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This might be college football. And good afternoon. Welcome to August. Yes, that is correct. For those of you wondering if the summer was ever going to end. Not over yet, but close. Let's get to some of the headlines that you may have missed. And when we went off the air the other day, this was in the works and it came together late on Friday night. The Big Ten and the SEC support the college sports bill, giving it more of a chance to be introduced on the Senate floor. More on that later. Eli Drinkwitz opening up camp Ahmad Hardy will not be a participant in practice this week. There had been some confusion over that two weeks ago at media days. Cody Godwin covers the team and he will give us the latest. Cody, good to see you again. When we saw you in Tampa, nobody was 100% sure, so take us through the Hardee situation. Good afternoon.
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Yeah, good afternoon. Happy to be batting leadoff this afternoon with you, Paul. Yeah, we, I think when we were in Tampa, the, the timeline that Drinkwitz had used for Ahmad Hardy's recovery was, you know, five to eight weeks in terms of the return to football portion of the recovery. Sunday, which was yesterday, he had his pre fall camp press conference and he led off again with the Hardy news that not much has changed over the last couple weeks, but that he would not be a participant in practice this week. And so he'd be still kind of doing his rehab and some walkthrough stuff to continue to kind of get acclimated back into what it would to play football. So we expect something, probably another update in about two weeks or so.
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So remember, of course, Hardy was involved in that shooting a couple of months ago and in some ways it's good news that we're at least waiting for him to come back. And not to turn you into a physician here, but what, after listening to Drake, what, what does he need to do? And, and I realize you don't know all the answers, but what's the best guess on seeing him in a uniform in A real game.
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Yeah, I think the, the big thing Drink wants is just to get him back up to football speed, kind of back into football shape. That's really kind of, that was my takeaway in Tampa and that continues to be my takeaway after talking to Drinkwitz yesterday. So, I mean, Mizzou went through their full summer program. They have an eight week off season program and Hardy was not part of any of that. Right. Like at first he had to go through a couple surgeries and you know, really kind of the, the return to sport protocol after, you know, the couple of gunshot wounds. And now he's cleared through that. Right. Because the bullet initially hit a bone, they had to dig through that and, and, and make sure that he was able to recover from that. So, you know, at first it was, you know, hey, is, is he, is he going to live now? It's okay. Is he going to be able to, you know, just kind of get back to normal day to day stuff? Now they're in the process of. Okay, what all does he need to do to get back to football? That includes getting back into football shape. And so I think in a couple weeks we'll see a little bit more. We were at practice today. We didn't see Hardy out there at practice. So Drink, true to his word there, I'm sure he was, you know, we were only allowed for the first 20 minutes. So we actually, you know, he may have been there as soon as we walked out of the building, but in terms of when we might see him, you know, think the, the, maybe the. It's a little hard to tell, I guess. So I, you know, Drink has made it a point that he's probably going to play at some point this season. I always thought that my best guess would you is that you'd really see him back to form at the end of September. I'm still, you know, maybe fingers crossed a little bit that we'll see him at the end of September. But you know, I think we'll probably have a little bit more concrete evidence I think in a couple of weeks.
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As everyone in Missouri knows, Missouri opens a season a week a month from today on a Thursday night against Arkansas Pine Bluff. That's really not the issue. The next week, more interesting, a Friday night game at Kansas. Best guess, Hardy will not be in that game.
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I think based on what we know now, it would be a surprise to see him back for the Kansas game because you think back to that five to eight week timeline that Drinkwood said mentioned in Tampa, you know, five weeks Best case scenario would have been, okay, he's ready to go well before the opener. But eight weeks, the, the. I don't, I guess I don't want to call it worst case, but, you know, if he needed all eight weeks to really get back into football shape, that would have been after the Kansas game. So I think it might be a little bit of surprise to him in week two, that game in Lawrence. It's an important game for Missouri. Right. Longtime rivalry. You guys were in town for that game last year as part of SEC Nation, so you, you know how big that rivalry is between these two schools. I'd be surprised, I think, if we saw Hardy back for that game, just given how early it is and, you know, just maybe the, the particular matchup there. I think, you know, if, if, if Drink had his way, probably save him more for SEC play if he can get away with it.
