent wide receiver.
1205
01:04:16,920 --> 01:04:19,920
But I think those three guys
that are coming in, you talked
1206
01:04:20,080 --> 01:04:22,520
to Sheldon, was talking about
how he kind of levelled it out.
1207
01:04:22,920 --> 01:04:25,160
Those three guys.
I think we expect you're going
1208
01:04:25,160 --> 01:04:26,680
to like to come in this year and
you're going to play.
1209
01:04:27,400 --> 01:04:29,240
You're going to play.
And that's big.
1210
01:04:30,240 --> 01:04:31,960
All right, let's get to it real
quick.
1211
01:04:32,160 --> 01:04:33,800
We're.
Going to go through each room
1212
01:04:33,800 --> 01:04:37,360
over the next, I'd say 10-15
minutes here, maybe less, and
1213
01:04:37,360 --> 01:04:40,680
we're just going to say how we
feel about how we feel about the
1214
01:04:40,680 --> 01:04:44,640
depth of that room. 1 is the
worst, 10 is the best.
1215
01:04:44,640 --> 01:04:47,400
If we land on one or 10 for
anything, I'll be shocked.
1216
01:04:48,040 --> 01:04:50,680
But I just wanted to do this
because I think probably next
1217
01:04:50,680 --> 01:04:55,520
month at some point, we're going
to probably build a depth chart
1218
01:04:55,520 --> 01:04:58,640
and say this is how if
everything in the perfect world
1219
01:04:58,640 --> 01:05:00,280
happens, this is how it's going
to look.
1220
01:05:00,960 --> 01:05:02,640
So let's start.
Let's.
1221
01:05:02,640 --> 01:05:04,640
Start with the.
Quarterback room, by the way,
1222
01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:10,040
I'm going to shout out TSL, all
the guys over there, Will David
1223
01:05:10,440 --> 01:05:11,960
Guy, who's been on here a lot,
Chris.
1224
01:05:11,960 --> 01:05:14,280
Coleman, They.
Put a hell of a list together
1225
01:05:14,280 --> 01:05:19,360
with literally everybody who's
in everybody who's out on their
1226
01:05:19,360 --> 01:05:21,040
website.
It's unbelievable.
1227
01:05:21,480 --> 01:05:24,120
It made it really easy for me.
I didn't have to put something
1228
01:05:24,120 --> 01:05:26,240
together, which I thought I was
going to have to do.
1229
01:05:26,640 --> 01:05:28,160
But let's start with the
quarterback room.
1230
01:05:28,160 --> 01:05:29,440
I'm going to start with you,
Tally.
1231
01:05:30,520 --> 01:05:32,000
Where do you feel death?
Right?
1232
01:05:33,520 --> 01:05:34,120
Where are?
You though.
1233
01:05:34,480 --> 01:05:35,800
How do you feel about the whole
but?
1234
01:05:35,920 --> 01:05:39,400
How you feel about the death One
to five, one to.
1235
01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:42,360
Ten I would.
Say probably.
1236
01:05:42,360 --> 01:05:46,840
About a about a seven, Yeah, I'd
probably say about A7 on that.
1237
01:05:46,840 --> 01:05:53,120
All right.
Ron, I'm going to go.
1238
01:05:53,120 --> 01:05:56,960
Right at the seven as well all.
Right, I'm I'm going.
1239
01:05:56,960 --> 01:06:02,160
To go with A5.
We know Gronk can play, but it's
1240
01:06:02,160 --> 01:06:04,760
behind him of the following Red
shirt freshman red shirt
1241
01:06:04,760 --> 01:06:08,560
freshman red shirt freshman
freshman Is Gronk in the.
1242
01:06:08,560 --> 01:06:11,280
Freshman 4.
Behind Curtis, I'm going to ask
1243
01:06:11,280 --> 01:06:13,080
you one question.
What's that?
1244
01:06:14,000 --> 01:06:17,560
Let's look at all of the
rosters.
1245
01:06:17,600 --> 01:06:19,560
In.
The power 4.
1246
01:06:19,560 --> 01:06:23,640
Let's let's show the power 4.
That's a. 140.
1247
01:06:23,640 --> 01:06:29,520
Four teams, man 144 players.
All right, so all all.
1248
01:06:29,520 --> 01:06:34,160
All of those guys, when you look
at their depth charts, how many
1249
01:06:34,360 --> 01:06:39,320
of their starters beyond QB one
have seen anything other than
1250
01:06:39,320 --> 01:06:43,240
garbage time?
I don't know, I have to look at
1251
01:06:43,240 --> 01:06:46,960
every single rostring.
Just just but like in your head.
1252
01:06:47,080 --> 01:06:50,840
Think, think about how would you
say this year 8080% of.
1253
01:06:50,840 --> 01:06:54,600
Them probably do not have a
solid backup so they're pretty
1254
01:06:54,600 --> 01:06:57,360
much in the same damn.
Situation we are behind Grump.
1255
01:06:57,640 --> 01:06:59,480
I know I want to be better than
though.
1256
01:07:01,040 --> 01:07:03,400
And there's enough and when I.
Say this I'm looking.
1257
01:07:03,400 --> 01:07:07,960
At more of a Bryce is likely the
number 2, but what I'm saying is
1258
01:07:09,560 --> 01:07:11,320
I always want a buffer.
I'm sorry, I'm a SAN.
1259
01:07:11,320 --> 01:07:13,840
Francisco fan.
This year we had the best backup
1260
01:07:13,840 --> 01:07:16,200
in the league.
He had to play for seven games.
1261
01:07:16,200 --> 01:07:18,320
He went five and two.
What?
1262
01:07:18,520 --> 01:07:21,240
Yeah, so the so.
The But The thing is like so
1263
01:07:21,240 --> 01:07:25,240
Bronk is a sophomore see a true
sophomore or red shirt,
1264
01:07:25,240 --> 01:07:27,360
sophomore, red shirt, red shirt.
Sophomore.
1265
01:07:27,360 --> 01:07:29,280
This year or going into.
This year, right?
1266
01:07:29,600 --> 01:07:31,040
Yep, Yep.
All right.
1267
01:07:31,040 --> 01:07:32,720
So he was a red shirt.
Freshman.
1268
01:07:32,720 --> 01:07:35,720
Last year, right?
Cool not.
1269
01:07:35,720 --> 01:07:36,840
Expecting.
To play.
1270
01:07:37,320 --> 01:07:39,040
Nobody really knew what he could
do.
1271
01:07:39,520 --> 01:07:44,600
He was he gets thrust into
action because Drew Allah goes
1272
01:07:44,600 --> 01:07:48,960
down to lose their very
experienced, you know, starter.
1273
01:07:50,160 --> 01:07:53,400
How do we know Kelvin Ryan can't
play?
1274
01:07:54,160 --> 01:07:56,720
How do we know you know Baker
can't play?
1275
01:07:57,000 --> 01:08:01,400
Because Virginia Tech doesn't
give us an opportunity.
1276
01:08:01,400 --> 01:08:03,480
To see it in the past.
You know what I'm saying?
1277
01:08:03,720 --> 01:08:07,400
When Kyron struggled, when Kyron
was hurt, we didn't play another
1278
01:08:07,400 --> 01:08:09,320
quarterback, you know what I'm
saying?
1279
01:08:09,320 --> 01:08:12,040
We just continued to go with the
same person.
1280
01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:14,160
I don't want anybody to get hurt
for us to see it.
1281
01:08:14,160 --> 01:08:17,399
But sometimes through adversity
it builds some character.
1282
01:08:18,040 --> 01:08:23,040
We just never seen it.
So a year later, how many people
1283
01:08:23,040 --> 01:08:25,359
probably was after Grunt?
He was probably one of the most
1284
01:08:25,840 --> 01:08:30,640
sought after quarterbacks that
was in the portal that wasn't
1285
01:08:30,640 --> 01:08:34,439
supposed to play.
So to Brian's point, we don't
1286
01:08:34,439 --> 01:08:35,880
know what we got.
You know what I'm saying?
1287
01:08:35,880 --> 01:08:38,720
I don't want to hype it up, but
I'm just saying we know that we
1288
01:08:38,720 --> 01:08:42,479
have at least a QB, one that is
going.
1289
01:08:42,479 --> 01:08:46,040
To be very.
Capable so I'm.
1290
01:08:46,040 --> 01:08:48,160
Excited about that.
We're going to be able to.
1291
01:08:48,160 --> 01:08:52,000
Throw the ball, I love you but.
We couldn't.
1292
01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:54,399
Throw the ball and it wasn't all
on, Karen.
1293
01:08:54,399 --> 01:08:56,600
We'll get into that.
We'll take a whole show and
1294
01:08:56,600 --> 01:08:59,800
we'll talk about how bad our
offensive line was, how bad our
1295
01:08:59,800 --> 01:09:02,359
play column was to our
personnel, how bad our
1296
01:09:02,359 --> 01:09:04,359
quarterback quarterback play
was.
1297
01:09:04,359 --> 01:09:08,680
But we'll get to see the the
wide receivers get some passes.
1298
01:09:08,960 --> 01:09:10,319
You know, that's what we want to
see.
