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What up dudes. Welcome on in February 23rd still football season here on cballgitball. It's always football season. We'll talk a little bit of other things too especially the end of the show. We always do who won the weekend and that will be absolutely America related. God bless America because what it was one of the most fun things that we saw this weekend. I know I saw this weekend. Brett will have a few, Wes will have a few. We've been doing, we've been starting to talk about teams and for next year and just like finding their way back to the college football playoff picture. Remember Tennessee did it a couple years ago. Nico was at qb. He had the off season drama. Him and Joey Aguilar got traded. Well, Tennessee back in the same spot. More off season drama again. Right? Like figuring out if Joey Aguilar is even going to be there next year. Um, the first ruling he or the recent ruling he just got was that he is not going to be There. My guess is if we just keep suing the ncaa, at some point we'll just wave the white flag and, and let him in. So I expect Joey Aguilar to be there. And even if he gets in over the next couple months, it's still earlier than it was a year ago. Right? Like he'll be way ahead of what he was. I think some important things to remember about Hypo, like Hypo took this job and it was a bad job at the time. Like it's wasn't a bad job, it was a. They were not winning, they were going the wrong direct. When you looked at Tennessee, three of the four seasons before Josh Hypo got there, five wins was the pinnacle. Five wins was like a great season and he's now won 7 his first year, 11 his second year, 9 his third year, 10 his fourth year, 8 his fifth year. I think me and Brent have talked about it on this show too. Like we like what we saw from, from him last year. A little bit of evolution. I think he had to make it a little bit easier on his quarterback who came in last year a little bit later than probably he wanted to. But he took a guy in, Joey Aguilar that was pretty good and made him really good. And that's, that's to me like what Josh Hypo is always going to do. He's always going to produce good quarterback play and we can continue to go back. Like obviously Nico had a really good season. It wasn't a great season by any stretch, but first year as a starter. Go back to Dobbs, he was fantastic. Like I just think that it's always that system promotes good quarterback play. I don't think it promotes like next level NFL quarterback play because it's very much a college system. But you feel pretty secure about, you know that they're going to be pretty good at that spot. And so red, red shirt freshman George McIntyre is a guy that was highly recruited. Just like Faison Brandon, who was a five star highly recruited, like these are the names you probably are going to need to know if, if Aguilar doesn't get that spot. Also transfer from Colorado, Ryan Stob, who's actually played some time. So you got some highly recruited guys. Tennessee is not a slouch in the recruiting game. Like they've gotten dudes. And why were they in the playoff a couple years ago? Their defense was so good. If their defense two years ago in that playoff run was as good as it was last year, they'd have been in the Playoffs as well. Last year took significant steps back. You know, obviously had McCoy at corner that was injured. Who's going to be a first round pick. They have another guy that was a first round pick too. Like the defense was good, but they lose their best players on that side of the ball again. They're, they're pass, their best pass rusher. They lose their top obviously top two corners. So a lot to replace. Jim Knowles comes over as D.C. which another new system. Remember Jim Knowles obviously was, was coveted by Ohio State a couple years ago. He was at Penn State before that and then golly, he was at Ohio State, went to Penn State. Now he's at Tennessee. So he's been around the block now a bunch of different leagues kind of seemed been there, done that. Can he come to a new league losing his best players on defense and turn him around? And I tell you what, there's, there's one name to know, Brent, before we get into schedule and all that stuff. But like Jim Knowles, Brent Rollins from On3 from PFF always joins us talking college ball. You know, Chaz Coleman is the name, Brent. Like that's, that's, that's number one, two, three, four to know for Tennessee because he's a guy that, he only played 150 snaps a year ago. But he looked the part, he looked like the next guy that Tennessee's put out like they did two years ago, like they'll put out this year. You see it all, man. Like you see. And he was a guy that was a late bloomer in recruiting in high school and then, and Penn State was on him and then everybody started to jump on him and he stayed at Penn State and I think he would have continued that tradition. The number 11s. Like he was next, he was the next guy to tap. He was the number one guy in college football in the portal on the defensive side of the ball and that, that's how good he was with only 150 snaps a year ago. So I think Tennessee and Hypo, obviously it's way better and it's, it's, he's accelerated the program the last five years now it's going to be interesting to me to see can they sustain the success. And, and here's the most important thing to me. Can they beat some teams that they're not supposed to be? Yeah, like they beat the teams now. Like they don't mess around anymore with the teams that they aren't supposed or that they are supposed to be. I feel very confident in Tennessee now in who they are. But like to take that next step, the Volunteers need to start beating teams that are better than them or equal as them to really take that next step and go to the College Football Playoff and maybe win a game or two.
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And we'll get to the schedule in a little bit because that there's opportunities for that at home specifically. But you mentioned Coleman. It wasn't. And the good thing with at least bringing Knowles, his system is kind of known for that. Hey, takes a little bit of time to get used to it. You know, a lot. A lot of volume, a lot of things.
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Moving parts a lot.
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Exactly. So what do you do? You bring guys that played with you. Dijon Lane, Amari Campbell, Xavier Gillum, all from Penn State that came. They got the Metcalf Brothers from Michigan. TJ Metcalf played 700 plus snaps for Michigan. A lot of experience. A lot of ton of different secondary guys they brought in the portal. Actually like the level of at least competence that they brought in the portal. And then it's can you take what you have that's remaining and be like Redmond as a true freshman last year at corner played really, really well. Was one of the highest rated players. Spillman at linebacker. Like they've got players that are there already even though that they lost a good bit. So I like, I like that the, the depth of just experienced guys that they brought back in that they brought in the portal. But the part you were talking about with qb, I'm going to assume no Aguilar actually because I just think that's one that they'll probably be. There's like you said, they'll probably.
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The NCAA doesn't win much. I'm gonna, I'm gonna bet against the NCAA every time because I ain't seen them win. Many like this is like going hey, this is a team that never wins. Why would I bet on them to win?
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We'll see. But let's, let's. For the sake of argument, no Aguilar. Do you realize that's five different starting QBs five straight years. Hidden hooker, Joe Milton, Nico Aguilar and then whoever would start if no Joey Aguilar this year. So my question there is when you've got two guys who really haven't played a lot, is your choice the one that is the most talented and has the highest ceiling or the one that just you think is going to limit the mistakes the most?
