1 00:00:15,519 --> 00:00:24,320 Hello, podcasts condession dot com. This is Jeff, one of your podcast 2 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:30,519 hosts, and you can follow me on Twitter at talkin' acc Sports. That's 3 00:00:30,679 --> 00:00:36,600 at Talkin' acc Sports t A l K I N A c C Sports. 4 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:43,200 The podcast moderator is Matthew and you can follow him at a S D Underscore, 5 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:48,200 Hokey Smash. I'm going to turn it over to our moderator, Matthew 6 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,520 as he welcomes our guest, and everything looks good on my d Matthew. 7 00:00:55,560 --> 00:01:00,359 All right, Uh, Christian, let me go ahead and introduce you while 8 00:01:00,359 --> 00:01:07,159 we wait for Matthew to join us, we have a great return podcast guest. 9 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:11,200 Always excited to hear great voices on this podcast, and we have a 10 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:15,959 great one here. Tristan Freeman is the owner and operator of Fan Sided Busting 11 00:01:17,159 --> 00:01:23,799 Brackets is here. You can follow Tristan on Twitter at hoops Nut three five 12 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:29,120 one And for me, this is the official beginning of the college basketball season 13 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:34,239 which starts in Earnest tomorrow. Looking forward to that. So we've got a 14 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:38,920 great guest to get into that. All right, Tristian, before we start, 15 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:45,120 is there anything that you want to plug and talk about? Uh? 16 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,439 I mean you already mentioned it busting brackets. Where we did we cover college 17 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,840 basketball on daily basis, We did well in the offseason, and we're just 18 00:01:53,879 --> 00:01:57,159 glad to finally get down to some on the core action. Instead of talking 19 00:01:57,159 --> 00:02:00,799 about hypotheticals and what players can do, we now can talk about what they 20 00:02:00,879 --> 00:02:07,719 have done. All right, very good? Who as we get into this 21 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:13,960 season, we're gonna talk some ACC basketball. Who is on the ACC's coaching 22 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:20,080 hot seat as we start the college basketball season? Yeah, I think the 23 00:02:20,159 --> 00:02:24,800 obvious name to watch it is Kenny Payne and turn his second year Louisville after 24 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:29,800 a miserable first year where some arguably he was calling for his head already. 25 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:36,120 They recently lost an exhibition game to Kentucky Wesleyan and that's just a miserable effort 26 00:02:36,199 --> 00:02:40,039 on their end. And Kenny Payne isn't doing himself much favors when it comes 27 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:46,400 as postgame press conferences. Just seems lifeless there. And they have some talent, 28 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:50,360 but not that much talent where if it does pieces don't fit together, 29 00:02:50,439 --> 00:02:53,479 they can win games. And I'm already concerned. And they take on a 30 00:02:53,599 --> 00:02:59,120 UNBC team who isn't really projected to be very good, but they happen to 31 00:02:59,159 --> 00:03:01,520 lose that one, then his seat's going to get extremely hot, and then 32 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:05,400 the question is going to be whether or not he even finishes the year. 33 00:03:05,439 --> 00:03:09,439 So he's definitely the guy to watch. Another coach to look at is Brad 34 00:03:09,479 --> 00:03:14,800 Bournel did the coach of Clemson. They were ranked last year really good. 35 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,759 They were on top of a sec but then a season and then collapse that 36 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:23,639 included that the deadly lost to Louisville took him out of tournament. This year, 37 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:28,439 he has a senior Layton roster that should easily should make the tournament and 38 00:03:28,479 --> 00:03:31,159 not do more if they happened to miss the postseason again. I can see 39 00:03:31,599 --> 00:03:36,960 situation where the administration just clear his house because they're gonna have a new roster 40 00:03:37,039 --> 00:03:40,319 anyway. Tristan, welcome back. I just want to ask you a couple 41 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,680 of questions about your site. I mean, I always give you a chance 42 00:03:43,719 --> 00:03:46,759 to plug who's all writing with you? Who's all writing with you? Now? 43 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:51,240 Yeah, we get guys that come and go each year, and we 44 00:03:51,319 --> 00:03:57,000 have a fairly bunch of new crops, but the usual suspects like Jared Anderson 45 00:03:57,039 --> 00:04:01,080 who covers the ACC and especially Virginia Tech coops, Joey Lewis, who's the 46 00:04:01,759 --> 00:04:05,599 map ex shortened their guy but also covers just not everything else. Those