SEC Mailbag: Favorite Game We've Attended? Ideal 2026 SEC Road Trip?

Summary

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Episode Title: SEC Mailbag: Favorite Game We've Attended? Ideal 2026 SEC Road Trip?
Hosts: Michael Bratton (SEC Mike) & Cousin Shane
Date: July 17, 2026

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Overview

This episode features SEC Mike and Cousin Shane diving deep into their SEC "mailbag," fielding fan questions on their favorite-ever live games, playoff expansion concerns, predictions for a 9-3 SEC team making the postseason, the quirks of SEC traditions, and their dream 2026 SEC football road trip. Throughout, the tone is informal and humorous, with the cousins bantering about everything from college football games to Outback Steakhouse.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Favorite College Football Game Attended

[05:25-11:46]

• Shane: His favorite was a Tennessee at Georgia game when Arian Foster was on the Vols. Tennessee pulled off a massive come-from-behind win.
  • "Next thing you know, I look up, we’re down like 21-7 at half and I was like, holy...what did we get into? ...we ended up winning that game like 50-something to 20. We were dancing and singing with the band." ([05:49])
• Mike: Multiple memorable games, including:
  • 2014 Ole Miss-LSU in Baton Rouge: undefeated Ole Miss, ugly 10-7 LSU win, field stormed.
    “LSU did the unthinkable...and they stormed the field. There’s nothing quite like LSU Baton Rouge when it’s a big time game.” ([09:10])
  • 1998 Tennessee-Florida ("start of something special, Florida missed an extra point")
  • 2004 Tennessee-Florida: Will Hoit missed extra point, but hit an amazing kick at the end
  • Emphasizes college football’s emotional highs, and how atmosphere & personal memories matter as much as the game itself.

2. Fan Involvement & Podcast Guest Ideas

[12:26-14:09]

• Fan asks about bringing on an "official cousin" (representative fan) for each SEC school as guests.
• Shane is open but jokes about "vetting" fans, maybe using pre-recorded clips ("let some words fly on here then Tennessee Legend may say see you guys!").
• Potential idea: collect video questions or comments to splice into an episode.

3. Will Teams Rest Players When Playoff Spot is Locked?

[14:28-18:35]

• Shane: Thinks this will happen, more so in other conferences, but SEC could see it in edge cases, especially with expanded playoff formats.
  “I do worry about this...you've got a guy that's a little banged up...man, it'd be awesome if you could just sit him for a couple more weeks before he plays a playoff game."
• Mike: Strongly against expanding the playoff beyond 12 teams. Expansion to 24 "would just lead to more teams resting players late in the season."
  “The more they expand, the less the regular season means anything.”

4. Could a 9-3 SEC Team Make the Playoff?

[18:35-21:10]

• Mike: It's plausible, especially for teams like Texas with strong schedules and quality losses, but “it’s a team by team basis.”
• Shane: "You lose to Michigan, Georgia, Texas...Oklahoma's flirting with top 25 or at least on the bubble." Strength of schedule is crucial, as is timing and which teams you lose to.

5. Head Coaches Most Likely to Visit the Podcast Booth at Media Days

[22:08-24:34]

• Top candidates: Eli Drinkwitz (Missouri), Shane Beamer (South Carolina), John Sumrall.
• Story about surprise or missed interviews (e.g., Shane missing Spencer Rattler interview because he was asleep).

6. Who Will Have the Best 2026 Regular Season Record? (Florida, Auburn, Missouri, South Carolina)

[24:52-28:09]

• Shane: Ranks them: 1. Missouri, 2. South Carolina, 3. Florida, 4. Auburn
  • "Some of these home games are really going to be pivotal for Florida...But if I'm being honest, I'd say Mizzou number one."
• Mike: “I think the answer is probably Florida... How often does Vegas miss the mark?”
• Both see razor-thin margins between the teams; much could depend on one or two key games.

7. "Why Does Shane Hate Auburn?"

[28:22-30:09]

• Fan accuses Shane of "hating" Auburn; he clarifies it’s more disappointment than hate.
  • “How many times can you make a bad bet?...Eventually, I'm going to start putting my money on red, and that's exactly what I'm doing right now.”
• Expects improvements under new coach, but not immediate.

8. Mizzou Playoff Chances & Conference Perceptions

[30:24-31:59]

• Weighing Missouri's chances: 10-2 needed to make the playoff; "3.6 out of 10" on confidence.
• Debate about selection committee's willingness to include a 9-3 team.

9. Which Teams Ranked 17-25 Could Win the Nat’l Title?

[35:05-37:22]

• Use of Athlon’s preseason rankings to answer a fan: Tennessee is in the mix as a sleeper, but otherwise, tough path for teams ranked 17-25 due to strength of schedule.

10. Food Talk & SEC Culture Tangents

[38:23-40:19]

• Spirited digression on Outback Steakhouse, Texas Roadhouse, and the inexplicable popularity of chain restaurants in small towns.
  • "[Texas Roadhouse is] like a damn madhouse every time I drive by it.” ([38:56])
  • Discussion on the addictive properties of steakhouse rolls and butters.

11. Texas Playoff Expectations & Coaching Pressure

[40:30-42:04]

• If Texas misses the playoff, big money could result in coaching changes.
• Joke about circling through high-profile coaches: “If you’re spending all this money, what’s a little bit more to get another coach in here?”

12. Florida’s Path to the Playoff?

[42:17-45:40]

• Shane: 10-2 is likely necessary—must win every game except maybe Georgia & Texas.
• Mike: Potential for a strong late-season run if QB play is steady: “He’s got to limit his mistakes. Get the ball in the playmakers’ hands and run that ball.”

13. 2026 SEC Road Trip — Building the Ultimate College Football Vacation

[46:12-55:02]

• The hosts pick their must-see game for each week of the 2026 season.
  • Week 1: Clemson at LSU
  • Week 2: Alabama at Kentucky or Ohio State at Texas
  • Week 3: LSU at Ole Miss
  • Week 4: Oklahoma at Georgia or Texas at Tennessee
  • Week 5: Florida at Missouri, or Arkansas at A&M
  • Subsequent weeks include Red River (Texas-Oklahoma), Iron Bowl, Florida-Georgia (even in Atlanta), and a desire to hit as many campuses as possible.
• Quotes:
  • “Point of a road trip for me is trying to get to all these different places, you know?” ([49:10])
  • “No wrong choices there!” ([54:46])

14. SEC Traditions: Annoying or Beloved?

[55:02-57:25]

• Listener dislikes Mississippi State’s cowbells and LSU’s raucous “Neck” chant.
• Mike: “These traditions, what make college football special to me... I’m glad the SEC has not completely sold its soul.”
• Shane: Finds cowbells more bothersome, but not calling for a ban. “If I were to pick on one, I would probably pick more on the cowbells just because it is a noise. Even though I got a cool one up here. Thank you.” ([56:24])

15. Shane’s Cake Preferences & "Fruit Pizza"

[58:36-63:00]

• Fan question: has Shane tried Chantilly cake? (“It’s got fruit in it – why’d they ruin it?”)
• Discussions of fruit pizza (“That may have worked back in the 1600s”), cinnamon dessert pizzas, and Shane's aversion to fruit in dessert.
• Mike: “Once you change your taste buds a little, this is what you start going for.”
• Shane: “Listen to him. How about you change your taste buds to stuff that tastes good?”