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Here's the problem, man. I think that. I think there's two different answers to that in two different eras of Football, but, like, we're not in the era of football anymore of, like, building for the future. Like, everyone expects this year. I didn't go get these guys in the portal to not win now. Like, I went and got these guys in the portal to win now, and we're not in the world anymore of development. Like, everybody's not looking around going, oh, man, that guy is an incredible developer of talent. No, no, no, I don't give a dang how you get them. I don't care how the sausage is made. Just go make it right, like, and make it taste good. And so I don't think you have that luxury now. Listen, like, what's the temperature of your team? How good is your defense? How quickly you have to play complimentary football? Like, that's a.
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That's a much better job of that the last couple of years.
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I bro, two years ago, their defense, to me, was the best part of their team. And it wasn't close like now last year, not as much, you know, defensively. But here's the good thing. If I'm Tennessee, I play Furman, I play Georgia Tech, I play Kennesaw State. At least I get some games out the gate. Like, I got some games out the gate before my schedule starts to turn a lot harder, quickly. Here's another thing about Knoxville.
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That's at Georgia Tech, too, I think.
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Yeah, but that. That is a tough place to win. The only team in the SEC that's had success in Neyland Stadium is Georgia. Everyone else gets beat like that. Those fans are so freaking awesome. Loudest stadium I've ever heard at one moment in time. When Travis Stevens caught that Screen Pass In 2001, I was talking to the guy next to me, and we couldn't hear each other on the football field. Like, the absolute craziest atmosphere. So good. So the fact that you've got a few games to get that started and figure out. I just. Man, I trust Hypo. Like, I just trust him. I don't care who that is at the quarterback spot. Like, I feel like now, here's the thing. Here's what I would say. If it comes down to anything type of close, I think Hypo's offense and the way they run the football. And that's another thing. I think desean Bishop has a chance to lead the SEC in rushing. Like, I think that guy. If you asked me who's going to lead the SEC in Russian, I'd say him right now. Like, he'd be the house. The favorite for me. So you're going to have the ground game like you always do. Now who can also give me some of that run game because when Hinden Hooker could do that, man, this offense went nuclear like it went to a whole nother level. So I I think it's got at
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least keeping them on schedule. As a qb it's like hey, yes, there. Nothing's there. All right, let me go get five.
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And especially when you space so much with this offense. Now they had some tweaks last year, but when you space the numbers out so much like you make everyone else play two deep safeties, you make everybody else play very conservative. The you can't play very conservative and play the quarterback run game.
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So offensively we talked a lot about their evolution. I actually went and looked at a lot of the data and you got a lot more outside, outside zone than really ever before. A lot more formational variability than he's ever really had.
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Tighter splits than you've ever seen.
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Less hitches like more slants, more crossers, more of the running back all involved. But the biggest thing. So I went and looked in 2022 with Hooker, 54 targets to the tight end, 59 targets to the tight end in both 23 and 24. And then last season with Kitzelman and Ethan Davis, 90 tight end targets like effectively using the tight end. And that's, that's an element you just haven't seen. And granted some of that's, hey, Kitsman's a really good player and maybe you know your receivers and development, things like that. But it's just the evolution of that offense that's going to help also get a younger quarterback, have a safety valve, that sort of thing. But yeah, the schedule you talked about, Texas at home, Alabama at home, LSU at home, those three big dogs at home.
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No Georgia, no Georgia, which we lost in the, in the new, the new schedule in the sec, which I don't think anybody likes that. I think everybody loves seeing Georgia, Tennessee every year. Such a good, a good game to see. But got to go to South Carolina, which is always a hard place to play at Arkansas at A and M. So it's, it's a tough schedule. But, but you're right.
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How much does Joey Aguilar flip your sort of win total thoughts?
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It doesn't change it, it doesn't change it a ton for me. Like, I listen, I know Joey Aguilar was like ranked really highly when it comes to PFF and all the grades and stuff and I thought he was really, really good. I did not think he was somebody that was irreplaceable. Like, I think the system highlighted him. I think his experience was really, really good. And I just like the fact that you get Furman, Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State to start and you get some of that underneath you. Listen, they're going to have losses like that. That's like Tennessee's. They're not going to the playoff. To me, like, they're not, they're not going to be a playoff team.
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Can they get the 9 and 3?
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Yeah. But here's the thing. 7 wins, 11 wins, 9 wins, 10 wins, 8 wins. Like that's Hypo's floor. Like that's pretty, it's pretty dang good Tennessee fan. So I like. And if you look at the numbers, it's like, you know, 7, 11, you know, 9, 10, 8. Like I think we're due to our little rise. Like maybe we're at. I think, I think we're at 8 or 9. Like we're in that range because I think the defense, I do think the defense is going to be good. I think Knowles is a good fit. Even though it's crazy that your D.C. the last couple of years, man, and your D.C. places. Golly. Yeah. I mean it's just, it's interesting. But I think Tennessee is going to be good. So Tennessee fans, you got to be excited about who you have, like, who you have. And I also think the system, like Tennessee is very much in the nil world doing a good job. Like they lost, I think 28 guys to the portal. Bring in 20, like getting some elite level high school recruit. So I don't think Tennessee football is going anywhere. I love the, I love the additions for them and I think quarterback play is just a given. All right, how about somebody that's been a awesome partner to us. Game time. Like you've heard, you've heard us talk about it and you definitely heard us talk about college football season. And game time was all over the place. And all year long. Here's the or it was all football season long. No, it's all year long. If you need seats to college hoops, if you need hockey. By the way, I am a hockey fan now. Like watching the USA dope. If you need hockey tickets, concerts, stand up comedians, you know, go to game time. The tickets for everything you can imagine. And again, without the fees. Like, I love what they have going on. They've been one of the best partners we've worked with. C Ball get ball listeners. It gets even better. Go to gametime Co or use the gametime app. Gametime app is so easy to use. And if you use it, check out the promo code Pollock for. For $20 off your first or your first purchase. And that's Gametime co. You heard me co. Or the Gametime app promo code Pollock $20 off your seat. That's a dub for C Ball get ball listeners. All right, there you Go. I think this is always a fun exercise. I especially love doing this exercise because I love Brent will come in at the end and be able to try to poo poo on this. If you don't know this. Brent was my OC in youth league football and me and Brent have sent plays back and forth and coached for number of, number of years. Together we scored points. The mess out of it. We scored a lot.