are 47 00:04:05,919 --> 00:04:09,639 some of the guys that has written a lot this offseason. But we have 48 00:04:09,719 --> 00:04:14,680 a fairly good crop of a couple of dozen writers who's really talented. It 49 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:19,680 can pretty much cover the entire landscape. Outstanding, outstanding, so as we 50 00:04:19,879 --> 00:04:25,439 get and this is probably a good precursor here to our next question here. 51 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,720 ACC basketball is here, you know, going to start up really quick here. 52 00:04:29,759 --> 00:04:31,879 As Jeff said, who are some of the major newcomers we should get 53 00:04:31,879 --> 00:04:36,319 to know in the ACC? And I'm talking about players and coaches here. 54 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:41,040 Perhaps there was an assistant of note that was hired by you know, hired 55 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,319 by somebody. But who are some of the major newcomers we should get to 56 00:04:44,319 --> 00:04:47,439 know in the a SEC transfer portal players that sort of thing. The floor 57 00:04:47,519 --> 00:04:53,120 is hears friend, Yeah, I think from the coaching's perspective, Michael Shrewsbury 58 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:58,800 taken over for taking over Notre Dame for Mike Bray. I mean, he's 59 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,920 a guy that took Penn State to rear n CLAA tournament appearance. He's the 60 00:05:01,959 --> 00:05:08,240 guy that shot that had a an elite spacing system where guys should shot nothing 61 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:12,560 for threes, and I think people really look at him as a revolutionary mind. 62 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,079 And you know, he doesn't have a great roster, but I think 63 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,759 the future looks right concerned what they have in the twenty twenty four class. 64 00:05:18,079 --> 00:05:20,560 And then when you look at some of the players, I think the freshman 65 00:05:20,959 --> 00:05:27,360 Ellie k kde with a five star reclass guy who's going to basically replace kab 66 00:05:27,439 --> 00:05:30,360 Love in the backcourt. How he fits with r. J. Davis is 67 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:34,480 going to be key to North Carolina. And then you could talk about Duke 68 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:40,800 cast four five star, five star freshmen, including one of them Jared McCain, 69 00:05:40,879 --> 00:05:45,319 who's reportedly likely to start for them. And then as someone who covers 70 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:50,079 the local Pittsburgh squorts, Carlton Carrington. The four star freshman Garford pitt has 71 00:05:50,199 --> 00:05:56,480 had rave reviews so far and he's set to start at point guard, and 72 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:01,680 Pittsburgh, after losing its entire backcourt last offseason, is going to rely on 73 00:06:01,759 --> 00:06:04,040 him a lot, and if he can have a big year, then he's 74 00:06:04,079 --> 00:06:09,000 to be able to take a pit after a tournament. And then one transfer 75 00:06:09,199 --> 00:06:14,120 watches Hunter Sallas, the former five star guard from Gonzaga. No Moore as 76 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,480 a defender didn't have much of an offensive game. He's already looked really well 77 00:06:17,519 --> 00:06:24,199 for Wake Forest and the Exhibitions had over thirty two twenty seven points in a 78 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:29,560 win over Alabama, which is a fairly notable game. And four team that 79 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,680 is going to struggle with offense sometimes about the marri Man Santo, They're going 80 00:06:33,759 --> 00:06:41,160 to need Hunter Salace to come in and have a big impact, well said, 81 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:46,639 Well said, Who are five ACC players that you think are really going 82 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,480 to take the biggest sleep in progress from last year to this year. The 83 00:06:50,519 --> 00:06:56,160 fourest hero is Tristan Yeah, so I think Booga Poplar is one name to 84 00:06:56,199 --> 00:07:00,480 watch for Miami. Obviously ACC player the year Isaiah want Gone and as well 85 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,279 packs back. But I think the guy most likely to take Wong's place that's 86 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:08,959 sort of another league guard is Popular. He was a starter last year and 87 00:07:08,959 --> 00:07:12,160 it was a very good from three point range, and with a bigger role, 88 00:07:12,199 --> 00:07:16,079 I expect bigger results from him. Isaac McNeely was a guy that has 89 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:23,279 some minutes that Virginia last year, Virginia four starters. They returned respeak them, 90 00:07:23,399 --> 00:07:26,680 but they need a lot of help and McNeely has a chance to be 91 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,720 the best pure score on the team. I know they brought in Andrew Rody 92 00:07:30,759 --> 00:07:38,040 from Saint Thomas, but we'll see how his ability from the Summit League translates 93 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,399 up. But I think Neely has has a chance to have to have a 94 00:07:41,439 --> 00:07:45,079 really big year. Hunter Salles was a guy that I mentioned before. He 95 00:07:45,279 --> 00:07:49,480 is absolutely gonna be a breakout candidate. Only average around four points at Gonzaga. 