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Building A Legacy · Boundary Corner Podcast

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  Music and welcome back to the Boundary
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  Corner Podcast along with my partners Ryan Siegler and
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  Jonathan Talley. I am Curtis Wilson in this
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  episode is brought to you by Doctor Jeremy Counts at the Main
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  Street Pharmacy in Blacksburg, your friendly neighborhood
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  pharmacy, 301 S Main St. Blacksburg, VA.
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  And we are back with also one of the members of the family
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  Matasys 247 Sports joining us. Mattei, how you doing first of
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  all tonight? I'm doing great.
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  This is we got day two of EA 25. I've been been grinding out the
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  dynasty, so doing well, but as always, just such a pleasure to
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  be on here with you guys. I got to be up there with most
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  recurring at this point. So something I'm my most proud
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  title at this point. We we have you on at least twice
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  a season here, at least the last two to three years.
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  So you're definitely up there with with most recurring if
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  you're not at the top of the list, man.
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  So welcome back. Always fun to talk recruiting
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  with you. We have a couple other fun
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  topics we get to chop up with you tonight.
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  So really happy to have you back.
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  Tally. Yes, Sir, in Alabama, man.
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  Say what now? How?
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  Hot Is it in Alabama? Too hot.
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  So hot they messed my Wi-Fi up every day.
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  Every day. And burned through the CAT5 over
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  there. Yeah, Nah, man.
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  We had a baseball tournament this weekend and it was, it was
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  think it was 97 is what it was saying.
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  We played on two turf fields and it was so it was so hot that
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  parents were moving away from the field, stepping back to try
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  to watch the game because you can smell the turf.
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  It's how hot it was, so our boys had to win three games to win it
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  all. They did it on Sunday.
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  I don't know how they was look like they were going to fall
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  out, but they toughed it out and ended up winning, pulling the
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  tournament out. So, good times man, but it's
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  hot. Well.
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  Congrats to your son and his team with a nice victory there.
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  Tally. I know you know, we know the
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  trials and tribulations he went through because I think the last
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  time when Tay was on he was still recovering from his
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  injury. So it's great to hear he is
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  fully back playing. And Brian, you said earlier we
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  had some fun topics after break, including CFB 25, which I'm the
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  only person here that doesn't have a copy Y'all do.
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  So I'll let y'all talk about it. But we do have Matei on because
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  we got to talk some recruiting because this staff has been on
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  absolute fire since we last came with you.
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  Last time we interviewed you was Coach.
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  Last time we saw Y'all, we were interviewing Coach Pratt and
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  after that Coach Pratt lit the barn on fire and got a bunch of
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  crews. So Matei, we're going to talk
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  with you about them, but let's reverse your way back.
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  Let's go way back and let's talk about the portal editions right
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  after the end of spring ball. Colin Sheeley, Curtis Perry,
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  Caleb Spencer As you started getting the wind of each of
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  these players, knowing their backgrounds, knowing their
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  histories, knowing where they fit in the discussions, what is
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  it telling you about this upcoming season in a way the
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  staff feels? Yeah, I think you know what the
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  these three guys in particular, they're kind of your luxury
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  signings in the portal. When you look at what they were
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  able to do with some of their other signings in the transfer
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  portal to be able to plug those holes that they had.
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  You know what these three guys like, you look at Colin Schli
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  and you know, they feel really good about Pop Watson.
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  Even last season, he was the number two quarterback for a
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  large part of the season when Grant Wells was hurt.
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  But you know, Shuley was a guy with one year left.
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  He just came from UCLA. He was at Kent State before
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  then. You know, he's 63225 as opposed
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  to Watson, who's I think 511 and listed at 175.
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  So he's a guy. I mean, they're so confident in
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  Kyron drones that, you know, if you think this team is going to
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  be as good as expected, they're going to need someone in mop of
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  duty late in games to be able to take that load in the running
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  game to be able to, you know, take some of those hits at the
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  end of the game. And I think Shli is kind of like
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  a a gap year before Pop Watson really can take over for this
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  program. Then you look at Curtis Perry
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  and that guy out of Alabama. I mean, just such a great
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  recruit and a guy that, you know, the staff said if we can
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  take him, we'll take him. Like this is a guy that will
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  develop into a big time player. I don't think he has a huge role
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  for next year. He could fight his way to that
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  number 4 #5 defensive tackle. But he's a guy that you're
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  looking long term with him. You feel pretty good about the
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  direction of the defensive tackle room.
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  I mean, we look at it a couple years ago, it's pretty bare.
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  So now you have some guys, you're kind of staggering, you
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  know, the years of what the guys have there.
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  And then Caleb Spencer, I think he was the last AD of the class.
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  He's kind of a do it all guy. And I know that they have some
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  familiarity. He's an LCA guy.
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  He can really play a nickel. I think they're going to try to
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  slot him in at safety. He's the guy that can play star.
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  I mean, there's a lot of virtual building there, but they were
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  looking for someone like that that can play multiple positions
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  in the back end. So, you know, All in all, these
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  are luxury signings. But you know, especially with
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  Perry and Spencer, these are guys that I think will be
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  starters, you know, maybe 20/25/2026.
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  Yeah. And I know when when we had
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  Coach Pryor last month, you know, he was talking about
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  Spencer in particular. And I think everybody had him
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  kind of, you know, thinking about safety, maybe nickel
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  corner or something like that. And he's like, yeah, linebacker.
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  Like right out the gate. I was like, all right, so he's
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  that type of versatile. I guess so.
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  I was going to say, I'll tell you what, if you need, if you
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  play 20, NCAA 25, they like Perry on them.
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  He's on the field a lot. All right.
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  Nope. Yeah, taken note.
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  Taken. Before we flip over to the
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  commits for the 25 class, we did sneak in there and get a 26
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  commit, and that's Peyton. Is it Falzone?
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  Is it Falzone? Yeah, the quarterback Nazareth,
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  PA 65200 looks like a kid, maybe kind of a fast riser at this
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  point as far as, you know, rankings may be concerned.
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  What do we know about this kid? I know it's still kind of early
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  on in the 26 process here. Yeah.
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  I mean, it's always an arms race to get a quarterback in your
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  class. Like you always want to get that
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  guy, whether it's like a Kelden Ryan this year.
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  I think he committed same time maybe last year.
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  But you know, this is a guy that you know, he comes out of Penn
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  State territory. Definitely a lot of connections
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  to the staff. Obviously he was really looking
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  at Penn State and Virginia Tech. I think Penn State took another
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  four-star quarterback a couple days before he decided to
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  commit. I know we were joking before we
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  jumped on here about everyone taking vacation or I was
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  actually on vacation when they took the commitment.
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  But he's a guy that, you know, he loved what he saw from, you
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  know, the offensive presentation from Tyler Bowen.
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  He's a six, five, 200 LB guy. And I think a lot of people are
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  quick to assume that he's a pocket passer, but he's a guy
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  that certainly has a bit of wiggle.
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  I think he listed his 40 at 46. It's probably closer to like a
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  four eight. But he's a guy that, you know,
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  is able to really be in that read option game.
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  He's kind of a shortened motion, but a lot of arm strength.
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  I think recently that other site ranked him a four-star.
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  The Shikes didn't remain nameless.
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  So, you know, there's a lot of potential there.
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  I think there's a lot to like about him.
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  I definitely think he can fill into his frame.
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  But he's definitely a guy that I think, you know, has huge
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  potential. And, you know, I wouldn't say
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  watching his film, he's like a perfect fit for the offense.
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  But I think with growth, he can certainly get there as his body
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  kind of morphs into college shape.
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  Like I think he'll be better in the ground game.
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  He's more of AI wouldn't call him like a, you know, he's
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  certainly not drones in his running ability, but he's a guy
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  that can, you know, move in the pocket again, play that read
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  option game. There's a lot of development to
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  be done. Again, he's a 2026 guy, but
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  really, really high ceiling with him A. 100%.
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  We still got we still got 22 high school seasons before we'll
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  see him join the Hokies in the future if if he gets to signing
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  day there. So it sounds like he's a guy
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  that has a little bit of the skill set that we're looking
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  for, but maybe not quite those like high end athletic
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  attributes that you see out of Pop Watson recovering drones.
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  Absolutely. But definitely the size and the
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  ability to get there. And I think that's, you know,
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  that they really want. He's a guy that when you have
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  that unquestioned ability, especially as a passer like you,
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  you take him and you see what you can do once he's on campus.
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  And I think he's a great add to the class.
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  Yeah, and and Matteo, you mentioned having a little bit of
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  wiggle. I think what his sophomore
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  season like over 400 yards rushing on like 60 attempts.
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  So it might not be the drones level or the pop level
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  athleticism, but it's that enough that if it's in the read
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  option game, that end has to stay home because the second he
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  crashes, he's going to take off for a 15 or 20 yard run.
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  And it's like OK, now let's flip it to 2025 and let's start with
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  this guy because this was the first guy immediately back on
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  June 14th that committed Christian Evans out of
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  Stonebridge high school power up in Northern Virginia here listed
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  at six two and a half 280 lbs rated as a three star 88 tally.
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  You hear that they got him at 247.
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  Hasn't has an 88 so far Got got to got to make that point,
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  because y'all know tally he he he walks it like a hawk, but
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  but. Again.
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  Sean Quinn, the primary recruiter, JC Price secondary,
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  tons of offers. I mean, you see, like in
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  Oklahoma, you see North Carolina, you see a bunch of
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  different places. You know, Penn State had
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  interest in this guy. And most recently for the Under
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  Armour camp. He was the DLMVP up at that
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  camp, up in Baltimore, which is a big camp.
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  How did the commitment go and what do you feel he's bringing
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  to the table today? Yeah, I mean, he's a great
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  interior guy. Like when you think about
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  Virginia Tech recruiting, I know I kind of alluded to it with the
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  defensive tackle group, but like it's not often that you see
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  these big time commitments in the trenches in the interior
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  last year. And now Christian Evans are
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  maybe the exceptions to that. Like really high motor guy can
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  really get up the field, as you mentioned was the MVP of that
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  camp. Oklahoma was squarely in the
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  mix, but he really want to stay close to home.
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  That was huge for him. Ultimately it came down to, you
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  know, Virginia Tech, North Carolina and UVA and you know, I
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  love what he had to say on his commitment that, you know, he
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  wanted to play for the flagship program in state.
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  Just really believed in the vision.
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  I think it was he was heavily leaning towards Virginia Tech
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  and then it was the official visit.
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  He was able to be there with a lot of other guys that are now
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  in this class and just being able to spend time with them,
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  spend, you know, multiple hours with the coaching staff really
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  sold him at the end on the vision.
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  Yeah, it's awesome to hear. And and you know, we talked
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  about the the reiteration of the flagship program.
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  I'm glad that's starting to get hammered home again and folks
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  are trying to take recognition of that.
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  So good to keep that branding out there for the program.
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  Let's flip it over to the next guy here.
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  And this one's kind of close to Curtis and I's heart a little
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  bit because because his dad played, played at our high
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  school, won A state championship for our high school.
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  So I've got got a little bit of tie in there.
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  But AJ Brand, quarterback out of South Carolina, Columbia, we get
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  to to go into Shane Bieber territory and snatch one out.
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  Looks like South Carolina was the other team with the big
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  push. They wanted him probably,
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  probably at safety. We were we were good for him at
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  quarterbacks. So what can you tell us about AJ
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  Brand? Yeah, This is one that once the
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  wheels started to turn, they moved fast.
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  Like they Virginia Tech has been on AJ brand for a long time.
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  But really, you know, we heard, you know, they wanted two
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  quarterbacks this entire time. They had Keldon Ryan for over a
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  year. There was a lot of smoke out of
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  the Malik Washington camp. But then eventually, I think
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  when Tyler Bowen's looking at it, he looks at AJ Bran.
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  He has a bit of a Corky throwing motion, but he's just a perfect
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  fit for what they want at quarterback in the system.