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We ran it, we threw it, we, we did a lot of fun things
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and we had a lot of really good players, by the way. Golly. Our list of Division 1 players are starting to get long. So I'm starting to not wonder, I'm starting to wonder if it was us or the actual kids that we had players.
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We had a really good run in the double digits now, of course, playing college football. All right, Major. College football.
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Yes, major. So I'm going to give you my top guys. So Wesley is. Wesley. Is Wesley. Is Wesley in the mix? Because, because Wesley, I think we, I went with. We're doing all guys. Wesley. Right. That were. That are guys that are joining new spots. Correct.
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Okay. This, the framing of this list. OCS in 26 that are going to take their program to the next level.
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Okay, so that's set up so much better than I would have set that up. So with that understanding, Brent, I'm going to give you my list and then we can go back and forth because I think there's. This was such a fun exercise to do. I love doing these things this time of year and I think some people don't, don't necessarily love this time of year in college football like they do in season, but it's always so much fun to think about the guys, the different spots, the new guys going to the spots, who they got with them, like who's the best at what they do. I love texting coaches. I text five or six coaches that are head coaches and coordinators and I was like, who's the best to you guys? And you know, it was, it was more of a broad question, not who was taking over, but I think there's some really, really good coaches taking over play calling duties in new spots that are going to explode. Okay. So the first one to me, and this is the easiest because I get a two for one. Like I, I get Kiffin and Weiss Jr together. And if you don't think that matters, it does. Like when you game plan together, like it makes life so much easier. And when you got a Guy that can look at, hey, look at this for me. Look at the run game for me. Look at the throw game. Charlie Weiss Jr. Also proved beyond a shadow of a doubt he can do it by himself. Like the College Football Playoff. If you were watching, he did his thing. Like him, him and Trinidad did not take a step back. They were really, really good in the playoff without, without Lane Kiffin. So now you add Lane Kiffin, who's an offensive savant. Number one is Kiffin and Weiss Jr. Weiss Jr. And Kiffin. However you want to slice that either way, lsu, you are going to be excited because what you saw last year was absolutely a hot mess. So Baton Rouge will be rocking. More touchdowns, more fun. You will enjoy yourself.
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It, it'll be way if LSU fan, if you're an LSU fan, the big thing is I think you're going to get back to running the football. Like that's what people get misconstrued. I think a little bit with Lane is that, hey, it's not necessarily, it's, you know, more throw game in this or trick or something. No, his core, at his core, he wants to run the ball. Both him and Charlie Weiss, the combo,
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I think by right, he's not going to line up and manhandle you. They're going to line up and like death by a thousand cuts you and go fast and sneak in the run and make you happy. To me, their Achilles heel has been the same thing. Like it's, it's. Can they get the, the short yardage and goal line. That's why they were really good two years ago with JJ Piguise because he was an absolute freak show. Almost money on the dot. All right, so they're in the one spot, two spot. A guy we've been talking about on this show for a long time, Buster Faulkner. Like I've had him in the top five of all play callers in college football for a while because he's that good. And the thing I love about Buster Faulkner is he does such a good job of mixing worlds. Okay? So I think when I say that some people don't understand what I'm saying, so I'm going to be very, very clear. So you have drop back passing game, all right, like you've seen that. You have play action, you have run game with RPOs. Like put those in the same box. You have screens, you have pocket movements where you go boot or dash. And then you have gadgets. The trick plays like it's, it's really, really hard to take all of those Types of plays and make it come into one. And Buster can do it, man, because I don't know how, like. And another thing I love about. I love about great play callers. They're willing to repeat the same play and call it again and call it again. It ain't got to be, hey, I am the smartest guy in the room. Watch how much volume I have. I love that about Buster. If it's working, man, and he's picked that scab, he'll keep picking it again. And you bring him to Florida and Florida, what you've had offensively, which has been a mixed bag, like, not a lot of good. Like, I think you go like this, too, and have a lot more fun. Like, a lot more fun. So Buster Faulkner in the two spot coming in to Gainesville, and he's going to hit the ground running. It's going to be a whole lot of fun for Florida fans. Like, you've been excited the most when you had Spurrier and when you had Urban Meyer. Like, this is going to look a lot closer to that on offense. It's not going to be what you've seen the past couple of years. So Buster Faulkner in the two hole. Will Stein is in the three hole. And you can go Joe Sloan if you want to because it's. He's obviously the offensive coordinator calling the plays. But I love Will Stein. And if you've been watching him at Oregon, a couple of staples, he's going to go unbalanced. He's going to. He's going to run the football. Run pass ratio to me is always good. Last year you watched it like it was almost 50, 50. They're going to be physical, like, they're going to be good at the point of attack. You know, the pro style passing game. He feeds his studs. He's not afraid to do new things. Always great quarterback play. Like, you look at his time at Oregon, man, whoever. It was, like, great quarterback play. And I'm talking about going through reads, knowing what they're supposed to do. That comes down to details. That comes down to coaching. So Will Stein in the three hole, you know, so who's batting cleanup? Who's number four? The number four coach to make a huge difference. Y' all ain't even gonna know this guy's in college football. Literally. I would love to see if Brent even knew that. I'll ask him that in later when I'm done with my five and he gets to pick it apart and pick who he wants. Chip Kelly, if I asked y' all right, now in the chat, where is Chip Kelly? Who is he coaching? I'd be curious to see if we'd even get responses. I'm looking at the chat right now. No responses yet. Tick, tick. No responses. He's at Northwestern. Chip Kelly's at Northwestern. Remember, Chip Kelly was at Oregon, obviously for a long time. Head coach at ucla, goes to Ohio State, wins a championship.
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Peace.
