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PHYS 300: How the Eagle Flies · Boundary Corner Podcast

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Welcome back. Corner podcast.
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My name is Curtis Wilson. I'm Brian
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Tell me that we just we just ran Kirsch off the mound.
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So if you did back Gaffers. Yes sir.
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Y'all are. Y'all are loose man.
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Y'all are the losses of the four teams left.
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Y'all are having fun in The Dugout.
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I mean, I'm sure you're loaded with some beers just 26, so you
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got a couple more Innings as if Bryan has any outbursts.
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While we're recording in these last you know basically four
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Innings, we will not edit them out, y'all will hear it live.
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I will keep it to a minimum or at least try to you.
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Do you man, somebody takes one out the park I want to hear if
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celebratory yell. All right.
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Well, folks. Obviously every week, you know,
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we do know the enemy. We're going to hit that in a
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second. But earlier this week, pretty
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big announcement came down and And it's one of those things
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that really in my opinion, is a game changer for NCAA.
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The NCAA in general, I'm going to read the bread Meat Market
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week on the NCAA Council approved.
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A proposal to allow one time transfers and all sports without
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sitting out a season, it will vote on it in January for final
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approval and sources are told Stadium who what move are free
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works for if approved? This would become effective,
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August 1st of 2021, Brian. Give me your first initial
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thoughts on how this affects the Hokies.
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I mean it could be nothing but good things for us, we've seen
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how we dealt with both the transfer portal coupled with
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some of the problems we've had getting that immediate
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eligibility for some of the bigger name guys, we've got that
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came in whether it's Brock or Burmeister that didn't get
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approved or read last year, they got approved upon appeal, we
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won't have to deal with that anymore and we're showing that
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when we bring guys in from the transfer portal, they're getting
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on the field, they're producing. We were able to show that.
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Hey, when you come here, you're coming here to play and play Big
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Time. Looking at what Justice Reed has
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done looking at what Khalil, Herbert's done, just in this
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young season already? I mean, that's gotta be a good
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thing for us, especially as we're trying to kind of clean up
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a good, but not as good as we wanted 2021 class.
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Absolutely, I'm with you. I think it does.
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I think it benefits not only the so I think it benefits everyone
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that's not a blue blood because, you know, to your point.
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Now you're evaluating the talent.
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We're doing a good job of that at the Collegiate level, but
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something that someone we follow on Twitter, follows the show,
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tweet it out and I love this. This is hokey pharmacist out
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there. More like this protects, the
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kids that are often misled in high school.
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They deserve a second chance and if we are if they are not a good
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fit but can Excel elsewhere and I think that sums it up because
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and that's why I mentioned, this is going to run benefit the blue
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blood, the Blue Bloods, who are selling essentially their
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Prestige. We're top five University kid
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gets there and they're not a fit in there.
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Like this is not what we've talked about before Brown.
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This is not What I sold? Yeah, I don't want to be here.
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Like, I'm basically like they recruited me to steal me away
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from someone else. Well, now, you don't have to
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worry. I'm transfer right away.
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I got to where I probably truly should have been.
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So, you know, the mean, now, the recruiting once a guy sounds the
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LOI, it still doesn't stop because if you were one of those
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final couple for kid, I'm not saying you got to go crazy.
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But I think it's one of those things where it's going to be,
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check on them, every. Hey, how's it going?
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How's life? How's school?
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Treating, you. you know, because it's the game grows bigger and
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if you have one of those four or five star kids who essentially
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chooses the prestige over, probably a fit Maybe you don't
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lose them one year. You definitely don't, you're not
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going to unfriend or unfollow a guy on Facebook or Instagram or
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Twitter just because they commit to another school.
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Now, you're definitely going to continue following what they're
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doing, how they're doing and see if, you know, another
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connections, kind of Sparks up as things, change for them and
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see how they're doing there. Because, as you said, you know,
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a lot of these kids are sold on You know, come here, you play
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for your school. That's one, three or four
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national titles, this that and the other, but at some point it
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just it's not the other promises that were made whether it's
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playing time or where they would be on the depth chart or if they
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would be traveling or whatever, it may be, man, it just not,
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it's not happening for them. Yep.
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Now they've got an option in. They don't have to worry about
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wasting the year. Sit.
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Out in order to kind of realize those opportunities.
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Exactly. And now, the way I think it's
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going to change, just your basic recruiting very, very
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informally. Because now to the point, what
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you just said, now you've got to be really careful because if
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you're banking on this kid playing three years from now and
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you're selling them all the, all the stuff you talked about it.
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He walks in and says, I'm not getting what you promised.
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There's no more holding them for holding the kid.
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Just got to sell the work. Now, going to sell the work, you
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better sell. You can sell winning winning,
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always sells, but you got to sell the work as part of that,
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you can't just sell. Oh, well, we'll get you out
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there and then it just doesn't happen.
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And that, the kids, the one that's paying for that.
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Exactly. And it's in a truly fair to In
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general, anyone can do it one time.
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Anyone can transfer from school to school.
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If you've got the grades, you know, Brian, you know we had our
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buddy. We had a buddy Brown Wilkerson
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at Longwood for a year. Had the grades move to Tech.
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Did long, would stop him from transferring the deck?
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No, no, I want to say something. Give Brian all the credit in the
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world. He's over here.
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Holding his tongue, his brain. Exactly.
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Yeah, I got a little cushion here.
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Hopefully, we'll have a seven-run inning.
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Like we had, he came 430, gosh. But I can only imagine your face
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yesterday probably getting ready to em a little dinner.
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Watch the game. Well, not watching this game
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tonight, Ivan. Nothing, gz, what the hell
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happened there said down, it was, it was a two-run game.
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I was like, all right. See Ron's two outs, not the best
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start where we Got a 2-1 Advantage.
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Let's see how this goes. Walk away.
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Make a little Little drink for myself, come back.
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It's like seven. Nothing.
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I'm like wait, it was two minutes.
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Holy crap. All right guys, and Arkansas
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State about to score again to. Let's move to it Know The Enemy
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Boston College Eagles, led by Jeff haffley heard haffley's
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interview this afternoon on nine ten, sounds like a pretty
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thoughtful. Pretty intelligent guy.
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Going to break down as we always do, both sides of the ball, give
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you some stats some data bronze and give you a little tape,
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break down what he see. So let's start on the offensive
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side of the ball, Brian, this offer, it's clearly led by Phil,
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jerk of a bitch than quarterback, the Notre Dame
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transfer. So far this season. 1181 yards,
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eight touchdowns two interceptions, a passer rating
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of one forty, five point three. He's completing about 65 percent
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of his passes. And you know, solid ranks with
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all those you know, passer rating, ranks 29th, so right on
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that upper third 19th and completion percentage of clearly
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in the upper third and then passing yards per game.
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You know, he's 12th in the nation, he completes about 25
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passes per game. That's a pretty high number in
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my opinion, passes per completion and 11 .93, which
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ranked 45th. Now he's actually A little bit
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better in the yards per attempt which is 7.7 that gets him up to
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34 so he's on the top into that which kind of hopefully when you
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get to reviewing here it kind of tells me they're probably
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continuously pushing the ball downfield.
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Now we look at those numbers, I think me and you probably both
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are on the page, they're solid numbers.
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Nothing spectacular, nothing awful.
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But something, I do, I've done it for every single offense,
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we've looked at I always look at the sack.
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Totals and they're not good. BC has given up 16.
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Total sacks in four games, that's an average of four game.
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There are only two teams that are worse than the country want
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to Syracuse and we do. What do we do to do for on?
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We put some pressure on those boys a little bit.
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Absolutely. So Brian, when you looked at
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some of the tape, what did you see?
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Not only from fill but his offensive line and the weapons,
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he has So, the big thing you're covid-19 has me a little bit of
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kind of a young Ben Roethlisberger.
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I knew Fuente said it and when I looked at the tape, he was
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pretty much spot-on. Kind of a big Buddy, Guy awkward
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but athletic, it kind of looks like a almost like a drunk type
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guy back in the, in the backfield, throwing the ball
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around, so it kind of it looks awkward, but it's effective.