1299
01:09:10,319 --> 01:09:13,000
All right.
Let's move on to the running.
1300
01:09:13,000 --> 01:09:14,720
Backroom, and I'm going to start
with this one.
1301
01:09:14,720 --> 01:09:21,760
Give me a nine.
I'm right there with you.
1302
01:09:21,760 --> 01:09:25,680
I will take a 9.
I mean, Overton coming.
1303
01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:29,880
Off an.
Injury as a true freshman did
1304
01:09:29,880 --> 01:09:33,080
that.
Imagine what a full.
1305
01:09:33,080 --> 01:09:36,319
Offseason.
In the room is going to do for
1306
01:09:36,319 --> 01:09:37,279
that.
Kid.
1307
01:09:38,319 --> 01:09:40,640
Holy shit that.
That room is going.
1308
01:09:40,640 --> 01:09:44,160
To be lights out, him and Hawk
are going to be a tandem.
1309
01:09:44,840 --> 01:09:47,200
Like I'm not going to go back
and say like anything with the
1310
01:09:47,200 --> 01:09:49,399
Untouchables or anything like
that, but that's going to be a
1311
01:09:49,399 --> 01:09:53,840
really good 1-2 punch in that
backfield Cali.
1312
01:09:54,360 --> 01:09:56,040
Yeah, I'm probably going to go
an 8 on that as.
1313
01:09:56,040 --> 01:10:00,800
Well, just because people sleep
on Hulk, man, I don't know.
1314
01:10:00,800 --> 01:10:03,440
Look, I ain't going to say
nobody like wanted him to leave,
1315
01:10:03,440 --> 01:10:08,440
but I don't think a lot of
people really, we thought.
1316
01:10:08,440 --> 01:10:11,720
About him leaving or staying.
As much as we should have.
1317
01:10:12,120 --> 01:10:14,640
I think Hawk had almost 900
yards rushing.
1318
01:10:14,960 --> 01:10:18,680
He almost was 1000 yard back.
And at the beginning of the
1319
01:10:18,680 --> 01:10:21,680
season, who really knew him like
we didn't?
1320
01:10:21,680 --> 01:10:24,960
We thought, oh, it's going to
be, you know, Stewart or, you
1321
01:10:24,960 --> 01:10:27,080
know, we thought Overton.
We knew he was hurt.
1322
01:10:27,080 --> 01:10:28,960
We thought he may get in, you
know.
1323
01:10:29,320 --> 01:10:31,520
Then we thought Bennett may be
the one who catches out of the
1324
01:10:31,520 --> 01:10:35,640
backfield and Hawkins comes in
for all intents and purposes
1325
01:10:35,640 --> 01:10:39,440
plays great behind a crappy
offensive line on the three wind
1326
01:10:39,440 --> 01:10:43,000
team.
So we have some potential and we
1327
01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:45,040
have some production which I'm
really excited about.
1328
01:10:46,040 --> 01:10:48,400
And don't you forget about big.
Ass Bill.
1329
01:10:48,400 --> 01:10:50,800
James because he going to run
through some people.
1330
01:10:52,520 --> 01:10:53,280
Bill.
Davis.
1331
01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:54,840
Bill.
Bill Davis.
1332
01:10:54,840 --> 01:10:58,920
Yeah, I'm screwed.
Damn it, Curtis, What?
1333
01:10:58,920 --> 01:11:00,040
Do you say hey?
Brian.
1334
01:11:00,080 --> 01:11:02,240
Last.
Week battle last man.
1335
01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:10,200
I like making all crack up, see?
Everybody thinks I'm the mile.
1336
01:11:10,760 --> 01:11:11,440
The.
Group.
1337
01:11:13,320 --> 01:11:14,880
Everybody.
Thinks I'm the mile man I.
1338
01:11:14,880 --> 01:11:17,920
Want to group?
But this yeah, and I'm I'm just
1339
01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:19,720
getting up the numbers here
tally because I couldn't
1340
01:11:19,720 --> 01:11:25,640
remember either 75750 He
averaged 6 yards of carry,
1341
01:11:25,640 --> 01:11:28,680
though last year did Hawk 6
yards a Gary.
1342
01:11:28,680 --> 01:11:31,400
Damn good.
All right, let's go to wide
1343
01:11:31,400 --> 01:11:35,240
receiver tight ends because I I
want to bunch them together
1344
01:11:36,040 --> 01:11:39,480
because I think again, I think
when you to me, I think about
1345
01:11:39,480 --> 01:11:43,600
the outside skill positions, you
can do so much where two tight
1346
01:11:43,600 --> 01:11:45,120
ends and two wide receivers are
on the field.
1347
01:11:45,120 --> 01:11:47,680
So if you start saying, well,
the tight end room's not great
1348
01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:50,840
or it's great and the wide.
Receiver room's OK.
1349
01:11:50,840 --> 01:11:54,000
And it's just like the way they
are playing at the same time,
1350
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:57,000
doing the same things.
They got a run block, they got
1351
01:11:57,000 --> 01:11:59,320
to go out there and run routes,
they got to do other things.
1352
01:11:59,600 --> 01:12:03,920
So tight end wide receivers,
what do y'all think?
1353
01:12:03,920 --> 01:12:08,800
About that room.
Tally Curtis has said he's.
1354
01:12:08,800 --> 01:12:09,960
Going to put them together.
I'm going to.
1355
01:12:09,960 --> 01:12:12,360
Separate them because I love
tight end.
1356
01:12:12,360 --> 01:12:19,200
So I'm going to say tidy in
room, give me about a 7.87 point
1357
01:12:19,200 --> 01:12:22,880
8 and then wide receiver room
I'm going to go with a 8.
1358
01:12:23,920 --> 01:12:28,600
So I'll say, I'll say tight end
room is a little bit under.
1359
01:12:28,600 --> 01:12:31,640
Because I don't.
Think we've really seen how to
1360
01:12:31,640 --> 01:12:35,280
use tight ends in a while at
Virginia Tech, though Benji had
1361
01:12:35,280 --> 01:12:38,200
a a pretty good year, year
before last.
1362
01:12:38,440 --> 01:12:42,000
But still, we didn't use them.
We weren't at offense to really
1363
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:43,760
use our tight ends the way that
we should.
1364
01:12:44,520 --> 01:12:47,320
You know, none of the kind of
crossing routes, none of the,
1365
01:12:48,320 --> 01:12:50,880
you know, up the same routes and
things like that where you
1366
01:12:50,880 --> 01:12:53,080
really use that tight end.
And the reason I say you
1367
01:12:53,080 --> 01:12:56,480
separate them, Curtis, is
because yes, you do use them
1368
01:12:56,480 --> 01:13:01,080
similar, but the tight end room,
you're going to have to, they're
1369
01:13:01,680 --> 01:13:06,080
going to have to block block
like a tight end is, is is.
1370
01:13:06,080 --> 01:13:08,040
Blocking.
Much different than what a wide
1371
01:13:08,040 --> 01:13:10,520
receiver blocks.
You think about a tight end
1372
01:13:10,520 --> 01:13:15,040
blocking somebody like Ruben
Bang or chipping him or you know
1373
01:13:15,040 --> 01:13:18,120
what I'm saying, Getting to that
next level and and blocking.
1374
01:13:18,160 --> 01:13:21,960
What's my man that played that
cow #0 like a tight ends going
1375
01:13:21,960 --> 01:13:24,440
to have to go block him, wide
receiver going to have to block
1376
01:13:24,440 --> 01:13:26,480
him.
So little bit different.
1377
01:13:26,480 --> 01:13:29,240
So that's why I braided the
tight ends a little bit under
1378
01:13:29,240 --> 01:13:32,080
the receiver room because
they're going to have a little
1379
01:13:32,080 --> 01:13:33,920
bit harder time and they're very
young.
1380
01:13:33,920 --> 01:13:38,040
But I think the mix with the
young players and very talented.
1381
01:13:38,040 --> 01:13:43,720
I think I think the next star
out of all the offense is
1382
01:13:43,720 --> 01:13:46,400
probably going to be Luke
Reynolds.
1383
01:13:47,800 --> 01:13:49,640
I mean, I just.
Think that he's going to be a.
1384
01:13:49,640 --> 01:13:53,640
Star because of his work ethic.
If you go look at what he was
1385
01:13:53,640 --> 01:13:56,280
doing at Penn State, he's always
in the weight room.
1386
01:13:56,280 --> 01:14:00,000
He was always winning some kind
of award, being the kind of the
1387
01:14:00,000 --> 01:14:03,360
first person there, last person
to leave type player.
1388
01:14:04,920 --> 01:14:09,040
He's fast enough to be able to
run, but he's strong enough to
1389
01:14:09,040 --> 01:14:10,760
be able to block, which is what
we need.
1390
01:14:11,600 --> 01:14:12,760
So I think he's going to be a
star.
1391
01:14:12,760 --> 01:14:16,480
But having Benji come back,
Benji going to have to.
1392
01:14:17,040 --> 01:14:19,080
Benji, if you watch it, man, I
love you.
1393
01:14:19,600 --> 01:14:20,800
Your ass is going to have to
block.
1394
01:14:21,560 --> 01:14:24,560
We know you can kill.
