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Georgia Tech Game Preview · Boundary Corner Podcast

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Welcome back to be boundary Corner podcast.
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I am Curtis Wilson. I'm Brian Sigler.
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How you doing tonight, buddy? Oh buddy.
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It's hump day was also my Monday.
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So two good things where it's the first day of the week but
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also on the back after tomorrow, there you go.
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Always a good week. Had some chili tonight for
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dinner and it's the perfect weather outside for chili.
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Oh man, it Follow y'all. It is all in.
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We looked at the weather forecast for the next 10 days
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and it's like not getting above. So maybe getting about 70 not
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below 65 at night, we're looking between like 44 and like 50 it
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is fall. It is get the fire pit going.
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Chill out Halloween is in a few days always a fun time.
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It's on a Get in here. So that kind of the middle
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ground, not perfect, but not terrible.
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Could absolutely be on the worst day it could that's Monday.
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It's next year's going to be chaos in hell for those who are
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parents and have never done it. But I mean you have got to do it
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once. In our children's lifetime
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Monday, Halloween is the most god-awful Day first.
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It's the worst, how do you sit here and, you know, you're
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coming off a weekend so it's a Monday rush and then your You're
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getting them from school or pick him up from daycare and then
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you're storming home. As fast as you can already tired
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and Hill from the weekend and the first day of work to get
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them dressed to go out trick-or-treating.
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It's one of those things to, you got to know to call it an early
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night, right? Like after you've been like an
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hour and you see, they have enough, all right, we're good.
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Yeah, this you're like 2/3 full, we're going to call it, we're
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going to call it right now. Well but we got more houses to
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go to no no. They're gonna You did good.
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You did good. We're cutting off.
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Their lights are going to go in. So look forward to it this
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weekend though and I obviously looking forward to the Hokies
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again which I just looked at my schedule.
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I'm going to have to watch that thing on a full replay kind of
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events and stuff on Saturday. So how about you you're gonna be
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able to catch it live or you going to be no, no, essentially
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what you said last week, would you say that's what he gets?
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We were talking tape delay. A tape delay.
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No anxiety, right? No anxiety.
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Yeah. It was kind of, I mean,
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especially considering the outcome of last week's game,
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being able to watch the tape for the first time without having
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the outcome hanging over your head.
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That was, that was kind of Ideal.
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So I'm not going to be watching it that way this week,
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unfortunately, or fortunately, for me, I got to enjoy I get to
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enjoy the game or lament the game in real time so the three
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hours stomachache get your Pepto-Bismol ready?
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Yeah. Yeah, let's hope.
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We're not, we're not dealing with that again.
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All right, well before we get into Georgia, Tech are obviously
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things were going to be talking about here, folks.
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A lot of it this week, we're looking at really directly has
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to deal with, you know, potential future of hokey
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football and Brian. You know the thing that I want
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to look at and this is not in the ACC, this is not even In the
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eastern part of the country. Texas, Tech earlier this week
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fires, Matt Wells. And you know, if it did not
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light up a an idea in your mind of what potentially could
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happen, then you haven't been paying attention on that Wells
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have been there. Three years, 13 and 19 had come
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off a successful run at Utah State.
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I still think he's a good coach, but I think Texas Tech sees the
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writing on the wall and they are trying to Get way ahead of this,
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especially with Oklahoma and Texas.
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Both leaving the conference in a few years.
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Try to get themselves on stable ground.
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And, you know, Brian you kind of sit here and I read an article
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from Chicago, rah-rah a pronounced, his name wrong, I
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apologize. And he starts discussing the
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coaches that could potentially go to Texas Tech. and it's some
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names that have been thrown out for our job, at least one, but a
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lot of other ones you keep talking about, So when T is
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going to land somewhere? Yep.
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Yes he is and you've been talking about G5.
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Well, the first name and it popped up earlier today.
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The guys already been contacted is Jeff trailer down at UTSA if
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you haven't read on Jeff trailer guy.
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Basically Texas. High School coaching Legend
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multiple titles at the 48 level. Did not get into Collegiate
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coaching until like six years. Ago.
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So there's one right? That's one.
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So there's one right there. Then you look Sonny Dykes Down
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at SMU. Yep.
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You know if Sonny Dykes had been at several big programs went
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out, west coast has not had much success.
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Fair has been very successful back to Destiny last few years
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direct connection. It would kind of be like Shane
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coming here. His dad was Spike Dykes who
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coach for 15 years their kind of help them set up the success
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that Mike Leach add you know for a decade there.
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Yep, that's a G5 landing spot. I don't know.
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If SMU comes off a good season goes and hires a guy who's you
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know, 3 & 9. I hope it's not that, but I'm
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looking worse case may be that then they talk about Graham.
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Harrell. And they talk about Kendall
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briles, offensive coordinators at Major P5 programs.
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Right? Yep.
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USA. Today is already written the
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article for Wednesday, should go out to USC and repairs image
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leading that So you hear all these names and these potential
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positions and where there could be leaving if he's fired it's an
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easy step for him to get in any of those positions.
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Don't think Ron. Yeah, this is the trickle-down
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we were talking about when we were looking at some of the
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prospects last week and, you know, like everything it's going
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to be some jobs, going to open up that's going to cause some
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folks, may be in other other areas to move on, it looks like
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there's going to be just as Much movement at the G5 level as
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their, there will be at the power 5 level.
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That's going to open up spots where, you know, maybe Fuente
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gets a soft Landing, which will help us out.
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Help him out long-term. So, you know, we'll see how it
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shakes out but that also obviously has those talking
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about some of the stuff with fool in the hot seat.
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Obviously right? The Feldman stuff that came out
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was Pretty pretty on the nose and said it right.
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Like yeah that he is at odds with people up in Blacksburg.
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We I mean that's things we're hearing feeling and then he
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mention names, we mentioned Dykes Dykes was put back in
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there you know essentially an edit to the article but the
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first name was Billy Napier. Yeah.
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And you know building a Here is a name that is on a ton of
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Hokies lips right now. So, you know, it's not a, not a
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shock. I mean, what he's done down with
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the Raging Cajuns is very impressive over the last few
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years and just kind of in general.
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It's he's a guy that was at Clemson one.
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Dabo's first starting, he got, let go spend some time at
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Alabama couple of see jobs, you know, he's been it You know,
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again with the Ragin Cajuns down to the louisiana-lafayette since
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eighteen and, you know, basically one the Sundial
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championship last year has won the division, the west division
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of the Sunbelt every year. He's been there.
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Yeah, let me ask how you feel about that.
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Hey G, five offensive coordinator, you do actually
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come in sunny days. Even though Dykes has head
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coaching experiences in pg5 P5, Level.
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How do you feel about getting a G5 head coach with primarily as
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an offensive background problem? So I think the difference with
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Napier compared to Fuente is kind of the stops he's made
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between Clemson Bama. I mean, he's, he's been at some
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high-profile schools, he knows how winning works at the power 5
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level at that high profile schools.
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Yeah. So, I think that's the
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difference that, when we look at Napier compared to 20 or
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compared to your typical G5 coach thinking, Chad, well as an
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example. Yeah.
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And a couple other guys so that's where Napier really kind
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of separates himself. I think from that pack, the
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other name that we keep getting thrown out.