16. Community Shoutouts & Wrap-Up

[64:03-end]

• Special thanks to listeners who gifted memberships, shoutouts to new "cousins."
• Tips for meeting up at SEC Media Days in Tampa, encouragement for fans to engage in person.
• Final sign-off with good-natured banter.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Shane’s favorite game:
  “We ended up winning that game like 50-something to 20. It was fantastic. We got down there, we were dancing and singing with the band.” ([05:49])
• Mike on playoff expansion:
  “If they expand to 24, I guarantee you this is gonna...it’s gonna happen every year.” ([15:43])
• On podcast guests:
  “You let some words fly on here, then Tennessee Legend may say, ‘see you guys!’ So you gotta be careful.” ([13:02])
• Shane on Outback in small town:
  “You drop Outback in a town like this, it's the only place to eat, right? That place would be packed every night.” ([39:50])
• On Alabama-Georgia "rivalry":
  “The last one was such... Alabama’s gonna suck. I forgot.” ([50:30])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [05:25] Most memorable live college football game
• [12:26] Fan guests/podcast participation ideas
• [14:28] Resting players before the playoff?
• [18:35] Can a 9-3 SEC team make the playoff?
• [22:08] SEC coaches likely to visit at media days
• [24:52] Florida, Auburn, Missouri, SC: best regular season?
• [28:22] Does Shane "hate" Auburn?
• [30:24] Mizzou playoff odds
• [35:05] Which ranked 17-25 team could win it all?
• [38:23] Steakhouse/food culture tangent
• [40:30] Texas pressure, playoff & coaching carousel
• [42:17] How could Florida make the playoff?
• [46:12] Building the ideal 2026 SEC football road trip
• [55:02] SEC traditions (cowbells, chants): fair or foul?
• [58:36] Cake and dessert opinions ("fruit pizza" debate)
• [64:03] Listener/fan shoutouts and wrap-up

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Final Thoughts

This mailbag episode showcases the interactive, off-the-cuff spirit of SEC Mike and Cousin Shane’s podcasting style. While the central topics are SEC football and future seasons, the cousins deliver an entertaining mix of football insights, fan engagement, tradition debates, and signature SEC personality. Longtime listeners will appreciate the personal stories, while newcomers will find a welcoming, community-driven approach wrapped in college football fandom.

If you love SEC football, banter, and the quirky traditions of the South, this episode is a must-listen.

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[Shane]

Welcome in to the latest episode of that SEC podcast. I'm your host, Harris Fearless Mike, and on the left side is skinny cousin Shay. What's going on, cousin Shay?

[Mike]

Yeah, what's going on, brother?

[Shane]

Oh, man. We are one more week in the books. One week closer to college football, Mike. Can you feel it? Can you feel it? This time next week will be exhausted from all the SEC content heading your way. That's right. We are heading down to media day Sunday. And from Sunday to Thursday, we are going to have so much wonderful content heading your way. So be sure you have those notifications on. And if you haven't yet, please like and subscribe. It does help the show grow. You may say you may save someone's life if you just pass this show topic to someone else, but if you don't. You know where else you could go, Mike? To have a good time? You could go on down to Tennessee Legend Distillery. That's right. Come see our folks this week. They got a paint sip going on. We're gonna miss it, Mike. But my wife will be there with her crew, so they're looking forward to that. Gonna have a great ladies day. Yeah. Yeah. You think I'm wild? Wait till you see these. These hands. You know what I. Hey, it's like family over there. And if you do swing in, be sure to let them know the cousin sent you. Not only we get a discount, but you will also receive a bonus gift.

[Mike]

Man, how can you beat that?

[Shane]

You can't. You can't. Where can you go and get free stuff? It's just. It's a rarity now, you know, they

[Mike]

just don't do it back in my

[Shane]

day, you know, when I was a kid buying gum. A pack of gum for 5 cents, you know, you can't do that now. They. The nickel is going to be the next coin they get rid of, right? They got rid of all the pennies.

[Mike]

So you think so?

[Shane]

Yeah, it's coming eventually. We'll be a coinless society. And how sad is that? How sad is that?

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[Mike]

What else?

[Shane]

All those poor water fountains not going to get, you know, getting rained on anymore.

[Mike]

Well, I'll tell you where. At least we didn't. We're not questioning this, which is good because we got an SEC Mailbag. Buddy, you ready to answer some questions from the cuzzos?

[Shane]

Hell yeah, let's do it.

[Mike]

All right, first one. Shane. Shout out. Cousin Glenn Warsaw, official cousin. Official cousins always get their questions answered. And I think I see Glenn. Yeah, Glenn's in the comments here, so we appreciate you, buddy. Great question here, Shane. What's your favorite college football game you've ever attended?

[Shane]

Oh, ever attended. I think I've said this one before. And I'm. I hate that I cannot remember the year. But Tennessee fans will know Arian Foster was on this. On this roster. We. We go down to Athens, Georgia. We're supposed to win this game, Mike. Supposed to win this damn game and hit the lead up the part. I mean, we just. We were down there to have good time. We were drinking, cutting up. We're gonna knock these dogs back a step or two, you know, and the next thing you know, I look up or down like 217 at half, and I was like, holy shit, what did we get into? What we got into was one of the most epic comebacks ever. And them dog fans, if you were there, you probably remember it as well. But we ended up winning that game like 50 something to 20. It was fantast. We got down there. We were dancing and singing with the band. So if I'm. If I'm saying my favorite game, you know, it's probably not one that's brought up on the list, but it was one that I just had such a great time going to. And I'll always, always remember Athens that way.

[Mike]

Interesting.

[Shane]

What about yours?

[Mike]

Is that the last time they beat. Beat George?

[Shane]

It felt. It feels like it. Well, I. You know, I wish I was down there at the. The Jennings, you know, Hail Mary. That was awesome. But I. I could tell you exactly where I was. And it wasn't sitting down. That was the last time I ran. I ran up and down the hall. I was so damn excited for that one. So. Yeah, a couple Georgia games.

[Mike]

You know, I was thinking about this the other day because we had an opportunity.

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[Mike]

To go to 22. Tennessee, Alabama. I don't know if you remember that. Yeah. Got a skybox, seats and everything.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Shane's like, I can't go.

[Shane]

Let's just watch it here. I'm at. I'm at now.

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[Mike]

What a. What a game that would have been. You know what?

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[Shane]

I don't remember the skybox thing. I think this. It's like that fishing story. Fish gets bigger, you know? You remember we're going to run through the tee and you didn't want to go because your knee was hurting you.

[Mike]

No, my D was doing good, but. So when you bailed, I was going to take my dad and he had had hip surgery that week.

[Shane]

Oh.

[Mike]

And I was like, well, I'm not gonna drag his ass.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

I didn't want him to feel bad, you know, so. Yeah. But we had a good time. But that. That would have been the answer.

[Shane]

That was a Good one.

[Mike]

But I'm gonna go with. I'm trying to look up the year here one day. Speaking of my dad, we went to Ole Miss.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Undefeated at lsu. It was a big time matchup. Trying to. I think I got it right here. I think it was. What year would that have been? 2,000. All right, here we go. 2014. Oh, I got vacated. But it still happened, Shay, because I was there, right? It was. It still happened. So 2014, Ole Miss, undefeated in the top five. Hugh, freeze. Shout out.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

You know how I feel about that

[Shane]

basketball at that time.

[Mike]

And then LSU did the unthinkable. Shane. And it was an ugly ass game. 10 to 7. LSU scored at the end there on the goal line. Only touchdown they scored all game. But that's all it took, man. And they stormed the field. But there's nothing quite like LSU Baton Rouge when there's a big time game.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

And we ran into so many Ole Miss frat boys when it was done and they were just, just mf this and you know, they were destroying stuff. I was like, that's. I, I've been there. But that, that had to been up there of Tennessee, Florida. I was a student. That was the, the game where Will Hoyt missed the extra point.

[Shane]

Oh, man, that would have been a. Oh yard field goal to win.

[Mike]

They get the ball back. Yeah. And he makes this amazing kick. Florida goes down. I was at that one. I was at 98. Tennessee. Florida. Oh, that was. Steve Spurrier owned Tennessee, of course, but not that year, Shane. Not that year. I believe Florida missed an extra point in that one, if I recall. And that was kind of the start of that. Well, I guess it really started with Syracuse, but not for Tennessee fans. It's like you don't believe you're going to do anything big till you beat Florida, you know?

