Latest / Dawgs Down South / Episode 114: Scrimmage 1 Recap, Scrimmage 2 Expectations, Camp Wrap Up, Season Predictions.
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- Ted Turner: Good evening, everyone. Welcome to Dogs Down South. Hope you're having a great evening. I got my my co-hosts here tonight. What's going on, Fish? What's going on, Rich? How you guys doing tonight? Richman: Good. Adam Fisher: What's up, man? Doing good. Trying not to melt Ted Turner: Man, it is Adam Fisher: as usual. Ted Turner: We were just talking about before we got on, man. It is it is definitely that time of year, man. It is melting season, as we speak. So crazy, crazy stuff, man. How's your how's your week going? anything exciting, one exciting thing that happened to you today or Monday or Tuesday? Adam Fisher: Welcome. Richman: Nothing exciting up here. Ted Turner: Yeah, you guys heard. Okay, I know what it is, man. You just wanna talk football. That's it. You're like, look, all these all this we just want to get into football. Adam Fisher: Ha ha Richman: That's the only that's the only excitement on the horizon. I told you I hate August and September. Ted Turner: I hear you. I hear you, man. I hear you. Well, listen, let's let's hop right in then, man. So I dropped a little video earlier today. Kirby Smart had a weekly presser today. Different time, obviously, middle of the week. so that was kind of cool. He hit on a few questions. I mean, he was Kirby esque, right? You know, just not really giving up a lot of info, just very Adam Fisher: Mm-hmm. Stoic. Ted Turner: bland about a lot of things, but he Yeah, it's a good word for it stoic. But he did give some information out that I think maybe Fish you mentioned brought up something about. Maybe I nope, no, it wasn't you. Might have heard it on TikTok live. But but Drew Bobo. Drew Bobo apparently part of the reason why he was held out of scrimmage this past weekend was he was dealing with some sort of finger injury. Maybe they thought it was a broke finger, something of that nature. But he cleared it up very quickly today. He said, Nothing going on with Drew. he played every every snap of practice the day before. We're all good there. I'll start with that though. Let's start there. Fish I'll I'll I'll ask you first, like how important is Drew Bobo after obviously the playoff, you know, run last year or lack of run last year? And how important is Drew Bobo to this offensive line this year? Adam Fisher: Well, first of all, I think Kirby needs to make him wear like a boxing glove or something on his hand because last year it was the thumb and now it's a finger, you know, supposedly. I mean, come on. I don't even know if it's on the same hand or not, but get the man a match and pair and and and let's make sure he's protected. he's well I think Ted Turner: Right, right. Adam Fisher: we all saw how important he actually is, you know, God bless Malachi Tolliver, but he got He I d I think Ole Miss was too much for him. They cooked up a scheme and he he looked a little lost at times out there. I mean, he did okay against Bama. You know, he was serviceable, but apparently, you know, Ole Miss was a much, much stiffer competition than Alabama was at that point in the season last year. So Ben Drew Bobo is is super important. The center is the most important other than the left or right tackle, you know, depending on the whatever handedness your quarterback is, is the most important position on the field, other than quarterback. Ted Turner: Right, right, right. Yeah, a hundred percent agree, man. I I feel like Drew Bobo is I miss spot on. The whole missed game, he was missed. I mean, different different game than in Athens, right? And then we get into, you know, sometimes neutral sites are you know, you think about it it's like, well, i it the the word neutralize, it neutralizes both sides. But like sometimes it can be a little bit different. It can it can it can kind of get in our heads. I mean, I know there's a couple of games happen at the beginning of the year that they're playing at neutral sites and I'm like I don't know, man. Like if I were to go back and I had the opportunity to be at home to open up the season, I would do so the same. And so it didn't pan out for us. I mean, I've even heard that Malachi Tolliver and Cortez Smith are really battling it out for that backup center role, right? And you got some we mentioned it last week, Rich Man mentioned it. You know, we got a lot of these guys that can float over and play center and some of these centers that can float over and play guard. So The versatility is there, but I agree with you. What about you, Rich? I mean, what do you think about Drew Bobo? Like what do think about him and his importance to this team and the boxing glove? I agree with the boxing glove comment. Richman: Yeah, and get him some padded shoes too, so he doesn't hurt his foot again. I mean, he's Ted Turner: Yeah. Adam Fisher: Yeah. Richman: a captain of the o he's a captain of the offensive line. He's the one that's calling the shots. And it it was just s you know, it was very evident when he was out that that we were missing you know, that that communication and that ability to call those shots in the playoffs. I mean, without him I mean we We might be in a better situation if he went out this year because of the experience Tolliver got. But I mean still he he's crucial. To to get on a run like we Ted Turner: Yeah. Yeah, I agree. Richman: would like to get on a run, we need that offensive line to stay healthy this year and and and try to stay away from this injury stuff. Ted Turner: Yeah, I agree. I I totally agree. side note, I mean, obviously he wasn't in the scrimmage we just talked about from this past Saturday, and we haven't we haven't gotten together since scrimmage one. but a lot of a lot of things coming out of camp are to well, that that was the scrimmage that ended camp. Obviously, Monday classes started. players are back on campus, so on and so forth, and back in their normal environments, not in a hotel room and things of that nature. But some of the some of the comments that were made were that obviously the offense once again struggled to get sustained drive, struggled to do a lot of things that they really wanted to set out and do for the for this year. but I think one thing that came out by Kirby today, and it's worth talking about, is is that I think he let something out that he normally wouldn't, is that the game plan was kind of very similar to G Day as well. There was a game plan behind what the offense was allowed to do, right? Two things that came out were they they did not want Gunner and all the quarterbacks to they did not want them to scramble. They wanted them to stick in the pocket and to make pros, right? Okay. So that was one thing. So that kind of helps me understand that was this really the baddest news we could have heard out of scrimmage one, right? The second thing was is that. 74% of the plays that happened in scrimmage one were passing plays, and forty-seven percent of those plays were for 20 yards or more. So that was like, okay. So my so my my thing is I want to kind of toss around is is like how much can we really believe in the defense kind of dominating scrimmage one? Because that tells me that like when I'm a defensive defender and I know that the game plan is that we're gonna we're gonna throw the ball seventy-five percent of the time. kind of I mean, in this this secondary, this defense, I kind of feel better about coming out of scrimmage one with with somewhat of a plot like that. what do you guys think about that? I mean, what how does that kind of hit? Does that change your outlook on how the the opinion was coming out of scrimmage one? Richman: Well, yeah, definitely that makes a difference, but I think the thing that everybody's worried about is all the drops. I didn't see Ted Turner: Right. Richman: it, you know, so I don't know what kind