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2024 Spring Game Pregame Show · Boundary Corner Podcast

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Music. Welcome.
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To the Spring Game Pregame Show presented by Suns of Saturday.
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I'm your host BB. Some of you guys might know me
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from Twitter. Some of you guys might know me
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from the 2D podcast. But if you don't know me, you
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might know some of my friends up here.
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I've got a great group of guys to help me preview the spring
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game, and we brought a bunch of the independent media types
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together to do this. And so directly to my right is
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Pat Finn, one of the founders of Sun Saturday.
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Pat, thank. You for being here.
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Good morning. What should I say?
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Good afternoon, Hokey Nation. Next to him we got Sam.
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Jesse, my partner on 2D. Thanks for being here, but he
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ran 3.2 this morning. Give Sam a round of.
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Applause. He's a runner.
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He's a track store. Thank you.
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And then next to him, we got someone texting.
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It's Dan from Tales of the Terror Dome.
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He's locked in and ready. I'm ready.
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I've been ready. Born, ready.
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Terror, Dan. And then finally in the last
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chair, we've got Brian from the Boundary Corner podcast.
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Brian. What is up, everybody?
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How are we feeling today? Feeling good?
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We're feeling good. And you know what, Brian was the
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first one I reached out to last year.
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I wanted to do this partnership and quickly hopped in the boat.
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We got Sons on board and the whole thing is now in its second
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year. And so I'm pumped about this.
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And just to kick things off, Judy, we like to talk about what
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we're drinking. So Brian, what are you drinking
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down there? What's that looks?
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I've got a classic tuts rail here, ladies and gentlemen.
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It is delicious. I will be feeling it a little
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bit later, but that's OK. What you got going on?
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Man, when you come to tots, man, you gotta do a ice cold Miller
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latte. It's like a it's like that
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McDonald's poker Sprite, man, it just hit different here.
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I don't know what it is. What you got?
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Sierra Nevada. He's a little thing IPA, one of
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the classics. It's a good one to get started.
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Yes, I'm having the same thing and I see this is familiar.
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It's a little PBR time. It's game day in Blacksbury.
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You gotta have your PBR. I got my USA Coach Price shirt
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on. It matches my PBR very nice.
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Only football stadium in America.
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Hashtag has blue ribbon. So if you are watching on
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YouTube, go ahead and just click the like on the video.
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That would help us out tremendously.
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And if you want to comment, please do.
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I don't see any comments. It's also really hard to see
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with the son of my eyes. But if we see some comments
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coming, we will ask the questions to the felt.
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Let's start with just Spring Jam.
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Spring Jam was last night. It was a blast.
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Did you guys have fun? Did Billy Ray have fun last
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night? I think you might have a little.
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Fun Billy Ray in the audience. Can we get a?
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Can we get a wave in the audience?
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There he is. He was.
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He was on one. But it was so good to see some
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of the former players. Tie Rod was out, Coach Foster,
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JC Price. The list goes on.
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Al Clark, I I asked for a ticket.
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I didn't recognize him at 1st and I felt like a jerk.
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There was so many so many cool people out last night, so that
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was a blast. Thank you to the Suns for
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putting on Spring Jam. If you ever down here in the
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future, you didn't make it down. You gotta come to Spring Jam
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next year. Because it's it's a, it's a must
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go to event. Maybe we should talk about some
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of the players. So let's do quarterback,
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everyone. We saw Kevin Jones last night,
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Kyron's dad. Kevin was a blast.
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He was having. Awesome dude.
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Kevin was living his best life last night.
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That guy rocks. Album shit.
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He has been on the Boundary Corner podcast once or twice,
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just chatting it up with us. Seems like he likes it here.
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I think there was a little bit of a rumor mill going around
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that our quarterback might have been getting offers elsewhere.
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Do we all feel comfortable in in Kyron being here next year?
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There was never a more collective side in Hockey Nation
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than when Kyron asked for a sectional on Twitter.
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That was that was incredible, that.
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Low key perfect. You don't.
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You don't move a sectional. Not to LSU.
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He's moving in. Hey man, I feel pretty
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confident. You know, last year we sat here
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and I said Ollie Jennings ain't come here to play with Grant
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Wells. Well, I know for a fact all the
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receivers came here to play with Kyron Jones.
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So we good, man. I feel, I feel great about it.
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I think he's locked in. And the hype train's getting
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pretty out of control. The hype train.
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Is getting a little out of control.
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Did you see someone put that he was the number one returning
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quarterback? In the ACC over DJU.
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That was kind of a quick bait account maybe, but still it's
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out. It's out there.
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I mean, technically he was the only one that returned to the
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ACC from the ACC, right? So well as far as like Cam and
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and DJ, right? Alright, well, QB two then we're
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gonna see hopefully a lot of those two guys.
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We got Wiki, we got Pop. Do you guys think saw Pop last
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year kind of go off a little bit in the spring game.
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Couple cool plays, everyone de facto this is the next guy after
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you know maybe if it's Wells doesn't work out maybe it's Pop
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instead of drones. Well drones proved to be the man
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is Pop for sure #2 because we've been hearing a lot about Wiki
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doing well in practice. And Dan, I'll ask you what do
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you, what do you think? Well, I think Price said it was
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going 5050. It was kind of leaning wiki and
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now it's kind of leaning pop. But I feel like pops athleticism
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and he is like speed and ability to run the ball.
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Probably gonna set him apart in that race.
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Yeah, what do you? Think.
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Sam, I mean, they're bringing in Kelden Ryan, who's shooting up
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recruiting boards out of Texas, Texas to BT.
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And then they also have Dobby Belford, who is a bit of a
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social media guy with the, you know, his dad, whole Brazil
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football thing. So I think it's interesting this
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year. It's gonna be interesting next
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year, too, because you talked about drones.
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This is a NFL springboard year for him, and if you look at the
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upcoming NFLQD class, he has a good year.
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He's going as he should, so you're going to have a
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quarterback. Vacancy next year.
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That's true. Pat, Are you you?
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I mean, do you think it's pop? I think it's pop.
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So I've, I've heard that pop has filled out a little bit as well.
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I know last season was not very, you look very skinny out there,
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obviously being a being a young guy.
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But another year in the program, another spring in the program to
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be good to see him out in pads today.
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So let's talk about the guys that will be protecting our
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quarterback this year, which is was a bit of an issue beginning
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last year. We talked about it a lot on the
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show when we're at Sharky's doing the spring game pregame
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show throughout the year though that online continue to improve.
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But the project starters for this year haven't changed.
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We're still seeing some of the same names that had issues.
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How are you feeling about right guard and right tackle, Ryan?
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Because those are the two spots that are not not locked in.
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I think they're they're still guys battling.
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Yeah, not locked in. It's gonna be interesting to see
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how. Montagus coming in comes.
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Along that's the one I'm most interested in.
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I would like to see maybe one more guy coming through the
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portal. That would make me feel a little
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bit more comfortable at the situation.