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There is Clausen, Dave, pause, and they've Clausen that Wake
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Forest. So that's one where, you know,
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he can't come in and expect to do what he's doing at Wake
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Forest and be happy with, you know, being a Plucky.
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Overachiever compared to the the type of guys he's bringing in
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and the program. He if he comes here, it's kind
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of kind of got to be a mandate, where are you need to bring in
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some coordinators that are going to lift the recruiting up and
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then Expectations are going to be what they normally are.
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That's when the coastal every year compete for the ACC title
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every few years, potentially get a playoff bid in there as well.
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So, That's going to be the interesting thing to watch out
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for with Claussen is who he brings if he would get that job
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and what that would entail. But it's going to be interesting
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next few weeks to see how this plays out for Justin Fuente and
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Blacksburg. It's very true and with Clawson
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you know 70 this year under 500, his first seven years there I
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look at specially. Let's start with 2016 4 7. 8 7 8
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4 Last year, let's not worry about that 70 this year.
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He's got to add a plus two to every seven one year.
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You're going 9, 10 9, 10 9, and 0 out of the gate.
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Yeah, probably can live with it. The one thing I worry about
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Clawson now, You've seen him talk.
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You've heard him speak. It feels like a win today 2.0
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you don't feel the energy coming off of him which is something I
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feel like we need at this point in time and you know we need the
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guy. Yeah do I because I mean it's
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it's definitely the it's probably even less sexy than a
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pier right internally significantly less sexist in
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terms of the pic there. So one thing to and then Clausen
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stop along the way. You know his biggest job since
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he started coaching the 1989 is thanks the white D Vic out there
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saying Clausen. He ain't it, I'm kind of with
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you he has some good stops to me he would be like the perfect guy
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to make his career. Going to somewhere.
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Let me, let me let me do this for a second.
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Like you would have been a good Tennessee.
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To stop the bleeding. Get the guys to play good solid
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football. And then in three years after he
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went seven, eight and eight, then let him go.
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We're gonna let him go, just not quite there, he kind of reshapes
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your image but it's not going to be able to take that step.
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Yeah. And I think you know, I think
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overall it's going to be hard for him.
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I don't know if he has the connections to bring in the the
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coordinators and I don't think that he's going to really
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energize the fan base. Or the donors and just the
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overall foundation of the, of the program, the way I think we
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need after this. Exactly.
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So I think that's kind of where he is in place with him.
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He's 54, you spend the next five to six years down at weight
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continuing to win seven, eight, nine games.
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You're set for life because of who they are as a program.
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All right? Other big news, Brian really,
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and I think this affects the Keys, multiple ways, recruiting
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scheduling the future Sunbelt, essentially has expanded and
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they've expanded to three teens. The Hokies are very familiar
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with. I actually make it for because
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we played Southern Miss before as our off.
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Season schedule, Marshall J mu ODU and Southern Miss all added.
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That is now a 14 conference League looking like they're
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probably going to have an east and west division.
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Let's go help them with traveling.
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So it'll save you some Save some money for some of them folks at
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least for most of those games and it brings in, you know,
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Marshall ODU Southern Miss. They've got kind of that cash a
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already. And then you got J mu taking a
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step up there. So yeah, I think that's going to
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be big for that that conference. It definitely gets football
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eccentric programs, any of the mix there for them.
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And that that's, that's what it's all about for the Sun Belt.
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So, So good for them overall in the long-term.
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And like I said, it's going to help them with both there.
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Essentially their footprint but also help them with, on the
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Travel side of things as well. Yeah, big time with the travel
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side of things because now, essentially, you're going to
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have teams it, probably go from J.
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Mu B in the farthest point, North Down to Georgia Southern
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and then the West started in Alabama over to Texas State.
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For me, I think about it as a couple ways is a G5.
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It's as many as folks are not going to like this JM U OD, you
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Marsha, Cool app state are going to appear as probably future G5,
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Applause. And there's no way if we go down
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the road, where we think we're headed, essentially, to an
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extended play off potentially expanded games, where you're
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going to play nine conference games.
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One, probably 12 to P5 crossover games and then one G5 game.
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This is who were probably playing.
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You're not going to go too far up and away.
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Maybe even doing 24 ones. I know people will be irritated
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as crap about that but that's business now.
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Yeah but it's also one of those things.
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Some people might say, well this might hurt recruiting Because
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that low three-star guy we've been on my go to Jamie because
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he thinks he's going to get more time.
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Go back to the recruiting or to me the camp episode, right?
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Yep. With our buddy.
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Rob e, Compton. These camps.
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Everybody's everybody goes to if there is a kid popping off at
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the J mu camp. Trust us, and he's starting to
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get offers, we're going to be benefiting from that they're
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going to benefit from us we're going to benefit from them at
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least that's popping. You know, I might be wrong but I
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think it's going to help probably even more within State
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because some kid thinks he I'm not good enough to go to the
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tech Camp, he decides to go to the J mu camping, you know, JC
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prices, they're scouting because he has old connections, looks at
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the kid and says that's a that's a P5 player.
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Yeah. All right, that we think overall
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it's going to be a benefit for I really everybody.
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I don't think there's really a negative to that overall.
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No it's no - Prime's a little unfocused.
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Braves down 522 right now. Big win.
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Last night. Big win, big win last night.
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Hopefully, we can do a little bit tonight and get back in.
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It, got one run just in this past inning.
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So cut it from cutting from 4 to 3.
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So we'll see if we can claw back in.
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And maybe steal another one here, exactly kind of a big
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thing. You can we talked about it,
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Sunday night, 22 years since they've been there, I got a
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buddy David who actually with his cousin they went to Houston
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for both games, they were going to go to Atlanta and he told me
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that, you know, the difference in ticket prices, tween Houston,
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Atlanta games, probably double Triple quadruple quadruple, he
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looked at, look at prices for the Friday game.
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In ATL was over 1100, found 14, right at 370 last night, 304
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tonight. Okay, okay.
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Yeah, I knew a lot of like a lot of the bad seats are going for
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almost a grand in Atlanta. So yeah.
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But it's also one of these O'Keefe and I'm always tempted
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to text and like you tell me you didn't want to like fly down for
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the Saturday game. Go to watch, Georgia Tech play
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making weekend of it so you can so you could scream fire for
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Wednesday at the waist. 83, go. It's all there.
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All right. Before we jump into Georgia,
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Tech, we are going to look at a few Hokies and using notes on
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the first one. I don't like to hear this but
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Jermaine Waller was, was asking for one thing and he said, well,
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he's dead. Day.
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Yeah, we met same status as last week.
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So you know, whether that means he's going to be a go for
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Saturday or not, that definitely leaves that up in the air and
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fortunately, and, you know, he gave it a go in the first series
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last week. God, what next, what was in
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there and let's go and this is, this is there could be
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criticisms of, you know. Well he's letting injured guy.
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Guys play, this is every level of football.
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It happens guy who's been prepping and resting and he
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thinks it feels. OK during warmups, you actually
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have to get out there and game action.
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I know someone said you should know one warm-ups Ron.
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I'm sure there were times you were banged up where you felt
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fine and warm ups in the next thing.
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You know, you take the first step and it's like, nope, it's
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not happening today. Yeah, yeah, there are definitely
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times that that's happened. You know, it's one thing, In the
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to warm up and kind of run through stuff.
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It's another thing once you get in the heat of battle and
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pressing on it in ways that you didn't have to do and warm-ups
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and all of a sudden you just don't eat.
