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- 0:03Speaker 1: The North Florida Sports Network.
- 0:05Speaker 1: The North Florida Sports Network.
- 0:08Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to the North Florida Sports Network.
- 0:15Speaker 1: The schedule is out.
- 0:19Speaker 1: We're going to talk about it.
- 0:21Speaker 1: We'll go over it, probably many times.
- 0:23Speaker 1: This will be the first.
- 0:24Speaker 1: The very first All right, I got my FSU guy Jimmy Reno with me.
- 0:29Speaker 2: He's just wrattin' right here.
- 0:31Speaker 1: Yeah man we're going to talk about the schedule.
- 0:32Speaker 1: We might talk about some other stuff, who knows, we'll have time, but let's get right into it, man, let's do it.
- 0:40Speaker 1: All right, let's do it.
- 0:42Speaker 1: It starts in Dublin, ireland, the homeland, the homeland.
- 0:47Speaker 1: I want to stay with the old Reno's.
- 0:49Speaker 2: No, it's the McCronehands.
- 0:51Speaker 2: Oh, I'm sorry, yeah Of course it's my mom's, father's, brother's, uncle's side.
- 0:55Speaker 2: I knew that.
- 0:56Speaker 1: There you go and it's where.
- 0:58Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, georgia Tech.
- 1:00Speaker 1: That's going to be a tough game.
- 1:03Speaker 1: It is, it is.
- 1:04Speaker 1: I just remember the last time I thought of Georgia Tech was when they were playing Georgia.
- 1:09Speaker 1: They played them right there Better than anybody played Georgia without beating them all year.
- 1:15Speaker 2: Right, I don't take much away from that game as other ACC teams, other games during the C.
- 1:24Speaker 2: They're bowl game.
- 1:25Speaker 2: They looked really probably as good as they looked all season, which tells you a lot, since some kids check out during bowl season.
- 1:34Speaker 1: Yeah, he's got it rolling there.
- 1:36Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 1:37Speaker 1: He's got the program buying in.
- 1:39Speaker 2: You know it's going to be a tougher game than people are going to credit for.
- 1:43Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 1:44Speaker 1: The first two games.
- 1:45Speaker 1: I don't want to jump ahead.
- 1:46Speaker 1: I mean, ireland's going to be an experience, right, and you're going to be having pretty much the first game of the season.
- 1:52Speaker 1: You're going to be kicking off the season.
- 1:54Speaker 1: Yeah, game day is going to be there.
- 1:57Speaker 2: DJ Ui era gets away DJ.
- 1:59Speaker 1: Ui era in Dublin, ireland, ireland.
- 2:02Speaker 1: It's going to be a great chance for the team to get over there, but this is going to be a tough game.
- 2:09Speaker 1: Yeah, georgia Tech is steadily improved.
- 2:14Speaker 2: Well, they finally got QB.
- 2:15Speaker 1: Yeah, the QB is getting better.
- 2:18Speaker 2: Right, there's no.
- 2:19Speaker 2: There's no turmoil there, there's some consistency.
- 2:22Speaker 2: Haynes King is the guy, chris Winky is his coach.
- 2:25Speaker 2: Yeah, it's going to be a tough game, and then you got to turn around in nine days and play Boston College, boston College.
- 2:34Speaker 1: The team that almost upset you last year.
- 2:38Speaker 2: Right, casablanos is back and they QB.
- 2:40Speaker 1: And they added Ward.
- 2:43Speaker 2: Yeah, tray Sean, the homecoming for Tray Sean Ward.
- 2:46Speaker 1: Yeah, so those two games right there.
- 2:48Speaker 1: Right Jump off the page is tough ones In the conference Other than Clemson.
- 2:54Speaker 1: Maybe Miami doesn't get any tougher.
- 2:59Speaker 2: Yeah, in terms of the traditional teams in the ACC that have given Florida State trouble, you don't you avoid, just on first glance.
- 3:05Speaker 1: Yeah, you avoid some of them Because I think yeah, and I mean just beyond what you saw this year and who's coming back.