of drops they had. I don't know if they were, you know, clear drops or w did the defensive backs have a lot of a lot of input in those drops. Don't don't really know. So we don't really know what we're dealing with. Ted Turner: Right. Right. Right. Right. Fish, what you think? I mean I know Fish you mentioned it too. You were we we were texting and you were like, apparently the defense won the day and there was a lot of you mentioned the drops as well. What do think? Adam Fisher: Yeah. Well that's usually how the first scrimmage goes. You know, the defense wins you know, has the better day and you know, and the offense goes and they take notes and they work on some things and they come back and they look a lot better the next scrimmage, which is what I expect to happen. the I I Richman: I mean, that usually happens the first two or three games of the season, you're still working out the offense. Adam Fisher: Yeah. And I I don't mind playing, you know, Tennessee Tech and Western Kentucky back to back, you know, weeks one and two because in my opinion, I mean, Richman: Correct. Adam Fisher: yeah, you know, it's it's a it's not a great game to watch, but it's a great game to work out the rest of the kinks before we have to play Oklahoma. Ted Turner: Right. Right. Richman: No doubt. Ted Turner: Yeah, no, I agree. a lot was said about the heat, right? So apparently Kirby let it let it be known that 114 degree heat index on the field today, and he talked to some of the parents about some of that. There were parents that were allowed in. There was no media or anything like that. Although I don't know to what extent they're gonna allow. in this next scrimmage, but he talked about the heat, but he also talked about he said something today that was kind of not Kirby-esque. And he talked about how sound like an excuse. I don't think he was going for this, but he was like, it's it's it's it's not normal for us to go, hey, it's hot. It's crazy hot on the field and it gets sweaty, it gets nasty. Their hands get s and it's like we continued to make them to throw the ball. We continue, we continued. And so to me that plays in the hands of this this defense and Defense, don't get me wrong, had a great spring had a br great spring camp or continuing to have a I'm sorry, a great fall camp and it continued to have a great fall as we speak. And there's just a lot of depth out there. But I I do think that plays into it a little bit, but it made me feel a little bit better. but it also continues to to let me know that I think we feel decently good about the run blocking. I think we feel de and we and we're also playing smart, right? I mean, there's no reason to sit out here and run block for Seventy five, eighty percent of the practice. We know that's where the injuries come in. running backs, Adam Fisher: Yeah. Ted Turner: et cetera. I mean, we don't we we don't need to kill off the rest of the depth that we have in the running back room. So a lot of things play out and it's a chess match in that. next thing I would tell you is is scrimmage two is coming up this Saturday, and they're they're kind of calling this the most important scrimmage of the year, right? This is the one that lands in fall. This is the one where you know you you land yourself two weeks out of the first game. They're gonna start to look at what the real depth chart is, not the one that we try to put together for them. And they try to look at who's gonna be the most productive players that are gonna give them time in each area. so it's a very important, I've heard it said it's a more important than the G Day game. And so what what are some things really quick that scrimmage two for each of you guys, if you had to give me just a couple of things, I'll I'll I'll let you go fish first. What would you think are some things you wanna see out of scrimmage two and you would like to hear to make you feel better? going into like prep week for Tennessee for Tennessee State. Adam Fisher: Just that the the the wide receivers looked a little better. I mean that that's super important. the defense is gonna be the defense. The defense is gonna is gonna be good. And I think they're a little further along and a lot closer to being ready than the offense is right now. Just and yeah, I would be lying if I said if there if I had to pick a unit to be worried about, it would be the offense, but on what level? you know, like what scale out of one to ten, you know, who knows? 'cause we I wasn't there, I didn't see the scrimmage, but you know, drop balls is something that, you know, Georgia fans can look back on and remember, you know, like a few years ago we had a season, Carson Beck's last year there, I think that season was plagued with drops. And, you know, me and Rich were Ted Turner: Mm-hmm. Adam Fisher: talking about that earlier, how it probably it like it had to have like gotten in his head, you know, I'm gonna throw it, but my god, are they gonna catch it? You know, and that's it's it's scary. You know, I have a little trauma from that season and hopefully hopefully we can fix fix some of those issues. Ted Turner: Yeah. Dude, I I can't tell you our group chat would I had to I had to keep you guys from I think throwing your phones over the the rails sometimes. Rich man, what about you, man? Like if you had Adam Fisher: Mm-hmm. But Ted Turner: to say a couple of things you really would like to hear went the right direction coming out of scrimmage two, what would they be? Richman: Yeah, I hopefully in this next scrimmage they kind of open it up a little bit and maybe go fifty fifty and keep the defense back on their heels a little bit, you know. and and and then you know, hopefully we'll see these receivers kind of I guess get over these jitters and and let's see if they can actually catch a ball. 'Cause like you said, we don't want to go through another season where I think they've dropped fifty percent of the cat the the the attempts. It was crazy. He y you but Ted Turner: Yeah. Yeah, I agree. Richman: you'd cringe every time the quarterback dropped back, you know. Ted Turner: Yeah, yeah. you know, just one thing you haven't heard a lot about and and that it's I thought this would be notable to bring up 'cause I want to ask this question too. But, you know, with the drops, I also remember that year, we didn't tackle like the normal, you know, Georgia defense tackles, right? I I haven't Richman: Yeah, it was bad. Ted Turner: heard anything about tackling this this fall. I mean, or or spring. So like, yeah, I knock on wood a little bit, but like Usually like you hear it coming out. If it's like, you know, when you hear some of these guys, you hear that tackling is something that continues to come up and I haven't heard that. As a matter of fact, I've heard a lot more about the hoopla has been like who's been hitting who. It's been like a hit fest at some of these fall camps. Adam Fisher: Yep. Yep. Richman: I I heard a stat that Khalil I didn't know this, Khalil Barnes when he came at Clemson had seven interceptions, but he had three he had three cost fumbles. And I was thinking, man, the dude can catch, but he can also sound like come up and lay the wood to somebody. So that's pretty exciting actually. Ted Turner: Yeah. I think I think Khalil's settled in. If I'm predicting right now, I think he will be the star for us. I think Star gives him a little bit more of that Javon Bullard availability to go, you know, flex in the box a little bit, flex out of the box a little bit. He can be in there on, you know, dime and Richman: It makes it more fun, but Ted Turner: nickel personnel. Yeah, I think they want him, like you said, they want him in there a little bit more. it but this defense is it the secondary is just showing Between this between the corners and this and the safeties, man, are just showing a lot of versatility. and and for me, like some of this defense is really starting to show some of those older Georgia