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It feels off, can't make came, it can make it happen.
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Then you've got essentially, tell the coach I can't go
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knowing that you're the liability versus, you know,
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there's some guys who might try to tough it out for two or three
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series and significantly hurt the team.
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So kudos to water for giving it the shot and then being Simply
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Having this phone to say, I can't go today.
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You. All right.
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Something else that was mentioned Brian something else
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we've been talking about is the defensive in-depth but word is
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Cole. Nelson is coming on more and
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more. Somebody in the last recruiting
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class already kind of had that sighs.
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What's your expectation from him?
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Going for his record is burned. There's no way we can get that
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back. You know what do you what Downs?
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Do you want to see him on that? Hopefully.
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Help the defensive end position. Yeah.
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If I'm Chris Coleman, I'm upset with that.
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But yeah, with Cole, I mean, it was necessary that one of those
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guys come on, right? Because of the depth issues that
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were created in part to school-related issues and in
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part to just recruiting related issues.
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So cold coming on is going to be big I think to give guys like
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Barney. And Garbutt some more, more time
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to rest up. Because I mean, the big problem
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we've had is that, you know, defensive line has been burned
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out at the end of games. Yeah.
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So here and that hopefully they put in more situations, just to
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give those guys breathers to save when we need those last
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eight or ten snaps where they have a little more energy.
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All right. One, we listen to this today and
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we literally had to pause this because it got me more to it.
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Maybe it didn't. You as much irritated sins.
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You have coach before, but I'm sure by now, everybody has heard
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with the game-winning touchdown. We were in the wrong coverage
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and we didn't get checked into it.
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Okay. It was what 42 seconds left
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somewhere. Thereabouts.
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Yes. Somewhere thereabouts, we had
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two timeouts to burn. Yep.
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This is where we go back to Game Day Management from a couple
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weeks ago, on our recap of the pit episode Can half of it.
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If you're not in the right coverage, you need to be calling
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time out. I know I'm shaking the computer
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screen from get anybody sick out there.
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I'm sorry, music burn it. Even if they didn't catch it,
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they had 40 plus seconds left. You weren't going to have the
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use. Those timeouts for anything
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else. Yep, we didn't burn it in.
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We were in the wrong coverage and we got burned and it wasn't
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a, it's all on you. Well, I said this, when Talked
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about earlier, you're essentially saving the timeouts
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for your one percent chance to win.
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Meaning that you know go driving the ball down the field for a
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touchdown with about 30 seconds left.
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Instead of you know taking the time out in your 75% chance to
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win the game. Exactly because if you just saw
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coverage in and you take away that over the top, they could
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still potentially nickel-and-dime me into it but
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You know, you're not giving the play up.
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Yeah, it's instead of a touchdown here, at least make
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them have to kick the field goal.
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There's a lot of imaginations that go into, that, that could
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create a miss a block, whatever. Yep.
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You always want to force them to do it the hard way, if you can.
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Exactly. So, you know, Braun good start
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to the sixth inning right there. Yeah.
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We've got a guy in scoring position.
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Only one out. Yeah, good start.
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right, Brian. Let's start off with the offense
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here. Georgia Tech kind of looking at
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some overall numbers 51st, rushing offense, 56 passing
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offense. So pretty balanced attack.
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One thing, they're not great at, but we have been clearly
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struggling with is giving up third Downs.
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There, 101 in the country. Only converting about 35 percent
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of the time. They are a 60/40 run, but would
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you consider this type offense? With their own gun, Georgia
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Tech. It's still another one of those
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kind of like, Smash Mouth type spread offenses, and they do
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have some RPO elements that they have in that offense as well.
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So you're going to see a lot of our po.
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You're going to see a lot of read option, you're going to see
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a lot of between the tackles own, a lot of inside Zone and it
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kind of starts with Jeff Sims their quarterback.
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He is a true dual threat. He's got good size, not not as
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big as Schrader that we, that we saw last week, but still good
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size. Great Runner, good Vision.
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When he's running the football throws, the ball.
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Well pretty accurate, you know, decent decent job of getting the
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ball down field as well. Probably the only big flaw in
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his game is decision-making. Sometimes he throws it up.
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Sometimes he throws flat when he needs to put a little bit more
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air under it. So little things like that, you
26:35
know, kind of take away from it, but overall, he's going to be a
26:38
handful. Well, absolutely, you mentioned
26:41
size 63 210. He was a top-15 dual credit and
26:45
came out in 2020. So really, this is only his
26:47
second full year as a college football quarterback.
26:52
He was a four-star guy. He had already missed two games
26:55
this year. Got a little banged up at the
26:56
Northern Illinois. We've talked about how that
26:59
could potentially be hurting them.
27:00
They did lose that game one. Next week, but they've been
27:04
going back and forth. Wins losses.
27:06
Wins losses. Yeah, the accuracy surprise me.
27:10
Brian, I thought he'd probably be somewhere in the lower 50s.
27:12
Now, 62 percent completion percentage thousand and eighty
27:16
nine yards, 9 touchdowns five picks, so that decision-making.
27:21
Really in the last three games, he's thrown the five picks.
27:25
So you know, it's not like it was one per game, he's sort of
27:30
kind of bunch them up here in these last.
27:32
Last three games, but eight and a half per attempt.
27:36
So definitely pushing the ball. Downfield, the Russian clip is
27:40
crazy, 6.7 a carry, 320 yards, and four touchdowns.
27:45
I mean another running quarterback it is the Kryptonite
27:50
of every Virginia Tech Hokies, you know, defense for the last.
27:56
What feels like 30 years. So you know, I think with him
28:01
he's like you said, we've A lot of good pieces about it and I
28:04
tell you what, he's got a hell of a running mate in backfield
28:08
with them. And Jameer Gibbs man, 511 200
28:11
pounds and this kid absolute study, top 50 player.
28:17
He was the number for running back in his class back in 2020
28:21
out of Dalton Georgia. I mean had a good freshman year
28:26
following it up. 411 rushing yards, little bit under 5 + 4 .6
28:31
per carry with only Two touchdowns but the past catching
28:35
last year in seven, games called 21, receptions for 320, excuse
28:40
me. This year is called 21.
28:41
Receptions for 320 yards and 15.2 /.
28:45
He was at twenty four receptions last year in seven games and
28:50
slightly over that 320. So that's a big piece of his
28:55
game. What else are we seeing?
28:56
From him Ryan? Yeah, he's a real dangerous.
28:59
All-purpose back when he gets to the second level.
29:02
He's got that. First, at the Home Run, he had a
29:04
71 yard touchdown against UVA, or he just got up the middle,
29:10
ran past the linebackers and safeties, and just took it in
29:14
really good. Burst through the hole above
29:16
average vision and like you said in the passing game he does a
29:19
good job of in the screen game and in the short passing game of
29:23
bacon guys. Missing space.
29:26
Yeah so a screen one of the screen plays from the UVA gain,
29:28
it was set up perfectly in with the Box we've waited patiently
29:32
And when the blocks he accelerated right at the field
29:36
for about 20 plus yard game and that's kind of where it scares
29:40
you, right? Because if he was just a good
29:42
one way threat, we've already had some struggles with them but
29:45
again the passing game really worries me now, they do have a
29:51
couple good spell backs and Dante Smith in Jordan Mason both
29:56
have over, 250 yards, this season from scrimmage Smith
30:00
watch Smith. And as good as Gibbs has, ran
30:05
Gibbs has only three touchdowns where Smith has four touchdowns.