We need you to block this year.
1395
01:14:24,920 --> 01:14:27,680
You know what I'm saying?
I'd love to see some 2 tight end
1396
01:14:27,680 --> 01:14:30,680
sets for us to be able to get
downhill, whether it's, you
1397
01:14:30,920 --> 01:14:34,000
know, some pop passes or some up
the scene passes or just
1398
01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:36,400
running, you know, right at the
defense.
1399
01:14:36,840 --> 01:14:39,240
And then the receiver room, I
know I'm being long winded, but
1400
01:14:39,440 --> 01:14:43,160
then the receiver room is just,
you got Uber talent all over the
1401
01:14:43,160 --> 01:14:45,880
place.
We have it, but again, AG is
1402
01:14:45,880 --> 01:14:49,520
going to be AGI think AG is a
great possession receiver.
1403
01:14:50,520 --> 01:14:54,080
He's a 5050 guy.
He's going to go get the ball if
1404
01:14:54,080 --> 01:14:56,320
you give him the opportunity
most of the time.
1405
01:14:57,120 --> 01:15:01,560
But we just haven't really had
people that can run past people
1406
01:15:01,560 --> 01:15:05,080
consistently and a quarterback,
they can get it to him when they
1407
01:15:05,080 --> 01:15:08,360
run past people consistently for
a while.
1408
01:15:08,640 --> 01:15:12,640
So I think that we have that.
I think we have that now in the
1409
01:15:12,640 --> 01:15:14,440
receiver room.
And I think that some people are
1410
01:15:14,440 --> 01:15:17,360
going to emerge that we don't
even know about in that receiver
1411
01:15:17,360 --> 01:15:19,520
room because there's going to be
a lot of competition now.
1412
01:15:20,000 --> 01:15:23,080
So, Mike said.
What's a pass?
1413
01:15:27,720 --> 01:15:28,160
Mike, go.
Oh, man.
1414
01:15:29,080 --> 01:15:30,400
What about you?
Brian?
1415
01:15:31,080 --> 01:15:32,000
Go.
Ahead, Kylie finish up.
1416
01:15:32,480 --> 01:15:33,280
No that.
Was it?
1417
01:15:33,280 --> 01:15:34,560
Man, I was going to toss it to
I.
1418
01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:36,760
Was going to toss to one of
y'all, but you said Brian, so
1419
01:15:37,040 --> 01:15:40,360
I'll toss it to Brian.
I'll let it right here so since.
1420
01:15:40,360 --> 01:15:42,280
Tally, separate them.
I'll separate them too.
1421
01:15:44,440 --> 01:15:46,760
Give me a 7 1/2 for the tight
end room.
1422
01:15:46,760 --> 01:15:52,000
I think from a receiving
perspective, this this team
1423
01:15:52,520 --> 01:15:55,200
would be a nine.
But I think from a blocking,
1424
01:15:55,200 --> 01:16:00,960
it's like a six and blocking to
Tally's point is going to be the
1425
01:16:01,000 --> 01:16:05,760
more important aspect because
we're going to need them to
1426
01:16:05,760 --> 01:16:09,640
block in the running game.
We don't always need them in the
1427
01:16:09,640 --> 01:16:10,680
passing game.
We've got it.
1428
01:16:10,680 --> 01:16:13,240
We got weapons across the board
in the passing game.
1429
01:16:13,240 --> 01:16:14,880
You know, there's going to be
sets where they're not even on
1430
01:16:14,880 --> 01:16:17,240
the field.
We're we're going to need them
1431
01:16:17,240 --> 01:16:18,800
in the running game pretty
consistently.
1432
01:16:18,800 --> 01:16:21,960
So that's why they get a 7 point
7.5.
1433
01:16:22,720 --> 01:16:25,720
The wide receiver room I'm going
to give an 8.
1434
01:16:27,880 --> 01:16:29,920
I.
Think this is a very.
1435
01:16:29,920 --> 01:16:35,320
Talented group and I you know,
tally, you made the point there
1436
01:16:35,320 --> 01:16:37,760
you got AG very good possession
receiver.
1437
01:16:37,760 --> 01:16:39,720
I think he can do some things
really well.
1438
01:16:40,440 --> 01:16:42,720
He's going to be the kind of the
leader in that room.
1439
01:16:43,200 --> 01:16:46,600
You got a lot of young talent
and then you got a a guy like
1440
01:16:47,080 --> 01:16:50,520
Keshawn coming over that's going
to, I think be a really good
1441
01:16:50,520 --> 01:16:52,760
difference maker in the slot
there.
1442
01:16:52,760 --> 01:16:55,560
So I think this is going to be a
dynamic unit.
1443
01:16:55,560 --> 01:16:57,840
I think they're going to work
well with what we're trying to
1444
01:16:57,840 --> 01:17:01,360
do offensively.
And I think the upgrading the
1445
01:17:01,360 --> 01:17:04,040
tight end talent, especially in
the passing game, along with
1446
01:17:04,040 --> 01:17:09,320
what we've been able to do in
the portal and in these last few
1447
01:17:09,320 --> 01:17:14,600
draft of the last few recruiting
classes at the wide receiver
1448
01:17:14,600 --> 01:17:18,040
position is going to really give
Gronk some some weapons to take
1449
01:17:18,040 --> 01:17:21,040
advantage of.
Hi.
1450
01:17:21,840 --> 01:17:23,800
I'm going to go with A7 for
both.
1451
01:17:25,320 --> 01:17:26,680
Y'all made the points.
About the tight.
1452
01:17:26,680 --> 01:17:29,960
Ends and I.
Think with the wide receiver
1453
01:17:29,960 --> 01:17:33,680
room you've got.
Two guys who were pretty.
1454
01:17:33,680 --> 01:17:38,640
Established with Aiden and Quish
on brown spring to me they.
1455
01:17:38,640 --> 01:17:41,680
Could get quicker to an eighth.
In the tight end room was good.
1456
01:17:43,280 --> 01:17:45,560
That's just the way I feel.
About the depth the.
1457
01:17:45,760 --> 01:17:48,800
Spring has got I need to see two
or three guys in the spring
1458
01:17:48,800 --> 01:17:52,480
break out at wide out to push
Aiden.
1459
01:17:52,480 --> 01:17:56,320
To push Kay Sean.
To really say now if if they
1460
01:17:56,320 --> 01:18:00,400
need to come off the field,
teams are like, and the other
1461
01:18:00,400 --> 01:18:03,400
two guys are just as good coming
on, the other three guys just as
1462
01:18:03,400 --> 01:18:05,000
good coming on.
So I'm a 7 and an 8.
1463
01:18:05,760 --> 01:18:09,720
All right, back to Brian
Siegler, deep breath, Brian.
1464
01:18:09,760 --> 01:18:14,480
Currently there are 21 offensive
lineman on this roster.
1465
01:18:16,080 --> 01:18:24,080
Where do you?
Feel on the depth of it 6 OK.
1466
01:18:27,040 --> 01:18:29,120
I I.
I could probably.
1467
01:18:29,120 --> 01:18:33,640
Be talked down to. 5 1/2 I I
know I've been on record saying
1468
01:18:34,840 --> 01:18:39,920
I would have liked to get
another guard in this group in
1469
01:18:39,920 --> 01:18:44,920
the transfer portal, a head of
the start of camp and and winter
1470
01:18:44,920 --> 01:18:49,600
workouts, spring camp, all that.
I would have loved to get one
1471
01:18:49,600 --> 01:18:52,920
more guard in there to push some
of these starters at the high
1472
01:18:52,920 --> 01:18:56,680
level.
I think we've got guys at the
1473
01:18:56,680 --> 01:19:00,000
guard position that can play,
but I kind of wanted to level up
1474
01:19:00,440 --> 01:19:04,680
that position as well.
Obviously we know what we've
1475
01:19:04,680 --> 01:19:06,640
done at the tackle position.
That's, you know, we talked
1476
01:19:06,640 --> 01:19:09,360
about that.
That's been an emphasis both in
1477
01:19:09,360 --> 01:19:12,520
the 26th class, the way that one
wrapped up and what we did in
1478
01:19:12,520 --> 01:19:16,120
the portal.
You know, we've shored up having
1479
01:19:16,480 --> 01:19:21,800
a center that can play behind
altooner.
1480
01:19:21,800 --> 01:19:23,320
I think we're good there with
Troutman.
1481
01:19:23,920 --> 01:19:26,400
It's it's really just, you know,
we didn't really do a lot of
1482
01:19:26,400 --> 01:19:29,040
guard to make that position
better.
1483
01:19:29,040 --> 01:19:33,720
I would have liked to see some
movement there, but you just
1484
01:19:33,720 --> 01:19:37,240
wanted one you probably wanted.
One established guard where you
1485
01:19:37,280 --> 01:19:40,800
do even even if it's been.
A rotational player, just
1486
01:19:40,800 --> 01:19:45,440
somebody that could come in and
push the current starters and
1487
01:19:45,440 --> 01:19:47,280
try to level up that room just a
little bit more.
1488
01:19:47,800 --> 01:19:50,080
Yeah, I'm, I'm.
I mean, I don't know.