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I'm obviously shaking Parker head up, head up and down
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moments, but yeah, we saw with drones came in, you had a little
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bit of tweaks to the scheme. I think that help open up some
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things with the office I was doing kind of lean more to their
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straights. So we'll see if that's something
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that we can build on this year. But I'm hoping that Montagas
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Cunningham or maybe even Brody Meadows takes another step and
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can kind of elite slide into one of those spots on the right side
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of the line. I have been optimistic on Brody,
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especially since we saw him play really well in the spring game
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last year and he was very young though still.
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And what do you think on break guard?
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Because there's so many guys battling and we started out
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Cunningham at right guard rather than tackle, which he played all
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of his snaps last year, tackle. Yeah.
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I would just say like offensive line, the last two spring games,
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it's been just terrible. It's been really.
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But one of the teams? Especially, yeah.
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And so I think this year you're gonna see like, that's gonna be
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the biggest improvement that you're gonna see is, oh, we have
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10-11 guys who can actually block this year, and that's
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gonna make the whole that makes practice better, that makes
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spring game better, makes the whole team better.
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So I'm excited to see maybe not as much just positionally, I'm
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excited to see the whole unit kind of work together and just
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perform better because last two years it was rough, it was
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rough. It was rough, but crook being
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here for a second year, we saw the improvement.
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How, how big do you think that is, Brian?
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Just from the having played the position like 2 years under the
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same coach, will that make a substantial difference?
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I mean, cotton newly is always important, I mean from a scheme
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perspective, from an expectation perspective.
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So I think you're going to see more progression from those guys
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as as it goes along and I'm interested to see what the young
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guys are gonna bring to the table as well.
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We got guys like right now I'm very interested to see what our
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second team. Centers have a backup.
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Center I don't really know what that's gonna look like.
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Something. I'm interested to see what
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that's gonna look. Like, let's move to something a
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little bit more fun, a little bit more Talked about is been
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our wide receivers, 'cause we brought back all of them.
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It was actually shocking when we saw that announcement.
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It wasn't one or two guys. It wasn't just Alex Jennings.
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It was all four of our main guys will be back this year.
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But there's also guys pushing those guys from coming up from
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the whether it's from high school or just on the roster.
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Already an XTB type, Sky, Heath, Keelan Adams has been doing
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great in practice. Which guy?
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Outside of Jennings, Felton, Lane and Gosnell, what other
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receiver will break out this year?
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Aiden Green. That's your guy.
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That Aiden Green dude, he was a Mont.
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Like, he got a lot of cardio last year.
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There's a lot of reps when he was running routes, but I think
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like this year it might mean if if it is looks the way in the
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game is it looks in practice, he's going to put up some, put
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some things up. Athletic greens get him the NIL
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deal. Now that's.
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Not that. Do you have a breakout?
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Go outside at Eden Green. Is there anyone else that you
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think is going to be potentially like feeding out of Steven
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Gosnell for catches? You you know Keelan, Brody
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Adams, I think he's going by Brody, he's he's some roster
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now. Yes.
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So Brody Adams, he's special. He has BHSL records and wide
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receiver. I I'm really excited to see him
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because again, like quarterback, it's about preparing for next
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year when they're gonna have a mass exodus in that room who's
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gonna come and step up. And I think he's one of the guys
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where if you watch his film in high school, you watch how he
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progressed. He's special.
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He's really special. We have an embarrassment of
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riches at the wide receiver position, which is something I I
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mean, I've been following this team a long time.
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I think Trey said 2018 might have been competing with it.
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I said this is the best receiving course since 2016,
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probably when we had Ford Cam and Bucky and Bucky was
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basically a wide out. And Devin Wilson.
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And CJ Carroll But yeah it it's great fun tell minds like I
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don't know how much longer he's going to be a Tech because that
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guy is just doing so much work and we keep giving raises and
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he's an assistant coach or assistant head coach now but he
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has done amazing things with that wide receiver.
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Let's talk about defense quickly before we kind of close out this
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segment and move on to to some other guys coming up here who is
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going to be the guy opposite of APRI.
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Know last year we saw a lot of Cold Nelson and he was a guy
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that talked about being better against the run.
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Burgos has been getting a lot of love.
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Is that the guy that you think puts up either the highest or
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second highest sack numbers on the team?
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Man, I I'd like to see Burgos put up those numbers.
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I also look out for CJ McRae. I'm kind of, I think he's going
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to turn a corner this year. He's a guy that's moved from
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safety, the linebacker and out to to defensive end.
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I think he's a guy that could really put put the pieces
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together and I think he matches APR skill set a little bit more
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in terms of getting. Up in the past, there's a
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comment on from YouTube, Brian Chug that rail if you think we
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win more than two games this year.
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Yeah. There are there are 400 people
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watching, Brian. Chug that rail.
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Strap in. Oh, let's go it a good day.
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The Wi-Fi. Toss is actually working, which
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is good. We are cooking but closing out
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the thoughts on. D line closing out thoughts on D
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line. Burgos has a bit of the pop.
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Nelson has been more consistent, right has said that for last
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couple years but that's a that's a position to that defensive
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tackle. You're rotating guys every other
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drive you need three or four guys out there.
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It's not a just two starters so good that they have solid
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players. Yeah, I mean, yo, first of all,
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shut up, Pat, for mixing in the water.
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You know, it's about time, man. This defensive line, JC, great
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coach, I don't care. Anybody said I love JC I think
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he's, he's done well. And you know, we got dudes
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running, we got tackles running over 21 miles an hour, Copeland
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putting up bending bars in the weight room.
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Like, dude, we like, yeah, I'm excited for the DS.
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We again we talked about the the riches, that wide receiver.
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I don't remember our D line having the names having guys
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that they're excited about here and the coaches talked about
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since the four guys we had in like 2015 when it was Daddy and
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Marshall and Maddie and all those guys.
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But had I have a question for you because you've been looking
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pretty up here but you know we got we got to get some
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commentary out of here. This is a tough one, right?
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So this year we might see Dorian Strong play a little bit more
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nickel. He's got kind of a body type for
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that. I think that Price hinted at it
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a little bit, maybe even set it out right.
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If he's playing inside and you got Mansoor on the outside,
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who's the other corner? Who's the other starting corner?
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Cause Canteen is no longer here. You gonna put me on the spot?
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I wouldn't You on this spot. Come on now, who?
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Can help me? Out Dante Love it.
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Dante love it. Dante.
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Love. It OK, that's what I'm thinking
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as well. Or is Braylon Johnson, he's
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still playing CB, right? I mean like he's hasn't moved to
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safety. So that would be an option as
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well, those two young guys. But I think we got a lot riding
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on love it. I know everyone's talking about
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our TV core like, oh, we're solid.
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We're solid. But these days in college
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football, you do end up playing a lot of men.
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You're going to need to rely on Dante Love on the outside.
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Am I correct? Right.
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That seems where it's. At Absolutely, absolutely.
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And I mean, don't sleep on Braylon Johnson either, so.
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Braylon is a his pedigree speaks for itself.
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That's right. That's right.
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Is online still the number one concern in terms of position
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groups going into this year? Is there anything else that
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concerns you? I think, I think the level up
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the the online play. Needs to level up as well.