- 3:11Speaker 1: Yeah, like you said, the quarterback for Boston College gave FSU trouble last year.
- 3:15Speaker 1: They're adding a running back that we I know you You're big on.
- 3:20Speaker 2: And he's.
- 3:21Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he was his Part of that, yeah.
- 3:25Speaker 1: And this is a team that gave you all sorts of fits last year.
- 3:28Speaker 2: So Jeff Hathley is a good coach.
- 3:29Speaker 2: The defense is not going to.
- 3:31Speaker 1: That's going to be Labor Day night.
- 3:32Speaker 1: Home opener for the Knowles.
- 3:35Speaker 2: Right In.
- 3:36Speaker 1: Boston College.
- 3:38Speaker 2: Then you got Memphis coming in after that man.
- 3:40Speaker 1: The rematch, well, not the rematch.
- 3:42Speaker 1: Old school man.
- 3:45Speaker 2: They still they.
- 3:46Speaker 2: They love Norville up there in.
- 3:48Speaker 2: Memphis.
- 3:48Speaker 2: Oh yeah, they still hold them in high regard.
- 3:52Speaker 2: That's good.
- 3:53Speaker 2: I mean, that's not going to be a slam dunk game either.
- 3:56Speaker 2: No, no.
- 3:58Speaker 2: I mean, these are games you should win, you know, but we're just going to have to.
- 4:04Speaker 1: Where do you know you don't want to pick them already?
- 4:07Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, no, no.
- 4:08Speaker 1: I just kind of, but I'm just saying that most first two In terms of the ACC was like okay.
- 4:14Speaker 2: Right, you're jumping right into it, and then you're going to have to go to Florida State and Georgia Tech Well they knew, yeah, you know, given both those teams a game the week after they got a play in Ireland, that's I mean that's tough dude.
- 4:29Speaker 1: Well yeah, that's the first game of the year.
- 4:31Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 4:33Speaker 1: You know you should be ready to go, and it is a Monday for Georgia.
- 4:38Speaker 2: Tech has to play.
- 4:39Speaker 2: The next week the next.
- 4:39Speaker 1: Saturday yeah, that's, that's rough man.
- 4:42Speaker 2: At least Florida State has that that is but you know that's that's a lot easier to fly into Atlanta than to have you want.
- 4:50Speaker 2: I mean, that's what comes with.
- 4:51Speaker 1: It's just a, it's just a flight.
- 4:53Speaker 2: Honestly, yeah, an extra long flight.
- 4:54Speaker 2: Oh man, she's tough on the kids.
- 4:56Speaker 1: Nobody else gives a shit and he's not really, and you're glad that you have those extra two days.
- 5:01Speaker 2: Yeah, for Florida State definitely, you much rather have have the Monday night than be playing on Saturday, your home opener.
- 5:09Speaker 1: So those first two, though you come out of those without without losing, you're gonna be set up nicely.
- 5:17Speaker 2: Yeah, you can set yourself up nicely, it's gonna be a good test out of conference.
- 5:20Speaker 2: But like you said, they are there, they're dark horse from some people nationally to Right to get that G5 playoff spot.
- 5:29Speaker 1: This is a brand new era that's beginning.
- 5:31Speaker 1: So I mean, even if you were to slip up in one of these two games, yeah, I wouldn't be shocked.
- 5:39Speaker 2: Yeah, I wouldn't be shocked.
- 5:40Speaker 2: It would not be.
- 5:41Speaker 2: I mean, I doubt it, though On my first glance.
- 5:44Speaker 2: Well, yeah.
- 5:45Speaker 2: Georgia Tech, though Georgia Tech the bay on paper would be the one that would probably be a bigger threat.
- 5:51Speaker 2: You know it's a neutral site game, but again, you don't know what these rosters are gonna look like come, come, fall right and then it's, then it's Cal.
- 6:02Speaker 2: Right.
- 6:03Speaker 2: ACC, coming all the way from right, our first Cal, kind of our first introduction to the new yeah, the new additions back to back, but first Cal comes here.
- 6:13Speaker 1: Yeah and that should be.
