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Mac & Bone Show - Aaron Murray Interview · Mac & Bone Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Aaron Murray, you will hear him and see him now
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  Speaker 1: Saturday night on the big primetime SEC Network matchup every week.
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  Speaker 1: And he joins us here on the Mac and Bone Show. Aaron,
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  Speaker 1: what's going on, man? How you doing?
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  Speaker 2: Man, just excited to get on the road. I got
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  Speaker 2: my first coach's call today at a production meeting yesterday.
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  Speaker 3: Nice.
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  Speaker 2: There you go. So we are here. Week one is here.
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  Speaker 2: And I just cannot wait to get on the road
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  Speaker 2: this weekend for the first time this season, be on
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  Speaker 2: these shows. For me, these SEC campuses and feel the
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  Speaker 2: energy and get ready to start calling some football games.
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  Speaker 4: Well-deserved, man. We've got you on for a couple years now.
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  Speaker 4: We've seen you grow, and for you to get that
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  Speaker 4: primetime spot in the SEC, man, congrats.
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  Speaker 1: That's awesome.
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  Speaker 4: We can't wait to see you have those matchups every week.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, man. I'm excited. I know the Big Ten has
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  Speaker 2: been kind of puffing their chest out a little bit
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  Speaker 2: this offseason, but the SEC is still the deepest, most
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  Speaker 2: talented league out there, and to have this opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: go out there and call some big-time games week in
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  Speaker 2: and week out. Like I said, man, it's going to
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  Speaker 2: be so much fun to get around. And then for
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  Speaker 2: my wife, I've got two young kids, so she's just
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  Speaker 2: happy that there's some Some weekends I'll actually be able
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  Speaker 2: to get home on Saturday night or first thing Sunday morning.
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  Speaker 2: There you go.
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  Speaker 1: Before we get into the games, and we finally do
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  Speaker 1: get to talk about games, I do have to get
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  Speaker 1: your thoughts on Lane Kiffin and him attempting to bring
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  Speaker 1: these guys back that were in NFL camps. Obviously, the
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  Speaker 1: SEC wants to fight this out. There's a big court.
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  Speaker 1: you know, ruling coming to Louisiana tomorrow. Do you blame
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  Speaker 1: Lane Kiffin for doing it? Like, or do you understand, like,
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  Speaker 1: do you understand it or you come down on the
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  Speaker 1: side of like, you don't like him doing this? I, I,
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  Speaker 1: I'm a.
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  Speaker 2: Big fan of Lane Kiffin. I'll just start with that first.
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  Speaker 2: I am a big fan. I've always enjoyed being around him.
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  Speaker 2: I always enjoyed talking ball, love watching, you know, what
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  Speaker 2: he'd done in his career. I mean, hell, I had,
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  Speaker 2: I had some games of him, you know, when he
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  Speaker 2: was at FAU and then had multiple games when he
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  Speaker 2: was at Ole Miss. So, you know, I think he's
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  Speaker 2: one of the best in the game. I think he's
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  Speaker 2: probably the best when it comes to, you know, offense,
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  Speaker 2: obviously with him and Charlie, you know, kind of tag
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  Speaker 2: teaming that offense at Ole Miss and at LSU. So,
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  Speaker 2: and the one thing that you love about Lane is
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  Speaker 2: he finds a way to be the center of college
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  Speaker 2: football and the center of conversation. So, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: just sit back and kind of laugh, like does Lane
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  Speaker 2: even really care about bringing these players in or is
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  Speaker 2: this just Lane's continuing to find ways to be in
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  Speaker 2: the media. And the way we say like, you know,
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  Speaker 2: any publicity is good publicity, you know, because we're talking
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  Speaker 2: about Lane Kiffin and he's the forefront of all discussions, ESPN,
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  Speaker 2: radio shows, recruits are hearing his name. They're hearing about
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  Speaker 2: more stuff at LSU. So like, I think this is
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  Speaker 2: just him being once again, the master of understanding. I
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  Speaker 2: want to be in the center of discussion around college
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  Speaker 2: football and I'm going to suck up all the oxygen
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  Speaker 2: in the room. And I think it's brilliant by him. So, like,
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  Speaker 2: does he truly need these players? Does he even really
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  Speaker 2: want these players? I don't know. I don't think he
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  Speaker 2: really needs the players, to be honest. But, you know,
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the day, LSU is going to
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  Speaker 2: be successful if they get these guys or not. I'm
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  Speaker 2: in the camp of I don't like the ruling at all.
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  Speaker 2: If you have an opportunity to move on to the
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  Speaker 2: NFL and you take that chance and you go into
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  Speaker 2: the NFL, then you're done with college football, plain and simple.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't like it that these guys are coming back,
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  Speaker 2: but am I going to blame Lane Kiffin for continuing
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  Speaker 2: once again to put his name out there and be
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  Speaker 2: the talk of college football and be, in some people's mind,
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  Speaker 2: the villain? No. Good for him, man. Like I said,
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  Speaker 2: he is the master of of doing that, and he
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  Speaker 2: continues to do it there in Baton Rouge.