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  And I think as time went on, as they got to know him better, as
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  they got to see him a bit more, they realized this is the guy we
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  want to really bring into the program, you know, work on those
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  throwing mechanics once he gets to campus, but someone that they
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  really believe in. And they went all in on him.
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  And like you said, it was a big battle against South Carolina.
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  That's his, you know, home state.
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  That's, you know, there's a, there's a lot of trends in this
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  class, specifically more than any other year with battles
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  against Shane Beamer and South Carolina.
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  And, you know, they really believed in him at quarterback,
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  and I think that was enough to get him in the boat.
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  Yeah. And and I think the one thing I
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  like about him, first of all, I will say this first hand
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  experience, my cousin, one of my cousins played against AJ.
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  They beat him last year and this year their school Irma beat
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  them. But if if you checked out, I
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  mean, he was the state player of the year down there in 4A in
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  South Carolina, which is the second biggest division.
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  So you're not dealing with a bunch of small schools.
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  And you look at his numbers. I mean, he went 3000 as a
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  sophomore, what, three or a junior, 3000 yards, 45
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  touchdowns, 1100 on the ground, seven.
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  I mean, he was that team's offense.
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  And that's crazy to see. I'll say this.
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  I I know y'all have even a recruiting profile on him.
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  I mean, that man needs a bump. That man needs a bump from an 86
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  because you don't do all that as a junior against in that level
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  of competition. So Matei, make the wheels turn.
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  All right, let's I got a question since you brought it
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  up. I didn't want to bring it up,
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  but Curtis used the word bump so I got a question.
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  Bump. So, and this is, you know, this
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  is just for a normal college fan, not a crazy Virginia Tech
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  fan. A person, if a, if a young man
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  commits to a school, is it harder for him to get a bump
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  because he's not really actively being recruited?
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  I know he may be still being recruited by other people, but
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  like not actively going to maybe a lot of camps or, you know, you
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  kind of know where he's at. It's not as much publicity going
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  to be on him in the recruiting ranks unless it's a, you know,
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  flipping them. So is it harder for a player
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  that's committed, you know, earlier to get a bump like that?
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  I think yes and no, definitely with the camps, like you're not
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  going to go to camps once you're committed.
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  You're not visiting other schools hopefully.
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  But at the same time, I think where the biggest bumps come in
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  are those senior films. Once those come in, like I'm
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  trying to think it was who was a Jaden payout who got like a bump
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  from like an 84 to like a 90 and that was like late November of
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  his senior year. So there are stories certainly
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  of guys getting those bigger bumps senior year.
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  It's a bit of luck as well. Like you got to make sure that
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  evaluator has your tape and that you have some pretty excellent
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  tape there. Right at that 88 number was what
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  you said. That senior film came in in
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  December and it was like, whoa, this guy's a four.
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  Like a couple guys went to four-star, a couple guys got
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  the, the Gabe Williams thing was great because they bumped Gabe
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  back up where he originally. Yeah, yeah.
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  Before he committed. So, I mean, we get it.
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  But you know, we always are watching.
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  You know we watching. Y'all I know, I know.
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  You know, but it's not yumate. We know it's not you, but it's.
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  Everyone he it's him too. I always joke around and we have
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  the UVA intern because 11 someone commits to Virginia Tech
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  Normally you see that little, you know, decrease in the
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  rating. But it's funny because I think
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  out of, you know, all the sites, if you go to their individual
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  profiles, you can see their historic rankings like you can
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  see when they got the bump or the drop.
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  So everyone's always checking that.
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  Trust me. I got a lot of DMS about that,
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  yes. Hey, what's going on with these
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  numbers, man? Christian Devin's got the bump,
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  a nice bump after he committed a nice bump and it puts him very
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  close to the 89 four-star. All right, I'm going to flip.
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  Let's talk to another guy. Let's stay or let's take it back
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  to the DMV. We're we're staying in the
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  footprint though, and one of the big ones, the math of Catholics,
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  Noah Chambers, linebacker 622-1686 is the star rating some
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  solid offers. You know, it's one of those we
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  kind of always look at comes to linebackers and safeties.
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  I see Pitt on there if a linebacker has a pit offer and
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  he's probably a good fundamentally sound player and
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  probably can do good things. But you know, the math of
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  there's Elijah again, there's that connection.
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  And even though Marv was his primary, Elijah's right on there
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  with him. How big of a get us to keep that
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  DeMatha train rolling and what what is it looking like?
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  What's the story behind the Noah commitment?
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  Yeah, so I mean, it's huge. I mean, you think about it,
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  Dante Lovett, Emmett Laws, now you got Noah Chambers.
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  This was a guy that, you know, was top of their board in terms
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  of linebacker prospects from the beginning of the cycle,
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  Obviously, like Brett Clatterball was, you know, the
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  the top guy that everyone looks at because of his star rating.
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  And that was one that they definitely wanted to get in
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  early. I think Noah could have probably
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  committed earlier, but he really took his time with this process.
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  And Virginia Tech was the first offer for him.
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  Like they were they were out there in the very beginning.
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  They stuck with him the entire time.
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  They were straight up and honest with him.
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  And you know, I think where you look at Brett Clatterbaugh and
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  like great, great prospect, I think Noah Chambers also has the
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  opportunity to really blow up. Like I think he's just so
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  athletic and he's a guy that can play multiple positions.
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  Like I would not be surprised if you know, he's a guy that sees
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  the field maybe even earlier than Clatterbaugh.
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  So really, really good get and especially with the context of
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  they had two guys at linebacker that they desperately wanted and
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  they were able to land both of them.
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  Pretty good because we need it. I mean, we've had so many times
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  in the past where, you know, you're thinking, man, if we had
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  a, you know, a a linebacker in this position, this game would
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  be a little bit different. So it's good to see them getting
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  some talent in there. Speaking of talent, we're going
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  to go to the the next recruit Green run Kit got to go.
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  You know, shout out to Brody Adams man, for for starting that
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  wave. You know what I mean?
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  Shout out to him and his family yes, for starting that wave.
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  We've had what this is the third kid from green run this 4th from
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  this from this recruiting class. So crazy.
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  But Zeke, I'm not even going to try to pronounce the last name,
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  but 66240 think this kid just transferred there.
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  So his first year at Green run. Let me see 247.
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  Y'all got him at a 85, so that's OK.
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  You know I ain't going to get on you too bad about that.
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  I need to see what he do. I'm going to go with Mattea and
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  we going to watch some film and we're going to see about you
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  know if we need to throw any bumps in that.
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  But kid seems like he has a lot of potential.
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  Like I said, as far as a high ceiling guy.
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  What are you thinking about him, Mattea?
• 21:18
  Yeah, I mean, he's great. I think, you know, a lot of the
• 21:20
  guys on the Vt Scoop team have, you know, in our slack, we're
• 21:23
  always talking about him and just how he might be the biggest
• 21:26
  hidden gem of this class. Like, he's definitely very raw.
• 21:29
  A third guy from Green Run obviously didn't play there last
• 21:33
  year, but he's a guy that's going to come over from Ocean
• 21:36
  Lakes. They beat out West Virginia for
• 21:38
  him. I think it's great that he's
• 21:41
  going to be able to play against Thomas Wilder, who's a 2026
• 21:44
  recruit on green run. Keep keep an eye out for him.
• 21:48
  four-star guy pretty much pretty much has offers from everybody.
• 21:52
  He's 66285 S Zeke is going to go against him and practice every
• 21:58
  single day. Like these are two solidified D1
• 22:00
  guys going at it. I think his senior development
• 22:03
  will be huge and you know, again, he's a guy that you like
• 22:09
  6 foot six, 240 LB defensive ends don't grow on trees.
• 22:13
  Like this is a guy that's going to absolutely transform his body
• 22:16
  at the collegiate level and you know, just humongous upside.
• 22:20
  So I think 85 is fair for him now based on what he's shown.
• 22:24
  But he's a guy that you, you just like, you got to get him in
• 22:27
  there and, and see what you know once you coach him up, what he
• 22:31
  can become. Yeah, he's got the, he's got the
• 22:33
  physicals, he's got, you know, some of those intangibles.
• 22:36
  So it's all about what, what does that production look like
• 22:39
  on the field? And will that warrant a bump and
• 22:41
  kind of move him up in that class?
• 22:44
  Let's go to somebody else that's kind of that that that lower
• 22:46
  side of the class. And in terms of, you know, 2247
• 22:50
  Sports has them at 86 and Nathaniel Wright, Woodbridge, VA
• 22:58
  Yeah, big, big guy already. Yeah, 65275 looks like he's
• 23:03
  going to slide in at that interior offensive line.
• 23:07
  What have you seen from him? What what's the feelings on on
• 23:10
  his potential, especially on an old line that needs probably a
• 23:13
  little bit of depth here? Yeah, absolutely.
• 23:15
  I know that with the old line, there was a couple guys from
• 23:21
  this class there. You know, obviously, I think
• 23:23
  there were a couple top end guys that Virginia Tech missed out on
• 23:27
  and they would admit that as well, you know, whether, you
• 23:29
  know, they just wanted to go to bigger programs or found a
• 23:33
  better place for them. But I think when you look at
• 23:38
  Nathaniel Wright, he's a guy that was able to go to a camp,
• 23:42
  earn an offer out of a camp. They really liked what they saw
• 23:45
  from him and really prioritized him after Carter Stallard.
• 23:50
  So big guy, interior guy, like yes, he's an 86, but he's also
• 23:55
  the fourth highest rated offensive lineman out of
• 23:58
  Virginia. So I think that was another huge
• 24:00
  thing as well. So just all around, I think, you
• 24:03
  know, sometimes coaches really trust in their evaluations,
• 24:07
  especially when they see guys in camp.
• 24:09
  And I think he was a guy that kind of rose towards the upper
• 24:13
  half of of their board just because they were able to see
• 24:16
  him in person and really evaluate him.
• 24:20
  Definitely, definitely. We're always looking for
• 24:21
  offensive lineman. Got to get Brian over there to
• 24:24
  show him some footwork. Brian's got all kind of records,
• 24:27
  man, so we got to show him how to lift them weights, man, they
• 24:29
  ain't. They ain't lifting hard enough
• 24:31
  on things, right Brian? I think Brian froze up.
• 24:38
  There. But yeah, I guess I don't like
• 24:40
  this. Yeah.
• 24:45
  I didn't know if it was me or him.
• 24:47
  Am I freezing? You getting good now, You good
• 24:51
  now, you good now. So, yeah, you know, being very
• 24:54
  early in the class or being in the class in general, I don't
• 24:56
  like to say favorites, but I am going to say my favorite recruit
• 25:01
  right now is Jeff Overton. I think Dwight Victoria may have
• 25:08
  been the first person that told me about Jeff Overton a little
• 25:11
  while ago, maybe a year and a half ago or something like that.
• 25:16
  But yeah, I mean, crazy athletic man.
• 25:20
  If you go watch this film, anybody, if you, if you haven't
• 25:23
  watched this film, please do. I'm not going to even talk
• 25:27
  rankings right now because I don't want to put Matteo on the
• 25:29
  spot. I'm just going to let him talk
• 25:31
  and then I may come back in and say something.
• 25:33
  But Matteo, how you feeling about Jeff Overton?
• 25:37
  First off, I'll say this, I do have a bias with a lot of these
• 25:41
  recruits. I'm able to really see them, get
• 25:43
  to know them. And so a lot of them I want to
• 25:47
  give bumps, right? Like I do have that bias.
• 25:50
  But like I objectively speaking, Jeff Overton should be a
• 25:54
  four-star. Like there's no question about
• 25:57
  it. And he's a guy again, like was a
• 26:01
  can't lose prospect out of this class no matter what his ranking
• 26:05
  says. Gatorade football player of the
• 26:07
  year put up the absolute video game numbers.
• 26:10
  Like I don't know, they're finding Tyler Mason, who's, you
• 26:13
  know, has over 110 touchdowns in his career.