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If we're gonna meet what we think we could potentially be,
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the online needs to take another.
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Step I I'm concerned about linebacker I I even though Ron
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Belt comes in they've been saying all the right things he's
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coming up a level in terms of going from AG5 to AP5 there's no
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more P5 but you know what I mean are you are you guys feel cause
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like Kelly Lawson wasn't at in spring like it's it's a concern
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for me about we tackled so Portland lineback in court
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times. Played Alabama.
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He played Missouri, two of the best rushing offenses in the
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country last year. Played really well in both those
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games. I am worried a little bit about
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linebacker though. I think Caleb Woodson is a guy
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who could show out today. And his parents were.
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Great. He's a guy who could show out
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today and take that step up. But I think for me it's the
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linebacker plus safety filling the rug gaps.
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That is the number one concern on the defense, yeah.
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And I honestly think it might be more concerned than the
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offensive line because the offensive line improves.
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So we talked about they actually graded out above average by the
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end of the. Season, which is Wild.
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It's the first 3-4 games were really.
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Yeah, So I think that's it's teams cannot hand the ball off
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and run for 50. Yards right up the middle every
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single day cannot. Sam breaking it down.
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Alright, that's going to do it for segment #1.
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We're going to be back with a couple more guys.
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I think we got Billy Ray coming up.
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We got treadmill horse of Twitter fame.
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We got drift coming up next and I'm driving again, so I'll be
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back. All right, 5 minute break, we'll
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be back on YouTube. Hang with us.
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So would you say it's a road soda?
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Dan, there's a comment here. Dan, better start hitting that
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beer or it's going to get no. It's.
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Not going to. We got a lot of people watching
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on YouTube and we appreciate everyone out there.
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This is segment #2, and this is going to be more of our preview
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of the game. Little bit of season preview, a
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little bit of a game preview, and the rosters were actually
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released in advance. That is not something we've had
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the last couple weeks. We got them on Thursday.
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First of all, orange and maroon are the team colors.
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We're getting color rush fellows, which that's what the
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NFL started doing on Thursday nights.
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But it's nice to see both of our colors out there.
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I assume the quarterbacks will be in white, yes.
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Can't. Can't touch them.
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Did you guys get a chance to peek at those rosters?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, What? You know, I see Kyron's on the
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maroon team. We've got a bunch of really
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different, like Malachi's on the maroon team.
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We've got Aiden Green, Keelan Felton, XTB 2, both Moore
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brothers. Like, I was first going to the
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offensive line. I was going to D lines when you
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were looking. At that.
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What what team do you think has the advantage going into the
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spring game? It's it's miraculous whichever.
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1 Kyron's. On Yeah, that's that's.
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I had the same thought. Kyron might only play a couple
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drives, but they'll put up some points early and I think that'll
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be enough to ride it. Out.
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Yeah, that was the concern for me is that if Kyron goes in and
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only plays two drives, well then we have whiskey and if you think
18:04
pops #2 then that might give Orange the advantage.
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Drift. I think you put something out on
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Twitter saying you thought Orange had the.
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Edge. Yeah, yeah.
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Well, I think the offensive line is better on Mirage.
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I think the defensive line is better Orange.
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So I think it kind of evens out, but I think we're going to get
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more POP versus Wiki today than we are going to get POP versus
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Kyron and so. Going orange.
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OK, I like if. That's the reason.
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But you know the. Wind, you know, it's a little
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bit of it will play a factor. Billy, did you get a chance to
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look at those those two Merlin orange rosters over there?
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I. Got to be honest with you, I
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have. I have not had a chance to look
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at the rosters. Do you think it matters?
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Much. Look, I I'm on the record on the
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spring game. It is an awesome opportunity to
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get to know the players. I love what they do when they
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have the entire team come out and you're introducing
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everybody, all the new freshmen, where they're from and have the
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entire state and get to know them.
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If you're coming here to Blacksburg to learn about the
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football team for next year, probably not going to learn a
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whole lot. That has kind of been my spring
19:04
game, my spring game mantra. I do think that it's going to be
19:07
interesting to see some of the younger guys, especially at the
19:09
quarterback position on the defensive line and the offensive
19:12
line play. But we're pretty sure what the
19:16
team is going to look like, especially at our skill
19:18
positions going into next year. So I view the.
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Spring game as an opportunity. To hang out with with friends
19:24
and have a good time and we did that and check, check, check,
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we. Did that last night.
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We're doing it right now. And I actually didn't give Drift
19:31
a proper introduction because he's from the BT4 Alpod does.
19:35
I think I heard someone say lovers, but that's for life or
19:38
legends. Which one of legends?
19:39
Legends. You know the the history on the
19:43
legends. It comes from Don Deep Fridays
19:45
and. That's right, there's.
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Some, yeah, there's some. There's some culture there.
19:50
So it's a great. It's a great.
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It's a. Great.
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Don started Don Deep Fridays as a culture podcast.
19:55
Quickly got more listeners talking about tech every single
19:57
episode you talked to, Charlemagne talked about.
20:00
Basically everything and you know, shout out man he.
20:03
He's here somewhere, right? He's off on Chicken Hill right
20:05
now. Yeah, I'm just a random guy from
20:08
like Michigan. I love Tech.
20:11
This is great for me. Someone.
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Told me last night. You had a a parent that went to
20:15
tech briefly or something. No, that's not true.
20:17
That's not true. There's a lot of rumors going
20:18
around. The the real answer is my
20:20
parents lived in Roanoke. Crow was born, so they
20:23
encouraged it. I didn't know that.
20:25
They did? Oh OK.
20:26
When? When I got.
20:27
It takes away from the randomness.
20:28
It it, Yeah. Don't tell people that.
20:29
But if. You lean into that, just you
20:31
pick it. I got from.
20:33
Cincinnati, who loves the. Host.
20:34
I mean, my parents are immigrants, so they don't have
20:37
teams, you know, they just kind of, they don't really watch that
20:39
much for us. So I picked it for really.
20:42
Well, we got great colors and we got a great fan base.
20:43
So we're well, you know, love to have you.
20:46
And let's get back to some questions, 'cause this one's
20:47
actually a good one, 'cause we remember two years ago, Caleb
20:50
Smith went off in the spring game and it foreshadowed a great
20:55
season. Last year we saw Grant Wells
20:58
play well in the spring game and it foreshadowed the same thing
21:01
we saw the previous season, which was it was pretty mid,
21:04
right? So who is going to win the Caleb
21:06
Smith Award today for a great standout performance that
21:10
actually foreshadows a great season?
21:12
I'll ask you first. So you mentioned wide receiver
21:15
and Caleb Smith, I'm going wide receiver with this and Aiden
21:18
Green, I know you talked about him on the previous segment.
21:22
I just think he's a guy who's primed to have that breakout.
21:25
Like, I remember the year that Caleb Farley had that huge
21:28
spring game played wide receiver, and it's he.
21:31
He had gotten a lot of hype in the offseason and then everyone
21:34
was waiting to see what he would do and he blew out that wide
21:37
receiver in that spring game, which was awesome.