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  Speaker 4: As far as the LSU game against Clemson goes on
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  Speaker 4: Saturday night, as we've gone through this week, there's been
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  Speaker 4: a lot more discussion about the focus level of LSU.
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  Speaker 4: Are they distracted? How much of a chance do you
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  Speaker 4: give Clemson to maybe take advantage of LSU for all
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  Speaker 4: they've been through here the last couple weeks?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, listen, you can tell you want that, like, oh,
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  Speaker 2: LSU could be distracted, but Clemson's just as distracted as well.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they're having to talk about it. They're hearing it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Dabo's talking about it. So it does go
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  Speaker 2: both ways. And, you know, once again, like, you know,
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  Speaker 2: people always talk about, okay, Lane, LSU, all the brand-new team,
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  Speaker 2: they got all these new kids. You know, how are
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  Speaker 2: they going to figure that out? You know, it's going
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  Speaker 2: to take some time for those guys to gel and mesh.
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, man, listen, Lane has been Lane forever. He's
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  Speaker 2: always had some sort of controversy and drama around him.
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  Speaker 2: He's always, at least in the past few years, has
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  Speaker 2: built his roster through the transfer portal. And guess what?
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  Speaker 2: Ole Miss has been one of the most successful teams
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  Speaker 2: over the past five, six years in college football. He
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  Speaker 2: knows what he's doing. He knows how to get a
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  Speaker 2: team focused. He knows how to build a roster through
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  Speaker 2: the transfer portal. So I know it seems like I'm
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  Speaker 2: fanboying hard over here over Lane Kiffin, but I do
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  Speaker 2: think that he knows how to play the game in
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  Speaker 2: today's world. He knows how to deal with NIL, what
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  Speaker 2: he accomplished with Ole Miss and their team. you know,
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  Speaker 2: collective and raising funds for players, what he did pulling
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  Speaker 2: together rosters of players from all over the country year
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  Speaker 2: in and year out. And then obviously you see the
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  Speaker 2: success on the football field immediately. It's like, I don't
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  Speaker 2: doubt that lane knows how to bring a team together
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  Speaker 2: through drama, through the portal, through NIL, and then get
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  Speaker 2: them to go out there and win. Cause it's proven
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  Speaker 2: over and over again there in Oxford that he could
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  Speaker 2: do that. So I think those guys are ready. I
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  Speaker 2: think they're hungry. I think lane is ready to, fireworks.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you're at home. You've got Clemson, who I
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  Speaker 2: know is not as dominant as they've been in years past,
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  Speaker 2: but it's still Clemson. It's still Dabo. The juices are
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  Speaker 2: going to be flowing. It's a great roster there at LSU.
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  Speaker 2: So I think you're going to get some hungry tigers
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  Speaker 2: on both sides come Saturday night.
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  Speaker 1: That's so juicy. That game is. Aaron Murray, SEC Network,
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  Speaker 1: with us on the Mac and Bone Show. I want
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  Speaker 1: to ask you about another one that I find to
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  Speaker 1: be a heck of a matchup. That's Sunday night. Mississippi
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  Speaker 1: against Louisville. This is a good SEC-ACC matchup. My God,
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  Speaker 1: it would be huge for the ACC to get a
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  Speaker 1: win like this. But Ole Miss is favored. What do
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  Speaker 1: you think about this matchup? Does Louisville have a shot?
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  Speaker 1: What do you think?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I'm going to lean a little bit, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: Ole Miss on this one. I love Trinidad Chambliss. I love, love,
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  Speaker 2: love Louisville. you know, Lacey and, and kind of what
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  Speaker 2: they have coming back. I think the defense is going
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  Speaker 2: to be tremendous. So I, I think that Ole miss
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  Speaker 2: right now, when you look at that roster, you know,
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  Speaker 2: there's not a lot of holes that you can poke
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  Speaker 2: at them, you know? Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: They, they, they lost some receivers.
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  Speaker 2: I think they went out there and got some studs.
