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Inside the Hoosier Mind -Dart in the Dirt_ Problem Number 5 with LSU and Daniels_ Preseason Top 25 · Military Broadcast Radio | MBR Talk

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All right, what's up everyone, Welcome in to Inside the Hoosier
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Mind, brought to you by Military Broadcast radio, helping give
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veterans a voice. It is great to be here on a
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Tuesday evening. Not only that, but we also have
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a very short time until we get to the most important one and
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that is the kick off for college football.
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And Nan, are we excited? We're only about 11 days away
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from the first kickoff on the 29th.
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It's against TCU and North Carolina as well as you have
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Virginia and NC State. I'll probably go over those more
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next week, but nonetheless, we have football coming back very,
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very soon. MJ in the world of conscious
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positive thinking is joining us. MJ Appreciate you joining me,
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ma'am. I know you're excited.
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I'm excited to see how your Penn State Nittany Lions do this year
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'cause you guys really, you know, drew the luck of the
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schedule draw as far as, you know, kind of the easiest Big 10
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schedule, probably the easiest schedule in the country for a
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Power Four team in a major conference like the Big 10.
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So you guys, all eyes are going to be on you as far as Matt
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Campbell, Rocco Beck, all of that.
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And of course, with it only being 11 days until the kickoff
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of college football, we of course have to end the offseason
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with with some college football drama.
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And one of the ones that has been sweeping the news more so
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last week than it is this week, It's kind of died down a little
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bit, but people are are still talking about it because again,
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it's the down period. College football hasn't kicked
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off yet. There's not much to talk about.
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We just have to stretch out these next 11 days and then
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we're golden. But there was a pretty big
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ripple as far as the sports world goes because of the whole
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Jaden Daniels and LSU situation with LSU issuing out number five
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to He was and still is a All American freshman quarterback
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now going into a sophomore year. DJ Pickett, they issued that
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number to DJ because that was the number he was promised in
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order to commit to LSU as well as you know, he he's a five star
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prospect. He's one of the best in the
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country. He's 6 foot four.
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He actually played last year as a freshman, did pretty decently
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well. Obviously he played in kind of
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rotation with Mansour Delaine on the other side.
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So DJ Pickett was kind of the number two, number three guy and
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just because nobody really knew what to expect from him, he was
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hard to have to manage to deal with.
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I know he did end up getting an interception in that Florida
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game against DJ Lackway, but he threw 5 interceptions in that
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game, so that's really not much of a surprise.
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But as far as Jayden Daniels and the whole number five thing goes
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with him being upset at LSU for putting the number back in
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rotation. So let's look at the facts that
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we do know so far. There's a lot of speculation
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that it's his mom and his team that are the ones saying this.
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As far as we know, Jayden Daniels has not come out
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directly and said whether or not he hasn't come out directly and
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shamed this, but nor has he condoned it either.
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And there's a lot of thought that somebody on his team, we
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don't know who. Again, we'd more than likely
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think that it's his mom because his mom's his own agent, that
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she looks at it as a sign of disrespect to Jayden.
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And the other fact that we have to look at is more than likely
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Brian Kelly promised him this of, hey, as long as I'm the head
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coach here, nobody else will wear #5 you know, you want
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Heisman in it. And albeit LSU has only ever had
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three Heisman's in its history tenure of a football program,
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the other two, that has very much been the case so far.
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Nobody else has wore Billy Cannon's number 20, who's the
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only number officially retired by LSU and ever since Joe Burrow
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won it one not only the National Championship, but the Heisman,
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same as Billy Cannon, nobody has born #9 ever since.
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And as of right now, as of August 18th, 2026, more than
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likely isn't going to ever wear it again.
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Now that might change depending on what 5 star prospect comes
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out of there. What, you know, oh, highly
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talented recruit, either comes out of high school, whether they
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come out of the transfer portal, whether they reach out to Joe
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Burrow and ask him his permission on whether or not
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they can wear #9 you, you never know.
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And, you know, Speaking of Joe Burrow, he even brought that up
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in an interview because he was asked, you know, how do you, how
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do you feel in the situation? He had just heard about it.
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He wasn't going to make a comment.
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And for him to, you know, I'm sure he's somewhat in the know,
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but it's also one of those it's like, yeah, it's it's not really
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my my place to speak because for him, you know, he doesn't know
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what Jayden's going through. You know, he he doesn't know all
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the inklings behind the scenes. You know, it's not like LSU
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still has him on speed dial, like, hey, this is what we're
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going to do. And he gives the the yes or no
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nod. But with Brian Kelly probably
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having promised Jayden that now Brian Kelly's been long since
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fired and Lane Kiffin comes in, it's hard for you to say no to a
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five star prospect that you recruited there to LSU more than
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likely probably got, you know, reached out or contacted through
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the transfer portal, you know, hey, leave LSU, you know, come
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to here, come there and what? And we'll let you wear whatever
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number you want to wear. If you want to wear 5, we'll let
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you wear 5. We'll we'll figure out a way.
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And that's the thing that to me when I was when I listened to
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all the different perspectives on this, because I really didn't
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hear a lot of people more in favor of Daniels.
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It's a lot of people when I watch their reactions, when I
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listen to what they said on AII, kind of felt in the same way of
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you're not bigger than the university itself, you're not
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bigger than LSU. Now I'm saying that little bit
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of bias, being an LSU fan, attending LSU, all of that.
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I don't speak on behalf of LSU, but as an LSU fan and as
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somebody who's grown up watching LSU for a long time, LSU was
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here before you, LSU will be here after you.
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And that's one of the things that Jayden really has to.
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And again, I don't, I hate that I'm putting this more on Jayden
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because I believe it's more on Jayden's team.
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Jayden's team needs to realize that more than anything of I
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look at it, this was something that really hit me hard when I
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was in the service. And, and it was funny because as
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I realized this and what I would tell other people who they had
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been in the service for a long time.
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And, and I, you know, full transparency, not to get off
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onto a full wheel Ted talk rabbit hole as far as my, my
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time in the military goes. It, it really hurt a lot of
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people's feelings when I would tell people who, you know, they
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absolutely love the military. They love being in it.
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They had, you know, devoted, you know, X amount of years to the
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military either same as me, if not more.