- 6:15Speaker 2: I'm gonna, you know, coming from the Bay Area to just gonna be weird to the Panhandle in September is gonna be quite.
- 6:22Speaker 1: It's gonna be weird because but it's gonna be temporary Because Florida State's gonna be right out of here, so last but enjoy this.
- 6:30Speaker 1: You know why you can.
- 6:31Speaker 1: You have Cow coming in.
- 6:33Speaker 2: I'm interested to see how they travel.
- 6:35Speaker 1: See, I'm excited to see if Florida State will have a return trip to Cal.
- 6:38Speaker 1: So I'll be in the league long enough.
- 6:40Speaker 1: Oh dude, I hope so, right.
- 6:42Speaker 1: Well, the next week after the Cal game, and what do you got any thoughts on Cal I?
- 6:47Speaker 2: have no idea what they, what they have.
- 6:50Speaker 2: I haven't even paid any attention to Cal the last couple of years.
- 6:54Speaker 1: Well, the next team is Going to be Someone to be reckoned with next year, I predict, and that's SMU.
- 7:04Speaker 2: Yeah, that's their.
- 7:05Speaker 2: We are there.
- 7:06Speaker 1: ACC home opener oh great All right, yeah, this is gonna be good.
- 7:10Speaker 1: It's gonna be like that.
- 7:11Speaker 2: They're put.
- 7:12Speaker 1: This is a big game for oh yeah, they're gonna put a bunch, all of their boosters and Everybody is Circling that game is a huge tickets like we had in Boston.
- 7:23Speaker 1: Yeah, we had the opening of the Boston ACC right, these are gonna be a lot more expensive because the man the Catholic, it'll be the Southern Methodist Church.
- 7:34Speaker 2: It'll be money bags.
- 7:35Speaker 1: Yeah, that's gonna be.
- 7:37Speaker 2: That's their.
- 7:38Speaker 1: ACC home opener yeah, and they want to make a statement.
- 7:43Speaker 2: I know Dennis Dodd picked them to win the ACC, which is hilarious.
- 7:47Speaker 2: I I don't know.
- 7:49Speaker 1: But they wanted to get in.
- 7:51Speaker 1: They don't even care about the money, they just wanted.
- 7:53Speaker 1: They just want to get in right, they won in Texas.
- 7:56Speaker 1: They were.
- 7:57Speaker 1: They were good last year.
- 7:58Speaker 1: That's gonna be a tough game.
- 8:01Speaker 2: They got to do a lot in a little amount of time in terms of, you know, make a big statement in the ACC as long as the ACC exists.
- 8:11Speaker 1: So right off the bat, georgia Tech, bc.
- 8:14Speaker 1: To people that look at on the outside, looking in, oh that's the ACC, it's not any good, but those are tough games.
- 8:25Speaker 1: And then Memphis out of conference, that's no, that's no pushover.
- 8:29Speaker 1: And then you go, you're going to play at SMU.
- 8:33Speaker 1: So that that's the.
- 8:35Speaker 1: That's the ACC is trying to get the.
- 8:38Speaker 2: Well, they, yeah, they want that premier matchup right.
- 8:42Speaker 1: So SMU that's.
- 8:43Speaker 1: And then right after that, no weeks off, you got Clemson coming in here.
- 8:50Speaker 2: Yeah, that, that's.
- 8:51Speaker 1: That's my biggest early October my biggest takeaway with the whole Schedule last year like that's right, where I really didn't want to have to play Clemson.
- 9:00Speaker 1: Well, they just keep, they switch it up.
- 9:04Speaker 2: Yeah, I would have preferred either playing them later in the season or just they're early on, like Within the first three, four games.
- 9:10Speaker 1: Well, we played them early last year, this last year right.
- 9:14Speaker 1: And this one's still in that area.
- 9:19Speaker 2: Yeah, but you're getting them after five games for games for games.
- 9:24Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you're getting them after a road five games, five games.
- 9:26Speaker 2: You've gone five games in a row.
- 9:28Speaker 2: Right, you're going out to Dallas, then back then, and you know, oh yeah, it's no favors here, no, you're looking for that by week and it's not I.