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He's got a little bit of a wiggle for a big dude, but, you
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know, he really likes to identify the man coverage and
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kind of throw it that way and let the receiver make A plate.
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Does that a lot, especially Tuesday flowers and Hunter long
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laser, his big two Targets that he likes to hit the passing
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Game. Hunter long on a lot of those
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kind of short crossers sometimes, it seemed he really
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likes to hit. They flowers up the see more on
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a skinny post. So he's pushing the ball down
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the field to flowers when he's targeting him in the passing
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Game Hunter long is going to be the bigger problem, though.
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Just because He's a handful and coverage and if we don't tackle
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him, he can make us make us pay pretty bad as well.
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Not after last week as far as like, he'll take off if there's
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nothing down or if like Rush gets to him early and he just
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has to bail on it. More of a guy that's going to
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move around in the pocket to throw downfield and he's very
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much like Ben Roethlisberger will.
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He'll he'll take a sack before he will throw it away.
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Okay. And that tells me a little bit
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about kind of those sack numbers that you were.
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You were alluding to there. He's going to try to stand in
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the pocket as long as he can to try to get a guy open and make a
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throw. So that does give us some
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chances to potentially get a sack fumble, maybe get an
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interception but they've done a pretty good job of limiting
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turnovers so far. He hasn't thrown I think we what
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two or three interceptions so far too.
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Yeah, to interception so far this year and had one strip
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fumble on a sack just literally got the ball ripped out of his
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hands against Pitt. But otherwise it's been pretty
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good protecting the football. Let's talk about their
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offensive. Line a little bit, got to, they
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are okay, especially if that's a, they are above average and
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past Pro, but they're dealing with a lot of five and seven
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step drops. They drop back a lot.
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They've actually read a lot of ice formation.
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It's a very Pro style offense, so you see a lot of shotgun in a
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lot of Ace formation. They don't do a whole lot of
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spreading feel actually. I would go counter them.
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They actually have a lot of tight, formations some punch
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looks and things like that. A lot of Personnel with a tight
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end in an HVAC and they run a lot of play action off those
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inside Zone. Looks from the ace and also from
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the inside Zone from a shotgun. So you'll see a lot of play
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action five-step drop seven-step drops, or they're trying to
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drive the ball down the field real quick break.
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And when they do that, yeah, go ahead.
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Does it shock you? What they're doing when you take
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a look that Frank cignetti Is their offensive coordinator?
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Is it any like shock? Is it like he's going away from
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what he knows or he's trying to implement what he's done
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throughout his career. He's trying to implement what
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he's done. He's doing definitely a lot more
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pro-style things like when he was quarterbacks coach in the
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NFL so you're seeing a lot of those.
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Those elements get brought into what he's doing on all
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offensive. Boston College, they're not
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doing a whole lot of lateral stretch you out and then find
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find there. Seems they're doing a lot more.
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More lineup. Run it down your throat, kind of
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play action. Reminds me a little bit of kind
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of that Bruce, Arians offense that we call when bit when Big
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Ben was had Aryans as a coordinator in Pittsburgh.
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Oh, all right, yeah. So, let's talk a little bit more
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about the, the tight end of the running backs, they use the
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running back some in the passing game, but usually it's going to
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go to the tight end. They like to go up the seam.
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I did see them send the running. Back up the seam a couple times
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as well. So be looking for the running
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backs to get involved in the passing game but it's not going
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to be your traditional screen and swing type game.
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It's going to be kind of Route tree type items that you're
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going to see them running. And again I mean they flowers is
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the dude that can make the big plays that can hurt you with one
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place. So got to got to make sure he
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does not get behind. You had a big touchdown beating
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man coverage against Pitt. You got to step on the court.
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Corner that separation at the catch and just ran away from it.
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That was the 77 yarder one particular to top.
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Yeah, I remember vaguely seeing that.
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And then looking through his stats this week, I saw that with
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his long play, he had been he was lined up that me they like I
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said, they play real tight, so he was, he was the Z and just
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ran a skinny post and completely beat his man, one-on-one and
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Jacoby put the ball right on him.
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So it sounds like you're Kovac. Good, good, deep ball.
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Like we're not looking at a lack of arm here.
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I'm guessing the way you can definitely he can make all the
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throws. I'm he's not you know, my homes
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or Josh Allen or anything out there but he can make all the
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throws. You want from a quarterback?
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Got it man. Kind of looking at who Brian
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discussed here. You know, I did dive into, you
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know, what their team looks like.
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And you mentioned how too long and it is I popping how this
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What he's doing this year Hunter long through four games has 31
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receptions for 362 yards. Averaging 11 points, 7 of carry,
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only two touchdowns. But right now he is top 10 in
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the nation. In receptions.
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Amongst all players, not just tight ends.
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Do you mind leading the nation in tight ends?
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I should go back and look that up but when you just see a tight
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end in the top ten, you assume he's probably the best in the
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country. He's Averaging about 90 again.
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So as you've already mentioned run integral part of this
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offense and you kind of look around at some of the draft
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sites. He is being touted as a top-five
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tight end in next year's draft. And man, you look at his size.
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It is absolutely not a shock. Six foot, five 253 pounds.
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He's a prototype. Yeah, I don't think there's any
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question about that. Now, you mentioned your other
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guy has a flowers Oh, yeah, he is their big play.
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There is not even a doubt about it. 5:11 178 only 21 receptions,
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but for 405 yards. So he is averaging, you know,
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close to 20 yards, a reception with four touchdowns belong on
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their pit. That really, you know, kept that
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game, you know, there. He's averaging over 100 a game.
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He is seventh in the country interception in receiving yards
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which is super impressive and the per game, you know, he is 15
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obviously because there's something that's already played
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five and I mean, that's a hell of a one-two punch, right?
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You know, I don't think anybody would doubt that to see two guys
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like that those numbers, what? They're doing there sighs, what
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you've mentioned. And where they're running their
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routes, hell of a one-two punch. But as much as those guys who,
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you know, have combined for 52 receptions, they're still
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getting other guys involved. I mean, you talked about the
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running back. The big one is Travis Levi.
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He's third on the team with 11 receptions for 74 yards.
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So, you know, you hear that, that's averaging right about
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seven, a carry. Usually, when you see a tight
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end or shoot me a running back with a lot of Passes.
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A lot of check down, usually that average is similar to the
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UNC running back last week Michael Carter.
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It's usually between about 4 and 6.
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When you say, he's running the route tree and full make sense
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that he's almost up 7 to 8 per carry, whether wide receivers,
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Jalen Gil, 10 receptions, for 78 yards.
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Again, they are definitely spreading all around outside
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their big to, and then kind of the last one, me, and you talked
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about when we were getting prepared with CJ Louis.
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Hadid, kind of their go up and get it guy, 63 to 17, you know,
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seven or seven. He's the guy that the Jacobins
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going to look for if there's kind of nothing there at East,
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he sees him, one-on-one, they'll throw it up and just let him go
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get it a little bit. That's where Roethlisberger,
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somebody's around his waist, you know what, fling it, he's big
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enough. Let him try to go catch it, you
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know. So, you know, we sit here and
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Brian, you know, You have weapons.
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So as you started looking deeper at the tape and obviously get to
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see what things work, what things didn't work, what kind of
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scheme do you think we should be looking at the slow down this
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past an attack? We definitely need to go with a
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lot of Cover 3 and keep everything in front of us.
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We don't want they flowers to go out there and beat us on three
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plates. So that that's the first thing
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I'm taking away but the second thing I'm trying to take away is
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getting Get as few targets away from Hunter long as I can.
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So what I would try to do with that is maybe even have you
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know, responsibility where you know if it's a pass play, have a
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guy that's running man with him and kind of maybe Zone it across
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the board everywhere else we saw that UNC did that against BC and
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some downs, and it ended up working a little bit for them.
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So that might be something that we can look.