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And without that, without him in the lineup, we're getting ahead of what coaches want to talk about. But you're allowed. How does it affect the Kansas game?
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Yeah, in terms of affecting the Kansas game, I, you know, that's a game where, if I'm Missouri, I'm not sure I'm terribly worried. Right. I mean, obviously an important game, rivalry game. It's one that Missouri absolutely wants to win. But there's a lot of question marks, I think, on that, on that Kansas roster as well. I know that there, there's a quarterback battle going on. They have some, you know, key position groups that they need to replace both offense and defense. They have some talented linebackers, you know, returning from last season. But, you know, Missouri, I think, is on paper at least the more talented team. I'm not sure that they're going to need him. And, you know, without Ahmad Hardy, Jamal Roberts is going to be the starting running back for the Tigers. And he was excellent last season, rushed for 750 yards, six touchdowns, average six yards a carry. He was actually the home run hitter against Kansas in the game in Columbia last season with the 63 yard touchdown run to ice, you know, what was a 42 to 31 victory. So if Missouri has to, you know, kind of follow Jamal Roberts for the first few weeks of the season, while Hardy continues to get back into football shape, I think they feel pretty good, at least through the first few weeks of the season.
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And finally, expectations. We've been through media days. We know where everyone put Missouri. Where, where do you have them and, and what's, what's the range for a team that after a couple of big years with double digit wins. Seemed a little bit stuck last year in the middle.
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Yeah, there. Missouri is an interesting team, Paul. I mean, you look at their schedule, you look at the makeup of the roster, right? There's 30 new transfers had come in. You add in, you know, another 20, 24 freshman players. Not that a lot of the freshmen are expected to play, but there's a couple that might work their way into the two deep. The schedule's up on the screen. I mean, you can see it there. They have to go to Mississippi State. Starkville is a pretty tough place to play. They have four returning playoff teams on the schedule in A and M, Ole Miss, Georgia and Oklahoma. That doesn't even count Texas, who they have to play at the beginning of November. I mean, this is a Missouri team that just given all the variables involved, they're breaking in a new quarterback with some new coaches on staff. You know, they, they, they could win 10 games, they could go nine and three, they could go seven and five. They could even go five and seven if things fall off the rail pretty quickly. So, you know, wide range. I think for this team, we're not really sure exactly what, which type of Missouri I think is going to show up over the course of the season. So I, I kind of have my marker circled on that. September 26 matchup. Week four against Mississippi State in Starkville. I think that particular matchup, tough place to play. Jeff Lebby has the Bulldogs, I think, playing tough football. It's early enough in the season where everybody is still going to be pretty well engaged in the season. I think that game specifically will tell me a lot about what these Tigers are made of and will maybe give us a little bit better sense of, you know, are they going to go 5 and 7? Are they going to go 7 and 5? Could they potentially contend for 9 and 3, maybe even 10 wins? You know, so it's going to be a little while, I think, before we really get a sense of what these guys are made of.
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Cody, I know you've answered this, but what does it say about this Missouri program on day one? If you're, as somebody who covers the team, looking at a road game against the team picked to finish at the bottom of the SEC as the bellwether,
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you know, I, I see it as. There's a lot that this team, Missouri, needs to prove right. They have a new quarterback, Austin Simmons. I know a lot of people love the intangibles that he brings, right? The leadership, the arm talent. He was the starter for Ole Miss last year, but Then you look at some of his stats. Not great, right? Not bad. But completing just under 60% of his passes. Six touchdown passes to five interceptions. So I. There's a little bit more consistency I think they need out of the quarterback position, which is a big sticking point, if you ask Missouri fans, Right. Bo Peula in some of those bigger games last season did not come through in the way that they needed him to come through for them to win those games and potentially contend for playoff spots. Right. And then you look at the defense. You know, thanks to, you know, a judge in St. Louis County, Missouri has one returning starter from last year's defense, which was a very, very good defense. But they still have to replace 10 other positions within that defense. And there's some good players on this defense, right? Santana Banner's back. Nicholas Rodriguez is back. Marquis Gracial now on the defensive line. I think he's going to take a step forward. They have a lot of exciting pieces on the edge. They have some intriguing pieces in the secondary, but a lot of these AIs either haven't played a ton or they just haven't played a lot together, Right. And so when it comes to defense, they kind of need to operate 11 as one. And Cory Baton's a fantastic defensive coordinator. I think if you're looking for the benefit of the doubt with this Missouri defense, it's what he's been able to do the last couple years. Years having a top 25 defense each of the last two years. But that's a lot of positions that they have to replace. That's a lot of experience and production that have walked out the door. So there's a lot of questions that this Missouri team has to answer. And so I think a trip to Starkville, where again, Mississippi State last year, I know that they were picked near the bottom of the conference. This year they beat an Arizona State team that the year before had won the Big 12. They took Texas and Tennessee to overtime. So, hey, don't, don't, don't knock the cowbells, Paul. Man, that Starkville is a real tough place to play. So I think that that could be, you know, the first big test for these t upcoming season.
