WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:09.720 Broncos Country Tonight down presented by Fred, an official partner of the Denver Broncos. 2 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:13.759 Sign up and see why everyone is betting with Fred and the Bulls game. 3 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:18.440 Let's go. I'm on the official home of the Broncos. Go all 4 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:30.480 right, all night, Kaoway talk about to that Broncos Country Tonight. Nick 5 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:33.399 Fergus in bedgement, Oli Bright grat Smith's going to be back from Mobile, 6 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:37.560 Alabama. Special thanks to Eric Lala and film Alani for filling in for me 7 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:41.719 while I was While I was down there, I was appreciate those guys and 8 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:44.679 anybody we have filling in. Prettymacist who fills in from time to time as 9 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:48.560 well. Yes, absolutely, I always appreciate that. A couple of texts 10 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:51.159 principals Team ninety five ninety six. I remember the magic carpet. See I'm 11 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:54.520 not going crazy. Guys are killing me. I thought maybe it was like 12 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:57.840 the Mandela fact or something. Yeah, with the with the Shack movie that 13 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:00.240 did everybody thinks the Shack was in a movie called the was a Shazam or 14 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:04.519 something, and there was a Couzam movie. But everybody thinks Sinbad was in 15 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:07.920 this genie movie that it never existed. I don't believe that there's a Sawid 16 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:12.040 as a kid. There's like a collective delusion about this. That movie Shaq 17 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:17.519 was in, Kazam Sinbad was not in a genie movie. Well Gren said, 18 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:19.760 he's seen it. Just this collective delusion though, so he's kind of 19 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:23.280 someone. He's saying that Grant is delusional. Well, yeah, I'm saying 20 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:29.280 that that's probably fair. But it's just like the Fruit of the Loom thing 21 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.040 that's going around the internet right now. What was going on with that, 22 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:34.599 Like they used to have like some little other part of their logo, but 23 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:38.599 they're saying that it never existed. I listen, I know you love a 24 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:42.680 conspiracy theory, Nick, Well yeah, I mean, okay, I remember 25 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:47.359 the Fruit of the Looms guys. It was great, the Apples and you 26 00:01:47.400 --> 00:01:51.040 know all those guys. So you're saying what's now is an issue, and 27 00:01:51.239 --> 00:01:53.000 so the logo used to have like this other little part of it. I 28 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:56.680 can't remember what it's called. Well, they think, but it didn't really 29 00:01:56.760 --> 00:02:00.439 used to have. It's like this saying, people who think that Britney Spears 30 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:04.120 wore the headset and the oops I did it again video, but she didn't 31 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:07.200 actually ever wear a headset in that I think she wore a head Oh my 32 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:09.520 god. No. Are the people that think Jeff Peanut Butter used to be 33 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:15.759 Jiffy. It was never Jiffy. So why would anyone say something was Jiffy 34 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:20.280 when it was just jiff It's all about the mind control. Nick. Are 35 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:23.479 people that think the Curious George used to have a tail but he never did. 36 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:32.080 Oh, someone out there right listening to the show, was it Jeff 37 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:37.159 or Jiffy? The Curious George actually have a tail or? Did he not? 38 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:39.759 And sendbad was in that movie? He was not in that movie. 39 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:43.840 It never happened. I saw it. Are people that think that the Monopoly 40 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:46.879 Man had a monocle. He never had a monocle. You never seen all 41 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:49.439 these things, like people think the the stunt. It's like, He's understand 42 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:53.719 why people would say that about Monopoly because on the game itself, as McDonald's 43 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:59.599 wouldn't advertise it every single year he would have a mononical. So that's probably 44 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:04.000 why you know, everyone to mister Peanut had a monocle. Hmm, yeah 45 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:07.759 he did. I'm just saying I don't know the thing. It kills me 46 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:15.400 because uh the uh there's the sindbad one is the one that everybody insists I 47 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:17.319 saw that movie. Fret said he saw the movie, so I'm gonna trust 48 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:24.800 his eyes. I'm gonna trust his eyes, dude. I yeah, Kazam 49 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:29.520 was a movie. It starts Shaquille O'Neil as a genie. Yeah. I 50 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:35.400 mean, I hate to say that I did see that movie. So but 51 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:40.000 I'm still going to side with Grant on this one. If he say he 52 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:44.960 saw it, he saw it, just don't go down the reddit rabbit hole. 53 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:50.680 Yeah, crazy, because people would insist that they were in the movie 54 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:54.120 and saw this in the theater, saw this movie that does not exist. 55 00:03:55.360 --> 00:04:00.719 So serious, it's a conspiracy theory. Now it's all about mind control. 56 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:04.039 Maybe they were drinking a six pack. It's time for the NFL sixth path. 57 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:09.199 I'm gonna trade a lot of beer, insight and inside information you can't 58 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:15.560 find anywhere else. No. Six the top six NFL headline. What oh, 59 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:19.480 let's see here, old friend Teddy Bridgewater was named head coach and is 60 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:25.279 Alma Modern Miami Northwestern. That's right, Teddy Bridgewater retiring, but he's sticking 61 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:29.079 around the game of football, something we first reported in the Broncos game right 62 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:32.160 before the Detroit Lions. The Teddy Bridgewater was going to get back to high 63 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:34.959 school coaching, and according to the portal, he has been named the head 64 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:40.040 coach of is Alma Modern Miami Northwest High School. SI dot com reporting that 65 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:42.920 they parted ways the former head coach michae Lee Harris after one season. That 66 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:46.759 opened the North Bridgewater to fill the vacancy. Quarterback was the school's first choice, 67 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:48.759 but was not availble to formally take the position until the Lions season obviously 68 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:53.959 had ended Detroit's loss to San Francisco. He's now at the Helm Bridgewaters. 