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Doing ourselves as kind of having like a guy like like
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Connor match up on him basically, one-on-one, or if
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they're sending them across the formation, maybe switch that
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around depending, on whether you put like, Tisdale on of these,
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on one side of the formation or Connor if he's on the other,
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okay? However, you end up making it
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work, I would definitely keep a guy either.
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If you're not man enough on him, keeping the guy that's playing
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kind of a shell right around him.
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So he's He's not going to beat you, you know, nickel-and-diming
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it down the field. I got you.
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Um, let me ask this. You mentioned last week with UNC
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one of the big plays we got beat by was that quarter coverage.
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Do you see us bringing that back in just trying to whoever's
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playing that you know, half the field?
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Listen you've got to be disciplined.
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Do you see? I would I would say we would try
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to keep. I wouldn't like half feel
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responsibility against the flowers.
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Okay. If we if we were going to do any
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sort of quarter quarter half, we would need to do, we would need
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to make sure that flowers was on the two quarter side.
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So there's two guys in those zones versus just the one
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covering half the feel, so if you guys see that quarter
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coverage, no brine is probably throwing things at his
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television Saturday night. Why are we doing this?
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There was one other question I had on this.
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Blitzing. Do you think we can get there
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with four or do you think we're going to have to send some
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blitzes? I think we can get there before
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but I'll I would like to send this is occasionally because he
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did occasionally struggle with the Blitz.
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And again he has someone that's going to hold on the ball
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regardless of what we're bringing at him so we might get
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some some coverage sacks or some you know move we get immediate
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penetration might get him off his game a little bit.
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So I still want to see some blitzing just to keep that
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honest there but I think we can still get pressure before we
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need to God. All right.
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Right. Well Brian, let's wrap up a
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section and let's get over to the Run game and Brian.
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Well in my opinion it's BC in the terrible horrible.
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No good. Very bad rushing offense.
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Yep. I mean they are literally the
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third wash rushing offense in the country.
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They are averaging 60.3 yards a game.
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They are the worst team in the country.
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Only one. 87 per carry their leading.
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Rusher is David Bailey with 155 yard.
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He doesn't even double the 1.8. He's at 3.1 per carry.
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You want another? The deleting rushing touchdown
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person is that's going to be their quarterback on a couple of
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snakes I would. Yeah, he's linking them with
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three. Um, I would normally say, like,
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you know, they're, they're bad because they're, you know,
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clearly, we've shown it They're passing all the time.
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Well when you come to my kind of dug out and started breaking
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down. No, no it's not that way.
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They're really only passing 55% of the time compared to 45
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percent of the time running. So basically they're keeping it
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somewhat balanced and playing just absolutely terrible.
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So proud when you went back and looked at the tape it hopefully
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you found some tape of the running game.
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Yeah, of a terrible horrible, no good, very bad at Rushing the
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ball. Because they have Lyman that are
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very good at run blocking. What I'm seeing is that I'm not
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sure if it's just, they're not a great fit for this type of
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scheme yet or what it might be. But they are not having a good
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job with kind of the pro-style inside Zone.
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That this team is running now. Now, when you look at the Run
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game, it's a lot different than what we saw last week, we saw a
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lot of ladder. Roll runs or misdirection to set
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up the inside Zone and the outside Zone there's very very
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little of that mostly what we're looking at is downhill between
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the tackles inside Zone with occasionally mixing things up,
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doing is doing a few different things here and there, but we're
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mostly getting the few plays and the running downhill in between
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the tackles. So this should be a little bit
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easier of a matchup for our linebackers this week, where
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they're pretty much reading. Downhill run or play action and
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having to get back into their zone.
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So hopefully that they will handle things.
26:50
A little bit better this week we will weasel, we will see.
26:54
But as I said earlier they run a lot of a lot of ice formation.
26:57
So they're running that that zone with it with a speck in the
27:00
quarterback under Center which we again, we don't see very much
27:05
of anymore. I mean, most of the offenses, we
27:07
see even ones that don't incorporate Zone read or heavy
27:11
misdirection or still I'm taking those snaps from the shotgun.
27:15
So, probably there about Kind of, that's 5545 pretty much like
27:22
their, their balance, their on the running past, whether
27:24
they're in a nice or whether they're in shotgun.
27:29
So you're going to see a lot of things that they run out of
27:32
that. They like I said, they mostly
27:33
like inside Zone. Sometimes they just Zone it
27:36
across the board. Sometimes they will take their
27:38
HVAC and right after the snap, they'll run him across the
27:43
formation to seal on the back side.
27:46
And that's really the only two variations of that play that
27:48
they On and they weren't very effective with that.
27:52
They had a couple where they got in the cutback lane right behind
27:56
where the HVAC was ceiling. And we want to get like a eight
28:00
or ten yard game but they're not getting large chunk plays.
28:04
Like we saw a UNC, get both in other games that we watch some
28:08
tape and especially when they were playing Us and got a bunch
28:10
of junk, please there. It's a couple yards and a cloud
28:15
of dust couple yard loss. If we get some penetration at
28:18
the Middle. I mean it's very pedestrian and
28:24
occasionally when they run out of that.
28:26
That shotgun they'll do some inside Zone.
28:28
There occasionally they'll get some jet motion and kind of run
28:31
of inverted v r and let Djokovic try to get a few yards but
28:35
that's kind of few and far between the I think they're
28:37
almost running it just to keep the defense honest and let them
28:41
know that they do have a quarterback that can do it but I
28:44
don't I don't think that they're doing it with any sort of
28:47
effectiveness. Let me ask Brian, and I mean,
28:51
you talked about it earlier but just so people can understand.
28:54
Because I think people look at BC during the Adagio years, you
28:58
know, they had some really good running backs.
29:00
Really good rain attacks but the way you kind of explain it, to
29:02
me is significant going to a pro style of run blocking versus in
29:08
as you were explaining. I kind of asked, so Brian is
29:11
what's not seen a but what Adagio is?
29:13
He just essentially, is it a college power game versus your
29:17
traditional Pro? And you kind of Hit the kind of
29:20
hit on the basics of that just real quick explain.
29:23
What's the difference in? Why they aren't as successful
29:25
even though it's essentially you know some of the same guys as
29:29
last year. So you saw a lot more like pulls
29:35
traps pain and pulls with with Adagio system, kind of letting
29:41
the lineman do a little bit more in space and kind of confusing
29:47
the front a little bit with some Read steps that look a little
29:51
different than what they're actually giving you and with
29:56
this being very Pro style, they're not actually giving you
30:00
a lot. I mean what the linebackers are
30:02
reading is what's coming at them.
30:04
It's essentially is the line doing everything they need to do
30:08
to get the whole open for the back to make a play and they're
30:11
just not doing that with any frequency right now.
30:14
Yeah, just a few other points of data before we turn it over to
30:17
the defense. Overall third down conversion
30:20
percentage at forty four point eight, which isn't a bad number.
30:23
So, okay, there they also only had three turnovers in four
30:28
games, which tells me, they play very clean, it's been the two
30:32
picks and then the strip sack fungal that you mentioned, but
30:36
this is an interesting stat Braun.
30:39
They've had 17 Red Zone, possessions.
30:45
They have converted 15 of those which is, you know, 29th in the
30:50
country. Well that's really good.
30:53
What if I told you Brian of those 15 only eight or
30:55
touchdowns not great? No not great everything.
31:01
You just mentioned enough, throwing those numbers out
31:03
there. I think, when they get inside
31:06
that Red Zone, that an ability to run the ball, it shows,
31:11
because if you're able to run the ball a lot better than what
31:14
they are. Our, I think they should have,
31:16
you know, basically, 4:50 3:49, but when you can't run the ball,
31:23
what you talked about, what we talked about earlier, easier for
31:26
the backend to play, you don't have 60 yards behind you.
31:30
You're not worried about see flowers being you for a 60 yard
31:32
gain. You got 15, 20 yards to cover.
31:37
And that not only takes a ways as big play, but it also has
31:41
smaller windows for Hunter longer work as well.