1489
01:19:50,080 --> 01:19:53,520
I'll listen to y'all more but I
think it's a six because I only
1490
01:19:53,520 --> 01:19:57,280
count 7 guys that can play like
I know can play.
1491
01:19:57,960 --> 01:20:02,520
To get higher I need to know
8:00 and 9:00 and right now I
1492
01:20:02,520 --> 01:20:03,920
only.
See. 7.
1493
01:20:03,920 --> 01:20:07,680
That have played and there's a
couple guys coming in like
1494
01:20:07,680 --> 01:20:12,040
Justin Terry, like Justin Bell,
Can they play?
1495
01:20:12,560 --> 01:20:17,280
Or Lucas Austin, if you tell me
one to three of those, this
1496
01:20:17,280 --> 01:20:20,040
could get into the 6 1/2 to 7
range tally.
1497
01:20:20,720 --> 01:20:24,480
Yeah, I was at about a. 5.
Right, Mediocre, you know what
1498
01:20:24,480 --> 01:20:27,200
I'm saying?
Just because so many unknowns
1499
01:20:27,200 --> 01:20:31,600
there and it's so important to
like you said, we know we got
1500
01:20:31,600 --> 01:20:36,720
about 6 that can play or have
played, but we need to be at
1501
01:20:36,720 --> 01:20:41,600
about 9 or 10 always so.
Yeah, I would say 5 for now,
1502
01:20:41,600 --> 01:20:44,160
right?
5 for that one.
1503
01:20:44,400 --> 01:20:47,760
All right.
Do we want to do defense, the D
1504
01:20:47,760 --> 01:20:55,680
line all together or position?
All right.
1505
01:20:55,880 --> 01:20:58,000
So go.
D line tally all.
1506
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:00,240
Together, how you feeling about
this room?
1507
01:21:04,280 --> 01:21:07,400
Say what now It.
Happened it.
1508
01:21:07,400 --> 01:21:09,760
Happened.
It only took four years.
1509
01:21:10,200 --> 01:21:12,000
Somebody else made an appearance
on here.
1510
01:21:15,360 --> 01:21:17,360
Defensive line, where do you
feel?
1511
01:21:17,360 --> 01:21:24,000
With the depth of this room.
With the defensive line, I would
1512
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:27,760
probably.
Say you had about.
1513
01:21:27,760 --> 01:21:30,960
A 7/7 and 1/2.
Somewhere around there just
1514
01:21:30,960 --> 01:21:35,600
because, I mean, I really think
JC was taking no disrespect to
1515
01:21:35,600 --> 01:21:39,640
some of the players we had, but
I think JC was taking, you know,
1516
01:21:39,640 --> 01:21:42,800
chicken shit and making chicken
salad for a little bit.
1517
01:21:43,280 --> 01:21:46,720
And I think that chaos is going
to have a lot better something
1518
01:21:46,720 --> 01:21:51,480
to work with and more pieces to
work with for us to be
1519
01:21:51,480 --> 01:21:52,960
productive.
You know what I'm saying?
1520
01:21:52,960 --> 01:21:54,480
In the past now, last year was
bad.
1521
01:21:54,720 --> 01:21:56,600
You know, I already talked to
y'all about how I feel about the
1522
01:21:56,600 --> 01:21:59,520
sacks, what we missed and things
like that.
1523
01:21:59,520 --> 01:22:02,840
So how many sacks we had
compared to the years before.
1524
01:22:03,680 --> 01:22:09,160
But even when we were good on
the line, we weren't very deep.
1525
01:22:09,400 --> 01:22:13,440
I think now we're going to be
pretty deep moving forward on
1526
01:22:13,480 --> 01:22:20,560
that defensive line, Ron.
Yeah, I'm right at a 7 and a.
1527
01:22:20,560 --> 01:22:24,760
Half as well.
I think this is going to be a
1528
01:22:25,800 --> 01:22:28,240
unit that.
If not.
1529
01:22:28,640 --> 01:22:33,440
The sole strength of the defense
is definitely going to be the
1530
01:22:33,440 --> 01:22:35,400
reason that we're going to win a
lot of games.
1531
01:22:36,440 --> 01:22:40,440
I like what even even with the
you know, we, we talked about
1532
01:22:40,440 --> 01:22:45,560
the, the, the decommit in the
transfer portal, you know, with,
1533
01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:50,480
with Morgan there, I think we
got.
1534
01:22:50,480 --> 01:22:52,080
A good pivot there.
I think this is going to be a
1535
01:22:52,080 --> 01:22:54,080
pretty.
Good overall defensive line.
1536
01:22:55,160 --> 01:22:57,600
You know, we shored up D tackle
a little bit, filled in some
1537
01:22:57,600 --> 01:23:01,800
holes there, went out and got a
about a good handful of edges,
1538
01:23:01,800 --> 01:23:05,760
guys that could rush the passer
and and the big problem last
1539
01:23:05,760 --> 01:23:07,400
year wasn't even getting
pressure.
1540
01:23:07,400 --> 01:23:11,840
It was getting home, finishing
those plates like we were
1541
01:23:11,840 --> 01:23:13,000
getting.
We.
1542
01:23:13,000 --> 01:23:15,160
Were getting in the.
Backfield that wasn't.
1543
01:23:15,160 --> 01:23:18,320
The problem, we just were not
getting guys to the ground and
1544
01:23:18,320 --> 01:23:21,720
ending the play.
So yeah, that's going to be the
1545
01:23:21,720 --> 01:23:24,160
biggest thing that I'd like to
see is us making sure that we
1546
01:23:24,160 --> 01:23:27,600
finish those plays and take care
of the business once we're in
1547
01:23:27,600 --> 01:23:30,400
the backfield.
All right, I'm slightly.
1548
01:23:30,520 --> 01:23:32,000
Under and I'm.
At a six.
1549
01:23:33,760 --> 01:23:34,720
And it's more.
Leaning.
1550
01:23:34,720 --> 01:23:37,960
Towards the defensive end room,
because I look at D tackle
1551
01:23:37,960 --> 01:23:40,920
between we've seen Copeland and
Paul, we know they can play.
1552
01:23:41,320 --> 01:23:43,400
We saw Law have flashes last
year.
1553
01:23:43,400 --> 01:23:47,720
We've seen Johnson have flashes
where the defensive end room.
1554
01:23:47,720 --> 01:23:50,480
It's more of.
It's Sammy Sachs.
1555
01:23:51,240 --> 01:23:55,560
Put that on the well and then
shout out Matt Neal forgiveness.
1556
01:23:55,560 --> 01:23:58,880
That one, there you go, Matt
Neal shout out there.
1557
01:23:59,200 --> 01:24:02,440
But there's like, there's no
second guy.
1558
01:24:03,320 --> 01:24:05,480
So I'm at a six right now now.
Maybe.
1559
01:24:05,600 --> 01:24:09,160
The reason, Brian, you and Tally
are feeling better is like
1560
01:24:09,160 --> 01:24:13,160
Hilson's pedigree or, you know,
Malachi Williams pedigree.
1561
01:24:13,160 --> 01:24:16,760
Like these guys, we're going to
expect to be good players coming
1562
01:24:16,760 --> 01:24:18,920
out.
But that's where I'm at like a
1563
01:24:18,920 --> 01:24:21,480
six because I just need one more
edge.
1564
01:24:21,480 --> 01:24:25,880
Got to get my bump up on that.
All right, let's roll on.
1565
01:24:26,240 --> 01:24:27,480
Brian.
Is off camera.
1566
01:24:27,480 --> 01:24:29,920
I would be still there in the
background, maybe getting a
1567
01:24:29,920 --> 01:24:33,840
beverage.
Ron, what about the?
1568
01:24:33,840 --> 01:24:36,960
Linebacker room.
Linebacker room, little unique
1569
01:24:37,320 --> 01:24:40,080
brought in some young guys we
don't know what some going
1570
01:24:40,080 --> 01:24:44,960
Curtis Jones.
But returning some.
1571
01:24:45,520 --> 01:24:48,320
Returning the dog in returning
the phenom.
1572
01:24:49,240 --> 01:24:50,680
Returning the dog, returning
the.
1573
01:24:50,680 --> 01:24:54,040
Phenom.
Getting in a really competent
1574
01:24:54,040 --> 01:24:57,400
Mike and Keon Wiley coming over
from Penn State.
1575
01:24:59,560 --> 01:25:03,320
And then potentially.
Mixing in some of those young
1576
01:25:03,320 --> 01:25:05,200
towns, in particular Brett
Clatterbaugh.
1577
01:25:05,880 --> 01:25:12,240
So I'm at a six 6 1/2.
If he if he really twisted my
1578
01:25:12,240 --> 01:25:17,000
arm, I would have liked to seen
one more established guy, kind
1579
01:25:17,000 --> 01:25:21,760
of the front end of that guys
that could be at the 2D1 more 2D
1580
01:25:21,760 --> 01:25:25,000
guy that you could really know.
You can depend on has the stats,
1581
01:25:25,120 --> 01:25:30,080
the experience to back that up.
But I really like what was
1582
01:25:30,080 --> 01:25:34,040
returning on this roster.