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  Speaker 2: And then you look at Louisville. I think there are
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  Speaker 2: some question marks about, you know, the quarterback spot and, and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, what he's going to be able to do
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  Speaker 2: in his first start there against the rebels. So You know, I, I,
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  Speaker 2: I just a big family instead of Trinidad, you know, you,
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  Speaker 2: you look at him. I remember a year ago when
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  Speaker 2: he made his first start, I did a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of a quarterback breakdown and. you look at what he's
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  Speaker 2: capable of doing from the RPOs to the move in
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  Speaker 2: the pocket, layering football, throwing the football deep down the field. And,
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  Speaker 2: and yeah, I just gushed about Lane Kiffin for the
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  Speaker 2: first five minutes of this interview about how good he is. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, obviously his, his, his, you know, ability as
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  Speaker 2: a play caller with Charlie Weiss and getting guys wide open.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, like there may not be as much, you know,
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  Speaker 2: green grass to throw to in this offense and hopefully
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  Speaker 2: there is, but yeah, sure that I can play in
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  Speaker 2: any system. I think he's that good. I think he's
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  Speaker 2: that talented. I think that he's, like I said, he's
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  Speaker 2: got all the tools and toolbox you want besides maybe
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  Speaker 2: the fact that, you know, he's not six, two, you know,
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  Speaker 2: if he was six, two, we'd be talking about like
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  Speaker 2: a hundred percent, the first pick in the NFL draft
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  Speaker 2: and hell he could have been the first pick in
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  Speaker 2: the NFL.
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  Speaker 3: Draft a year ago.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, if he was a little bit taller, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: when it comes to his ability to skew within it,
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  Speaker 2: inside any offense, I think he can do that.
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  Speaker 3: I think the weapons are.
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  Speaker 2: Going to be good. Like I said, him and Lacey
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  Speaker 2: in the backfield, the defense is going to be very
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  Speaker 2: talented on that side as well. So, uh, I just
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  Speaker 2: think Ole Miss will overpower them when it's all said
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  Speaker 2: and done, and I just don't know if Louisville has
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  Speaker 2: the offense with a little bit of an inexperienced quarterback
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  Speaker 2: to kind of keep up with what Ole Miss is
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  Speaker 2: going to be able to put up on their side
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  Speaker 2: of the football.
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  Speaker 4: Aaron, as far as the Gamecocks go, it wasn't the
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  Speaker 4: year last year that we expected from Lenora Sellers. What
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  Speaker 4: are you expecting this year, and how big will Kendall
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  Speaker 4: Bryles be for trying to get the most out of him?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, I think when Norris has always been
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  Speaker 2: a very talented quarterback, you know, I had him twice
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  Speaker 2: his freshman year and got to see him really grow
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  Speaker 2: as a quarterback during that season. I think that he's
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  Speaker 2: got the size, he's got the arm, he's got the
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  Speaker 2: athleticism to really be a dominant player. The issue's always
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  Speaker 2: been for South Carolina is who's he throwing to? One,
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  Speaker 2: can you protect him? And two, does he have playmakers
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  Speaker 2: on the outside? In his first year, South Carolina had
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  Speaker 2: an incredible defense. That defense was absolutely loaded all three levels.
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  Speaker 2: You had a really good tight end, and then you
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  Speaker 2: had Rocket Sanders, who was very impactful as a transfer
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  Speaker 2: there from Arkansas. You saw that offense get better as
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  Speaker 2: the season went along.
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  Speaker 3: Hell, I remember the.
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  Speaker 2: First game of the season, they almost lost because it
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  Speaker 2: was to Old Dominion. Luckily, the defense got a fumble
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  Speaker 2: inside the 10-yard line, and offense was able to punch
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  Speaker 2: it in to win. You saw him grow that year,
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  Speaker 2: but then the next year, Rocket's gone, the tight end's gone,
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  Speaker 2: and you've just never seen consistent playmaking on the outside.
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  Speaker 2: So that's always been the big thing. That's going to
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  Speaker 2: be the big thing for Kendall to kind of get
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  Speaker 2: this offense going is I don't think that there's anything
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  Speaker 2: wrong with Lenore as a quarterback. It's hard to play
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  Speaker 2: quarterback in this league when, one, either you're on your back,
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  Speaker 2: or two, you don't have guys that can kind of
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  Speaker 2: create separation and get open. Yeah. And I think that's,
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  Speaker 2: you know, something for browse and his offense this year is,
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  Speaker 2: can you maximize the talent around him, put him in
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  Speaker 2: a situation where you can go out there and feel
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  Speaker 2: like he can throw the football and not have to
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  Speaker 2: run the football 24-7 and just get the ball up
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  Speaker 2: his hands and get him comfortable but like I said,
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  Speaker 2: I'm a big fan of him and obviously Dylan Stewart
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  Speaker 2: on the other side is an absolute nightmare and It
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  Speaker 2: reminds me a little bit about when we played them.
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  Speaker 2: They had Connor Shaw. They had a big receiver on
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  Speaker 2: the outside in Alshaw. And they had, obviously, Jadavian Clowney
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  Speaker 2: as a defensive end position. Not necessarily elite talent everywhere else.
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  Speaker 2: Good talent, don't get me wrong. But they just had
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  Speaker 2: game wreckers on both sides. And they have that this year.