[Shane]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Mike]

And that was a year. So those, those games stand out to me. I know I'm going more than one, but. No, well, it's like, it's like your kids. How can you pick your favorite kid? You know what?

[Shane]

And it's not necessarily the game itself. Right. I. We had an absolute blast in Bristol, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, you know, I mean, the game kind of sucked, right? I mean, we won, which was awesome. But the whole build up, camping out, man, it was. We had a absolute blast there. Mizzou, Oklahoma, a couple years ago that if those first three quarters didn't suck so bad, this would be number one on my list. But the way that thing ended, especially seeing a few of those Mizzou fans sneaking out there at the end, trying to beat the traffic and then. Oh, just one of the craziest endings of a football game to ever happen. So I would definitely put that one on the list. But there's been some really, really, really great football. I remember Nick Saban coming up. LSU and Kelly Washington having three touchdowns and we just waxed his ass. You know, that was awesome. Of course we won't talk about the SEC championship later that year, but 2001, I think that one was so. There's been some really. I've. I've been to some great football games, man.

[Mike]

Hey, shout out cousin Fred wedding on Saturday. Gonna need some cheers to pick me up.

[Shane]

Yeah, I think I got some of

[Mike]

that laying around somewhere, Fred. If you want it off the.

[Shane]

Well, Fred, this is exactly when you should be doing weddings. You know, you should not having them in the fall, that's for sure.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Which my brother, I have not given him the bad news yet. Flying white, if you're watching. Probably gonna make that one. So I apologize.

[Mike]

I. Don't worry. He's not watching.

[Shane]

Nah, he's not. He usually texts us during the show, which. I'll do it.

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[Mike]

All right. Shade, how about. Oh, good question here. And I've had a couple cousins reach out with something similar, but Thunderstick gm, cool name. He's an official cousin. Shane, would y' all ever consider bringing on an official cousin from each fan base to talk about their team maybe as a preseason series to get a fan's perspective on the team?

[Shane]

I don't, I don't hate it, Mike. You know, I think it would be kind of cool to, to get that. You know, we talked about different things. We talked about doing the video games and, and getting the cousins on. We, me and you were even discussing the other day about potentially doing a college fantasy league or something. You know, just to kind of check this out. But we will have something in place. But right now, nothing on the books for official cousins. You got to get vetted. You know that we do this live. And, and I'm not saying we're not like fine bombing. We got a six second thing. We can hit a button and we're okay. You know, you let some words fly on here then you know, Tennessee legend may say, see you guys. So you gotta be care. Maybe some pre recorded stuff.

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah, we gotta. I've gotta get with them and figure out how they do, how they handle all that, you know.

[Shane]

You know that may be something we do. Just not a call in show. But Maybe you send a video clip saying you know something about your, you know, something, some question or something comes up and maybe we kind of splice those together and make a, a show at it. That wouldn't be a bad idea.

[Mike]

I think there's something there.

[Shane]

The wheel's turning. I like it.

[Mike]

Marler live, please.

[Shane]

No,

[Mike]

that's a good point. That's a good point. All right, how about this? Shane. Me, Shane and a lot of legend. We talk ball for hours.

[Shane]

We'd never stop. It never stops.

[Mike]

Sec, Sean, appreciate your buddy, not media days question, but do you guys think we'll ever see teams resting players at the end of the season if they're locked into the playoff?

[Shane]

I do, I do worry about this because it's going to happen and I don't think it necessarily happens in our conference. You know, I just. Not with Sankey in charge. I feel like there would be some, especially like an sec. I always wonder about like an SEC championship. You got a guy that's a little banged up, maybe 70, 60%, you know, you really need them. But man, it'd be awesome if you could just sit him for a couple more weeks before he plays a playoff game. You know, I could see something like that. We've seen it in the past with, was it Ohio State kind of doing something like this with some dudes that were questionable. So that tag gets thrown around. So I feel like you won't know, notice somebody sitting. What you may see is just an injury pop up toward late in the season, especially if they've got that position secured. Would not surprise me.

[Mike]

I don't even know what you're talking about. With Ohio State. I don't pay attention to garbage programs. I'll tell you this, Shane. If they expand to 24.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

It's, I guarantee you this is gonna, it's gonna happen every year.

[Shane]

Yep.

[Mike]

And that's a, that's a big reason why I don't want it to expand to 24.

[Shane]

Yep. And it can't. I really, I mean, we gotta keep our foot down on this one. The people have gotta have a voice here. And, and I, I, I get some of these coaches want it. Right. Because it secures them a. You know, I mean, that's, that's what keeps you employed. Is getting to the playoffs. But, but it's not about that. It's about the fans. And I do not see any fans, at least in my feed, talking about expansions. A good idea.

[Mike]

Yeah. I was, I was on with Neil McCrady today.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

NPW go check it out. But he was saying, hell, if, if they expand it right, then we're most assuredly going to get like eight and four teams in the playoff.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Nowadays you make the playoff, you're, you know, you've had a good year, then all of a sudden, If Georgia went 8 and 4 this year and made the playoff and got knocked out in the first round, is that a good year?

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[Mike]

No. So, I mean, these coaches are arguing like, yeah, let's expand it so I can get in the playoffs so I can cool my job. Now maybe it's a different story. If you're Vanderbilt and you go 8 and 4, they're going to say, hell yeah, Clark Lee's awesome.

[Shane]

Right.

[Mike]

But just if you, if we keep expanding this damn thing that even just making a playoff is not going to be good enough for a lot of fans and, and nor should it be.

[Shane]

No, it's a good point. You keep moving the goal posts and the standards change. Right. And right. And so will the paperwork when they say, hey, you're not going to get a bonus when you make the playoffs. You get a bonus if you make it to the third round.

[Mike]

Yeah, exactly. I mean, the more they expand, the less the regular season means anything. And the college football is the only sport where the regular season means so

[Shane]

much, you know, and it's, it's right there. I feel like we're kind of in a sweet spot. There's some things that I would change about the playoffs. This, this everybody gets a trophy thing is, is for the birds. I get it. That a team like, oh, I mean JMU or something, I mean, come on, man, what are we doing? This, this doesn't need to happen. I do feel like it needs to be the top 12 and maybe it's not decided by a human, you know. Hell, AI, it's crazy right now you, you pair that with a little bc,

[Mike]

don't give it to AI.

[Shane]

I'm just saying there's. You could, you could truly find out, you know, who the top 12. Well, at least close to who the top 12. Remove the heart from the picking. You know that I feel like when people are there, it's sometimes it, it creates that human error, human element that, that screws us in the long run. So get us the 12 best teams in the country and I guarantee the playoffs would look a lot better.

[Mike]

Hey, good question here from dagger. Will a 9 and 3 sec team make the playoffs this year? It's never happened. Right. But again, we're expanding to a nine game conference schedule. It's a good question. We don't really have an answer for it, but I think it really depends on the team. Right. Texas were to lose to Ohio State and Ohio State's like one or two. Yeah, I think they got a really good shot at 9 and 3 getting in the playoff.

[Shane]

That's a very good point, Mike. And we did this a lot on the previews because I was just thinking to myself as we're going through it, strength of schedule now, this is July, strength of schedule. That may change in December. But yeah, I could see a scenario that, you know, Texas drops to Ohio State, maybe Tennessee early on the road, and then maybe an ole Ms. Or LSU. But they still, if that were to happen, have a lot of signature wins, a lot of top 25, top 15 wins, so.