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I'm more concerned about Missouri, I think, than the cowbells. Anyway, Cody, thank you very much for the time. Great to see you. As camp opens in Missouri, that's where we begin here on a Monday afternoon. A lot has happened. Willie Fritz, one of the bright coaches in America, joining us. Remember what he did at 2, Wayne. Now he's doing it at Houston, my goalie junior back on ESPN radio today. Yes, you heard me correctly. And the coach, national championship winning coach, joins us a little bit later on. And your phone calls are straight ahead.
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You're listening to the Paul Feinbaum show podcast. We are back. I appreciate you being here and I don't think we've ever spoken to this guy, although I think one of our callers, Dylan, mentioned him. I see him all over social media. It is the one and only Agent Confidential calling us. Good afternoon.
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Hey, Paul, this is Mike Chodron, our Agent Confidential. How you doing?
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Well, it's great to hear. Listen, I've been following you for a while. I'm glad to know you exist.
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Well, I very much exist and I've been chasing you since you wrote it. The Birmingham News back in the early 80s.
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That's wild.
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1985 Alabama grad. So I've been yelling at you for a long time, Paul, but really good to speak with you and I'm really excited about, you know, all that's going on behind, you know, this book we've written.
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Well, thank you. Yeah, I know. So I want you to tell us
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you
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tweet a lot on social media, but you also did a book. Tell us about the book.
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Well, the book is called Agent Confidential and I have about 40 years experience in business, some private equity experience, and over time I got really fascinated with the business of college football. So what it is, I wrote the book to try to pull the curtain back on what's really happening behind the scenes and help people understand the business side of the Sport that we all love.
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So is, how do you obtain the book? Is it available? How is it available?
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Yeah, so it's available on Amazon, Apple Books, Kindle, and I also did the audible myself. So if you can tolerate a Baldwin County, Alabama accent, you can listen to me read the book to you.
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Okay. Well, I. I'm a big reader, so I will. I will dig the book up as soon as I can listen. I look forward to it. Well, anyway, great to have you on the show.
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Thank you very much, Paul. It's my pleasure. And again, thank you for taking my call and, you know, have a great rest of the show, everybody.
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Agent, thank you. Really appreciate that. This guy does know what he's talking about. I've been keeping up with him for some time. Let me check in next with Les, who is in Indianapolis, so. Hello, Les.
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Hi, Paul. Good afternoon. How are you?
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We are doing great.
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Good, good. Are you gonna have our coach on later on?
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We would like. Well, yeah, if he wants to call in, make sure he has our number.
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Oh, I thought I heard you. I thought I heard you say that he was going to be a guest
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at some point, but not today.
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Okay. I'm calling in about the saving college sports bill with a comment and a question. Yes, Is in the proposed legislation. What's the aspect of it that concerns prohibiting college coaches from leaving mid season? Is that part of the bill, do you know?
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Yeah, I believe. Well, first of all, they haven't shared the final text with us yet. We will see it soon. I believe that is part of the bill. And I'm also even more intrigued by how the United States Congress can legislate that.
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Right. You anticipated my point, Paul. I mean, I'm intrigued, and I just wonder how they can legislate these contractual things that I'm also along the same line. I know part of the bill's language deals with prohibiting transfers to a certain number. Limiting, I guess, is the better way. And I don't know how they could do that either.