21:40
He didn't end up playing wide receiver after that.
21:42
He would. Have been a great one.
21:43
He would have been great. He kept that there, absolutely.
21:46
And by the way, drift kind of looks.
21:48
Like Caleb Barley. He kind of does, so it gets
21:52
throwing me off. I'm going to get a #3 jersey.
21:55
We. Got to get off that jersey.
21:57
All right, I'll win costume. Does anyone else have a pick for
21:59
a standout that's going to have a great season?
22:01
Go ahead, Bill. I'm.
22:02
Going to go with Harrison, St. Germain, I think, yeah, I think
22:06
there's a lot of talent in the tight end room.
22:07
I think he's a young guy. Tucker Tucker always said some
22:11
awesome things about him. Jalen Lane is said some awesome
22:13
things about him and. Just continues to work.
22:15
Continues. To work and I.
22:16
Think he's going to have a lot of opportunity.
22:18
Played really well against Tulane, so I'm excited to see
22:20
his game grow and learn something there in the in the
22:24
spring what? Do you got Sam can?
22:26
I piggyback off of that. Sure, sure, We're not talking
22:29
enough about how good this tiger is.
22:32
Even losing Take Home Right's oldness, like God's now
22:35
four-star recruited out of high school, has done nothing but.
22:37
Perform when he's there. Nick Gallo has done nothing but
22:40
do his job since he's been here. He's coming back.
22:43
Anderson St. Germain reserved guy last year,
22:46
popped off later in the season doing great.
22:48
And then you know it's. Didn't he had a touchdown in the
22:52
bowl game? Had a touchdown in the bowl
22:53
game. Yeah.
22:54
So I we're we don't talk enough about how important the tight
22:57
end position is to this offense and how well they've done
22:59
setting that position up for the.
23:00
Future Jerry, Jerry, What's your pick?
23:03
I'm going Dante Lovett. So we talked about him in the
23:06
previous segment, I think losing Canteen.
23:09
Canteen played a lot last year and I think Dante Lovett's going
23:12
to take those snaps this year and I think we're going to see a
23:14
a good performance. From him today, he started to
23:17
emerge later in the season, had some really nice one off plays
23:20
here and then with more snaps, who knows what he could do now
23:23
This one's we're going to be a little careful here because I
23:26
don't want to. I don't want to disparage any of
23:28
these players, but who's going to win the Grant Wells Award for
23:31
someone who has a great game today but maybe doesn't follow
23:36
it up in the season? I mean, this is a crazy place
23:42
and this is what we're going for.
23:44
We're starting to I'm, I'm going to go, I'm going to go with the
23:48
weather, 'cause I actually feel like it's rather than.
23:53
Shout out and I know this. Guy's got related.
23:55
Here's the player I think is going to play well and then not
23:58
play well in the fall. So I'm going to go with the
23:59
weather. I think we're going to have a
24:00
great weather day today and maybe the weather won't hang up
24:04
so well in the fall. Oh.
24:06
Not pretty. So I'll say Mike, I would think
24:08
he's going to stand out and use people's.
24:11
He was a freak in high school, but Tech didn't pursue him
24:15
because he was too small. He hit the weight room at Duke,
24:17
got really good. He's a special, like, he's a
24:20
quick twitch. Ricky Walker S defensive tackle,
24:23
really excited for him. And I think the player who's
24:26
going to be like, wow, he's killing it and not going to do
24:28
it as much in the fall is actually Aiden Green because
24:32
he's probably wide receiver 4, wide receiver five.
24:35
We don't pass the ball and his. Parents are right there.
24:39
He's great. He's great.
24:40
It's. Not it's not throw the ball
24:41
enough for wide. Receiver four or five My, my.
24:44
It's. Just there's not enough numbers.
24:46
That's what I'm saying. It's like my guy would be
24:48
Jeremiah Kony for the exact same reasons.
24:50
He could be great. We have two really good running
24:53
backs in front of him, so we're going to see some of these young
24:56
guys play really well. But then, because of the depth
24:59
chart, they might have to wait another year to really.
25:01
Blow up Today is a tryout for 2020.
25:05
I look at it the same way I think.
25:06
Dilling with Dilling, Whitney's my guy.
25:08
He's going to get a lot of opportunities to throw.
25:10
The ball today, I think he's probably going to look good, but
25:13
like, I don't think we're going to hear it from him again in
25:15
2024. Well, we're hoping not right,
25:17
'cause if everything goes right, it's healthy and we're good.
25:20
I think that's what I'm expecting, yeah.
25:22
Everyone's crossing themselves, yeah, but I would also put like
25:26
Jeremiah County. I think he's going to get a lot
25:28
of carries today. Tyler Mason's going to get a lot
25:29
of carries today, so. Excited to see Mason.
25:31
Yeah, we'll we'll see a lot of these guys.
25:34
But honestly, like again, this is a tryout for 2025.
25:37
I think they're going to get a chance to shine today, but we
25:40
might not hear their names again for the rest of the year.
25:42
All right, we tiptoed around that one.
25:43
That was like Louis CK telling a joke on SNL.
25:46
But now we'll move on reference. That's good.
25:50
What could we see today that says you?
25:58
Know how this goes with me. As long as the sun, as in as if
26:02
the sun is in the sky and the grass is green, as far as I'm
26:07
concerned, we will find a way to win 10 games.
26:09
Next. Year.
26:10
That's basically ever, ever. That's basically Evergreen.
26:12
Every. Single.
26:13
Year. I think every time I see this.
26:15
Year. No, I feel.
26:16
I feel really, really good about this team and I think this
26:18
spring game specifically again, we kind of know what the roster
26:22
is going to look like, give or take.
26:24
You have another another Portal window coming up and figuring
26:26
out the offense line situation. But.
26:30
In terms of. Excitement around the program
26:33
and excitement around the roster specifically.
26:36
There's always been excitement around the program, but
26:38
excitement about the roster and how many talented individuals we
26:40
have in different rooms. I don't remember it being like
26:44
this. You know, I I don't remember
26:46
people breaking down the spring game.
26:48
No matter what I think about it, people are so excited about this
26:50
upcoming year. They've been talking about it
26:53
for months. Since the since the bowl game.
26:55
Since. The Since the bowl game ended,
26:56
so yes, it has to be one of the more anticipated.
27:00
What What was the last season with this was anticipation.
27:03
Seriously. Anticipation.
27:04
Anticipation for success. Not anticipation for I can't
27:08
wait. I think before 2015 when we were
27:11
playing Ohio State game one, there was a lot of excitement
27:14
because we had beaten them the previous year and hey, maybe
27:16
we'll do it again. We would have done that, but
27:20
that was. There's a lot of excitement
27:21
leading up into that year. But this roster is so much
27:24
better than that. Roster I think the tie rod years
27:27
when we. Knew that team.
27:29
Was the best one of, if not the best in the ACC Five.
27:32
Since then, we haven't had a roster that is this well put.
27:36
Together. Yeah.
27:37
To me it's you got to go back all the way to like after 2011
27:41
after we were in the Sugar Bowl. I think there we still have the
27:44
expectations of like ten wins and huge seasons.