96 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:54,399 I could see him quaducling that to at least sixteen game and we've seen 97 00:07:54,439 --> 00:07:59,240 what Steve Forbes has done with previous transfer guards. Bob and Miller was a 98 00:07:59,279 --> 00:08:03,639 former top five the prospect for Florida State who didn't we missed half the last 99 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:07,959 year due to an NCA and the post suspension because of in permissible benefits. 100 00:08:09,319 --> 00:08:11,639 But he's a guy that NBA scouts have their eyes on. He's a very 101 00:08:11,639 --> 00:08:16,759 skilled forward that can shoot the ball and is highly athletic. I think he's 102 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,240 gonna be someone that can break out for seminals. And then you could pick 103 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,680 a number of guys because Syracuse had a lot of freshmen that got minutes last 104 00:08:22,759 --> 00:08:28,240 year. For Chris Bell, a guy who who started some games for them 105 00:08:28,439 --> 00:08:31,799 really good combo forward. I think he's someone that can easily have a breakout 106 00:08:31,879 --> 00:08:37,440 year and have a big impact for them in the front court. Because their 107 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,080 guards are going to be solid, they just need some front court production to 108 00:08:41,519 --> 00:08:48,240 balance things out offense. Well said friend. Well said, so rank the 109 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:54,960 ACC teams as we go into the year. Tristan, sure, do you 110 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,039 want to go top the bottom and bottom up? We'll go bottom up? 111 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:03,559 Okay? Well. I originally had Notre Dame last because I think from a 112 00:09:03,639 --> 00:09:07,320 roster perspective, the dirda worst in the league. But I just have no 113 00:09:07,399 --> 00:09:09,720 faith in Louisville, so I switched them up. So I have Louisville fifteen, 114 00:09:09,919 --> 00:09:16,120 Notre Dame fourteen, Boston College thirteen. I think Clinton Posts being back 115 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:20,159 is big, but I just don't trust the rest of the roster. Georgia 116 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,240 Tech with Damon Startdamuer, I like him and I like the guards. They 117 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:26,039 bring back a lot of production, and they Addamurray Abram from Ole Miss, 118 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:31,519 But their front court's a major question mark for me. Florida State, we 119 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,960 still don't know as of recording what's going to happen. Premus fears his wave 120 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:39,279 requested they don't get him. Then it's basically Darren Green and a bunch of 121 00:09:39,879 --> 00:09:45,679 non offensive threats on the perimeter. So I think Florida State's to eleven and 122 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:50,679 then Virginia Tech ten, Wake Forest nine, PITN eight, Syracuse seven. 123 00:09:50,759 --> 00:09:54,799 I think all those teams are pretty much in the same category. I think 124 00:09:54,600 --> 00:10:00,559 Virginia Tech losing Rodney Rice's latest they have is a big blow for him. 125 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,200 And then these are the teams I think can make the tournament. Virginia at 126 00:10:03,279 --> 00:10:09,720 six, NC State five, comes in four, UNC three, Miami two, 127 00:10:09,039 --> 00:10:15,159 and Duke one. Well said, you ran through that pretty well. 128 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:20,399 We're gonna go through some lightning round questions here, Tristan. Which ACC team 129 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:26,440 is gonna exceed expected expectations this year that you perhaps don't expect And I guess 130 00:10:26,519 --> 00:10:31,759 that's probably comes from your from your list of teams that could potentially surprise people 131 00:10:31,759 --> 00:10:35,039 that are earning that first six you first mentioned. Yeah, I think Syracuse 132 00:10:35,159 --> 00:10:39,720 is a team that has a really high stealing because Judah Mintz was an All 133 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,919 conference player as a freshman, He's only going to get better and to pick 134 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,200 up a JJ Starlin is going to be big for them. Assumement Adrianautrey, 135 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:52,440 you know, sort of has a new style play and is an exclusively zoned 136 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,360 This is a team with a lot of athletes that gonna be really good man 137 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:01,559 on man defense, Well said. Well said, so, which ACC team 138 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,360 will perform lower than expected this year? I mean this is one of these 139 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:11,120 things where perhaps I'm thinking analytically that you know, some team in your top 140 00:11:11,279 --> 00:11:16,679 the top six, perhaps the bottom drives out or something like that. Yeah, 141 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:20,759 the team that I've been least high on it is Virginia. They they 142 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:24,519 you know, the loss of Jaydon Gardner is big for them in the front 143 00:11:24,519 --> 00:11:28,759 court. I'm on franklin Er, de Leat and Score and key Hey Clark. 