I like Keon Wiley and I'm
1583
01:25:34,040 --> 01:25:35,880
interested to see what some of
the young guys can do.
1584
01:25:37,520 --> 01:25:39,680
That's you, Tally.
Yeah, I'm right.
1585
01:25:39,680 --> 01:25:41,680
At about a six.
You know what I'm saying?
1586
01:25:41,680 --> 01:25:45,400
Like pretty much what Brian was
saying, you know, interested in
1587
01:25:45,400 --> 01:25:49,520
seeing what some of the some of
the young guys can do as well as
1588
01:25:49,520 --> 01:25:52,640
the return talent.
But I'm, I'm really excited
1589
01:25:52,640 --> 01:25:56,360
about Caleb Spencer.
Yeah.
1590
01:25:56,600 --> 01:25:58,280
That was that was a big.
That was a big.
1591
01:25:59,440 --> 01:26:03,520
Run it back.
I I'm at a six.
1592
01:26:03,560 --> 01:26:05,920
And 1/2.
If Curtis Jones isn't a
1593
01:26:05,920 --> 01:26:08,360
linebacker, I'm a 7 1/2 if he is
a linebacker.
1594
01:26:10,880 --> 01:26:12,480
There you go.
Because I think what he would
1595
01:26:12,480 --> 01:26:15,080
add is that.
Like, you've got the three
1596
01:26:15,360 --> 01:26:19,560
effective starters right?
Between Noah, between Caleb and
1597
01:26:19,880 --> 01:26:23,360
between Keyon, if you get that
one extra guy.
1598
01:26:24,600 --> 01:26:28,320
I know Santiago's still on it,
but he just didn't do a lot for
1599
01:26:28,320 --> 01:26:32,800
it last year.
Maybe he steps.
1600
01:26:32,800 --> 01:26:36,560
Up but if you get that 4th.
Guy where you know he can
1601
01:26:36,560 --> 01:26:38,240
effectively rotate because you
feel.
1602
01:26:38,240 --> 01:26:39,800
Like.
No one can slide to Mike at
1603
01:26:39,800 --> 01:26:42,880
times, so if Keon needs a
breather, he can bring one guy.
1604
01:26:43,480 --> 01:26:46,720
That's my thing. 6 1/2 if Jones
is linebacker or not a
1605
01:26:46,720 --> 01:26:48,880
linebacker. 7 1/2 He is a
linebacker.
1606
01:26:49,880 --> 01:26:51,200
Yeah.
And we and we still don't know.
1607
01:26:51,200 --> 01:26:52,120
You know, I mean, there's a
couple.
1608
01:26:52,120 --> 01:26:55,560
Things we're still kind of
figuring out is Jordan Bass
1609
01:26:55,560 --> 01:27:00,600
playing star or safety.
You know, what sort of progress
1610
01:27:00,600 --> 01:27:03,560
do we see in, in terms of Gay
Williams's development?
1611
01:27:04,000 --> 01:27:06,480
Like there's a lot of question
marks out there with the overall
1612
01:27:06,480 --> 01:27:09,800
lineback position.
So we can really see that
1613
01:27:09,800 --> 01:27:12,960
position level up just from
things we don't really know
1614
01:27:12,960 --> 01:27:16,560
about yet. 100% All right.
Let's go down.
1615
01:27:16,560 --> 01:27:18,680
To the cornerback.
Room, we'll include the Nichols.
1616
01:27:18,680 --> 01:27:20,920
With what we're feeling on this
room.
1617
01:27:24,680 --> 01:27:26,760
Who's going first?
You are.
1618
01:27:27,920 --> 01:27:33,560
You know, I'm going first, you
know, looking at the guys we
1619
01:27:33,560 --> 01:27:40,280
brought in with, you know,
Woolsey, White, Chadwick, you
1620
01:27:40,280 --> 01:27:42,480
combine that with what we're
bringing back and you look at
1621
01:27:42,480 --> 01:27:46,640
what we were already had going
on at that nickel spot.
1622
01:27:47,440 --> 01:27:51,800
Like, you know, I know, I know
Chris Lester's been on here and
1623
01:27:51,800 --> 01:27:55,200
sung his praises.
What I saw early from Knowledge
1624
01:27:55,200 --> 01:28:00,920
Harold was legit.
So I think, I think death wise,
1625
01:28:00,920 --> 01:28:05,000
we're going to be able to go,
you know, six corners deep and
1626
01:28:05,000 --> 01:28:06,520
not really.
See a ton of drop.
1627
01:28:06,520 --> 01:28:09,920
Off, you know, counting the,
the, the, the two edges there
1628
01:28:09,920 --> 01:28:13,000
with the nickel.
All right.
1629
01:28:13,360 --> 01:28:16,440
Kelly probably get me at about
a.
1630
01:28:18,120 --> 01:28:19,280
Six and a.
Half.
1631
01:28:19,800 --> 01:28:23,160
I'd say probably.
About a 6 1/2 and the main
1632
01:28:23,160 --> 01:28:28,160
reason is I think probably one
of the people I'm most excited
1633
01:28:28,160 --> 01:28:31,360
about in the corners room is
coming off of an injury.
1634
01:28:31,880 --> 01:28:34,520
Jay Cinco.
That's fair coming off of an
1635
01:28:34,520 --> 01:28:36,000
injury.
You know if I.
1636
01:28:36,000 --> 01:28:42,360
Knew he was able to play at a
high level which I think.
1637
01:28:42,360 --> 01:28:45,000
He will be, but I'm.
Just saying, I knew that
1638
01:28:45,080 --> 01:28:49,520
probably would be more at about
8:00, but I think that for us to
1639
01:28:49,520 --> 01:28:56,360
be where I'm comfortable, I need
to see, I need to see Clark on
1640
01:28:56,440 --> 01:28:59,040
that field and grooving.
Did I give a number?
1641
01:28:59,040 --> 01:29:00,040
I don't even think I gave a
fucking.
1642
01:29:00,040 --> 01:29:00,640
Number.
Did I say?
1643
01:29:00,640 --> 01:29:02,200
I thought you gave a seven.
Yeah.
1644
01:29:02,200 --> 01:29:05,880
OK, 7.
I thought you gave a. 7.
1645
01:29:06,640 --> 01:29:08,720
Yeah, I'm, I'm.
See y'all.
1646
01:29:08,720 --> 01:29:10,080
Y'all are a little bearish on
this room.
1647
01:29:10,080 --> 01:29:11,120
I'm.
Bullish on this room.
1648
01:29:11,600 --> 01:29:16,160
I'm an 8 because Chadwick White
Brown.
1649
01:29:16,160 --> 01:29:18,720
Murray Williams.
Kenny Woosley, all can play.
1650
01:29:19,320 --> 01:29:20,800
They can play at the Division
One level.
1651
01:29:21,600 --> 01:29:24,000
You start talking about if.
Clark.
1652
01:29:24,160 --> 01:29:29,520
If Harold continues to show what
he flashed last year, you're
1653
01:29:29,520 --> 01:29:31,480
talking about a.
Room that.
1654
01:29:31,480 --> 01:29:36,200
Literally any combination on the
field, you're going to have good
1655
01:29:36,200 --> 01:29:40,080
results like it's it's.
It's deep.
1656
01:29:40,400 --> 01:29:42,200
It's it's not.
The whole like some of the
1657
01:29:42,200 --> 01:29:45,520
rooms, can this guy play?
We need somebody to step up
1658
01:29:46,120 --> 01:29:48,400
where with this room we start
turning on film.
1659
01:29:48,800 --> 01:29:51,200
It's like, Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep,
Yep.
1660
01:29:51,360 --> 01:29:53,320
All these guys can play.
Do they have their moments?
1661
01:29:53,320 --> 01:29:54,640
Yes.
Every corner has moments,
1662
01:29:54,640 --> 01:29:56,880
though.
Every corners been beat.
1663
01:29:57,520 --> 01:29:59,000
But you start seeing that in
this.
1664
01:29:59,000 --> 01:30:03,800
If you're telling me Knowledge
and Jay Cinco, Josh Clark go to
1665
01:30:03,800 --> 01:30:07,960
where we think they can go with
their ceilings, Yep, that room,
1666
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:10,400
I mean.
And talk about a room that
1667
01:30:10,400 --> 01:30:13,640
completely flipped.
Because once Lovett opted out
1668
01:30:13,640 --> 01:30:17,680
last year, like it got in the
portal, that room was decimated.
1669
01:30:18,320 --> 01:30:21,520
And they have completely built
that to to a point.
1670
01:30:21,520 --> 01:30:24,200
Like I said, when I said the
defensive line I think is going
1671
01:30:24,200 --> 01:30:26,960
to be the strength of this
defense, it's because the
1672
01:30:26,960 --> 01:30:29,680
cornerback room has leveled up
to a point where they're in that
1673
01:30:29,680 --> 01:30:36,840
discussion 100 percent, 100%.
But also that opted that gave
1674
01:30:36,840 --> 01:30:40,760
Knowledge Herald a chance to
show in flash to say, all right,
1675
01:30:41,280 --> 01:30:44,280
now we got some tape for you.