teams where the safeties were a little bulkier. You know, the the Greg Blue days of like, you don't want to run into this guy, you Adam Fisher: Thomas Davis. Ted Turner: don't want to come across the middle. Yeah, Thomas Davis is a great name. So I don't want to speak too early, man, but it's really good to to hear that coming out of of fall practice and fall camp. Let me ask you this. This is a loaded question. Cause this is a question that a lot of people have asked me. what do what do you think we've seen the most where do you see that we've seen the most difference in Gunner? Because they asked this to Kirby today. But like in the in in the what you've been reading, like what do you think the biggest difference we'll see in Gunner this year if you had to kind of make that Richman I'll I'll ask you first, what do you think the biggest things we'll see in difference wise Richman: So Ted Turner: in Gunner? Richman: I I saw the Kirby Presser and he was talking he was asked that question, he was talking about and he said that there's nothing like striking that he's doing so much better, but he said he's he's got more confidence, he's more comfortable, he's making better calls, he's getting them in the right formations. Ted Turner: Mm-hmm. Richman: and he's also getting the ball out quicker, is is what he said. With all of that, man, I mean I I think man, I think this season's gonna wet is gonna be heavy on his how he plays. But if he plays a little bit better than he played last year and he's consistent and doesn't let the ball get away from him, man, we we could be looking at something really, really exciting this season. I mean Ted Turner: Yeah. Yeah, I agree. Fish, what's your take on that? Adam Fisher: I feel like all he needs to do this year is he doesn't have to be the superstar, the Heisman, you know, trophy winner. He needs to go out there and be Greg McElroy, you know, that year, two thousand eight, two thousand seven when he led Bama to, you know, the national championship. Like he was surrounded by talent. And all he had to do was not mess up. Like, you know, just a game manager, you know. He was a really good game managing quarterback. And I hate to use an Alabama quarterback. I guess I could have said Aaron Murray because he was similar, you know. But Aaron Murray, I don't know, was a lot more dynamic, I think. But anyway, you know, the quick release, the quicker release, you know, not winding up and it taking him three seconds from, you know, start to wind up to release, you know, to get rid of the ball, that's gonna be huge. You know, 'cause that telegraphs what's, you know, what's about to happen and those players react quick. You know, they can stop on a dime and change direction and go, no, he's throwing it over here, he's throwing it over there, whatever. You know, that that was a big problem for him last year and I think kinda hamstrung him a little bit, you know, but that's other than that, I mean there wasn't much he did wrong. You know, I want him to start sliding a little bit. Stop leading with his head. Ted Turner: You're right. Richman: Well, hopefully too. Hopefully with these improvements, Ted Turner: Great. Richman: you'll see he he won't run the ball as much 'cause he'll have other options. He's making quicker decisions. He's seeing he's Adam Fisher: Yeah. Yep. That's right. Richman: seeing receivers that he didn't see last year. Those are the things I think that would really, really enhance the offense and protect him. Adam Fisher: Yes. Ted Turner: Yeah. Yeah, I agree. Adam Fisher: Yep. Ted Turner: I totally agree. to add to that, to piggyback on that, like I think I think the biggest difference and I did see the presser too as well, and not not to double up on what he said, but I've heard more of Gunner being that less silent. You know, last year you heard, you know, he was a grab your lunch bale kind of guy, you know, going to work every day. But now You know, they step in that huddle and they have no question about who is running that offense. He's he is he is a loud voice in that room. He's a loud voice in that huddle and on that field. he's leading. He is coaching on the sideline. And here's the thing coaching on the sideline doesn't just help Georgia, right, as a as a team. Coaching on the sideline also also helps Gunner because one thing I heard Kirby say is is we're getting in we're getting lined up quicker. We're getting he he used the word nine word calls in. I don't know what that means. I know you heard back in the day, man. Richman: I don't know what that means either. Ted Turner: It was like I'm I guess it's like you know, right flank or left, Chevrolet, you know, on to break hut, car wash. I don't know, man. And and and from that, I don't know. That's the play, that's a play that we don't know. And it takes nine words because car wash was, I don't know, somebody's getting their clock clean around the corner. Hutt Hutt means it's on two. I don't know, man. But maybe that's what it means, right? But and I think Adam Fisher: That's funny. Ted Turner: what I heard Sakovi White Helton say was that Gunner has more touch on his passes this year. It's a little less like, a little less floppy, a little less like, it's just it's just getting in the vicinity. It's got more touch. It's got more, you know. I I'll I'll tell you something last year that that keeps 20 yard and And play action plays from hitting like they should, right? Play action means you got to throw the ball ahead so the guy can run and get it, and that's how it exposes the defense. Now, when you when you sell the play action and you throw the ball behind somebody or you throw a pass, they have to kind of lose momentum to get, it takes you from a five or ten yard game and becomes it gives you the momentum to become explosive and have twenty, thirty yards because you're catching the ball in stride with touch and you're able to easily have your hand have your eyes ahead of you and see who's coming at you, right? That's the difference maker. I think we're gonna see the biggest thing is is throwing the ball with touch and allowing some of these receivers to be able to create in space. And I think we didn't have that much last year with with Gunner. I I really don't. let's dive into this before we hit you know scrimmage two and what we think we want to see from that a little more and I think you know, go into actually like what's gonna happen after scrimmage two, what does it look like for dog fans as we get into week one, who are we preparing for, things of that nature. But I wanna go around and and kind of say like, you know, this is a we call this a separation week, right? This will separate, you're gonna see good on good. you're gonna see a scrimmage two and you're gonna see a scrimmage three. What you're gonna see out of scrimmage three after this weekend is a lot of threes and scout team Really playing to get more reps, playing to get more speed of the game, and obviously playing to see who's gonna be depth and who's gonna be more practice squad, right? But I would say when we separate, like who are we seeing like if we could name one wide receiver, right, that we really feel like and I know that we don't get a lot of this, like we don't really know, but one wide receiver who we think is really separated and who we think will get a lot of the go to throws. first two, three weeks of the season, who do we have in mind? It doesn't even matter if we, if we, you know, if we say the right name altogether, but I thought it would be cool to go around and see what we thought about that. Rich man, who do you who do you think if anybody has separated themselves as far as wide receiver one? Richman: I think London Humphrey probably will be, but I I still think early on they're gonna t Talon is gonna get a lot of targets because they they wanna see if he's gonna be the guy, you know. I mean he he should be the guy. That's what we all thought. so I I think