- 9:36Speaker 1: We can after the constant game yeah, now.
- 9:39Speaker 1: So it's gonna be.
- 9:41Speaker 1: That's gonna be the assessment there.
- 9:43Speaker 1: What's your goal after that game?
- 9:46Speaker 1: Like, where do you see yourself after that game, if you see?
- 9:48Speaker 1: Right, because one five, and oh, I mean five, and oh wow watch out, then it gets tougher, in my opinion.
- 9:55Speaker 2: Oh man, no, I think it does.
- 9:57Speaker 2: I think it does like Duke on the road is probably We'll see what.
- 10:02Speaker 2: We'll see what Duke looks like.
- 10:03Speaker 2: Schedules no pushover, but then you're down in Miami.
- 10:07Speaker 2: That's gonna be a really tough game.
- 10:09Speaker 2: Yeah, you don't really get much of a brand.
- 10:13Speaker 2: Me get UNC at home, but again, like you, have that game going up to South Bend.
- 10:18Speaker 1: Yeah, cam ward now Right and they're gonna try to run the ball.
- 10:21Speaker 1: That's gonna be a huge game.
- 10:24Speaker 1: You got to go to South Bend.
- 10:25Speaker 1: I think I'm not really worried about the home Advantage in the Miami floor state game.
- 10:32Speaker 1: Honestly, miami plays better here and we play better there.
- 10:35Speaker 1: Honestly yeah recently, that's, I mean.
- 10:39Speaker 2: I think if you can go four and one and that first Five six game, what is it?
- 10:44Speaker 2: Four and two?
- 10:48Speaker 1: You want to go nine or one, you don't want to lose more than one, whether it be Georgia Tech, smu, clemson.
- 10:56Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 10:56Speaker 2: I mean, if you yeah, that's if you come out of there with one loss, that's, that's a win, yeah.
- 11:03Speaker 1: I know that people are gonna be undefeated again.
- 11:04Speaker 1: I'm just kind of like my first glance you didn't.
- 11:07Speaker 1: You don't have Jordan Travis.
- 11:08Speaker 1: You're implementing a new quarterback.
- 11:09Speaker 1: You know you're losing a lot of guys right.
- 11:12Speaker 2: You know you're losing a lot of guys right over of a deep defense and For me the thing is is if you're gonna lose a game, like if you got those first six games, if you go four and two out of that I mean one of them has to beat a Memphis yeah, you can't lose two conference games in that first right six game chunk of the season.
- 11:32Speaker 1: Right, that's gonna be.
- 11:33Speaker 1: They're coming right out of the gate with ACC now.
- 11:36Speaker 1: I mean you can get.
- 11:37Speaker 2: You can get to bye week and look at the ACC where it could work out like dude.
- 11:42Speaker 2: We go two and two over the next four games and still, you know, be up there with a shot at Charlotte Well you got North Carolina coming in to open up November after you host, after you go down to Miami.
- 11:54Speaker 1: Yeah, that's no pushover.
- 11:56Speaker 1: Then I mean Figure Mac.
- 11:58Speaker 2: Brown is gonna eventually beat Florida State, but I mean, till it happens.
- 12:02Speaker 1: Yeah, so that's.
- 12:04Speaker 2: And then you have to go to Notre Dame right, and if you you know the first game, if there's one game on the schedule where you're circling like damn, that's probably gonna be a really tough game to win and it's that one Right In South Bend.
- 12:20Speaker 1: And November Riley Leonard.
- 12:21Speaker 1: The quarterback now.
- 12:22Speaker 2: Right, the quarterback dude defense up there another game.
- 12:25Speaker 1: It was really good.
- 12:26Speaker 1: The schedule is going to be tough.
- 12:30Speaker 1: You don't have an LSU out of Congress.
- 12:33Speaker 1: But you do have AdNoter Dame this year.
- 12:35Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 12:37Speaker 1: That's an AdNotta Conference.
- 12:39Speaker 2: In Conference slash Crap and Memphis too, so you have Memphis and Notre Dame again to any of the names, I think Notre Dame and LSU kind of they're an even trade.