69 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:57.560 For his career, passed for six thousand, seven twelve yards and seventy touchdowns 70 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:00.160 in his high school career. The number thirty two overall pick of the twenty 71 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:03.600 fourteen draft, Ridgewater peers the seventy nine games sixty five starts over ten seasons 72 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:06.920 with Minnesota, New Orleans, Carolina, Denver, Miami and Detroit, win 73 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:12.800 sixty six percent of his passes fifteen twenty yards, seventy five touchdowns at forty 74 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:15.920 seven interceptions. I think he's gonna be good at this. What do you 75 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:20.000 think about Teddy Bridgewater becoming a high school hit football coach. You know, 76 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:25.519 the first at first glance, I don't like it. And the reason why 77 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:30.920 I don't like it because Northwestern High School is my high school's right rival, 78 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:35.160 right and we could never beat him. So understanding the fact that Teddy has 79 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:41.120 been around some great coaches, He's gonna bring arsenal of plays. But all 80 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:45.040 that being aside, man call back down to talk to some relatives down in 81 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:48.279 Miami. Everyone is really excited about it because you know, when you have 82 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:51.160 a high school guy that ends up going to the NFL, and Teddy was 83 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:56.879 drafted first round by the Minnesota Vikings, and the fact that he's played in 84 00:05:56.920 --> 00:06:00.519 the league as long as he did, he spent one two season with the 85 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:02.639 Miami Dolphins, great for him. It is good for him, great for 86 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:10.120 Miami high school football scene. So I love it. I'm uh yeah, 87 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:12.839 I'm happy for him. Teddy kind of told us this when we were there 88 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:14.800 at Detroit. He kind of told us this off to the side. That's 89 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:16.279 how we knew it was gonna happen. But I'm happy for him. He's 90 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:19.720 beginning the next phase of his career and you know, going on to coach 91 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:23.279 high school ball. I think that that appeals to him in a lot of 92 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:25.120 ways, and I think he's gonna be bro good at it. Two. 93 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:30.480 Gardner Minshew says, I'd love to settle down and find somewhere to call home. 94 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:32.399 Quarterback Gardner Minshe wound up in the Pro Bowl this week and he's the 95 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:34.959 first Colts quarterback to make it there since Andrew Locke, but he might be 96 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:39.560 moving on this offseason. The Colts had signed Minsheet a one year deal last 97 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:43.360 offseason. He became the team starter after Anthony Richardson's season ending shoulder surgery. 98 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:46.160 Colts went seven and six with Minshew. With the Helmes, he came close 99 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:49.040 to a Week eighteen win that would have made them division champs. Richardson was 100 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:51.600 a first round pick last year, so minshe will either be returning as a 101 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:55.839 backup and moving on. He said on Friday, has no idea how things 102 00:06:55.879 --> 00:06:59.639 are going to play out this offseason, but it wouldn't mind a long stay 103 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:02.319 summer after bouncing from Jacksonville Toffility to India over the last four years. Same 104 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:05.120 quote. I'm a rambling man a little bit my soul, but man would 105 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:08.959 love to settle down and find somewhere to call home. But until then, 106 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:12.160 we're gonna keep on rolling. Guaranteed. Started job might not be a Minshe's 107 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:14.639 future, but he could get a chance to compete for a job with the 108 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:17.680 other tables, the cults. Would you be okay with Gardner Minshew here in 109 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:23.759 Denver doing what being the starting quarterback? Now? I'm good, I'm good. 110 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:28.680 I mean more people compete with Grant for best mustache. Okay, listen, 111 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:31.600 I get the whole idea. Yeah, I mean the mustache thing. 112 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:35.040 I mean it was. It was very popular when he was a member of 113 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:41.560 the Jackson the Jaguars at a certain level of excitement. Is Gardner Minshew d 114 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:46.560 quarterback that the Broncos need? No, but it is a very interesting name 115 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:49.800 to just kind of toss out there as we have these particular conversations. He's 116 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:54.519 a guy that can excite a fan base, but he's also a guy that 117 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:59.480 could really make you angry as a one year bridge quarterback. You have no 118 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:03.360 interest. I mean, there are other options for bridge quarterbacks. I gave 119 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:05.439 you a couple of weeks. I mean, right, I'm asking you to 120 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:09.959 rank where you put Gardner Minshew in there? Well, well, in the 121 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:16.800 quarterbacks that would be considered for Bridge quarterbacks. I might put him maybe six. 122 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:22.839 Okay, yes, I mean that's not bad. Three. The Raiders 123 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:26.839 are adding a couple of former players as assistant coaches. On Antonio Pierce of 124 00:08:26.839 --> 00:08:30.560 staff thoughts you might appreciate that. Mike garra Fuller reporting that Las Vegas will 125 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:33.639 hire my good buddy Deshaun Foster as the running backs coach away from UCLA, 126 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:37.279 and Rapport said they're also expected to hire Andre Carter as a pass rush from 127 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:41.720 specialist. Foster, of course been coaching running backs at UCLA, where he 128 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:46.039 played College Bosses twenty seventeen. The year before, he worked under Cliff Kingsbury 129 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:48.240 at Texas Attack. That's where the connection comes from. Foster played seventy nine 130 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:52.559 games forty two starts over his years in Carolina and San Francisco from all three 131 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:56.759 to eight. Carter serves as the Dolphins assistant defensive line coach twenty seventeen to 132 00:08:56.759 --> 00:09:00.480 twenty eighteen, was the defense defensive line Chivy Jets defensive line coach in nineteen 133 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:05.320 twenty twenty, and elis Huge defensive line coach in twenty twenty one. Nick 134 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:09.039 as a former player, how do you feel about more former players something you've 135 