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And it was one of those, you know, they're like, oh, no, no,
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they're, they're, they're going to absolutely fall apart when I
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leave. Like, Nope, no, they ain't, they
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do not care about you, dude. And it's funny because they're
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well, no, no, they care about me.
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Nope. Whatever number you have on your
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on your common access card, your military ID, whatever number you
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have on that, that's the number they associate you with.
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There's a number before you, there's a number after you and
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there's multiple numbers before and there's multiple numbers
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after you are one of them number.
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And that was a hard thing for and many of them still denied
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it. Many of them still just could
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not come to terms with the fact of the military, any branch that
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they served in, no matter what branch, no matter what base, no
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matter what MOSAFSC rate, whatever you want to call it, no
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matter, no matter the position, no matter who you were, no
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matter what you did, you were replaceable.
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And the institution, the Department of Defense,
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Department of War, it was originally the Department of
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War, then the Department of Defense, now it's the Department
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of War and the Department of Defense.
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Not going down that rabbit hole either but none the less it was
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here before you and when you retire when your time is done
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it's going to be there after you.
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And to me that's what Jayden Daniels team needs to realize
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with LSULSU was a championship winning program before Jayden
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got there. They were a great program before
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Jayden got there. Now they had a bad year prior to
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Jayden Daniels getting there. So that is 100% true.
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He did elevate them to being better, but they still had a bad
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time. And since Jayden Daniels left,
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they're still there. They even still had a good
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season post Jayden Daniels with Garrett Nussmeyer.
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Now, obviously last year, seven and six, not as good of a year,
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but they're still there and LSU still exists with or without
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Jayden Daniels. Here's the other thing that I
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that I feel when I was listening to some of the arguments on
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whether or not his number should be quote UN quote, retired, not
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all programs retired numbers. Now LSU, you know, again, they
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have kind of more of the long standing tradition of, you know,
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nobody has wore Billy Cannon's number ever since he won the
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Heisman and ever since he won the national championship all
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the way back in 1958. That was a long, long time ago.
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And as a way different time. There was also a rule that came
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out in 2007 from the NC double AI don't remember the rule in
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its entirety, but there is a standing rule I believe that the
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player has to basically have left for at least five years or
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maybe this is LS us own standing rule has to have left for at
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least five years before they can even consider retiring the
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number. Now obviously they could have
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retired Joe Burrow's number if they wanted to.
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They haven't yet. Why I don't particularly know,
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but you know, obviously Jayden has.
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It hasn't been that long since Jayden left and obviously not
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long enough for them to merit doing that for him because he
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did win a Heisman. It is one of those that's OK.
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It's a bit of a slight because yeah, you, you gave #5 out.
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But here's the other way that I that I look at this and it was
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actually brought up by Levar Arrington.
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And I feel like he brought up probably one of the the best
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kind of in the middle arguments if I had to really put it in
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that way. He brought up the point that
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when Lavar Arrington was at Penn State and he got to wear #11
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which is the one that he wanted, he got to wear #11 he made #11
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what? It was on defense.
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Now, obviously, each person is different when it comes to
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whether or not they want guys after them to wear their number
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or not. A lot of times the university
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may call and ask for permission, you know, such as Penn State
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with Lavar Arrington, like, hey, this kid wants to wear #11 like,
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is that cool? And he kind of gets the blessing
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of yes or no. We even see that in professional
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organizations too. You know, look at Peyton Manning
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with Denver and wearing #18 you know, he, he got permission from
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the family to do that. Same with Malik Neighbors and
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the Giants on being able to wear number one.
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And again, organizations all across the league do it
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completely differently. And even the same in college
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football. Every, every team, every college
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does it differently as far as how they, how they handle it.
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And Lavar brought up a good point.
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He said for him #11 on defense, that means you're the guy.
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You know, if you look at some of the other famous guys that wore
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#11 post Lavar Arrington, you know, he, he actually called
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Penn State and asked them to have Navarro Bowman wear #11
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after he left. Same with Michael Parsons.
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You know, Michael Parsons got to wear #11 because Lavar Arrington
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signed off on it, same with Abdul Carter.
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There's a couple other guys I believe in between there that
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even got to wear #11 because he signed off on it.
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But he brought up a good point. He goes, but that's just on
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defense. He goes no offense.
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He goes, see, guys on offense were #11 all the time don't
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bother me. And, and to me, that makes, that
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makes it even more of a compelling argument because I, I
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get maybe wanting a number retired as a whole, but if
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anything, if they gave #5 to another offensive guy, OK, now
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you can feel a little bit slide. It's on a defensive guy #5 on
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the defense doesn't have the same offense, doesn't have the
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same impact as #5 on the offense does.
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And that's how Lavar Arrington put it with #11 at Penn State
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#11 doesn't have the same impact on offense as it does on defense
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for Penn State. If you're wearing #11 on Penn
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State, especially in today's, you know, today's time and age,
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that means you're a guy. That means you have been signed
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off by a dude who also wore #11 at Penn State.
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It was an all time great in college football.
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It was an all time great for Penn State.
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I'm sure MJ, you, you probably remember watching Levar and I
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know he's a Nittany Lions. He might be a little bit of a
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fan of him, but I feel like he probably brought it.
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He he made the point the best of it's a defensive guy wearing it.
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Don't really sweat it as much. And then there is another
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perspective that to me, I felt also kind of brings a lot of
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relevancy to it. And believe it or not it Michael
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Irving talked about this several years ago.
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He said he didn't want his number retired.
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And he brought up the point of when you have a number retired,
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he just think about it. Think about any number for any,
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any potential sports team, right?
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You can look at the Bears, for example of #54 for Brian
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Urlacher, like he made number 54, completely relevant.
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He's big time player, won best in franchise history for the
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Bears and nobody had worn 54 until one of the new offensive
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lineman, he gave him his blessing, worn 54.
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Now, do we know if he's going to be good or not?
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I don't know. But it brings relevancy back to
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the number. He said if you retire a number
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and it goes up in the rafters, he goes unless somebody looks
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up, unless somebody makes mention of it either on
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broadcast, on television, he goes because unless you go to
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the stadium, you're going to see it.