• 26:16
  But like Jeff Overton is doing it at at an even higher level.
• 26:19
  He had 41 touchdowns last year, 13 yards for Gary.
• 26:23
  Just like this guy has a bit of everything that you want out of
• 26:27
  the running back position. Just an absolute total package.
• 26:31
  And again, just a can't miss prospect.
• 26:34
  They went all out for him, rolled out the red carpet and
• 26:37
  they got him and you know, again, top of the board
• 26:40
  prospect. I'm so excited about his future
• 26:44
  at Virginia Tech. And when he says rolled out the
• 26:46
  red carpet, he means rolled out a white Rolls Royce.
• 26:53
  Somebody in the chat said I don't know who death on the
• 26:56
  plate is. Thank you for watching though.
• 26:58
  Think he asked his drones dad on.
• 27:00
  Yes, Mr. Kevin, drones is usually on with us.
• 27:03
  That's family. He's usually watching with us.
• 27:05
  He's usually popping in and out. So yes, Sir, that is Mr. Drones
• 27:11
  right there. Shout out to Mr. Kevin.
• 27:14
  Meet us in Nashville. Yes, Sir.
• 27:17
  Yes, Sir. Meeting y'all in Nashville.
• 27:19
  Hey, and you mentioned those video game numbers hay fields in
• 27:22
  six a 6A is it's nothing but the biggest.
• 27:26
  It's nothing but the biggest throw that on here.
• 27:30
  I want to get Brian's opinion on that.
• 27:32
  Brian, your opinion on this before we jump to the next
• 27:34
  recruit. I think online can benefit from
• 27:38
  ballet. I mean, I think personally,
• 27:40
  anybody can benefit from ballet because anything that you can do
• 27:43
  to improve your balance is going to improve your performance on
• 27:46
  the field. Yoga, a lot of that stuff like
• 27:49
  it sounds funny, but a lot a lot of offensive lineman or anybody
• 27:54
  who has to, you know, can torture body and do different
• 27:57
  things that they have to do being big guys, you know,
• 28:00
  Pilates, yoga, a lot of people take part in that even ballet
• 28:04
  sometimes. I mean, it's not, it's not
• 28:06
  talking about, you know, when, when you're, when you're
• 28:09
  blocking, having to maintain your balance while still moving
• 28:14
  somebody backwards, moving laterally, vertically at the
• 28:18
  same time. I mean, it's a lot of balance
• 28:20
  that takes place there. So anything that can improve
• 28:23
  that, go for it. 100% So there you go from a former offensive
• 28:29
  lineman himself and from Tally collegiate football players.
• 28:34
  Well, that that stuff benefits. So I'm going to flip it.
• 28:37
  Stay on the line. We went to the DMV, we got one,
• 28:41
  we went to South Carolina. Let's finally rip one out of
• 28:43
  North Carolina. Let's talk about Sherrod
• 28:45
  Henderson, the edge out of Rocky Point, NC Hide Trask.
• 28:50
  I don't know, Robbie, if you're out there listening to give us
• 28:52
  some background on Hide Trask 63210 and 86 solid offer list
• 28:58
  for him. You know, you see a team like
• 29:00
  Michigan State, Duke, especially Duke with Manny Diaz.
• 29:03
  We know he likes those fast edge rushers, but how did this
• 29:07
  commitment come together? Because a lot of these names
• 29:10
  Mateo, I'll be honest, I've seen I've seen Evans, I've seen
• 29:13
  Overton. Zeke was one.
• 29:15
  This one pops up as like who's this and where did this come
• 29:18
  from? Again, it's, you know, they
• 29:20
  really make this effort in June to get guys on campus for
• 29:24
  official visits, really to get them around other members in the
• 29:27
  class and really detail what their outlook would look like at
• 29:31
  Virginia Tech. I believe he had, you know, a
• 29:33
  huge military background. So the core was a big thing
• 29:36
  there and just, you know what that means at Virginia Tech.
• 29:40
  But you know, even though 63 this is a guy with 610 wingspan,
• 29:44
  like can absolutely grow into his body like he's a guy that
• 29:49
  again, like we talked about it with Zeke.
• 29:52
  They are finding these guys that just like don't grow on trees,
• 29:55
  you know, like you, you got to find once you find them, you got
• 30:00
  to trust in your ability to develop them.
• 30:02
  And I think he's another one that they just once they saw in
• 30:05
  person, it's it's just like, Yup, we need this guy
• 30:08
  immediately. Like you're telling me he has
• 30:10
  one more season to play and then he's going to college.
• 30:12
  Like, are you kidding me? So another story there, someone
• 30:16
  that, you know, sat down with pride for about two hours, was
• 30:20
  not pressured whatsoever to commit and just like loved the
• 30:24
  honesty of of the approach. And at the end of it was like,
• 30:29
  what am I waiting on? Like this is a place I want to
• 30:32
  be and decided to commit. So some of these move a bit
• 30:36
  faster, some are slow and then you get them on campus for
• 30:39
  officials. But yeah, this is a guy agreed
• 30:43
  with Robert there. Like quick, very long guy.
• 30:46
  Another thing I like seeing too, Brian, we'll put this up here
• 30:52
  right there. Another coming from a playoff
• 30:55
  team coming like, hey, Phil was a good team last year.
• 30:58
  Demath is always a good team. So a team in the state of North
• 31:01
  Carolina making the playoffs, right, like again, prize.
• 31:06
  Talk to us about it. Guys who win, guys who know how
• 31:10
  to do that because that's something you got to learn.
• 31:12
  Sorry, Brown. I stepped on him, man.
• 31:13
  You're good, man. Are you good?
• 31:15
  And and like you said, I'll be winning programs is definitely
• 31:18
  something that Pry has prioritized since he's been
• 31:21
  here. It's prioritize the state of
• 31:22
  Virginia and hid in the footprint, but also prioritize
• 31:25
  pulling guys from those winning programs.
• 31:27
  So this just a a continuation of that.
• 31:30
  And I mean, you know, when we look at the next guy, we want to
• 31:33
  talk about Matthew out. And that was a big one big, big
• 31:37
  commitment. You know, athlete at IC Norcom,
• 31:43
  Portsmouth, VA hit the 757 four-star kid.
• 31:48
  You got to love that, you know, 6 foot 200 kind of that that
• 31:52
  ideal size. Tell us a little bit about Mr.
• 31:55
  Allen here. Yeah, I mean, he's just, he's a
• 31:58
  phenomenal player. And you know, I want to shout
• 32:01
  out Evan G Watkins just 'cause he pointed it out, but I know
• 32:05
  we'll get to the other headliner of this class.
• 32:08
  But back-to-back cycles with the number one and #2 wide receivers
• 32:13
  in the boat out of the state of Virginia.
• 32:16
  This is a guy that very seriously was considering Penn
• 32:20
  State, loved his official visit there.
• 32:23
  And I think, you know, honored, honored his commitment to coming
• 32:28
  to Virginia Tech for his official visit.
• 32:30
  And I think it really helped out that Virginia Tech had, you
• 32:33
  know, kind of the last say in things there because they really
• 32:37
  were able to map out a path for him.
• 32:40
  And he really believed in the vision there.
• 32:42
  So yeah, Virginia Tech lands an absolute stud with him.
• 32:48
  I think he's a guy that can really do it all at the wide
• 32:50
  receiver position. I know he's listed at athlete,
• 32:53
  but he's a guy that I think can line up in a lot of places.
• 32:56
  You can get the ball in his hands in a lot of different
• 32:58
  ways, and just an extremely versatile and proven player.
• 33:02
  So yeah, can't miss four-star Guy. 100%.
• 33:07
  Yeah, I was a little nervous about outing for a while just
• 33:10
  cause in my opinion, he kind of I know that pry and Pry and crew
• 33:14
  were on him pretty early, but he kind of went quiet for a little
• 33:17
  bit and with with Virginia Tech and blew up.
• 33:20
  So in the past most of the time when that happens you like so
• 33:24
  long, you know what I mean? But the closer and closer it got
• 33:28
  to commitment time, we're still in it we're still in it.
• 33:32
  And then he commits the Virginia Tech.
• 33:34
  That's what that's what you love to see.
• 33:38
  Speaking of that, another again, can I just say everybody's my
• 33:43
  favorite? I said I had a favorite, but can
• 33:45
  I say everybody's my favorite? This, this is different though.
• 33:49
  The reason this is different is because Michael Matthews, if
• 33:53
  everybody don't know, if you don't know him, that you've been
• 33:56
  under a rock. Again, with my son playing
• 33:59
  multiple sports, he is a player that I've told my son to take a
• 34:05
  look at because I'm going to talk a little bit about his
• 34:08
  baseball skills. He's you know, baseball has them
• 34:13
  listed a little bit different than football, but we'll go with
• 34:15
  football 622 O 5. Baseball has them listed at
• 34:20
  63200. So right around now we may add
• 34:23
  an inch or something somewhere, but he's very he he has just he
• 34:28
  has the the physical ability on the baseball field to be the
• 34:33
  best person on the baseball field.
• 34:35
  Every time he steps on that Ronald Acuna type outfielder,
• 34:39
  you know, a little bit of flash to his game.
• 34:41
  He moves really, really good in the outfield.
• 34:44
  His his hit speed through the zone.
• 34:47
  He stays through the zone for a long time using, you know, he's
• 34:52
  up the middle of the field when he hits.
• 34:54
  Like, I can go on and on about baseball because that's what we
• 34:56
  watch, and then you go to go ahead. 54th rated player in the
• 35:01
  country, right? Now I was going to say, and then
• 35:03
  you know, they're a little bit different than what you are in
• 35:05
  football because you live, you're looking at stars.
• 35:07
  And but when you go to a perfect game and you look at his, his
• 35:10
  ratings and how he's progressed over the years as a 13 year old,
• 35:14
  because they keep progression of, you know, your exit V low
• 35:17
  and how fast you're throwing and pop times and things like that.
• 35:21
  Like it's it's amazing what he's done in the couple of years that
• 35:25
  he's he's blown up to where he is now.
• 35:27
  I switched that over to football.
• 35:29
  I watched his commitment and listened to some of the things
• 35:31
  he says and he says, you know, football player that he looks up
• 35:35
  to as Debo Samuel. That's kind of who he models his
• 35:38
  game after. And then you go watch the tape
• 35:40
  and you're like, OK, he don't mind taking the ball out of the
• 35:43
  backfield. He don't mind getting the short
• 35:45
  passes, making something happen with the ball.
• 35:47
  So again, Michael Matthews, we're going to toss it to
• 35:51
  Mattei. Y'all got what 247 has rated at
• 35:54
  a 92 right? 92.
• 35:57
  We going to stay at 92, we going up, but I'm going to pass to
• 36:00
  Mattei. We're going to take, we're going
• 36:01
  to pass to Mattei. Let him talk.
• 36:03
  What are you thinking about, Michael Matthews?
• 36:04
  Yeah, just from the a football standpoint, like I, I know we
• 36:09
  talked a little bit about Matt Auten and now Micah Matthews,
• 36:13
  but like both these guys are listed as the 4th and 5th
• 36:17
  athletes in the country. Like these are guys that are
• 36:22
  versatile in multiple positions. You mentioned the Debo
• 36:25
  comparison. I think that's fair to say.
• 36:28
  That's kind of what he's been pitched on at Virginia Tech.
• 36:31
  A guy that can have the ball in multiple situations.
• 36:34
  Like both of these guys, it's going to be a fun offense in a
• 36:38
  couple years. But like this is a guy that is
• 36:41
  just so dominant, you know, the best player on the football
• 36:44
  team, the best player on the baseball team.
• 36:47
  Like when we talk about athletes, we're not just like,
• 36:51
  you know, multiple, like a lot of these guys play multiple
• 36:54
  sports. But this guy could potentially
• 36:57
  GoPro in two, right? Like that's what we're
• 37:00
  projecting with A4 Star here. And he's someone that really
• 37:04
  loves the vision at Virginia Tech.