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:13.360 actively stopped for get these assistant coaching jobs. I love it. I put 136 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:18.919 something out the other day when Alex van Pell got the offensive coordinated job for 137 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:22.320 the noon of the Patriot Listen, I love it. I would love to 138 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:28.039 see more former players get opportunities. And the spell that rumors that former players 139 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:30.919 don't want to work, I still have no idea where that came from, 140 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:35.879 but I love the idea because adding former players, they can really help the 141 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:39.639 players at their positions because they can tell them what the expectations are, look 142 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:45.200 the real expectations. But also it helps those players grow as man. So 143 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:50.440 I'm all for even though they're working with the Raiders, I applaud the fact 144 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:54.360 of more former players get an opportunity. Well, I texted to Sean and 145 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:56.080 I told them congratulations. But also I have to hate you, so I'm 146 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:58.960 just just give it your heads up row listen. I mean the hate doesn't 147 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:01.879 on that deep. Just twice a year, it's a strong dislike. It 148 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:05.840 just a te strong dislike twice. Don't up to wait other games and win 149 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:11.120 the division either, so it's a little different. Yeah, I'm just saying 150 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:16.000 four. But these Saints are working to hire Clint Kubiak as offensive coordinator. 151 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:20.120 Saints can't make an official till after the Super Bowl, but they reportedly have 152 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:22.879 found their guy New Orleans. He is working to hire their passing game coast 153 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:28.279 San Franciscos passing game quarter at Clint Kubiak for the role. Kubiak's working next 154 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:31.360 week's game in Las Vegas, obviously, so these Saints have to hold off 155 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:35.039 on making an announcement. Kubiak is thirty six, joined the Niners after one 156 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:39.519 years the Broncos passing game coordinator in quarterbacks coach spent the previous three seasons as 157 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:41.440 with the Vikings as quarterbacks coach from twenty nineteen to twenty twenty and then offensive 158 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:45.399 coordinator in twenty twenty one. Of course, the son of Texas and Broncos 159 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:50.120 head coach Gary Kubiak, Clint also coached coach Denver from twenty sixteen to twenty 160 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:54.559 Eighteen's an offensive assistance. Saints fired long time offensive coordinator Peter Carmichael. That's 161 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:58.200 finishing number nine and points scored in fourteen in total yards this past year. 162 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:03.200 The Carmile Cole course caught on in Denver. Kubiak was also on Dan Quinn's 163 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:07.759 short list for offensive coordinator there in Washington ultimately chooses New Orleans. We think 164 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.720 about Clint Kubiak taking over the Saints offense. I love this because he's a 165 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:15.480 guy who has been on both sides of the ball. When he was at 166 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:20.279 CSU Rams, he played safety, then he made that transition over to the 167 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:22.240 office side of the ball. And I'll say this as well, remember when 168 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:28.080 his father was officsive coordinator with the Minnesota Vikings and then his father retired, 169 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:33.559 Clinton took over and Kirk Cousins had a phenomenal season. They did right. 170 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:39.639 So I'm not saying that we can see Kirk Cousins in New Orleans, but 171 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:43.000 if it happens, I understand. I yeah, I don't think that there's 172 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:46.919 the money available to do that. Obviously they've got Derek carr d contract down 173 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:50.679 there as well, but I like to hire. Of course, he was 174 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:52.600 on Washington shortlist. Like like I said, with Dan Quinn, will see 175 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:56.200 who they ultimately get. Whether these Chip Kelly rumors come to fruition. Although 176 00:11:56.240 --> 00:12:00.320 I've told that that was not as big a thing as it was out to 177 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:03.039 be, they could ultimately circle around and make that a thing. Good for 178 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:05.960 Klint Coobie five. You talked about this to me a little bit earlier to 179 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:09.519 a talk about law on a long term deal with the Dolphins, says he 180 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:13.919 believes it will happen. Dolphins lost to the Chiefs in the playoffs last month. 181 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:16.799 Miami GM Chris Greer says the team's goal was to have in their long 182 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:20.039 term playing at a high level, but put a long term for t might 183 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:24.320 look like what the Dolphins is currently unclear. Tager Lewis said in Orlando at 184 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:26.000 the Pro Bowl Games this week he shares the same goal when it comes to 185 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:30.240 a second contract with Miami, saying quote, I believe that will happen. 186 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:33.279 He didn't deal further into the status of potential contracts talks with the organization, 187 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:37.039 saying quote, I'm gonna let you know my agents, Chris Mike McDaniel talk 188 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:41.240 about that. Let them move forward. Accordingly to a Turns twenty six in 189 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:45.279 March, Is entering last year his rookie deal. Miami picked up his fifth 190 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:48.519 year option last spring, coming off his best season of his career, large 191 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:52.399 part because he finally stayed healthy for an entire season in seventeen games to a 192 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:54.960 complete sixty nine point three percent of his throws for a league leading four six 193 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:58.960 and twenty four yards, twenty nine touchdowns, fourteen picks. It was good 194 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:01.679 for a one to one point one PA rating. To us say, quote, 195 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:03.440 my main goal this year was to play seventeen plus games. I was 196 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:07.679 able to accomplish that goal, and just very fortunate that I was able to 197 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:11.480 do that. Very happy too. Of course, some frigid conditions of Dolphins 198 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:13.600 were not very competitive in their playoff loss to the Chiefs, and he finished 199 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:16.480 his postseason first post