144 00:11:28,799 --> 00:11:33,679 I know he had his detractors, but he was still a great champion 145 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:39,159 caliber player for them. They just got a lot of newcomers, particularly from 146 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:43,799 lower conferences. We'll see what Jordan Minor can do coming from Mayormack into NYC. 147 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:46,879 But I think their front court is the real question. And if we 148 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:52,679 speakman doesn't take that final step of offensive development that we've been long waiting for, 149 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,200 I could absolutely see them being on the bubble and potentially on the wrong 150 00:11:56,279 --> 00:12:01,039 side of it. Well said, that's awesome man. Okay you are. 151 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,000 You are mister analysis for us. That's why we love having you come on 152 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,960 here. And Jeff and I were both talking about this, and Jeff brought 153 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:11,559 up up the statement we've had. We've had our friend pick six previews on 154 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:15,799 here, Brett on here before, and you two both know your sports really 155 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,879 well. He's just a college for football feed and you are a college basketball 156 00:12:18,919 --> 00:12:22,759 field. So we're so happy to have you on here. Which A, 157 00:12:24,279 --> 00:12:28,559 who's your preseason ACC Player of the Year. It has to be Kyle Philipowski. 158 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,519 I mean, he's the best player on the best team, and he's 159 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:35,480 the rare store that returns for Duke, and he's someone that could definitely average 160 00:12:35,519 --> 00:12:39,000 twenty and eight. I can see it happening for him, and he is 161 00:12:39,039 --> 00:12:43,840 the easy pick for me definitely. Who's your ACC Newcomer of the Year? 162 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:48,039 And this, and I'll be fair here, you can and you can pick 163 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,000 a transfer portal player. You can pick a you know, pick a newly 164 00:12:50,039 --> 00:12:54,440 recruited freshman that sort of thing. You can pay your pick's wide open here. 165 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:58,480 Yeah, so I actually do both because I think there could be two 166 00:12:58,519 --> 00:13:03,440 distinct categories newcomer overall aka to transferred year. I'm gonna go with Hunter Salads 167 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:07,080 because that's as I said multiple times now, he's gonna have a big impact 168 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:11,679 with wake Forest and leads statistically. And then Freshman the Year, I'm gonna 169 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,600 go with Carleton Carrington of Pittsburgh, even though he's not rated as high as 170 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,360 duke freshman lak Do. He's gonna have the ball in his hands a ton 171 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:22,639 and he's going to have the highest usage, i'd argue of all the freshmen, 172 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:24,720 and his staffs is going to put him up there and will a great 173 00:13:24,799 --> 00:13:31,639 chance to win it. Who is your ACC Coach of the Year as we 174 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:37,440 go onto the preseason, so John Shiter is going to be the favor because 175 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,559 the Duke finishes first in the regular season, he's going to have it, 176 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:45,759 But because it's expected, they usually give it to the coach that overachieved the 177 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:50,000 most, and I think rat Burnell Clemson. I have them finishing the top 178 00:13:50,039 --> 00:13:54,960 four considering what happened last year. If he has Clemson safely in the tournament 179 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:58,559 field and they're not only getting double by but a contender to get a good 180 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:03,759 seed the Big Dance, I can see him get rewarded by the ACC coaches. 