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and now back to the show. Well, some fellas, how was
the weekend? Look what's today? Tuesday? Tuesday weekend? Like, what
was it? It was great talk I hob I it was a good song
our guy, Steve Kyle. You had Chuck Brandley, Yeah, Chuck Brandley
Adam signing. Let's look at a couple of pictures from there. Yeah.
Man, it was good to little dB support from Ashton Henderson or Dippitty a
d and see Kyle Man. You know, Kyle had to get into it,
Zach. You know they lined up, man, but I had to
tell a little if we had to put the disclaimer out there. Man,
Like listen, Chuck just got surgery, man, Like, no one was
hurt in this this accent here, but no, it was good to show
some love to Chuck. And uh it was good to eat. Some had
those man, I had those. I had those, man like man,
I had to bacon bourbon jam Man, slap your own mama. Good,
tell you that it slapped your mama. Good to you. I mean,
how was your weekend? Man? My weekend was good? Man? Started
you know what's in I can't Ohio for the weekend for the USFL Michigan Panthers
game boy. Yeah, home. You know they haven't asked you to suit
up, like you got somebiity, like, didn't ask you to suit up.
I ain't about that. It's not enough dollars, right, you can't
get one TV one. I need a couple more commas. Oh look,
Johnny can Stands said, listen to you over the weekend, you were great.
Yeah, try trying to channer in my inner Jason Strayhorn there, man,
so your play by play gud might be a little upset at you.
Got so be careful, man, Like you don't even give us full Like
how is it being on the air, you know, yeah, with the
us FL. But like talk about that, man, I know that's a
big, big feat for you. Yeah, it's uh, it's definitely.
It's it's different because like you have to realize and Jason, you're gonna know
exactly what I'm talking about when I said, it's like you're sitting there watching
it, but you got to explain it to someone who's just listening, and
you got to paint that picture for them as if so they can see what's
happening. And it's the USFL is faster in time wise, with the play
clock and everything. Then the NFL or college, so you have to get
your thoughts out quicker and everything like that. But it's really cool, man,
It's good. There's a lot of guys that played at high level that
are, you know, just vying for an opportunity for another shot at the
league. And this is done at the right time. So when their season's
wrapping up, NFL training camps will be starting and these guys will be you
know, have the opportunity to have film out there. And one guy that's
balling out in the USFL right now is corner uh former Spartan Josh Butler.
He is having a day. He is using otis. He had two PBUs
that you would be so proud. It was just perfect technique and everything,
like like coach Barnett taught him, well yeah hook slot yeah, and Josh
Josh Butler, you know, like he said, he's a dude that you
know, Spartan Nation know him. But don't be surprised if he gets a
call to go to an NFL camp at the end of this uh this spring
season, because that's the opportunity that he needed and he jumped to it.
He got the call when he was living in la He got the call at
three am saying, hey, we want you to come. He jumped in
his truck and drove down. You know. So he had his dogs with
him and everything, and yeah that's what known for him, right, you
know, the dogs on senior day. To man, you know what,
we got to get him on as a guest man because we can set it
up and we might know somebody know somebody. Yeah that's good, man,
good, that's excellent. Man. Two and oh, looks like the luck
is rolling this see if they continue. Man, I mean that's that's awesome.
Troit. Are you in Detroit this week? To Detroit the next four
weeks? But to this is gonna be the first week at home. And
talking to those coaches, they're like, we got to be two and oh
going home because I think Detroit is gonna be the Seattle the battle Hawks off
the USFL. They're gonna have the most fans in the stands. They're gonna
be excited about it. Detroit doing a lot of big things for the games,
the things and everything. This week. WWE wrestler Big E who we
played against Otis and he played at Iowa. Lineman uh So he's gonna be
em seeing the night at Ford Field. So it's gonna be a unique experience.
It's gonna be really cool. I might be there, man, I
might be making an appearance my brother. Let me let me know. Yeah,
let's see. Let's see how he treats me the reverse. Let's see
how we get treated with the road out for me. You know that'd be
great. Man. Man, You're luck to you guys this week as we
continue. Man, you know there there was a national championship another one guys
that came to east Lands and this time it was the dodgeball team. We
talked about it before, but they Settle celebrated their national championship at home with
you. Check it out? Where else does anybody recognize what that is?
Where else would you go? That's the place that champions go to celebrate ricks
s c r straight to ricks. Man. Look, you were so you
were there. Let's seen you. Cho was in both of these pictures.
You see got the Michael Jackson Thriller, polls Man Tiger. Yeah, Man,
the Blowfish and those guys. That was a legendary night at ricks.