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I'm out. I'm going to the Raiders. Oof, Raiders. Oh, not good, right? Not a good spot to be. The thing I love about Chip Kelly and spending hours upon. I remember watching tape with him and just picking his brain. Chip Kelly does not adhere to what everybody else else is doing. He wants to know why things work. And if you tell him he can't do something, he wants to know why I'll still do it if I think I can do it. And I love the way he. Remember two years ago in that championship run for Ohio State, they reinvented the wheel on the fly late in the season with his play calling. It was incredible. Like, it was absolutely incredible. Using bigger wide receivers and as those tight end roles like Chip. Chip is unbelievable. Using bigger personnel. He's been so innovative throughout his career. Chip Kelly's an absolute stud. And so. And I think too, when you bring somebody like that to Northwestern, like, you have to be a little bit more creative. And he's a guy that can be creative. He can. He can take what he has, use it in a good way. And I think, you know, Chip Kelly, I don't think he has anything to prove to anybody like he. Chip Kelly's been that guy. And also just big, big, big onions in the big moments. Like, he's got no problem making big, big calls in big moments. All right, number five, this is going to make you go, did that idiot just say that? Did he really say that out loud? Bobby Petrino. So I know immediately I say that. And you think neck brace Bobby Petrino back in the day, if you're a Falcons fan, you think, hey, notes in the lockers. Leaving mid season to go take off and. And take another job. Bobby Petrino is good, man. Like, he's just a real. His passing game has always been so elite. His bag of what he can call in the passing game is next level. He just, he knows how to dial it up to create big plays. He's freaking good going to North Carolina. Now, listen, I don't know if North Carolina's been. Last year they were not very good at shopping for the groceries. And last year play calling was Atrocious. So it was, it was ungood. Now I don't know if Bill's going to let Bobby do his thing and how that's going to work, but Bobby Petrino has a lot in his bag, a lot of experience and I think he'll make a huge impact on North Carolina. Brent Rollins, you have the floor, sir. Any big complaints? Any ads? What you thinking?
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More comments. Like I agree with Buster that I think he definitely needs be on this, especially at Florida and with Philo there. I think people immediately think QB run game because of Haynes King. No, he ran a different offense with Philo. He didn't use him in the design run game and it's his, his ability to sort of mold his offense to his talent is incredible.
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It's really not fair. Like guys they can do that is God, these guys, they can do that are so hard because that means they can literally kind of pick the style they want to be. And whatever you're weak at, they can exploit. It's not fun. Busters. Busters. If you're a Georgia fan, you've seen him be a pain in your ace. If you're an ACC fan, you've seen him be a pain in your ace the last couple years. And Haynes King. Haynes King was a castaway from A and M. Like Haynes King's a good player. Buster made him a great player.
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Yes, very much so. Stein was on my list. Charlie Weiss was one. I, I did. I did have sort of Petrino as a honorable mention mainly just because of him and how I, I love his offenses being built on the run game and a intermediate or deeper throwing game. The two for me that I don't know that you've put was Dean Kennedy at ucla. Okay that with. With Chesney that comes from JMU takes their off. Like I love what they do with a lot of the different elements especially with the QB run game that they did at jmu. So I think that one's going to be. And I think Nico, that kind of stuff that's.
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Host - College Football Analyst
I think that's a good marriage. I like that. Here's what I'll say. It's just like Alex Golish. I love Alex Golish and I think he'll make a big impact. But. But I haven't seen it at the power five level. So I looks like Tim Cramsey like at Memphis. I think he's unbelievable. G.J. kenny from Texas from Texas State's unbelievable. But. But like I wasn't ready to go power four guys or non power four guys to Power four guys.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
The other one is more head coach like you mentioned with Stein, but Colin Klein at Kansas State and getting to work with Avery Johnson again because like, if you remember, he was there when Avery was a freshman and that was. You thought, oh, look at this kid. Next up going to be the guy Will Howard transfers out because of it and now they get to work together again. I think that's, that's one that is a sneaky team in the Big 12, mainly because of the coach QB combo.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Man, he's going to have to go a long way. He's going to have to give Avery Johnson some of his toughness to run the ball on 4th and short and lower shoulder and get hit.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
I know you're not a fan. One other that not in a new place, but I think it's going to look completely or not necessarily completely different, but a lot different. Is Shannon Dawson in Miami.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Yep.
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I think Mensah is going to bring a downfield element. He'll unlock what that wasn't Carson Beck strength and that's going to make Miami way more dangerous.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Agreed. And another wide receiver outside that compliments Tony well, too. So I want, I want to give y' all SEC coaches, ACC coaches, Big 12 coaches, Big 10 coaches, and I'm going to give you a bunch of names that when I asked who the best OCS were in all of college football, these are the responses that I got from coaches. So I just want to put some of these guys on the list. Mike Denbrock appeared a lot, a whole lot for Notre Dame, and if you've watched Notre Dame just the past two years, two years ago, they go to the final game, a chance to win it all in an offense that looked nothing like CJ Cars. This year's offense, right. Like, it was running QB power, run game. Like, you know, they could do that. And that was the world they. They managed. The passing game last year was like, all right, let's open this thing up. It's fun. So what you saw with Jalen Daniels years ago, Jay Daniels at lsu, he won. He won a Heisman, like, right. Like, he knows how to coach offense at a really, really high level. Mike. Shannon Shanahan at Indiana, I think he just proved how good he is. Like, I don't think he needs to prove anything else. And I think the most important thing about him or the thing I love about him the most is nothing deters that sucker from the run game. Like, Indiana is going to run the football. It doesn't matter. They did it two years ago. They did it. That's, that's. They're even if they're not having success and it's a one yard run, a one yard run. They're waiting for the 10 yard run and the 20 yard run and they're okay like getting those death by a thousand cuts. He's not going to get deterred. I just love that about Shanahan.
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I think about offensive coordinators in general. Me personally, number one focuses can you run the football when you want to and can you have diversity in both the run in the pass game? And I think most all these guys that we've mentioned today, they have a lot of it's a run game focus that's hey, we're going to run the football. Everything else is going to be sort of married off of that and come off of that.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Yeah, well. And I think the cool thing about this man, and again we are, we are in the weeds and we're nerdy. It's the off season. But like I think you have play callers that are, that are planners and they're really, really good at planning and their plays off of plays are really, really good. And then you have play callers that are feelers. Like they feel it and they kind of go with their gut and they make decisions that are awesome and like that are just. It wasn't planned, it wasn't scripted. Like, and that's like it's two different. Stop saying like. It's a couple of different styles and I like that about having different guys that the way they attack and they have the feel. All right, I'm going to give you another one. Not surprisingly, that was on a lot of coaches list. Lincoln Riley, like Lincoln Riley deserves to be on every list and still the
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master of counter the ca.