181 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,360 I think that's a fair statement. And he's got a pretty solid guy 182 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:16,279 at center. He got a player there. Yes, who wins the ACC 183 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:22,759 bens basketball title, It's gonna be duke because the teams that normally could put 184 00:14:22,799 --> 00:14:26,360 up a big fight, Virginia and even North Carolina. I just have concerns 185 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:31,639 about Virginia's roster and UNC's coach, so it has to be due because I 186 00:14:31,679 --> 00:14:35,919 don't see them losing as much games as the others. Well said, man, 187 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:46,879 Jeff, you're up all right? Thank you. Matthew Tristan are you 188 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:50,399 kind of alluded to this a little bit earlier in the podcast, but right 189 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:54,639 now today, how many ACC teams do you think make the NCAA Tournament. 190 00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:00,440 I'm gonna go with six, but I think it can go from six to 191 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,639 eight because I think some of the other conferences aren't going to be aren't gonna 192 00:15:03,639 --> 00:15:07,639 have as big as years. So I think it's gonna be a good opportunity 193 00:15:07,679 --> 00:15:09,960 for the ACC and sort of bounce back and get back into that six eight 194 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:18,960 range. And right now, who do you have is you know not you 195 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,360 don't have to go all the way to the eight because it's wide open. 196 00:15:20,519 --> 00:15:26,519 But who do you feel would be locks at the moment? Oh, I 197 00:15:26,519 --> 00:15:30,720 mean right now that the clear locks is Duke, North, Duke, Miami, 198 00:15:30,759 --> 00:15:33,399 and North Carolina. I think last year it was more of a weird 199 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:39,279 circumstance with ritorials. They just have too much talent and then you know Clemson, 200 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:43,840 NC State in Virginia I feel okay with, but I could also see 201 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:48,240 scenarios where they don't miss it. So right now I have three locks, 202 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,279 and it should before, but you never know if the a SEC, it's 203 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:54,240 probably the right number consider what they've done in the past couple of years. 204 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:58,919 All right, very good, Matthew. I'm gonna pass it back to you 205 00:16:00,279 --> 00:16:03,840 as we close out in our last segment of the podcast. Sounds great, 206 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:11,480 open microphone time, Tristan. Anything you want to talk about, Yeah, 207 00:16:11,519 --> 00:16:15,600 okay, Well, I'll just take a look at a team. Like while 208 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:19,080 it's overall in the a SEC, I think the coaching has been talked about 209 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:23,600 a lot, and we could potentially have some more turnover going forward because Jim 210 00:16:23,639 --> 00:16:27,919 Laernega and Larry Hamilton are under seventies and both have said, hey, you 211 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,440 know, I want to stick around for a while, but you never know 212 00:16:30,519 --> 00:16:36,440 what health can do can happen, so I think their their coaches to potentially 213 00:16:36,519 --> 00:16:40,320 watch. I think kuber Davis is going to be fine, but if North 214 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:44,320 Carolina doesn't get back and being a contender the next couple of years, I 215 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:48,080 can see people getting tired of him as well. And then you know, 216 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:53,720 you have the Brunnell Capel Keats group of guys who have done enough to not 217 00:16:53,799 --> 00:16:57,879 get fired, but not necessarily enough to be completely safe. The next couple 218 00:16:57,919 --> 00:17:00,200 of years is going to be a big all of them as well. And 219 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,720 then Louisville course is one of the top jobs in the country. I don't 220 00:17:03,759 --> 00:17:07,400 see how much longer they're going to be able to be okay with the Kenny 221 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:11,160 pay experience. So even though we've had a lot of turnover, there's still 222 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:15,400 plenty of turnover that can happen in this league and it's gonna be something that 223 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:18,680 they're going to need to go through, especially when you have three new teams 224 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:23,240 come in the league. But I think the coaching caresel is probably the biggest 225 00:17:23,279 --> 00:17:29,079 topic of conversation about the ACC and his feature trying to compete with the other 226 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:33,640 leagues in this sport. You are the man cause you are so analytical and 227 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,799 so smart. We're so happy to have you on the All Sports Discussion AEC 228 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,400 podcast, and we would love to have you come on again during mid season. 