30:08
So let's keep an eye on him in the red zone and in goal line
30:11
situations. But Brian, obviously, we talked
30:15
about the quarterback in the running back and this run game
30:18
in general. What's the offensive line
30:21
looking like good? Bad indifferent.
30:25
I think it's looking better than we anticipated at the start of
30:28
the year because they were pretty bad last year.
30:31
I'd say they're creeping into the above average category in
30:34
the Run blocking, especially the interior of the offensive line,
30:38
very hit-or-miss in past Pro. They do tend to give up some
30:42
sacks there and probably the standout player on the line is
30:47
there Center, Mikey minahan. He's done some really good
30:50
things. You see him kind of doing good
30:53
jobs, on the interior with the combos, getting up to the second
30:55
level. Given those linebackers off the
30:58
running backs and the quarterback.
30:59
So that's what you want to watch for for their offensive line
31:04
like the watch many hand, many hand, a three-star guy when he
31:07
came out a few years ago six three three hundred and from
31:13
Honolulu Hawaii. So you left Hawaii to come to
31:18
Georgia Tech. I really hope he's like an
31:21
engineering major something, because that is a long way to
31:24
come to play for Georgia, Tech football noticed.
31:29
But you know if you know if you were playing offensive line in
31:33
Hawaii Brian would you even leave the island?
31:36
Nah, yeah. I so let's take a look at the
31:42
receiving. Cornell two guys are real.
31:43
Standout mean, Brian. We already discussed it earlier.
31:47
You know, will you throw in a tight end their tight ends
31:50
block? Right run.
31:53
Yeah, I mean they'll occasionally catch a screen or
31:56
like a dump off but they're not any sort of there not being kind
32:00
of mapped out of the offenses as a weapon, but they do have two
32:04
very good outside or cheating. Very too good to very good
32:07
receivers. What do you got on Carrick noun?
32:12
He is the slot receiver. He kind of, does it all does.
32:16
A lot of screens short passes bubbles, but he'll run the full
32:23
route tree and and give you some work inside the numbers there as
32:27
well. So he's kind of their, their
32:31
guy, that that does a little bit of everything.
32:33
He'll move the sticks, but it'll also be a threat downfield.
32:35
And he's also a good Blocker on the perimeter of the, lets them
32:37
open up stuff in the running game.
32:39
Nice. McGowan is 5:11 198.
32:43
So let's go until your slot receiver, perfect, build my
32:47
recruited by Georgia Tech, do a Northwest transfer that came in
32:51
from Dalton Georgia as well. So again, heavy State guy goes
32:56
to Northwestern for a few years was a three-star.
32:58
And so far this year, averaging about 15 yards per catch six,
33:02
touchdowns six touchdowns out of the slightest, pretty crazy to
33:06
me 24/7. 359 yards, did you catch any of his touch?
33:11
Downs brown, or they long or they, is it a mixture of long
33:14
and when they get inside we did have a it's a mixture.
33:17
He did have a long one against UVA early on I think was their
33:20
first or second touchdown where he run ran a deep krauser got
33:25
hit deep towards the end zone for a touchdown, think about a
33:28
40-yarder. So so any spot on the field he
33:31
could potentially house correct? Oh wonderful.
33:35
All right. Other guy?
33:37
Bigger body guy, Malachi Carter 63 195.
33:42
Fifteen point. Six yards perception to E1 UPS
33:46
mcgown there. 25 perceptions 390 yards.
33:49
Only one touchdown so far so obviously maybe not a big body
33:53
receiver who high points. The ball was a three-story
33:56
Lawrenceville Georgia. So why am I seeing 63?
34:00
But only one touchdown run. He's primarily their deep
34:03
threat. They like to hit him deep with
34:07
the pass. He's a good job of taking the
34:09
top off the defense. Please a lot on special teams to
34:14
he doesn't do a whole lot in the Red Zone.
34:16
Primarily in the Red Zone, they are very much a pounded in the
34:19
end zone with their rushing attack or with their
34:22
quarterback. They don't throw the ball a ton
34:25
and when they do, it's usually kind of the underneath stuff.
34:27
So that's why you're not seeing a ton of production in the Red
34:30
Zone there for him. I got you.
34:33
So while the one touchdown and are they, are they kidding on
34:36
other deep passes or is it just one of those weird things if
34:40
he's not getting any of them? He's just doing a lot of work
34:42
between the 20s still getting pretty, pretty deep 20 plus
34:47
yards on a lot of these. But yeah, I think he has four
34:53
catches for over 30. So yeah, he's doing a lot of
34:55
work, just not as much inside the 20.
34:58
Okay. So it's essentially they're one
35:00
of these teams past to move the ball or running past the move
35:04
the ball but only run the ball two.
35:07
Yeah, they're pounded it in. Once they get the red zone
35:09
usually and got you You um and really there's not really much
35:15
else with their wide outs. You know, there wasn't anybody
35:19
else that to me statistically jumped off.
35:22
And when you kind of hear about power Smash Mouth spread, I'm
35:26
probably, are we going to see two tight end sets or two tight
35:29
ends in an HVAC, run with them or he's adjust, they have a
35:33
third receiver on the field to have a third receiver on the
35:35
field. You see a little bit of
35:39
everything, they kind of mix up their sets, but usually, they at
35:41
least have one H back on the field.
35:43
Okay, got it. All right, we're going to flip
35:46
over to the defense now. And I was kind of shocked to see
35:50
the defensive numbers they're 10 for against the pass.
35:54
So I mean Dreadful against the past 88 against the Run. 90
36:00
second in scoring defense, giving up about twenty nine a
36:03
game, obviously clearly Like last week, he scored 40 but lost
36:09
forty eight to forty much to Brian's dismay when he takes,
36:13
Georgia Tech plus 7. But what kind of Defense are
36:16
they running here? One is, this another stack?
36:19
Is this a 4 to 5? Is this a traditional?
36:22
We're you got another stack? It's a little bit different but
36:25
it's another stack. You know, 335 and kind of The
36:31
Usual Suspects. The two, the two, we're going to
36:33
focus on first is going to be the will linebacker.
36:38
Charlie Thomas, primarily their coverage linebacker really good
36:42
tackler in space. He's kind of the guy that keeps
36:46
it going for them. Make sure that things stay where
36:50
they need to kind of inside the hashes in the passing game.
36:55
Well, yeah, in Thomas, definitely pop.
36:57
It's out statistically. So you talk about keeping the
37:00
defense going moving. He definitely does that.
37:02
He's from Thomasville Georgia. He was a three-star and you know
37:07
being the 335 stack they classify him defensive back
37:10
linebacker at 62 2007. So little smallish, if we could
37:15
get up to that second level to him, but let me just say
37:18
something leads the team with three sacks.
37:22
That's eye-opening to me. That hey guy who's kind of the
37:27
hybrid is leading the team in sacks. 53, tackles five
37:31
additional tackles for loss to picks in one forced fumble.
37:35
So you know is it is it athleticism?
37:38
Is it motorers a little mixture of both little mixture of both.
37:42
You guys a lot of athleticism but he's got motor he'll get in
37:46
there. He's not he's a very willing
37:48
tackler and he does a good job of getting.