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Yeah, counter the run pass element and the insane QB play wherever he goes. Like it does. It doesn't matter what school he's at, wherever he's coach. I was covering him at ECU years ago. Like the dude, wherever he is at, great quarterback play follows and insane shallow screens. He is the master at bringing a guy across the formation, throwing to him behind the line. His receivers, tight ends, guys blocking down the field, which is legal when the, the ball is caught behind the line of scrimmage. I don't know how he does that, but he does an amazing job with the timing. But Lincoln Riley probably on everybody's list. One guy that was on a couple of lists that kind of surprised me. Jake Spavital from Baylor. When you think Baylor. When I think Baylor now I kind of think pass happy, you know, especially this past year they got a little too trigger happy for me. But I think the mixing of playmakers, the mixing of the run game, they.
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They find they had almost two guys have a thousand.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Yeah, I mean, I mean. And one of the best tight ends in the country. So Spavital was on there. This guy that was on the list next was on several lists too. Tim Beck.
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Thank you.
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Vanderbilt OC just. And the thing about him, watching him is, you know, defensively when you do so much option and you do so many different ways to read guys and put me in conflict, it's really annoying. Really annoying. Tim Beck did an unbelievable job of building plays upon plays and having experience with Diego Pavia and him being in so many fires this year like they did so much that kept people off balance. It was incredible.
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Anybody that I talked to in terms of hey, who do you want? Who. Who do I suggest you go watch? I say go watch Vanderbilt because of the power elements to their run game.
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It's not their offensive line like Bobby Petrino had for years too. Like a mash side and a.
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There's a lot of things like high school coaches that can use in their run game that they use.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Yep. All right, next guy that made a guy that made every list that I, that. That people sent to me. Mike Bobo. Mike Bobo was on everybody's list. Just the variation. Except for Georgia fans. He's not on Georgia fans list. I know but I'm saying one big exception. Yeah. All the coaches that, that do this for a living. That respect all the people in the profession. Everyone had Mike Bobo on the list.
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Every single one finalist for the Royals every year.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Like every single year he's. He's up for the broils. But Mike Bobo obviously and I think you've seen him evolve too, right? Like he's been. He was a drop back passing style that's evolved and shown what he could do with obviously with Gunner Stockton this past year, but just morphing to what he has, having success. Had a couple great receivers a couple years ago. Carson Beck and then Gunner was totally different and still was able to have a lot of success. A name that made the list, that made one list. Only one list. Three different guys said three. This was. These guys were only mentioned once. Out of all the five coaches that I reached out to in the different leagues, Ryan Grubb was mentioned and I think the passing game elements of what he does is probably why it's not the running game. We saw that last year and that's why Seattle moved on from him the year before. But the passing game elements, multiple plays in the. In the huddle formation, into the boundary stuff that he does like, it did a really good job. And early in the season Alabama looked like the best, one of the best offenses in the country. And then, you know, we threw cold water all over that and it didn't really come back. Andy Coltonecki, which I'm a huge fan of now, it did not work in Penn State. It did not work real well. But I think it had more to do with the quarterback than I think it had to do with Coltonecki. But that's just me personally. I think it did not as big a fan. It did not work well. I love the shifts. I love the motions. I love the creativity. You know, the year before when you, when you based it on the run game, when you ran the football and built it around Tyler Warren, it was really good. When you tried to build, build it around Drew Aller and you tried to make it about him in the throw game, it wasn't that good. Like, it was like a guy that didn't have the time. The great timing, he has the great arm, but the timing and the other stuff did not go well. And, and, and I, Colton Ecki was a big name that I think will become a big name again because I think he's really good. I just didn't think it worked with James Franklin and that system and what they asked him to do. So Colton Ecki was on there and then one other one. And you will love this. Brent Drew chronic on there, wing T with more motion with, with option principles and more passing. Like he's, he's a really, really good coach. Been a lot of smaller schools and really knows how to coach the game of football.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
Man, it's amazing how much when you really dive into offensive football, so much is built on wing T principles. Old school, 1980s, early 90s, late 90s wing T stuff. So it's fun to see.
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It's a big list. Hey, one name. One name that we didn't. That didn't mention that I actually to me is one of the more intriguing ones in terms. Especially new guys. Arthur Smith.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Yeah.
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At Ohio State. Like, he's done a lot of good, but it's also not the most exciting brand of football. At least I will say maybe is probably the best way to say that. But he's got different players now and he's got better players than everybody else versus what he had in the league for a few years.
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Host - College Football Analyst
He's got better players. He's come into a system with, obviously with better players now. But I also think that the NFL and the college game are more similar than they've ever been. And.
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So I don't. I think. I think. Well, first of all, we'll get Arthur Smith on the show at some point this offseason, and I want to do it after the spring, though, after the spring game. Talk to him about what that's like. But it's. It'll go well because you have a great quarterback, you're going to have great receivers, you'll have great tight. Like, everything about it will be. Will be good. I just, I don't know how Ohio State doesn't have good offense. And if you sat down with Ryan Day, who's elite, and he had picked your brain and what you want to do, like, I'm going to take the side of he's going to kill it and he's going to do great, which is what I expect.
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That's a good.