he's to start twenty or thirty nine one hundred ninety nine 200 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:22.200 yards with a touchdown and a pick. Miami enters twenty twenty four a clubhusse 201 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:24.919 to determine what kind of contract that's going to give him. They do have 202 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:28.679 two franchise tags and they could use on him as well. Would you sign 203 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:33.360 to to a long term deal? Yes, I was. I know that 204 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:37.039 sounds crazy, but if you look at his numbers over the past two years, 205 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:41.399 the numbers have gone up as far as a number of yards from thirty 206 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:46.440 five hundreds about forty six hundred now. His interceptions have gone up in twenty 207 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:52.200 twenty two twenty five touchdowns, eight interceptions to twenty nine touchdowns and fourteen interceptions 208 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:56.519 this year. And when you look at the round the NFL, you want 209 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:00.159 to make sure that you have a veteran quarterback. And the more years you 210 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:05.120 could spend in a one particular position at one in one offensive scheme, it 211 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:07.559 helps you out. So su it seemed like he works well with what Mike 212 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:11.279 mcdaney wants wants to do. And when you have James Watt, who in 213 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:16.240 tyree Q, how may hell can you go wrong? Yeah? I think 214 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:18.200 the thing that Miami has to say is, Okay, are the injury issues 215 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:22.120 behind to are we going we getting a healthy guy who can continue to do 216 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:24.200 this or is this going to be somebody that we're worried about? Is reliability 217 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:28.159 long term? And I think that's the to me, that's the distinction. 218 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:31.200 You've seen that he can thrive in the offense and obviously he's going to better 219 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:33.039 with more experience in that offense. Of course, the speed they have makes 220 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:35.519 it great. The question for me is health. I didn't believe in him 221 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:37.320 that he was going to stay healthy this year. He proved me wrong on 222 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:41.399 that. Now can he do that long term? Sick? Well, this 223 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:46.960 one's a follow up, as the Jacksonville Jaguars are asking fan Duel to reimburse 224 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:52.039 them twenty million dollars that a Bit Patel stole for gambling. You guys, 225 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:56.360 remember we talked about this story a couple of weeks back. Former Jags executive 226 00:14:56.360 --> 00:15:00.240 Bit Patel and bezzle more than twenty million dollars from the team, mostly for 227 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:03.679 gambling. The Jaguars are now taking gutsy to the next level. According to 228 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:07.200 ESPN dot com, the Jags vest FanDuel to reimburse some or all of the 229 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:11.840 money that Patel stole on A source familiar with this your situation told ESPN in 230 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:16.679 an article that contained no byline that discussions are ongoing among FanDuel, the Jags 231 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:20.240 in the NFL regarding a settlement. Our Vanduel's attitude is it got the money 232 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:24.240 fair and clear. That's not their problem, and I'm gonna be honest with 233 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:26.600 you, it doesn't feel like it is. The Jags created a virtual credit 234 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:31.039 card system that allowed Petel to steal the money. The idea whether the entity 235 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:33.240 who received the stole of money for gambling or cars or booze or whatever it 236 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:37.600 has pay it back is ludicrous. It's possible. Jags think FanDuel can be 237 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:41.399 squeezed into doing it given the importance a broader relationship with the NFL. However, 238 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:45.399 it's another example of the league's decision to flip the customers always right on 239 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:48.240 its head. The league has no qualms about pushing the partners who give it 240 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:52.320 millions or billions for more and more and more. The FanDuel is standing firm. 241 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:56.440 It'll be interesting to see how far the NFL and Jags push this Patel 242 00:15:56.559 --> 00:16:00.000 developed obviously an addiction. Instead of trying to squeeze FanDuel to refund the mone 243 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:03.759 either Jacks negligence and enabled them to steal, and the Jags in the NFL 244 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:07.000 should take a step back and ask themselves how many other admit potels are being 245 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:11.840 created with the systems that they have created. Do you think fan duels should 246 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:15.799 have to pay back the twenty million dollars that mean, to be honest with 247 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:18.519 you, they didn't have anything to do with other than receive it. No, 248 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:22.519 I don't think they should because they would just kind of on the opposite 249 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:29.360 end of what we would call a business transaction. Now here's where the dilemma 250 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:36.559 starts, because the NFL is partners with FANDU as well as other some other 251 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:41.200 sportsbook agencies. Now, this doesn't look good for the other thirty one owners. 252 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:45.919 So my solution would be come to somewhat of a financial settlement, not 253 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:52.240 to detune the twenty million dollars, because how is it that the Jags somehow 254 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:57.240 overlooked this twenty million dollars and all other funds going out of the door, 255 00:16:57.559 --> 00:17:02.799 So they have some culpability to as well. Yeah, I don't think the 256 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:04.839 FanDuel's responsibility should be refund that. I think the other question is how much 257 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:08.079 did amit Ptel win back from them? We know how much he lost. 258 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:11.880 How much did he win back from them? And if that, wherever the 259 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:14.240 case were, they had to refund the money, shouldn't that be credited against 260 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:15.519 us since they paid out on the Well, this is why you come up 261 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:21.599 with the settlement what he lost versus what he won, which apparently was not 262 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:26.079 much but the world's worst gambling Okay, Well but then wow, then he 263 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:30.119 really put himself in somewhat of a spot. But uh yeah, man, 264 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:33.119 this is something that the league is going to have to fix out, find 265 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:34.799 