27:48
I don't think I've seen this. Type of high up since a lot.
27:50
It's been a long time. It's hard to replay when you go
27:52
back 1220, elevens, 13 years ago.
27:55
I mean, it's hard to remember what you thought.
27:56
I remember buying my tickets to the Boise.
27:59
State game at FedEx. And I was so juiced up for that
28:02
year. I I was like going to the
28:05
Gobbler country or whatever the heck sites that were out there.
28:07
There wasn't much. Not like today.
28:09
All the content that's out there for Regina Tech football, I
28:12
would check every day for a new Regina Tech article because I
28:14
was so excited for the Boise State game and that was a tragic
28:17
end. But that's the level of
28:19
excitement I'm starting to feel towards this season.
28:22
I wanted to get 1A commentary from Drifter or Sam on the What
28:26
could you see today that makes you feel more optimistic about
28:28
the upcoming series? I liked Billy's offensive line
28:32
situation that. That was a nice.
28:35
Situation. It's a good word for it.
28:38
I think last year the offensive line looked pretty poor in the
28:41
spring game and reflected in the season at times and so I don't
28:46
know, I'd like to see that improve today.
28:47
I want. To see him block, it's gotta
28:49
it's gotta be. Better.
28:50
And we did. Probably a.
28:50
Whole lot of transfers, so it's gotta be just.
28:52
Improvement, I don't know. Just development.
28:54
Improvement. I think on that note I I I think
28:56
that the overall way that we improved our offensive line last
29:01
year was a lot of schematical changes.
29:02
I know Coach Holmes did a great job on our end of breaking down
29:06
what Coach Crooks was doing, but I I think they did a fantastic
29:10
job of basically Tech kind of reinvent itself two or three
29:13
times last year when you make the quarterback switch and then
29:16
when you really refine what he's able to do and then you make
29:18
more switches on what he feels comfortable and what he's best
29:21
at. So I really think we've talked
29:24
about that ad nausea and how much credit is deserved there.
29:26
But you think about some of the other stuff that's going on in
29:28
the spring game, not just players that have popped off and
29:31
maybe haven't played as much. I mean, we literally had Caleb
29:34
Farley had a one handed catch as a wide receiver in the spring
29:36
game. Like crazy stuff.
29:38
You see some. Wild.
29:40
Things right. You see some wild things.
29:41
So. We'll let.
29:44
Sam, get in on this, Yeah. Yeah, I the line of scrimmage,
29:48
like, if it looks competitive, that'd be good to me because
29:50
that means we know, like we know what Fuka can do.
29:55
We know what Pedis can do. We've seen them in ACC play.
29:59
If this offensive line can step up and block those guys, or if
30:02
those guys can make plays against a bunch of rude
30:04
offensive line, I think we'll feel good.
30:06
If iron sharpens Iron Man, if that's even then you feel.
30:10
Good. I I agree with that because I do
30:11
think the D lines much improved. So if they can actually hold up
30:14
a block to just point to your point it it could be we could be
30:18
in for a promising year and I'm excited about having our coach
30:20
here for second year. We're going to do a couple of
30:22
props couple of over unders before we move on to segment 3.
30:27
Sam put these together, they're incredibly detailed.
30:29
I'm going to get to as many as we can here but I want to let's
30:33
start with just the game total over under points.
30:37
I think last year Treadmill said always take the under in the
30:39
spring game. Sam has set the line at 42 1/2
30:43
total game game points. What are you thinking of
30:47
checking? Well, I think.
30:48
Sam's doing an awesome job setting these lines, by the way,
30:50
so call out. 'Cause that is love.
30:51
That's a love tone. Yeah, I'm still taking the
30:54
under. I'll always take the under.
30:55
So under 42 1/2. Nice.
30:58
What do you got, Sam? You said it AM.
31:00
I going to bet on my own, Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's highly
31:03
illegal. You're like the kid from LSU.
31:05
Get in there. I'll I'll say over, but
31:09
slightly. I think you're gonna see, I
31:12
think you're gonna see Pop and Wiki look like young
31:17
quarterbacks against a good defensive secondary.
31:20
I think our defensive secondary is deep enough that they can.
31:23
Hang with these miners Drift you got over under what you got in
31:25
42 1/2. Kinda goes the over.
31:27
You know, yeah. Let's get some excitement going.
31:29
Yeah. Bill, you going over under?
31:32
I'm gonna go under and I think spring games, if the if my
31:35
memory serves me. Correctly, it's just.
31:38
There's not going to be a tremendous difference.
31:40
I feel like we have a really balanced football team this
31:42
year. So you're not going to see
31:43
exactly. And then also when you get to
31:45
like the end of the third and inch of the fourth quarter, you
31:48
have a lot of guys who aren't getting a lot of live scrimmage
31:51
time that are then participating in the scratch.
31:53
There's just not going to be a ton of scoring that goes on at
31:56
the end of the football game, so.
31:58
I'll go on there. All right, this one's the
32:00
following first TD in the spring game.
32:03
Sam. Sam did this like.
32:04
He's got the plus here. Man.
32:06
Like best odds 2 + 2, two 57. Jennings is +400, Felton 525,
32:13
drones 525 lane 525 and then other +1000.
32:18
You taking the field here or are you taking one of those top
32:20
guys? Go ahead.
32:23
So for me, you gotta go with the odds on favorite.
32:25
Here. You gotta go with two, two.
32:26
First touchdown, 2 the ball and he's gonna get an early
32:29
touchdown. OK, I only read your tweet.
32:30
The. First time you figured out and I
32:33
thought it was silly. And now the more I think about
32:36
it, if there was ever a time to be like, hey, look, we're just
32:40
gonna go ahead and do this. On the first play of the.
32:42
Spring game to get people fired up.
32:43
Yeah, I could. OK, can I can I talk about that?
32:46
Real. Quick.
32:47
Yeah. Wait, yeah, go for it.
32:48
OK. I don't know if anyone watched.
32:50
No one watched it. I'm too much of A college
32:52
football nerd. No one else watched it.
32:54
NC State spring game. They had their first string
32:56
offense against. The.
32:57
Third string defense. I I heard about it.
32:59
They. Put on like 50 something points.
33:01
It was pathetic looking that they put on a show for the fans.
33:04
If I was Brent Fry, I would 100% rig the Sprint.
33:07
There rig it for points. No, no.
33:09
No, no, no. So what I do is I run a couple
33:11
handoffs, maybe a swing pass. We're feeling good.
33:14
But I tell every Hey, play 5 defense, We're gonna run a wide
33:16
cover, two lane in the slot, goes off motion, runs a skinny
33:20
post. Don't.
33:20
Tackle new cleats. New cleats Guys slip all the
33:24
time in new cleats you're. Like vomit really rigging this.
33:27
Thing Vomit. Everyone looks defense doesn't
33:30
look bad. They're playing slip flops in
33:31
the secondary. Just one play.
33:33
ESPN Top Ten? Why not?
33:34
I mean and then you. Oh, drones.
33:36
Say great. All right goes.