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Host - College Football Analyst
All right, on to the next. Before we get to Numbers don't lie with wide receivers. It's a great show. By the way, you should be digging this. There was an article that ESPN wrote about, and it talked about the street agents and the unregulated agents and what it's doing to the sport. And let me tell you something. I just, I can't tell you how much. I've heard this from people on the streets and from people saying it like, agents are ruining this. Agents are causing guys to move halfway across the country for 30,000 more dollars that they're spending on a moving van. Right? Like, they're spending to get their stuff from one side to the other. So high school kids are marks, you know, they're targets, and anyone can represent them. And people. I've heard of people charging 20% for an agency fee. That's absolutely ludicrous. Like, 20 to 25% is insane. You get 2% in the NFL. Like, you're, you're, you're not, you're absolutely not pulling your value. Horror stories with GMs like that, that, that they're meeting with these guys. These guys are unqualified. They'll tell them a number and they'll be like, oh, never mind, never mind, never mind. Like, it's incredible to see, but it was the amount of people getting charged after the fact, the amount of people not knowing what's going on. It's crazy, man. Like, I think it'd be great to, to have the coaches and the lawmakers that, like, they're pushing back and they're trying to get an agent, you know, registration, cap fees, it would be awesome. Listen, you can feel however you want about nil. Like, and you can give these players all you want. And that's fine right now, the way you're doing the system. But if you have agents that keep representing these kids, because these kids are going to do exactly what I did. I'd be like, dad, Like, I don't know, dad, represent me. Like, go talk. Whatever I'm supposed to do, dad, do it. Like, that's what I would have done as a high school kid. Well, you're doing that and you're getting people that are very under qualified. And because of that, the kids are getting screwed. These kids are getting screwed blind, man. Like, they're missing out on so much money, so much opportunity they're getting. They're moving more because of it. Like, they're not being let in on the whole story. Like, if we can find a way to do a good job, just like the NFL, the NFL has to. You have to be cleared, you have to be proven. You have to take the steps to. To fill out the all. Or to complete all the different courses. And once you're. Once you're checked now, you can be an agent. Like that. That's what we need. We need to fix it for players so they get the full benefit. We need to fix it for the coaches, we need to fix it for the fans. Like, all of this goes together because I think there's more player movement because of agents, because of bad agents. Bad agents are giving kids bad advice. Bad agents are talking to teams overplaying their hand like crazy. And then their guy doesn't have a spot, man, and they're left out in the cold. Like, it's happening all over the place. It's happening all over the country. Bad representation is costing these kids a lot of money and a chance to be successful. And teams for a chance to be successful. Certain players, it just. It stinks. And the chat just hit it right, right there. Look at what happened to Nico a year ago. Like, that's his family, his dad that's representing him. And that. That. That stinks, man. Like, and it hit Tennessee, and it didn't affect Tennessee that much, but it affected Nico a lot. He still had some good moments at ucla, but, like, really, where do you. Where should he be? What should happen? Like, it just. It's frustrating because, listen, I'm all about the kids, and y' all are too Y' all are about the, the guys that are getting paid. They're the ones getting screwed by bad agents. So just keep that in mind. All right. We did it last week. Oh, you got something, Wesley?
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Guest Analyst
Yeah, I just, I just wanted to add one thing from that article that I thought was interesting. You know, we, we see all the college examples, but it highlighted in that piece how the high school athletes are getting worked over because they're the ones that are benefiting a ton without even having to play in college football yet. And a lot of them know that. And the advice that they're getting is just as bad, if not more dangerous because they're coming into schools asking for X, Y and Z benefits. And whether it's a, a real agent or their uncle or their mom, I mean, they're asking for things that they haven't earned yet and maybe they should, they shouldn't earn. It's not just the monetary stuff. It's the, the, the off the, the checkbook type of perks and benefits that's just, just unreal, man.
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Host - College Football Analyst
And they're not negotiating on the behalf of, they're not negotiating on behalf of the kids. And then they don't tell them quick.
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Like they don't tell the kids that they're negotiating and the kid, you're, you're, you're thinking, I want to just take care of football. Like I want to be a football player. And that's, that's how you should be. That's how it should work. But the problem is your guy. Like they're getting flooded by their DMs. Hey, I can represent you. Hey, this is what I've done. I can make you some money. How the heck do you know if they're real? Like if they had to get certified and go through classes and get a shield and a check from the NCAA, like certified, like these are the good DI's, it would make things a lot better. All right, Brent, let's get the Numbers never lie or numbers don't lie. Same thing. Numbers don't lie. Numbers never lie. Actually, numbers do lie. That's some bull crap. But anyways, I digress. We went through the running backs last week and I thought it was really, really good. So now we're going to get some numbers on wide receivers. And I hope I didn't prepare for the guessing game, but my son pointed out last week he was like, what a guess. He was like, I can't believe you hit that 21,000 yard rushers a week ago. I was like, complete and total luck, buddy.
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I can't believe that he listens.
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Host - College Football Analyst
He always listens. I don't know why. My 17 year old son.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
Thank you for listening, Nicholas. All right, so interesting, just trend because we talked about how running backs and the number of, you know, we had 31 guys with over 900 yards rushing, 20 that were returning with over 1,000. It's a lot different in the Power 4 when you look at wide receivers. Starting in 2019, there was 24 1,000 yard receivers just in the Power 4, Power 5 at the time, gradually decreasing to 20, 22 was 20, 23, 17, 14 last season, 10, only 10 receivers had over a thousand yards in the Power 4. And one of those was because Malachi Tony played games 15 and 16.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Yep.
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So it wasn't just that. What the interesting thing though is, okay, you think, well, receiver yardage is going down is. What about QB yardage? Not at all.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Nope.
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QBs with over 3,000 yards. It's basically been right around 20 every year for all those years. So it's just distribution and wear and the wide receivers aren't as big a part of the game because the running game and the two high safety Shells, all that stuff.
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Host - College Football Analyst
And tight ends, tight ends becoming way more a part of the passing game. Obviously those numbers are way up.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
So just some interesting sort of overall big picture thought on that. Now. Number of FBS wide receivers returning with over a thousand yards. Fbs. I'll give you, I'll give you one guess. I gave you power four like last year. There's only ten in the power four.
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Guest Analyst
Yeah.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
So how many returning in the fbs?
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Host - College Football Analyst
I'll go oh, so you do power. So that's all FPS. Okay.
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Yes.
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Host - College Football Analyst
I'll go. 16, 11. Dang it.
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Still low. And if you. There was nine others that had over 900 yards. And what's interesting, so if you look at all the FBS teams in terms of who has receivers returning, there's actually two teams that have two receivers with over a thousand yards coming back. Can you name those two teams?
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Host - College Football Analyst
Two teams with over with a thousand
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yard receiver coming back.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Ohio State, Miami.
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So Miami is one of them with Malachi, Tony and then Cooper Barkay as the Duke transfer. Yeah. At over a thousand yards. So that's one of them. The other's a G5 team.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Okay.