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There we go. They may show them for like a
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couple seconds, like, oh, hey, look at all the retired jerseys,
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like here, look at all the retired numbers and you even may
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see it in the background. It's not going to be a highlight
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though. And Michael Urban brought up a
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really good point with that. He said, look at even his time
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in Dallas. He said they didn't retire
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number 88 and he wasn't even the original big number 88 in
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Dallas. You had Drew Pearson before that
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who wore number 88, Man, I think, I think maybe people worn
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it in between there. I don't really remember or no
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off the top of my head. But then Michael Irving comes
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in, he wears it, makes 88 a completely big name, and then
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you associate 88 with Michael Irving and Drew Pearson.
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Now, I believe there was another.
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I believe Zantonio Bryant was the name after Michael Irving to
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wear that he was supposed to be the next big star.
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Didn't really happen. And then 88 just wasn't worn for
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a while until Dez Bryant came into the picture.
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And now when again, whenever you think of 88, you think Dez
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Bryant, you think Michael Irving, you think Drew Pearson.
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After Dez Bryant leaves, nobody wears it.
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Then they draft CD Lamb. CD Lamb wears 88.
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So now again, when you think of 88, you think the Cowboys.
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Michael Irving is a name that's associated with it because
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because they don't retire it, because they put such an
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emphasis and a highlight on a number like that.
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They bring up all the other previous star players that have
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gotten to where that number. Now that's a bit of a different
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tradition as far as hey, we typically give this to guys who
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we think or we, you know, quote UN quote know are going to be
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great in the league. We want you to be associated
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with that number along with these other legends.
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And I feel like that's completely, completely logical
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argument. And for for Jayden Daniels, I
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mean, it's only been a couple years since you left.
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So it's not like people are going to forget you that
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quickly, especially in the modern sports day world.
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Like if they've watched any kind of sports and they follow any
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kind of college football, you're not completely forgotten to
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history. But, you know, 10 to 15 years
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down the road when your career is potentially done, that that
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may end up being an argument of, hey, you know, like when if you
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see somebody out there wearing #5 like, Oh yeah, another, you
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know, you know who the last great quarterback to wear #5 for
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LSU was? Jane Daniels, He won Heisman.
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Like that, that brings relevancy that keeps your name going even
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though, yes, you did something spectacular with the number.
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You did something great to me. I feel like if you retire a
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number, if you do something like that, you, you kind of get lost
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to history. But again, that that's just me
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personally. It's one of those, when I when I
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heard about this and I saw it, I was like, I feel like this is
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this is just we're bored. It's we're in the last home
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stretch of trying to get to college football and it kind of
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reminds me of like whatever, whenever you were in school.
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And it's like, man, we're like this close to summer break and
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it's like those last few days just drag on the absolute worst.
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It's like it takes forever for anything to happen.
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It takes forever for any type of movement to go through.
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And I honestly kind of feel like that's really the case with the
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with this. MJ brought up the point she said
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honestly today I believe more balance with numbers needs to be
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re evaluated. Only so many players and numbers
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through the years. I'm glad I brought this topic
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up. I appreciate that MJ and and
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that does bring up another good point.
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You know, even even though it's not football related, look at
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the Yankees. I think they have like 20
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something number like 22 numbers retired and there's only 99.
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Well technically 100 if you can't 0.
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But like you, you only have so many numbers.
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And if you retire 22 of them, OK, well, it's going to lead
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less numbers for people to be able to pick moving on.
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And that's that's completely why the NFL actually had to change
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their number rules of I believe the Giants and the Bears have
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the most numbers retired. And it's like one was
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technically retired by the Giants until the league
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neighbors was able to get permission to where #11 by Phil
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Simms, number 56 for Lawrence Taylor.
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The Bears have I think 34, seven, 34 seven there.
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There's a few. There's actually a ton more by
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Chicago that's been retired 8089 for Mike Ditka.
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I think 51 like like all of them have been like 58.
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I believe all of those numbers have been retired by Chicago.
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The Giants, the Yankees, like all of these different teams
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have so many numbers retired. And don't get me wrong, if if
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they are that player that that makes that big an impact on the
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franchise, you know, that's completely understandable.
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But when you have a franchise that's been around for, you
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know, hundreds of years and with the potential idea that it's
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going to continue to be around for hundreds of years, I would
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higher the number. Like there, I know there's some
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colleges like you can wear the number, but then you have like a
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patch or like a sticker of like, hey, these are other great
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players that have worn this number too, to to keep keep the
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relevance to keep the history attached to that number, but not
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keep the number out of circulation kind of thing.
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So that like I said that that's kind of my thought on it.
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I don't think it's the end of the world if you don't retire a
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number. And especially now in college
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football, I mean, the way the landscape is currently set up of
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you are constantly having to fight other people for your
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roster. You're constantly having to
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fight people as far as getting your recruits in.
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And that was already an issue to start with before of, you know,
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how do we get a recruit in, you know, how do we keep this guy
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from potentially going to a rival or potentially going to
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another conference? And especially if they're like a
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home grown state kid, It's like how we how we keep them in
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state, How do we keep them here and keep our team growing?
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And sometimes for some kids, the number, the number is it.
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I mean, when you think about nil and you think about, you know,
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bringing your, your name, your image, your likeness and your
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brand, that's what a lot of kids have been taught how to do of
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like, hey, you know, T look at TB 12, for example, it's like
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he's always going to be associated with 12.
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It's like I have to have that number.
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Like that is my brand. And that's how some of these
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kids, you know, that's kind of their business model.
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And realistically, like, when you're an athlete like that,
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especially collegiate, potentially going pro and you
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can get paid money for this, you have to have a brand.
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So if you're a kid that's like, man, I want to potentially go to
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LSU. And it's like, oh, but I can't
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wear #5 and I've worn #5 my whole life.
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Maybe I won't go to LSU like that.
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That could be a real thing. MJ Yeah, I guess they can have
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an elite group win. And if it gets retired again,
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they might find out there's more honor being able to wear it.
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Most children pick a number as they looked up to the number 11
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player. And there's another guy I know
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people aren't as big of a fan of of him, but Emmanuel Acho
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brought this up for him. You know, he, he idolized #11 at
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Texas, because I believe that was Derek Johnson for the
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Chiefs. That's who he grew up watching
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and emulating when it came to playing football.
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And that's who he wanted to wear.
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And he was like, no. So for a lot of kids, yeah.
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I mean, that would be an absolute dream.
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I mean, for think about any kid, if they're 678 years old and
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they remember watching Jayden play, if they're, if they're old
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enough. And it's like, hey, I want to
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wear #5 because that's who I want to emulate.