• 37:06
  I think football being so important to him was huge
• 37:09
  because it really came down. I know Utah was in there as well
• 37:12
  in the mix, but he was going to play both sports in college.
• 37:16
  They gave him a detailed schedule, what that would look
• 37:20
  like at Virginia Tech. And UNC was on him for a long
• 37:25
  time. And you look at it historically,
• 37:27
  UNC is the better baseball program.
• 37:30
  And a lot of people thought that if he were more serious about
• 37:33
  playing baseball, he has a pretty good option there in
• 37:37
  Chapel Hill. But it as it turns out, the
• 37:40
  pitch for the football team for Virginia Tech really stood out
• 37:43
  to him. And he was very serious about
• 37:46
  that. And ultimately that's why he
• 37:48
  chose to be a hokey. And I think, you know, just a, a
• 37:52
  great player. I think my favorite quote, he
• 37:54
  did a sidebar with Colby. He said like his favorite route
• 37:59
  is running a slant 'cause he's not afraid to get hit.
• 38:01
  He's not afraid of contact. He's a big kid.
• 38:04
  Like that's someone you love to have in the program.
• 38:06
  Not someone that's just like so athletic and so skilled, but
• 38:10
  someone that has the right mentality.
• 38:11
  And I mean, I could go on and on about him.
• 38:14
  He's he's the headliner for a reason of this class.
• 38:18
  Yeah, I'm gonna. Ask.
• 38:19
  I'm gonna ask. I'll go ahead.
• 38:20
  Go ahead. I was just going to say he
• 38:22
  really brings the seems like maturity as well, like seems
• 38:27
  like a really mature kid and you got to be when you're playing
• 38:29
  multiple sports on that level, it's hard to avoid, you know,
• 38:32
  having some of that maturity, some of that leader, those
• 38:35
  leadership aspects that you're looking for in the program as.
• 38:37
  Well, well, well, also that maturity too, because tally, you
• 38:40
  made a point going to perfect game since you're 13 or 14, you
• 38:44
  you better be on your PS and QS because every scalp is watching
• 38:47
  you and how you act and what you're doing.
• 38:51
  So if you ain't on your P's and Q's there, you're going to fall
• 38:53
  off that saying like ain't going to worry about him.
• 38:55
  Go ahead, talent. No, I was just going to say, you
• 38:58
  know, and then watching him, I was trying my best to find like
• 39:02
  somebody who does what he can do on the current roster.
• 39:06
  And I don't the only person who I would think would be close is
• 39:09
  probably Jay Lane, right? Like Chad.
• 39:11
  And I'm going to tell you is that it like who, who do we use
• 39:15
  kind of in the area that we would use him right now?
• 39:19
  Yeah, I mean, I I think you would have to look back and I
• 39:21
  know it's a completely different offense, but like a Trey Turner
• 39:24
  type, like you just want to get him the ball however you can.
• 39:27
  I think that's kind of what he's going to be just in a better
• 39:29
  scheme and, you know, a bigger version.
• 39:31
  So just a really great all around athlete.
• 39:34
  Like he can do it all. Yeah, and and the other thing
• 39:38
  y'all, if y'all didn't notice, I'm going to tell you, mentioned
• 39:41
  how high they were on athletes, the athletic ranking 5th and 6th
• 39:45
  top players in Virginia. So people, a couple months ago,
• 39:49
  people were getting very, very, very worried.
• 39:51
  Oh my God, we don't have a top ten player.
• 39:53
  Clatterbury went down to 11. We don't have it.
• 39:56
  What are we going to Clemson? And lo and behold, everybody be
• 40:01
  patient. Everybody be patient with Tay's
• 40:05
  clearly telling you that this staff knows what they're doing.
• 40:08
  And. I think you know four weeks ago.
• 40:11
  I think you know you. I think a lot of people had
• 40:13
  Matthews penciled in the UNC and out in pencil in Penn State.
• 40:17
  So. Easily.
• 40:18
  Easily. No idea.
• 40:22
  So getting getting those commits is huge from that perception
• 40:25
  standpoint, getting back in Virginia standpoint, but also
• 40:29
  kind of calming some of those potential like, oh, is, you
• 40:32
  know, is 25 going to look be as good as 24 and all this other
• 40:37
  stuff. And now it looks like, you know,
• 40:38
  we're rounding out to a yeah, about the same level as that
• 40:41
  class that we were really, really excited about last year.
• 40:44
  So and we still got a couple couple other guys in that top
• 40:47
  ten in play too, so. Yeah, and I just got to say,
• 40:50
  like, again, I, I know I mentioned back-to-back years
• 40:54
  with the number one and #2 wide receivers from Virginia, but
• 40:57
  like, we're talking about Brody Adams, Chans Wiggins.
• 41:01
  Now we got Auden and Matthews. Like, think about that for a
• 41:06
  second. Like when has Virginia Tech's
• 41:08
  wide receiver room looked like that just from like four names
• 41:11
  alone 17 years ago? That's a long, long time ago.
• 41:15
  So it it's gonna be a treat for whoever the quarterback's gonna
• 41:20
  be, whether it's pot or pop or whoever else.
• 41:23
  Like that is a great wide receiver room to work with.
• 41:27
  Oh yeah. Right.
• 41:29
  Definitely. Yeah.
• 41:30
  And you know, since we talked, you know, 25, let's flip over a
• 41:33
  little bit and kind of bring 24 back into it as well 'cause we
• 41:37
  had, you know, we took 16 and 24.
• 41:41
  It's currently sitting at 15. Total recruits are 25.
• 41:44
  Do we are we thinking this class is going to be in that 18 to 21
• 41:47
  range or are we going to kind of stick back into that kind of 16
• 41:50
  to 18 range with the size of the class and leave more room for
• 41:53
  potential portographs? Yeah, I certainly think that as
• 41:57
  of right now, like they feel really good about this class.
• 42:01
  I think there was a definitive push to get these guys in before
• 42:05
  all the vacations took place. Like there's a reason all these
• 42:09
  guys are in the class right now. They were, you know, the must
• 42:11
  haves. It's going to be the formula for
• 42:15
  every year. They're going to look at 16 to
• 42:16
  20 guys. They're going to look for five
• 42:19
  guys, maybe more that they can take out of the transfer portal.
• 42:22
  You just never know with attrition these days.
• 42:24
  But you know, it's about finding these guys to build up the base
• 42:28
  and then layering it, layering on top of that with transfer
• 42:32
  portal guys. So, you know, I think they did a
• 42:34
  great job this year so far. I think my favorite quality
• 42:39
  about the class, you have 15 guys, 11 of them are from
• 42:42
  Virginia. So like really sticking to what
• 42:45
  they said about the blueprint about getting these guys back
• 42:49
  from the state of Virginia. And you know, these players are
• 42:52
  sprinkled across Virginia like they're bringing guys in at
• 42:56
  multiple positions for multiple schools all across the
• 42:59
  Commonwealth. Like they really lived up to
• 43:01
  what they were saying. So that's definitely what the
• 43:04
  blueprint is like. If you replicate this Class A
• 43:07
  couple times over, a majority of your roster is going to be top
• 43:12
  in state kids. And then you know, you're going
• 43:14
  to have your drones, you're going to have your J Lanes, your
• 43:17
  Feltons, Ollie Jennings, all those kinds of guys.
• 43:20
  So you'll find transfer portal ads every year, but this is
• 43:25
  really the base that they're going with.
• 43:27
  Definitely we got to get some offensive lineman.
• 43:30
  I mean, I think they're doing all right, but next year
• 43:34
  offensive lineman, please go get some.
• 43:37
  Speaking of, you know, offensive lineman and still on recruiting
• 43:42
  with Matteis. Sis, I need everybody to be
• 43:45
  quiet and listen because when the man speaks, he usually is
• 43:49
  doing pretty good. Now two years ago, I wouldn't
• 43:51
  have said this. I would have said he ain't know
• 43:53
  what he's talking about. But once he started coming on
• 43:56
  here and he starts spitting that knowledge, man, it's been coming
• 43:59
  to fruition. So my question to you is top
• 44:03
  three uncommitted targets, who are they?
• 44:07
  Wow, a lot of pressure on this one.
• 44:09
  Now matching. It up.
• 44:12
  We'll see. Hopefully, you know, out of
• 44:14
  these three, maybe two out of three would be successful.
• 44:18
  You know, the first guy is Messiah Delome, Warwick High
• 44:22
  School guy Michael Vick. Shout out.
• 44:25
  He's a guy that you know, he's being recruited by a lot of top
• 44:29
  teams, including Ohio State. I would say they are the biggest
• 44:33
  factor in this recruitment other than Virginia Tech.
• 44:37
  But he's a safety guy. I think he's #4 in Virginia,
• 44:42
  four-star guy. He's one that again, when you
• 44:47
  look at the cycle, you say can't miss guy position of need.
• 44:51
  Like, they want to bring him in. I feel really good about where
• 44:54
  Virginia Tech stands with him. I know you know, the
• 44:58
  conversation has been, oh, Ohio State has three safeties.
• 45:04
  They have two cornerbacks. Like, they're pretty filled up.
• 45:07
  They would take him. Like if Virginia Tech is able to
• 45:11
  land him, it's because they were able to beat out Ohio State.
• 45:15
  So we'll see. I feel pretty good about their
• 45:17
  chances right now and say it's pretty 5050.
• 45:20
  He's a guy I don't think will commit until maybe late in
• 45:23
  August, but someone that definitely is being prioritized
• 45:27
  right now. Another guy is Kendall Daniels,
• 45:30
  another safety guy. South Carolina, Virginia Tech
• 45:34
  battle the story with him. Everyone's saying, you know,
• 45:39
  he's going to go to South Carolina, he's going to commit
• 45:42
  to them. Clemson's also in the mix there,
• 45:46
  but he hasn't committed there yet.
• 45:48
  And I keep going back to that. Virginia Tech has really worked
• 45:51
  on him. He's very high on Virginia Tech.
• 45:54
  He knows what the vision looks like.
• 45:56
  He's someone that I think could commit at the end of this month,
• 45:59
  if not early August 6. Three guy, 210, just, you know,
• 46:04
  could be a really powerful Rover style safety for Virginia Tech.
• 46:10
  You know, they're really going for the history there.
• 46:12
  Again, they're fighting against Tori and Gray and Shane Beamer.
• 46:15
  So it's a it's a big battle there.
• 46:18
  And you know, again, Clemson's still in the mix, but he hasn't
• 46:21
  visited there yet. So it's going to be a tough
• 46:24
  couple weeks for him. I would say South Carolina's
• 46:28
  probably 7525% favorites right now, but I keep going back to
• 46:32
  that point that he's still listening to Virginia Tech and
• 46:35
  you never know until he makes his commitment public.
• 46:38
  So the last one that I probably feel the best about is Jan
• 46:43
  Kamaju, Defensive lineman, 63 edge guy, another one of those
• 46:50
  freaks, super athletic. Now the story with him, he is a
• 46:57
  like, he's an absolute genius. I think he has like a 4.2 GPA,
• 47:02
  very serious about engineering, works in Virginia Tech's favor.
• 47:06
  Like he's a guy that Virginia Tech has been on for a very long
• 47:10
  time. Again, I think he, you know,
• 47:13
  Virginia Tech is the favorite right now for him.
• 47:16
  I don't have a definitive time for when he's going to end his
• 47:21
  recruitment. I think it could be by late
• 47:24
  August, but just a a huge guy. No, you said 3 Jordan Krim is
• 47:30
  another one out of South Carolina, 6 foot one cornerback.
• 47:34
  Again, a lot of these guys are in the secondary.
• 47:36
  I think they really want to bolster the numbers there
• 47:40
  someone that camped and they really loved.
• 47:42
  He is kind of a scattered offer list, but Virginia Tech is, is,
• 47:47
  you know, very much on him and he's, you know, kind of a plug
• 47:52
  and play guy, so to speak that, you know, at he he just does
• 47:56
  everything that Cheetah wants out of that position.