37:49
Guys. The dirt.
37:51
All right. Looks like he's got a partner
37:53
here quick. As Jackson, Another linebacker
37:58
leads a team. With sixty six, tackles five,
38:02
tackles for loss. One forced fumble, a three star
38:05
out of Fort Valley. Georgia.
38:08
Where is he? In the 335 spectrum of
38:11
linebackers. He's that strong side guy.
38:13
He's there he's there. Primary fourth rusher.
38:15
He's the guy that they're usually bringing either at the
38:18
snap or at a delay towards the line of scrimmage to confuse the
38:22
run and to Get pressure on the quarterback and he's their
38:27
primary run stopper at the linebacker position.
38:29
So he does a good job of stuff in things.
38:32
They don't push for a ton of tackles for loss but he's
38:35
usually right there. If you're if you're holding guys
38:37
to minimal game, Alright, good deal on him.
38:42
The next guy is the guy that kind of caught my eye size-wise
38:47
looking back at his recruiting profile and everything is Jared
38:51
IV 66 275 defensive lineman 22 tackles only a sack and a half
38:58
four tackles for loss was a top 200 player when he came out in
39:03
2020. We did offer him just to put
39:07
that out there, take it all for him.
39:10
Number 10 weeks. I'd defensive end for Star, but
39:14
his recruiting profile, which would have last been touched in
39:18
roughly, what February 20 2008 was weighing 225 billion, close
39:26
to 16 or 18 months that kid is put on 50 pounds at 275.
39:30
That's, I know. Guys can gain weight but to get
39:35
up that big that quick. It's no, it's no wonder why he
39:40
Ting. And what's the tape saying,
39:42
especially with that one and a half stack for on, he's actually
39:45
got a really good pass rush. He plays the defensive end of
39:48
that three man front and you know, not a ton of sex as we
39:52
talked about but he impacts the quarterback consistently.
39:55
He's getting after the quarterback, making them Rush
39:58
throws, move off the spot and things like that.
40:02
All right, let me ask this because always with the 335
40:05
stack you talked about Jackson being that for thrush.
40:10
I'm assuming he's on the outside at the eight or nine technique.
40:14
Yep. Is is Jared IV, is he, is he
40:18
over? The tackle, is he shade right on
40:20
the outside? Or is he maybe even shading
40:23
towards inside, on the guard, he's usually going to be in a
40:27
four or five. Okay.
40:29
All right. So, essentially either right
40:31
over the tackle or just on the outside of the tackle.
40:34
So it's really funny and I feel like we need to do something the
40:39
offseason talk about 335 Stacks because there's so many
40:42
different variations of where You got some teams right, that
40:46
will run 335 stack traditional nose and two three techniques,
40:51
right? And they'll have that one Rush
40:53
In And then they'll have a hybrid guy, who's doing stuff,
40:57
you know, up and down. So that's why I asked if you if
41:02
you if y'all think I'm silly out here asking every we got ask
41:05
because I know they're different alignments.
41:08
Now the next Guy Brian I think I know where he'll Hans based on
41:13
his size but one day Thomas 63, 217 pounds out of Niceville
41:19
Florida. Defensive back 50.
41:22
Tackles three pass, deflections and interception a forced
41:25
fumble. I'm going to assume he's the
41:28
strong. He actually plays the free.
41:32
Oh, but yeah, yeah he plays the free lot of single high but he
41:40
also plays some man and he does a lot of good things, really
41:44
good tackler, but does a good job of?
41:48
Not letting things get behind him either when he's got that
41:51
single high look. I got you.
41:55
You mentioned man, coverage? What are they doing?
41:58
When they're running him in man? Because that's very unused.
42:01
Because, essentially, if you put in the free in, man, you're
42:03
playing zero that. Yeah, that's when they're that's
42:06
when they're bringing the house from that 33 stack.
42:09
You'll get him matched up. Sometimes on my like the inside
42:12
slot receiver. All right.
42:16
So what would you do if your the offensive coordinator and you
42:19
see this, who are you trying to get to that slot position?
42:22
What kind of routes are you going to be trying to run to get
42:25
him be because obviously, there is nothing behind that.
42:29
Yeah, I mean, if you get that, I mean, I'd like to seem we don't
42:31
throw the seem very much. We haven't thrown the seemed
42:34
hardly at all, since James Mitchell has been gone.
42:37
But, you know, you'd like to attack their if you get that
42:43
look just matched up. 101. Their butt.
42:48
You can also do some other things where you can like some
42:52
outs from the slot to maybe get him out of position or get a
42:56
little rub on him and got you a little stiff in the hips, maybe
42:59
playing safety little bit, little bit.
43:04
Well, let's hope that we can use our brains, and if they're going
43:08
to be putting him up there to cover using some quick moves,
43:12
somebody liked a actually, any of the primary receivers we've
43:15
seen this year there. All right, so give me some info
43:20
here on the Georgia Tech, Yellow Jackets.
43:24
Let's flip it over and let's talk about the Hokies.
43:27
This is the Theta version and I got all nerdy Brawn and I told
43:33
Brian little while ago, say the in trigonometry is the unknown
43:37
variable. Well, we have an unknown
43:40
variable and we're finding out about it.
43:42
You know? It's Justin Fuente.
43:45
Why is he the unknown variable? What's he doing?
43:48
This week in game prep because he had been with the defense
43:52
starting what the last three games of last season.
43:56
Yeah, he was running offense of scout team.
43:58
Essentially getting them Point. Run the offensive scout team
44:01
last week, he moved. He was in the room primarily
44:05
with the offense. Now if you ask me and I've said
44:10
it Sunday night, I'll say it again.
44:12
I hope he stays in that room. We'll see Ron.
44:16
Yeah I hope he stays in that room to the offense.
44:18
Needs the most work. I think J Hamm will get some of
44:21
the things that were missed on defense figured out.
44:24
I think just needs to stay where he knows and stick with the
44:29
offense. Hopefully, we can get similar
44:31
production that we got last week and give us a chance to win one,
44:35
right in the first thing that to get that off into production
44:39
again, as we have to feed the to running back beasts.
44:43
We got to continue to feed Malachi Thomas and we got to
44:46
continue to get Raheem Blackshear in the different
44:50
looks and running the ball. Son, Brian.
44:53
Do you agree? Yeah I got to get the the
44:55
malachite Thomas the ball as much as possible.
44:58
We saw we can lean on him last week and as you said, get
45:02
Blackshear the ball in creative ways.
45:04
So you can do stuff in space, but also he did a pretty good
45:07
job running between the tackles last week as well.
45:11
So we need to keep sticking with that running attack.
45:13
Heck, yeah, I think we found the rotation and hopefully, you
45:20
know, I know people can bag on Jalen holson jail and wholesome
45:24
is a good short, yardage Runner, use them wisely.
45:27
And of people are still begging to see more curlies because that
45:29
cat is still not there. Well, if he's running short,
45:32
yardage situations, he doesn't need to pass block, but feed
45:36
those guys, you know, we had 430 yards of offense, Last week in
45:42
those guys were 300-plus of it. So if we're going to have any
45:47
chance to win this week, it's got to be running with those
45:50
guys and being creative with them and in Brian.