[Mike]

But that is maybe a Tennessee 9 and 3. I don't. Again, things can change.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

What if Auburn wins nine games? What if Carolina wins nine games? Oklahoma. What if LSU and Bama win 10 games? Then. Then all of a sudden maybe it's a different story. But as I see it now, I don't think a 9 and 3 Tennessee's in. No, I think Oklahoma because they're playing Michigan. It remains to be seen how good Michigan is. But if they're a quality team, you know, that, that could really help you at 9 and 3 or if that's one of your losses, I don't think it kills you. So I think it really, it's a team by team. Team by team basis, so to speak.

[Shane]

That's exactly right. You know, you lose to Michigan, Georgia, Texas. I still feel like Oklahoma is flirting with top 25 or at least on the bubble.

[Mike]

They'd be the hottest team in the country. Shane, seven wins in a row, Dude,

[Shane]

I'm just saying, you do seven in a row and you beat, let's say olus. Pretend for second. Ole Miss is in a good spot right now. Texas, you know, looking for a playoff spot. Yeah, I, I think Oklahoma definitely gets back in the mix, but Zoo's battling late. Yeah, there's just a few teams that just aren't going to get that luxury. And I feel like it's those that are not top 10 right now. You know, it's almost like you gotta, you gotta have that spot early and you gotta lose a game early that we can justify. See, A and M losing Arizona State would not justify it, in my opinion. But LSU on the road, that makes sense.

[Mike]

What if, what if Arizona State wins their conference and it's a different story? You know, what I mean.

[Shane]

Yeah, that's a good point.

[Mike]

So we got to see how it plays out.

[Shane]

But what about toughest schedule? Arkansas give them. Let's give them pigs a shout out here. If Arkansas loses three games, they getting

[Mike]

in hell, why not put them in?

[Shane]

You lose to Utah, Georgia and A M, but then you go on a tear. Yeah. Put them in and you. And get a million dollars in the process. Right. If you just put.

[Mike]

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[Mike]

All right, how about this one should. From old strap man appreciate you. He's an official cousin Shane, which. He said hq. I think he means head coach. Which head coach most likely to visit the booth at media days.

[Shane]

Oh, most likely drink.

[Mike]

I don't know if we. We never anticipate getting any. We'll just be honest with you. And any we get as a bonus.

[Shane]

I feel like. I feel like three are definitely in. In the. If I'm picking a hot three, I would say drink. I'd say Shane Beamer, and I would also say John Sumrall. That. I feel like those three are the ones that are kind of sitting there. Do you have. Yeah. Hopper will give us a high five like he always does and then go to on three. Auburn will send a kicker over, you know.

[Mike]

Oh, well, I don't want to ruin anything because I don't want to put anybody on the spot.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

But we might have an in with. With one of the. I don't even want to tease it, but we may have it in with one of the coaches. I'll tell you off air. Okay. So again, I don't want to put anyone on the spot there, but. Yeah. I mean, again, I'm just grateful for anybody that comes to this, for sure.

[Shane]

And we don't know what the situation looks like. I. I feel like the reason we didn't get as many last year and why a lot of people didn't is because we were totally separate from every, like, the big outfits. You know, the CBS is the. The espn. All those guys they kind of had downstairs, so they're doing their little car wash down there, and then all of us upstairs waiting for somebody to take two flights of steps to get up to us. And they. They weren't in a line, so hopefully it's a little bit easier access down there in Tampa.

[Mike]

Where were. I don't even remember were. We was in Atlanta last year.

[Shane]

We were in Atlanta last year. Yeah. And then Dallas wasn't so bad. Right. Well, I'm trying to think of the Dallas situation. I don't remember.

[Mike]

We were Right in front of Fine Bomb. So that was a good one.

[Shane]

Yeah, that was good one.

[Mike]

So we were grabbing everybody that was on.

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[Shane]

Or we get the. Yeah, just one second and then you never see them again.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah, half the people do that too.

[Shane]

You know, that's the best thing. Like players, there's. There are some teams and I'm giving them a shout out there if they happen to be listening to this. There's some that are tremendous. They give you a heads up, you're getting this guy, you're getting this guy. And then some. They just show up right unexpected. Oh, we had you on next. You know, it's like, well, damn, shoot us an email.

[Mike]

One of them, they didn't tell us. And Shade was still asleep when, when they sat at the table. You remember who that was?

[Shane]

Yeah, that was your quarterback.

[Mike]

Yeah, Spencer Rattler.

[Shane]

Yeah, yeah, I missed that.

[Mike]

I said, hey, Shade, you might want to wake up. Spencer Rattler's at the table. So, yeah, that, that interview.

[Shane]

Get down there and y' all are fighting about his QB ranks.

[Mike]

I was like, that's still live. You could go check it out. Shade, he jumps on about halfway through. All right, how about this one, Shade? Great question. Surface fur dog. We appreciate you, buddy. If you had to bet, who will have the best regular season record this year? Florida, Auburn, Missouri or Carolina? Can only pick one. So let's go through these. Shane. All I know, Shane hates Auburn. We got a question about that. But here's their schedule. I mean all these damn schedules are difficult. You know what? Yeah, Auburn, Florida, let's see. He didn't throw your Kentucky in there for some reason.

[Shane]

Yeah, he's lucky because I would have

[Mike]

picked Florida, Carolina or Mizzou. Where would you go there, Shane? Who's gonna have the best record out of those four?

[Shane]

I think he landed on it here. And it's not by much, but I do feel like some of these home games are really going to be pivotal floor that. Especially at Florida, Texas A M back to back.

[Mike]

You know you're saying Missouri, right? For the audio listeners.

[Shane]

Yes,

[Mike]

Missouri. Missouri. Well, of course you were going to say Missouri, you damn over. I think the answer is Florida probably. I think they're trying to tell you that with the over unders. Now, maybe they missed it, maybe they

[Shane]

missed the mark, but I don't hate it.

[Mike]

How often does Vegas miss the mark?

[Shane]

Yeah, I mean we did this with the win loss toss and there's that little. There's that little three game. I mean it's, it's tough it's brutal. Texas, Georgia and Oklahoma. But outside that, you know, there, there could be some potential toss up games here. You look at Ole Miss is at home. South Carolina's at home.

[Mike]

You're right. It may come down to who wins Florida at Missouri.

[Shane]

And you're right. They want you to, they want you to take the under here.

[Mike]

And this is such a great question by surfer dog.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Because I know we're spending most of the time on Florida and Missouri. I could easily seen it be Carolina. And if things break right, I could see it being Auburn. I mean, I'm not trying to cop out, but I think all these teams, I think for the first time we could say. I know a lot of people are out on Beamer. I'm not. I think all these teams are well coached.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

I think Auburn and Carolina really good at quarterback. I think Missouri is. I know I put them 15th, but potentially really good for the first time at quarterback. On the drink.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

And then I don't know about Florida's quarterback situations, but every, everyone tells me they got the best offensive coordinator out of all of them.

[Shane]

If, if I'm being honest, Mike, and we're power ranking this thing, I would say Mizzou number one, South Carolina. This is like most likely South Carolina number two. I go Florida and then I go Auburn. That would be my ranking.

[Mike]

God, you hate. What did, what did Emily do to you?

[Shane]

They may bookmark this just because I, I have a feeling it could be the exact opposite.

[Mike]

Oh, man. Yeah. That's a great question. And that leads to another one. Shane. Yeah, from Old War Eagle. It's a little bit of a long one here, but why does cousin Shane hate Auburn so much? Honest answer. Is it because he backed Auburn for too long with no success? There's a lot to like about this team with a new head coach and we, and we need to do a wager for when Auburn and them Tennessee balls face off. If Auburn wins, he has to wear an Auburn shirt on the show after. If Tennessee wins, he don't have to.