• 47:59
  So those would be the four guys I would put at the top of the
• 48:02
  list and I think, you know, that would put Virginia Tech in that
• 48:06
  1817 to 20 range. OK.
• 48:10
  All right. So you're still feeling that's?
• 48:13
  The way you want to be that's. What?
• 48:14
  Yeah. In in this day and age, that's
• 48:15
  exactly the way you want to be. I want to throw this.
• 48:18
  This is not part of it, but it's a good question coming from
• 48:20
  somebody out here. RSD man 97 and how important it
• 48:26
  is to having a good year to keep the guys in the boat.
• 48:28
  Well, I can I'm going to give my opinion on this first y'all,
• 48:31
  we're ahead of schedule. We weren't supposed to be having
• 48:35
  the conversations we're having this year about 910 plus wins
• 48:41
  compete for the ACC backdoor chance at a playoff.
• 48:44
  We're ahead of schedule. So regardless what happens this
• 48:48
  year, I don't think it matters. I don't know if y'all's opinion
• 48:52
  on that, but that's my opinion because we're ahead of where we
• 48:54
  had three wins a few years ago. Yeah, I will say, you know,
• 48:59
  winning matters. You know, you got you.
• 49:01
  You want to see your team go and you want to see your team go and
• 49:04
  put on a good show. And no matter where they play
• 49:06
  and who they play, you want to see them win big games.
• 49:09
  You want to see them win the games that they're supposed to
• 49:11
  win. But I think, you know, kind of
• 49:13
  the to go with what Curtis is saying, if you listen to a lot
• 49:17
  of the interviews with the team, like Virginia Tech hasn't won
• 49:22
  anything significant in a while. So what you're selling to
• 49:26
  recruits is we're building, you know what I'm saying?
• 49:29
  So a lot of recruits say they're building something special
• 49:32
  there. I want to go there because
• 49:33
  they're building something special.
• 49:35
  So yeah, you want to see the wins and winning is important.
• 49:38
  But I think that for some reason, if things go to hell, I
• 49:43
  think you still have where if we would have had this player here,
• 49:47
  if we would have had you here, I think Pride kind of has that
• 49:50
  down where he can pivot and let recruits know what they're
• 49:55
  missing to what happened. You know what I'm saying?
• 49:58
  So that's kind of my opinion as well, Curtis.
• 50:01
  Yeah. I think it's got it's right,
• 50:02
  right there in line where as long as you're not taking a
• 50:05
  demonstrative step back in 2024, I don't think you're really at a
• 50:11
  big risk of something like that, you know, So I think, you know,
• 50:16
  I think everyone wants to see the 910, you know, whatever
• 50:18
  wins. But I think 7 or 8, especially
• 50:22
  in the if you're talking about regular season wins probably get
• 50:25
  you back in that same, you know that that that doesn't hurt you
• 50:30
  with with this class. If you do that another one or
• 50:33
  two seasons after that, that's when it would start hurting you
• 50:36
  with future classes because you're not taking that next
• 50:39
  step. But I think as long as you kind
• 50:41
  of stay on the current trajectory and don't take a step
• 50:43
  back, I think you're you're pretty good to go, at least with
• 50:46
  this class. And I'll say this too, like you
• 50:49
  think about last year, most of the class, like this cycle was
• 50:53
  pretty much set in stone before the season rolled around.
• 50:56
  If you remember, by week four, there was some scary talk on the
• 51:01
  timeline, like talk that was making its way to recruits, talk
• 51:07
  that other schools were using as leverage.
• 51:10
  And in total, there were two D commits last year.
• 51:14
  One Mensa, was 'cause he always wanted to go to Ohio State.
• 51:20
  The second one was because Georgia came rolling around for
• 51:23
  Barnes and that was his dream offer.
• 51:27
  Eventually he goes to Syracuse to follow for Rand Brown.
• 51:29
  But like those two things are happening regardless what
• 51:32
  happens on the football field. Those were the only 2D
• 51:35
  commitments. Everyone else, like there were
• 51:39
  some really rough times and they stuck it through.
• 51:41
  Like these guys when they say they're in and when the staff
• 51:45
  accepts commitments, it's because they know these guys are
• 51:48
  going to be in. So yes, you occasionally see a
• 51:51
  decommitment, but like I would not worry about the on field
• 51:54
  product as a result. Yeah.
• 51:56
  It's, you know, those are two commitments where space in
• 52:01
  another place opened up that wasn't there when they
• 52:04
  committed. It wasn't that, oh, I'm
• 52:06
  panicking. So I'm going to take this offer
• 52:09
  that's still available. 100 percent, 100% All right, one
• 52:13
  last question. And this is not only for Matei,
• 52:16
  but all three of us as well. But right now one player in the
• 52:23
  state of Virginia and I'm going to stick to Virginia.
• 52:24
  So we ain't got to go through all the offer lists and all this
• 52:27
  stuff. If if y'all don't have the list
• 52:29
  of Virginia, it's in our our chat here amongst us.
• 52:32
  Matei, one player in this state that's already committed that
• 52:37
  you say whatever reason position, who they're committed
• 52:41
  to, I want to flip that player to make a statement.
• 52:46
  OK, if we're sticking with Virginia, I got to go with I got
• 52:51
  to go with Caleb Williams, like South Carolina commit on the
• 52:55
  defensive line. He's someone that, you know,
• 52:58
  even though he's been committed to South Carolina and I still
• 53:01
  think he's pretty firm in all of that.
• 53:03
  Like, he's someone that is probably top, top, top guy that
• 53:09
  before the season you're like Virginia Tech needs to land him
• 53:13
  just a really dominant force on the defensive line.
• 53:16
  And I think a huge position of need defensive tackle.
• 53:21
  Absolutely. That would be one that I think
• 53:23
  any Virginia Tech fan and all the coaches would welcome a flip
• 53:26
  for. LeBron.
• 53:29
  Yeah, but Tay stole my Thunder there.
• 53:31
  That's OK 'cause he's the guest today.
• 53:32
  But yeah, it's definitely Caleb Williams and it's not even
• 53:37
  close. And for many of the reasons that
• 53:39
  Mattei just said there, it'd be nice to thumb our nose a little
• 53:42
  bit down at Shane Beamer because of all the trash that they were
• 53:45
  talking up until recently. So that would feel good getting
• 53:50
  getting somebody else in Virginia in the footprint,
• 53:53
  Really good frame, really good abilities already shown it.
• 53:58
  I mean, it's really a, a, a no lose situation if we could flip
• 54:01
  somebody like that. Pally, did you get the list up
• 54:04
  man? Oh, yeah.
• 54:06
  I mean, it ain't. You don't even have to look at
• 54:08
  it. I mean, they them two took it.
• 54:10
  But just because of where he's committed and you know who he is
• 54:13
  and what he does. But I'll go a little different.
• 54:17
  I'll say I like the Lord. I, I, I followed him a little
• 54:21
  bit. I know he committed to
• 54:22
  Cincinnati. I'd like to.
• 54:25
  I would still like for him to be a hokey and then another one
• 54:30
  that's not committed yet, but I think he's been leaning toward
• 54:34
  South Carolina's Jalen Gilchrist, You know, big
• 54:37
  offensive lineman, you know, would love to see us, you know,
• 54:40
  get in that, get in that recruitment.
• 54:43
  But again, you know, you never know till you know.
• 54:46
  So that's that's the two I'll throw out.
• 54:50
  What about you, Curtis? Well, I was going to go Caleb
• 54:52
  Williams. Exactly what y'all said.
• 54:55
  Also RVA kid and then these two guys jump all over it over here,
• 54:59
  Brian and Matei. So I'm going to I'm going to
• 55:01
  shift gears. I'm going to stay in the RVA
• 55:04
  because give me a flip on Shamari Earl's if you toe down
• 55:09
  and take somebody away from Georgia.
• 55:11
  A first of all, if that happens, it's going to be double digit
• 55:17
  next to West by the end of the season.
• 55:20
  They go flip somebody like that because I think that's one of
• 55:23
  those more of the statements you talk about.
• 55:25
  We're building a home now. If you come in here and get them
• 55:27
  early, we will have a season and we will take them back.
• 55:32
  Give me some. Mario's down Thomas Dale in
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• 55:37
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  hanging out with us A little bit more, Matei.
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  Finally, finally, finally. And I'm Brian.
• 57:41
  Did you? Did you?
• 57:42
  Were you able to rip him? Yeah.
• 57:43
  Tally's happy about this. Look at him clapping it up
• 57:45
  there. Hey, we're getting here.
• 57:47
  Hang on, we're getting into the screen here.
• 57:49
  So last Friday? Well, actually, no.
• 57:52
  Last Thursday. Because of a gamer who has
• 57:56
  significantly early access to NCAA 25, which probably made all
• 58:02
  three of y'all jealous. Like why does this guy give me
• 58:04
  access? The uniforms or the brand new
• 58:09
  uniforms for the Hokies were released.
• 58:13
  I got to give shout out to the social media.
• 58:15
  The social media with Vt football played it all very
• 58:19
  well, made it tongue in cheek and then the revealed the next
• 58:24
  day. Brian's trying to pull it up.
• 58:25
  I know mostly everybody has seen it.
• 58:29
  I know we have it, but give me y'all's thoughts.
• 58:33
  I don't care who goes first. Is it what you expected, what
• 58:37
  you loved, what you wish they didn't do?
• 58:39
  Tally, you're on mute. Just so you know what y'all
• 58:44
  think. I'll let Tally go ahead.
• 58:49
  Also, I'm first. You first.
• 58:52
  Oh, OK, Well, I'm not going to lose my mind if that's what
• 58:54
  everybody thinks because we didn't get the right color.
• 58:58
  But I will say I think that orange is still coming.
• 59:04
  My my opinion on the uniforms is they did a great job.
• 59:10
  When Pratt came on, he was very honest about how he felt about
• 59:16
  uniforms and what they look like.
• 59:19
  So in my opinion, I knew what they expect.
• 59:21
  I mean, of course, in then being a Virginia Tech fan, we kind of
• 59:25
  knew what we're moving toward, what looked good, what we
• 59:28
  wanted. But the CM executed and put out,
• 59:31
  like amongst different fan bases, it's been well
• 59:36
  represented, man. People are really, really happy
• 59:40
  with Virginia Tech's uniforms. Like I've had a lot of people,
• 59:44
  you know, are looking at a lot of people say, you know, they
• 59:47
  think that Nike got this right. And it's mainly because
• 59:51
  everybody's look so cookie cutter this year.
• 59:53
  You know, you got so many teams that have the same template.
• 59:57
  It was good to see something retro and just a clean look.
• 1:00:02
  So I think they got it right. Man.
• 1:00:04
  I just need them to give me a alternate orange uniform.
• 1:00:07
  Can we do that, please? Virginia Tech, I don't care what
• 1:00:10
  game. I don't care if we don't even
• 1:00:12
  wear it. Just give us one to let us buy
• 1:00:15
  it. I think we have that game on the
• 1:00:17
  schedule, orange effect or something, so maybe we'll see it
• 1:00:20
  then. But IA 100% agree.
• 1:00:24
  I think you know, it's funny. I think earlier today I saw the
• 1:00:27
  UVA and I don't want to, I don't want to poke too many shots at
• 1:00:31
  them, but. Like take them, take them, they
• 1:00:33
  deserve it for this one. Every single comment was like,
• 1:00:36
  did anything change? Like it it, it looks exactly the
• 1:00:40
  same. And I think when you look at
• 1:00:41
  Virginia Tech, like, yes, it is a lot different, but it's also
• 1:00:45
  very simple, like it's a call back to history.
• 1:00:49
  And then you add in some modern touches.