31:45
Absolutely. All right.
31:47
Well let's flip over to the defense now.
31:49
Brian, we give you some real quick stats right here.
31:51
Before you take a look, Total Defense ranks 29th giving up 370
31:57
yards a game about five yards per play.
31:59
So you know, right on the borderline of average for the
32:03
teams that have played so far Rush defense slightly better
32:08
than the pass defense Rush defense given up 135 a game at
32:11
3.67. A carry the passing defense.
32:14
Giving 235 yards a game at 11 per completion.
32:20
Now they do have a pretty good set, total number there in the
32:24
top 20. They've sacked the quarterback
32:26
12 times. So that's an average of three
32:28
game. So Brian is you started looking
32:33
at their scheme at the Personnel, anything jump out or
32:38
the numbers that say, okay, they're not great there.
32:42
Okay. I say this, I think in terms of
32:48
front end and back in there, probably the best defense.
32:51
We've seen that the to this point.
32:54
Okay? And that's more because of The
32:58
way they do, a good job of turning action from The Edge
33:03
back inside, they run a similar defense to what we ran under
33:09
Bud. Foster less less, blitzing less
33:13
man, but still kind of similar Concepts.
33:16
It's more of the four to five that we saw in the kind of
33:20
mid-2000s than what we've seen in the last decade where that
33:25
that whip position is kind of more of a More voluptuous
33:30
additional linebacker. Just a little more athletic type
33:33
guy. It's almost like a double strong
33:37
safety that you got in there so so they're solid against the
33:41
Run. They do a good job.
33:42
Like I said, turning some of the lateral stuff back inside and
33:45
letting those those backers kind of clean things up and by doing
33:49
that they do a good job of setting the edge.
33:52
They struggle when you run right out of them, if you're able to
33:54
run Adam between the tackles, they're susceptible to busting
33:58
off some big plays. As we saw a couple pit, have a
34:01
couple big plays late in the game with some of that inside
34:04
and outside Zone Action. So they are susceptible to that,
34:08
but they don't bite on the like, misdirection with the running
34:11
backs in motion, a lot. Stay-at-home pretty well.
34:14
So, they do a pretty decent job of limiting big plays.
34:17
Usually, when they get beat on big plays, you know, it's
34:21
because they were block. Well, not not a sin because they
34:23
were out of position, or they made a mistake.
34:25
So, but they do have a tendency to Over play The Zone, run.
34:33
So that's going to give a chance to let our quarterback, you
34:38
know. Maybe maybe have a little keeper
34:39
getting space and make a big play on the edge there.
34:43
All right, let me ask you a question because something you
34:45
said is they don't bite on. A lot of misdirection, with the
34:49
running backs in motion and stuff like that.
34:51
Now is that because they're staying disciplined?
34:53
Or is it more of? Don't worry about all the Frills
34:58
what's in front of you. Pay attention to what's in front
35:00
of you where I'm thinking if they're not biting and someone
35:02
like Raheem Blackshear or trade, Turner gets one on those jet
35:06
sweeps and they're staying at home.
35:08
I am assuming there's going to be a very big, a lie, if they're
35:11
staying at home, so they do a good job with their kind of guys
35:17
that are playing outside there. Whether it's the strong safety
35:20
up in the box, where it's the whip, on the other side, they do
35:24
a good job, them kind of getting penetration on the edge and
35:27
spilling everything back. Side said, they kind of, don't
35:31
pay attention to the motion too much because they're so good at
35:36
using those guys to turn everything back in that they'll
35:40
live with it. If they end up getting one or
35:43
two, where they get out flanked, got it, got it, got it, got it.
35:46
Well, that the pass game. Brian, how are they defending
35:49
that? I think like to bring a lot of
35:52
pressure man, especially on obvious passing down the third
35:56
long, second and long. They run a lot of cover three,
36:01
they keep away, keep pretty much everything, all the business in
36:04
front of them, you know, they'll occasionally, let one deep one
36:07
kind of creep in there, but they do a really good job of keeping
36:10
most of the stuff in front of it.
36:11
When we saw it, when we watch the UNC tape, I know I was
36:14
mostly watching that to kind of scout UNC.
36:17
But when I, when I was looking at his, like, well, they're
36:20
doing a good job of kind of keeping all the all the big
36:23
plays in front of them and that that showed up on the film here
36:26
for pit as well. When I was looking at it, they
36:29
Everything in front of them, they don't let one play kind of
36:31
ruin their game, but because of that, when they kind of get in
36:37
the Red Zone, they're not they're not great.
36:39
Okay? That doesn't give up a ton of
36:41
points when when a team is able to get a drive going on them.
36:47
There they tend to get me in zone so I don't know if it's
36:50
just you know, that they don't have that mentality of kind of
36:54
flipping the switch. Once they're in the red zone to
36:56
have to bow up or what it is. But mostly what they're trying
36:59
to do is keep everything in front of them and let the
37:02
offense make some mistakes that end up either giving them off
37:04
the field or giving them the ball back.
37:07
Well, it's funny. You mention that Ryan because I
37:08
look here and one of the data points.
37:11
I got to pull out is Red Zone, attempts, 12.
37:15
They've given up 75% of scores. So they've given up nine scores,
37:20
given up eight touchdowns. So what you just perfectly
37:24
described is is it, is it, you know the bend don't break to the
37:28
you don't have the mental will, or is it just simply they're
37:31
playing just such discipline defense?
37:33
It's well, you know, this is, this is what we're supposed to
37:37
do, we don't? I'm not supposed to bite on
37:39
that. I'm supposed to trust my guy.
37:41
When there's less space behind you, there's a chance of, he
37:45
just makes one mistake. It's seven yards in a touchdown
37:48
or 15 yards and it's a touchdown.
37:50
Not there's no more room to clean up its end zone or bust
37:53
where? Yeah they're not able to say
37:58
okay well we're keeping in front of will in front of it.
38:00
Still a touchdown at that point. A lot of teams are running the
38:13
football a little bit more between the tackles once they
38:14
get in the red area. So, it's kind of a kind of a way
38:18
that almost all set some of the things that they do really well,
38:21
the rest of the field, almost ends up coming back to bite him
38:23
a little bit that portion of the field so and they're not, yeah,
38:27
I looked at it to, they're not really that great with some of
38:29
the the swing passes that get out to the wide receivers really
38:32
fast, their defensive backs. We're getting blocked by the
38:37
wide receivers a lot. So if we can get the ball
38:40
outside of those spill guys, you know, we can do a little damage
38:44
in that game as well. So the guy who feasted against
38:48
this defense last year, they came down from Rutgers could
38:51
potentially Feast again. Bingo, yeah, Rahim.
38:56
I saw it about 184 1:30 last year, which is kind of nuts and
39:00
then you just say that and it's just like, oh I hope you guys
39:04
don't forget about him at all. Yeah.
39:07
I mean they're focusing on Blackshear that also killed them
39:10
when Kansas played them last year.
39:11
And then, oh, look. Rahim boxer also killed this
39:14
defense last year. As did you smoke a little bit of
39:19
a different system that they're running this year, but it's
39:22
pretty much the same players are going to have some Shell
39:26
Shocked. Aren't they cool.
39:28
Those guys were in the Big 12 and the way as big wait a second
39:33
son of a bitch, Damn it. I just a couple other things to
39:39
wrap up on the defense Prime. You know, I looked at their
39:44
turnover line and it you would you think it would be great?
39:47
They forced eight turnovers in four games but then as me and
39:52
you as memory serves and as note serves, they had five from duke.
39:57
So only had three in there. Other three games.
40:00
So effectively they're averaging one, turnover a game.
40:04
They've only turned the ball over three times.
40:06
So in me, it's kind of like you take the Duke game out of the
40:09
equation. They're almost a 50/50 split.
40:12
I don't look at the turnover margin on that when you have
40:14
such one big swing game. Now, liar, especially with Duke
40:18
has done against the other teams they played.