a way to figure out, because this is one of their partners. Well, 266 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:37.400 we're not gambling that you guys will be back Broncos Country tonight. Rolls 267 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:51.000 on after this Broncos an official partner of the Denver Broncos. Sign up and 268 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:55.839 see why everyone is betting with Fred and the Bots King. Let's go on 269 00:17:56.000 --> 00:18:10.160 the official home of the Broncos. All right, kay, welcome back pret 270 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:12.119 Broncos cut for you tonight. Ben's with all Bran, Nick Ferguson, Grant 271 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:18.519 Smith and I'm happy to be back with you from mobile personally keeping an eye 272 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:25.359 on this about the Creighton game, mostly from my wallet as always. I 273 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:30.480 mean, why would I not. That's an interesting conversations got there and some 274 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:34.359 stuff came across I think social media that I wanted to get to. One 275 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:40.839 of these is coaches in college football bolting for the NFL. And we saw 276 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:45.960 at Boston College Halfney headed the Green Bay's defensive coordinator obviously Jim Horball with the 277 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:52.039 Chargers. And I'll say this, this is a conversation I've had multiple times 278 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:53.640 over and they all say the exact same thing. Coaching college football, being 279 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:56.279 a head coaching college football is not fun anymore. You're not a coach. 280 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:02.839 In most cases, you're not coaching. You are a figurehead, a fund 281 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:08.440 raiser, and you are recruiting and re recruiting your own roster. The NIL 282 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:17.880 has made it incredibly difficult. It's about money and who can pay the largest 283 00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:22.119 sums to the right people to come to their schools. And that's why I 284 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:29.319 think a guy like Deon Sanders has an innate advantage because Colorado may not have 285 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:30.359 the most money, but they've got the right sales pitch and they got the 286 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:36.160 right environment. But you look at guys, I mean Nick Saban retired, 287 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:41.240 We're talking about guys jumping ship to the NFL, and and every coach that 288 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:44.000 I thought to you says, it's just not fun. It's not fun coaching 289 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:48.160 college football anymore. It's a wildly different landscape. Some guys have adapted to 290 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:51.319 it, but a lot of them haven't that. A lot of them are 291 00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:55.119 looking for parachutes to the NFL because they don't believe they can compete at the 292 00:19:55.119 --> 00:20:00.440 collegiate level when it comes to coaching G five programs without the cash to be 293 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:03.880 able to bring NIL guys in on the transfer portal. Yeah, it makes 294 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:08.160 things really difficult for a lot of these coaches because you know, you have 295 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:14.960 some talented coaches on the collegiate side of things, and you hit the nail 296 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:17.759 on the head when you look at Dion And this is why last year, 297 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:19.880 in his first year, he took a lot of straits from a lot of 298 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:26.319 coaches criticizing him because well, why is it that CEU, a program that 299 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:30.039 hadn't done that well, was receiving a lot of praise. I mean, 300 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:33.440 you got Amazon Prime from Prime Time and then you know things that are happening 301 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:38.079 with his sons and the notoriety that comes along with that, and some coaches 302 00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:44.000 are realizing, one they can't compete with that because they don't have that prime 303 00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:48.799 coach, prime type personality. Then the other side is it's the money aspect 304 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:52.319 of it. Like when you think about Jeff Hafley leaving Boston College after being 305 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:59.519 at Ohio State and leaving Ohio State to become the head coach for Boston College, 306 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:03.119 there's the money aspect. I mean, yeah, every single year you're 307 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:04.839 trying to make your team competitive. You go out and you recruit, and 308 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:10.000 you think that you have just as much of a chance as some of the 309 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:14.079 other collegiate coaches to get a lot of these kids decide and you realize, 310 00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:18.079 hey, man, we can't bring in those dollars like I mean, we 311 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:22.440 were in the ACC, but we can't bring in ni own money like Dabbo 312 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:27.680 Sweeney. We can't do what Nick Saban was doing down at Alabama. And 313 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:32.920 this is kind of a situation that caused him to Nick sabments are just kind 314 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:40.200 of abruptly retire. But think about that conversation that's taking place now with Chip 315 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:45.319 Kelly, the whispers that Chip Kelly could join dan Quinn with the Commanders as 316 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:48.440 their office at Coordinating. You're like, well, how does that make sense? 317 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:51.960 Wouldn't that be kind of like a step down? You're going from head 318 00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:59.279 coach at UCLA in Los Angeles to the DMV up in Washington. Well, 319 00:21:59.319 --> 00:22:02.079 but I mean, flip side of that, you get to coach football again. 320 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:03.400 I mean, you're a coaching football in college, are you? I 321 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:07.680 mean you spent as a head coach. You spend so much time as a 322 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:11.279 figurehead. There's donors to glad hands, you got dinners to go to television 323 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:15.039 appearances. As an OC in the NFL, man, you got to craft 324 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:19.480 a game plan that week. So as OC and NFL, you're not doing 325 00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:22.839 a lot of interviews. Now, you may do that one weekly interview here 326 00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:26.960 that kind of like Joe Lombardi would do here. But other than that, 327 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:30.359 everyone wants to talk to the head coach after every single game. Yeah, 328 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:33.319 that's one less worried so much off your back. And if you're a Chip 329 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:36.119 Kelly, if you if you know Chip Kelly, he hates that stuff. 