he's gonna get plenty of targets, but I think London Humphrey has kind of proved himself to be maybe maybe he's the possession receiver, but I I I I just don't know. Ted Turner: Yeah, I mean, well, I can tell you that Lab McConkey was a possession receiver too, but I'd take Lab McConkey back. If he wanted to come grab his fifth year, I wouldn't be against it. We're gonna talk about that later Richman: No doubt. Ted Turner: too. Fish, Adam Fisher: Ha ha ha Ted Turner: who you think separated themselves? And if it's not too cliche to say the same thing. But if you got somebody, I'd love to hear. Adam Fisher: No, Landon Ro Ro Roden, Roden, whatever his name is. Apparently had a really good scrimmage. Ted Turner: Lyndon rolled on ya. Adam Fisher: Yeah. and you know, had some good made some good plays, made some really nice plays. Lendon Humphreys is what I was gonna say too, obviously, because just of the the continuity the together the use to being around each other, him and Gunner have. You know, they've played together a little bit. You know, Gunner hasn't been with a lot of these guys or doesn't have the same amount of reps with as some of these guys, you know, that he has with London. I'm hoping Canyon can, you know, get over the drops and, you know, he's you know, he made some big plays. They said he made a couple of really nice catches, but he also was plagued with drops. And, you know, those are drive Ted Turner: Yeah, I heard the same thing. Mm-hmm. Adam Fisher: stallers. You know, they make you know, they make a real big, you know, good play and then, you know, they get stuck. They get down to about, you know, inside the forty on the other side of the field, forty, thirty five, the opponent's forty, thirty five yard line and they just kinda get stuck, you know, and hopefully we can fix all that, you know, before season starts. Ted Turner: Right, right. Yeah, and not to be I think it's I think it's London Humphreys. I'm I agree with all of you guys. I think he even though he is a possession receiver, I think he's gonna be a person that Gunner feels like I I call him Mr. Third and Seven, right? I mean he feels like if I throw his way, he's got the best opportunity to make a play for me. And sometimes if if we're hitting explosive plays, if we're calling twenty yard plays, I don't need you to run tw you know, twenty more yards. So I got my twenty, you know. We we we flip the field a little bit type thing. So I I I like I like London a lot. I think, man, I think this is going to be a year for him, man. I think he could be, I think he could put up some lab McConkey type numbers. I really do. feel good about him. offensive line. let's let's put it this way. I think I think pretty much this will be the first five we'll see. And then I'll add this question, maybe that'll be more cliche. I think from left to right we're gonna be looking at at left tackle, you're gonna be looking at Ernest Green, left guard, you're gonna be looking at Dontrell Glover. Obviously at center, you're gonna be looking at true bobo. I think right guard, I think Zachai Helton has not done anything to say he's not gonna be there. and I think right tackle, you're gonna see Juan Gaston. But Kirby said something today that was a little wild. You know, he he he mentioned he said, you know, he said, you guys have been blowing this up about Juan, but you know, me and Juan had a little conversation and he said, Look, you're gonna have to get more, you're gonna have to get bet and get in better shape. You know, I need you to go more than nine or ten plays. I need you to sustain a drive. And he said, I need you to stop stop listening to what everybody's saying about how good your spring is go. I I'm sorry, your fall's going. And I need you to start like owning the day. And he and he said it. He's like, I I'm not down on Juan. I think Juan's a really good football player and he he he he loves football and he's coachable. And but like apparently what Kirby's trying to say is, and we we don't know with Kirby, right? He might just try to be dial he might try to dial it back so that Juan doesn't get too much in his head that He's having a really great camp and he's in the best playing weight he's ever been. So it's like I'm gonna go out here and just cruise. But like what do you who who do you guys feel like is like the, where do you guys is it the guard position, is it the tackle position? You know, center? I mean, where do you guys feel like the anchor on this line, where are we going a lot this year when the when the yards are needed? Grishman, you're a Richman: I'll take one. Ted Turner: you're an offensive line guy that always chimes in to let you go first. Richman: I think we're going left. they I I heard, you know, we're just hearing stuff, but I heard that they said Green's in the best shape he's been in since he got to Athens and health wise, you know, 'cause he's he's had nagging health injuries all the all along. And they're saying he's in the best shape he's ever been in. So if that's the case, because he has looked phenomenal at at times. I I'm thinking the left may be our strong side. Ted Turner: I like it. Fish? Go right, right? No. I can agree. Adam Fisher: No right up the middle, bro. Between the tackles. No. Ernest Green Ted Turner: Yeah. Yeah. Adam Fisher: is is the left tackle, Richman: I did that. Adam Fisher: as I was kind of mentioning to earlier, is is gonna be a very important position. That's gonna blind side. Like you can't overstate the importance of that. But that I feel like that, you know, I mean that's that's important. But I like, you know, straight up the middle like Nate busting up right through you know, right between, you know, right in the the the B gap, you know, you know straight, you know, just busting Ted Turner: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Adam Fisher: through for ripping off about twenty, twenty five yards. You know, that's that's what I want to see. That's what I like to see. And we got beef up there. You know, like we got some dudes. You know, that could I I I totally see that being being something that we that we utilize a lot. Ted Turner: Yeah. Yeah, I agree, man. I I like I mean, I think we all feel good about wherever we run the ball, right? But here's what I would tell you too, in addition to that, is is this line is really, really good this year. Like it's really good. I'm hearing the cohesiveness. We're hearing, you know, the dynamic of playing together. I mean, you can have a talented offensive line, but They don't have continuity and they can't play together. It's all a bunch of guys for themselves and they're not out to see what they can do to benefit the team. Bill Rousher, man, I mean, is this a is this a I mean, are we gonna s are we gonna sit there and and like scratch our head on Stacey Searles when we see this line and go, where the hell's this offensive line been for the past three years at Georgia? Because there's been talent. And don't get me wrong, like we ran the ball better last year, but Did you guys notice that Phil Rouscher was introduced to the coaching staff last year? So like he was in that room. Richman: Well, last year they opened up a new blocking scheme that we needed because we got clobbered by Mississippi the year before. Or Ole Miss the year before. And they're running different run scheme I mean blocking schemes now that they haven't run, which is well, I mean, which is important now because of all the stuff Ted Turner: Mm-hmm. Richman: we're seeing. I mean the the stunning that goes on now is insane. Ted Turner: Yeah. Yeah. I I think Ro I mean Brousher's been a huge play for me, right? I heard he's a lot more vocal than Seals. He's a lot more it kinda everybody said that Seals was a little bit too laid back. And like when you when you have Kirby as a head coach, you know, w when the defense you have I mean it's so funny to watch like, you know, the defensive staff interview and they