40:21
We're the only thing that they didn't go out there and just so
40:26
you know, definitely that five is an outlier, a game.
40:33
So Not terrible, not great.
40:52
But when you caught mentioning about the keeping everything in
40:56
front of them, and I look at the stat, I drew, I pulled up a big
41:00
giving up 88 first down in four games, it makes sense.
41:03
It's kind of like that g. That Duke was giving up roughly
41:06
23, first down the game there, they don't want to give up the
41:10
big play. It does you have to drive the
41:11
field and you know, that all that's good?
41:14
And well I think with what we have I think we can do that.
41:19
And as I say that Brian, let's quick turn.
41:21
Let's get to the pivotal players.
41:24
Let us start on offense run. As soon as I said, Brian number
41:28
one on offense, you screamed Captain Hook.
41:32
And in health care. You know, when I looked at this,
41:38
what they do on defense, we're going to have to be effective in
41:42
the short passing game because I don't think we're going to be
41:44
able to take as many shots as we have taken so far this year,
41:50
it's going to be definitely more 25 yards and under not
41:54
throughout the 20, big 20 + yd gainers that we've seen in some
41:57
of these games and hookers going to have to be accurate and liver
42:02
balls on time and make the right reads.
42:05
So that's going to be really important.
42:07
He's his legs are going to be important on some of those own
42:10
reads and the inverted v r and stuff like that.
42:13
So you know look for him to have some success with that as well
42:17
because they again they have been sometimes successful on
42:20
biting down really hard on the backside when they see inside
42:25
outside zone. So you hook her might have some
42:28
opportunities to get on the edge and make some plays there.
42:32
That's my big, that's my first big one.
42:34
Who do you who do you? Like I think today when we were
42:41
putting this was Brock and I think the way you just mention
42:44
what they like to do on defense and occasionally bringing
42:46
pressure and then the way that some of those Zone runs they
42:50
lead gaps, the man in the middle Brock Hoffman, obviously we've
42:55
already seen it through, you know, three games broadcast,
42:59
good command of making the right.
43:01
Right calls making the right reads.
43:03
We haven't had too many plays blow up yet because he put he's
43:06
putting that whole line, who all the guys are talented in the
43:10
right positions, but since you taught mentioning about those
43:14
zones and some of the back lanes, and we know, he likes to
43:18
be nasty. And I do believe that the way me
43:23
and you discussed it, if they're having trouble getting there,
43:28
it's probably going to be brought from this in the right
43:30
spot to We block leading Brock leading the way in creating the
43:34
alleys and my right? Or am I wrong?
43:38
Yeah, those kind of there's inside combo blocks on the zones
43:41
are going to be the key, you know, with Brock making a lot of
43:44
those priests at Kohl's and brought working with the guard
43:48
on those hand off. So that's going to be the key
43:50
for me, whether we can get Herbert to the second level, let
43:54
him do what he does best, which is make a big guys, missing
43:57
space and take it to the house. So rocks deathly going to be
44:00
big. Up there, you know, when we
44:03
talked about the short passing game, I mean, we talked about
44:07
the swing, we talked about getting the ball outside and let
44:10
him live. The wide receivers block, block
44:12
a little bit, but it's going to begin and end with Big Stone
44:15
Gap. James Mitchell this week, man.
44:18
If he can have another big game like he had against UNC working
44:21
underneath, working up the seam working, some of those Slants,
44:27
you know, I'm gonna feel really good about this game because
44:29
that's where we can kind of get them.
44:32
Get some yards on them where they're a little soft there in
44:34
the middle in coverage. So look for that to happen.
44:38
Hopefully we can get him going. What do you think, buddy?
44:41
No no I'm with you on that. I think Big Stone Gap is going
44:44
to be one of the keys not only because of the way you talk
44:46
about the way they'd like to bring pressure and obviously
44:50
that's going to leave the middle of the field.
44:51
Open for some quick seam route. Some hopefully little crossers,
44:56
some little, you know, some quick digs to the middle but the
45:00
other piece Peace is Ron. As you were mentioning that on
45:04
defense is. Do they have anybody that can
45:07
cover him? Is there anybody that popped out
45:10
of your mind? That said, hey and this guy
45:14
could keep Big Stone Gap to a reasonable game.
45:19
I'm they had a couple of linebackers that I think can
45:21
maybe cover him in the short short passing game, but I just
45:24
think it's athleticism as the game wears on is going to take
45:26
over. I don't think any guys can run
45:29
with them and then just, you know, the big body that he has.
45:33
I think eventually it's going to get to wear them down over the
45:35
course of a game. So yeah, I wouldn't say that
45:39
they're necessarily susceptible but I think that if he has kind
45:43
of a good one of one of his better games that they could
45:45
definitely take advantage of what they do on defense, Got it.
45:50
All right, let's turn it over to the defense.
45:52
Now, pivotal players and holding down the top spot for the second
45:55
week in a row. The Heavenly Devil Himself
45:58
Divine Diablo. He did not get to suit up last
46:02
week. So he's back here again and he's
46:04
back here again because of what we saw last week and because of
46:10
how much they like to throw the ball down the field.
46:13
So that's kind of the one-two punch man.
46:17
Diablo cleaned up so much especially.
46:18
Especially in that game against NC State did.
46:23
Such a good job of cleaning up some of those those run plays.
46:28
Yeah, he's definitely going to be, it'd be nice to have him
46:30
back and then the coverage aspect, I mean, with some of the
46:34
way they drive the ball down, the field with the football in
46:37
the passing game. Yeah, having a guy.
46:39
That's that experience that talented.
46:42
That's what you want. Because he is the guy.
46:44
He's the quarterback of that secondary and that's who you
46:47
want in the game. I guess the team that's going to
46:49
throw it down the field like this absolutely man.
46:53
There's, there's no doubt about it.
46:54
We saw how much he was missing last week.
46:57
We saw among some stats that I cannot remember who put up.
47:03
If you put them up, please tag yourself and put it on the
47:07
boundary Corner. We were at least this on Friday,
47:10
but we were 12%. Missed tackles game won.
47:14
The last two games where he was absent. 22% 24.
47:18
Percent and I think that's big. I think it's big for the
47:22
linebackers knowing that he's back there.
47:24
I think putting people in the right situations.
47:27
So without a doubt, Divine Diablo holding down number one,
47:31
right? Who's got number two?
47:34
So Beach Amari Connor and that's going to be because we're going
47:37
to need him his physicality at the line of scrimmage.
47:40
But we're also going to need him.
47:43
Covering Hunter long and he's gonna need to show better skills
47:50
at that what he showed against as do something, I think he will
47:53
just because number one, Hunter long for all the gifts and
47:57
talents he has is not quick and Elusive, like dad's new, some do
48:02
not and number two because he is a tight end.
48:05
Connor will be able to actually use his physicality a lot more
48:10
than he was against Newsome. Who wear, if he does get away
48:12
from He can run away from Connor, that's not gonna be the
48:17
case on her long hundred. Long is definitely a guy that
48:19
can can make plays down the field but he's not a 44 guy
48:23
that's going to just run away from Connor.
48:24
Like like Destiny's. Yeah.
48:28
Connor or whoever, whoever is going to rotate to that, you
48:31
know, covering long. But I think it's going to be
48:33
tomorrow. And most of the day and as Das
48:37
wasn't a good matchup, this is a good matchup.
48:39
Again, we've mentioned numerous times before.
48:41
If chimoree, makes it in the The league, he is going to be a
48:44
strong safety and many times a strong safety, the prototypical.
48:50
What you're supposed to cover is, you're going to cover the
48:52
tight end, or if there is a bigger running back, that's your
48:55
responsibility. So, to me, it's a good matchup.
48:59
We need him to play Within himself though, because last
49:03
week now with the ejection, what I'm hoping it is, he he's one of
49:08
those players that puts that immediately out of his mind
49:11
don't like, don't play timid, but then, So this is a guy
49:14
that's not going to run away from you he's bigger than you.