Go clean this up and you're
1676
01:30:44,280 --> 01:30:46,280
going to be way up here.
Yeah.
1677
01:30:47,240 --> 01:30:49,000
The raw ability.
Of knowledge, Harrell.
1678
01:30:49,000 --> 01:30:50,600
Is.
Unreal.
1679
01:30:50,880 --> 01:30:54,240
It is there, understand?
Yeah, and I think like his.
1680
01:30:54,240 --> 01:30:56,560
Knowledge of the game I think is
the biggest part.
1681
01:30:56,560 --> 01:31:00,400
Like he, you know, it didn't
seem like he ever looked like he
1682
01:31:00,400 --> 01:31:02,760
was lost anywhere, which you
don't really really see that a
1683
01:31:02,760 --> 01:31:05,200
lot with a true freshman getting
out there and getting some time.
1684
01:31:05,200 --> 01:31:09,160
So shout out to him and and if
we can see him take another step
1685
01:31:09,160 --> 01:31:12,680
this year, that's going to be
huge. 100% all right.
1686
01:31:12,760 --> 01:31:16,760
Let's see our last room here.
And that's the safety room and
1687
01:31:16,760 --> 01:31:18,040
I'm going.
To start with this one.
1688
01:31:19,640 --> 01:31:22,240
I'm going to be nice.
And gracious and give it a 5.
1689
01:31:22,640 --> 01:31:28,120
I this is 1 room I am completely
worried about now maybe having
1690
01:31:28,120 --> 01:31:32,080
that corner room at an 8 and if
and if knowledge and.
1691
01:31:32,080 --> 01:31:34,920
Josh, take that big.
Step it don't matter what the
1692
01:31:34,920 --> 01:31:38,320
safeties do, but I don't feel
good about this room.
1693
01:31:38,320 --> 01:31:40,840
And if one guy I feel good
about, his name is Gwen Reddish,
1694
01:31:41,640 --> 01:31:43,280
he's the only guy I feel really
good about.
1695
01:31:43,280 --> 01:31:46,200
Off of Andrew. 5 coming off an
injury.
1696
01:31:46,200 --> 01:31:48,680
That's just the way it was I'm.
In I'm in a 5 for that room.
1697
01:31:51,320 --> 01:31:52,760
Tally, I'll let you go first on
this one.
1698
01:31:53,080 --> 01:31:54,240
Yeah, I.
Probably I'm.
1699
01:31:56,000 --> 01:31:58,160
I'm probably going.
To say a little bit more.
1700
01:31:58,160 --> 01:32:00,200
Optimistic than Curtis, but not
much.
1701
01:32:00,200 --> 01:32:06,680
I'd probably say about a six
just because I know if.
1702
01:32:06,680 --> 01:32:09,920
Q if Q is on the field.
And he's not coming off of a
1703
01:32:09,920 --> 01:32:11,720
knee injury, you know what I'm
saying?
1704
01:32:12,320 --> 01:32:21,080
He if Q is on the field, I know
what he brings, so I'm pretty
1705
01:32:22,280 --> 01:32:24,120
excited about that.
Part of it.
1706
01:32:24,560 --> 01:32:27,800
But I was hoping we was going to
go out and get maybe a, you
1707
01:32:27,800 --> 01:32:32,040
know, another safety as well,
just to have a rotation piece
1708
01:32:32,040 --> 01:32:38,080
and we didn't do that.
So 6 is where I'm at, Yeah, I
1709
01:32:38,080 --> 01:32:41,720
think.
You know, if I knew, if I knew
1710
01:32:41,720 --> 01:32:45,800
what we were going to get from
some of these guys, like because
1711
01:32:45,800 --> 01:32:47,080
we're not bringing anybody in,
right?
1712
01:32:47,080 --> 01:32:48,680
So we're not bringing anybody in
this position.
1713
01:32:48,680 --> 01:32:51,480
We're literally talking about
guys that are coming back.
1714
01:32:52,520 --> 01:32:57,800
I think frontline, you know, we
we saw, you know, Jordan Bass
1715
01:32:57,800 --> 01:32:59,600
likes to hit people.
We know that that right.
1716
01:32:59,600 --> 01:33:02,520
We know that we know what what Q
can do.
1717
01:33:02,880 --> 01:33:05,080
I think there's a lot of
question marks behind that.
1718
01:33:06,200 --> 01:33:08,560
You know you got.
Sheldon Robinson.
1719
01:33:08,560 --> 01:33:10,480
Showed some flashes.
Can he take a step?
1720
01:33:11,800 --> 01:33:14,320
What are we going to get out of
Chirag Koval this year?
1721
01:33:16,520 --> 01:33:20,600
What can a guy, you know, I, I
really don't know what we have
1722
01:33:20,600 --> 01:33:23,080
beyond that.
So that's kind of where I'm at
1723
01:33:23,080 --> 01:33:24,720
is is Chirag Koval going to step
up?
1724
01:33:24,720 --> 01:33:27,320
Because you know, you you want
at least 4 safeties that you can
1725
01:33:27,320 --> 01:33:32,640
count on.
And right now I've got 2 1/2, so
1726
01:33:32,640 --> 01:33:34,520
beyond the front.
Line I'm I'm concerned about.
1727
01:33:34,520 --> 01:33:37,200
Depth.
So it, it's a, it's a tentative
1728
01:33:37,200 --> 01:33:41,120
5 for me, But I, I think that if
some of the young guys come on
1729
01:33:41,120 --> 01:33:43,720
at that position, I think we
could, you know, talk about that
1730
01:33:43,720 --> 01:33:46,680
being levelled up.
I don't know how much we'll see
1731
01:33:47,720 --> 01:33:50,680
in spring practice in the spring
game that'll give us any more
1732
01:33:50,680 --> 01:33:52,920
confidence about that as we go
forward.
1733
01:33:53,400 --> 01:33:56,320
But I think it's, you know, it's
a, it's a room that probably I'm
1734
01:33:56,320 --> 01:33:59,360
the most concerned about on the
defense just because I, I think
1735
01:33:59,360 --> 01:34:02,080
the front line is fine.
I think the depth is the
1736
01:34:02,080 --> 01:34:06,840
concern. 100% tallies off right
there so.
1737
01:34:06,840 --> 01:34:09,360
That that's kind of where we are
and this is pre spring with that
1738
01:34:09,360 --> 01:34:11,160
too.
Again, a lot of this we want to
1739
01:34:11,160 --> 01:34:15,160
see what we hear from practices,
what we see at the springing.
1740
01:34:15,160 --> 01:34:19,720
Yes, we know it's all vanilla,
but if people are looking good,
1741
01:34:19,720 --> 01:34:22,160
if there's position changes, you
never know what might take
1742
01:34:22,160 --> 01:34:23,480
place.
Hey Curtis, this is Virginia
1743
01:34:23,480 --> 01:34:25,000
Tech.
How we feeling about specialist?
1744
01:34:30,480 --> 01:34:32,840
Feeling good, we got the.
Boomer from the.
1745
01:34:32,880 --> 01:34:36,600
The boomer mullet kid from
Marshall and you got the love
1746
01:34:36,600 --> 01:34:37,800
brothers.
That's right.
1747
01:34:37,800 --> 01:34:41,480
I mean.
Ten yeah, yeah, A10 about the
1748
01:34:41,480 --> 01:34:44,440
specialist as as good.
As as high as you can.
1749
01:34:44,440 --> 01:34:47,920
Get I feel good about the
specialist, give me a 10/9 and
1750
01:34:47,920 --> 01:34:49,360
1/2 whatever the fuck you want
to give me.
1751
01:34:49,360 --> 01:34:51,840
I'm I'm good with them.
Damn right all.
1752
01:34:54,040 --> 01:34:57,680
Right, let's roll on now and.
Just a couple more pieces to
1753
01:34:57,680 --> 01:34:59,200
hit.
The coaching staff finally
1754
01:34:59,200 --> 01:35:02,320
rounded out with the Curtis was
so.
1755
01:35:02,320 --> 01:35:04,680
Happy when that came out.
It took forever.
1756
01:35:04,680 --> 01:35:08,080
Curtis was about to lose his.
Mind, why don't we own fucking
1757
01:35:08,080 --> 01:35:13,120
safety scores?
For a month and a half, that's.
1758
01:35:13,120 --> 01:35:16,400
All Curtis can talk about.
Yes, yes, I harped on it, but
1759
01:35:16,400 --> 01:35:18,800
it's finally done.
They got the three final
1760
01:35:18,800 --> 01:35:20,800
defensive coaches finally
confirmed.
1761
01:35:20,800 --> 01:35:24,320
Darius Eubanks is going to be
linebacker coach, Nick Perry
1762
01:35:24,560 --> 01:35:29,240
cornerback coach and Anthony
Midget, legendary Anthony Midget
1763
01:35:29,480 --> 01:35:33,320
going to be the same safety
coach and now you start looking.
1764
01:35:33,960 --> 01:35:37,000
I don't want to get into support
staff yet because it's going to
1765
01:35:37,000 --> 01:35:41,200
be more and probably another.
Day between now and the.
1766
01:35:41,200 --> 01:35:43,080
Spring they'll probably.