• 1:00:51
  It looks clean, like it's everything this program has been
• 1:00:55
  preaching. And to Tally's point, I think
• 1:00:58
  what makes the uniforms even better is like it feels like
• 1:01:02
  this offseason with everything combined, the expectations, like
• 1:01:06
  the just the positive momentum in all aspects of the team, the
• 1:01:10
  recruiting now the jerseys, it's like for the first time in a
• 1:01:14
  long time, you know, I've been covering this team for a long,
• 1:01:17
  long time. It feels like they are.
• 1:01:21
  That's a that's a big one right down there.
• 1:01:22
  It's a big one. Say it.
• 1:01:23
  I didn't say it. I didn't say it.
• 1:01:25
  You didn't. Say it, let me.
• 1:01:26
  Let me say something right quick before you finish tubing tape.
• 1:01:28
  Go ahead. I don't want to say this because
• 1:01:31
  Kevin, Kevin hit me up. Am I am I am I am I good?
• 1:01:36
  Y'all can y'all hear me? OK, so Kevin hit me up on on
• 1:01:41
  Twitter and he's like they got my son looking like a
• 1:01:44
  linebacker. Now I don't know if y'all
• 1:01:46
  noticed like when that when that first came out that that's our
• 1:01:50
  quarterback in the maroon drug league.
• 1:01:52
  Like that don't look like a quarterback that is a dude and
• 1:01:59
  that's a big dude man. Like that was our quarterback in
• 1:02:02
  the maroon jerseys and I thought that was cool.
• 1:02:05
  Like just the the reveal that they had was perfect.
• 1:02:10
  Like the pictures were great. But anyway, Matteo, I'm sorry, I
• 1:02:12
  didn't mean to cut you off, but when Kevin popped up, I thought
• 1:02:14
  about that. Yeah, and Dorian and the white.
• 1:02:17
  But the last thing I was just going to say, just with
• 1:02:20
  everything combined, the expectations, the recruiting,
• 1:02:23
  the jerseys, it feels like for the first time in a very long
• 1:02:26
  time since I've been covering this team, Virginia Tech is
• 1:02:29
  finally cool again. Like, nationally, they're cool
• 1:02:32
  again, and that makes the jerseys feel that much better.
• 1:02:36
  Ron. Yeah, yeah.
• 1:02:38
  But they just said it. I think the the relevancy of a
• 1:02:41
  lot of Virginia Tech, we we made a name for ourselves where we
• 1:02:46
  did on the field. But the late 90 nines and most
• 1:02:51
  of the 2000s, we were also known for having some damn cool
• 1:02:53
  jerseys while we were out there doing it.
• 1:02:56
  And I think we had gotten away from some of that.
• 1:02:59
  And I think going back to this classic callback, some modern
• 1:03:04
  touches, something that is uniquely Virginia Tech, I think
• 1:03:10
  was really important because, yeah, I think if anything we
• 1:03:14
  wanted, we wanted the shoulder stripes gone.
• 1:03:15
  But if they had rolled out with that like basic ass Nike
• 1:03:18
  template jerseys, we would have had a fucking cow.
• 1:03:21
  Even though it was something new and we probably would have liked
• 1:03:23
  them more than the shit we were getting rid of.
• 1:03:25
  We would have pitched a bitch if we got came out there with those
• 1:03:28
  like generic ass double stripes on the bottom of the of the arm
• 1:03:33
  jerseys this year. So they got it right.
• 1:03:35
  They knocked it out of the park. You know, anybody can quibble
• 1:03:39
  here or there with details here, details there.
• 1:03:41
  You're going to have people saying something.
• 1:03:42
  But as far as top to bottom, I mean it.
• 1:03:45
  It couldn't have got much better for me all.
• 1:03:47
  Right, There's two things that I love about this Jersey 1 The
• 1:03:52
  hokey stone on the inside that is unique.
• 1:03:55
  Nobody else has something like that.
• 1:03:58
  The white is iced out. It looks beautiful.
• 1:04:00
  The maroon Harkins me back. I I'll always go back to those
• 1:04:04
  mid 2000s, all maroon everything.
• 1:04:07
  But what do we keep saying? We kept saying get the arm patch
• 1:04:11
  right. That arm patch looks beautiful.
• 1:04:14
  That arm patch with that orange numbers tally by in Jersey just
• 1:04:17
  so we can get the orange numbers on that.
• 1:04:19
  He already got one. I already got it.
• 1:04:21
  The one that I got signed by Victoria is the white one.
• 1:04:24
  Is the white one. With the with the orange numbers
• 1:04:26
  on the orange numbers though. That's what they got right love
• 1:04:29
  it love it love it all righty so that got revealed because of E
• 1:04:33
  A/C FB2025 and I won't just sit this one out for a couple
• 1:04:38
  seconds y'all been playing y'all have added voice I'm.
• 1:04:44
  Going to tell you the guest and you said you got it, so we got
• 1:04:46
  to let you go first. What you think?
• 1:04:48
  Just for a little context, like I could not be more excited
• 1:04:52
  about this game. Like I've been grinding it the
• 1:04:54
  last whatever how many hours, 20-30 hours by this point.
• 1:05:00
  But like I was the type of guy that was like downloading those
• 1:05:04
  updated rosters like off the dark webs.
• 1:05:07
  Like I was playing NCAA revamped if anyone knows what that is.
• 1:05:11
  I was finding any way to play this game before this one came
• 1:05:14
  out. Now there's a lot that's
• 1:05:18
  changed. The first game, dynasty mode, I
• 1:05:22
  loaded up with Yukon trying to build them back, but through 7
• 1:05:27
  interceptions in the first game on All American 7.
• 1:05:31
  So it is, it is a huge learning adjustment, but the actual feel
• 1:05:35
  of the game, like it feels very ecology.
• 1:05:38
  I like the updated, like just everything, like the pageantry,
• 1:05:43
  all of that. Like Hokey's coming out.
• 1:05:45
  I know it's like a slightly altered version of Enter
• 1:05:48
  Sandman, but like it's so sick. And it's just like, I'm going to
• 1:05:53
  be like, there's a million options to play this game, like
• 1:05:56
  with a million different teams, get to know like what makes that
• 1:05:59
  program special. And I'm like most excited to
• 1:06:02
  figure that out. And the recruiting has been
• 1:06:04
  great. So I don't really have any
• 1:06:06
  negatives other than my gameplay needs serious improvement right
• 1:06:10
  now. Yeah, I came out of the gate
• 1:06:14
  pretty quickly with that. I jumped on it right at 4
• 1:06:19
  yesterday, grinded on it for about 3 hours, only got about a
• 1:06:24
  little over three hours today. So I haven't been, you know,
• 1:06:28
  kicking it quite as much today relative to the, you know, time
• 1:06:31
  I was awake. But I like that it is you know,
• 1:06:34
  and I think this is the biggest ass most people had and I'm
• 1:06:37
  going to tell you already touched on a little bit.
• 1:06:38
  This is not a Madden clone with college jerseys.
• 1:06:43
  Right. This this feels like a college
• 1:06:45
  football game and I think that that's the biggest thing that I
• 1:06:49
  like so far is that element. The recruiting is good.
• 1:06:54
  I I think it's I think it's a lot deeper than what we got the
• 1:06:56
  last time out. Obviously you got the portal in
• 1:07:01
  there. Now you got, you know, nil when
• 1:07:03
  you're doing the road to glory. So that like the things that you
• 1:07:06
  want to and the things that you know, you you look for in the
• 1:07:10
  game or there. Yeah, I think from a game day
• 1:07:15
  presentation, I might would want to like ratchet that up maybe
• 1:07:18
  for for next year throw, you know, throw in some of the the
• 1:07:21
  ESPN stuff or you know, some of the things on some of the other
• 1:07:26
  networks as well. Whether you get some of that
• 1:07:27
  production in there. I think that would kind of
• 1:07:29
  increase the game day experience, opening of the game,
• 1:07:33
  the halftime stuff. But I think just the feel of the
• 1:07:36
  game, definitely it it, it, it feels like a college game and
• 1:07:41
  again, over 12 years in the making.
• 1:07:43
  So it's nice to have it back. Yeah, definitely.
• 1:07:46
  So I'm still, I'm like Robbie, I'm still waiting on my copy.
• 1:07:49
  I got to pick it up Thursday. Thursday night I got a a disc
• 1:07:55
  copy on my PS5. And I mean, they sold me with a
• 1:07:59
  locker and all this different stuff that comes with it.
• 1:08:02
  So I'm like, you know what, if it ever goes away again, can I
• 1:08:05
  sell it and make some money? So yeah, let me just do this.
• 1:08:08
  But my son has the Xbox, so he he wanted it.
• 1:08:11
  So we got it on his Xbox for him.
• 1:08:13
  And I didn't, I didn't play a lot yesterday.
• 1:08:16
  I just, you know, opened the game.
• 1:08:17
  I think it was we were playing Virginia Tech versus North
• 1:08:22
  Carolina State. And it is different.
• 1:08:25
  It is very different than you know, like when you put it, you
• 1:08:29
  better be prepared to know what you're doing because you always
• 1:08:31
  going to throw picks. You, you know, you're not just
• 1:08:34
  going to get out there and run for it.
• 1:08:36
  I mean, if you got it on on on your got your settings right.
• 1:08:39
  And I guess if you put it on, you know, freshman Ricky,
• 1:08:42
  whatever, you, you do what you want.
• 1:08:43
  But if you're playing on all American, like you got to get
• 1:08:46
  your mind right because they coming for you.
• 1:08:47
  So the one thing I noticed with playing with Virginia Tech is I
• 1:08:51
  mean, got a lot of we talk about it all the time because we're
• 1:08:55
  Virginia Tech fans, but like to see it on the game.
• 1:08:59
  It's a fun team to play with. Like there's people who are not
• 1:09:02
  Virginia Tech fans that'll look at that team and go, oh, OK,
• 1:09:06
  they got a you know, nice stadium and you know, stadium
• 1:09:08
  noise is good on 3rd downs and you know, home field is great
• 1:09:12
  and you know, uniforms look good, good traditions there and
• 1:09:16
  you and you really do have some playmakers on the team.
• 1:09:18
  So on the offense and defensive side of the ball.
• 1:09:20
  So it was good to see and, you know, just being in the game was
• 1:09:25
  was awesome. And it brings you back to
• 1:09:26
  football. I mean, you took everything away
• 1:09:28
  from us. I mean, we didn't have college
• 1:09:29
  football for a while. I mean, you took away what
• 1:09:33
  what's what's that show that comes on that they stopped
• 1:09:36
  making a last chance you, you know, usually we'd be watching
• 1:09:39
  last chance you around this time that's gone.
• 1:09:41
  So bringing college football back was a great way to get
• 1:09:46
  people to stay in the house and not go out and kill each other.
• 1:09:49
  Yeah, I mean, July used to be all about preview magazines and
• 1:09:53
  NT AA and we and we got them back.
• 1:09:57
  And now you got now you got Mattei grinding and killing 13.
• 1:10:02
  Year. Olds, Yeah, killing 10 year olds
• 1:10:04
  online. 7 picks a game. Yay, they're killing me.
• 1:10:10
  We got KIRO with gas, man. He came for your neck.
• 1:10:14
  You know who that is though, man?
• 1:10:15
  I've seen Kevin poster. I had a post on I think it was
• 1:10:19
  on Twitter that that I seen Kevin post and his his sons,
• 1:10:23
  like I got a couple of friends that are doing it.
• 1:10:25
  You know, I got one, one of my guys that's here, I sold cars
• 1:10:27
  with his sons at USC. He he went to Georgia State and
• 1:10:32
  didn't transfer it over to to USC Southern Cal.
• 1:10:35
  So you know, somebody like Kevin that's playing the game.
• 1:10:39
  Your son is in this game. 2 two kids, 2 two sons.
• 1:10:44
  You know what I'm saying? You can't call them kids like
• 1:10:45
  grown men. Like he's playing with his he's
• 1:10:48
  it's his kids playing with his sons on the game.
• 1:10:51
  Like that's awesome to see, man. Another one of my buddies, he
• 1:10:54
  his sons at Kennesaw State. He's a cornerback.