49:17
Yeah but you've got the skill set to contain him most of the
49:22
day all right Brian and I'd like to see him you know be a little
49:27
aggressive with the way he approaches the coverage because
49:32
you know unlike that as he can make up some ground If he if he
49:36
guesses wrong. Yeah.
49:38
So play aggressive not too aggressive but you do Don't go
49:43
out there. Try not to fail because we don't
49:47
want that either. No, not at all.
49:49
Not at all. All right, Brian.
49:50
So this is going to be an easy one.
49:53
Brian for the team that literally is the third worst
49:56
team at giving up quarterback sacks.
49:58
Who's your number three, defensive ends, buddy, obviously
50:03
particularly justice re but I can see Belmar and a couple
50:06
other guys getting in there as well.
50:09
Jacoby is going to hold on to the football.
50:11
He's going to stay Behind the line of scrimmage and try to
50:15
keep looking downfield to throw the ball.
50:17
We are going to have opportunities to put him on the
50:19
ground. We potentially have
50:21
opportunities to get the ball out of his hands.
50:24
Yep. We got to take advantage of
50:26
that. Yeah.
50:27
And you just mentioned it, him holding onto the ball, getting
50:31
him down when we get there for Belmar for bar, no, for greed.
50:39
It's going to be you get there. Get him down.
50:42
Was once he said, no and don't lose your Leverage.
51:28
Is probably not going to be where they're blocking where
51:32
their help tight end is. So I think that gives us a
51:35
schematic advantage to know where you're going to put in
51:39
because as soon as you know, if lungs on the right and then they
51:42
shifted got to the right side of the line because Reed is over
51:45
there. Well, that's fine because you're
51:49
telling us everything where you're worried about.
51:52
Yeah. They I mean they run to the
51:55
strength When they're usually have an HVAC, when they put both
51:59
on the line of scrimmage, that's when they kind of, it's hard to
52:03
determine which direction they're running, but they
52:04
usually run to the strength when they have the 12 personnel with
52:10
HVAC. Like I said, they usually bring
52:13
that each bag. Back across the formation to
52:15
seal the backside. When they're two men on the two
52:19
tight ends on the line of scrimmage, they usually just a
52:21
running Straight Zone across the board.
52:24
All right? All right, Brian.
52:27
We'll time for the Moment of Truth today.
52:31
Predictions for Saturday night, in Lane Stadium.
52:38
Do I get to leave this week? You lead?
52:41
All right. Let's see what we got here.
52:45
Give me a hippie 3821. 38 points.
52:55
I think we score the football against these guys.
52:57
I don't think they can stop our running game and I think hookers
53:01
going to make as many or more plays as any other quarterback
53:04
is made against them. And they haven't seen a running
53:06
game like this. So I think use for, I think your
53:09
score more than Pit. I think he's for more than UNC.
53:11
I think we put a 38 points, nice man.
53:16
I'm not, I'm not that far from me either.
53:18
Um I'm Virginia Tech 41b. C21 a lot of the same Reasons.
53:24
Looking at their Dreadful Red Zone numbers.
53:28
I think we will get down there and score more times than not
53:32
into the end zone and I'm only putting on the 21 because I
53:36
think to your point too about the running game, I think we're
53:39
going to come out mad on both sides of the ball and I think
53:44
the way I feel is we're going to probably hit them similar to the
53:47
way we hit NC State and they probably could get to 27.
53:52
Maybe even 30, but I think they're going to be at a point
53:54
in the second half where they're going to have to go for it
53:57
numerous times. Instead of taking three points
54:00
are going to be down so much. It's like we've got to go we
54:03
can't hear and you know, and try to chip away because when they
54:07
get the ball they're probably going to go score again and if
54:12
you know we don't try to catch up, it's not going to be a good
54:15
thing. All right, so we got the
54:18
prediction, buddy. What was the uniform revealed
54:22
this week? Uniform reveal very traditional,
54:27
well, seemingly traditional, right uniform this week.
54:31
We are going with the white maroon, white Unis, I love the
54:36
look. The helmet looks very crisp.
54:38
It looks like fall. You know, it's not orange.
54:43
So we can't those who Claiming that the orange pants and orange
54:50
Uniforms. On reason we lost last week.
54:52
Well, we can't go that this week, so, yeah.
54:55
Now Brian one of your favorite guys.
54:58
Got 25 this week. Yes, he did a Mari bar.
55:02
No 25. And I will say this, he earned
55:05
it. He had a pretty darn good game
55:07
against you and see all things considered, especially the way
55:11
he played in the second half. Got a sack of the second half.
55:15
Did a good job. Looks like he's coming around a
55:17
little bit. In terms of not just being a guy
55:20
that needs to have that, that one read where he's going after
55:24
the quarterback, he's starting to play a little more balance
55:27
which is nice to see that. He's got some reps so good for
55:30
him. Look forward to see 25 making a
55:33
few secs this Saturday 25 on the line of scrimmage.
55:37
Always a beautiful beautiful thing.
55:39
All right, well Brian let's turn it over racc and college
55:44
football picks this week last week, man.
55:48
Both of us had good weeks. You hit five and three.
55:53
I went six and to get back in the winning way.
55:58
So again folks if you're playing what we're telling you you might
56:03
be making yourself some money and now we're getting to the
56:06
point Ryan because we've been playing so good me and you might
56:09
be opening up an account again. We would like a little bankroll
56:22
start out on. That's right.
56:28
That's right. Hey.
56:48
last week took Plum son to cover and he covered this week, I'm
56:54
going to take them to cover again because even without My
57:11
mind, says, somewhere in the neighborhood of what are you
57:19
feeling on this one? Brian, I'm right there with you.
57:22
Actually I think this is going to cleanse is going to get the
57:25
50s and I don't see. Georgia Tech getting out getting
57:29
to the 20s. So Give me George's.
57:32
Let me give me Clemson in the points there.
57:34
Yeah, after Miami burned, you last week with the Clemson game,
57:37
you come back to the to the, to the Death Star.
57:41
Here. Let's go down to Hard.
57:44
Rock stadium in Miami pit. Miami Miami.
57:49
Lan 14 points against Pitt coming off.
57:52
The beat down in Death Valley. Will you get out on this one?
57:57
Brian. Man, this one's tough, buddy.
58:03
This was tough, because after what I saw happen, between Miami
58:07
and Clemson. I don't know what to think of
58:09
Miami anymore, are they just a more efficient version of the
58:12
same team we saw last year? Or are they?
58:15
What some folks were thinking? They were going into Clemson.
58:20
I'm leaning probably a little closer to the former I think
58:28
King is good but until King can make significant completions two
58:32
wide receivers down the field. I think they're going to
58:34
struggle against teams that are good up front and pit is nothing
58:38
if not good up front. So I'll take Give me pitting,
58:45
the 14 points. I'm right with you as much as we
58:50
bagged on Kenny ticket and stuff.
58:54
The last few weeks they still did not break 30 and regulation
58:59
they, they said, you can probably be fixed.
59:07
It's true. And I think Miami will get to
59:10
30, um, but I can seep it hanging in there, making it.
59:14
Game. I'm with you.
59:16
I think 14. Too much delay.
59:19
Miami coming out. Probably got a little Scar
59:21
Tissue out of last week. They can be an effective team
59:25
but you kind of saw the what Clemson did against that offense
59:31
up from that offensive line of still bad pitch.
59:34
Still good up front so give us 14 and we'll roll with it.
59:39
All right we're going to go add a conference for the next one.
59:42
Brian. And And yeah, well, not out of
59:46
conference. Syracuse is still are in
59:49
conference friend, here, Liberty.
59:52
All right. You ready for the Shocker?
59:55
What you got, man? Liberty is laying three points.
1:00:01
Liberty is a favorite Liberty is a road favorite.
1:00:05
Now, everybody looks Liberties for no, right?
1:00:10
And good and red one, right fine.
1:00:15
Give me the teams. They become two games.
1:00:17
They've won. What's the total length?
1:00:21
Uno Uno there. One in nine.