Start putting all that stuff up
1767
01:35:43,080 --> 01:35:46,840
where we can really dissect it
and say how good.
1768
01:35:46,840 --> 01:35:48,480
With the exception of Warren.
Ruggiero.
1769
01:35:49,000 --> 01:35:51,040
Because that, that makes me feel
so much better.
1770
01:35:51,040 --> 01:35:53,920
About the offense is Warren.
Is like the senior analyst on
1771
01:35:53,920 --> 01:35:56,560
offense that's big and, and
let's let's talk about.
1772
01:35:56,560 --> 01:35:59,960
Another thing, because this is
something that I think you know,
1773
01:35:59,960 --> 01:36:03,880
outside of a, you know, a Sean
Spencer and outside of Fontell
1774
01:36:03,880 --> 01:36:06,560
getting his money and things
like that, we were like, why?
1775
01:36:06,560 --> 01:36:09,640
Why aren't we going out there
and spending big money on these
1776
01:36:09,640 --> 01:36:12,040
position coaches?
And it's like, well, when you
1777
01:36:12,040 --> 01:36:15,440
see with the analysts that we're
bringing in the amount and who
1778
01:36:15,440 --> 01:36:19,280
it is, we're spending money.
On.
1779
01:36:19,280 --> 01:36:22,800
This coaching staff, we're just
not throwing it all at the top
1780
01:36:22,800 --> 01:36:25,680
flight position groups that the
guys that are recruiting, we're
1781
01:36:25,680 --> 01:36:27,840
throwing it at recruiters.
We got recruiters all over the
1782
01:36:27,840 --> 01:36:31,160
staff, but we're also got
analyst all over the place.
1783
01:36:31,520 --> 01:36:34,600
And that's going to matter big
time, especially with those
1784
01:36:34,600 --> 01:36:38,760
situational pieces and the game
prep pieces that we struggled
1785
01:36:38,760 --> 01:36:42,240
with, frankly, the last really
even going back to Fuente.
1786
01:36:42,440 --> 01:36:45,120
So no, it's true.
It's true.
1787
01:36:45,680 --> 01:36:50,040
But overall, I mean, it's set.
I look at it, I'd like to feel a
1788
01:36:50,040 --> 01:36:52,240
lot better, but I don't feel
terrible.
1789
01:36:52,760 --> 01:36:55,600
Tally, what about you just kind
of setting the final pieces of
1790
01:36:55,600 --> 01:36:57,240
the staff?
Yeah.
1791
01:36:57,240 --> 01:37:00,320
No, I think that.
Kind of what Brian said, I mean,
1792
01:37:00,320 --> 01:37:04,280
we're spending money kind of
across the board and I kind of
1793
01:37:04,280 --> 01:37:07,120
look at the coaching staff the
same as the recruiting that
1794
01:37:07,120 --> 01:37:10,200
we've done.
You can't spend.
1795
01:37:10,200 --> 01:37:15,000
Big in one place when?
You need everything he had to we
1796
01:37:15,000 --> 01:37:18,960
had to spread it out and get
everything we had to get a
1797
01:37:19,840 --> 01:37:25,080
foundation set to be able to
build on and you want, I mean,
1798
01:37:26,280 --> 01:37:28,560
prom may have.
Like cleared the.
1799
01:37:28,560 --> 01:37:31,280
Land off.
That might have been all he done
1800
01:37:32,000 --> 01:37:35,240
at the end of the day.
We had to, we had to go in there
1801
01:37:35,240 --> 01:37:39,560
and pour some concrete, man.
So I'm pretty, I'm pretty
1802
01:37:39,680 --> 01:37:43,440
excited about I, you know, not
saying everything's great and
1803
01:37:43,440 --> 01:37:46,440
we're going to be awesome.
I'm just saying for what we had
1804
01:37:46,440 --> 01:37:49,120
to work with, I think we've done
pretty good.
1805
01:37:49,520 --> 01:37:53,920
I think we've had some pivots in
that coaching staff, but I'm
1806
01:37:53,920 --> 01:37:57,600
pretty happy with the places
that I was.
1807
01:37:57,600 --> 01:38:00,480
Most worried about the.
Trenches, I think we're going to
1808
01:38:00,480 --> 01:38:02,440
be OK and I think we're going to
upgrade.
1809
01:38:02,440 --> 01:38:06,680
I'll say that.
I know we've upgraded on one
1810
01:38:06,680 --> 01:38:08,080
side of the ball with the
coaching.
1811
01:38:09,040 --> 01:38:13,040
Matt Moore still being there and
having more pieces to work with
1812
01:38:13,160 --> 01:38:16,440
is an upgrade.
Same coach, he's got some help
1813
01:38:16,440 --> 01:38:18,920
to help him and we've got more
pieces.
1814
01:38:19,000 --> 01:38:25,080
So coaching and recruiting,
definitely, I'm OK with both of
1815
01:38:25,080 --> 01:38:26,920
those.
Nice.
1816
01:38:27,480 --> 01:38:28,600
All right.
Last peace before.
1817
01:38:28,600 --> 01:38:35,000
We close it out tonight.
Basketball teams.
1818
01:38:35,120 --> 01:38:37,720
What's 16?
60 Lord, have mercy.
1819
01:38:39,800 --> 01:38:42,360
But I'm going to.
Tell you what, I I, may I?
1820
01:38:42,360 --> 01:38:44,680
Threw in a chat last night, I
hope you all saw it.
1821
01:38:44,680 --> 01:38:50,040
This team makes me have to throw
2 Zim's in and take a couple
1822
01:38:50,040 --> 01:38:51,920
fingers of whiskey at the end of
games.
1823
01:38:53,400 --> 01:38:55,640
We are the.
Worst team in the final three.
1824
01:38:55,640 --> 01:39:00,160
Minutes in the country, the last
two minutes, man the last. 2-3
1825
01:39:00,160 --> 01:39:04,320
minutes, it's insane.
And you know.
1826
01:39:05,360 --> 01:39:10,320
And amazingly, amazingly, we've
only blown a couple and a couple
1827
01:39:10,320 --> 01:39:14,720
had to be a buzzer beater
against us. 333 buzzer beaters.
1828
01:39:15,240 --> 01:39:17,080
3 blown.
Yeah.
1829
01:39:17,320 --> 01:39:20,440
I mean, we've only really gotten
beat beat in two games this
1830
01:39:20,480 --> 01:39:22,560
year, the Louisville game,
which.
1831
01:39:23,560 --> 01:39:25,600
With that, that stud.
Coming back.
1832
01:39:26,040 --> 01:39:28,640
I'm not saying I expected I
wanted a better show in there.
1833
01:39:28,640 --> 01:39:30,880
Yeah.
And then VCU coming off the the.
1834
01:39:31,320 --> 01:39:34,440
Wall injury, we were talking
about that.
1835
01:39:34,480 --> 01:39:37,000
The other day, do we even count
those?
1836
01:39:37,800 --> 01:39:40,200
Because you talk about a flip
turn around the walls, your
1837
01:39:40,200 --> 01:39:43,760
primary rebounder, defender,
transition guy, and you have
1838
01:39:43,760 --> 01:39:48,200
literally one day to prep, no
days to prep without a day to
1839
01:39:48,240 --> 01:39:50,280
prep, half day to prep, and you
play.
1840
01:39:50,280 --> 01:39:52,840
Saint Mary's.
Before like those two are what
1841
01:39:52,840 --> 01:39:59,360
they are, but I mean like.
Right now I think of all those
1842
01:39:59,360 --> 01:40:01,440
guys.
They're in the last four in a
1843
01:40:02,640 --> 01:40:04,960
lot of Quad 1 and.
Two wins, good record.
1844
01:40:04,960 --> 01:40:11,120
Day so pretty crazy, but MM
young if you're listening figure
1845
01:40:11,120 --> 01:40:12,600
away how to.
Coach, how to get a ball?
1846
01:40:12,600 --> 01:40:17,000
In on a press in the last 120
seconds, that is.
1847
01:40:17,560 --> 01:40:19,760
Everybody been saying players,
players, players.
1848
01:40:21,320 --> 01:40:23,800
That's coaching.
That's understanding the players
1849
01:40:23,800 --> 01:40:25,480
you.
Need and that's understanding
1850
01:40:25,480 --> 01:40:28,400
how to set back screens, how to
get the ball to somebody in a
1851
01:40:28,400 --> 01:40:32,640
position and it seems to.
Me, that's continuing.
1852
01:40:32,640 --> 01:40:35,960
To be an.
Issue to me, it's on might not
1853
01:40:35,960 --> 01:40:38,920
so much to players.
Yeah, it's, I mean.
1854
01:40:40,000 --> 01:40:46,600
We can talk about, I mean, Neo
has been inefficient, but he has
1855
01:40:46,600 --> 01:40:51,080
been particularly poor in those
three minutes, especially with
1856
01:40:51,080 --> 01:40:54,520
the ball handling.
He is not adjusted very well to
1857
01:40:54,880 --> 01:41:00,440
the college game and knowing not
only knowing how to press when,
1858
01:41:00,440 --> 01:41:03,040
when, when to move the ball,
when not when to stop the ball,
1859
01:41:03,040 --> 01:41:05,680
things like that.