229 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,960 I'm just praising you right now because we want you to come on again 230 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,680 and market it. Come on again with you know, I skit. You 231 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:51,400 know. The best time to have you come on would be after no after 232 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:53,119 non conference season, sometime in the new year, when we're ready to start 233 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,799 the ACC season, because you'll have a better take on what the league looks 234 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:00,880 like. So we're thrilled to have you on. Thank you for joining us 235 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,799 tonight, Christ and absolutely, guys, I appreciate you having me on. 236 00:18:03,519 --> 00:18:07,039 And so we're gonna go over to Jeff now for his open mic. What 237 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:11,680 do you got Jeff? For us? Is it anything you can I know 238 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,160 we've been talking a lot of hoops, but and I know I kind of 239 00:18:15,279 --> 00:18:22,759 ragged on uh, I kind of ragged on Georgia and Michigan this week on 240 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,319 the Time the Twitter Tie White. What do you got for us? Jeff? 241 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:32,319 Yeah, Yeah, this has been a fantastic podcast to get get everyone 242 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:37,440 ready for the college basketball season. But here in the open mic, it's 243 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:42,000 it's still we're in the home stretch of college football, so we want to 244 00:18:42,039 --> 00:18:45,039 do just a quick recap in the A C. C. And And Matthew, 245 00:18:45,519 --> 00:18:52,839 I'm I'm right there with you, you know, on Michigan, especially 246 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:56,440 Michigan at least Georgia finally played a team you know, with a pulse this 247 00:18:56,519 --> 00:19:00,240 weekend in Missouri. And and and I don't think they are a great team, 248 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,640 don't get me wrong, you know, but Missouri at least has has 249 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,480 a little bit of a pulse. And we saw Georgia struggle in that game. 250 00:19:06,559 --> 00:19:08,920 So you know, we're gonna find out more about Michigan this weekend when 251 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:15,039 they play Penn State two months to you know, two months to prepare for 252 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:18,079 Fenn State. So if you know Michigan can't beat Penn State, I'm gonna 253 00:19:18,079 --> 00:19:22,920 really be, you know, wondering what's going on there because they've basically been 254 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,519 having a preseason schedule for for a couple of months here. But let's take 255 00:19:26,519 --> 00:19:32,920 a look at the ACC quick recap of the weekend Clemson. You know, 256 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:40,119 so much going on in that program prior to this week, frustration from the 257 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:45,759 fans, you know, the not infamous Tyler from Spartanburg, Colin Dabos Sweeney, 258 00:19:45,279 --> 00:19:51,920 you know, getting defensive after the callin how do you how do you? 259 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:56,160 How do you fix frustration in athletics? You go out and you win. 260 00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:02,359 And that's exactly what Clemson did this weekend against Notre Dame. Played their 261 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:07,720 best game of the season. Notre Dame came into the game ranked fifteenth in 262 00:20:07,759 --> 00:20:12,920 the country, and you know, Clemson had a fantastic defensive performance in the 263 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:21,200 game. Offense displayed a running game, consistent running game under behind Philip MafA, 264 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,200 who had over one hundred and eighty yards on a phil MafA, you 265 00:20:25,279 --> 00:20:27,799 know, over one hundred and eighty yards on the ground. And you know, 266 00:20:29,759 --> 00:20:33,880 Notre Dame is a strong defensive team. They're good at the line of 267 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:37,640 scrimmage, you know, not very explosive on offense. But this was a 268 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:44,000 game that surprisingly Clemson controlled both lines of scrimmage. Not too surprising defensively, 269 00:20:44,559 --> 00:20:48,119 but you know, an offensive line that has struggled, came into the game 270 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:55,960 with some injuries, played played their best game of the year as Clemson won 271 00:20:56,079 --> 00:21:00,440 thirty one to twenty three. And we'll see if that kind of galvanizes Clemson 272 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,599 