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You can even go as far as into like basketball.
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Back in the day, everybody wanted to wear 23 because of
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Jordan, everybody wanted to wear 34 because of a shack.
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Everybody wanted to wear 33 because of Larry Bird.
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And then when Allen Iverson came in, everybody wanted to wear 3.
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Like it. If you have the honor and you
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have the approval to be able to wear a number like that, it's
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cool to be able to do because like you said MJ, you get to
24:52
have the honor of wearing it. Maybe it's a childhood hero.
24:55
Maybe it's a maybe it's a childhood hero for somebody
24:57
else, but it's also an honor because that team, that
25:00
franchise, that organization, whoever feels, hey, we think
25:05
with your talent, your leadership capabilities, how you
25:08
play, whatever the intangibles or tangibles may or may not be,
25:12
we have this big of faith in you.
25:14
We want to associate you with a legends number like, and that to
25:19
me is a really cool thing. And then a little bit of a side
25:24
tangent before we before we wrap this argument up, there was one
25:28
more argument that was made that that kind of made me laugh
25:32
because I do remember this happening.
25:35
There's a kid, I believe it was, I think it was Deuce night at
25:39
Auburn. I don't think he's at Auburn
25:41
anymore, but it was a quarterback going to Auburn.
25:44
He's very highly touted prospect coming out of high school.
25:47
He wanted to wear Cam Newton's number 2 and he even called Cam
25:51
Newton and said, hey, man, can I wear your number two there at
25:55
Auburn? And to censor quote can he said,
26:00
and I quote F no, make your own number, make you make a number
26:06
that's associated with you. So I mean, I get that same
26:10
argument too from guys who if they made a legacy, it's like,
26:12
no, that I did that with that number.
26:15
You make your own journey, you be your own.
26:18
You don't try to be me, don't try to be Cam Newton, try to be
26:22
whoever you are individually and you make the number that you
26:27
want to make. And it was kind of the same
26:29
argument that people made for Abdul Carter last year coming
26:31
out of Penn State to go to the Giants.
26:33
He wanted to wear 11 retired, he wanted to wear 56 retired.
26:36
And both of them said no. So to me, it's like you, I do
26:43
get it, of wanting to kind of have that honor and acknowledge
26:46
them and with the hopes that you're going to also meet those
26:50
expectations. But at the same time, yeah,
26:52
make, make your own story. Make your own number.
26:54
You are uniquely you. There's only one of you in the
26:57
entire world. Whether you're a twin, triplet,
26:59
quadruplet, octopolet, whatever the case may be, there's only
27:03
one of you. So make your journey.
27:05
Make your number, who you want to be and how you want it to be
27:10
associated. But nonetheless, good topic and
27:13
I appreciate that, MJ, appreciate you, appreciate you
27:15
chiming in on that, especially with you being a Penn State fan
27:17
because like I said, I heard Lavar say it and and I really
27:20
liked his take on. So with that, though, we, like I
27:25
said, we're 11 days away from college football.
27:28
We're still a couple weeks away from the NFL kicking off the
27:32
beginning of September. But in the meantime, we have the
27:35
preseason and the pre season. I don't I don't dive deep into
27:39
the pre season typically. I might, you know, point out a
27:42
couple things. I know Mike and I kind of talked
27:44
a little bit last week with pre season about, you know, how some
27:48
teams did, if there's any rookies we think may or may not
27:50
stand out. I know Fernando Mendoza ended up
27:53
having a pretty good, you know, a little bit of a season debut
27:57
for the Raiders as far as some of his performance goes against
28:00
some of the first string starters for Arizona.
28:03
But overall, though, I mean, it's all vanilla schemes.
28:06
There's not really a whole lot of, you know, fanciness.
28:08
It's just kind of get them an idea of what a little bit of
28:11
game speed might look like. And of course, some of the guys
28:14
that they're playing with may or may not even be on the roster,
28:16
if they themselves are even on the roster.
28:19
But one of the big things I was talking about was Jackson Dart.
28:22
The Vikings played the Giants this past weekend.
28:27
It was a really ugly game. I mean, it's pre season.
28:29
I didn't expect anything pretty or fancy, but man it was bad.
28:33
The Jackson dart gets hit by the Vikings quarterback.
28:38
Nasty hit. He was just completely
28:40
unblocked, takes a hit, immediately goes to the ground.
28:44
After that he gets taken into the blue medical tent.
28:47
Jameis Winston comes in, finishes Waring.
28:50
I believe he did end up coming out for one more drive or maybe
28:53
even the what was left of that drive after they evaluated him
28:57
for a concussion and he he ultimately into finishing.
29:00
But it's not something that you want to see, especially if
29:03
you're a giants fan. It's not something you want to
29:05
see from your your star quarterback, especially from
29:08
last year taking a hit like that in a meaningless pre season
29:12
game. This is one of those it's it's
29:16
where I do kind of have a little bit of an issue with the pre
29:21
season. And I've talked about this
29:23
personally myself for the last few years.
29:26
I get the purpose of pre season. You know, sometimes it's getting
29:29
guys a little bit acclimated. You know, you can only do so
29:32
much in practice. You can only do so much even in
29:35
like 1 on one practice where you practice with another team
29:38
simultaneously. So you get a little bit of an
29:40
idea there. So I I get that in the sense of
29:45
maybe getting guys a little bit of rust, maybe get him into
29:47
start to get him into that game shape, get him used to getting
29:49
hit and whatnot, getting ready. It's a first preseason game of
29:54
the year, man. Like you still got two more
29:56
after this. You could have easily put him in
29:59
next game in the last game if you wanted to.
30:01
He didn't have to put him in the first game, but for him to take
30:04
a hit like that and then it would immediately go into the
30:06
blue tent, that's just absolutely insane.
30:10
And it's not a good start. And if I was a Giants fan,
30:13
that's not a good start that I'd want to see from Coach Harbaugh.
30:15
Like, hey, why is our starting guy out there just getting
30:18
absolutely blown to smithereens by an unblocked defensive guy
30:24
from Minnesota? So it it did bring up apparently
30:29
a good point of Jackson, Dart said.
30:31
He's kind of annoyed with the fact that every time he gets
30:33
hit, they immediately bring him into the blue tent and they
30:36
start evaluating him for a concussion.