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I don't either. You know, it's very interesting. Tommy Tuberville, who is the only former coach currently sitting in the Senate, came out against it today, of all things. And his biggest complaint was it really, in his mind, opens the door for even more litigation. And I have similar concerns. He introduced a bill that focuses almost entirely on eligibility and transferring, which is the issue. They got into all these other things, the caps. My quick read of the bill is it makes college football smaller rather than larger. Essentially, the SEC and the Big Ten are going to survive and Nobody else is assured of that.
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Well, here's what I. Here's what I think it seemed like when the Alston case started, when NIL began over five years ago, we were making the athletes like all other college students. That is, if they had a skill that they could monetize, we wanted that to happen. Now, it seems to me if this bill gets any traction, which I don't think it ever will, but just the commentary and the dialogue that we're having shows that it's sort of entered the mainstream. But now it seems like, well, dialing back that access and we're making athletes less akin to their fellow students. Right. Because any other student could transfer as many times as he or she wanted for any reason. Now we're saying if you have a particular skill and it involves a sport, that you are limited to transferring and it doesn't make any sense to me, Paul.
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No, I agree, and I completely agree with that. And I also thought initially the number one goal of this bill was to give college athletics an antitrust exemption. And I've yet to see that there's some limited exemptions in this bill, but I don't think they're going to get the total waiver against litigation that they were looking for. Thank you very much for the call. Let me continue here with more phone calls. And Tony is up next in Alabama. Hello, Tony.
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Hey, Paul. Gosh, so much has happened since we talked many months ago. So let's catch up.
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Okay, let's do it.
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All right. Now, I was really surprised a month ago to learn that you were going to be awarded that lifetime achievement award in New York City. Wow. You know, that's impressive. But unfortunately, no details really have been provided about it. So, like my hero that I grew up listening to when I was a kid, Paul Harvey, he used to have the rest of the story. So I thought this would be good to have the rest of the story about your award. So first I thought, okay, you know, this award, were you the just the latest in a long line of distinguished recipients? Well, not exactly, because the award didn't exist until 2022. That was just four years ago. Then I thought, okay, well, is this award presented by some very prestigious organization like Associated Press, College Football foundation and so forth? Not exactly. It was Barrett Media. Now, pardon me, but I've never heard of Barrett Media, but apparently it was founded in 2015 by a guy named Barrett, Jason Barrett, who worked at some local radio stations, including Poughkeepsie, New York and St. Louis. Maybe he met John in St. Louis. I don't know. But anyway, I thought, well, at least that award of that prestigious nature must be. Must have been presented at a very iconic venue in New York City like Carnegie hall or maybe one of the top theaters on Broadway. But unfortunately, no, it was kind of way off Broadway at a little theater called the SVA Theater. Now, I never heard of that either. And I thought, well, what kinds of other events have they hosted? Well, they kicked off Gay Pride Month in June by hosting the LGBTQ Film and Media Festival. And I thought, okay, okay, what? What else? Later in June, they hosted the feminist art and film collective Actions Make Feminist Art Make Trouble. And I thought, well, now that's really up your alley because you are a feminist and you definitely make trouble. And then I thought, okay, well, maybe shouldn't that be something a little more mainstream? And I found it. Later this year, they are hosting the famous Murray Hill. Now, somehow I never did know who Murray Hill was, but your audience probably knows. But he was ranked by NBC News. Now we're talking NBC News and I quote, as one of the 30 most iconic and influential performers. But wait, what kind of performer? Drag queen performer. So I thought, wow, that was the perfect venue for your award. And I tell you, I'll tell you, Paul, while you were gone, a lot of your fans called in and gave their sincere congratulations. And believe it or not, a few of these people actually said that they think you deserve the Presidential Medal of President Freedom. And I thought, wow, that would be impressive because you'd be joining the ranks of people like Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and Walt Disney. So I'm just saying congratulations. But I would say that your fan club audience of sycophants really needs some serious professional psychiatric care. And as Paul Harvey would say, now you know the rest of the story. Good day, Crumb Dumb.
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You're listening to the Paul Feinbaum show podcast. Hey, welcome back. Great to have all of you, you with us. And Stephen is up next in Gaffney, South Carolina. Hello, Stephen.