You were there, Man. When I did the marig to you was like
twelve legendary night at Ricks. Could you imagine if at Rix, if those
walls could talk woods and there? Oh my god, who knows? Man,
But congratulations again to the dodgeball team man national champs. Uh but guys,
you know, talk about some sparks. Man Like, let's talk about
an old spotan dog who's kind of changed over his field of play. Now
he's it's Le'Veon bell Le'Veon belle is boxing. He had hell of a fight
he won. Hey, he's uh, he's speaking into existence. He's like,
it's gonna be a bloody if you saw that video. I don't know
if you watch him follow him on social, but you know it's the fandom
of like the hype talk where he's he's felt right into what probably he's most
comfortable with just talking at that cash and that trash and he backed it up.
Man. I still think about when he fought against Adrian Peterson and you
know, knocked him out. So I think he's I saw I saw some
outlandis he wants Logan Paul next. I saw that. Hey, Logan,
see what I can do? K and Sid see what I can do?
Both of them they want to smoke one. I can get the one there,
we get shuted up, brothers, make it happen. Hey, you
look at Lean and Trim though, Yeah, get the one eighty. Remember
him playing his last game in Green and White man like two fifty five thirty
five. Yeah, that last game gets Minnesota. Bro, he was up
the shoot from running back to a four running back clearly like talk to us
man like, obviously it was a great running back, But I mean to
cross over to boxing. You know, it's it's a tough feat to do,
and he's he's looking like he's enjoying it and knocking people out. Yeah,
it's it's definitely a tough feat to do. Uh. But it just
goes to show that running backs are like here we go. But but if
I'm livon, you don't you don't want logan Paul, you don't want that
smoke, Like I get it. You know, it's it's gonna be a
great payday. But you know, let's let's work. Let's work. Let's
work the system here a little bit. Hey. I was like, I
feel like he's gonna come on here and just be like, no, bro,
I've talked that talk. I don't care. You don't get paid to
get knocked out regardless of me. That's what I'm saying. If you don't
remember spending that money, man, Hey, Benny Fowler, he was.
That's the best athlete he's ever played with, and that says a lot.
Benny played with a lot of great athletes. Now we were spending some time
with him. So hey, man, look, that's that's your task.
You gotta go. We gotta track Le'Veon. Now bring him on the show.
Do the people want to see Le'Veon? Come on the show and let's
talk some boxing and some old Spartan stories. If that's the case, then
we got to get some engagement. If we do, I'm sure we can
coax them to get on the show. So we just got to do it
through social media. The power of social media. We can probably get him
here, guys. So another news. You know there's a high school down
in Florida. You know that we have a recruit that we're trying to get.
This guy by the name of David Stone. Nobody, nobody's paying attention
to that. I amg Academy sold today for one point two five billion,
fellas, And the thing that you're missing is I took a look at that
this sold for one one point two five billion cash. Yeah, don't forget
the cat. Yeah yeah, nothing known about it. This ain't no savvy
made, This ain't no like I'm real man, Like that is an absolute
like like option for what they built it with to then what they sell sell
it like endeavor. That's what, like I said past employer of mine,
I mean, they're beast in the in the market. Man. It's a
it's a piece of work where they they will and do it, get it
right to where it's beautiful, and you sell that thing. And I honestly
want to know what that group is going to do, like is keep it
consistently like or revamp it up and start building a little bit more. I
don't know, but I haven't seen you're you're a parent straight. Have you
received some communications of this cell? Yeah? There was, there was an
email that came out this morning before all the you know, but yeah,
not a lot of communication about it. The group that bought it is an
Asian group that that's like a private equity group that has about eighty two other
schools around the world. So you know, one of the things that they
their mission is to try to get more sports involvement for people to get into
you know, English speaking universities around the world. So I think they're going
to be bringing those eighty two campuses, like some of the athletes out of
there over to IMG to get them some some high level coaching. I don't
know what it says about the football team. That's one thing that that's a
little bit in the air from my business hat says. I don't know how
much sense it makes my you know, football fandom says, man, make
it bigger and better. But we'll see what happens. You know, when
I hear the type of company that bought it, it just seems like it's
going to be more you know, tennis, golf, volleyball, those types
of things will cross. But we'll see what happens with football. Yeah,
see that point straight My whole thinking behind this because Endeavor and All and Dever
owns ufc US and they merged, They just recently merged with WWE. They
Nevor bought WWE for over I believe it's like nine billion dollars and now they
have a comorant that they're going for and then their publicly trade to come for
you know, with coming in at twenty one billion. So there's a lot
of money that was thrown around there. But the thing that concerns me with
this new organization coming through is the fact about you know, IMG has something
very good going. You know, they they're preparing kids for the next level
in athletics and for college. If it's not broken, don't fix it.