talk and You know, you have Schumann and you have T Rob and you have all those guys. Man, they talk football so much when they have to like realistically talk English and like communicate with you on a level of interview, it's pretty hilarious, man, because they don't know how to do anything but talk in like football terminology. Like basically like, you you want me do what? You want me to tell you, no, we we just talk about like who we're gonna blow up. Why we missed that gap. what we they just don't even know how to communicate. So when you flip over to the offensive side of the ball, you know, we already know Bobo is is more of a finesse guy. Like he's not a get in your face guy, right? you look at receivers, I mean Coley, I would I would agree with that too. If you ever watch Coley kind of coach, I think I think you know, Todd Hartley, I think he he's a kind of a in your face guy, but Cyril's was the same. So like maybe Rousher added a little bit of bite. To that offensive side? Richman: I tell you, man, line line big linemen are typically laid back dudes. So you need a coach that actually like stirs them up and and and gets them mad and mean. And 'cause you know, I mean you'd be around a bunch of big guys, they're just laid back dudes. You don't ever you don't see get wound up too much. Ted Turner: Yeah. I agree. I agree. Richman: Now the linebackers they stay wound up. Ted Turner: Mm-hmm. I don't know if they've been the hype squad this Adam Fisher: You have to be wound up and play linebacker. Ted Turner: this far, right? Bro, I just think they're on like something different, dude. I heard Chris Cole is like Kirby said Chris Cole is man, let me see if I can get this right. He's he's finding new ways to expand his energy every single day. And I'm thinking to myself, like a rubber band? Like we just stretch it this far today and then Tomorrow, it's like that just sounds scary, man. Like it's like they have to hold him back sometimes, right? But I Richman: It's awesome. Ted Turner: heard like he's a Adam Fisher: No, yeah. Ted Turner: f he's a freak out. This is not just blowing smoke up everybody's tail either, man. I've heard he's a freak athlete, man. He's like he's pushing to the max every single day. Best shape he's ever been in his life. and I know that's continued to be said over and over, but it's just crazy to hear, man. What about what about cornerbacks? Like What do we think from the cornerback position? Do we think it's pretty much I we we know Ellis is kind of C B one. I mean, do we think it's De Mello? Is there anybody else that's standing out? Or do we think pretty much winning the job and who we'll see run out of that run out run out on, you know, that first possession is basically DeMelo and Ellis? Richman: Yeah, I think Ellison DeMello and it's gonna be a shutdown. I mean Adam Fisher: Yeah. I think it's theirs to Ted Turner: I failed you guys. I failed you. Fish. A free for all. Adam Fisher: I was just gonna say, I think one and two are are are are it's pretty cut and dry. I think we've got two shut down corners and that's that Ted Turner: Yeah. Adam Fisher: makes Kirby happy because we're gonna play man and we're gonna blitz and we're gonna rush the quarterback and you know, we need some shut out some shutdown dudes over there and I think we have a couple men, the Ellis Ellis Island and the Mello. Ted Turner: I like Ellis Island. It's a good one. So you got Ellis and Demelo. I'm hearing some really good things Adam Fisher: Yes, sir. Ted Turner: from Gentry Williams as well. Yeah. I I think I think those two guys are gonna come up, but a lot of good depth of the Braylon Conley. I started hearing his name called Moore. It's been very quiet on the Braylon Conley conversation. Rich, what about you? Who you think's really taking this step over there? Dink's gonna probably play more Richman: What about Dink? What about Dinkin? They were talking about Dinkins Adam Fisher: There. Richman: earlier in this in the summer, but I hadn't I I didn't hear anything today on him. But he Ted Turner: Yeah, I think Dink's gonna probably run more at safety. Richman: Safety. The other safety. Ted Turner: yeah, but I also will tell you that, I mean, this just goes to show how, I mean, there's not been a lot of people that are allowed in these practices, man. They've been pretty hush hush. But coming out of scrimmage one, apparently the the the rumor is is that if if we had to go out and play tomorrow and the depth chart had to be pushed out right now. The most dependable person playing on the other side of KJ Bolden is Kyron, Kyron Jones. Richman: okay. Ted Turner: so apparently in the scrimmage on last Saturday, he he it was legit. Like it wasn't it wasn't like one of those crazy stupid hits in a preseason that's happening in the NFL everywhere you're seeing, but like he he leveled a couple of guys. that was like clean and everybody was like and and that was the Greg Blue mention mentioned it was like and he's been in he's been, you know, he had a had the injury last year and he's been in the system. But if but if tomorrow we had to put a put somebody out there, a lot of UGA staffers and people covering Georgia are s are like, you're probably gonna see K J Bolden and Kyron Jones back there. And you're probably gonna see Khalil Barnes at the star. And you're gonna see DeMelo and and Ellis Robinson out there. One and two. And that I mean, listen, I I think K J has always been a very intriguing guy back there, a little bit different than Malachi in the last few safeties that have come through our organization because he likes to hit, he likes contact. But dude, if you can land somebody on the other side of him that likes to step up in the box and lay the wood, this defense just gets really, really dangerous, man. Do you guys agree? Richman: So yeah, I I Adam Fisher: Yeah. Richman: agree. And I think with the sh you know, with the the secondary being that strong, I just wonder what it's gonna look like if we don't have any edge rush and our interior linemen can't break through. are these guys gonna be able to handle that? you know, the old saying is I don't care how good your corners are, they can't cover forever. And Ted Turner: Right, right, right, right, right. Richman: And and we've s we've gotten hurt we we got hurt against old miss with that, you know. Ted Turner: Yeah. Richman: 'Cause Adam Fisher: Yeah, but Trinidad was running around back there like a chicken with his head cut Richman: the the throws he made when he broke out of the pocket were insane. Adam Fisher: off. And like we were taking bad angles Ted Turner: Yeah. Adam Fisher: and my god, it was so disappointing. It was so disappointing watching all that happen last year against Ole Miss in Trinidad and then game number two. Like that was that was just Richman: I mean I I'm hoping Ted Turner: Yeah, you could be so you could be so Richman: I'm hoping that that's gonna I'm hoping that that that's not gonna be the case. I'm hoping we'll be able to get edge Adam Fisher: No. Richman: pressure and pressure up the middle, but and if we do that, I mean our defense is gonna carry us all the way probably to the national championship or deep into the playoffs. because I mean we're t if we have those if if we have those issues addressed, we're talking about a championship defense, basically. Adam Fisher: yeah. Ted Turner: Right. What about what about we we talked about wide receiver, we talked about O-line, I mean, I think we kind of know we talked a little bit about the safeties, corners. we haven't talked much about the defensive line. I mean, obviously Elijah Griffith, healthy, you know, Gabe Harris, you know, you got Xavier McLeod, a lot of a lot of depth here, but like how important is it? For this line to stay healthy. Cause I mean, you gotta look at this defensive line and go, man, if they can stay healthy and these linebackers are the linebackers that are gonna, you know, obviously will be, will be in their day one. I mean, I don't want to say it too early, but who's who's running the ball on Georgia this year when that comes to play? And you're slipping Khalil Barnes down in the I mean, if you can get these safeties, not scared of the of of something coming over the top, I mean, you start getting that. That star up in the game too with those linebackers and you know, it shut down City, but how important is it that coming off of this, I mean, and Fish just said it, but like coming off this these last two playoff years where we didn't really make a lot of noise to have this defensive line, Fisher let you come in for like how important is it to have them healthy? 