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Thanks for saying Gaffney. I was the most intellectual to class of 1971 at Gaffney High School, but at the first 10 year union, they voted me the biggest disappointment. But life's gone on. I enjoyed talking to your screener when I was getting on. He said he was from Colorado, but he didn't know. He didn't know Debbie from the class of 1970 Gardendale. Paul, I'm going to get to one of them calling. But that last guy, I think he was just a smart ass, you know, and referencing Paul Harvey was a little bit of a tip. I think he was. I don't know what he was up to, but I think he was more of a smart ass than anything else. But Cormac McCarthy, you know Cormac, both of y' all are grads of University of Tennessee, correct?
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Correct.
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You know he played golf. Did you know that about him?
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I mean, I knew, I knew the East Tennessee connection. I knew the great books, obviously, but I didn't know. I didn't know the other part.
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No. Yeah, well, no, this came up in something I read right after he died a few years ago. You know, his first books were about East Tennessee. And then he might have been walking around Knoxville when I moved there in 1978. And I had no idea. But I was born in Newport, you know, where Newport was. And his last book, the protagonist thinks about going off the grid in Cosby, Tennessee, where the first guy that my daddy baptized was the principal. So there's stories there. But, you know, it surprised me that he had any interest in anything other than a light bulb to write under. But he was, he was quite a force, as you know. And he, he was, you know, he did play golf. So that, that made it interesting as a parting shot. I think Dabo may surprise some people at lsu. You're not very well liked up here around Clemson in the upstate, but news to you. But I would like to see Dabo surprise Lane Kiffin. Great to talk to you. Always an honor.
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Thank you, Stephen. Thank you very, very much. Luke is up next in Mississippi. Hey, Luke. Good afternoon.
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Hey, Paul. How you doing?
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Well,
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well, I just got two quick questions for you, man. So in terms of, obviously, I'm a Ole Miss fan from Mississippi. In terms of not necessarily fans perspective, but recruiting perspective both years for coaches for Ole Miss and ls, it's obviously a huge year for recruiting momentum. Who would you say? It's a big year in terms of going into the next year.
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Yeah, thanks for the call, Luke. You were breaking up a little bit. I think you were talking about Ole Miss and momentum. And I think certainly it's impossible to think a school would have had more momentum coming out of last year. And I believe they did take advantage of that. Thank you very, very much. Sooner in Texas is up next. Good afternoon.
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Yes. Who's back? Back again. Sooner's back. Tell a friend. Boomer. Sooner. Paul. Fine. Bomb.
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Hey there.
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How you been, buddy?
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Everything is great. Good to have you back, man.
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You look dark. You've been sunning those buns on that beach in Alabama or what?
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Just, it's summertime in Alabama. You can, you can get a tan. Just walking outside to bring your dog in.
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Yeah, just going to check the mail. Right. Hey, looking forward to year three with you in the sec. Sooner's looking to take another step up this year. I'm formally coming on your show today to give my wife my 30 day notice that any and all projects need to be completed by the end of the month because Saturdays are about to be for the boys.
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Well, Sooner, appreciate the high warning. We will hopefully see you again this year as we did last year. You take care of yourself. Let's check in with JB in Alabama. Hey, jb, Go right ahead.
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Hey, Paul, how you doing, man? First time caller, long time listener. I just, just had a question. I kind of knock around with AJ and Dylan and, and Iron man and some of these guys on, on in different, different areas. But I, I don't understand this, this Black Hatter, Michael Jackson jacket deregulators. I mean, is this, is this like WWE groups? Is this, is this teams? I don't, I don't understand it. Can you explain to me and are you a deregulator, a Black Hatter, or a Michael Jackson jacket wearer? I don't, I'm confused.
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Yeah, it's a Don Johnson jacket where I, I am. Yeah, I was recognized by the Black Hat Society at some point. So I'm, I'm an ex officio member. I don't know if I'm really qualified to be a real Black Hatter. So that's the only one of the group that I, I have membership in.
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Well, we should, we should have an arm Wrestling competition, a food fight, something to kind of see which group is, is the best here. I mean it's, it's, we just, we need to see, we need to, we need to see which one's going to step up to the plate. Thanks.
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Paul David is up next. He has stepped up to the plate right now.
