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Mac & Bone Show - Brett Ciancia Interview · Mac & Bone Podcast

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  Speaker 1: We'd like to keep things on the field right now, Bone,
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  Speaker 1: as we preview the college football season with Brett Siancia.
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  Speaker 1: He puts out the awesome Pick six previews at Pick
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  Speaker 1: six Previews on Twitter, slash x is where you can
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  Speaker 1: find all the details Pick Sixpreviews dot com, and he
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  Speaker 1: joins us here on the Mac and Bone Show. Brett,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for joining us, man. I know you just
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  Speaker 1: joined us to talk ball and now UNC's got another
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  Speaker 1: dysfunctional headline.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, how about that timing now, Mac and Bone, thanks
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  Speaker 2: for having me on our favorite stops here in the preseason.
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  Speaker 2: We always talk acc previews here. It's that time of
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  Speaker 2: the year again. The twenty twenty sixth edition is published,
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  Speaker 2: is rolling off the printing press for shipping them across
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  Speaker 2: the country. Really excited to break it down, really wide
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  Speaker 2: open offseason. You're talking biggest coaching carousel we've ever seen,
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  Speaker 2: thousands of players in the transferport of the biggest musical
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  Speaker 2: chairs we've ever seen there, and then actual football to
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  Speaker 2: talk about now. So excited to be on.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, no problem. Congrats on all your success. That's
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  Speaker 3: definitely a rising star in this round. So we're proud
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  Speaker 3: to have you on a yearly, Let's start with Clemson. Brad,
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  Speaker 3: what type of year will this be for Clemson? Wio?
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  Speaker 3: It be similar to last year, which is on the
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  Speaker 3: disappointing side. Will they bounce back? What do you think
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  Speaker 3: of the Tigers here and where they are in twenty
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  Speaker 3: twenty six?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, with Clemson, they're still operating in the old model,
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  Speaker 2: the old recruit and develop and no transfers. They're very
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  Speaker 2: old fashioned in that regard. Dado likes it that way,
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  Speaker 2: and case in point, this year they lost all five
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  Speaker 2: offensive linemen, lost their quarterback. They didn't sign a single
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  Speaker 2: transfer lineman, no quarterbacks from the portal. They're just doubling
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  Speaker 2: down on how they've recruited, which is to the credit
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  Speaker 2: above average. It's a top ten national average, number two
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  Speaker 2: in the conference behind Miami. But they're really going all
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  Speaker 2: in on that gamble whether they've recruited well enough to
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  Speaker 2: ignore the transfer portal, ignore the supplements from the portal.
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  Speaker 2: You know, when you have a program like that, it's
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  Speaker 2: going to ebb and flow, and the younger years are
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  Speaker 2: going to take some growing pains, and the older years
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  Speaker 2: you want to cash in win conference titles and compete
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  Speaker 2: for national titles. Last year was supposed to be that
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  Speaker 2: older version of the team. It was all these what
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  Speaker 2: nine eventual NFL draft picks. They only won seven games,
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  Speaker 2: so it did not work out last year. I think
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  Speaker 2: it's going to be more of the same. I think
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  Speaker 2: a middle tier team. I have them right on the
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  Speaker 2: fringe of the top twenty five and then recruiting and
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  Speaker 2: is strong enough to keep them in the race. But
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  Speaker 2: I don't think they've you's done enough from the transfer
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  Speaker 2: portal at all to go compete with Miami for the conference.
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  Speaker 3: Brett.