• 1:10:56
  I've seen him posting some stuff.
• 1:10:58
  And then my cousin, he's a he's a high school coach and he just
• 1:11:01
  had screenshots of all of his kids that he's got kids at, you
• 1:11:05
  know, high level programs. He got kids at Ole Miss,
• 1:11:10
  Clemson. Well, Tennessee, he's got kids
• 1:11:13
  all over right now. So I see him posting like clips
• 1:11:16
  of them playing with each other and them playing with
• 1:11:19
  themselves. And that's just awesome, man.
• 1:11:21
  To be able to get back to that and just distract you from all
• 1:11:24
  the bullshit that happens in the world that you know that people
• 1:11:26
  are tired of. Like it's just it, it, it's
• 1:11:30
  awesome to see, man. Like I'm I'm so glad it's back
• 1:11:33
  and I'm ready for the real thing to start.
• 1:11:35
  Damn right. And real quick, just so y'all
• 1:11:38
  know, Brian's low keying it because Brian doesn't work on
• 1:11:41
  Friday. So I got a feeling.
• 1:11:43
  That Brian's going to pull. Yeah, I'm, I'm putting in, I'm
• 1:11:45
  putting in a lot of hours on Friday.
• 1:11:47
  I've been. I've been like you.
• 1:11:48
  Know I got to get up. Together, giving a few hours
• 1:11:50
  here, a few hours there. Friday's going to be at least
• 1:11:53
  that whole morning is going to be a marathon probably before we
• 1:11:55
  can get some other stuff in the afternoon.
• 1:11:58
  But man, it's, it's, it feels so good to have it back.
• 1:12:01
  Man, It's it's just. Well, let me ask you all this
• 1:12:03
  because it came out a few days, I guess a couple weeks ago and
• 1:12:08
  they were doing the toughest places to play Texas 17 and
• 1:12:12
  y'all are now playing the game where they're saying like they
• 1:12:15
  got A&M at 1 Oogas 5 swamps 10. Is it?
• 1:12:22
  I mean, Mattea, I think you mentioned it about having like
• 1:12:24
  the the atmosphere of Tech like this is real.
• 1:12:27
  Does that come across in the game?
• 1:12:29
  Like if you were playing LSU in Death Valley, like the controls
• 1:12:34
  are different. Like you try to hike the ball
• 1:12:36
  like I'm pressing X hike the damn ball.
• 1:12:38
  Is is that something that's showing through in the gameplay
• 1:12:40
  about the toughest places? So I haven't, I haven't played
• 1:12:44
  like the top top teams yet, so I'm sure I'll discover that
• 1:12:48
  soon. I, I did see I'll probably throw
• 1:12:51
  9 picks, but I did see that list.
• 1:12:56
  I yeah, I mean, there's a lot of places on there.
• 1:12:59
  I think, you know, tech definitely feels good.
• 1:13:01
  I mean, I was playing Aztec, but it feels great in there on 3rd
• 1:13:05
  downs on defense. And it, it definitely feels that
• 1:13:09
  way. Like it, I'm excited to go to
• 1:13:11
  like the shoe and see what that's all about.
• 1:13:14
  But again, like I was kind of saying earlier, there's like so
• 1:13:18
  much to explore. Like I don't think I'll get sick
• 1:13:20
  of this game, which is a good thing.
• 1:13:22
  So definitely excited for those prime time matchups.
• 1:13:25
  What about y'all Brian Tally? Just playing like the fields of
• 1:13:28
  some of those bigger stadiums that are the higher ranked.
• 1:13:31
  Yeah, I mean, just a personal commentary.
• 1:13:33
  I feel like 17 is a little too low, but you know, I, I think
• 1:13:37
  top 12, top ten maybe, but you know, 17, I'm not going to hate
• 1:13:41
  it. You can definitely feel the
• 1:13:44
  difference when you're playing in a loud stadium.
• 1:13:48
  OK. I've played probably I guess a
• 1:13:54
  dozen games at this point, couple big Rd. games.
• 1:14:01
  Vanderbilt felt like you really weren't impacted unless there
• 1:14:07
  was like a tight moment or something like that.
• 1:14:11
  It wasn't going to get loud at all.
• 1:14:13
  When it did get loud, it really it didn't really show much of A
• 1:14:16
  distraction where as you flip over, you know, you play
• 1:14:19
  somewhere else, you play like a trying to remember the one that
• 1:14:24
  oh, I played West Virginia, it got it got pretty loud there.
• 1:14:30
  You could tell the difference, you know, comparing that
• 1:14:32
  atmosphere against the atmosphere like down at
• 1:14:34
  Vanderbilt. It was a significant difference
• 1:14:37
  as far as the that day-to-day impact.
• 1:14:41
  You know, I'm looking forward to checking out some of the other
• 1:14:43
  stadiums. I've pretty much only played
• 1:14:47
  other than like that one off game against West Virginia.
• 1:14:50
  I've only played one other. I've only played the games on
• 1:14:54
  our 2024 schedule at this point. So you know, you kind of know
• 1:15:00
  what that looks like. And there's not a ton of marquee
• 1:15:03
  matchups, especially ones away from Lane Stadium this year, so.
• 1:15:07
  About you Tyler. Did you and your son mess around
• 1:15:09
  and play at some crazy stadiums? No, man, I'm sure he was
• 1:15:12
  grinding on it all night. Like I said, I only play for
• 1:15:15
  about 1/2 and it was just, you know, I just wanted to kind of
• 1:15:18
  see what the Hokies had and what they were doing.
• 1:15:20
  And one thing I took from so I haven't been able to get into
• 1:15:23
  the the stadiums and things like that besides playing at, you
• 1:15:26
  know, playing at lane. And it was it was getting lying
• 1:15:29
  on 3rd down and I was I was Virginia Tech, so it was helpful
• 1:15:32
  to me. But I'll tell you what, I wasn't
• 1:15:35
  doing very good running the ball, but #33 was not going down
• 1:15:41
  with one hit. I promise you that.
• 1:15:43
  Like he was getting me. He was getting me three or four
• 1:15:46
  yards when I was running into people, so tuting is pretty
• 1:15:50
  tough on them. So it was it was I was like,
• 1:15:52
  Dang, it's like him for real. So it's pretty awesome all.
• 1:15:56
  Right, so now we got y'all having the experience and saying
• 1:15:58
  in the game, if you go to one of the loudest stadiums, it's
• 1:16:01
  tough. Y'all saw the list.
• 1:16:04
  First of all, one stadium matte. You've been to some of them.
• 1:16:09
  We've all been to some of them. We what's like the other?
• 1:16:12
  Like that place isn't that loud. That place isn't intimidating.
• 1:16:16
  That place isn't tough. And.
• 1:16:20
  If you need to pass, you can pass 'cause I I got mine
• 1:16:23
  already. I don't know if I need a pass,
• 1:16:25
  maybe it was just because of the outcome of the game, but maybe
• 1:16:28
  Florida State. It was very loud in the
• 1:16:33
  beginning and it was a phenomenal time as the game went
• 1:16:36
  on, very much quieted out. That's because they scored three
• 1:16:40
  points. One thing I was shocked though,
• 1:16:44
  that I didn't see on the list, unless I'm completely missing
• 1:16:47
  it, is Washington. Like, where's Washington?
• 1:16:50
  Are they on there? I don't think.
• 1:16:54
  So they are not in the top 25 though.
• 1:16:56
  So that's your too low. Like, yeah, why don't we get
• 1:16:58
  getting get insane? Like, I think that is one of the
• 1:17:01
  most underrated places. Like, I've never been there, but
• 1:17:05
  sometimes when I'm missing football enough, I will go on
• 1:17:08
  those videos to like see the fan bases screaming and shouting.
• 1:17:11
  And Washington is always up there.
• 1:17:13
  So I was kind of surprised not to see him.
• 1:17:16
  Honestly, honestly, both of the big Pacific Northwest teams are
• 1:17:20
  too low because Washington's not on here and Oregon's at 11.
• 1:17:24
  Yeah. Who's too high then?
• 1:17:33
  I, I mean, I, I think, I think you go right, right back to FSU.
• 1:17:37
  I don't think it really gets loud at Bama.
• 1:17:39
  They just have a pretty high capacity, but they got.
• 1:17:42
  Oh, no, it's loud. You got a whole bunch of drunk.
• 1:17:45
  You got a whole bunch of drunk rednecks.
• 1:17:47
  They loud. There's a whole bunch of them.
• 1:17:51
  But I don't know. I don't.
• 1:17:52
  I mean, I've never paid attention enough to like the
• 1:17:55
  reason I say that. Like Alabama, like being at
• 1:17:58
  Tuscaloosa compared to being at Auburn is significantly louder.
• 1:18:04
  Alabama's loud or not. Yeah, Auburn's smaller.
• 1:18:07
  But like South Carolina, I don't know, like, is South Carolina
• 1:18:10
  loud? Like they're on the list and I
• 1:18:13
  don't like I don't hear people talking about and you know the
• 1:18:16
  game that. But again, I don't pay a lot of
• 1:18:18
  attention to them, but I just seen them on there.
• 1:18:20
  I was like, is South Carolina loud?
• 1:18:23
  For for a stadium that's older, they have a good stadium, but I
• 1:18:25
  don't know necessarily know if they're like super loud, like
• 1:18:29
  like that, especially compared to the other SEC teams that are
• 1:18:33
  kind of on this list, like they're right there.
• 1:18:36
  You know, with Auburn in this list.
• 1:18:38
  I mean, Tennessee could be a little bit higher.
• 1:18:43
  Tennessee could be high. I agree.
• 1:18:44
  With Oregon's a lot higher, they got a lot of people at Tennessee
• 1:18:47
  man let. Me, tell you who's too high?
• 1:18:49
  There's two that's too high. One is Oklahoma.
• 1:18:52
  I have never heard anybody being scared to go play in Norman at
• 1:18:55
  Memorial. And this other one is the
• 1:18:58
  Horseshoe, because if y'all go back to 2014, watching it on my
• 1:19:03
  television set, we were the loudest people in the stadium
• 1:19:06
  that night. You heard more hokey fans
• 1:19:08
  cheering than Ohio State fans that night.
• 1:19:11
  So I like what you said the other week, Tyler, when me and
• 1:19:14
  you chatted. It's tough to play because they
• 1:19:16
  got the best players. That's why it's tough to play at
• 1:19:18
  those places, right? MY2 low.
• 1:19:21
  First of all, I don't give a damn.
• 1:19:23
  A&M does not need to be #1 LSU is number one.
• 1:19:27
  LSU is. I agree.
• 1:19:28
  LSU should be #1. I want to tell you something
• 1:19:31
  else too, man, Like Mississippi State, like they haven't had the
• 1:19:35
  best program, but as far as being on this list with some of
• 1:19:39
  these other SEC schools, like you do not want to be anywhere
• 1:19:44
  near them cowbells when it's going on.
• 1:19:45
  And I promise you maybe the ears will be ringing.
• 1:19:48
  It is miserable. Like it's miserable to be there
• 1:19:50
  if you opposing team, you know what I'm saying?
• 1:19:53
  Like they it's loud there. Like, and again, just looking at
• 1:19:56
  the list like I was like, is Michigan State loud?
• 1:19:58
  You know what I mean? Like I don't watch enough games
• 1:20:00
  there to know, but I I don't hit like I know Michigan.
• 1:20:04
  I've heard enough games and seen enough games.
• 1:20:07
  What what Michigan is doing like videos and things like that, but
• 1:20:09
  Michigan State I don't know. So it.
• 1:20:12
  Doesn't it doesn't seem like that the other one, Brian and
• 1:20:14
  and this is my other two low Oregon should be higher Oregon.
• 1:20:19
  Washington is it is an atrocity. They're not on here in a team
• 1:20:23
  like like Boise's on here like Boise's not loud.
• 1:20:28
  It's a Bluefield like, let's let's be real here.