You know, let you know you can acquire it. You know. But
I'm just saying, I'm I'm with you straight. I'm a little you know,
on the fence. You see what's gonna happen with the football because IMG
cop athletes into college. You know, these kids get an opportunity that they
would never get out of high school. You got a guy like I just
want Davie Hall. I don't talk about the people that are not here.
You got a guy like Jordan Hall. I love it. You know that
came in and look at look at what he's doing, look at the impact
that he's at in such a short time. So that is what I want
to see continue because these guys are coming in with the mind, the and
the body to play at the next level. So I hope this new organization
doesn't you know, taint too much of that, try to make too big
of a splash and get bigger than Theirches. Like he's out there with that,
he's out there with the other lady. The thing that David Stone with
me is I don't like at the end of the day, this gotta come
to an end, Like we gotta we gotta make a decision. You can't
be coming here, going there and come in here going and like it's just
now, it's just coming. It's just a facade. It's just it's just
you know, like at the end of the day, make me that's what
it is today to you sound like me, You sound like us old heads
out here. It's different now for these kids that is different. But I
know a point where it gets played out. He's playing with their emotions,
right, how many how many times you're gonna put on jerseys? Like or
are you recycling those fixtures? Like that's the thing it's like now, is
it just all for social media likes and everything? Or is it like you
know, like you're going back and forth, like what more information do you
need? You know it's between us and oh you, but like what what
more do you want? I gotta show this with to like Stove being all
the other schools videos and join up. Oh man, it's like that sounds
like Sugar Knight. That was I like that. Yeah, it is.
It is crazy. I mean, you know, I was on the phone
with another coach that was a Power five just a friend guy, it's just
a former teammate that's a Power five coach, and he was pulling up to
a high school and I can he was talking to the kids. These kids.
We talked about the coaches that are under a lot of pressure because of
the twenty four to seven around the clock recruiting cycle that is college football.
The players, these kids are feeling the same pressure. I mean, they
don't know they got Ohio State. All these people in the school putting pressure
on them. The parents don't know what's going on. It's it's a lot,
guys. Then you have guys that are at the top of that mountain,
guys like David Stone that are playing the game just to try to get
their followers up and you know, basically raise their overall value. And the
way things stand, it's a lot. It is a crazy world. We
can have like several shows on this maybe we will. We'll have to have
Oldest break us down with a seminar showing us how this whole structure of college
athletics and MMR rights goes. That's multi media rights for those who are listening.
But talking about more pressure, there's a lot of pressure talk pressure for
you about this, you know, because you you are going to be in
this now. And I don't know if we talked about this on here or
not, but uh, the NCAA coming off the new rule that you can
take unlimited yes, yes, and everything like that just PADDs to like as
a parent, as a pair of as a pair of two kids that are
going to be playing at the next level, Like that's your life as a
parent, really, you know, yeah, it is, it is.
And I'm seeing the parents that are starting to deal with it. They haven't
gotten to the unlimited. They're just booking those trips right now. But with
five guys at the end of that five uh you know visit cycle, you
see parents passed out in the in the hotel lobby, like just just like
dizzy, Like how many pitches can you listen to? How many campus tours
can you see? Facilities start blending together, weight rooms all look the same,
and you know the coaches are all saying commit, commit, Commit,
Commit. It's a lot. Now you're going to add more, Like you
said, it's going to be unlimited for those players. How is that going
to shake out? They didn't give more visits to the schools, so the
schools still have fifty six visits to give out guys. So that means who
is going to be affected by this. It's going to be that developmental player
that we talk about a lot. It's going to be those super high blue
chips, the five and four stars getting all the visits, and then those
guys that don't have the name or whatever it is behind them right now,
or they may not have grown into their body yet, they're not going to
get those official visits of Power five schools, and so that's going to bote
wealth in my opinion, to the lower tier schools are going to get more
talented players. It's the way of this world with the transfer portal and everything
that goes along with it. Guys. I mean, there's a lot going
We could do a whole show on on this. Want to get to our
guests, but talking about this subject in particular, what happened, we have
to mention what happened, what's going on in Boulder, Colorado. The Buffalo's
prime coach, Prime Deon Sanders. There's been a mass exodus. Guys.