'Cause I know you mentioned about it too, with with Jordan with Jordan Hall. Well, how important is it for this line to be healthy? Adam Fisher: It's super important, like Rich alluded to earlier, like we've gotta get some push up the middle. yeah, we're gonna stop the run, but we gotta get to the quarterback. We we can't be at the bottom of the SEC or FBS or whatever and and sacks. Like we can't be that far down at the bottom. We can't expect to get where we wanna go if we can't put the quarterback on the ground and that's just part of winning, that's just part of it. And now we have Richman: Yeah and and Adam Fisher: We go ahead. Richman: No, you go ahead. I'll say it in a minute. Adam Fisher: I was gonna say we've we've done more with less before. You know, like twenty twenty one, like we weren't we didn't lead the nation in sacks, but that's probably one of the best defenses we've ever had. But we were we were near the bottom of the SEC in sacks, but everywhere else was top of the line. Like that D line was Ted Turner: Right. Adam Fisher: so good it made up for our lack of getting the pressure on the edge. Ted Turner: Right. Richman: And what I was gonna say is, you know, Kirby's Adam Fisher: But I mean it it's important. Richman: Kirby's philosophy is not necessarily go after Sacks, but his philosophy is pressure the quarterback and contain him, not let him get out of the box. And but the thing is, even if we're not producing sacks, if we're pressuring him and making him get rid of the ball, that's when the turnovers occur. And and you know, I'd rather have turnovers than I mean, well, I don't know. I love hitting quarterbacks, but I'll take either one, but Adam Fisher: Yeah, yeah. Ted Turner: Right. which player which player are you guys looking at the the closest? Like when you when you're going in and that you want to hear the news, like what is the player you want to hear the most about to have a peace of mind about a particular area? I'll go first in this one. I really wanna know a lot. about how much Caden Prothrow is gonna add to this offense, right? You know we have a very stout another name that I would say that I mix in there that's about neck and neck for me is where's Ethan Barbour in all this? Cause we've heard a lot about Elias, we've heard about Jaden Riddell. We haven't heard much about Lawson, but we all know Lawson is a touchdown machine. But like I look at these two guys and I go, how much is Caden Prothrow? Because we hear it talked about all the time, where we come up in conversations about explosiveness. So obviously they're putting in him him in areas where he can add ex you know the explosiveness to the game. And I s I actually got a chance to see him with his his mom and when he wasn't in his pads. This is a a really good looking kid, man, as far as like he's not just some sh you know string bean in pads, like he's a pretty cut kid, man. Like he's not gonna catch the ball and you're like, all right, well, that's all he's gonna do with it. I mean, he'll lower his head and he's gonna get some yards. But I would love to see, I wanna know more about Caden Pro throw. And where he's gonna be in this plan, as well as like is Ethan Barbour in this plan? Because if they are, this is my answer to the wide receivers, right? we're gonna have some guys at the wide receiver room step up, but this is my answer, a five deep tight end room is my answer to where we find that explosiveness from the wide receiver core per se. Richman: It and to complement that if you if the offense went more with the with the tight end room, if you had a reliable receiver, it's gonna open him up for the big play. You know? If your wide receiver might not get, you know, five targets a game, but he might get one or two touchdowns because we predominantly are going with our tight end room. Does that make sense? Ted Turner: Yeah, it makes makes makes a ton of sense. Yeah, I agree. Richman: And that would be awesome. Ted Turner: It takes a little pressure off the receivers too, because, you know, when I'm a linebacker and I have to start watching personnel, like that gets tricky, man. Like if I'm middle linebacker and I and that's usually the, you know, that's usually the sheriff on that side, right? So he's looking and he's going, okay, wait. Man, it if a Sokovi White Hilton, which I was it was really cool to see his interview today and hear him talk about like how good some of these some of these defensive second year people are. I mean, he's when he was asked the question, man, he was just like kind of he was kind of dumbfounded for a minute. He was like, I I don't have the words, man. Like it looked like he's going up against like somebody that he fears every day. He's like, Man, they're explosive. They're legit, it's hard. He's like, Ellis Robinson might he can play receiver. Because he challenges you in that area and he's going and he's not just out there to knock the ball down. He like he wants the ball. He doesn't want to just defend the ball. He wants the ball. So I mean, at the end of the day, man, like it's just really cool to see from a from a perspective of like how these linebackers are going to adjust to I got Caden Prothrow here. This is a this is a little bit of a a superhero right here. What am I gonna do with him? And then I gotta figure out. what I'm gonna do with Sokoby White Helton if he really is taking on some of the persona that branch took on last year. And by the way, like it it could get weird, man. You see two ty I I got Jaden Riddell running in motion. Like what's he doing? Is he getting the ball? I don't know. It could get to be so complex that it that Richman: Yeah. Wouldn't it be wouldn't it be exciting this year if our offense was completely unpredictable? Ted Turner: Yeah. And I know it I know what viewers are going to say is what what is what is Bobo gonna do about that? That's a probably a loaded episode that we'll cover before we step on the field. But but but that was yeah, I think Pro Throw and I think, you know, Ethan Barbori, like is he has he moved up enough to where this entire tight end room is a problem? Fish, what about you? Like, who's a guy you're gonna be looking at to to like I wanna know what they're saying about him coming out of camp? And that will give me a little bit of peace of mind about this area. Who who's that guy for you? Adam Fisher: Well, we're obviously gonna be running a lot of thirty two personnel this year, right? Like with all the tight ends we got. But no. My my dude and who I think's gonna be a an important part of the offense is Dwight Phillips. I wanna he's gonna be our big third down guy. He's gonna catch a lot of screens, you know, 'cause Bobo loves him a screen. And Sakovy White Hilton at the same time to piggyback on that. they're gonna have a big part to play in the offense and taking some of the pressure off of our receivers to make big plays. And I I think that's really important. I think we gotta have a really good third down back. And I think he's gonna I think he's gonna look a lot better than Cash did. No offense to Cash. Cash was awesome. But I think we're gonna get a lot more production out of Dwight. Ted Turner: I like it. I like that. I like that call right there. Richman: So so is this a offense