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  Speaker 1: NC State's a very intriguing team to me. First of all,
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  Speaker 1: you got CJ. Bailey, a talent like that his third
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  Speaker 1: year with a school had done happen often nowadays. And
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  Speaker 1: then I look at that schedule and I just think
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  Speaker 1: that's the schedule of opportunity. I'm not saying they're a
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  Speaker 1: perfect team, right, but what do you think? What's your
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  Speaker 1: thoughts on NC State with that schedule this year in
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  Speaker 1: the ACC?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm glad you brought up schedule. They're the biggest
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  Speaker 2: schedule winners within the ACC. I mean, you look at
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  Speaker 2: this this big middle team year of teams in the conference,
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  Speaker 2: it's hard to really separate them out, you know, from
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  Speaker 2: maybe fourth to eleventh, But they draw the best schedule
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  Speaker 2: you look at it, they draw only one of the
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  Speaker 2: ACC's top five and instead they get six of the
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  Speaker 2: bottom seven. So you're talking a lot of games are
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  Speaker 2: going to be favored in this year, regardless of who's
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  Speaker 2: on the field. I love their quarterback, like you said,
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  Speaker 2: but I do have some concerns. And this happened a
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  Speaker 2: couple of years in a row now in the offseason
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  Speaker 2: where a lot of the proven star players, the all
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  Speaker 2: ACC type guys on NC State were poached from the
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  Speaker 2: transfer portal from other programs, and I don't think that
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  Speaker 2: they'd backfield enough from the portal in their own way.
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  Speaker 2: So questions across the roster. But with that quarterback, and
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  Speaker 2: with that schedule, and with Dave Dora, and he knows
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  Speaker 2: how to turn out eight nine win seasons, So I
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  Speaker 2: like NC State to finish in the top half of
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  Speaker 2: the league and really be a dark horse here with
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  Speaker 2: that schedule.
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  Speaker 3: Brett Duke has exceeded expectations both years under many DZ,
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  Speaker 3: it feels like this one it could be more of
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  Speaker 3: a struggle. Do you think Duke can do what they've
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  Speaker 3: done in the last couple of years, or could it
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  Speaker 3: be more of a step back based off of really
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  Speaker 3: losing Mensa to Miami.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, this was like a textbook rebuilding year for me
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  Speaker 2: for Duke, and first off, want to give them a
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  Speaker 2: ton of credit. A dream season last year, you know,
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  Speaker 2: all the way to the a SEC title game. They
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  Speaker 2: benefited from a five way tie and then got in
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  Speaker 2: there and they won the whole thing. It's unbelievable to
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  Speaker 2: think about. With that said, you know, you don't want
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  Speaker 2: to change the history. I credit them for what they
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  Speaker 2: wont looking forward, though. When I look at my advanced stats,
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  Speaker 2: my power ratings, this team were actually grated tenth in
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  Speaker 2: the conference last year, tenth of seventeen. And then from there,
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  Speaker 2: I think they lose a lot of key players, a
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  Speaker 2: lot of the defense gone. This big senior class they're
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  Speaker 2: winning his class in Duke history, that's all gone. And
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  Speaker 2: then of course they lost their star quarterback and receiver
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  Speaker 2: with Dariu Mensa and Cooper Barcate both going to South Beach.
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  Speaker 2: So I see a major step back in the win
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  Speaker 2: lost column. I got them all the way down at
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  Speaker 2: twelfth in the conference this year.
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about UNSA. Our lead into you
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  Speaker 1: included the news that their GM Michael Lombardi has been
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  Speaker 1: placed on leave right now, so that's not ideal. But
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  Speaker 1: in terms of on the field this season, do you
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  Speaker 1: see any improvement from the heels? How much better are
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  Speaker 1: they going to be than last year's debacle.
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  Speaker 2: Well, when you look back at last year, you see,
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  Speaker 2: of course it started rough. TCU just blew their doors
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  Speaker 2: off into the opener, and really for about ten minutes
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  Speaker 2: there it looked like it was going to work. UNC
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  Speaker 2: went right down the field, they scored first, and then
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  Speaker 2: it was like forty eight straight points the other way,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, that was just how the season went.
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  Speaker 2: But there were some strengths last year. I thought the
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  Speaker 2: defense actually played well over the back half of the year.
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  Speaker 2: My advanced stats showed that they were actually a top
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  Speaker 2: ten defense over the back half of the season. But
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  Speaker 2: they were paired with a really struggling offense. And I
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  Speaker 2: think what Bilichick did this offseason in the coordinator game
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  Speaker 2: was really smart. He brought in Bobby Petrino, a guy
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  Speaker 2: who's really done well with offenses everywhere he's been. You
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  Speaker 2: look at his track record. He did well with a
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  Speaker 2: two win Arkansas team. Last year they were like a
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  Speaker 2: top five offense, so hit side of the ball solid.