It says thirteen right now, it's twenty as of Saturday have hit the portal
as of right this minute. Maybe it's more since we got on the air,
like I don't even know what. I don't even know a response of,
Like it's a Max excedus. It's like what's gonna really, it's what's
gonna happen, Like clearly you got to go attack the portal, which he's
been open and honest about attacking the portal. So I don't think there's gonna
be a drop off, but it is tough where you losing some foundational players
that you should have retained, like you had the receiver who bought out screen
game, like youuld have thought they had a connection like him and Shador Sanders
have been legit having a connection this entire season in just a into the portal
because like listen, this ain't it. Like something's got it, something's happening,
man, where you know he'll be good because I think he's getting the
five stars coming in. I think the writing on the wall is that if
you're not at this level, you already showed me what you can do,
so go somewhere else and flourish. But this ain't it for you. And
I think maybe Prime is honest with them. I wish we could be a
fly on the wall that presentation of like it's like the league. Hey,
man, turn your stuff in. Hey, we're gonna go with somebody else.
Man, we appreciate your hard at work effort. I'll do whatever you
can for you, but this one ain't for you. So we'll get you
right man. Or like, hey, you graduating, all right, what's
the next step. You're gonna go in get a job or you're gonna be
a here Like I just those conversations are just weird, man, Like I
wish we could be in to be honest with you. Yeah, what do
you think too? Yeah? I think it's uh, there's something deeper.
There's a deeper layer to this, because there's no way that I get it.
At the end of the spring game, you know, two three guys
jump in the portal because they're unhappy with their playing time and they're unhappy with
spring ball. But like twenty something guys leaving, you know, some by
will some by like the receiver, I'm sure he wasn't told to leave,
you know, some of them. I'm sure they were told, Hey,
you know, we got guys coming in the summer year. Spot's not gonna
be You're far on the depth chart. We're gonna give these guys a chance
over you, and they're leaving. But if you're gonna have this, you
know, this continuous revolving door, you know, how can you go and
recruit kids? Now? How can you go? Are you going the basketball
approach to hey, you know, come here for a year, test it
out. If you don't like it, you can leave? You know?
Is that the sentiment that you're sending when you're sitting in you know, a
parents living room and saying that, So, how are you gonna do that?
There has to be I get it. I don't get me wrong.
I love coach Prime. I love what he's doing for the game and well
how he's elevating black coaches to those levels, but also too, there has
to be that, you know, take that step back and be like,
there, this has been done so many times, so many years. College
football has been there and it's been this way for a reason. You can't
just go and disrupt the apple cart in one season, because you could lose
everything like that. You got to slowly transition, build upon the culture that's
already there, add add your own flavor to it, and then continue to
go that way. Yeah, man man that as well said, I agree
with you, go ahead, go ahead. How many of those guys were
a few tough guys. How many are those in that portal? That's a
question right there. Clearly you still have like who is like are we going
to because I know we've had some Colorado guys come over here, Like how
many of that group is like, are some dudes? And do you see
us getting some of them? Because of the relationship that you on me have
with some of those recruits. But that's a question. I don't know if
you're a recruit there. If you're a recruit there, do you leave because
you do you feel that your coach abandoned you the first time? And now
do you go follow him again? Well, we know Jared Mangham did exactly
that, but he by way of South Florida Colorado University of South Florida and
then back as running back and he's playing with his brother Jayden Mangham here.
Did you see him close saying to coaches, please I am a Misgan State
spartan. Yeah, stay out of my DMS. So the colluding's there,
man, Like it's crazy out here, because insane. I mean it's you
know when you see guys that going to the portal and then within you know,
twenty four hours, forty eight hours there with another Power five team.
That is what you call colludion, collusion, tampering, whatever it is.
There's something going on, right, But you know, how do you get
your arms around all that? And you know, I think that there are
players, absolutely, there's players from Mels tenure at Colorado. There's from the
previous coach that just got fired. I don't know his name at the top
of my head. And and uh, you know just what Diana is bringing
in, uh some freshmen that haven't gotten there yet. There's I think fourteen
or so that are coming in star five stars, like only one one five
star and three or four four stars. The thing too, though, like
what those kids, because I'm sure it was a spring game, so there
are tons of recruits there. They could have been caught up in the atmosphere,
like I sold out stadium. You know, this is the year before
and then this is so now you're a recruit. You're like, oh man,
look at this, you know, and you can go to coach Prime
right now, Hey, hey, I'm coming here, I'm coming, I'm
coming, and Coach Prime goes, oh, well, I got to make
room. So that's a very that That is exactly how that stuff works,
ladies and gentlemen. Right there, he's got he's got guys that are wanting
to come in, and he has a make room there. It is for
the coaches are trying to recruit me. I'm sorry, I will not be
able to get my what is this? Oh yeah, this is the one.