330 00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:40.000 He hates it. He does. He said, well, look, man, 331 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:42.240 I've seen him do a couple of interviews and he doesn't seem to be 332 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:45.200 bad at it. He's comfortable, but he hates doing them. And he's 333 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:49.599 always hated doing them. It was different when you're at Oregon and pre at 334 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:55.519 il and you are flush with cash and you're the flashy uniform school and yeah 335 00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:59.079 that coach that you get to UCLA and it's a different ball game. You 336 00:22:59.119 --> 00:23:03.160 don't have that Nike anymore, you don't have Phil Knight lying in the pockets 337 00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:04.880 to you know, to do all this kind of stuff. Oh, by 338 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:08.359 the way, you've got to compete with them because they're in your conference. 339 00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:14.039 It's just different. And I think that people are, you know, college 340 00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:15.359 coaches are starting to realize like, look, you know, if you're gonna 341 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:18.240 be a head coach in college football, you gotta be a salesperson. You're 342 00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:21.680 not an ex as an old guy. You're not nitty grig getting your hands 343 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:26.240 dirty coaching football, not as much as you want to be. So well. 344 00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:30.960 Programs should do now instead of going out getting I guess cover to high 345 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:37.920 school coaches or coaches who were on certain staffs that did well as either position 346 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:41.640 coaches or officer coordinators. Instead of doing that, what they should do is 347 00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:49.279 peruse the used car sells lots around the country to get those guys, because 348 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:55.240 they have to initially go out there, sell the program, sell the players, 349 00:23:55.799 --> 00:24:00.400 and procure nil money. Yes, I mean, I'm not saying you 350 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:06.079 need to go out and hire Mary Kay ash or Mary Kay Cosmetics. I'm 351 00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:08.000 not saying, you know, I'm not saying that, But I am saying 352 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:12.359 that you know that that that you've got to go out there and you've got 353 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:15.839 to find a way to market, and the head coach has got to be 354 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:22.240 a marketing person, you know. I mean, it's one of those things 355 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:26.680 that in addition to selling the program, you've got to rerecruit your roster year 356 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:29.720 after you You've got to say, hey, look, everybody's got money. 357 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:36.440 Why Why is the grass greener here? And your offensive cordator and defensive coordinator 358 00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:40.720 are likely doing the most of the coaching for you. Aw, this is 359 00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:45.759 crazy. This could turn the tables on college football as we know it, 360 00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:51.920 especially with the College Football Bowl commit expected to expand to like twelve teams. 361 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:56.440 We can see more coaches deciding, you know what, enough is enough and 362 00:24:56.599 --> 00:25:02.400 they're trying to get back into the pro. And I'll tell you what we're 363 00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:06.359 talking about right now. It is definitely true. Right, I'm not going 364 00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:10.119 to tell you. The coach that I spoke to like two days ago, 365 00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:12.960 well, we were just having with regular conversation, how your family doing, 366 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:18.039 whatever, and he said to me, just randomly, out of the blue, 367 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:22.799 you know what, I got to get to the NFL. And I'm 368 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:25.839 like, you know why you got to get to the NFL because that's kind 369 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:30.000 of a dream job, well partially being a dream job. But he's like, 370 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:33.319 college football is killing him. Yeah, not literally, but figuratively, 371 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:37.720 it's killing him because there's so many factors that you have to deal with now 372 00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:41.960 that you really don't have to deal with on the professional level. Well, 373 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:44.000 and then I think that's it. I mean, you look at you know, 374 00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.160 you talk to these guys and they're also telling you the same thing. 375 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:48.279 They're t I got to get to the league. I gotta get out of 376 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:51.160 this man. This is this is I got a twenty hour a day grind 377 00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:52.519 where I'm trying to try to sun. And I'm not saying everybody used to 378 00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:55.720 be Alma Wheeler. You know, And for those of you who don't know 379 00:25:55.759 --> 00:26:00.160 that is that's the guy who coined celvices. Will not stake, But I 380 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:07.960 mean it's it is a tough environment now that I think a lot of hardcore 381 00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:12.960 football people don't understand how to navigate that landscape like they used to just five 382 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:19.200 years ago. The transfer portal has exploded, NIL has exploded, and I 383 00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:23.839 think there are guys who are struggling to adapt to that that would otherwise be 384 00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:30.240 great coaches. I also think that there are guys like Athlete who want to 385 00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:37.720 coach football and don't want to be knee deep in Donor dinners every night, 386 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:45.200 cold calling recruits and trying to sell them on coming to my program. How 387 00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:51.000 you sell in Boston College? Nowadays? You can start here. I mean 388 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:53.200 you can start a lot of places. Yeah, well, but you can 389 00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:57.119 start a lot of places, and you start by saying, look, you 390 00:26:57.119 --> 00:27:02.400 can come here. You can play right right away. If the NFL is 391 00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:04.799 part of your journey where you want to get to, we can help you 392 00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:08.720 get to because we play in the ACC. Right now, we may not 393 00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:12.400 be considered one of the top teams, but with your assistance, that can 394 00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:18.200 get us there. But our games are televised and as things start to expand 395 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:22.119 more, that's more visibility for you. Now you can choose to go to 396 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:25.319 go out west and go to one of those schools, but now you have 397 00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:30.839 to sit for two years and there's a possibility that your NIO money can increase. 