33:37
We're taking your home. I want to get Sam on the staff
33:40
now. Yeah, we need to find a
33:42
position. For him?
33:43
Drift what? Do you think on 1st touchdown?
33:45
Taking a Felton like that, I like where you're.
33:47
I like where you're going there. I think it's going to be a bomb.
33:50
Bomb Felton. And yeah.
33:53
Felton is on the maroon team, so it's either going to be coming
33:55
from drones. Or Wiki Felton on a hitch and go
33:57
yeah. Just Bob Hitch receding all
34:00
season, right? So.
34:01
I've seen the script. All right.
34:04
And then there's a couple more props here and then we'll cut
34:06
this thing off. Which one should we go with
34:08
here? Total turnovers.
34:10
That is that fun? Let's do drones, passing yards,
34:14
because this is interesting. 149, 1/2 yards, That seems high
34:19
to me for a guy who might only play 149.
34:23
Is the over under? Are you taking?
34:25
I know you're going under. Super under like because I'm
34:28
like, I'm trying to think of what would have to happen for
34:30
him to get to 150. One yard over 149.
34:36
That's half. I mean, you'd have to put him in
34:39
for three series and you basically have to bomb it on
34:42
like all three series. Like I just.
34:43
I just don't see. It Do you know how many yards
34:45
grand wells? Had last year.
34:47
I mean, he went nuts, so I think over 200.
34:49
Oh wow, a lot of snaps. I I I do not think that Kyron
34:53
drones going to play as much as. Grand Wells did last year.
34:56
I hope to God he does not. Would would we?
34:59
Would we all be fine if drones like literally either didn't
35:02
play or played like 2-2 snaps? If he was wearing pajama.
35:05
Pants. Yeah, so happy.
35:07
If he comes out after one drive, I'm really not that surprised,
35:10
all right? I think that I mean Sam, do you
35:14
want to, is there any one of these that you're really
35:16
passionate about will do one more?
35:18
Do something about all my. Lines.
35:22
How about? How about?
35:22
All right, so we got 3 defensive tackle transfers in.
35:25
We honestly don't have a lot of defensive tackles playing in
35:28
this game, so they're going to get a lot of run.
35:30
Peebles Copeland, Gillum over Under 3 1/2 tackles were.
35:35
Lost. This was actually my favorite
35:36
line that we made, 'cause like I I can like see it and I actually
35:40
think this line set really well, but I think that's it.
35:43
Since we're playing two hand touch with the quarterbacks in
35:46
the spring made, I think they're going to hit the over.
35:48
On this one. Gotcha.
35:49
Yeah, I'm going over. I'm going.
35:51
Over as well. That's yeah, I'm, I mean, and
35:56
the sacks will be easy to come by, but I also think those guys
35:59
are going to get after the running backs in the backfield.
36:01
We'll we'll see. We'll see some TF.
36:02
LS for sure. Bill, before we close the
36:04
segment out, do you have any final commentary because you're
36:06
going to be running the next segment?
36:08
A couple of a couple of things I would love next year.
36:11
I think it would be a fun game if you bet on who takes more
36:14
streaks. Do something like that.
36:16
You do like a Malachi, you just basically say which one of
36:20
these? Two players do you think sees
36:21
more small? So do you use more cash?
36:24
The second thing is you mentioned would anybody be upset
36:28
if we don't see Tyron player, he plays two drives or whatever.
36:31
I'm going to reiterate, I don't care who goes out there at all.
36:36
We have a great time. Are you staying for the spring
36:38
game? I'm just, I'm I'm hoping.
36:40
They're going to be here. I can't put that out in the in
36:42
the in the. Evening.
36:42
Yeah, yeah. But yes, he's coming.
36:45
I'll be there. Four quarters.
36:48
But no, it's just get out of the game healthy and have a ton of
36:53
fun. All right.
36:55
We're going to close this segment out.
36:56
You have something I do not. You're looking at me.
36:58
That's all I know, good looking. It's OK.
37:01
We're going to close this one out.
37:02
Thank you, Drift for being up here.
37:04
Billy Sam Treadmill, you guys were awesome.
37:06
Some of you guys are going to be back on the next segment.
37:08
Woo standing. Sarah, if we're going to do a
37:10
quick picture, if you're watching on YouTube, back in 5
37:13
minutes. Thank you.
37:14
We are back for segment 3 of the Spring Game Preview.
37:22
Just passed 1000 of you watching, listening.
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37:27
Thank you all for hanging out with us.
37:29
Pat's doing a happy dance in the back you guys can't see.
37:32
But we're gonna go ahead and do some intros.
37:34
We're gonna start number one with the most important medical
37:38
professional in the New River Valley.
37:41
So we're gonna start all the way to the right and get some intros
37:43
going. Dan to my microphone.
37:47
Hey, you gonna talk to Jeremy? How y'all doing?
37:51
I didn't know they're putting on loud speakers.
37:53
I want all the families out there to know that you cannot
37:56
come within. 1. 100 feet of Dan.
38:20
Love you, Kim. You don't come hang out with me
38:22
anymore. See dogs.
38:25
Hey guys, how we doing about The Corner Podcast here?
38:27
Brian Siegler. I'm so happy that Jeremy's up
38:30
here with me because we have Jeremy on every year for the
38:33
state of the program and it's a fucking tree, so I'm so glad
38:37
he's up here. With every single year I say I'm
38:39
not gonna black out and dream too much.
38:40
And every single year I black out and don't know how the
38:44
podcast ends. And then I find out like the
38:47
next day, Jeremy, you just vanished.
38:50
And. Treadmill Horse and watching
38:55
Brian chug that rail earlier is one of the most impressive
38:59
things I've ever seen. Shout out to Brian.
39:02
For the reaction was. Funny why, Thank you.
39:08
So one of the first segments we're gonna talk about, You all
39:10
have this lovely sheet in front of you and we all know how this
39:14
works. We stack rank coaches, we stack
39:16
rank players, we stack rank compasses.
39:18
And it's extremely lazy. Some guy who we quite frankly
39:22
could have had AI write the article, but the article needs
39:25
to be written. Shut up.
39:29
So one I wanna say, where do we have coach pride here right now?
39:34
Coach. Pride. 12 out of 17 coaches in
39:38
the ACC, which is preposterous. But number one, I wanna say what
39:42
has impressed you the most of coach pride From year one to
39:47
year two, we can either go and order if you're fired.
39:50
Up, I'm fired up a relationship building.
39:53
Relationship building has been impeccable.
39:56
We have like reestablish the 757.
40:00
We got Virginia recruiting back on board.
40:02
We have been really consistent in the portal with filling holes
40:05
we need to with supplementing some areas of concern.
40:09
And I think just the interaction with the fan base and the way
40:13
Pride does that has been really impressive to me.
40:16
So I mean right now, I mean, I I can't really imagine a much
40:20
better scenario at this point. Even though I was a little like,
40:24
I'm not sure year two was amazing.
40:26
It's also. Really impressive that the
40:28
relationships extend past who he's recruiting.
40:31
I mean, this staff goes on vacation together.