The guy when he calls out Zach Recordney basically calls out Prime here by
saying that my film from practices last season aren't allowed because the head coach at
Colorado, we don't know who that is, Prime won't allow it. This
is very unlucky. And if you have any questions, just text me.
That had a lot of views. Guys, that's like three hundred and ninety
two thousand plus views. You know, you got to let the kid go
if you're if you're giving him the if you show him the door, at
least give him his luggage that in prison was a rental okay, right,
you know, because there's no excuses saying to saying, oh, you know,
it's their concepts and everything that was last year. You know, they're
gonna run different concept different schemes and everything like that. Give the man his
luggage, man, Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's unfortunately. You gotta
let the have that's his resume. The film, howe it is is a
practice or game film, and that that should be the property of the young
man that's trying to Somebody gave us the fact here here we go arts.
Yep, lord, She says, there are five guys still in that roster
today. So a lot of the guys that were asked to leave and voluntarily
left this week were his recruits in nineteen and twenty. So we have the
smartest, uh you know, little chat room in all the college football Did
you put arts comment on that we might need to get to peel this this
one money is the a D. We might need to get that buddy,
man. I know, Rick, come on, man, we want to
talk to him. Yeah, how come this is your buddy? Awesome,
man, that's awesome. You know, I know. Other news we talked
about, we're still in church report. We had hand faeing on Oklahoma.
Well, that hamp Faye, former quarterback of Michigan State, converted tight end,
is now going to be a boomer sooner. Man, you're looking at
one hundred thousand views, like uh two believes he's going to he's already converted
to the tight end. I don't know that for a fact, But I
wish we showed those pictures of him in front of the stadium Instagram picture of
you know, having two gloves on and you know, catching the football.
I mean it's okay to wear two gloves. Didn't Brothelisberger wear two gloves like
there was no there was no uh you know, the work was going to
be played with this. You know, I got it, got some buddies
down where you know where my cattle is in Oklahoma, by the way,
I know I need a cow beef. Man. I got big boys.
You know, those guys are excited to have them down. You know,
he did call me to part like an hour before we jumped down the air
here. You know, He's like, Hey, this this guy, and
they think, uh, you know, they all love venables down there,
and they think he's a talent whisper. So he's gonna do good things with
this and you know it's like, you know, congratulations to him. That's
like I don't know, like if you're looking at the pro is that a
lateral move? Is that an upward move? Is it a down move?
What do you guys think? Well, is this it's a great question.
Great Now this is the first this is the first year in the SEC,
right, yes, next year next. Honestly from what that program has done,
yes, I think it's a it's an upward move, to be honest
with you, like historically historically with historically historically, Yeah, I mean I
think it's for an upward move where we're at like I feel like it was
coach d'ser like I would say no because like we were, we were prominent.
But yeah, I think it's time for you know, Bloomer sooners playing
some great games. That river River soow down in Texas is a beast,
right like you are prime time football down there. So I think it's a
good move for him and if he lands and successfully produces, I think he
has a plan to go to the NFL. I mean, he has the
body of a solid tight end. Like I don't see him as a quarterback,
you know what I mean, like to your point now that I'm looking
at it like he's a Rocky Barbo of Rocky Lombardi type Phil. So yeah,
I think it's an upper move. Look at like our girl what she
said. I'm not gonna Ben wasn't trying to thinker put it up? Oh
man, No, you know what I mean? Whatever, Hey man,
it's a free country. Can people say what they want to say. I
don't know. Yeah, maybe he wasn't. I don't know what that implies.
But you know, like like I agree with you, maybe right now
it can you can consider it a lateral move. But historically, over the
last decade or two, Oklahoma's just put way more NFL talent out than Michigan
State. I would love to say it the other way around, and I'm
looking forward to it changing, but the way it was, and you know,
outside of what Venables has done as a new coach coming over from Clemson,
the longtime defensive coordinator with Dad Bo Sweeney has come over to Oklahoma,
so it's going to take him some time to get the thing going. Oklahoma's
got a rabbit fan base. I mean, it's crazy, and they have
a lot of talent that continues to want to go there. So I like
the move by him, you know, because I'm sure it's a little nerve
wracking when you're looking around your your quarterback one minute, then you're tight end,
and then as you're a tight end, they bring in like eight tight
ends into your room in December, so that had to be a tense Christmas.
And also them walls start closing in. Absolutely, let's go back to
two sours. Like he still didn't confer. Was the position full of change?
Like he's gonna be fully tight end? Did you get to that question?