- 12:49Speaker 2: Right, and then you have LSU last year we played Notre Dame, this year Right well.
- 12:53Speaker 1: I mean, you do as the best you can.
- 12:54Speaker 1: You can't assume anything and when you schedule it you have to do the best you can to play the toughest schedule.
- 13:00Speaker 1: And I think this schedule looks pretty tough.
- 13:03Speaker 1: Charleston Southern will be the game after Notre Dame, before you host the Gators.
- 13:11Speaker 2: Right, you got a bi-week after Notre Dame and then you got.
- 13:15Speaker 2: What did you say?
- 13:17Speaker 1: Charleston Southern, yeah, so you've got to get to your bi-weeks here and they look like they come after some tough stretches here.
- 13:25Speaker 1: You got a bi-week after Clemson, right, and that's after one, two, three, four, five games, five games Got Georgia Tech, bc, memphis, cal, smu, then Clemson, clemson.
- 13:39Speaker 2: That's six games.
- 13:40Speaker 1: One, two, three, four, five, six games.
- 13:45Speaker 1: You're right, Six games, so that one couple of days you'll get.
- 13:49Speaker 1: That's gonna be halfway mark to the season already on October 5th.
- 13:56Speaker 1: What's your record?
- 13:57Speaker 1: Can you get to five and one?
- 14:00Speaker 2: That'll be the goal.
- 14:00Speaker 2: That'll be the like.
- 14:02Speaker 2: Five and one is amazing.
- 14:04Speaker 2: Anything less than four and two is gonna be big time trouble, big time trouble.
- 14:13Speaker 1: We got plenty of time, though, and I like the way they're stacking it up.
- 14:17Speaker 1: Schedule's gonna be tough.
- 14:22Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's one of the tougher schedules of the ACC teams.
- 14:25Speaker 1: Will they get credit for being tough though?
- 14:27Speaker 1: We'll see that's probably the case.
- 14:29Speaker 1: Where it won't, that's when all these rankings and stuff are gonna really matter.
- 14:37Speaker 2: They've kind of been showing you.
- 14:38Speaker 2: Two things are huge about the schedule that are positives to me.
- 14:41Speaker 2: You avoid playing Louisville.
- 14:45Speaker 2: You avoid playing NC State.
- 14:46Speaker 2: Right Bam Right, those are two teams that have traditionally, you know.
- 14:53Speaker 2: I know they've Louisville not so much here recently, but they're gonna be again one of the running favorites to compete for the conference Yep.
- 15:00Speaker 2: So it's good to not have to play them.
- 15:03Speaker 2: Gotta get a chance to get to Charlotte.
- 15:04Speaker 2: Nc State has always been a pain in the ass.
- 15:06Speaker 1: That's the goal again, so now you just gotta get in the top two.
- 15:09Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll see how it goes.
- 15:13Speaker 1: We got an addition some portal combat.
- 15:17Speaker 1: Is that right From Harvard?
- 15:20Speaker 2: Yeah, man.
- 15:28Speaker 1: PORLOOK COFFEE.
- 15:28Speaker 1: So what about this guy man?
- 15:36Speaker 1: He's got it.
- 15:38Speaker 2: All Ivy League first team offensive linemen.
- 15:41Speaker 1: All right, I like it.
- 15:42Speaker 1: I like it, jacob.
- 15:44Speaker 2: I like the big guys.
- 15:45Speaker 1: Yes, yes Def.
- 15:47Speaker 2: Good job.
- 15:47Speaker 2: Mark Giles on the line.
- 15:49Speaker 2: Yeah, I play tackle at Harvard.
- 15:51Speaker 2: I think they're gonna move them inside.
- 15:53Speaker 2: Surprise, surprise, we got another guard.
- 15:57Speaker 2: Okay, seemed to stockpile those guys, but I think he'll push for a starting spot man.
- 16:03Speaker 2: All right, him and TJ Ferguson, possibly even Richie Leonard he also.
- 16:09Speaker 2: He's got some experience snapping the ball.