It's like he's not assertive
1860
01:41:05,680 --> 01:41:11,400
when when he should be, but he's
also passive when he shouldn't
1861
01:41:11,400 --> 01:41:13,520
be.
So it's like he doesn't really
1862
01:41:13,520 --> 01:41:15,480
know.
He hasn't gotten a feel for
1863
01:41:15,480 --> 01:41:18,040
everything and that just gets
compounded when you got a full
1864
01:41:18,040 --> 01:41:21,600
court press at the end of games.
It's true, man.
1865
01:41:22,240 --> 01:41:24,600
So, so true.
Hi.
1866
01:41:25,320 --> 01:41:27,000
Boys, anything else?
We want to.
1867
01:41:27,000 --> 01:41:30,560
Hit on before we wrap it up,
man.
1868
01:41:30,560 --> 01:41:32,520
It's just good to be back.
In here with you guys man.
1869
01:41:32,520 --> 01:41:35,760
It's I know it's offseason.
We're probably only going once
1870
01:41:35,760 --> 01:41:39,520
every couple weeks, you know,
for the next, you know, month or
1871
01:41:39,520 --> 01:41:42,320
so.
But it's going to be, you know,
1872
01:41:42,800 --> 01:41:45,480
March hits, it's going to be
back into full throttle again.
1873
01:41:45,480 --> 01:41:48,720
But I always love jumping on
with you guys, man.
1874
01:41:48,720 --> 01:41:52,760
It's always, always a good
fucking good to be excited.
1875
01:41:52,760 --> 01:41:53,640
About football.
I.
1876
01:41:53,640 --> 01:41:59,400
Think one thing that we didn't
talk about before we go Curtis
1877
01:41:59,400 --> 01:42:02,080
missed it.
He kind of hit on it, but he
1878
01:42:02,080 --> 01:42:02,760
didn't.
Say.
1879
01:42:03,480 --> 01:42:06,120
What games are you looking to go
to this year?
1880
01:42:07,960 --> 01:42:08,800
I know it's.
Early.
1881
01:42:08,840 --> 01:42:10,480
I know it's early but.
You got a plan.
1882
01:42:10,480 --> 01:42:14,880
Now, Curtis, I can't wait.
Until May, I'll just pay the
1883
01:42:14,880 --> 01:42:17,480
extra money.
I'll go ahead and tell you right
1884
01:42:17,480 --> 01:42:19,720
now.
I'm I'm going to Clemson.
1885
01:42:21,000 --> 01:42:22,160
I'm going to Clemson.
That's.
1886
01:42:22,160 --> 01:42:23,680
Going to be my awakening.
Was going to be.
1887
01:42:23,760 --> 01:42:25,200
That's 3 1/2 hours for you
though.
1888
01:42:25,200 --> 01:42:27,280
That's not.
No, that's about 5.
1889
01:42:27,280 --> 01:42:28,320
It's about 5:00.
Hours.
1890
01:42:28,840 --> 01:42:32,680
About 5 hours for me.
So I want to, I want to go to
1891
01:42:32,720 --> 01:42:34,400
Clemson.
I don't know where I'm going to
1892
01:42:34,400 --> 01:42:35,600
stay.
Because they already tripping
1893
01:42:35,600 --> 01:42:38,840
about prices of water.
So it's going to be somewhere
1894
01:42:38,840 --> 01:42:42,120
outside of where the university
is.
1895
01:42:42,440 --> 01:42:45,560
But I want to go to Clemson now.
The home game is going to be a
1896
01:42:45,560 --> 01:42:47,200
little tricky.
I don't know what home game I
1897
01:42:47,200 --> 01:42:52,400
want to go to, but that's where
I need some help.
1898
01:42:53,120 --> 01:42:55,600
Chad, where's everybody going,
what games we're going to this
1899
01:42:55,600 --> 01:42:57,320
year?
I'm going to try to talk Curtis
1900
01:42:57,320 --> 01:43:00,000
to take a road trip with me.
To to College Park, I heard they
1901
01:43:00,000 --> 01:43:01,920
got a really good target in your
campus.
1902
01:43:07,000 --> 01:43:09,000
We shall see what.
Those.
1903
01:43:09,000 --> 01:43:11,240
Tickets should be pretty
affordable for that.
1904
01:43:11,560 --> 01:43:15,920
So maybe they're, I don't know,
like if.
1905
01:43:16,000 --> 01:43:19,480
If you ask me right now, the.
Game I want to go to.
1906
01:43:19,720 --> 01:43:23,360
Because I think we're going.
To start off hot, I think Pitt
1907
01:43:23,400 --> 01:43:24,520
is going to be a fun.
Game.
1908
01:43:25,160 --> 01:43:26,720
I was trying to think Pitt too
but.
1909
01:43:27,360 --> 01:43:29,280
Pitt like Pitt A reality game,
though?
1910
01:43:29,560 --> 01:43:30,560
Pitt's a Friday.
Game.
1911
01:43:30,840 --> 01:43:33,000
It's a Friday game.
It's a Friday game.
1912
01:43:33,040 --> 01:43:36,360
That's the only reason I wasn't.
Locked in on Pitt, on Pitt
1913
01:43:36,360 --> 01:43:39,760
because it's a Friday game and
when I go to Blacksburg I kind
1914
01:43:39,760 --> 01:43:44,120
of want the whole Saturday
experience this year, 100%.
1915
01:43:45,440 --> 01:43:46,760
But the fun thing about?
A Friday.
1916
01:43:47,440 --> 01:43:49,400
The fun thing?
About a Friday game is that you
1917
01:43:49,400 --> 01:43:51,920
can go Friday.
You get a night game experience,
1918
01:43:52,360 --> 01:43:56,040
stay the night, spend all day
Saturday in Blacksburg at the
1919
01:43:56,040 --> 01:43:59,320
bars just watching games with
everybody, go hang out at the
1920
01:43:59,320 --> 01:44:00,920
bars.
So it's.
1921
01:44:00,920 --> 01:44:03,960
Been half the day, spend half
the go downtown, eat breakfast,
1922
01:44:03,960 --> 01:44:06,160
eat lunch, watch games and then
tally.
1923
01:44:06,160 --> 01:44:09,800
You know you can when it's
getting close to dinner. 4:00
1924
01:44:09,800 --> 01:44:12,320
You can say I love all y'all,
but I got to go to Bristol to
1925
01:44:12,320 --> 01:44:14,440
gamble for a few hours before I
get back to Alabama.
1926
01:44:14,440 --> 01:44:17,320
There we go.
So maybe that's the. 1.
1927
01:44:17,480 --> 01:44:21,080
If it ain't that one than
Georgia Tech same way
1928
01:44:21,080 --> 01:44:23,440
mid-october.
I was thinking Georgia Tech too
1929
01:44:24,320 --> 01:44:26,520
if I mid-october on.
That Friday, I was.
1930
01:44:26,520 --> 01:44:31,240
Thinking Georgia Tech will be a.
Good game, I'd circle those.
1931
01:44:31,240 --> 01:44:33,520
Two games now something.
Out, by the way, our buddy
1932
01:44:33,520 --> 01:44:37,320
Jason, Music man, he thinks
about going to the BMI game,
1933
01:44:37,520 --> 01:44:38,840
like, right out the gate.
Just go.
1934
01:44:38,880 --> 01:44:41,800
Yeah, Labor Day weekend.
We'll.
1935
01:44:41,800 --> 01:44:44,760
See, I got to give a few months.
We got our schedules and stuff
1936
01:44:44,760 --> 01:44:47,760
to go out and money.
It's always about.
1937
01:44:47,920 --> 01:44:50,080
I might be heading out of town
on the.
1938
01:44:50,080 --> 01:44:52,040
Heels of that.
So that's why I have not
1939
01:44:52,040 --> 01:44:54,320
committed to VMI yet.
So we will see.
1940
01:44:55,080 --> 01:44:56,720
All good man.
Well, with that.
1941
01:44:56,720 --> 01:44:59,560
Being said.
Love to hear where y'all are
1942
01:44:59,560 --> 01:45:03,200
thinking about or your games you
want to go to this year.
1943
01:45:03,680 --> 01:45:06,560
But let's wrap it up.
This episode of the Boundary
1944
01:45:06,560 --> 01:45:08,160
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1945
01:45:08,160 --> 01:45:09,680
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1946
01:45:10,200 --> 01:45:12,560
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01:45:13,160 --> 01:45:16,320
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1953
01:45:29,720 --> 01:45:33,000
We just mentioned Jason Long
plays us in playing out down in
1954
01:45:33,000 --> 01:45:36,200
the Roanoke area.
Also buried an ice hadn't worked
1955
01:45:36,200 --> 01:45:37,840
all week.
Ain't doing a thing.
1956
01:45:38,080 --> 01:45:40,080
Robbie ain't done anything this
week either.
1957
01:45:40,080 --> 01:45:43,680
We've been talking to them so
check him out.
1958
01:45:43,680 --> 01:45:47,520
Check his music page out Jason
Long music.com where you can
1959
01:45:47,520 --> 01:45:50,600
connect to everything he's got,
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1960
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1961
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