40:34
They treat each other like they're actually friends, not
40:36
just people who work together. The entire culture around that
40:39
building has been so, so, so impressive and it has come from
40:43
the top down. And also I really, what I really
40:44
appreciate is his ability and willingness to speak freely
40:49
about, hey, here's an area that we needed to get better as we
40:52
did to get better in that area and hear the results of it.
40:56
So this is home has been a marketing slogan here for awhile
40:59
now. I feel like when I talk, when I
41:01
hear from the players, parents about how prime staff treat them
41:05
and I actually feel like they're they're coming through with the
41:08
the this is home slogan. Everyone feels like it's family.
41:11
Everybody feels like it's home. So I think he's really
41:13
delivering on that promise as head coach and I think that
41:16
that's something that we wanted post Fuente and I think we've
41:19
got it in spades and. Brent Pride came into Virginia
41:24
Tech and he turned chicken shit into chicken salad.
41:27
Bars. And just the fact like if you
41:31
meet him like you know it feels the the it's refreshing how
41:34
genuine he is. He's very good at the, I call it
41:38
the running for mayor part, like the public relations part of the
41:42
job he gets. His ability to retain 86% of the
41:49
roster in the current era of college football is remarkable.
41:54
And man, I'm just happy to have him.
41:57
The kids call it Riz dance he's got.
42:00
Yeah, like don't get me wrong, like I do on a personal level,
42:05
like he was, he was an alright guy or whatever.
42:07
But there is a difference. Whenever like Fuente would come
42:10
into the room, like you see him come in or like you, you rarely
42:14
see him out. But if you like Cognitive or
42:16
whatever, like he was, he was kind of like off on his own.
42:20
Like he was a nice guy, like when you interacted with him
42:23
personally, but he was kind of off on his own.
42:25
Whenever I comes in the room, it's hey like going around
42:28
taking his. So I'd like the mayor comment
42:30
like that's pretty accurate. And he's like he's got like the
42:35
personality with you know also if he were not winning or we
42:39
didn't have confidence in him, we wouldn't care.
42:42
It's the fact that he's continually improving and we're
42:45
always seeing him not being satisfied even when a position
42:48
group is not or is looking really good.
42:52
He's still trying to add, he's still trying to get better at it
42:54
and that means a lot to us like that I think is the difference
42:58
because I forget who said it but someone said that who's
43:02
mentality a lot of times seemed like it was I'm going to beat
43:06
you with what I got and prize mentality is I'm gonna make
43:10
everything I have better to beat you and I appreciate that and I
43:15
I appreciate what price doing and I hope it doesn't like come
43:19
back to fight me in any way. But I I believe in the man at
43:22
this point. You're good.
43:24
In terms also have access to the program and getting to know all
43:27
of the important people surrounding it and the coaches
43:30
and the support staff and the players, I mean, it's just the
43:33
way that the entire. Program is marketed.
43:35
Is absolutely fantastic. Yeah, like you just came in and
43:38
was like, hey, I need this, I need that.
43:41
And he demanded of the athletic department.
43:43
And I think they've done a good job of of felt like giving him
43:47
what he needs. And one thing that really stands
43:49
out to me was the Boston College weekend, first home opener, his
43:53
first home game here in 2022 after Tech Talk live.
43:56
There's probably like 70 people there at Mclean's, and he took
44:00
like at least three minutes individually with each person
44:03
after it was over. And I was like, he understands.
44:06
Pride gets it. Yes, pride.
44:08
Gets it TM. Thank you.
44:10
So we're gonna go down this list instead of saying he's better
44:12
than this guy, he's better than this guy.
44:13
Is there any coach on this list that?
44:17
One word comes to your mind when you see that that given coach.
44:21
Bill O'Brien should be 16. Debussy when he's a charlatan.
44:26
I was thinking of a nice way to say the same thing, so I
44:28
appreciate it. I don't know how Dave Clawson's
44:30
ahead of Brent Pride when he waxed Dave Clausson last year,
44:35
but it's OK. Soon, soon enough, it will be
44:38
revealed what was true and what wasn't.
44:40
Why? Why is Brett Lashley ahead of
44:44
this 'cause he won a in the Championship?
44:47
He has more wins. On three says so or Jesse,
44:50
Jesse, Simon. If G5 wins are a bitch, right?
44:54
Hey, Brett. I mean, Bill O'Brien hasn't been
44:57
a head coach in how long, and he's ahead of Brent.
45:00
Like, that's crazy, that one. Particularly makes no sense to.
45:02
Me Bill O'Brien. He's the one that pisses me off.
45:05
Like, it's it's one of these, like, stupid rankings from some
45:08
rando. Like they got fried.
45:10
Well, he's clearly not #12 from what he's done from the past few
45:15
seasons. Whatever.
45:16
Let him put this out there. We've got hop.
45:18
We've got everything going on. Everyone's coming to spring
45:21
game. Like, it's this huge event.
45:22
It's pretty much a scrimmage. Like, we have a lot more hop
45:26
than a lot of these programs. We have a lot more going for
45:29
than a lot of these programs. Who cares about these stupid
45:31
rankings? Like, let these, like, media
45:34
people say whatever they want, like prize.
45:37
Got it. We've got like everything coming
45:39
through it. We've got momentum and we're
45:41
going to ride it bars. Still going to ask one more
45:46
question on this media list. I'm going to say a coach and a
45:50
school and I want in. Or.
45:52
Out. Are you in on it or are you out
45:54
on it? And #1 is Mandy Diaz every?
45:58
I'm out, 'cause he's already proven he can't coach in the
46:00
ACC. So I I mean, I don't really care
46:03
if it's Miami or Duke. I I think we we know the, we
46:06
know how it's gonna end then. OK.
46:08
Out. He is a really good defensive
46:10
coordinator. Out he floundered at Miami and
46:14
they have 1000 times more resources and what he's gonna
46:16
have to do, especially on the admission side.
46:19
I mean, I think meaning he had many, he has gonna be really,
46:22
really good there. And it's gonna highlight just
46:24
how much of A cultural issue they have in Miami.
46:28
And it's gonna be awesome. And we're gonna sit around,
46:30
we're gonna throw that. At.
46:38
Him. He's he's that Jeremy counts out
46:44
of left field baby. Do you hear this mini?
46:47
Guy at the end. Of the table just making stuff
46:54
up that we're all supposed to buy.
46:55
So y'all think I have him on just for shithen.
46:59
He maximizes the talent that he has and he does good with the
47:02
roster that he has. So that that that's it.
47:04
He's gonna, he's gonna go out there and he's gonna win you six
47:06
or seven games every year, no matter who's on.
47:09
Yeah, I'm in on Brent Keys, the second best Brent on the list
47:13
I'm in. Honestly, don't give it to you.
47:15
I don't think George is going to have the funding or anything
47:18
else to do anything. And last last one year I want to
47:21
ask you if you could only pick one of these three who have a
47:25
really important year for their. Tenure coming up.
47:27
You can only pick one to lead your program.
47:29
Pat Nardouzi, Mack Brown. Dabo's Shit.