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Texas State.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Okay.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
I don't think you get that. We talked about Jay, I say we
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talked about GJ a second ago.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
Yes. So Texas State 2000 yard receivers. So the question here, I'm going to give you some names because when we think about last year, even with the portal and new guys and new receivers coming in, it wasn't necessarily about yardage as it was impact. And Zachariah Branch at Georgia, Concepcion and Craver, these big, big time impact guys but they didn't necessarily have over a thousand yards. So let's. I'm going to go through some names. Who do you think might be the most impactful? Easy one, new guy, new place is Cam Coleman at Texas. He had 708 yards, five touchdowns a year ago. Another one, Iverson hooks UAB guy almost he had a little over 900 yards. He's now at Oregon. Jackson Harris, big target from Hawaii, had double digit touchdowns, almost a thousand yards is now at lsu. And then you got two guys going to Indiana. Nick Marsh and then Shaz Press. Nick Marsh from Michigan State. Shaz Preston at Tulane, at Indiana Trail Harris is now Oklahoma from Virginia. He had 847, five TDs. And then interesting my sort of a bandwagon team. An early hey, are we talking about them as a potential playoff team in week six team is Cal with Chase Hendricks who had over a thousand seven TDs from Ohio. And then Ian Strong, big contestant, catch receiver at Rutgers is now at Cal. So that's a lot of high, high volume guys that especially G5 guys that are now playing powerful football. Who do you think might be the most impactful?
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Marsh. I mean, coming in with his ability, playmaking, the system. Hoover now coming over from tcu. Like, I don't think anybody's there. I don't think anybody thinks Indiana is going to fall off a cliff, bro. Like, I don't think they're going to be what they were without Mendoza, but they're going to be really, really good. Shanahan's still there. Like their defensive coordinator. Haynes is still there. Like, there's still a lot of pieces and a lot of culture there. I think that I'd go Nick Marsh, because I think he's. You've seen it when he's been at Michigan State, man, that dude can play. I mean, he's got. He can go. I think when you give him a really good quarterback, his numbers are going to go like that.
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The cow ones with Hendricks and Strong on there because sort of two different types of receivers you got big, physical, but both actually really good contested catch guys like Jackson Harris at LSU. I think he's a big time, you know, 60, 70% contestant catch guy.
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Hey, the fact that you don't have Arizona State on that note, neither one of those transfer portal receivers on there, both those guys are coming in that are pretty.
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Oh, like Miller is one of Mario Miller.
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Host - College Football Analyst
I mean, just no love. Kenny, you hear that? No, no love for Arizona State. Just, I mean, golly, can't even dial up offense. You're. I think he said you're a bum, Dillingham. I think that's what he said.
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Well, so I tried to.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Hold on real quick. Real quick. Zoom out, Wes.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
Yeah, there we go. We got to get that.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Zoom out, Wes. Yeah, baby. So look, look here, here's the deal. Only one can be first. Joey Maguire Co. Taking care of business. Kenny Dillingham Co. Taking care of business. Georgia taking care of business. My alma mater, my wife's alma mater, Cincinnati, taking care of business. Listen, Kansas State, you're next. Absolutely. Kansas State took care of us taking care of business. Just saying, whoever. If you send helmets, they'll go behind us. Like, that's. That's how this game works. All right, Brent, sorry, go ahead.
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That's good. I'm like. I will say, I think I mentioned this to you earlier in the season. The fact that you didn't like throw in a. Hey, Need a helmet from Lanning. With all the text conversations you guys have going back and forth about Big ten and sec, you should.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Dan would be like, which one?
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At least two. One for each of us there.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Yeah, he's got 67,000 combinations now. Which one?
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
But the receiver part, like the thing though is that it's impact is not anymore. It's the yardage. And you're not going to see Jeremiah Smith's of the world are unique back to back thousand yard receipt. Your seasons. These guys now it's hey, can you get 8 to 900 yards but get have big plays and be consistent and that sort of thing. So a lot of guys new places.
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Host - College Football Analyst
The game. The game has definitely changed, which is kind of cool. It's kind of cool to watch it.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
I like the run game emphasis personally. It makes you be creative in the passing game.
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Host - College Football Analyst
It's more fun. It's more fun for sure. All right, who won the weekend? Wes. Wes has got to be impressed about how fast we went through that. But. All right, Brent, who you got for. For who won the weekend?
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So local, sort of. Well, I'll take this back to be. Take your stance. You know, we try to be positive. I'm positive that South Carolina did not win the weekend because Peak got injured.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Yep.
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Guest Analyst
That's.
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That's. That was a hurt.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Not good. That's your.
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That's your big. That's your trophy horse in the portal
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Host - College Football Analyst
that you brought in to protect your trophy horse of a quarterback. And now you're like mother freaker. Yeah.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
But in terms of who actually legitimately won the weekend, that would be the North County Titans region champs. Coach Pollock, another. Another girls region championship. Like, is that all you do now is coach football, basketball, win region championships? Have you not won a regional championship as a coach?
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Host - College Football Analyst
No, we've.
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Because I don't think you have every year.
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Host - College Football Analyst
That might say something more about our region than us.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
But. But we'll take you still one.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Yes.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
Boys won two. Baseball team came back, got a victory against the Cross County Rivals. So yeah, the Titans were winners this weekend.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Nice.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
That's mine.
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Host - College Football Analyst
You got another one. Is that it?
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
That's it.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Okay. Okay. This is the first time ever on this show. And it's the last time probably ever. Maybe not hockey is going to be talked about on this show. Like, I have never had so much anxiety as a fan. I've actually never really had anxiety as a fan watching the US Hockey, like turning that on. I got in the gym early Sunday morning and I'm like, all right. Working out. And I turn on the hockey and I'm like. And I'm yelling, I'm yelling at the screen. I'm like, I'm so jacked up. I'm so excited. That minute and 50 of 5 on 3 hockey, like, I yelled seven times. Like, I was literally like, ah, oh, what's going on? Like, no, clear it, clear it. Like, it was amazing. Our goalie is him. That dude was e freaking elite. The dude, the save behind the back was dirty. He had like seven other ones. How about our, our first score when the dude juggles it like Mighty Ducks back in the day, man, juggling that puck and then like, giving him the deke and then going between the legs. And I think it's a deke. That's. I've watched Mighty Ducks and triple deke and Gordon Bombay and stuff. But, like, that was so amazing. Not only the hockey was awesome against Canada, the win in overtime, the 3 on 3 in overtime was unbelievable. But, but then watching the guys celebrate, like, watching them bring their, their past, their fallen buddies jersey onto the, Onto the ice and their kids onto the ice and the pride in US Of A. I was all in, man. Like, I could not stop watching. It was, it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. And I don't know if I'm going to be a hockey guy now, because I got to find a team. Like, I was invested. That was my team. Like, USA is my team. But that was just, what an incredible win. What an incredible game. Like, it was fun to watch back and forth so much. Wesley. I, I, I, I could not stop yelling. I couldn't stop getting anxious. Church service was going on on Sunday, so we tie. And I, it's ot And I'm like, okay, do I, do I go to church or do I watch this? And, and so I went to church and I, and I got the, the ot, the, the, the OT update while in church. But, man, it was, it was captivating. It was awesome. It was, it was so good.