1:00:25
They are literally playing the worst teams in division 1
1:00:30
football. And it's not like, you know,
1:00:33
everybody looks last week's um on Rogaine well they blew their
1:00:35
doors off the other three games weren't that way.
1:00:37
The other three games were super tight.
1:00:39
So I'm sitting here looking at Syracuse who competed with UNC
1:00:44
beat Georgia, Tech, competitive with Juke.
1:00:47
I'm trying to figure out what Vegas season.
1:00:50
This. And, you know what?
1:00:51
This is one of those like legal limit bets, give me Syracuse.
1:00:54
Give me the 3 points. Syracuse is going to win this
1:00:57
game outright and I think it's within 10.
1:01:02
Somebody said home run, didn't they?
1:01:03
Yes, sir. All right, while Brian
1:01:07
celebrates. Sorry,
1:01:20
Nothing Syracuse wins out, right.
1:01:21
So give me Syracuse in the three main where I know we're lining
1:01:26
right up here and this is you know no drama to our listeners
1:01:30
here but screw it. You gotta go with what we know
1:01:34
from it's like looking at bachelder.
1:01:36
A liberty for movies playing shitty teams, haven't struggled
1:01:40
with some of them a light, therefore know winning by 50
1:01:43
each game. So go here, it doesn't just
1:01:46
drawn here in a little bit, to get some drama.
1:01:49
Don't worry. About that plus it might be one
1:01:52
of those things if we could read enough by the last few pics we
1:01:55
just meet you might look at each other like screw you even though
1:01:57
I liked the other team I'm going to go turned out good.
1:02:02
You were thinking so let's go up to Notre Dame Stadium.
1:02:09
The Irish versus the Cardinals motor dame Lane seven.
1:02:14
Teen points to Louisville. We think here.
1:02:19
And this, this was the one that I've been scratching my head on
1:02:23
the most because Notre Dame is obviously a better team at this
1:02:29
point, but I just don't think that they're going to score
1:02:32
enough to cover 17. So I'm going to take Louisville
1:02:36
in the 17, Jesus Christ. I thought this would be the one
1:02:39
that we would disagree, but now it's not and I'm this is what
1:02:44
I'm not because Notre Dame is a better team.
1:02:48
No, no I'm going to win this game, the probably going to get
1:02:51
to the high 30s but I think Louisville Stills got a good
1:02:54
enough offense to get to the mid 20s, maybe even low 30s.
1:02:57
So 17 is way too much. We saw last week, Notre Dame
1:03:01
Lane 21 against Florida State, they jumped on them early, but
1:03:04
then they kind of turn the gas off.
1:03:06
I don't see that this week. I see more Notre Dame getting a
1:03:08
little bit ahead and just keeping Louisville at Arms Bay
1:03:11
but not by 17 points. So, we're agreeing on everything
1:03:16
so far. All right, bro.
1:03:20
Travel guys, 0, welcome, o drama.
1:03:24
Because you're brave just jacked another homerun dead center
1:03:27
field. It's 82 in the bottom of the
1:03:29
seventh, so it's not man, you are.
1:03:32
If that boy that was that was wild.
1:03:34
All right, so do you think versus NC State in Sea State 4
1:03:40
and a half Point favorite both coming off.
1:03:44
When's Duke their first one of the Season versus Syracuse NC
1:03:47
State? You know, with a 17-point went
1:03:50
up the road here in Charlottesville but I feel like
1:03:55
this is a toughie because you know what we've seen with Duke
1:04:01
when they don't turn the ball over against, you know, upper
1:04:06
echelon Notre Dame. 14-point game versus us a 10 point game.
1:04:14
It was ten point Ida field. Goal does not count unless you
1:04:19
Which, you know that Scott Van Pelt about that.
1:04:22
That's one of those gut shots that they took the other
1:04:24
Saturday, but I'm sitting here and saying, is you going to
1:04:28
continue this path of not turning the ball over a ton and
1:04:33
NC State? Is it Ryan clearly did something
1:04:39
on the other screen? These three going to keep their
1:04:42
role going from pit? I think in Sea state does.
1:04:46
I think NC State wins this game by touching my things?
1:04:48
To be a pretty good fault game. But give me n c-- State.
1:04:52
I'll lay the four and a half. Dude, right there with you.
1:05:04
We sold. I mean, both of these teams
1:05:06
struggle to stop the run sometimes and I think NC State's
1:05:10
going to run up, run on Duke a lot better than do groans
1:05:14
against NC State. I think that Leary is a little
1:05:19
more efficient with the football and Chase prices.
1:05:25
So let me let me take NC State, I think they'll cover that four
1:05:28
and a half. Okay, I mean me and you again on
1:05:34
the same page, I think what's happening.
1:05:36
Now, Brian is we're seeing more and more of the team's, we're
1:05:40
getting a better feel of who they are now.
1:05:43
By all means, if NC State turns the ball over three times, they
1:05:47
can lose this game, they're going to have to pray clean, but
1:05:53
they're playing. They're on a roll right now,
1:05:56
okin battle, anything I say, unless his Georgia Tech, because
1:05:59
I still got 04, Fuel for their games in Georgia, Tech everybody
1:06:09
that just nothing just turn the Jets off and be like, we're
1:06:17
gonna win this game 2814. We're not scoring another point
1:06:19
he liked it, all right. Really they're going to send
1:06:32
their going to do whatever they want to do as we go back and
1:06:35
revisit the first day. All right, Brian Wake.
1:06:37
Forest, UVA UVA the road favorite at two and a half.
1:06:42
So one of those basically pick them games, although you do
1:06:46
know, two and a half can bite you.
1:06:47
When somebody wins by point in here, like I was on the wrong
1:06:51
side of that line. So Brian UVA.
1:06:54
Wake who you got What's the status of Ginger Tebow?
1:07:03
Ginger plant. Let's see here.
1:07:08
He was concussed last week trying to get it up here.
1:07:13
Give me one moment. What day was this on?
1:07:17
That was the 12th real live radio podcasting here.
1:07:31
Everything. Efforting efforting efforting
1:07:33
I'm trying to get to did a search here.
1:07:37
Let me jump on the twittersphere and see if anyone has anything
1:07:40
on Brandon Armstrong. You feel like that line though?
1:07:44
You feel like if he was starting, strong is playing.
1:07:47
I think they cover which I mean, essentially saying, I think UVA
1:07:52
wins the football game and maybe a little more.
1:07:58
Basically this was a decision day for Brandon Armstrong.
1:08:02
So are you taking them regardless?
1:08:04
I think I'm taking them regardless.
1:08:06
I'm definitely taking them if Armstrong's playing.
1:08:09
But let's go ahead and just say I'm taking them regardless.
1:08:12
If we don't know all right, well since we don't know and UVA does
1:08:18
the asinine thing of giving quarterback numbers 36 99 98 and
1:08:25
60 giving won't come on. It's a tradition.
1:08:29
You pick your number. Simply if I was a quarterback
1:08:35
and I walk in, and I don't care. If I'm the 3D guy, I'd like to
1:08:39
get a number 17 coach, not taking over here.
1:08:50
What I'll just be like man if I don't get my number because I
1:08:59
fucking quarterback has it. You know how pissed I am
1:09:02
therefore portal Fame day. Maybe the next one, FSU, UNC
1:09:53
Braun UNC land 13 points. I'm going to kick off with this
1:09:57
one yet. Last week FSU played a very good
1:10:01
game against what against Notre Dame and they lost the covered.
1:10:06
They played respectable you know it wasn't like the dumpster fire
1:10:10
that looked like against Jacksonville State or against
1:10:13
Miami. UNC just you know what happened
1:10:19
with them. Um, vs.
1:10:20
Us. We saw it.
1:10:21
They ran the ball down our throats, they held back our
1:10:25
comebacks a couple times. But I'm sitting here and I'm
1:10:28
wondering who gets back to A normal level quicker.
1:10:34
And what I see is I think we're UNC played last week is closer
1:10:37
to their normal than what Florida state did.