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Yes, sir. Paul. So if Alex Golis doesn't make the playoffs this year, and I ain't saying it's going to happen, if we go 8, 4 or 9 and 3 this year, I'm calling it right now. Following next year, Alex goes in year two, he will make the college football playoffs. And I get it, the schedule gets a little bit harder, but we got seven, seven home games next year, five a row games and, and if one of, we beat one of these games this year to go 8, 4, 9 and 3, we beat LSU and be Tennessee and then be Florida at home. Thank you for my call, Paul Ward and Eagle.
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Thank you very much. Let me check in with Jonah in Birmingham. Hello, Jonah, good afternoon.
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Hey Paul, I'm calling from Morris, Alabama. So entire question for you. How do you think that Alabama is going to do this year? Because I am nervous as ever.
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Yeah, I mean, listen, I'm not, I'm not going to tell you anything you haven't already heard because I don't think there's a lot of new information until we know who the starting quarterback is. But right now I think the safest bet on Alabama is nine and three.
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Yes, sir,
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but thank you for the call. But by the way, that is not written in stone. It can go higher, it can go lower. I mean, I think, I think the real range, I mean I am, I am 9 and 3, maybe 10 and 2. A lot of people I know are 8 and 4. It's just there's so many unknowns when you, when you don't know who the starting quarterback is going to be, it makes it more difficult to gauge. We are coming back. Plenty of time for your phone calls. We've had a busy afternoon of guests as well. We've already had one. A couple more to come. We are back after this.
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In a sunny Californian suburb, one family's
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home is unusually quiet.
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When detectives walked into that house, they said that it was like time just stood still.
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It's 2010 and the McStay family is nowhere to be found. Inside the home, no clear answer would
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the family could have gone.
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Husband, wife and two children, all gone.
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Like poof. Disappeared. The search for the McStays quickly captures the nation.
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But for years, the search for answers only brings more questions.
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Who's ever heard of an entire family going missing?
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A family of four doesn't just drop off the face of the earth with no contact.
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Is this a family on the run?
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Or is the truth far more sinister?
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From ABC Audio in 2020, this is what happened to the mixed days.
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Coming August 11th, wherever you get your
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podcast or subscribe to 2020 True Crime plus on Apple Podcasts for ad, free episodes, early access to new episodes, and so much more. You're listening to the Paul Fine Bomb show podcast and welcome back. How about this? The rivalry, one of the most famous in college football. Not for a couple of years, but if you can wait till 2030, first game will be in the Coliseum. USC and Notre Dame. Can't wait. Colton is up next in Birmingham. Hello, Colton. Good afternoon.
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How you doing, Paul?
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Doing great, thank you.
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Good. I just wanted to know. I don't. I don't know how closely you follow FCS football. The true heartbeat of America. One team you gotta look out for is Samford football. You know, you know Stanford football, Paul.
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You know what, Colton? I do. In fact, I have a neighbor whose son is on the staff there. So about, I don't know, a couple weeks ago, I went over and we had. We had lunch with Coach Grass and his entire staff, and I got quite an earful on. On Samford football.
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Well, I'll be. Darn, Paul, that just puts a smile on my face because I'll tell you what I know. You're familiar with the names Jake and Tyler Venables, two Clemson standouts. Their daddy, he's a head coach over at Oklahoma. Paul Tyson, great grandson of Paul Bear Bryant. Drew Sweeney. The name says it all. Cali Chiswick. Father's a national champ out at Auburn. Andrew Zao, the legend. Happy birthday, Andrew Zao. And Coach Griffin bat, and they got studs all across the field. I'm telling you, Paul, I think. I really think Stanford football might be the team to look out for in FCS this year. I heard Coach Ross is doing a great job out there with the whole Rebuild. And they're looking real good. Like they're on the up and up. What do you think, Paul?
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No, but Colton, I agree. And of course, Paul's father is my friend Mark Tyson. And I got a chance to visit with Andrew. Had not seen him. Andrew Zell. And yeah, I mean, you mentioned it. And I was. When I was with Chisik recently, we were talking about his son. So when you have the son of a couple of the, you know, coaches like Sweeney and, and Chisik and Venables and, you know, legends like, you know, a legendary status like Paul Tyson, the grandfather, it is a fascinating staff and I'm really excited. I plan on if I can get back in time on Saturdays. I plan on seeing the Bulldogs play a little bit this year.