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  Speaker 2: It's just a matter of can you get him going
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  Speaker 2: in a new offense and can you get some playmakers
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  Speaker 2: just to even just support him a little bit. I
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  Speaker 2: don't need all SEC-type receivers. I just need guys that
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  Speaker 2: can start winning some more one-on-ones.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm with you. I can't wait to see this
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  Speaker 1: Bryles offense, the effect it has on Sellers and everybody else.
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  Speaker 1: And I know this, South Carolina fans probably watched how
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  Speaker 1: much TCU struggled on offense. It looked like they missed
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  Speaker 1: Kendall Bryles. It did on Saturday. All right. So let
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  Speaker 1: me ask you this question. If you had to make
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  Speaker 1: a guess, how many playoff teams does the SEC get
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  Speaker 1: in the 12 team playoff and who are the teams
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  Speaker 1: you would pick? What would you go with?
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  Speaker 2: We, man, I tell you what, it is a, a,
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  Speaker 2: a just college football in general this year is ultra competitive.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I can name, you know, I can name
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  Speaker 2: eight teams that have a legitimate chance to win a,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a national championship, you know, from across the country.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's going to be a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 2: I guess I'm, I'm super excited. I get to call this,
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  Speaker 2: you know, call.
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  Speaker 3: This game in the SEC, but you obviously.
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  Speaker 2: Georgia is kind of the favorites right now in the SEC.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think my, my dogs look really good
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  Speaker 2: heading into the season and, You know, defensively, they should
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  Speaker 2: be really good. Offensive line, running backs, tight ends, you know,
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  Speaker 2: gutter in his second season. So, you know, you like
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  Speaker 2: Georgia as the favorite in the SEC, and obviously then
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  Speaker 2: you get a spot in the tournament from there. You know, Texas,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you love the roster. You know, I think
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  Speaker 2: that there's some things I continue to want to see
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  Speaker 2: from Arch Manning, but you saw him develop as the
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  Speaker 2: season went on a year ago. Can the offensive line
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  Speaker 2: be better, though? I mean, the offensive line was terrific
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  Speaker 2: a year ago. You know, they got the receivers running
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  Speaker 2: back should be good, obviously with the guys that got
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  Speaker 2: in the portal, but man, that offensive line could not protect. uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, arts throughout the season. I think that's a,
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  Speaker 2: that's a big worry. And I think that could hold
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  Speaker 2: them back, you know, once again, this season, but you
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  Speaker 2: still like them overall. I think it's actually a tremendous coach. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I like Georgia. I like Texas. I like
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  Speaker 2: LSU a lot.
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  Speaker 3: Um, you know, I think Oklahoma is.
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  Speaker 2: A tremendous team, great defense, love their quarterback, same thing,
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  Speaker 2: you know, offensive line, it comes down to them. Can
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  Speaker 2: they protect, can they run the football, take some pressure off, um, Alabama,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think that's kind of, to me, that's, that's, it's,
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  Speaker 2: If the quarterback is as good as we think he
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  Speaker 2: could be and all the noise coming out of camp
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  Speaker 2: and the excitement about him, that defense is going to
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  Speaker 2: be top-notch. They've got some playmakers on the outside. If
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  Speaker 2: he is, like I said, as good as anticipated for
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  Speaker 2: a young buck, Alabama is going to be a team
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  Speaker 2: that's going to be right there in the mix of
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  Speaker 2: it as well. There's a bunch. I got one this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: I think Florida is going to be an interesting team.
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  Speaker 2: I'm watching tape on them all week. I'm very high
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  Speaker 2: on Aaron Filo. I think the talent around him is
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  Speaker 2: absolutely incredible. The receivers are elite. The running backs are elite.
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  Speaker 2: I think the defense should be better this year. Question
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  Speaker 2: marks the offensive line, but man, I'm just so excited
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  Speaker 2: about what Buster Faulkner has to work with on the
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  Speaker 2: offensive side of the football. Ole Miss, we talked about.
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  Speaker 2: A & M, we talked about. All these teams, you
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  Speaker 2: can make a case, should compete for the SEC title.
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  Speaker 2: I think they end up getting probably about four in there.
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  Speaker 2: And I think it's going to be a dogfight to
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  Speaker 2: the end, which is going to make for a very
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  Speaker 2: fun season to call.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't ask you an easy question. I'm trying to
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  Speaker 1: figure out who comes out of that conference, man. That's
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  Speaker 1: a tough one. But it's going to be fun to watch.
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  Speaker 1: And your season starts Saturday night with those Gators. Looking
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  Speaker 1: forward to seeing how they look with Summerall there. Gators-FAU
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  Speaker 1: is your first game. First of many great Saturday night games.
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  Speaker 1: on the SEC Network with Aaron Murray as the analyst.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Aaron. Appreciate you, brother.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate you guys.
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  Speaker 3: Have a great week, and let's enjoy some football.
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  Speaker 2: Heck yeah.