45:54
The next point you made here when we were talking putting
45:57
this together was, you know, it's the same old song and
46:00
dance. But The intermediate passing
46:03
game and especially even more. So when you talk about them,
46:06
loving the Blitz, the house and bring guys Yeah, they need to
46:11
find some degree of intermediate passing game, especially between
46:16
the numbers we've been atrocious at calling plays or are
46:22
targeting receivers between the numbers between the hashes,
46:28
really in the intermediate and even in the short passing game.
46:32
So that that has to happen. We got to work all areas of the
46:36
defense and I think it starts with that intermediate.
46:40
Passing game. Absolutely.
46:43
And we have guys that can do it. It's just actually putting them
46:47
into place in letting them do it.
46:52
And again, if you tell me, we can pass the ball, 16 425, and
46:57
we averaged six. I'd be fine with that like six
47:00
per attempt 150 yards, because if we're doing that, it's the
47:05
it's the whole Death By A Thousand Cuts, right?
47:08
If you've got the good running game going, but In those little
47:10
short passes. Eventually it's going to
47:14
frustrate a defense to a point. Probably somebody's going to
47:16
miss a gap and we guys like Malachi in Rahim you're going to
47:20
get a chance to you know, maybe break a big one because they're
47:26
being so aggressive and everything else.
47:29
Yeah. Malachi busted one big one.
47:31
Almost took another one to the house last week.
47:33
I mean he's shown he's shown that he's got at least the
47:36
fourth you. I don't we don't know if he's
47:37
got the fifth gear yet but you know he's definitely got a
47:42
fourth gear. And there's one other big thing
47:45
this week crying against this team that we've got to have
47:51
success and that's going to be staying on schedule.
47:54
Georgia Tech is not a good tackle behind the line of
47:59
scrimmage team. Yep, they're 112th and tackles
48:02
for loss. And they're just about as bad
48:07
insects. They are about eighty ninth in
48:10
the country. So they're not good at getting
48:13
people behind the line of scrimmage and what we saw off.
48:15
We can Syracuse game was the couple times.
48:19
That we could move the ball. We got behind the sticks quick.
48:23
Yep. And I think if we can stay on
48:26
schedule, most of the most of the downs and not let them let
48:31
something that's already not their Forte come into play, very
48:34
often that's going to help us, keep keep the ball in the field
48:38
for the offense. So, big key do not let a
48:44
defensive team that is bad on. You do not, it seems given up 30
48:50
points a game. We just put over 30 points only
48:54
teeth team that was giving up about 20.
48:58
I like to do the math and say, well, if we can get to pretend
49:02
we can get almost 40 on them. But something tells me it's
49:06
gonna be a little different this week, but let's look at the
49:09
defensive side of the ball. We got to roast them on Sunday
49:12
night, even though we probably really did not want to roast
49:15
them at all, but they've got their things.
49:19
And the one thing I asked you Brian, Was, what can we do to
49:24
keep the defensive in stamina? Yeah, first thing is, you keep
49:29
bringing along cold Nelson that we got solid guys that can come
49:32
in there and get quality snaps. I think the other thing you need
49:36
to do is get creative with how you deploy the defensive line.
49:40
Whether it's, you know, let bar no stay back in coverage, your
49:44
every now and again, or stand up, do different things to keep
49:49
guys fresh for longer through the game.
49:51
So they're ready to rush the passer and there's keep Downs
49:54
late in the game, right? Let me ask this problem.
49:58
What about 30, man fronts? What about essentially, go to a
50:02
kind of a 33 stack, look, where you play fuga nose, like
50:12
Kendricks at the three technique and allow Pollard Williams to
50:16
play the four, five technique, and then let bar know or Garbage
50:19
stand up. Also, you have tomorrow who's a
50:21
very good in his own, right? Rusher for a defensive back.
50:25
Could they do that? Or is that too much schematic
50:27
change? I think that's a little too
50:30
much. To throw in a team, especially
50:33
in the middle of the season. I think that's something that
50:35
they had planned on, in the offseason, you might see more of
50:38
that. But I mean, you could do
50:40
wrinkles, but I don't think you can go full on like that.
50:43
Okay, okay. And I'm glad you said wrinkles
50:46
because my thought is not What if I said, Syracuse?
50:51
Friend. 78 snaps, right? Yep. 78 snaps.
50:55
What if I said to you 20 percent of the time try to go into that
51:00
set, is that too much 15:16 snacks, maybe a little too much
51:05
but if you could maybe 10 to 12 plays might be a joke because
51:10
what is my whole thought process?
51:12
Is if you're doing this for garma and Bar know is you take
51:18
one off the field and you get them five to six extra snaps and
51:22
as we looked at the Syracuse game last week, it was really
51:27
only about five or five or ten snaps.
51:30
That was the difference between a win and a loss with those last
51:33
two drives. It's true.
51:35
So, you know, we're trying to think of creative ways.
51:39
Hopefully, the coaching staff is, what about this Prime?
51:44
Tell me what you want. Defensive ends or linebackers or
51:49
defensive backs to do any time Jeff, Sims decide he's going to
51:53
do a read option. If you're the option man, you
51:56
need to run it Sims. Make him give the ball more
52:00
often than not. I know that you know, you're
52:04
essentially picking your poison there, but if you can limit the
52:09
amount of times that he's keeping it, that at least is a
52:13
more predictable outcome and it's easier to stop predictable.
52:16
Um's. All right I like that option
52:19
right there is essentially just say it because if you come in at
52:21
him and he keeps the ball, he's going to have to make a move.
52:26
I have to meet you and that's okay because if he's making
52:29
moves in the back end, you know, especially running out of
52:34
shotgun, like they are, he's already six yards behind the
52:36
line of scrimmage of you making a move to get away.
52:39
Easier quicker. Time to pursue the others
52:44
thought was hit him enough. Probably just the carrying out
52:52
of the fake will not be as As persuasive.
52:58
Sure, pop in five or six times and be like, man, screw this
53:02
just taking, I'm not trying to run at you now, dude.
53:05
So I like when Braun said this idea to meal or later, I liked
53:10
it because it's essentially saying the man right there.
53:15
Gibbs is going to be this. Both of you aren't going to beat
53:18
us Gibbs is going to be this All right, one last piece of the
53:23
Theta version for the defense run.
53:25
We've already talked about them McCown 15 yards per catch you
53:30
know, Malachi quarter over 15 yards a catch.
53:38
Guys don't let the let the bball Beach if we can't get meat over
53:42
the top. Yep.
53:43
Um, and let me ask this from when we're getting we're
53:49
getting, we're in that mixture of Zone and man coverage.
53:55
What are you want to see? It's like if you if you had to
53:57
write out, you know, percentages?
54:02
How much man? How much like cover two Zone?
54:06
How much cover three man under how much quarters?
54:09
What do you want to see against this team to prevent those deep
54:12
moles? I'd like to see a lot of
54:14
quarters because that can confuse the quarterback.
54:19
It can confuse the receivers in terms of what the coverage is a
54:22
little bit. And when I'm thinking quarters,
54:26
I'm thinking kind of cover 6 like quarter quarter half.
54:32
And I think if you can do that, you can kind of mix things up
54:36
with them and confuse them. In the in the secondary I got
54:42
you, plus another way to keep all eyes on Jeff Sims when he
54:46
decides to take it through gives you that Advantage versus being
54:51
the man come. But again, we didn't mention a
54:55
couple other receivers, but you've got to other receivers.