- 16:11Speaker 2: Yes, you could see him.
- 16:12Speaker 2: Maybe get some work at center.
- 16:14Speaker 2: I know they wanna take a little bit of the workload off of Morrie Smith.
- 16:19Speaker 1: This year Good.
- 16:20Speaker 2: Good.
- 16:20Speaker 2: So that's key.
- 16:23Speaker 2: I like to pick up man no-transcript Big pickup, big, good, big.
- 16:29Speaker 1: Huh, it's good news Again Mike Morbell's the Port of King man.
- 16:34Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah Done a lot of guys got a lot of guys with multiple years this cycle.
- 16:40Speaker 2: We got a couple of one year wonders like Big Toco and stuff Bringing in Navy SEALs.
- 16:46Speaker 1: Talk to the team.
- 16:47Speaker 1: I like that.
- 16:47Speaker 1: Yeah, man, You're about working hard.
- 16:50Speaker 2: Working hard.
- 16:51Speaker 2: Dude Sacrifice.
- 16:52Speaker 2: Good Lord, I'm interested, dude, I harball milk steak to LA Yep.
- 16:58Speaker 2: The charge is.
- 16:59Speaker 2: I assume they're just going to promote the offensive coordinator at Michigan, but if they don't, there's some serious talk about Brian Kelly having interest in that job.
- 17:09Speaker 1: Yeah, Yep.
- 17:11Speaker 1: How crazy would that be?
- 17:13Speaker 1: Yes, we got some good NFL championship games coming up.
- 17:17Speaker 1: Really excited about the AFC championship, Willomar Jackson.
- 17:22Speaker 1: Get there, hey, man.
- 17:23Speaker 1: To beat a champ you got to beat the champ.
- 17:26Speaker 2: Nobody that is beating Josh Allen in the playoffs.
- 17:29Speaker 2: No team that is beating Josh Allen in the playoffs has ever won the following week.
- 17:33Speaker 2: Wow, will the Chiefs be the first?
- 17:36Speaker 2: They failed a couple of times.
- 17:37Speaker 2: They got a shot.
- 17:40Speaker 2: I think the Ravens are going to do it, though, man.
- 17:43Speaker 1: We will find out.
- 17:44Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to that game.
- 17:45Speaker 1: Then it's your Niners.
- 17:47Speaker 2: Hosting the Lions Debo plays.
- 17:51Speaker 2: They got a shot.
- 17:51Speaker 2: No, they're going to lose by four touchdowns.
- 17:54Speaker 1: Wow it's going to be a great game.
- 17:55Speaker 1: We'll look forward to those games later We'll react to them.
- 18:00Speaker 1: Yeah or the State.
- 18:02Speaker 2: Big game Saturday.
- 18:04Speaker 1: The Tar Heels at the Tuck.
- 18:06Speaker 2: The Tuck.
- 18:06Speaker 2: It's a chance to actually keep the season alive.
- 18:10Speaker 2: The Hope alive.
- 18:11Speaker 1: Big game, big game.
- 18:12Speaker 1: Got to have it Lost last week at home but they bounced back Big road game.
- 18:18Speaker 1: They still have momentum going.
- 18:20Speaker 1: If they can get this win, put some back, hopefully within a shot of seeing the bubble.
- 18:28Speaker 2: Right, they're going to have to go at Baycott all game man, they're around the 80s.
- 18:32Speaker 2: Get them in Foucher Around that rating.
- 18:34Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 18:35Speaker 1: This is going to be a huge game.
- 18:37Speaker 1: North Carolina is number three right now in the right AP.
- 18:41Speaker 2: You know you can play with them.
- 18:42Speaker 2: Yep, you didn't have Primo last time, right?
- 18:45Speaker 2: So don't be afraid, that's right, just don't buckle Under the pressure.
- 18:51Speaker 1: Yes, that's right, easier said than done.
- 18:53Speaker 2: Right, we'll see what happens.
- 18:55Speaker 1: We'll react to it, we'll watch it and we'll talk to you next time, right here on the North Florida Sports Network.