47:37
So you can only pick one of these coaches to lead your
47:40
program. It's Dabo Sweeney, Mack Brown or
47:42
Pat Nard we. Want him?
47:43
To lead it dabo because Dabo's going to find the money.
47:46
Yeah, I'm going to say Dabo too. Dabo's like the the best coach
47:49
there is. Pat Dabo is the best recruiter,
47:52
so he's going to get you the players.
47:54
Oh man. Yeah, give me Narducci.
47:57
I did not want old Charlotte and Sweeney around me, and I don't
48:01
want Pat Brown stumbling up with the central trimmer trying to,
48:07
like, coach my team. I don't care.
48:09
Let's go ahead and let's go ahead and get Narducci.
48:12
I hate the guy, but he's a good coach.
48:15
This is gonna hurt coming out of my mouth.
48:16
That Narduzzi like y'all. Are crazy.
48:19
I It's gotta be is. Dabo oh man, Dabo's gonna get
48:22
you the talent. I mean that's.
48:24
That's Dabo's gonna get you the talent, but like, I think he's
48:27
not adapting to the modern college football, the atmosphere
48:31
of the transfer portal. And nil and I'm.
48:35
Very concerned about that program long term, that Narduzzi
48:39
is going to be what he is, because he did.
48:45
With offense coordinator, he ran off.
48:47
Yeah, he said. Fair enough, he said.
48:49
They threw the ball too much and they had Kenny Pickett.
48:53
Nobody said a word about background.
48:55
Positive negative word. Recruit.
48:59
That's. It.
49:03
And he S. A They're not gonna adapt.
49:12
And they were good in a system where they knew how to work the
49:16
system and get the recruit they needed because they knew how to
49:19
make the money flow Then. Now Devo can't launder money
49:21
through a church. He doesn't.
49:23
Have to so he. Doesn't have, he doesn't have,
49:26
like, this huge competitive advantage.
49:28
Bar. Taken away, he can't.
49:30
He can't actually coach. Do we alright, I I just, I'm
49:33
asking a question. Do we actually believe that a
49:36
lot of these other programs don't cheat in different
49:40
capacities? Everybody's.
49:41
I think they've always cheat, and I think the problem is, is
49:44
that I don't know if Dabo has adapted to the.
49:48
New type of. Cheating, I I agree with that.
49:50
But Dabo gets a lot of pushback because he may may not or had
49:55
some situation where he's able by players breaking news like
49:58
most top 25 programs last last couple that I had
50:21
here. So I actually like this one
50:23
best. Lane Stadium cheer or band songs
50:26
so we can hum along this one, we can submit it.
50:29
You can't say stick it in. I love the
50:54
That's the one dude, one of my favorite pop songs.
51:00
And they don't do it as much. Anymore was in Castle when they
51:08
would do Welcome home from Coheed And Cambria.
51:11
I love that song. You want that?
51:23
Yeah, no one wants that. Do you?
51:26
Want it? No, I don't.
51:28
Perform. You arrived in Blacksburg for
51:31
the weekend. Let's say.
51:32
Let's go back in time. Let's say this is drips first
51:35
time. Oh shit, He's been here.
51:37
He's been here, but he's been here a good amount of times.
51:39
We gotta stop giving him. He has made the I'm headed down
51:48
from Cincinnati or Ohio, where where?
51:50
It's Cincy, right? I'm headed down from Cincy.
51:53
What is the you bring someone to check for the first time?
51:56
You absolutely must go to this restaurant, this bar, or have
51:59
this. You gotta go to Tots have a
52:01
rail. Dude, Yeah.
52:02
Exactly. Top shelf rail.
52:04
You gotta have it. You gotta spend the money.
52:06
You gotta get it. It's the best thing out there.
52:08
Do it pregame. Like when big game Boomer was in
52:10
town, I brought him here and got him top shelf rail.
52:13
He loved it. Real quick on economy.
52:16
How much was a rail when everybody was in school?
52:18
How much is it right now? It was like 10 bucks, 10.
52:21
Bucks. 9 bucks 9. Affordable.
52:25
Yeah, yeah. It's so piggyback on that.
52:27
It's tots and it's a rail. It's not the top shelf rail.
52:30
It's just a rail. What is the top shelf rail?
52:33
Is this just like? It's just.
52:34
Better. Liquor.
52:35
Liquor. I.
52:38
Don. You don't need an extra.
52:55
Anything that's crazy, but I feel like right of passages.
53:04
In Virginia Tech. Does the stable whenever people
53:12
come to town? I'm trying to give them like a
53:13
novel experience. You're not going to get in.
53:23
Those places, of course I'll I'll send them to Tabo.
53:28
I'll send. A to and I'm going out and doing
53:41
something. I'm probably going to go over to
53:44
PK's because I like. Wait, that Pat.
53:46
Pat, write this down. We need to put a auction up
53:49
where we're auctioning off weekend with Jeremy and then go
53:54
with Jeremy. All weekend, terribly.
54:00
That's all. We will start the bidding.
54:03
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54:09
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54:13
I would go to Benny's to get a slice of pizza.
54:16
Shut up, Dan. Anything else that we need to
54:20
Anything else, Turkey? Leg question used to come out.
54:25
Turkey leg of the game? Yes or no.
54:28
First of all, yes or. No, I've only ever had it once
54:32
in my life, which is I know it's crazy.
54:35
It's just hard to eat, honestly. Like at the stadium like, and
54:38
I'm not a big state of food guys, I'm a big beer guy, so it
54:42
just doesn't factor in. But it is good.
54:44
Like I do think it's a good, good food.
54:46
I've never had one. The Turkey leg is solid.
54:48
So like, I think the big question on here is like is a
54:52
Turkey leg shareable, right. Like that's to me, that's the
54:54
big question. Yeah, You will share a drink
54:56
with someone. So you will share a Turkey?
54:58
Leg. And yeah, there's a big
55:04
difference. I would go ahead and take a sip
55:06
out of your. Meal a lot if you offer me your
55:11
Turkey leg. I.
55:13
Would be. Like nature.
55:18
No, there is no way. I would.
55:20
I'd like to Turkey. That's fine, yes.
55:26
That but. If you will drink for my
55:31
beverage, you can eat for my. Turkey.
55:54
I hope not. I'm so glad we asked.
56:06
This. Question I do need.
56:20
I do need to do that off the list this year.
56:23
I've had pizza off the ground. I've had, you know, recent
56:25
peanut butter cups I've never had.
56:27
Pizza off the ground, but no Turkey.
56:29
Legs no. Turkey legs?
56:30
No, that's a big Turkey. Like, it's almost like a
56:33
accessory. For him.
56:45
And that will do it for the Spring game free analysis.
56:52
Thank you to our panelists. Thank you to our listeners,
56:56
watchers and attendees. Thank you so much for taking.
57:00
This awesome shot. We hope everybody has a great
57:04
time. We can't wait to learn so much
57:06
about the football team here in a few minutes.
57:08
Thank you everybody and we will see you soon, Pete.
57:10
Also, round of applause for Pete.
57:16
Let's go to. The game.