[Shane]

I don't hate Auburn. I really don't. In fact, I, I've. You're right. I pulled for them for several years. Man. I just kept thinking this is the year, last year especially, I, I honestly, I saw a scenario where Auburn went 10 and two, you know, making the playoffs. That's, that's how confident was. And what sucks is they had the roster, Mike. They absolutely did. And, and I go, I will say, I would say this. And, and you know, you can't really, you can't. You can't trial run this. But if you would have gave Goish that football team last year, dude, not in three at the minimum. That's. That's where we would have been. That's so. That's. That's frustrating. So that one sucks because it's like, how many times can you make a bad bet? It's like going to the casino and you keep putting on black and black, you know, and it's like, red keeps it. Eventually, I'm going to start putting my money on red, and that's exactly what I'm doing right now. Do I think Goelish is the right guy? I do, but I do think that he needs at least a season to get this team turned around and. And build this roster up.

[Mike]

It's like Shane's done touch the burner. He's like, I learned my lesson. I've not touched it till it's cooled off. Huh?

[Shane]

That's what mom said. You know, let him stick his fingers in the outlet. Let him figure it out.

[Mike]

Just like Mizzou. Fairchade07 gifted 20 memberships. I took a screenshot of that and he also. Missouri. Missouri's getting into the playoff. Carolina's a good team, but Boomer ball will finally get deflated this year after he gets fired. So we appreciate you, Mizzou fan.

[Shane]

I hate that those teams aren't playing each other this year. That was becoming one of my favorite games, actually.

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[Shane]

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[Mike]

Oh, well, maybe they'll meet in the playoff.

[Shane]

Hey. Oh, that'd be good.

[Mike]

What's the record for Missouri if they get in? Is it 10 and 10 and two?

[Shane]

10 and two and you lose two games. One's Georgia on the road and one's Texas at home, but you win the rest.

[Mike]

Scale of 1 to 10.

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[Shane]

How.

[Mike]

Where would you put it that they do that?

[Shane]

Oh, 3.6. Yeah.

[Mike]

He just gave us 20 bucks, Shane, and 20 memberships.

[Shane]

I thought I was being nice with that. I mean, 36. If I told you I had 36% chance to make college football play. There's a lot of teams in this league that have zero percent chance. The only reason I wouldn't have that number higher is if they were one of those nine, three situations. You know, it wouldn't blow my mind if Mizzou finishes a season nine and three. But does this stupid committee. I shouldn't say that we haven't given a chance yet. Does this committee put them in?

[Mike]

That's.

[Shane]

You know, I'M not. I'm least confident in that.

[Mike]

Hey, shout out. Cousin J says Morristown west could beat Auburn.

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[Shane]

you're probably right.

[Mike]

Hell, yeah. That's awesome.

[Shane]

I was just over there. Over there? Yeah. Went over to the Longhorn Steakhouse.

[Mike]

Oh, I thought you were on the field or something. Like running.

[Shane]

Running laps or something. I drove right by it, though. Burt.

[Mike]

Burt.

[Shane]

Tony. Is that what it's called? Tony. Burt Burke. Tony. It's a nice stadium. Not stadium. A lot of L's in that one.

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[Mike]

All right, let's move on to Max Ellis. Oh, I forgot to look this up, but. Because again, I don't know that there is a. Has the polls come out? Not that. Not that I'm aware of. Like the official ones, though. What is it like the people. You know, all that. So he says Indiana was ranked 21 last year in the preseason. Is there any team you could, you think ranked 17 to 25 that could win the title? So let me. Again, the only rankings that I. Let me pull up, Steven's Athlon Top 25.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

And I'll read you the 17 through 25. And to be quite honest with you, I. I mean, I just think that was such an outlier. It seems unlikely,

[Shane]

but maybe August 26th is when the AP comes out.

[Mike]

Okay, well, here we got. Here is number 25, Iowa.

[Shane]

No.

[Mike]

Boise State, Louisville, SMU. Oh, Tennessee. So the answer is yes. Utah, Houston, Penn State, Washington, BYU. The. Those are your top. Those are your 16 through 25.

[Shane]

Yes. The answer is yes. Tennessee Volunteers are in the mix. Definitely sleeping on them balls.

[Mike]

I guess we got. I guess we got to say yes, huh?

[Shane]

Yeah. Got to. You hear me, Josh? I need more than a high five this time. Five of your minutes.

[Mike]

But I get. Last year was. Was just. I don't know, it. It's. I think it's easier in the Big Ten, obviously. Yeah, and that's the damn funny thing, Shane, where they're like, well, the SEC. The SEC's falling behind the Big Ten. Well, maybe that's the case. When you play in the Big Ten and you play two ranked teams, that just mean Indian Indiana was awesome.

[Shane]

Right.

[Mike]

And they whooped everybody's ass in the playoff except for Miami. But, I mean, they beat him pretty soundly. But again, how easier is that? The path? I mean, you just say you're not going to. There's no shot in hell you're going to play an SEC schedule where you play two ranked teams and that's it.

[Shane]

No, I saw a list floating around. It was talking about just strength of schedule. And I think there was 12 SEC teams in the top 16 or something stupid like that. And we're sitting here saying, you know what? 9 and 3 sec team doesn't deserve a spot, you know, because that's what's going to happen. We're going to have some 10 or two Big Ten teams and they're going to say, or 10 and two ACC teams and they're going to sayS, yeah, nine and three Texas. I mean, they would have just won their games. It's like, what are we doing? What are we doing? Give Florida State, Texas a schedule. Florida, man, they'd have Norvale fired before September ends, you know?

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[Mike]

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[Shane]

Yeah, I do like to do they. The spinach dip. And I've had a lot of spinach. Here's what happened. I was going to get salad and my wife was like, don't get salad. People are. They're shitting all over their selves. So I was like, you know what?

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[Shane]

I shouldn't get a salad. We should get spinach. Cooked spinach. And dude, that is the best spinach dip I ever had. And the steaks are perfect every time. Great place. Not a sponsor should be.

[Mike]

They just opened a Texas Roadhouse down the street.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

And it's like a damn madhouse. Every time I drive by it, I'm like, this is damn Nashville. Like, no offense to Texas Roadhouse, but there's a lot of options.

[Shane]

There's something, man. They're put.

[Mike]

Whenever they open something new, it's like, people just go nuts for it, you know?

[Shane]

You know, when they found that crack cocaine and Coca Cola. I think they're gonna eventually do some studies on this butter that they've got with their rolls. Because there's something going on, Mike. I don't know what it is, but.

[Mike]

Is that the one we were told it's not. Not butter?

[Shane]

Probably.

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[Shane]

What is oil?

[Mike]

You know, vegetable oil.

[Shane]

That's what they say. But, you know, an alien made it, dropped it off and said, you know what? I'm gonna bless this owner of a steakhouse. And the next thing you know, they're killing it. Because even here, this town is absolutely crazy. Every time you go there, the place is freaking packed like crazy, you know, so it's wild. I don't understand the restaurant scene.

[Mike]

Let me ask you. This is.

[Shane]

Let me say this one last thing, Mike, because you've been here, you've been to Poduk Town, where I'm at White Pine, Tennessee, ain't nothing. Right? But you could take a struggling restaurant that, like, I'll drive by outback in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg or whatever. The place is a ghost town. Do you drop Outback in a town like this? It's the only place to eat, right? That place would be packed every night. I don't, I don't understand it.

[Mike]

I'm sorry.

[Shane]

Outback. Come on, man.

[Mike]

What is this? Food podcast.

[Shane]

They got some good deals. It's a slow. Yeah, it's. They got some pretty good deals if you're, if you're thinking about. They got two, like. Never mind. You can look it up.

[Mike]

Okay. Yeah, we're not at the food questions yet, Shane. Shout out to the Duke of Dorbet, the Circuit Fire chain. If Texas doesn't make the playoff. Oh, blows a $40 million roster.

[Shane]

Damn.

[Mike]

It's probably more expensive than that, to be honest with you.

[Shane]

Yeah, because I, I feel like to do that, you, you will lost four games, so.