30:40
That does bring up a couple of things.
30:42
One, it's at least hopefully they're recognizing that the
30:46
whole CTE issue, the whole issue with all that and just players
30:50
health in general truly matters and that they're trying to make
30:55
sure that they're doing their due diligence.
30:58
But it also makes you wonder, you know, is he taking more hits
31:01
and is he truly not healthy to the point where he's where
31:06
they're having to basically force him to go in the medical
31:08
tent. And and some guys are like that,
31:10
especially in a competitive sport where and if you go down
31:13
and the next guy comes up, you may not get your spot back.
31:16
Now for him, he's kind of in that sweet spot because don't
31:19
get me wrong, I like Jamo, I like Jameis Winston, he's
31:22
entertaining. He's he's grown a lot, but he's
31:26
he's still funny. I don't think you have to worry
31:29
about losing your job. James Winston.
31:31
But the but nonetheless, it it does bring up a good point of I
31:36
get where they want to be protective.
31:37
I get where they want to make sure that you know, they're
31:40
they're doing their due diligence for him.
31:44
But it, but I also feel that it's kind of tiptoeing a line of
31:49
you're, you're evaluating so much that then when is the
31:53
question going to be brought up of when should we just get rid
31:55
of this as a whole? Now I know that's always kind of
31:58
a a fear tactic and a fear topic that everybody brings up I think
32:02
every single year as they kind of adjust the rules for some
32:06
stuff like when you can't hit a quarterback, you can't hit a
32:09
player like below the knees, you can't hit a player above his
32:13
head, all these different and it's for player safety.
32:16
And it's one of those I, I don't disagree, I think that there
32:20
does need to an extent be some type of safety in there.
32:23
Like you can't just be letting guys absolutely get their heads
32:25
taken off from a head or their knees and legs blown out from
32:29
underneath them from, from a guy just doing a tackle and whatnot.
32:34
So I mean, the there does need to be a level of safety, but
32:39
truly, I don't know if the NFL would ever go to the point of
32:41
kind of being like a non, basically a non touching or flag
32:46
Football League. I don't think that would ever
32:47
happen. I think just because the amount
32:50
of money that they make now, again, they're going to continue
32:53
to emphasize safety. They're probably going to, you
32:55
know, crack down a lot of things, but I don't necessarily
32:58
think they would get rid of it. Now, obviously it changes every
33:00
single year. There's always going to be
33:02
controversial calls. There's always going to be
33:03
controversial hits, but I don't think it's ultimately going to
33:08
end the game that we love that much.
33:11
But none the less though, it it, it was just sad and weird to see
33:15
Dart have to take a hit like that in the preseason.
33:20
It wasn't the first play, but it was kind of end of the first
33:22
drive and he was he was just completely unblocked and hit.
33:28
And so it it will be interesting to see how they how they decide
33:31
to go with the rest of the season.
33:33
Like I said, if it was me, if you want to start him in the
33:37
starting offensive line for like a drive, I would say do it like
33:42
third game and I would only do it for like 1, maybe 2 drives if
33:46
you really feel it's necessary. Because obviously any given
33:49
play, any given drive, you can have a massive, you know, season
33:53
ending injury happen potentially and hopefully not, but you
33:58
unfortunately could even have a career ending injury happen.
34:00
It's just the way the it's the way the world works, it's the
34:03
way the game works. So hopefully that does not
34:06
happen. But none the less though that
34:08
that is the risk that they run. So hopefully the Harbaugh and
34:12
the Giants get that, get that figured out.
34:15
But the last topic I wanted to talk about though is came out
34:19
last week, I believe. Excuse me, This came out last
34:25
week and it was the official AP top 25 poll and it wasn't too
34:33
far off of what the coach's poll was.
34:36
There's a few teams ultimately, you know, getting switched
34:39
around. I don't remember what they were
34:41
off time, but I mean, they were super, super close.
34:44
I mean, there's some on here I can bring it up to show that it
34:49
it was it was really close. If I remember correctly, the
34:53
coaches had Texas and Notre Dame flipped.
34:56
They had Oklahoma, Ole Miss flipped, LSU and Alabama
35:00
flipped, believe Washington and Penn State were flipped.
35:08
I think SMU was just after Tennessee.
35:12
And then the other major difference with them was Clemson
35:16
was at 23 in the coaches AP in the coaches poll and Louisville
35:22
was actually not even in here and Houston was bumped down at
35:25
24. So this is the official
35:28
preseason top 25 of how it looks right now.
35:31
And I it's kind of funny when you look at it, if the only one
35:37
that I would say I really kind of disagree with.
35:41
But then after that, honestly, it's it's kind of a hodgepodge
35:45
of however you want to put them, however you want to lay them
35:48
out. I think I would honestly put
35:51
Oregon at one. Now, some of this might be, you
35:57
know, Ohio State has the continuity of Ryan Day still.
36:02
We still have the continuity of Matt Patricia on defense.
36:05
The defense has been solid the last few years.
36:08
I know even last year they thought that the defense was
36:09
going to take a step back because of all the draft picks
36:12
that went before then. They ultimately ended up being
36:15
one of the best defenses in the country.
36:17
And obviously, they have to replace Brian Hartline with
36:19
Arthur Smith. How does that ultimately end up
36:21
working out? But they do get the the niceness
36:24
of the continuity of Julian saying they still have Jeremiah
36:27
Smith. How does Chris Hendry junior
36:30
ultimately end up working out there on the offense?
36:33
And you know, how does he how does he respond?
36:35
Because we're likely teams are going to try to be doubling
36:37
Jeremiah Smith. So is Chris Hendry junior going
36:40
to be getting a lot of looks? And I believe even the third,
36:43
the third wide receiver, I don't remember his name off the top of
36:45
my head, but how is he going to also look?
36:47
Because I mean, they could both have potentially really big
36:49
seasons just because everybody's going to be trying to guard and
36:54
double team Jeremiah Smith. If it was me, though, I'd
36:58
probably put Oregon at 1:00 just because of all the talent that
37:01
they had. They brought a ton of pieces
37:03
back. They really didn't lose a lot in
37:07
the draft. Now, they lost key players.
37:09
They lost theenaman, they lost the tight end of The Jets.