into a strong finish now, but definitely their biggest win of the season, 273 00:21:07,039 --> 00:21:11,559 Georgia Tech finally winning back to back games. They've been so inconsistent this year. 274 00:21:11,599 --> 00:21:15,160 They go on the road to Virginia and put up one of their better 275 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:19,200 performances of the year. Forty five seventeen Florida State. Down a couple of 276 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:26,559 offensive wide receivers in their game, a little bit of a slow start with 277 00:21:26,599 --> 00:21:30,039 Pittsburgh, but took care of business. They're moving right along. Twenty four 278 00:21:30,039 --> 00:21:33,799 to seventeen Louisville. As I tried to tell everyone last week, they are 279 00:21:33,839 --> 00:21:41,480 basically just about unbeatable in their home stadium and thirty four to three on Virginia 280 00:21:41,519 --> 00:21:45,319 Tech. Maybe Matthew has a thought on that. During his open mic NC 281 00:21:45,559 --> 00:21:52,200 State Dave Dorn, you know, the Brandon Armstrong experiment did not work out, 282 00:21:53,039 --> 00:21:57,799 so he's got MJ. Morris, you know, playing quarterback. And 283 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:03,200 you know the offensively NC State is limited, there's no question about that. 284 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:10,960 But they're doing just enough on offense, taking what defenses give them to, 285 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:17,640 you know, keep defenses honest and then writing you know all American Peyton Wilson 286 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:22,920 and that defense and just stuffing opponents. And you know, they took out 287 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:29,160 my Miami twenty to six. Great goal line stand in that one. In 288 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,720 the lay of that game, Miami, I don't know what's going on with 289 00:22:32,839 --> 00:22:36,920 Tyler van Dyk. We were talking about it on Twitter with Matthew. You 290 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,480 know, a couple of years ago, he looked like a pro. Earlier 291 00:22:38,559 --> 00:22:42,319 this season, you thought he had turned the quarter after turned the corner after 292 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:48,039 struggling last year. And you know that is that is one quarterback who is 293 00:22:48,039 --> 00:22:52,920 not playing with a lot of confidence. And now Miami's got to play Florida 294 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:57,200 State next week. Good luck with that. Boston College now five and five 295 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:07,799 wins in a row on Syracuse Duke even without Riley Leonard holds off wake Forest 296 00:23:07,799 --> 00:23:12,400 twenty one to fourteen. And so that was a quick recap of last week 297 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:18,880 and a quick look ahead. You've got Louisville hosting Virginia. Virginia's got no 298 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:25,359 chance in this game. I'm sorry, Louisville at home. I mean, 299 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:32,519 I don't think you're beating them in Cardinals Stadium this year with that team, 300 00:23:33,079 --> 00:23:37,839 and they're just playing at a high level now. Extremely confident Georgia Tech Clemson, 301 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:41,160 very intriguing game in this one. Two five and four teams trying to 302 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:47,720 get Bowl eligible. Both have knocked off ranked teams in recent weeks. We've 303 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:52,000 seen the best and the worst of both teams so far this season, and 304 00:23:52,079 --> 00:23:59,480 that's a game that looks a lot more competitive going into this weekend than we've 305 00:23:59,519 --> 00:24:03,920 seen in in quite a number of years. Virginia Tech Boston College. Virginia 306 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:08,680 Tech trying to get Bowl eligible, Boston College trying to possibly finish the year 307 00:24:10,799 --> 00:24:14,640 eight and four, nine and three. It'd be something something else there. 308 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:18,119 So that's that's that's a pretty interesting game there too. N C State going 309 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:22,440 to Wake Forest. Dave Clawson, He's been fantastic at Wake Forest, but 310 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:29,000 this does not look like their season at all. And I don't see that 311 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:33,720 Wake Forest offense being able to do much with NC State's defense. We mentioned 312 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:38,960 it already. Miami going to Florida State. Yeah, it's going to take 313 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:45,000 a spectacular effort for Miami to knock off the seminoles in in dope Campbell. 