[Mike]

Or maybe three, but a couple of them are blowouts or a team you

[Shane]

shouldn't like, you know, Florida, Arkansas, whooping up on you in November 21st, so.

[Mike]

Right.

[Shane]

Yeah. I, I, because they're gonna, they're gonna say, clearly, we've seen the ceiling with Sarkeesian. That's, I mean, if you're spending all this money, what's a little bit more to get another coach in here? They'll throw it all at that Indiana guy, I guarantee it.

[Mike]

How about this?

[Shane]

Yeah. Nick Saban, I think that ship sailed, man. You know that I used to do

[Mike]

that with one that got away. I bet you they'd make him a strong ass offer.

[Shane]

I was like, these, these older guys, I used to do it with Barry Sanders. I was like, what if Barry comes back? What if Megatron comes back? You know, and then. Yeah, what if McGregor comes back, blows his knee out at two seconds of fighting?

[Mike]

I mean, if Signetti, old ass, he's an old man too, if he could still win it. Yeah, I think Saban could signet.

[Shane]

There's something about. He's made a deal with the devil or something. This guy's came out of nowhere. He may be the, the Antichrist. I don't know. I'm not, I haven't confirmed that, but something going on here.

[Mike]

Hey, appreciate you, Jaden. He's got a. Can I get a path for Florida to make the playoff? How about that? Could this be the, could this be the Indiana? I mean, they got the talent.

[Shane]

Well, I feel like Florida can't do 9 3. They got to go 10 or 2. It would definitely help to beat a Texas or a Georgia, but I Don't think it's quite necessary when all of them, except those two games you're in, that's your path.

[Mike]

Sorry, which two are you talking about?

[Shane]

Texas and Georgia.

[Mike]

They're both.

[Shane]

I mean, technically they're both road games, so that's not crazy. When your home games, the toughest ones, Ole Miss and Oklahoma, you close those down, then. Yeah, there's your path.

[Mike]

I think they could. It's going to be. That's a tall. You know, they got to have a good, good quarterback. Of course, but. But again, I don't know. Do they? They got an outstanding running back. They've got really good receivers. Yeah, they got a ton coming back on defense now. The defense was not stellar, but it wasn't horrible either. I mean, they were kind of middle of the road. They've got the pieces to surprise and as if I think that for them this year, the quarterback just can't kill them, if that makes sense. He's. He's got to limit his mistakes. Get the ball in the playmaker's hands and run that ball and keep running it, you know, so that right there's your. Your path. And I don't know, Shane, I think this is a. This is another one nine and three.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Depending on how it is. Like, I could see him. I know this won't make sense, perhaps, but lose to At Auburn or Ole Miss, you know, because it's early. Those are your first SEC games.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

You're still kind of getting the program established. Maybe even lose at Texas. I mean, that's very likely. And then go on a run if you're. Let's say they lose at Auburn, which is. That's a cold toy. Coin flip. Ole Miss at home. Let's say Trinidad gets red hot. I mean, I don't think that's like, unrealistic. They lose at Texas Auto, let's say by like a last second field goal. And then they just kept. They go on a heater and beat Georgia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Vanderbilt at Florida State. I think they're not a guarantee, but I think they could make a strong argument to get in there.

[Shane]

Yeah. Yeah. And you know, the one thing that we don't talk about a lot is Lady Luck. Right. A fumble, go your way. A bad call, go your way. Injuries, that's. That's one thing that's kind of plagued Florida is, is the injury bug. This wide receiver room, I've told you, Mike is probably one of the top shit. I'd say they're top five in the country for sure. And if they're healthy and they stay healthy and they hit it quarterback. Then all of a sudden, man, offense isn't the problem. So, yeah, I, I. Lady luck gotta have a little bit of that.

[Mike]

Hey, comment of the night. Razor Bass. Imagine Shane is an out pack Outback franchise owner. Sorry, folks, we're out of blooming onion steak. Alex, spring chicken burgers and prime rib. We got plenty of sides.

[Shane]

That's right. Y' all want to sit outside? Did that. Alice Springs. Ch. No joke, man. And I just.

[Mike]

You could always tell when Shane's hungry on the podcast.

[Shane]

No, no, I'm good. I'm good. I promise you. But that al spring is good.

[Mike]

Hey, shout out Michael Dudlap, official cousin. Give me your ideal 26 road trip. Pretty sure we've done this before, but he's an official cousin, Shane, so I'm just going to answer his question here. But let me. I guess we got to run through the schedule real quick.

[Shane]

Well, yeah, I wish there was a sec. 26. You know how they got one. Oh, okay, sis. All of them.

[Mike]

Yeah. So I, I think, like I said, we've done this before. There's not a lot of good games. Week one, I think you almost have to go. Clemson at lsu.

[Shane]

Yes.

[Mike]

Because who the hell cares? I mean, at Louisville, Ole Miss is a potentially great game. Baylor, Auburn, great game, potentially. But I'm not going. Neutral site. That's a bunch of garbage. Right?

[Shane]

I agree. This is. This is the easiest one of the bunch here. Okay, number two, I like. Yeah, I like Alabama, Kentucky. Just because. Just because, man, it's the first SEC matchup of the year. You know what I'm saying? And when else you got to go to Lexington, Kentucky, see the new quarterback? I mean, they're telling me, they're telling me right now that Alabama is going to lose this game. Wouldn't you want to be a part of it, Mike?

[Mike]

Okay, I'll send your ass up there. I'm going to Austin for Ohio State. Texas.

[Shane]

Oh, no, that would be a great one.

[Mike]

Yeah, that's where I'm headed. Okay, week three. Now, it's. It's getting a little more entertaining here, but it's got to be LSU at Ole Miss, don't you think? Easy answer.

[Shane]

Yes. LSU at no. Yeah, easy answer.

[Mike]

Okay, week four, now we're cooking. You know, got Texas at Tennessee, you got Oklahoma at Georgia, A and M at lsu. But for me, it's kind of an easy one. I got. Because I got Oklahoma and Georgia is the two best in the country, or at least or in the conference and that's the country for me. So I'm going to Athens.

[Shane]

I don't know. I'm different. I'm going Texas, Tennessee, get all the Mannings in one room. I think that's going to be awesome. A lot of Orange battle the real ut. I hate that it's early. That's the only kicker. But yeah, that's the one I'm going to.

[Mike]

Okay, well, you. You would be waking your ass up early because I'm going to be partying all night at Athens. Week five. Ooh.

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not a great week either. Shane. I would probably Florida, Missouri.

[Shane]

Florida, Missouri.

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[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Or Auburn at Tennessee would be pretty entertaining.

[Shane]

I mean, there's always weird. We talked about this on the Arkansas preview. There's always something weird in that game. I wouldn't. I wouldn't hate it because point of a road trip for me is trying to get to all these different places, you know?

[Mike]

How about a wild card?

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Bama at Mississippi State. Imagine the scene if Mississippi State pulled off the upset.

[Shane]

Yeah, it could definitely be one. Yeah.

[Mike]

I'm.

[Shane]

I think I'm gonna go with Arkansas. A. M. Though.

[Mike]

Okay. I'm going to start for. I changed my mind.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

All right. Week six.

[Shane]

You gotta hit that. Don't allow. Get that. I can't see. It's like I can't see. There's a thing that's popped up, says Google Chrome. Do you not see it on your screen? Oh, what's there? Maybe it's on mine.

[Mike]

But anyway, I'm going. I think I'm going. Georgia at Alabama.

[Shane]

That was mine. Okay. I could barely see it. And all those pop ups are happening here. Oh, Georgia, Alabama. Yeah.

[Mike]

Or Texas.

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[Shane]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm doing Red River. Yeah. Yeah.

[Mike]

This is. Yeah, we've seen enough. Alabama, Georgia.