37:13
So I mean, they lost guys, but they still brought Dante Moore
37:16
back. Now they have Dylan Riola has
37:17
his backup. So if anything does happen to
37:19
Dante, they have somebody who has starting experience, who has
37:23
a better supporting cast of team around him.
37:26
So there's a lot of good things that can come out of that.
37:30
Georgia, I don't Georgia F3 is the only other one that kind of
37:34
makes me makes me think a little bit.
37:39
And honestly and truthfully, if it was me building it, I would
37:44
probably move Georgia to about 5 and maybe move Notre Dame or
37:49
Texas up to three, three and four.
37:52
You can kind of take your pick as far as who you'd want to be
37:55
at 3 or 4, either Texas or Notre Dame, That's where I'd put them.
37:58
I'd move Georgia down to five. Biggest reason being I don't
38:01
know who George is going to throw it to.
38:03
I don't know what their wider super room looks like.
38:05
That's been the biggest question mark for them pretty much all
38:07
offseason is who, who's cutter Stockton in a throw to?
38:11
What are they going to look like offensively, secondary wise,
38:15
they are one of the best secondaries in the country right
38:16
there with Alabama. But again, offensively, can they
38:20
move the ball and who, who's going to Stockton in a throw to?
38:23
So that that would be 1 change. I would probably make Indiana
38:26
six. There is a lot of questions
38:28
there as far as how does Josh Hoover ultimately end up
38:30
looking? How does he do again, Miami kind
38:33
of the same thing. They lost a lot of guys in the
38:35
draft on the offensive line and the defensive line.
38:39
And obviously how does Darien Mensa end up filling in their
38:42
quarterback after Carson Beck is gone?
38:44
So I, it's like once you get to like 5 through kind of seven,
38:50
kind of toss those and I, I could probably make an argument
38:53
for or against them. Texas A and M8 kind of the same
38:56
thing. They brought a lot of guys back.
38:58
They filled in a lot of holes from the transfer portal to me,
39:02
though. Can Texas A&M take that next
39:03
step? And what I mean by that is can
39:05
they get a big quality win against somebody who, you know,
39:10
has kind of been a boogeyman for them?
39:12
Now, I know Texas A&M, they go to Tuscaloosa to face Alabama.
39:17
And then, of course, they have to face Texas.
39:19
They have to face LSU again, but they face an in Death Valley.
39:23
And if I remember correctly, they host Texas this time.
39:26
So they at least get that benefit.
39:28
But they need to get a big win like that.
39:30
And you know, this has been a Texas A&M team.
39:34
They always come in very highly recruited, very highly talented.
39:37
They always have a ton of talent on Texas A&M, but it's like they
39:41
can never put it all together. Last year they went 11 and one
39:44
they only lost being 2 Texas, which was kind of a shocker of
39:49
all things. I'm not saying they have to win
39:51
every single game, but but they got to show that they're they
39:54
have some toughness and they have some grit.
39:56
Like you won 11 games, made it in the playoffs, but then you
39:59
lose 6:50 to Miami, which is. Kind of crazy to have lost it in
40:04
that kind of a manner because and you know, no knock to them
40:08
or Miami because Miami ended up going to the national
40:10
championship. But it that that is kind of one
40:13
of the craziest parts is it's like Texas A&M has to take that
40:17
next step forward and can they do that now?
40:20
I think 8 is a pretty good place for them just because, again,
40:23
they brought a lot of pieces back and they, you know,
40:25
supplemented a lot of positions. But we'll see how it goes.
40:29
Ole Miss at 9. I don't disagree with this just
40:32
because kind of the same thing. They're bringing a lot of
40:34
continuity back. You know, Pete Golding is still
40:37
the head coach. Now, obviously, they're fully
40:39
replacing the offensive staff. They still have Trinidad
40:41
Chambliss, they still have Kiwan Lacey.
40:45
But again, what do they look like post Lane Kiffin and
40:47
Charlie Wise Junior? I think that's what a lot of
40:49
people forget is throughout that playoff run, they still had
40:52
Charlie Wise Junior, they still had a lot of that offensive
40:55
staff that Lane Kevin ended up bringing with him to LSU.
41:00
But will they have that, you know, coming into how how that
41:04
offense look with Chandlers and Kaywon Lacy going into this
41:09
Oklahoma at 10? I like this, especially if John
41:12
Metier can stay healthy. I definitely think they're a top
41:14
ten team kind of the same thing. They didn't really lose a whole
41:17
lot of pieces on that defense, which absolutely carried them
41:20
last year. The biggest question though, can
41:24
can the offense be above average to complement that defense?
41:30
It feels like every single year, and Joel Klatt even brought this
41:32
up and I wholeheartedly agree that it feels like every single
41:37
year. Oklahoma either had a really
41:39
good offense for so many years and the defense couldn't stop a
41:42
wet paper bag or like last year, the defense was absolutely stout
41:46
and the offense couldn't could not move hardly at all.
41:48
Now, not necessarily fair because you know Mater got hurt.
41:52
Prior to him getting hurt, he was a Heisman front runner, got
41:56
hurt, had surgery, came back and just wasn't the same post.
41:58
Then. If they can keep him healthy and
42:00
if he can stay healthy, I think we're in a completely different
42:04
conversation though. LSU at 11.
42:07
I'll be honest, even as LSU fan, I don't know if I'd put him at
42:10
11 and a, and a majority of that is I just don't know what to
42:14
expect. I don't know what the offense is
42:15
going to look like. On paper.
42:17
They should be solid on paper. Everything is there.
42:21
Obviously they kept like Blake Baker is the defensive
42:25
coordinator for them and they bring, you know, Charlie Weis
42:29
from Ole Miss Lane Kiffin is obviously a guru on the offense.
42:33
They have Sam Levitt from Arizona State who when he gets
42:37
out of the pocket, he scrambles, he makes magic happen.
42:40
But again, I just, I just, I don't know what to expect
42:43
because there's 40 plus new guys coming into this LSU roster and
42:49
Lane Kipnest to try to make them all work.
42:50
Now, he did it at Ole Miss. He was he was very successful.
42:53
And I mean, they had a great year last year.
42:57
I don't know how well that translates over to LSU.
43:00
And again, a lot of new guys, new system, how does it work?
43:04
Don't know. So I don't know if I would
43:07
necessarily put them at 11. I don't know where I would put
43:09
them, but it's like, I don't know about that, but we'll see.