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  Speaker 2: Now personnel wise questions, A lot of starters are gone.
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  Speaker 2: I think only three starters on offense are back, only
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  Speaker 2: a couple on defense are back. So it's a total
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  Speaker 2: reload again. Usually you see that in year one like
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  Speaker 2: UNC had last year with a big roster overhaul. But
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  Speaker 2: it's happening here again a second time around with the
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  Speaker 2: big transfer game, So very questionable all across this roster.
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  Speaker 2: I've got them towards the bottom of the league because
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  Speaker 2: the schedule heats up for them too. They only draw
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  Speaker 2: two of the AEC's bottom eight, so when we talked
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  Speaker 2: NC State, they have six of the bottom eight. UNC
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  Speaker 2: gets two of the bottom eight, so it's it's give
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  Speaker 2: me a.
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  Speaker 3: Tough run for them this year, Bret, What do you
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  Speaker 3: think of the game Cocks and the SEC this year?
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  Speaker 3: A lot of pressure surrounding that program. But what do
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  Speaker 3: you think they can do with a well, what's like
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  Speaker 3: a better schedule than usual.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's tough for South Carolina and all these SEC teams.
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  Speaker 2: It's such a competitive league. I mean when you look
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  Speaker 2: at the transfer portal, because I do all sixty eight
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  Speaker 2: teams in the in the in the magazine here, and
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  Speaker 2: I see the talent flowing up from the ACC, from
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  Speaker 2: the Big twelve to the SEC and to the Big ten.
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  Speaker 2: So when you look at South Carolina's recruiting and transfers
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  Speaker 2: on paper, it looks awesome, but it's just like barely
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  Speaker 2: staying afloat within this conference. So I love their quarterback
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  Speaker 2: Lenora Sellers. He's a creative duel threat guy. I like
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  Speaker 2: they paired him with Kendall Briles, who has excelled with
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  Speaker 2: those kind of quarterbacks. He's coached RG three and the
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  Speaker 2: Eric King and kJ Jefferson, So I like that higher.
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  Speaker 2: I like the D line. You know, there's parts of
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  Speaker 2: this team. I really like. It's just stuck in such
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  Speaker 2: a tough conference. I got them right around the middle
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  Speaker 2: of the pack.
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  Speaker 1: I noticed that the SEC media picked Georgie. I was surprised.
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  Speaker 1: I thought Texas, with Arch and their additions, I thought
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  Speaker 1: they would be the pick, but the SEC media went
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  Speaker 1: with Georgia to win a third straight SEC title. How
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  Speaker 1: do you have like the top three in the top
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  Speaker 1: three or four ordered in the SEC?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well the top four. I think there's gonna be
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  Speaker 2: four playoff teams, so we'll go with that, and I
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  Speaker 2: agree with them picking Georgia to win it. They were
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  Speaker 2: the defending champs last year. They bring back Stets and
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  Speaker 2: Bennett quarterback, eight starters on defense, they recruit with the
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  Speaker 2: best of them, five stars at every position group and
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  Speaker 2: schedule they actually as if they needed any extra help.
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  Speaker 2: They draw the easiest league schedule in the SEC. So
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  Speaker 2: they're going to be back in Atlanta playing for the
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  Speaker 2: conference again. I've got them playing Oklahoma. Nobody else has this.
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  Speaker 2: I'm really high on Oklahoma. Their defense on their friends
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  Speaker 2: Vnables is all back, most of it from last year.