55:00
A dock is Sanders is averaging over 14 per catch and then
55:04
Kalani Morrison. This is fresh.
55:05
It only has five catches. 22 yards.
55:08
A catch though. and two touchdowns so borders, public,
55:12
so It's like the whole well they're good running team.
55:17
Do we really do we not take the risk and you know force them to
55:20
throw. Well, the whole piece is Let
55:27
them if they're such a good running team.
55:29
Make them beat you with it. Don't give them the easy
55:32
opportunities to go deep. Yep, I mean it's as simple as
55:37
that. Don't give a team who likes to
55:38
run the ball, easy, downfield, throws.
55:41
So all right, Ron, we've gotten to the point of the night where
55:46
we have to give our predictions and I'm going to jump first.
55:50
All right, we're Georgia. Georgia Tech lost last week.
55:54
They won lost one loss and this is a win week.
55:58
I think it's another competitive game.
55:59
I think you watching it at noon you're going to have a lot of
56:03
fun. I'm going to probably be coming
56:05
back for my event at low after three looking down either to see
56:09
a super tight game and wondering if I really want to get home
56:13
fast to watch the end of it since I have no clue what's
56:17
going on. But I think they're going to be
56:19
this and I really think it's literally going to be one bad
56:23
Red Zone possession. For us in one.
56:25
Good one for them, 3531? Okay.
56:31
You know what I think. I think a change of scenery is
56:34
going to be a good thing for this team and I think they're
56:38
going to play one of their more complete games of the year
56:42
because that that sounds like exactly what a Fuente LED team
56:44
would do at this point in the season is have one of those one
56:48
of those games where you expect them to fail and they don't.
56:50
So give me 31:28. Virginia Tech.
56:53
All right, Brian goes with the, when I'll unfortunately, I'm
56:56
going with another loss here, completely.
56:59
Hope I'm I'm wrong but Brian, we, we didn't kind of discuss
57:05
this. But how does this game have to
57:08
flow to get to your number 3128 or reversal of my number thirty
57:14
five, thirty Thirty One. Yeah, I think I think the big
57:18
thing is that we need to to get the offense comfortable again
57:21
early and I think we need to do a better job is that when we get
57:25
the lead, Defensively continue to hold offensive.
57:29
Ly continue to keep the foot on the pedal.
57:33
Yeah, I agree. I think this this team under
57:39
Justin Fuente has less what the Arkansas game.
57:44
Is that about it? Let's the Arkansas game where
57:48
their front running team and I think get out, get ahead.
57:53
Put the other piece has to be what we didn't do against
57:56
Syracuse, if it's 14 to 7 or 14 nothing, you know?
58:07
We've got to jump, we've got to move fast.
58:09
So we got to take advantage if it's 14-nothing and where we get
58:14
a Midfield. We got to get at least three
58:16
points to get them out of running with Gibbs.
58:19
Yeah. All right I fired up there.
58:22
Sorry. All right.
58:22
Good. You're good.
58:23
Pick y'all, boys are both over 500.
58:27
We are better than flipping a coin.
58:28
If you take our advice, yes, sir.
58:32
And right now, this is what we're going to do.
58:34
We're going to start with my A me pit.
58:37
Miami coming off of a really big win last week.
58:40
Against NC State. Hit is a nine and a half Point
58:43
favorite here. Brian!
58:46
I'm going to do the honors since I'm leading, and I'm actually
58:49
going to take pit, I think it's going to be a good game, but I
58:51
do see this as about a 10 to 14 point game, probably 4228.
58:56
What about you? I'm gonna go with with Miami
59:00
here. I think pit still wins the game
59:02
outright, but I think it's more in the, the touchdown range.
59:05
So give me a Give me Miami Lakes.
59:08
Miami takes to you over pit. All right Ron this is just I
59:14
don't know what to do with this including luckily you get to go.
59:16
First FSU Clemson, Clemson is a 10-point favored.
59:22
Game is in, I believe Death Valley.
59:28
What do you want to do it? It's in Death Valley.
59:30
What do you want to do with this one?
59:32
Clemson hadn't really want a game by 10 points, all year that
59:35
matters. So I'm Owing to take FS you,
59:38
he's gonna take FS you, it's very true and believe it or not.
59:42
You saying that maybe realize they haven't won a game.
59:45
They've lost a few games by 10 points or more last week and the
59:49
opener against Georgia. So, yeah, give me give me, give
59:53
me a bless you to give me some points.
59:55
There may be feeling it after that big UMass win.
1:00:00
All right, here's a good one for you.
1:00:01
Brine, Syracuse, coming off a big win.
1:00:05
BC coming off, kind of a letdown Down loss.
1:00:08
Syracuse is a it just went up. Sorry.
1:00:12
Six point favorite in the dome. What do you got on this one?
1:00:18
Well, this is me. Sorry is I think we're
1:00:25
everybody's Get Right game. Give me BC, give me the points.
1:00:29
Okay, okay. I think you continues to ride
1:00:36
the success. They had against us, I think BC
1:00:41
is starting to falter a little bit, so I'll take you, right?
1:00:46
Will be see again, if they choke it up again, then BC is becoming
1:00:51
my new Duke. Speaking of duke duke, against
1:00:55
Wake Forest undefeated, Wake Forest, top 15.
1:00:58
Ranked potentially could be in the top 10 of the cfp next.
1:01:02
Weak when it's released. Wake is a 16 and a half Point
1:01:06
favorite. What do you say on this one?
1:01:11
I'm going to say Quake here. I think Duke Still Still
1:01:14
floundering a little bit there. So I'm going to take wake, I
1:01:18
think wait closes. I'll probably about it's
1:01:19
probably right at that line about 17 points.
1:01:22
I think it's going to be bigger. We didn't have to punt last
1:01:26
week, I scored 70. They had the ball for 17 minutes
1:01:31
and they were facing a defense. Nobody likes, they couldn't stop
1:01:36
them. That a lot of times even if it's
1:01:40
a fit some funky offense, it's sometimes it's a one-off.
1:01:43
And if you can score points, it doesn't really matter if they're
1:01:46
moving the ball on you. I think I think week's winning
1:01:49
this game by like 24 points. Okay, I think the game is going
1:01:53
to be somewhere like wake. 85 do 21.
1:01:58
Maybe a little more the over under 70.
1:02:00
So a little messy. They're all right.
1:02:02
Braun Louisville. NC State moved Bill coming off,
1:02:06
kind of a shocking. Wind to me against BC and NC
1:02:08
State coming off the loss to Miami.
1:02:14
NC State is a 7 point, favorite in this one, and I feel like
1:02:20
whatever I do against NC State. It goes exact opposite way.
1:02:24
But I'm going to keep Keep riding with them.
1:02:26
I do think Louisville has their flaws and I think seven is just
1:02:30
a little too much, it's not enough points to lay.
1:02:35
So I'm going to take NC State in this game, all right?
1:02:43
I'm gonna ride in Sea State as well.
1:02:46
I think that they're going to be able to take care of business
1:02:49
this week. We'll see if Louisville can
1:02:51
continue putting up points. I think this might be the week
1:02:55
where they struggle a little bit putting up points.
1:02:57
So I'll get the state probably the best defense.