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Guest Analyst
You know, what was awesome is, you know, obviously hasn't happened since the Miracle on Ice. You get the sweep. The women also beat Canada, but think about, like, the homegrown hockey talent in America. We did it. We freaking did it, man. It just, you don't see that often.
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Host - College Football Analyst
I mean, 40 years to the day of the, the Miracle on Ice. Like that just that caveat in there, too. And it was, yeah, homegrown commitment to the sport and then beating Canada, who's like, literally, they're Goliath and more David. And we took that stone and said, eat it.
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Guest Analyst
We have a. You know, Georgia has a hockey team and we got the Rock Lobsters in town here, too.
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Host - College Football Analyst
So, yeah, baby.
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Commercial Voice
Could be.
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Guest Analyst
Could be a sponsor for us.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
All right.
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Guest Analyst
My winner of the weekend is. Look, this is. It kind of brought me back. I'm going to pull up the. The reference I'm actually referring to here. Brent has some. Brenton, go ahead. You. You do the hockey. I'll pull.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
Okay. So on the dog vent, UGA sports.com somebody pulled. And I guess it was going around Twitter. A Guy on January 24, Craig Custance tweeted January 4, 2011 yeah. Says USA Hockey's eight and under membership has reached 100,000 for the first time ever. It says, look out 20, 26 Olympics. Talk about calling your shot 15 years in advance. That's pretty amazing.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Hey, can I. Can I tell you all about my. My first hockey experience of my life?
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
Let's go.
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Host - College Football Analyst
My first year. Yeah. Wes, you have to listen to this.
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Guest Analyst
You know, I'm listening even when I'm not, like, on the screen. Right?
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Host - College Football Analyst
That a boy.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
Okay.
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Host - College Football Analyst
I mean, I would tune me out a lot of times. Hey, I'm at a Boston College. I'm calling a Boston College Thursday night football game on espn. To get to the coach's office, you have to walk through the arena. I walk through the arena. I'm on the second level. So the first level is obviously where the ice is. So I'm up above on the second level and I'm literally talking. It's me and Rob Stone. Stone was my play by play guy. So we're talking back and forth and literally we're going. We're going to go through the office. But I just wanted to watch for a second. I'm watching and then I see how the corner, like off in the distance, and I see a who. And literally puck zips around and it goes doom right in my chest. And I am sitting there next to Rob, and Rob is like, what's wrong? And I'm like, Like I could. I was making that noise audibly. I could not say a word. And I just pointed down to the hockey puck. I was like, down there. And he was like, oh, my God. Like, I had a bruise almost. That did not leave. That was a hockey puck right here for six weeks. Wow.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
First cardiac arrest, bro.
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Host - College Football Analyst
It was. If they said if I got hit here, here, like, I would have been all jacked up. But, like, I, I'm obviously thankful, but that was my Boston College Hockey experience. And I'm like, I don't think I'm going to experience hockey again. It's probably not for me.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
If you got hit here, you would look like me back in the day. And then also Jack Hughes after.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Yes.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
Which was awesome.
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Host - College Football Analyst
That was true about that. Like, in a world full of. In a sports full of flopping, that dude took a stick, a stick to the face and his teeth hanging out and he's like, fantastic. Like, everything about it was awesome. Sunday morning. Everything.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
Did you ever watch hockey?
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Host - College Football Analyst
No.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
Growing up?
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Host - College Football Analyst
No.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
I watched hockey a lot as a kid. Like when it was Lemieux and Gretzky and like those. That sort of yamir yogurt for those penguins. Like, I watched a lot of it then.
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Host - College Football Analyst
I did play the hockey.
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Guest Analyst
Has no idea who those guys are.
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Host - College Football Analyst
I know exactly who all those guys are. But I did. I did. Only because I played the hockey video game when I was younger. That thing was awesome. Like, I loved body checking people. It was fantastic.
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Guest Analyst
All right, See puck get puck this week. All right. Do you all remember this? Remember this tweet here? Cardell Jones.
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Host - College Football Analyst
Yes.
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Guest Analyst
Why? Why should we have to go to class? If we came here to play football, we ain't come to play school. Classes are pointless. So Ohio State transfer Mylan Graham, now at Notre Dame, had a press availability a few days ago, and he was asked about what's different, what's the biggest adjustment between Ohio State and Notre Dame. And Graham says, it's not too different. You just have to actually go in person. At Notre Dame, obviously, everybody knows how it is with academics, so I thought Milan won the weekend. He just put it all out on the table. Ohio State is different. We didn't. We didn't have to go, but here, Notre Dame, we actually had to show up. So if anyone's still listening, an hour in Milan, Graham for the fight in Irish won the weekend.
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Host - College Football Analyst
For me, he doesn't drop passes, they drop classes. I think that's pretty amazing, by the way. And then how we've come a long way because that statement by Cardell Jones, everybody was like, oh, my gosh, that's blasphemy. Can you believe that? And now it's like, really, bro? Really? Because. Because there's plenty of guys and I'm not speaking out of both sides of my mouth. There's plenty of people that take their nil money. They ain't going to class. They're taking their money and investing in other opportunities for other people to do their work. And it's exactly what I would do. It's exactly what I, I came to play football. And so that that cements it for sure. Appreciate the show, guys. Just under an hour. Wes, Wes is happy staying underneath that hour. Mark, we covered a bunch of stuff. So if you guys missed any of it, we covered Tennessee. We covered the, the, the agents not doing a good job. We covered all the receivers in college football coming back. We covered the top OCS in their new SP spots. So if you missed any of it, you can go back and grab it. Appreciate you guys joining us here on cball. Get ball. And we will see you later on this week on Wednesday.
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Co-Host - College Football Analyst
Boom.