[Shane]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Mike]

The last one was such. Alabama's gonna suck. I forgot. All right. And then week seven. Ooh, damn. I might go. Alabama at Tennessee. See, that's. I was smarter than you. I saved it.

[Shane]

You didn't know. You didn't know.

[Mike]

It just happened.

[Shane]

I guess in this scenario, I'm probably gonna go to Auburn. Georgia. I mean, there's a rivalry game. I'd like to see a rivalry again.

[Mike]

Right. I think it's nine in a row, though. It's not much of a rivalry these days.

[Shane]

Hey, this is. I'm telling you. Goal. Is he gonna make it a rivalry and there's gonna be some mean talking at the end of this thing.

[Mike]

If Florida's really good. Florida at Texas will be really good revenge game, too. I mean, Missouri at Ole Miss.

[Shane]

I probably would drop that Texas one and then watch this one third Saturday in October. It's tough not to watch that game.

[Mike]

Yeah. All right. Week eight. A and M at Alabama is interesting. Tennessee at Carolina. Ole Miss at Texas. LSU up. Man, this is a week right here.

[Shane]

I think it's be a good time to get down to Tuscaloosa and watch Texas A and M and Alabama. Those have had some good games in the past.

[Mike]

Okay. Will Johnny Manziel show up?

[Shane]

I don't know. I always think, you know, we saw that Shay Le Buff guy or I always feel like he's. Him and Johnny are like the same kindred spirits. Yeah. Got handlers, you know, keeping them in line.

[Mike]

All right, how about week nine? I think it's got to be Florida, Georgia.

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Yes. I hate that it's in Atlanta, but I'm still gonna watch it.

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Still gonna watch it.

[Mike]

Week 10. Oh, baby. We got some good ones here, Bama. LSU, Georgia at Ole Miss. Those have been classic here lately.

[Shane]

I've already been Ole Miss, so I don't want to do that one again. Oh, man, I've seen Texas a lot already.

[Mike]

I think Georgia. Ole Miss is the one. And we've already done A and M, South Carolina.

[Shane]

Those games are Oklahoma, Florida, man. I mean, if we're going to go to the Swamp, I'd rather do it November, you know, so that may be one that I would put on the list. Yeah, I'm going to go with them. Oklahoma and Florida.

[Mike]

Week 11. Shane, give me Texas at LSU.

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Tennessee at A and M. Ole Miss at Oklahoma. I mean, these are all great. Missouri, Georgia, they always seemingly play pretty tough.

[Shane]

It would be tough to not watch that game, though. Texas, give me Texas. Lsu. We're going back. Yeah.

[Mike]

Okay. And then.

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How about week 12? Shane, give me A&M. Oklahoma, LSU at Tennessee. Those are two good choices, but I think I'm going to Norman.

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[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Georgia at Carolina. If Carolina's really good. That's a. That's a hell of a matchup.

[Shane]

Yeah, we're going. We're going to Norman. Here. This is your game.

[Mike]

Get you a swirly.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Or I think it's a swirl. Swirl. Yeah, Whatever the hell.

[Shane]

Making it up.

[Mike]

I called a swirly. And that. So rivalry. You get one on Friday, one on Saturday. Texas. Texas A and M. That's kind of easy, right?

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[Shane]

Yeah, that's.

[Mike]

Would you go to the Egg Bowl?

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[Shane]

No, no, that's it.

[Mike]

Okay. And then Saturday we got Iron Bowl. We got the Golden Boot. We got the Governor's Cup.

[Shane]

I'm going to Iron Bowl. Yeah. Yep.

[Mike]

I think I'm going to Tennessee. Vanderbilt.

[Shane]

I wish Clemson was at South Carolina. That would be the one. But yeah, that's the one. I'm gonna go because I don't want

[Mike]

a long road trip back because it's how. It's the holidays. You know what?

[Shane]

Yeah, there you go. Yeah. So in this scenario, I'd go to College Station and then go all the way to the other end of the country. So, yeah, we'll do it. I like it. It's a road trip, man.

[Mike]

No wrong choices there, though, you know?

[Shane]

No, no, there is it. And I wish I could have given this a little more thought and obviously things would change. But ideally, I would love to see more than one campus. I'd like to get as many as I can. So to make the perfect road trip.

[Mike]

All right. Shade official Cousin Eric Engel Bret said, hopefully I did a butcher that. Appreciate you, Eric. Tutor traditions in the sec. I cannot stand the cowbells at Mississippi State and LSU singing the profane version of Nick Cowbells because of the noise and because no other SEC teams allowed to do anything like that. Lsu, just because that song goes as far as the getter as you can go. Where do you stand on those two traditions?

[Shane]

I don't know, man. They've been a. They've been here as long as I remember. You know, I don't think it's the only ones.

[Mike]

There's.

[Shane]

There's some. There's some weird ones out there. There's some stuff. I don't understand how you get away with it. But I don't know, man. I'm not quite there yet where I want to ban it all. But, you know, maybe if I lose to LSU here recently and I hear that song, or maybe if Tennessee goes to Mississippi State and instead of barely squeaking out, they. They. They lose. And because of the noise of the cowbells. So for me right now, I don't hate it, but if I were to pick on one, I would. I would probably pick more on the cowbells just because it is a. A noise. Even though I got a cool one up here. Thank you.

[Mike]

Because artificial noise makers, what they call.

[Shane]

Yeah, yeah. Because they ban those other things that you see in soccer and stuff.

[Mike]

Well, I hear you, Shane.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

But these traditions, what make college football special to me.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Mike]

What make it unique, you know, you don't have anything like this in the NFL that I'm aware of. So I get it. And I get it. You don't want. I mean, students are going to say crazy stuff as. As long as I've known college football, that's gonna happen, you know? So I feel like you may not like Nick and all that, but that's pretty tame compared to some of the student sections I've heard around the sec. So I get it. I get not liking those things, but at the same time, I think not so much Nick, but the cowbells, I think that's kind of like a sacred thing. And I'm glad that the SEC has not completely sold its soul and said, you know, we got to do away with things that are. That make the game unique.

[Shane]

Alabama does the. The one where they say f F these. Don't they do that f Tennessee, too, or something like that?

[Mike]

Yeah, I mean, everybody does it.

[Shane]

Yeah, they all got their. Their songs, but now I'm kind of. I'm not there yet. I'm sure when I become a little bit older, more papa, you know, I may say something I watched. I don't know if you saw this, but the Blue Angels kind of. They came down on the beach there in Pensacola, and it. And it was too low. And, like, ABC comes out with this dramatic post about, you know, how close it was to the beach, and I'm like, dude, it's never that close when I'm at the beach. Right? So I'm not that guy that says, you know, you didn't go low enough. That's what I'm saying. This is what. What I'm here for. So, yeah, Shane wants to be clipped

[Mike]

by the Blue Angels.

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[Shane]

I want to get my fat ass knocked down by that Blue angel, so.

[Mike]

Hell, it'll happen.

[Shane]

Yeah. At some point. I'm sure it will.

[Mike]

All right, Last one we got here. Shane, Man, I have no idea. I'm gonna butcher this. Name Shino Buzz Worlds. Hopefully I didn't butcher that. Too bad. Shade food. Question.

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[Mike]

Has Shane ever had. I don't even know what this is, but hopefully I'm saying it right. Chantel. Chantilly cake. Have you ever had a Chantilly cake?

[Shane]

Do we have a picture of a Chantilly cake?

[Mike]

Like I said, I've never. I never even heard of it.

[Shane]

I don't stop to ask the name. That's the problem. You know, I see cake, and it's. It's green light most of the time.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Shane]

The only cake I've. I'm not a Fan of is carrot cake, but I still will in a pinch.

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[Shane]

Maybe.

[Mike]

I think I see why they're asking this, Shane.

[Shane]

Oh, is it bad?

[Mike]

Well, no, it looks very good to me. But to you? I don't think you touch this with a ten foot pole, Shane. It's got fruit in it.