1:03:00
That Louisville potentially has played all year who those four
1:03:06
and three and probably Wake Forest is probably the best
1:03:11
defense. They played and they did put 34
1:03:14
on them and I think NC State's a hell of a lot better than them.
1:03:17
Alright next game up a little Notre Dame.
1:03:21
Um see action Notre Dame re and a half Point favorite.
1:03:27
I feel like this is you do I feel like this is smelly Yeah,
1:03:34
this is a weird one. I still think this is Notre Dame
1:03:38
so I'm going to take Notre Dame here.
1:03:40
Yeah and to me it's a fishing line because Notre Dame has a
1:03:44
good defense. It's not great but it can slow
1:03:46
teams down where less us. Everybody else is just scoring
1:03:52
gobs upon gobs of points on you. And so, I think I'll say this,
1:04:00
the over-under on this game is 62 and a half.
1:04:03
I think they got Pegged about right but I think Notre Dame is
1:04:08
going to win this one by about 8:00 8:00 or 9:00.
1:04:11
I think it's going to be an entertaining game.
1:04:12
So you know if you if your it's a night game 730 kick so you
1:04:18
know definitely fun to watch but I'm a brine.
1:04:21
Give me Notre Dame on this one. All right Brian it's Mormon
1:04:26
after Dark. UVA BYU UVA traveling out to
1:04:33
Utah. 25th, ranked BYU, you want to you to lean to and have.
1:04:40
What do you think on this one? Because this is an interesting
1:04:43
one. Yeah.
1:04:46
I'm gonna go be why you here. And I think this might be a week
1:04:54
where we see UVA not put up video game numbers, so give me
1:05:01
BYU here. Yep, I'm kind of feeling you on
1:05:05
that because if you kind of look at BYU, you know, less the Baler
1:05:11
laws, they really haven't been given up a lot of points.
1:05:15
Usually, you know, under somewhere between 27 or under,
1:05:20
And they've scored some points. So in clearly uva's, offense,
1:05:27
you know, it's going to be a 10:00 starts, gonna be a late
1:05:30
night start. I can't see, two and a half
1:05:33
points. I think it's, I don't know how
1:05:35
entertaining it's going to be, but I'm going to take BYU to, I
1:05:39
don't think two and a half is enough to lay on this game.
1:05:45
Alright, Braun will throw a curveball at you because we got
1:05:49
to start doing it with Tennessee off this week.
1:05:51
We can talk about him then but you know we can talk about the
1:05:56
hottest name released by Bruce Feldman.
1:05:58
Preserver jigna, Tech job. We're going to talk Texas State
1:06:01
louisiana-lafayette headed by Billy Napier.
1:06:06
Louisiana, Louisiana, Louisiana Lafayette.
1:06:08
Has a 20 and a half Point favorite, Texas, stage 2 and 5
1:06:12
louisiana-lafayette six and one, the only lost to Texas in the
1:06:15
opener. What do you think on this one
1:06:17
wrong? Give me a Lafayette.
1:06:22
I think they take care of business.
1:06:25
I'm with you. I think our future head coach
1:06:28
takes care of this is this is this your 11?
1:06:35
Probably not, but he's probably up there.
1:06:38
Okay. Okay.
1:06:39
Trust is folks that episode is coming in the very near future.
1:06:43
Don't worry. All right, we're going to close
1:06:46
it out here tonight with too big.
1:06:49
Two big, big ten matchups this week, Braun, lets start, first
1:06:53
with Penn State, Ohio State, Ohio, State is laying 18 and a
1:06:58
half points. That is an absolute boatload of
1:07:03
points. It's going to be at the
1:07:05
Horseshoe, it's going to be a night game.
1:07:09
What are you feeling on this? 16 and 1 verses 5 and to
1:07:12
essentially whoever loses this game as out of contention to go
1:07:16
to the Big Ten title game. I think Ohio State wins this one
1:07:21
out, right? But I like Penn State with that
1:07:23
line. That's, that's egregiously
1:07:26
large. Yeah, it is egregiously large,
1:07:30
but the way Penn State is played offensive ly.
1:07:32
It it does Merit, and they've been up and down, but Penn State
1:07:37
has, I mean everybody's talking about, well, how State's offense
1:07:41
has been really clicking lie? They played Akron, Rutgers,
1:07:45
Maryland and Indiana, and it's not the Indiana team from last
1:07:49
year. That team is just beat up to
1:07:51
Hell. Yep.
1:07:52
So I can't, I can't in my right mind.
1:07:55
Les, 18 and a half points either.
1:07:57
I'm going to go Penn State. I think honestly, I think it's a
1:08:02
honestly think it's probably like a 14-point game.
1:08:06
It's a lot of back and forth. Probably Ohio, State puts the
1:08:08
hammer down with a few minutes left in the fourth quarter to
1:08:12
get it there. Anytime we say that, right?
1:08:15
It's like I want to do this because this should happen and
1:08:18
then that's when you lose it, you get the bad beat like it's
1:08:22
30 seconds left and he fumbled into the end zone and they
1:08:25
recovered for a touchdown. We were like yep that's why.
1:08:29
All right, bronze, the biggest game of the weekend, the
1:08:32
networks. Both get it right.
1:08:34
Everybody will be at Michigan State in East Lansing for number
1:08:39
six, Michigan against number eight, Michigan State.
1:08:44
This game is, I mean, in that rivalry, this might be one of
1:08:49
the biggest games in the history of it because both teams top 10,
1:08:56
it's going to be a noon kick, unfortunately.
1:08:59
So I will miss all of it. Yeah.
1:09:01
Michigan is the four point favorite in this game.
1:09:05
It has went down from four and a half that it was a little
1:09:09
earlier when we looked at it. Brian.
1:09:10
So. Honestly, I'm gonna go Michigan
1:09:17
probably because of my Harbaugh biased.
1:09:21
That's it. I think it's going to be ugly.
1:09:24
I think it could be three, four, six, five, seven.
1:09:29
I don't think it's gonna be much more than that, but I'll lay
1:09:32
them for. Okay, I'm gonna say I'm gonna go
1:09:37
Michigan State here. I think it's going to be a three
1:09:39
point Michigan win, but I think I think they stay keeps it
1:09:44
close. It's going to be kicking a field
1:09:46
goal to win it late the game. Got it Gose party or even
1:09:51
Michigan kicks. A field goal late in the game to
1:09:54
wrap it up one. We did not get to just because
1:09:58
they were we had to get an AP, a lot of ACC games, one game that
1:10:03
I will. Hopefully for the end of my
1:10:04
life, attend world's largest outdoor cocktail party down in
1:10:09
Jacksonville, Florida, and Georgia, Florida struggling and
1:10:15
I'll say this it again. I hope.
1:10:19
Georgia wins. And then I hope Shane can knock
1:10:22
off Florida next week because I'd love to get Dan Mullen and
1:10:26
Blacksburg heed. My income people would be like,
1:10:29
well, he's a retread, what he did at Mississippi State and how
1:10:32
he develops Talent, that's why I want him, okay?
1:10:39
Alright, Braun. Has anything broke in the last
1:10:42
hour and 10 minutes we good. Lord we were 10 minutes earlier
1:10:47
tonight. Brian.
1:10:47
Look at that. Hey, we're becoming a Efficient
1:10:50
offense here. There we go.
1:10:52
Anything broke Tempo, Tempo, anything broke nothing?
1:10:57
I see, man. All right.
1:10:59
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