I didn't get. I don't know that I can't. But they're just
excited about it and excited what it is. They think he's going to be
a tight end because Venables, it's a defensive minded coach. He wants to,
you know, sustain drives, keeping you know, guys on the field,
and a tight end is gonna do that, be able to block and
everything like that and let the defense go out there and win it for them.
And I guarantee you gonna have a double pass already in the mix.
Question. Guy, we gotta move it along because we got got to get
to our guests. But Will Levis, you know, NFL Draft is coming
up. Odds for will Levis went from plus four thousand down the plus four
hundred in a short time. Because there's a lot of movement out there.
There's rumors saying that he's been telling his family and friends he's gonna go number
one overall to the Carolina Panthers. Listen, we all know, and they
tell you one thing, it don't matter to you. Get that call.
So I got it. I got it. I got a draft story for
y'all. I'm sitting in my living room. The phone rings, the Buffalo
Bills call me. It's the fifth round. Hey, yeah, we love
you. We're gonna pick you up with our next pick. I'm like,
okay, let's go. Buffalo us on the clock the pick us in.
They go up there. They go up there and say so it's a pick
in the fifth round. The Buffalo Bills elect and everyonce already running back.
I was like, oh, let's go Xavier Omar from I don't know,
Central Kentucky or something like that. I'll say you mother samesease brother the same
these man. Caroline's like, hey, left rown. I went from fourth
round and undrafted. So when you're talking about it, don't matter until you
get that call. Man. Like to be honest with you, it does
not matter. It's hey, do you remember this, Do you remember that
story about about Caleb. It wasn't in Kellen and Hoyer. We gotta bring
Kellan on or someone. We gotta confirm this. But apparently I believe Kellen
called Hoyer dude his draft and fact that he was the consest we're gonna take.
I think I heard that too. I swear somebody you know Kellen did
it. Kevin apparently did that. When you don't go drafted and it's like,
hey, the last laugh playing boy is older than all of us.
He's still in the league. Unbelievable man, great, great uh career.
He's put together the guy. So, you know, speaking and talking about
drafts, we got the NBA draft Akins, Look, Jay Nakins is looking
at testing the NBA draft waters I would say, looking, he is,
so but he's my this is my favorite player on the squad. Like and
I say this because he he does what you're supposed to do in all fastest
of the game, and you know loves that like loves it, like you
know that Jayden is going out there, he's gonna play defense, he will
dunk on you, he's gonna shoot the trade ball, and he has that
quick first step, and so why not just to see where you do land
and you have the opportunity to come back. I love Tom's response on he's
going to be celebrated regardless decision is So you see Coach Thomson, I said,
Coach Tom Izzo saying, hey, he's grown immensely in two short years,
which that's facts. He's truly elevated himself and has worked truly hard.
And so for him to do this, I love Tom that he does this
with the NBA, with all of our guys that go. It's like,
let's figure out what the analysis is. If it's not what you think,
you know, I'm gonna tell you what I think. But it's truly up
to you as a man to make the decision, and we're gonna live and
die by it. And so we've had some of these instances where remember Deontay
Davis where we thought he should have stayed. Absolutely everybody's thought he should have
stayed one he got from money, but really it didn't last. And I
think those are the instance instance of examples for him to say listen, I
know what I'm talking about. So stay one more year and I guarantee you
you're gonna you're gonna be going further in the draft versus like we can win
the championship if he comes back, right, So I think those are the
instances that there's unfinished business. I hope he does decide what's best for him.
Obviously, being me, I would love for him to just say I'm
coming back and then it's on. It's on the popet. Yeah, I
like I like to quote there by untitled Beer Ranking Show. I mean,
is that just Sean? Can we just say Sean? If you look at
Shannon Brown, Jackrey Akins a similar you know slope, it is the athletic
guy explosive. I mean, just one of those guys that just his athleticism
belongs to the NBA and being coached by Toime Menzel doesn't hurt. So why
not? What does this hurt? To go test the waters? I wish
NFL guy like this, that'd be cool. You know, you could decline
is it the portal like this right now too? I could truly play with
three power of our schools if I want, like, well, well you
saw that today with the Notre Dame. We didn't get into that. There's
a quarterback in Notre Dame that has the blessing of Marcus Fraeman. Here he
is right here, geez, we do have the best. This is Tyler
Buckner is entering the portal with the understanding if he doesn't get the offer that
he wants, he can come back. See see see see see see.
I don't know, I don't know. I'm a I'm a US sweet hour
not I mean my guy, Like, what do you guys think about a
guy? Don't I know? Colin Hayward did the same thing, but there
was a coaching change, so I gave him a pass on that. You
know. So you know because when coach D's last year he was gonna transfer,
Coach Tucker came in. They talked and it was a good fit for
him and it was the best decision for him. I don't like this.