[Shane]

Why they ruin it.

[Mike]

See what you. Once you change your taste buds a little, this is what you start going for.

[Shane]

Listen to him. How about you change your taste buds to stuff that tastes good? You know, chunky fruit in my cake is not it. Now that may have worked back in the 1600s because that's all they had, but we have, we have moved forward. Puree it, Put it on there. I'll still eat some fruitcake.

[Mike]

I think you're brainwashed, buddy.

[Shane]

Nah, the.

[Mike]

The garbage they give us now you say it all the time off area. Oh, it's making us sick. It's killing us.

[Shane]

I didn't say it.

[Mike]

How come if you ate. If you eat a huge piece of mama cheesecake, do you not feel like dog afterwards?

[Shane]

Oh, man, I love it.

[Mike]

We're not supposed to feel like this.

[Shane]

Yeah, yeah. As I'm smoking my pale mail on the back deck.

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[Shane]

No, I'm not saying it's right. Right. I, I would love a re. I would love a situation where it never existed. But now that you know it exists. Could you imagine like never knowing what an elevator is and then all of a sudden you discover one in the building you live in and you've been doing 16 floors of walking with your groceries. Yes. You're healthy and you feel better.

[Mike]

That would be strong as hell.

[Shane]

Then you found that elevator. Like this has been here the whole time. That's what the cake is now that Chantelly. Whatever. We're gonna have to work on that one. I'll eat around. You know me, I'm gonna, I'm gonna eat around it.

[Mike]

Let me ask. Have you ever even heard of. Have you heard of a fruit pizza? Have you ever had that?

[Shane]

No. No. Is that real?

[Mike]

Yeah, it's. It's. It's really good. So what it is, is. It's a sugar cookie. Yeah, that's the bottom.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Mike]

And then they put like, it's. It's kind of like a cream cheesy type frosting on it. And then you put fruit on top

[Shane]

and then you knock the fruit off. You keep the fruit juices in there and you got a perfect pizza.

[Mike]

No, you gotta. That's how you gotta. That's. That's your introduction to fruit. Right? There.

[Shane]

Oh, no, no. I don't know. Fruit pizza.

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[Shane]

Fruit pizza is very good compared to cinnamon pizza. Have you ever had that where you get like.

[Mike]

I don't think so.

[Shane]

It's like, it's kind of like a Cinnabon, but a pizza. So you get the, the bread, I guess it's normal bread and they put that brown sugar stuff and then they put a nice little circle. They usually make it pretty of icing on top of it.

[Mike]

Now I've never, never had that before.

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[Shane]

It's dangerous if you're allergic to cinnamon, but it is very, very good.

[Mike]

It's worth the allergic reaction.

[Shane]

I. No, not for, not for me. I'm really picky, choosy when it comes to that. I do love Cinnabonso, but not a cinnamon. That would. I'm just talking about pizza, like dessert pizza. They're never. I've never really had a great dessert pizza, now that I think of it, but there's some that I wouldn't, you know, we wouldn't kick out of bed.

[Mike]

Did you never have that one at Pizza Inn? I think it was called. It was like chocolate chip pizza.

[Shane]

No, I mean, I definitely try it. Yeah. I mean, I'll try.

[Mike]

I don't think it exists.

[Shane]

I'd even try the fruit pizza. I, I would, but it just depends on what the fruit is, you know, because there's some fruits just too, too chunky and it's texture for me, man, I got the palette of a three year old.

[Mike]

You know who does it?

[Shane]

Rotash Tuscaloosa. It's Stephen Up. Roll Tide.

[Mike]

Shout out. Stephen up. Love the bell bag. Hope y' all have a great time at media days. Appreciate you. Steve it up.

[Shane]

Hell yeah. I'm looking forward to it. And don't forget Sunday. Mike's got a show scheduled to come out and it is going to be

[Mike]

not sun Sunday, Saturday. Don't act like you know the schedule or you're doing anything.

[Shane]

What are we doing Sunday then? I don't know.

[Mike]

Traveling.

[Shane]

Yeah. Yeah. So whatever day it comes out, you make. You can watch it on Sunday.

[Mike]

So.

[Shane]

I wasn't.

[Mike]

That's true.

[Shane]

Wrong.

[Mike]

So I figured we might do some live stuff on Sunday. Okay. Yeah, we'll have to see how it is when we get down there and what the situation is. But

[Shane]

yeah, gonna grab a little behind

[Mike]

the scenes, you know?

[Shane]

Yeah, yeah, that'd be nice. A little peek behind the curtain.

[Mike]

Yeah, that's what Mizu Fan07 said with his 20 donations. So shout out all the new cousins. Shane. I want to give him a shout out here. I screenshot it, but yeah, looking forward to Tampa. Never know what we're going to get into. Quite honestly, I'm not. I'm not too thrilled about Tampa. But we'll make the best of it.

[Shane]

Oh, yeah, we'll be good.

[Mike]

Okay, let's see here.

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Shane.

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[Mike]

We got a lot of cousins here. James. James Sellis. James Sellis. Brandon Wyckoff. Rclmx Nick Anderson. TD Eaton. Travis Rogers. Jack Monroe. Miz Drew. Matt D. Layton. Log. It's Shane's nickname. Tholand B. Rana. Kevin Lynch. Young Seminole. OU Jordan. Oh Yabui Zeus. I'm sure I butchered that. David Montgomery. Kkrrr Commander King. And Justin. Steve Subal. Then we also had Jared. Shout out.

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They gifted a membership shade to a baby.

[Shane]

So all of y', all, welcome to the family.

[Mike]

And I think we had one more dive in here was old Alexander.

[Shane]

Hell yeah.

[Mike]

Andy Alexander, welcome.

[Shane]

Welcome to the family. Perfect timing. Yeah, they're starting to. They're starting to come back, Mike, because Arkansas.

[Mike]

Arkansas's the fruit pizza.

[Shane]

The sec. Hell yeah.

[Mike]

Damn it. That's. That's well said there, you know.

[Shane]

He nailed it. He nailed it. Good job. Welcome, andy.

[Mike]

Oh, Jacob. Five memberships to 270 eman. See my Trix.

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[Shane]

The golden voice.

[Mike]

All right, buddy. Anything else before? Oh, J.P. just to make Mike read more here is to Florida this weekend.

[Shane]

Oh yeah. I hope there's some cousins in Tampa. If you are, let us know. Maybe we'll grab a drink. That.

[Mike]

That's the thing, so I forgot. I don't know if you've seen anything of it again. They don't publicize this. They don't really make it too well known. Yeah, they've got a big event Sunday night and it's open to the public and it's like a fan fest. Media fest.

[Shane]

Damn.

[Mike]

So if you're in the area, hell, come on down. I think it's at the. I don't know if it's in the hotel. I think it's outside.

[Shane]

Oh, nice. What time is it? Problem is my flight. I don't get in till like seven.

[Mike]

Oh, you going to miss. But I'll be down there.

[Shane]

Yeah, m will be there.

[Mike]

No, I think it's a night event. Pretty sure.

[Shane]

Okay. All right. Well, yeah, if you're in the area, I know there's a lot of SEC homers in Tampa, Florida. So be sure to get to it. They should do that at SEC every event, though. That'd be cool.

[Mike]

Yeah, and I think.

[Shane]

I think they should have it set up on the outside so they drop the. The coaches off and the players and they got to go through, like, a red carpet scenario. I. I feel like that's something.

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They're missing the boat here, Mike.

[Mike]

They're missing it. But that's a story for a different day. Shane, we got to jump off here, get ready for Tampa. So we appreciate each and every, every one of you for hanging out. We'll catch you well Saturday, but then we'll catch you down in media days.

[Shane]

All right, See you guys. Go ball.

[Mike]

Hey, buddy, this beer's for you.

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