exclusively question or no? Ted Turner: No. I like if you got a player, I'm like, man, I really wanna know. Richman: my player's Elijah Griffin. I I wanna know is Elijah Griffin the guy. I wanna know is Ted Turner: Okay. Richman: he the guy that's gonna take a double team every play? And is he the guy that's gonna break that double team and make plays? Is he gonna be the disruptive guy in the middle that we've been looking for since Carter left? You know, that's what that's what I'm waiting to see. Is he gonna be the guy? Because I heard he was gonna be the guy. When he was in high school, he's gonna be the next guy. So we'll see. I just Ted Turner: Yeah. Richman: I I'm looking for that guy because I know when you have that disruptive guy in the middle, it makes that defense so much better. Ted Turner: Yeah. Yeah, I totally agree. I I like it. Richman: It all it allows your linebackers to to be more aggressive and it allows your your defensive backs, you know, they can They they have a lot of comfort when they have a guy that's disruptive like that. And they're gonna and they're gonna get a lot Adam Fisher: Mm-hmm. Ted Turner: I like it. I love that, man. Richman: of turnovers. Ted Turner: If I could if I could get, yeah, if I could hear from all of those, man, yeah, that would definitely give me some closure. Kirby spoke about it today. He was like, and this is why I said it was very Kirby-esque, because I've heard different. but when you're looking at the team in Kirby's eyes, Kirby's not looking at it as, this is gonna be our productivity. He's always going to look and go, that is a that is an opportunity for productivity, but I have to see it. Day in and day out. And he's a guy that, you know, as far as a team is putting up, like he's got to see that happening on Thursday or Friday when a walkthrough is done. And we know our walkthroughs are not even, I mean, I've been it's notorious for for Kirby to have him out there in, you know, pads and and helmets and shorts on walkthrough days because of the fact that, you know, he feels like there needs to be some thumping going on, you know. We need to not lose that edge. And if he feels like the edge in the week is going strong, he's not going to divert just to get them out of pads and to kind of dial the week down, you know? So he's he's a guy that he wants to see the productivity all the way up until we snap the ball the very next day. and I love that about so he's not gonna come out and say it, whereas I I do think I do trust some of the reporting that's going on about some of these guys that are obviously gonna give us a lot of extra help in some areas. I always like doing this towards the end. these are this is not this is more like for our viewers, but let's do some flash questions to end the night. and it'll be more of less kind of detailed talking through it, but more just for viewers like what do we think about this? Cause after this week, next week, we're gonna be coming out going, what does this depth chart look like? We're gonna try to hone in on what we think the starting, what we think the starters will be on the offense and defense. We're gonna really break it down, look at look at the depth chart from top to bottom. And then the next week, man, we're into week zero. We got we got people kicking off in Dublin, Ireland. I don't even know Adam Fisher: Yes. Ted Turner: if North Carolina's gonna have a coaching staff to make it to Dublin, Ireland. Who knows? But and then we got week zero, man. Adam Fisher: Dude. Ted Turner: We got some exciting games. Auburn and Baylor, a lot of good stuff going on. And then we're into we're into game one for Georgia. but let's let's let's do a little lightning round here. we'll go, we'll start with, like we always do, we'll go with fish, Richman, and then I'll end it up. and for us, I mean, we know these we we kind of have these questions answered in the back of our mind. But for viewers, I mean, people sometimes want to know like what we what we think about this. But which player are you concerned? Like as far as which player are you concerned about the most? Like when I say concerned, like is it do you think there's more hype to it? Like are you like one player you're the most concerned about that maybe the hype meets the productivity fish go? Adam Fisher: concerned about. Ted Turner: That the height meets the productivity. This one's very easy for me. I'll give you a breather so you can think about it. For me, it's Talon Taylor, man. The hype versus the productivity. We've heard about Tallon Taylor. We've put a lot of pressure in the air out there about him being a five-star guy. Is the hype going to actually meet the productivity this year? Because if not, what you don't want to see coming out of Georgia is this. You don't want to see him transferring out after this year and then going and, you know, leading some other team. Richman: Tear it up somewhere else. Ted Turner: Yeah, like that's what you don't want to see, man. Pish, what about you? One guy that's not meeting the hype this year that you that that you're concerned about that might not. Adam Fisher: No, my my answer I is is is kinda I don't know. Anyway, I'm going with Gabe Harris because I'm I'm it's not really about hype meeting expectation. It's more a less like we know what he was doing before he got hurt last year and how big like how much he stepped up his game in the pass rush and then he got hurt. So I are we gonna get that same productivity healthy this year? Like is he still gonna be on Ted Turner: Right. Adam Fisher: that track or did he digress a little bit after getting hurt? Ted Turner: Okay. Interesting take, but I liked it. I liked it. Rich man, who you Richman: I'm gonna go back to Elijah Griffin. I mean, you know, is he is he gonna be another journeyman defensive lineman or is he gonna be a stud and go in the first round? You know, that's that's kind of that's kinda where I'm camping now. Ted Turner: Fish is Gunnar Stockton ready to be more known as a guy that is the leader of this team and is one of the best quarterbacks in the SEC, or is he a game manager this year? Not what we need him to be. What is he this year? What do you think? Adam Fisher: I think he's definitely the face of the team. He's he's we're gonna live and die with him. Like we're gonna we're gonna ride or we're gonna fall. And you know, I hate to put that much pressure on it. You know, I don't like putting all my chips on the quarterback, but we haven't Puglisi or Montgomery, they're both unproven. We don't know what we got there. We don't know what they would look like in a game situation like a high intense for you know. Deep into the fourth quarter SEC game, we're down by five, we need a touchdown. Like what what are they gonna do? But we know what we're getting out of Gunner. So he he's got to be that dude this year. And I I know I said I compared him to a great game manager, you know, earlier in the show. But on top of that, he's also he's gotta be both. If he can do that. He's gotta be a hybrid, you know. He he's gotta manage the game. like any good quarterback needs to do, but he's also gotta make plays. He's gotta be not afraid to th you know, go deep every once in a while to open it up, to let it rip. You know, we need explosives, which are you know, it seems Ted Turner: Right. Adam Fisher: to be the key word of camp this year. Ted Turner: Yeah. Rich man? Is Gunner the dude this year or is he a game manager? Richman: You know, based on you know what Kirby's saying, look, Gunnar's never given us any reason to doubt him. He's always done the job. He's always been consistent. if and if he's legitimately making the strides and improvements that Kirby's talking about, if he plays a clean season, he's probably gonna be sitting up there in New York City at the Heisman Club. He might not win it, but I he should be sitting up there. I think he's gonna be the dude, man. Ted Turner: I like it. I like it. I