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  Speaker 2: And then I think John Mattier, their quarterback. Remember he
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  Speaker 2: had a bust at hand last year for most of
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  Speaker 2: the season. I think a second year within the conference,
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  Speaker 2: healthy hand, I think they're going to be a lot
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  Speaker 2: better on offense. So Georgia won Oklahoma two and then
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  Speaker 2: I've got Texas. You hit on them. They were the
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  Speaker 2: offseason winners with that big transfer haul, top running backs
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  Speaker 2: in the country, top receiver cam Coleman coming in arguably
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  Speaker 2: the top receiver there with Jeremiah Smith. So I love
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  Speaker 2: the firepower that they put around their leader arch Manning,
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  Speaker 2: So I got them third and then fourth, I went
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  Speaker 2: Old Miss, a team that really impressed me last year
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  Speaker 2: in the playoffs without their head coach. They hunkered down
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  Speaker 2: together without Lane Kiffin and really improved their defense this offseason.
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  Speaker 2: Sure to that, Shadliss at quarterback and improved defense. So
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  Speaker 2: those are my four playoff teams from the league. I
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  Speaker 2: know others have LSU and Bama and A and M.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going with Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas, and then Old Miss
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  Speaker 2: is the four spot.
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  Speaker 3: Brett. On a national level, do you have a surprise
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  Speaker 3: team do you think we should keep our eyes on?
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  Speaker 2: Well, maybe not so much surprise, but I need to
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  Speaker 2: put this in there with Oregon. So Oregon's my national
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  Speaker 2: champion pick. And that might not sound surprising here, but
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  Speaker 2: the surprise is that in last year's edition, in the
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five magazine, I printed there on the page
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  Speaker 2: I said, hey, not for this twenty twenty five, but
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  Speaker 2: twelve months from now, twenty twenty six, I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: pick Oregon to win the national playof next year. And
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  Speaker 2: here we are twelve months later. And I liked what
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  Speaker 2: I saw during the season, like what they brought in again,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm sticking to it. So the twelve month future
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  Speaker 2: from last year, I'm sticking with it. I think Oregon
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  Speaker 2: wins their national championship, the one they've been waiting for
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  Speaker 2: their whole lives for you look at top five recruiting
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  Speaker 2: three straight years, top five transfer stacked on top of that.
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  Speaker 2: I like their offense and their defense, their quarterback back
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  Speaker 2: with Dante Moore, So it would be the fourth straight
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  Speaker 2: Big Ten champion, fourth different Big Big Ten champion. I
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  Speaker 2: think Oregon is to pick this year.
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  Speaker 1: Who We've got three group of five schools here in
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  Speaker 1: the state. Where do you think the most optimism should be,
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  Speaker 1: Whether it is ECU Charlotte both in the American or
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  Speaker 1: app State in the Sun Belt. Wait, is there a
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  Speaker 1: team you've got optimism for out of those three?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm friend of App State. I mean I really
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  Speaker 2: like what they have built over the last couple of decades.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, for me, I'm based in Pennsylvania. I first
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  Speaker 2: learned of app State when they beat Michigan.
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  Speaker 4: In the All Time Up that game, and quickly became
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  Speaker 4: a fan because you know, people around here all like Michigan,
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  Speaker 4: so I you know, we all became app State fans,
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  Speaker 4: and now it's been a heck of a run for them.
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  Speaker 2: I think with ECU, a little coaching change and a
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  Speaker 2: lot of their roster's gone. You know, Like I said,
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  Speaker 2: doing all sixty eight Power four teams, I saw East
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  Speaker 2: Carolina's name come up a lot in the transfer portal.
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  Speaker 2: All their stuf our players are scattered across the league
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  Speaker 2: or across the Power four league, I should say, so
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  Speaker 2: I looked like a transitional type year there. So I'll
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  Speaker 2: go out State. I mean, I just trust their program trend,
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  Speaker 2: and I know they're going to play hard nows football
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  Speaker 2: and a beautiful place to watch a game. It's some
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  Speaker 2: of my favorite road trips was doing. I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: love it down that part of the country.
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  Speaker 1: All right, brother, we appreciate app fans would like hearing that.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Brat, good luck with the with the Pick
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  Speaker 1: six previews again, and thanks for coming on man. Enjoy
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  Speaker 1: the season.
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  Speaker 2: Oh thanks so much. Appreciate it, guys,