If you're leaving, take your ass out the dough You're not he put the
little twangoing if you're not, like, how are you going to be in
the locker room Like, I'm not gonna really accept you. Wait a minute,
hold on, they can't. They went out and got Sam Hartman though
from wake Forest over his head. But you know that, you know that's
a possibility. But I'm to have it both ways. You can leave,
So you're saying that, I look at this as more for from the Notre
Dame perspective, like they would what are they gonna lose? They're saying that,
Okay, go ahead, but if not, you can come back and
be our solid number two in case Sam Hartman gets hurt. I mean,
that's what they're saying. The thing is that straight. The thing is this
all right? You do win a workouts? What something you do off season?
You go you got blood, sweat and tears and everything like that,
you go through the upstowns and everything, and that person saying, no,
I'm gonna leave to see if something, if the grass is green, are
out there, but if it's not, I'll come back to you guys,
Like, how do you take that? A quarterback that says, hey,
guys, I would love to be here. They just got somebody. I'm
just saying, this is what it is. This is a quarterback I'm talking
about in the locker room. And we we're in the Notre Dame locker room
right now, and they brought in Sam Hartman from Wake Forest, who is
clearly the number one guy that's we're coming out of the spring right now.
And then this is your boy over here that's saying, hey, look man,
I'm gonna test it because you know there's there's roomors out there. People
like Alabama need a quarterback, right and Tommy Reese, who just left Notre
Dame, is down there. So so so what are you saying. You're
telling me you're gonna be pissed at him. You're gonna be pissed off at
this guy because actually, go play somewhere versus no, no, no,
I will not be mad at him for leaving. I am not mad at
him for leaving. But I don't want to be second fiddle. I don't
want It's like you dating a girl and she's saying, you know, I
like you, but let me go see if there's someone back out there for
me. And if I don't find anyone better, I'm gonna come back to
you. No, you ain't coming back to me. He's a backup already.
This is just like saying, Okay, that's signed chick took. That's
what he's saying. He ain't gonna be the starter that's if if you and
I started, you're starting running that and somebody comes in. You bought out
st you started the past year, but there's some instances where you may have
been struggling. They're gonna bring somebody else in. And they paid him that
bag and they got to play him. What are you doing you. I
am not saying he can't leave. It's saying leave, just leave, just
go go, don't don't want to come back. It's what I'm saying for
a quarterback. I mean, no way, no way, man, no
way, no way. How can you get that good? If he's that
good, he's gonna find somewhere else. That's what he's testing the waters for.
So you you would accept the teammate back as a backup if he tried
to go out there anything, and if he back that left as a backup
because he has been recruited over and it's clear that he's not the starter.
No, not not in the least, not in the least. But I
can get it into business, is what I'm saying. Like he used to
be when we played. Man, I'm saying no, I'm saying he can
leave. I want him to leave, But I'm just saying the door's not
open to come back. But that ain't the ways played. Just like when
we're just talking about ankins in the NBA, you can test the water's different
the way seventh you can go into the league. That's different. That's going
to the league. He's going to another team, and he's like, you
don't want to shut it down. It's over with. So you can go
to that. You can utilize a guy because he got a recruited over his
head. It's his fault. Now, Okay, I don't know. I
mean, I digress, digress, what you accept Nate carter Back. No,
he wants to leave gone, we can go. I don't get it.
Well, man, look a little baseball. Let's gotta gotta celebrate with
quick wins. Quick wins, man baseball margin a victory ever against Michigan.
Yeah, yeah, this is good man. Obviously this is on the Sunday.
I'm learning more baseball from the step of how college is set up.
But you play these series of Friday, Saturday Sunday, and so look,
Friday Saturday, obviously we came up short. But Sunday, you know they
turned it up. But congratulations coach Boston. The squad of beating that team
down the road regardless of the wind. Whenever you beat them, I don't
we gotta celebrate it. Whenever you beat them, you celebrated. And so
congratulations fellas. Absolutely softball makes history. Yeah, we shared with this last
Thursday, but uh, you know, it was a good We looked great
obviously, but it's good to just see this happening, like when we're here
living and breathing of this monumental breaking barrier. So h that was a good
thing to see. And hopefully that there's young girls are watching that, you
know, looking to coach, to break into coaching. This is you got
two role models in coaching softball that they can look up to and women of
color. Uh, to get it to get in a job here. So
it was good. Good. We gotta get show on. People asked about
getting coach so on. So that's what's that's gonna be one of our lineup
guests coming on and just talk softball. We'll just talk shop with us.