43:13
Texas Tech at 12. I kind of see that.
43:15
I feel like had they been able to keep Sorsby in that whole
43:18
situation, not falling through, I think sort, I think Texas Tech
43:21
would have been in the top ten. I would have probably put them
43:23
at 8 or 9 and either bump Ole Miss or Oklahoma, maybe even
43:28
Texas A&M kind of up or down a little bit.
43:31
But I would have had Texas Tech in the top ten had Brandon
43:34
Sorsby stayed. They're going to go with Will
43:37
Hammond, who he balled out last year against Utah.
43:40
But again, there's just a lot of unproven question marks.
43:42
They did really well in the transfer portal.
43:44
They supplemented a lot of guys. They lost a lot of guys.
43:47
But I mean, I, I still expect them to be able to come out of
43:50
the Big 12 with no issue. Maybe against BYU, but
43:54
ultimately I I would have them winning it.
43:58
Alabama 13, I think that's kind of AI think that's more of a
44:02
testament to Alabama's defense more than anything.
44:06
They lost a lot of key guys on offense.
44:08
They lost Kate Proctor, they lost Giovanni Bernard.
44:12
They lost a lot of pieces everywhere and of course they
44:17
lost Ty Simpson as well. So who who's it going to be a
44:20
quarterback? Is it going to be Keylon
44:21
Russell? Is it going to be Austin back?
44:23
Who who is going to be quarterback for the tide?
44:26
And then of course, how does Caitlin de Boer respond to all
44:29
of this? Because I mean, everybody's
44:31
potentially calling for a job now we got an extension.
44:33
So it's not like he's he could get fired.
44:35
I doubt it. But you know, at 13, I think a
44:39
lot of that's just a pure nod to their defense and how good their
44:42
defense is more likely going to be this season, especially their
44:45
secondary. So I I don't necessarily hate
44:48
them being at 13, but it is kind of nice not to see them in the
44:52
top ten. Just personalized USC at 14.
44:56
I feel like that's fairly respectable.
44:59
You know, Jade, my office back, they obviously lost some guys in
45:01
the draft, especially like Kyle Lemon.
45:03
That's going to be hard to replace.
45:05
But I mean, this is probably going to be 1 of Lincoln Riley's
45:08
best years as far as you're in the Big 10.
45:11
It's now you're 3 going into the Big 10.
45:14
You have a fairly decent schedule.
45:16
A lot of your tough opponents you get to host, but you do have
45:20
a couple tough Rd. games that you have to go on the road in
45:23
the cold in the Midwest, like Indiana in the middle of
45:26
November. That's going to be a cold game,
45:29
but, but, but we'll see. I feel like 14 is a good spot
45:32
for them though. BYU at 15, kind of the same
45:35
thing. They brought a lot of people
45:36
back, you know, Baerbachmeyer still there.
45:38
They were able to keep their star running back.
45:40
Now, one of the issues they did lose their star wide receiver
45:43
because of some personal conduct issues there for BYU.
45:47
So who does Baerbachmeyer throw to?
45:48
What does that ultimately look like?
45:50
Now, the benefit is they are in the Big 12.
45:52
They typically don't have to face Texas Tech unless they make
45:55
the Big 12 championships. So there is a very high
45:57
possibility that they they may be sitting there at the end of
46:00
the season at 11 and O 12 and O. Their biggest test will
46:04
definitely be Notre Dame. And of course, they have Utah as
46:08
well. But it it won't be the end of
46:10
the world. But it'll be interesting to see
46:13
how the Cougs look at. But I I don't mind them at 15,
46:16
Michigan at 16. I feel like that's kind of a nod
46:19
to Kyle Woodingham. The offenses should be better
46:21
for Bryce Underwood as far as the wide receivers go, They have
46:24
a five star prospect. They have French from Texas.
46:28
The defense should be a little bit better, especially with Kyle
46:30
Whittingham as head coach. So Michigan at at 16, I feel
46:34
like it's a pretty decent spot. They can and with their
46:36
schedule, they still have an opportunity to move up.
46:39
And you know, they and I think even if they lose, especially to
46:42
someone like USC and they they still have kind of a chance.
46:46
And I know they face Indiana, but I believe it's in Ann Arbor.
46:50
If they can get a win there, it's like, OK, there's there's
46:53
potential for us to root. There's room for growth.
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There's room for us to move up. Now, they do have a tough, tough
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right out of the gate and get facing off against Oklahoma.
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But again, if they can keep it close, if there's something
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there, I don't think that'll hurt their rankings too bad.
47:06
Washington to 17, kind of same thing.
47:09
Jed Fish is really good. They have DuMont Williams and
47:11
they're replacing some people, but it's not the end of the
47:13
world. They have probably one of the
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best winning records when it comes to being at home in Husky
47:17
Stadium. So I like them to 17.
47:20
Penn State at 18 is kind of interesting just because of we
47:23
we don't know what Penn State's going to look like.
47:25
It's all good chunk of Iowa State players all there in Happy
47:29
Valley. I'm playing Verino, Matt
47:32
Campbell now with Rocco Vecht. So 18 I don't feel like is bad.
47:37
I think the only thing that might hurt them is the fact that
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they have such an easy schedule. Like they only have, I think, a
47:44
couple big games that they have to play.
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If I remember right, they don't have to face Ohio State.
47:49
They don't have to face Oregon. I don't believe they have to
47:52
face Indiana either. So it's like kind of all but
47:55
kind of walk your way potentially into competing for a
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Big 10 championship spot. But it does kind of make me
48:03
wonder too, will you have enough there to be able to warrant
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moving up in the rankings because of who you face as far
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as quality of opponents and whatnot?
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We'll see SMU and 19 kind of the same thing.
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I feel like that's not a bad spot for them to start with.
48:20
And honestly and truthfully, there's been a lot of people,
48:22
myself included, feel that after Miami because I think a lot of
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people have Miami all but locked in the ACC Championship game,
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Louisville versus SMU, that we a lot of people, I think whoever
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probably wins that battle, as long as they don't trip up
48:38
anywhere in the future, more than likely those are good.
48:41
That's going to be the other team that faces Miami for the
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ACC championship. Now, that could be completely
48:46
wrong or Virginia Tech can maybe, you know, sneak in there.