398 00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:33.920 Whether it be like some of the guys at Bama, probably not, 399 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:37.200 but they would be a lot better than the schools that are on your list. 400 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:40.720 But if you're BC, which by the way, has a sixteen percent 401 00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:42.119 emission rate and you have to have a three nine nine GPA to get in, 402 00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:45.359 I mean, if you're Boston College, and what do you do. 403 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:48.680 You can start here and then you're gonna transfer. What are we a feeder 404 00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:51.799 school for a We're gonna become a minor league school, And man, do 405 00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:53.039 you want to be that head coaching? No? You know you don't want 406 00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:56.519 to. But once again, we got to face the facts of where college 407 00:27:56.519 --> 00:28:00.240 football is right now. It's you either bear part of the game or watch 408 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:03.880 other people step over you. Now, if for some reason you perceived as 409 00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:08.240 being somewhat of that bridge school, that okay, well we're going to we're 410 00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:11.119 your starter school. We're gonna put all the hard work in, we're gonna 411 00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:15.279 develop you for you to go somewhere else. Hey man, that's just kind 412 00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:18.960 of part for the course. But that's where college football is at this particular 413 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:23.400 moment. Yeah, I mean there are schools that have recognized or been ahead 414 00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:30.599 of the curve in terms of how to deal with with with some of these 415 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:36.160 things. Like, for instance, Arkansas State a few years back, they 416 00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:41.880 realized that we are a feeder school, right right, They realized this and 417 00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:52.160 that we're not a major program, and we have some options in terms of 418 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:53.440 how to make money to get us there. We know where we want to 419 00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:57.440 be, but we know we aren't there. And this was after Steve Roberts 420 00:28:57.440 --> 00:29:00.240 was the coach there from two thousand two to two twenty ten and they went 421 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:07.400 thirty five and sixty three. So they took a chance on a guy named 422 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:11.599 Hugh Freeze, and they said, you, if you can give us a 423 00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:15.160 year, give us two years, whatever, we'll put in a buyout here, 424 00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:17.680 and we're going to continue to put buyouts in these hot up and coming 425 00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:25.000 offensive coordinators and give ourselves a chance to make money on coaching contracts in an 426 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:26.920 effort to build our program where we want to go. He Freez gave him 427 00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:29.599 one year, they went, he went ten to two, and then of 428 00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:32.160 course he got hired. So they decided to do it again and take another 429 00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:36.920 chance on a guy named Gus Malsan. Malzon went nine to three. So 430 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:40.400 they decided to do it again with a guy named Brian Harson. Harson, 431 00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:42.400 of course ended up getting the Auburn job after then then they did it with 432 00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:47.519 Blake Anderson. Blake Anderson was there for six years, and then they did 433 00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.680 it again this past year with Butch Jones tried to give it, you know. 434 00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:51.400 And so what they did was they were ahead of the curve. They 435 00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:53.359 said, look, we've got these coaches, we're gonna put max buyouts in 436 00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:56.079 here and have these schools that want to get these guys. We'll give them 437 00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:59.680 a head coaching experience. We'll get the money and we'll be able to build 438 00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:02.960 up our program over the years to become that. But nobody, nobody has 439 00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:04.400 a plan for that with nil and how to do any of this stuff. 440 00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:07.480 Now, it's just a it's just a free for all. There's chum in 441 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:11.400 the water that haves spend more money to get the get the players they want. 442 00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:15.160 Everybody else is settling for what's the table scraps. But this is why 443 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:22.319 a lot more coaches, better better, phrase will end up making that jump. 444 00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:26.440 Like we've seen it in basketball college basketball for a while, the one 445 00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:32.480 and done right. We could even see that with college coaches because every coach 446 00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:37.440 is looking for that next opportunity to basically set their their families up and on 447 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:40.440 the service. I know a lot of you know, college athletes get mad, 448 00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:44.319 and you know members of them, media criticize them, but I understand 449 00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:48.640 that we're all in that right race of life and we're trying to find a 450 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:53.759 way to better our families position financially. So I get it. So there 451 00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:59.759 has to be something in place. And I still am a fan of players 452 00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:04.920 get paid for their production because the NCAA and a lot of high high profile 453 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:11.359 programs have been doing that for years. But it's time for regulations. It 454 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:15.559 has to be regulated in some way because if not, we could see a 455 00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:22.400 large influx of quality college coaches trying to make that jump to the NFL. 456 00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:26.319 And I know there's only thirty two teams, right and not everyone's going to 457 00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:30.599 get a job, but it could find a way a couple of years down 458 00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:33.759 the road end up hurting college football as we know it. I think it's 459 00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:37.240 already hurting college football. The six oh five says, what's so sad about 460 00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:40.079 NIL is designed to pay for name, image and likeness, but instead has 461 00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:42.799 become pay to play. Yes, depending on what you ask. But this 462 00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:45.680 was a thing fifteen years ago when you asked me should we pay players? 