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Well, I'll tell you what, Paul, that just puts a smile on my face because they're doing it the right way. They are a great staff, a great young staff, and they are sure to win a lot of football games in the near future. I'm just so glad that you're so connected with the Stanford Bulldogs. And I'm telling you, I'm really telling you heard it here first. All right. The Stanford Bulldogs are here and they're here to stay in 2026.
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Thanks a lot, Colton. Check back with us as the season gets near. We'll give an update on that. That's our new adopted team when just consider the coaching, the coaching lineage on that one staff. Scott is up next in Kentucky. Hello, Scott.
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Hello, Paul. How you doing today?
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We are doing great.
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Wonderful.
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Huge Kentucky fan.
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But, you know, I'm hearing a lot of chatter with, you know, conference realignment with Big Ten, SEC and, you know, obviously Notre Dame would probably be staying independent, but maybe go to the Big Ten. But I'm wondering what your thoughts are for an SEC conference realignment, you know, with what teams would come from the acc.
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I think conference realignment is always a possibility. I don't think we're there yet, but. But I think if college football blows up again, and it will, the ACC's most coveted teams are, I believe, in order. North Carolina, Miami, and then where does it go next? Depending on which way North Carolina goes, will they want Virginia to go with them? I think rounding out that group is Florida State and Clemson. I don't think either one of them are nearly as coveted as they used to be, nor as much as their fan base wants them to be.
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They push for it too, you know, with the lawsuits, you know, so it's got me somewhere curious why they're so far out. Yeah. Okay. Well, you know, North Carolina would be a good SEC ad, you know, in the next few years when these contracts come up with Fox and ESPN for the Big Ten and SEC and see who wants to push for what money. But yeah. Okay, what do you think would be the favorites for the sec?
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Well, it's. I think North Carolina is going to be coveted by both the Big Ten and the sec. I think it's just a matter of fit. I don't know where North Carolina is going to be at the time. I mean, first of all, Belichick won't be the coach. They're going to get rid of him fairly quickly. And I think it depends on really what, how they, how they repurpose that program there. Thank you very much for the call. Really good to hear from you. John is up next in Michigan. John, good afternoon.
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Hi, how you doing? Mr. Paul, thank you for your show and thank you for what you do, sir. Just want to start off by saying that, Mr. Paul, I'm a Big Ten Michigan State alumni. That's smash mouth up the middle, down your throat. Football. And Michigan State has been struggling since the Mark Dantonio era and we seem to be in a rebuilding stage since he's retired with multiple head coaches the past five or six years. Most recently, we snagged Pat Fitzgerald from Northwestern. So, Mr. Paul, I was just wondering, you know, I know you're primarily an SEC guy, but what are your thoughts on Pat Fitzgerald's success with Michigan State and do you find him as the right fit for Sparty? And then lastly, I just want to say I love your 1995 book, I Hate Michigan Wolverines and 303 Reasons why you should too. That was fantastic.
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That's great. Hey, John, thank you. Appreciate. I like Pat Fitzgerald a lot. You know, his departure from Northwestern has been litigated both in media and in court, but I think he's a fantastic coach and I really do believe that he is capable of resurrecting a program that good. Thanks for the call. Rhonda is up next in Tennessee. Hey, Rhonda.
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Hey, Paul. Thank you, sir, for taking my call. That Tony, he might need some help from what he just said. But anyway, my call is about the Arian Carter, linebacker for Tennessee, suspended, I think initially three games, reduced to two games. The NCAA suspension, from what I understand, it was from a $427 plane ticket for the combine from a sports agent. He went to the combine and decided to come back to Tennessee. He paid the money back. So why do you think the suspension for two games is okay?
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Well, first of all, Rhonda, it's, I don't know. I don't know anybody in college sports who thinks it's a good idea. But the NCAA has so little power left, they decided to use the last morsels of it to try to send a message that nobody is paying attention to or listening to. It's one of the few times that the NCAA will get away with something. I'm going to save my breath here because I think everybody has already been outraged by it. But it just shows you that the NCAA is in its final days of existence as a, as a relevant organization. We'll take a short break. We are one hour down. The head coach at Houston is coming up next.
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