48:48
Maybe both teams slip up, barring any crazy injuries or
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firings. But with Jeff Brom, they're
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Louisville. Anything's possible.
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SMU brings a lot back as far as Jennings as the quarterback.
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Brett Lashley, the head coach has done great with SMU.
49:04
Especially because they don't get any of the conference
49:06
revenue money. Like they joined the ACC and
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said, no, we won't. If you let us join, you don't
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have to pay us. We'll we'll take everything
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ourselves crazy. But it's absolutely working.
49:17
Tennessee at 20 categories spent, kind of a nod to them
49:20
just because the talent they had.
49:21
I feel like Tennessee's kind of in the same, same position as
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Alabama. Is it George McIntyre, is it
49:26
Brendan Fraser? You know who, who is it?
49:28
Who is it that's quarterbacking the balls?
49:31
So we'll see how that ultimately ends up going.
49:33
And oh, Mike and Randy balls. I like Tennessee, even though
49:37
I'm an LSU fan. Tennessee's kind of that other
49:39
team, the SEC, like I can rock with them It it'll be
49:43
interesting to see how they go. So 20, I feel like it's still
49:45
kind of a nod to Josh Hypo, what Tennessee's been able to do with
49:48
the past Utah 21 kind of the same thing.
49:52
I respect to the team that's built.
49:54
Dev and Dampier are still coming back there in Utah now.
49:57
They lost a lot of key pieces as far as offensive line, a lot of
50:00
transfers to Michigan and whatnot.
50:02
So it'll be interesting to see. But again, they're kind of in a
50:05
sweet spot of, you know, they don't have the toughest schedule
50:08
in the Big 12. They don't have the easiest, but
50:09
they don't have the toughest. They're in the Big 12.
50:11
Anything is possible and and I feel like once you get to 21 to
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25, you know, kind of any win can maybe bump you up a little
50:19
bit. But even if you lose, it's not
50:20
completely and totally the end of the world.
50:23
Same with Iowa, That's kind of respect to Kurt Ference and
50:27
whatnot there in Kinnock. So I mean, shout out to them
50:31
again, I think defensively they're going to be good.
50:33
It's going to be a huge offensive question though. 23
50:38
with Houston. I believe Willie Fritz is the
50:39
head coach, kind of a head, kind of a nod to them.
50:42
They bring Connor Wegman back, their starting quarterback.
50:45
Houston should be better again, probably one of those teams that
50:48
may be vying for a, a, a shot at the Big 12 championship.
50:53
Now, they do have to face Texas Tech early on, which is kind of
50:57
a pain in the butt for them. But again, if they can, if they
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can at least keep it close, if they can get a big win there,
51:03
they should be OK. Now, Louisville at 24, obviously
51:07
we talked about a lot of people have them potentially penciled
51:10
in them or SMU as far as facing Miami for the ACC Championship.
51:14
And Louisville does have a little bit of a tough schedule
51:16
to start with. They start out the year facing
51:18
old this, but it's in a neutral site, believe it's in Nashville
51:21
if I remember correctly. And then they have to face SMU
51:24
and they don't have anybody else.
51:25
They don't have Clemson, they don't have Miami, they don't
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have Florida State, They don't do any of that.
51:29
So I mean, if they can do or maybe they do have Florida State
51:32
nonetheless, if they can keep going, especially with Jeff Brom
51:35
and how he does everything, Louisville could be a team to
51:38
watch out for in the ACC at least.
51:40
So I mean, I feel like kind of 24 is kind of a nod to that of
51:43
like, hey, we're going to give you a foot in the door.
51:47
Let's see what you do with it. And then Missoula 25, like I
51:50
said, I feel like 21 to 25 is one of those it's teams that are
51:54
like just on the outside kind of looking in.
51:57
If you were, if you're acquitting it to like college
51:59
basketball, it's like they're on the bubble of looking at it.
52:02
It's like we respect you, we respect the brand.
52:04
You had a really good year. You maybe finish the year, you
52:08
know, you have a history of being good.
52:09
You're not good enough. We don't feel like you're in the
52:11
top 15, but you're definitely a top 25 team.
52:15
And I feel like it's kind of Mizzou.
52:16
And it's funny because the teams that are just on the outside,
52:19
the two biggest names that I'm kind of one of them, I'm really
52:22
surprised they didn't put in over Mizzou was Clemson.
52:25
Clemson had the next most votes as far as they were the number
52:29
2016 for the AP preseason top poll and Clemson sitting there
52:36
right to 26. So they put Mizzou just ahead of
52:38
them. But I mean a lot of that I think
52:39
is due to what is Clemson going to look like.
52:42
Now I have a lot of questions as far as what does Mizzou look
52:44
like, but real is not there. The kid that transferred from
52:50
Austin Simmons, I believe from old miss, he went to Mizzou in
52:54
the transfer portal. So how does he look?
52:55
But they have a Bob Hardy at running back.
52:57
So I mean, I don't know what to expect from Mizzou, but I'm not
53:01
going to sit here and say that they're going to be awful.
53:04
So I feel like 25's not bad for them.
53:06
And if I had to compare them up against Clemson, I probably
53:10
would move them ahead of Clemson honestly, because again, I just
53:13
don't know what to expect. Clemson had a lot of people
53:15
drafted well. Kate Klubnick thing completely
53:17
fell through. He's gone.
53:19
They don't know who they're going to have a quarterback.
53:20
Even Dabo said I don't know who I'm going to have a quarterback
53:23
yet. We'll find out so it and then
53:27
Florida, I believe was the next team after that, but it was like
53:29
100 plus gap in between Clemson and Florida.
53:33
But nonetheless, though excited, excited that there's only 11
53:36
days left until we have college football back.
53:39
So excited August 29th when we get college football back here
53:44
in the US and funny enough, the very first game starts over in
53:47
Ireland between UNC and TCU. So appreciate everybody tuning
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We will be back next week because we'll do a, we'll do a
55:49
prediction as far as who I have for the first, the first two big
55:53
games for college football because like last year I only
55:57
did Power 4 versus Power 4I won't do Power 4 versus Group 6.
56:00
That's so many games too big of a pain in the butt.
56:03
I only like to do Power 4 versus Power 4 because those are the
56:06
games that matter to those. So we'll do those next week.
56:08
What predictions? Probably a little bit more of
56:10
NFL talk. And then after that we get right
56:13
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