agree, man. I think Gunnar's gonna be a dude, man. I loved when when Sokovi White Hilton said he's got more touch this year, I'm like, hold on. So we have a guy back there that's going to enhance this wide receiver room, make it easier for them, right? Not just throw it, you know, throw it within the target, but we may hit we may have some dots out there, right? That'll be great for Richman: And I I'll tell you something else, to when you just take into consideration the players, the way that they regard him and the way they talk about him, I mean, man, you don't ever hear anybody say anything you know, you hear the the the press all over Ted Turner: Mm-hmm. Richman: the country make comments about him, but you don't ever hear any of his players. They believe in him. Ted Turner: Right, right. Love it. Richman: Hundred percent. Ted Turner: record prediction. Fish, record prediction for the season. Go. Adam Fisher: twelve and out. Ted Turner: Think it's gonna happen. Adam Fisher: I want it to happen so bad. That's the fanboy. That's the fanboy in me. All right, I'm going eleven and one. Realistic Ted Turner: Is it wanted to happen or you where you think it's gonna I'm gonna try to give my way. Okay. I'm with it, bro. Adam Fisher: realistically, I'm going eleven and one. Ted Turner: Which means. Richman: Lemon one. Ted Turner: Yeah. That won't be cliche. I think it's eleven and one. Nine game SEC schedule. on the road versus Ole Miss, home versus Oklahoma. Alabama. Richman: It's old Miss, that's the one. Ted Turner: Alabama at Alabama. I mean, it's just the curse, man. Richman: Oldness has always played us tough at home. Year in and year out over the years. Ted Turner: I just don't want Ole Miss to become I don't want us to beat Alabama and Ole Miss become I I need to see Ole Miss. A a lot will be told Ole Miss versus L S U. Adam Fisher: It's not Ole Miss, it's Trinidad. Richman: Yeah, but Trinidad Ted Turner: Maybe. Adam Fisher: It it's Trinidad. Richman: Trinidad has only played one game like that and it was against us. Ted Turner: If it is Trinidad, Adam Fisher: Exactly. Ted Turner: they need a shirt that says it's Trinidad. It's Toddy Trinidad. I don't know. Hotty Toddy Toddy Adam Fisher: Yep. Ted Turner: Trinidad. Hottie Trinidad Richman: Howdy tari. Ted Turner: I don't know. That's weird. Adam Fisher: Trinidad and Toddy. Ted Turner: does this does this does this Georgia team make the college football playoff fish? Yes or no? Rich Man? Yes or no? Richman: Yep. Yep. Ted Turner: Yeah, I got us in the playoff. and the big question, what do you think? You th you think this is a national championship year for Georgia being not the fanboy but being realistic. And if you do, who do you think they play against in the national championship? Fish? Adam Fisher: Definitely. Definitely, definitely. Ted Turner: Probably all are gonna say yeah, 'cause you're gonna wanna say who you think they play against? Adam Fisher: No, I got us pla I got us playing Ohio State. Ted Turner: I wanna have this recording hopefully for the end of the year to go back and go where we write. So bit I mean, Rich Man, you got us going to the natty and who we playing if you do. Richman: we're going to the Natty and I I don't know who we're gonna play but it ain't gonna be Indiana. Adam Fisher: Nope. There's not gonna be Indiana. Ted Turner: I got us I got us go in and I got us going to the natty and play an organ. I think that'd be a cool Richman: That would be sweet. Ted Turner: natty. That'd be, you know, or you know, Dan Lanning, Kirby Smart. Yikes, man. Yikes. Adam Fisher: That would be nice. Ted Turner: all right, so Second scrimmage Saturday between the hedges, a lot to come out of that. We will start talking about that next week. We'll start being able to preview some games around the SEC coming at us week zero. We're getting there, boys. We're getting to pickums, right? We're getting back into the swing of things. we'll be able to pick the Dublin Ireland game next week. and then we'll talk about week, we'll talk about scrimmage two, what to expect out of scrimmage three and I can go ahead and tell you Kirby's not going to admit this, but we're probably going to be doing a little. I can we're probably gonna be doing some Arkansas prep. I would, I would imagine. not much Western Kentucky and and Tennessee state prep. But but yeah, it's gonna be, it's gonna be a really crucial week heading up to scrimmage too. Hopefully we can stay healthy. and hopefully, man, we can we can continue to move in the right direction for I usually always have my handy dandy. Let's let's see real quick. Let's pull it out. for the for the fans. man, Adam Fisher: Handy then. Ted Turner: I lost it. What do we have, man? We got as of right now, eight forty four, seventeen days. So between the hedges. Seventeen. So as they call it, man, two more Saturdays. And we got scrimmages to show for it though. So fish, final thoughts tonight? Adam Fisher: Look, be cautious of any team coming out of this heat unscathed heading into the season. These teams are gonna be different. Ted Turner: I like it. I like that. Adam Fisher: They're gonna they're gonna be built different, man. Practicing in this heat and humidity. If we can come out on the other end, man, that's gonna be that's gonna say something about the dudes that these teams have lining up, you know, to play these games. That it's no joke. Ted Turner: Yeah. Adam Fisher: It's no joke. Hundred and fifteen Ted Turner: Yeah. Adam Fisher: degree heat index is real. Like that's where we've been the past couple of days. Ted Turner: Yeah, I agree, man. Adam Fisher: It's it's real. So kudos to them boys, dude. Ted Turner: I agree. I'm looking forward to talking next week about Yeah, I agree. Looking forward to talking to about some some upcoming games too, man. Picking some games. That'll be cool. Rich man, final thoughts? Richman: Man, I'm I'm just ready. I'm ready to see some see this improvement in the in the wide receiver room and see this defense get a little pressure on the quarterback and I I think it the season's ours to lose. I mean you know, if we can stay away from injuries and we can shore up those two areas, I don't see why we don't make a a a good hard play for a national championship. Adam Fisher: Exactly. Ted Turner: I love it, man. I love it. final thought for me, same as last week. Zippers. Adam Fisher: Zippers. That's awesome. Ted Turner: Hey, listen, if you haven't already done so, please go and like and follow us. We are on YouTube, Dogs Down South, Facebook, Dogs Down South, Spotify, Dogs Down South, and 24 hours later, Apple Podcast, Dogs Down South. And TikTok, if you haven't already done so, please go and like and follow us on TikTok. We will be going live there a few times during the week. we've been going pretty much, hopefully you get the some of these guys in there during the week as well if they have time, but it's been a fun crowd over there. Ellis Robinson dipped into the chat last night, made his presence known, and is really excited about this season as well. so it was cool to have Ellis Robinson go follow dogs down south on TikTok. he was he interviewed today with Adam Fisher: It's not every day you have the best cornerback in the country in your in your chat. Ted Turner: and just Richman: Yeah. Ted Turner: in there chilling, right? Asking questions. I'm like, Adam Fisher: Mm-hmm. Ted Turner: I had to had to click on the thing, man, and be like, Am I talking to Ellis? I'm like, I'm talking to Ellis, man. So Richman: And and apparently apparently he's a believer. He believes it. He believes his team's going places. Ted Turner: Yeah. He don't stay too high, he don't stay too low, man. So I I I like that. So boys, it's been good. It's been fun as always. Looking forward to scrimmage two. Looking forward to recapping it next week with you all and hope you guys have a great week. And as always on Dogs Down South, go dogs. Richman: No dogs.