314 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,640 Florida State. They're they're, they're, they're. They already clinched their spot 315 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:53,920 in the a CC Championship and they're iroing win the a c C and going 316 00:24:53,920 --> 00:25:00,640 to the playoffs. Pittsburgh, Syracuse UH yeah, that's for who's arguably the 317 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:04,480 worst team in the ACC. And then Duke in North Carolina. Hard to 318 00:25:04,519 --> 00:25:11,160 see Duke going into North Carolina without Riley Leonard being healthy. But you know 319 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:17,200 that North Carolina defense is so inconsistent. Who knows how it's gonna look, 320 00:25:17,279 --> 00:25:22,039 but you gotta feel like that's North Carolina's game to win. So quick recap 321 00:25:22,079 --> 00:25:25,279 of the week before and look ahead to this week, and I'm gonna turn 322 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:32,839 over to Matthew and he can share his his open my thoughts. I'm actually 323 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:37,559 gonna I'm gonna use my open microphone to ask Tristan a question. Tristan, 324 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:42,079 I know you follow Pittsburgh football a little bit. I know you follow it 325 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:47,839 a little bit. Uh, I'm wondering what your thoughts would be if you 326 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:52,400 had somebody like Tyler Vandyke transfer to the univers to the university, you know, 327 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:56,720 to the University of Pittsburgh to to play. Because I actually thought, 328 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:02,000 you know, we talked about this several times on the on the podcast before 329 00:26:02,079 --> 00:26:06,160 about how on the podcast before, Matt Matthew, we're kind of losing you 330 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,720 there. I don't know if you're if you might got moved or something. 331 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:11,559 No, can you hear me? Now? Yeah, that's much better. 332 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:17,680 Yeah, okay, okay, yeah, sorry, Uh, here's the here's 333 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:21,920 the deal. Like we watched, uh, we watched Tyler Van Dyke several 334 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:27,480 times and when he was a freshman, he was actually acc rookie Rookie of 335 00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:32,079 the Year. Is the quarterback at the University of Miami, and I feel 336 00:26:32,079 --> 00:26:37,599 like he's playing for Mario crystal Ball, who kills quarterbacks unfortunately, And I'm 337 00:26:37,519 --> 00:26:42,119 I'm wondering what what you would think, like if Pittsburgh were to upgrade his 338 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,519 offensive line, if you were to transfer to Pittsburgh, like for a new 339 00:26:45,559 --> 00:26:51,960 start, what you would think of something like that over Yeah, I think 340 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:56,480 it's hard to ask pitt fans for a while another transfer quarterback because the last 341 00:26:56,480 --> 00:27:03,160 two hasn't worked out. Keaton slovas well wasn't very good. And then this 342 00:27:03,319 --> 00:27:07,200 year with with the with the Boston College transfer been a complete disaster. He's 343 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:12,960 been benched. I mean, yeah, I mean the transfer quarterbacks are high 344 00:27:14,079 --> 00:27:17,000 risk, kyer Ward, I mean, some workout, some don't don't. 345 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:21,880 It wouldn't be a guarantee if Van Dyke was successful at Pittsburgh either, because 346 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:27,480 there's also other flaws with this team into including poor receivers at times and then 347 00:27:27,519 --> 00:27:32,400 the struggling offensive line. So would it be nice? Yeah, but I 348 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:37,720 mean the same thing was said for the last two quarterbacks for Landed after Kenny 349 00:27:37,759 --> 00:27:41,359 Picking. That hasn't worked out at all. Well, said my friend, 350 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,640 you've done what you've done. You've done quite well on this podcast today, 351 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,119 did I I was just curious on your thoughts on that. So you've done 352 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:55,200 an outstanding job on this podcast. We're really appreciative of having you on Tristan 353 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:59,279 and we and I'm just using my open mic or phone to thank you to 354 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,680 you know, thank you for your for your gracious time here this Sunday evening, 355 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:07,000 and we certainly would love to have you come back on perhaps after a 356 00:28:07,079 --> 00:28:11,279 nonconference season. You're and you could really, you know, give us an 357 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:15,000 updated set on an updated state on where you think the ACC is after you 358 00:28:15,039 --> 00:28:22,519 know, as far as rankings are concerned, who's out performing who's But thank 359 00:28:22,559 --> 00:28:26,079 you for joining us tonight. Absolutely all right, you guys have a great week.