1:10:40
So I think Florida State comes tumbling down this week, I think
1:10:43
UNC wins this game essentially. Sam how rubs it in the face of
1:10:47
the team. He originally committed to give
1:10:50
me UNC, I'm laying 13. I'm feeling you and see
1:10:55
somewhere in the neighborhood of, you know, 3820.
1:11:00
So, probably a competitive game till the end.
1:11:03
When essentially, the Badness of the Florida State Defense starts
1:11:06
showing through, I'm right there with you and I think it's going
1:11:11
to be kind of one of those late covers.
1:11:17
I think UNC is going to play. Not quite as good as the running
1:11:21
game is they did against us number one, because FSU for all
1:11:24
their faults on defense. Yes, I am talented interior
1:11:29
defense of Wyman that will help everything they have going on
1:11:33
and they're more or less going to be having their starting
1:11:36
defense. We think so So I think those two
1:11:40
factors, keep it closer than it should be.
1:11:43
But I think UNC either touchdown late to make it 14 or feel
1:11:47
goalie. Maybe push it to 17.
1:11:50
I don't think it's going to be much more than a 17-point win
1:11:53
for you and see. Okay, but I think they, I think
1:11:56
they definitely cover the 13 over 13.
1:11:58
Awesome. All right.
1:12:00
Well, the last game we're going to pick this week is the big one
1:12:03
that essentially Saturday night. You'll probably have it on your
1:12:09
phone or your iPad and I'll have it on one of the top two TVs
1:12:12
here in the house. Alabama, Georgia and Tuscaloosa,
1:12:18
without Nick Saban, as I'm sure everybody listen to this podcast
1:12:23
knows saving tested positive for the coronavirus.
1:12:27
So he is a, he's officially out. But now and as we were sitting
1:12:33
here Brian and you were going through your You're UVA pick.
1:12:38
I saw something that scrolled up on the screen and I want to
1:12:40
check this out. They are potentially saying this
1:12:43
might be a false negative test for Nick Saban.
1:12:48
I don't know if you false positive.
1:12:49
Yeah. False positive, excuse me.
1:12:51
So he might be on the sideline. He might be on the sidelines and
1:12:54
I'm trying to pull it out just as a precaution or something.
1:12:58
Potentially potentially, let me look it up here.
1:13:02
I mean it literally scroll down the bottom line about five
1:13:09
minutes ago. So I want to see what they said
1:13:15
here. So Brian while I'm trying to
1:13:17
look that up, when we pitch it to you Bammel and four and a
1:13:20
half against Georgia right now to our knowledge, no saving on
1:13:24
the sidelines. If I find something while you're
1:13:26
doing this I will inform you. Think that line would be 6 and a
1:13:31
half. If if saving was definitely
1:13:33
coaching. Okay, I'm going to take, I'm
1:13:37
still going to take bama. What do you think?
1:13:44
I think I still don't trust their defense at all yet, which
1:13:53
is something weird to say about Nick Saban coach team.
1:13:56
Okay? But I think they're going to
1:13:58
score enough points and I think others going to give it a gas.
1:14:05
Ausa. Tuffy trying to look everywhere.
1:14:08
I wish you would scroll down again.
1:14:10
I would see who's reporting that.
1:14:15
Yeah, I don't think Stetson Bennett the fourth and the gorge
1:14:23
offense is going to have the gas or the dynamic play calling to
1:14:30
keep up with Alabama. Emma like Ole Miss.
1:14:33
Did you know that? That's one thing.
1:14:37
If Lane kiffin ever got his act together and stayed someone on
1:14:41
the straight and narrow Ole Miss will be under probation.
1:14:43
At least three years. Trust me.
1:14:48
But they don't. And, you know, they have Todd
1:14:52
Monken come in, who was an Oklahoma state with Gundy and
1:14:55
then went to the NFL so it's getting better.
1:15:01
But what you're saying is Georges going to hold Alabama
1:15:05
down and I'm with you, I don't think they can do that.
1:15:10
I think Bama will get a couple in the first half, they might
1:15:14
get one in the third quarter. But in the fourth quarter
1:15:16
eventually what's going to happen is it's what you said.
1:15:18
They're going to give out of gas and I feel like this is like a
1:15:23
3521 game where it's going to be probably a super fun game to
1:15:27
watch as fans. We won't be doing.
1:15:32
So yeah, that is what it is. That's why, you know, you know,
1:15:39
minimum three TVs, when you get your man cave, folks.
1:15:41
Minimum that's what's happening. Okay, by the way, rent time.
1:15:46
I'm taking down later four-and-a-half.
1:15:48
Get a man cave. If you don't have multiple TVs,
1:15:51
it's worthless. You could have a pool table, a
1:15:53
dartboard, a super great bar. If you have one TV, I sit here
1:15:57
and say what game and watch you all.
1:15:59
Watch the brave cool. I got money on the college
1:16:01
football game right now. Need to watch that white one TV.
1:16:05
Then your man cave has failed. If I have to follow a game, I
1:16:13
play of money on on my cellular device.
1:16:17
That's probably a problem. So, gotten up the man cave game,
1:16:21
three TVs minimum, and if you're spending that sort of money, you
1:16:24
can have a nice big projector. You put two behind the bar
1:16:27
because for your degenerate friends, who come up, Who are
1:16:31
betting the Sunbelt. Lake kick this weekend.
1:16:57
I bet you smoking some good. We go and brisket, mmm.
1:17:05
Yes, sir, going brisket this weekend, buddy?
1:17:09
It's going to probably be a long smoke but it should be a good
1:17:12
one. And then we Feast, then you
1:17:16
Feast, didn't you face, you know, I love having the 8:00
1:17:19
games and I know some people growl about it and stuff, but
1:17:23
have any anger plot games is, it's really nice.
1:17:26
If you're staying at home, you know, this is a normal season,
1:17:31
you know, with the SEC network going to Blacksburg, I'm sure
1:17:34
there are people, like, yeah, it's cool.
1:17:37
Love have a night games in Lanes.
1:17:38
Awesome. And get home at 4:00 in the
1:17:40
morning though, it's kind of sucks.
1:17:44
Well, if you're going to go for the eight o'clock game, you need
1:17:47
to get a hotel somewhere Blacksburg, Roanoke Salem
1:17:51
Radford and just stay, you know, because, you know, to drive
1:17:57
back, unless you have someone who is just willing to drive
1:18:00
back, it's just not fun. Now, me and you last year,
1:18:07
obviously. 3:30 kicks on the perfect, kick for a full day
1:18:13
trip. Yeah, right.
1:18:16
If you if you gotta if you've got to travel from anything more
1:18:19
than two hours to Blacksburg 3:30 is the perfect kick because
1:18:24
you can still travel in the morning and tailgate and you can
1:18:27
still drive back the same day and not get back.
1:18:31
You know too late where you can still get a little decent shut
1:18:34
out of that night. Yeah, we got back to @midnight.
1:18:38
We got back at midnight we left what 715 we rolling.
1:18:41
The Blacksburg, we hit Sharkey's, we hit Tides we get
1:18:44
the tailgate scene. We even went in the stadium
1:18:47
early. so, Again, 8:00 kicks. My advice still leave at 7:00 in
1:18:56
the morning, you get a hotel room somewhere between in the
1:18:59
greater New River Valley, anything else we have, missed it
1:19:04
with the exception of Arkansas, state, and Georgia State are now
1:19:08
at 101 points so be over in that game.
1:19:17
What's I just want to see what it was but surely they got in
1:19:22
that game. I'm was 73.
1:19:34
The third quarter that was crushed again it's a fun about
1:19:37
game who's doing that I did we got nothing else bronze Bravo's
1:19:42
we date to two in the eighth and we also way three outs away from
1:19:46
going up. 31 we are going to wrap up this episode of The
1:19:50
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more of? What do you want us to cut out?
1:20:13
As always we let our buddy. Jason Long, play us out, catch
1:20:17
him on Apple, music and Spotify. And as always let's go.
1:20:22
Oh keys.