463 00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:49.119 And I'm like, well, no, unless you've got something that's set up, 464 00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:52.480 that's structured, because otherwise what you're gonna have is just wild free for 465 00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:56.759 all. And then you've got universities like Tennessee, you were getting dings because 466 00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:59.400 they're exploiting the edges of this, and that's what everybod's gonna do. They're 467 00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:01.119 gonnaxploit the out of it until you get a standardizedetting. If you don't have 468 00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:04.599 a standardized way to do this and there's no way at all. And I 469 00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:07.279 said, back then, what's to stop t Boone Pickens at the time, 470 00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:09.680 who was living from saying, Hey, you come play at Oklahoma State, 471 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:15.079 and I guarantee you're gonna get commercials advertising for VP Capital and I'm gonna I'll 472 00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:19.119 pay you more than anybody else can you get. We'll get Weizure nil to 473 00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:22.640 endorse BP Capital, which you know, I mean what eighteen year old is 474 00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:27.200 even knows what that is. And that was gonna be the thing. You're 475 00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:29.400 going to have wealthy donor types that are going to come in and buy the 476 00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:31.279 best players, and that was gonna be it. Well, people started preparing 477 00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:35.359 for it back then, and you look at the schools that have the money 478 00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:37.359 to do this stuff now, and those kinds of schools that have massive amounts, 479 00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:40.400 they've been prepping for it for years. They got ahead of the curve, 480 00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:46.519 and it would be hard to compete with schools with like Texas Longhorns. 481 00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:51.680 The alumni have a deep pockets, they have a lot of oil money, 482 00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:54.599 and I knew that it had the petition to kind of get out in the 483 00:32:54.599 --> 00:33:00.319 hand. When you know that the Longhorns have their own network, they don't 484 00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:02.839 need ESPN or anyone else. They do their own stuff in the house and 485 00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:07.400 that takes a substantial amount of money to be able to do that. And 486 00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:14.400 with that being said, you were able to hire some of the best trainers, 487 00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:22.920 best nutrition is offer kids a great college atmosphere and lifestyle and Austin. 488 00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:24.759 So I was like, well, can you really compete with that? And 489 00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:29.279 coaches are starting to realize, like, look, man, I'm not set 490 00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:32.839 up to compete with those schools now. I thought, based on our roster 491 00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:36.680 we were set to compete on the field, and that could be true, 492 00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:42.359 right, but set to compete financially. That's where things are changing for the 493 00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:45.200 words for a lot of coaches, and that's why as a head coach you're 494 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.960 more of a fundraiser than anything else at this point. By the way, 495 00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:52.680 Tennessee has the largest NIL Aspire Sports Group. Tennessee is the largest clear number 496 00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:54.799 one ATIL in terms of funding. If I told you that Texas was number 497 00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:59.359 nine overall, would you believe that? No, they are now the number 498 00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:02.039 nine? Ye give me the top five. John Ruiz of Miami is the 499 00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:07.839 second largest NIL person a and m is number three with the fun Division, 500 00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:12.920 Street and Oregon is number four, Gator Collective obviously Florida number five, Boulevard 501 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:16.320 LLC at USC is number six, The Foundation at Ohio State is number seven, 502 00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:20.719 the Mattador Club at Texas Tech is number eight, and then Clarkfield Collective 503 00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:22.920 at Texas number nine. Mamma's tenth, by the way, with high tight 504 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:28.800 traditions. Listening to you right off those names, I think of the first 505 00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:31.519 name that came to me, like a couple like Goldman tax right, So 506 00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:35.360 I to say, you know what, they make us money over there, 507 00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:38.480 right, how about we give out money to make money as well that we 508 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:45.639 can see, you know, big conglomerate type companies digging into nils because it's 509 00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:51.280 a lucrative opportunity for them as well. I agree. I just like I 510 00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:57.159 look at this and it's it is a It is an interesting it is an 511 00:34:57.159 --> 00:35:00.639 interesting setup because you know, for years I was like, man, it's 512 00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.760 just gonna be the people who are set up to have the most money to 513 00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:05.039 pay the most place. Is what's going to happen? And we're here. 514 00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:07.360 I also three or four years ago, I said, you know what, 515 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:09.679 we're getting to the point where as soon as we start paying, we're going 516 00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:14.280 to have kids trying to decide whether or not they need to stay in school 517 00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:17.719 for the money, and we're here when you were stayed in school for the 518 00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:21.599 money, he knew he wasn't going to be drafting the first two rounds when 519 00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:24.840 you were stayed in school for the money. I never thought we would get 520 00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:30.400 to a point where that would be part of the conversation because most kids, 521 00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:35.280 they get basketball. And John Kyla Pyrie, what what what? What would 522 00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:39.079 he always say? And wiz model, he's his job was to get players 523 00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:44.960 to the NBA one and done. And then now you think about it, 524 00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:49.920 if John Wall was still playing at Kentucky, Nah, I'm good, I'll 525 00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:53.239 see you down the road. Inverse, thinking, especially in college basketball, 526 00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:57.880 how long can I keep these guys here with your money in order to be 527 00:35:57.920 --> 00:36:00.639 a COMPETI and you know what, think about it. Here is the problem, 528 00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:05.760 like marsh Maddness is coming up up soon, and people would get upset 529 00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:08.760 because you didn't have any more of those kind of dynasty teams anymore because guys 530 00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:13.519 were leaving to go to the NBA. For coaches, this may be the 531 00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:16.760 coach's dream from a basketball standpoint, they can keep their core guys together and 532 00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:20.880 make these wrong runs. It's good to have our core back together. Roccos 533 00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:22.039 Country. The night rolls on after this