• 1:20:32
  Boise is another one that like it's loud for AG5 program
• 1:20:38
  historically AG5 program right so.
• 1:20:40
  It's loud for would you rather go to Boise and the Bluefield or
• 1:20:44
  would you rather go to the Sound and go to Washington?
• 1:20:47
  And play a game. Yeah, No.
• 1:20:48
  I'm gonna go to Boise. Exactly.
• 1:20:50
  Exactly. Oh.
• 1:20:51
  Man I could literally talk about this for hours but.
• 1:20:53
  If I mean Arkansas may be a little high I I don't have
• 1:20:56
  enough frame of reference but like I've never heard.
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  Damn, I really don't want to go play Arkansas this week.
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  Like that's not some shit that you hear.
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  Like they they. They're loud.
• 1:21:07
  Yeah, but they're not in I, I wouldn't say they're any louder
• 1:21:10
  than your average SEC school. So they kind.
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  Of like, yeah, because the thing that all throws me off is like
• 1:21:17
  people say, you know, they just not, they just don't win enough
• 1:21:20
  to be like, like, we've been winning.
• 1:21:22
  But we always have been loud. Always.
• 1:21:24
  Like, yeah. That stadium's always rocking,
• 1:21:26
  you know what I'm saying? At least for a little while.
• 1:21:28
  Maybe it's a halftime, at least you know what I'm saying.
• 1:21:30
  But some of these places, I just don't see or don't watch them
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  enough or see enough. Like of them being loud like
• 1:21:37
  there's no videos of them to subject to support what that
• 1:21:41
  what the list was I guess. Yeah, I mean, there nobody, like
• 1:21:44
  I said, nobody talks about Arkansas being a tough place to
• 1:21:47
  go. Like, they just don't, you know,
• 1:21:50
  they, they might be tough if they're having a good year, but
• 1:21:53
  like nobody says, you know, upset city.
• 1:21:56
  I do not want to go to Fayetteville.
• 1:21:58
  Just because it's at, you know, it's at Fayetteville, yeah.
• 1:22:00
  They just, they say I don't want to go to Fayetteville.
• 1:22:03
  They ain't even. It ain't fucking there all.
• 1:22:08
  Righty well, hopefully when this thing gets done redone next
• 1:22:11
  year, we are back in the rightful spot in the top ten,
• 1:22:15
  because that's Brian. My opinion would tally what you
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  said. You ever seen a three and 17
• 1:22:20
  just get sell out after sell out and it's loud and you can't hear
• 1:22:24
  yourself think that's what happened?
• 1:22:26
  Hey, Peyton was talking about it when he was talking about the
• 1:22:28
  hoagies. Like, yeah, they were.
• 1:22:29
  They were selling out when they didn't have anything to sell.
• 1:22:32
  Exactly. Exactly all right, last piece
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  and and I love it that that that it fell like this because of the
• 1:22:39
  building or the name of this episode.
• 1:22:42
  It's called building a legacy, and if y'all didn't see it, go
• 1:22:46
  back and look back at the end of the last month.
• 1:22:49
  Bill Conley basically wrote an article of the top most 30
• 1:22:53
  influential college football teams of all time.
• 1:22:56
  And I mean, you start looking through this list, you're
• 1:22:59
  talking about like 93 Florida. Like the years on the Spurrier
• 1:23:04
  when fun and guns started the Swamp became prevalent.
• 1:23:06
  You're talking about 19 LSU. You're talking about 86 Miami.
• 1:23:10
  You're talking about some of the teams like BYU and some of the
• 1:23:14
  Bama teams. And lo and behold, at #20 is
• 1:23:18
  1999, we did not win a national championship.
• 1:23:21
  We played. And when I saw that in where we
• 1:23:26
  sit right now and where we where we were, what we've went through
• 1:23:31
  and you see that pop up and especially this whole thing, the
• 1:23:35
  recruiting momentum that Matei talked about all tonight,
• 1:23:39
  college football, ESP or EACFB coming back in.
• 1:23:43
  Damn, Texas 17, we're one of the toughest places to play.
• 1:23:47
  It's, I don't know, it just, it just keeps me.
• 1:23:54
  I don't know, I feel like I'm going to do something dumb in a
• 1:23:55
  month here y'all? Don't, don't drink 1/5 of Evan
• 1:24:01
  Williams. Will not do that.
• 1:24:04
  I will not do that but. Nobody else did that.
• 1:24:06
  Somebody else did it, but. But they did that.
• 1:24:08
  Who the hell did that? But nobody with their brain
• 1:24:11
  would do that. But we'll tell you, when you saw
• 1:24:14
  that list come out and you saw that and everything else going
• 1:24:17
  on, what was the first thing to come through your mind?
• 1:24:19
  I mean, it's it's great. I mean, I know it's maybe a
• 1:24:22
  little crazy to put in the context.
• 1:24:24
  Yeah, they played in a national championship game but didn't
• 1:24:27
  win. But when you think of like what
• 1:24:29
  the entire fan base has been dreaming about and like how
• 1:24:33
  that's kind of transcended what Virginia Tech is to the college
• 1:24:36
  landscape, like we have our jerseys based off that year, you
• 1:24:41
  know, like that is our influence are, you know, we're constantly
• 1:24:44
  talking about what Michael Vick did.
• 1:24:47
  And I think it's, I think it's true, like in a lot of ways,
• 1:24:51
  like Virginia Tech, when they are at their best, they are a
• 1:24:55
  part of the pinnacle of college football.
• 1:24:57
  Like they are what makes the game, the game so special.
• 1:25:01
  And so it is extremely influential.
• 1:25:04
  I think 20 is great. Correct me if I'm wrong.
• 1:25:07
  That's a top 30 list. The top 30 list a lot of great
• 1:25:10
  teams not included. On there it's, you know, it's
• 1:25:13
  tough to pick all those schools, but I think certainly a good
• 1:25:16
  shout for what has transcended an entire fan base.
• 1:25:20
  Yeah, definitely, definitely. Yeah, it's, I'll go ahead.
• 1:25:24
  Brian, I mean to cut you off. No, you're good.
• 1:25:26
  You're good. I was just going to say, when
• 1:25:28
  you look at that team and what that meant for the program and
• 1:25:33
  how that program was already on that upward trajectory and that
• 1:25:37
  just kind of pushed it over. You're talking about the
• 1:25:39
  enrollment bumps, you're talking about the recruiting bumps that
• 1:25:42
  happened, happened on the heel of that.
• 1:25:44
  And, but they, you touched on it.
• 1:25:47
  And Sheldon and I actually were on a podcast earlier this week,
• 1:25:52
  you know, talking about, you know, teams that have a
• 1:25:54
  puncher's chance to, to, to make some noise this year.
• 1:25:56
  And, you know, one of the things that they were talking about and
• 1:26:00
  that I hear all the time, and it's such a compliment, is that
• 1:26:04
  college football is more fun when Virginia Tech is good, even
• 1:26:07
  for fans of other teams. And I think that means a lot as
• 1:26:11
  a Hokies fan because obviously we're, we're in the shit.
• 1:26:13
  Like we, we, we live it, we breathe it.
• 1:26:16
  We're here all the time. It's nice knowing that others
• 1:26:21
  see the value in the things that we appreciate, the things that
• 1:26:25
  we have always loved about this program.
• 1:26:27
  So seeing that, getting celebrated a little bit and
• 1:26:30
  bringing some of that national relevance back has been good and
• 1:26:34
  it started with that team and that's why that team is
• 1:26:36
  influential. Yeah, definitely.
• 1:26:40
  It's like whenever you're making a list, like a most influential
• 1:26:45
  list, like when you, I think a lot of basketball fans, whenever
• 1:26:49
  you talk about it, like you always go to a who you buy, It's
• 1:26:52
  like, oh, I'm a Kobe fan, I'm a LeBron fan, I'm a Jordan fan.
• 1:26:56
  We're just talking about who's the most influential, right?
• 1:26:59
  So if you remove this team or you remove that player out of
• 1:27:03
  the history of the game, does the history of the game change?
• 1:27:07
  Absolutely. So that's what you look at with
• 1:27:10
  that team. If you remove that team out of
• 1:27:12
  the history of college football, does college football change?
• 1:27:16
  It does, because you had a play on that.
• 1:27:18
  I mean, you had a lot of great players on that team, but you
• 1:27:21
  had a play on that. It really transcended what
• 1:27:24
  quarterback position is, you know what I'm saying?
• 1:27:26
  Like he did three star starting ranking system, go to Virginia
• 1:27:32
  Tech hometown school, draft it first, and then he went on to be
• 1:27:37
  who he is, Michael Vick. You know what I'm saying?
• 1:27:39
  And then now you see all the like the quarterbacks after him.
• 1:27:43
  Not saying there was never, you know, a mobile quarterback
• 1:27:45
  before him. So oh, heads don't come after
• 1:27:47
  me, but I'm just saying the way that he played the game, a lot
• 1:27:50
  of people hadn't seen it that way.
• 1:27:52
  And even before that, you talk about like what Bema was doing.
• 1:27:58
  Again, I hate to keep on bringing Kevin in it, but we've
• 1:28:01
  talked to Kevin plenty of times. And when he takes his son on a
• 1:28:04
  recruiting visit and he looks at the the quarterback wall, I
• 1:28:07
  mean, it does make a difference. When you see when you are a
• 1:28:10
  African American quarterback and you look up on the wall at
• 1:28:14
  Virginia Tech and you see four African American quarterbacks
• 1:28:18
  that have been there, that's they're greats.
• 1:28:19
  It's not a lot of schools that have that pedigree.
• 1:28:23
  Frank was great at doing that. He was going to put the best on
• 1:28:26
  the field and that's what that team was made of.
• 1:28:28
  Whoever the best is, it don't matter where you come from.
• 1:28:31
  It don't matter what your ranking is.
• 1:28:32
  We're putting you on the field and we're going to go compete
• 1:28:35
  with the best. That's what that team was.
• 1:28:37
  That's what Virginia Tech has started to get back to.
• 1:28:40
  Brent Pry has done a great job to come in and say, you know, we
• 1:28:44
  got to get back to those roots. And he's like the perfect
• 1:28:48
  husband, you know what I'm saying?
• 1:28:49
  Like you keep waiting on him to mess up.
• 1:28:50
  You're like, I know this motherfucker lying somewhere.
• 1:28:52
  You know what I'm saying? Like everything that he says is
• 1:28:55
  like, right, you know, but he, he is who he is.
• 1:28:58
  Like everything that he said when he came in, like you got to
• 1:29:01
  go back and go like he stuck to it.
• 1:29:03
  He stuck to his roots. He stuck to, you know, the, the
• 1:29:08
  recruiting footprint. He stuck to what he says about
• 1:29:10
  the uniforms. Like again, I know I'm getting
• 1:29:13
  off the but talking about that team and then leading it into
• 1:29:16
  into what we see now, it's nostalgia, you know what I'm
• 1:29:19
  saying? And like again, me being here in
• 1:29:21
  Alabama, everybody says the same thing like we'll be in the
• 1:29:25
  office and everybody college football's coming up, man.
• 1:29:27
  We can't wait to be who's your team or Virginia Tech?
• 1:29:29
  I ain't I ain't worried about that.
• 1:29:31
  Like I'm I'm happy about that. I don't care.
• 1:29:33
  We want y'all to be good, you know, because most people here
• 1:29:35
  are SEC fans. They don't care if we good, we
• 1:29:37
  ain't bothering them, you know what I mean?
• 1:29:38
  So they want to see us good. And it it like you turn on the
• 1:29:42
  TV on a Thursday night and you see Virginia Tech, you know
• 1:29:45
  you're going to see a good game, so.
• 1:29:47
  Yep, I'm going to. I'm going to end it right at
• 1:29:49
  that because you, you put a great.
• 1:29:51
  Cap on the up. Yep, fired up for the season we
• 1:29:55
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• 1:29:57
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• 1:30:00
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