So we'll get her on as one of our guests soon. You gotta have
it. I gotta have it, guys, you know what. We got
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waiting on, and you know that was a long first segment, but you
know you gotta have intestinal fortitude and you have to have stick to itiveness and
guts to stand in the fire and wait in that bullpen until your name is
called. And that's the only what offensive lineman we'll do. So let's bring
on wald Lake's finest. Spencer Brown joins, this is Sparta. How you
doing, Spence man? What's going on? I'm doing good? But they
used to old lineman Now and right man, hey man, you're celebrating that
you heard somebody right there. I've seen the swipe, the double swipe pushed
down to put your body weight on him and he never got up. Man,
talk about that play right there. What's played peaceball that's against Pittsburgh.
Yeah yeah, Man, first of all, awesome game. We came back
dream team that that team. Man, we definitely had a lot of guys
on the field. Came back, counter helped us kind of put a big
one up for us. Uh Speed, Speeds was working and j Ree was
working, but it was down the stretch. I think it was an extra
point conversion. I think Speed's called the extra point conversion to put this up
two or one. But man and I got beat the play before, so
really I was just out there, just out there playing. Man definitely was
talking smack back and forth all game, Dog all game, was spe talking
all game. Man. But man, swipe his hands down. I think
I just called him at the right time, you see what I'm saying.
Caught his hands down and let him have it, man, You know what
I mean, Let him have it. Man. We just spights talking.
Then we up. Then my boy, my boy Holiday took it back to
the crib. Man. So I was in there, man, So we
wepins. We we learned a little bit of a lingo language from Coach Cap
was like, you know from when we were playing, like it was like
I'm sure we was growing up. It was all about pancakes, pancakes,
pancakes, right, you saw I hop and just a little plug, you
know, some syrup pancakes. But he said he calls those things takedowns,
right, Yeah, like knockdown. It's a knockdown to take that knockdowns,
knockdown saying God, same thing, but you still call it what you referenced,
Like, what do you reference as pcake? Man, I'm trying to
dump somebody, flush, flush all that, catch your body like all that,
man. But I mean normally, I mean them players just naturally happen
straight know what time it is, man, I mean, you ain't gonna
be able to do that the play, but if you catch somebody and just
throw out the play, they just naturally happened. You really can't look for
them, just like boxing, you really can't look for a knockout. You
just you bought your way in today, you know what I mean. But
definitely got to capitalize on all them opportunities. Spencer, you know you talked
a little bit about that Pit game and you said that the Dream Team,
you know, you mentioned there what's the difference from that team and last year's
team. We had pros though, Man, we have pros everywhere. Man,
I mean we got pros on this team. But I mean obviously we
hit the We hit the uh we hit the genie in the bottle man with
Ken that year, I mean awesome player. We had Connor Hayward, speed,
speed, Naylor Man. That b line was sweet too. Jacob Pannas
super was sweet, Drew Beasley, Drew Jordan. We had a lot of
a lot of older dudes up front. Man linebackers was cool. Oh,
Crowch was hard. Crowch was hard. Shout the cross cross was hard.
Caws five. We had a lot of dudes that team, man, But
I feel like we was we was cool, A lot of older dudes on
the upfront to Kevin Jarvis j carried two pros. I mean, we had
we had a squad man, we had a squad across the board. Matt
Allen good leader, coaches everybody. Just by the end though this Uh,
I wouldn't say talent. I would say we're probably more talented. This year
team was more talented, you know what I mean? But I just feel
like we execution, you know what I mean, we just got to do
a bad job of execute. But the players, I mean, I would
say it's a talent drop off, you know what I mean. It's just
a little bit more senior leadership we had on that team. And that happens
to every program. It's a lot of seniors league, you know what I
mean. But execution probably the difference spence. So, so you you started
off well like Northern, some Northern, then you went to Western, right,
Okay, all right, so then but so you came in spring of
nineteen, and you're a guy that's seen a lot, right, we talked
about this a little bit offline. You're a guy who came in early and
roly, which was kind of new then it was kind of getting more regular
at that time. But you have a coaching change from coach d Over to
mel Tucker. Then you have COVID, Then you have tunnels shooting. You've
seen a thing, a lot of things, man, for a guy,
young man, it is this is your fifth year, right, uh,
this is my fourth year, but fifth of coming up coming up right,
which you could technically have a six year because of COVID. Like, you've
seen a lot of things, man. Like we talk about like your journey
at Michigan State coming from wald Lag, you know, the basketball focus and
then now looking where you've come to right now as a starting right tack on
the big ten. Oh man, I'm blessed. It's crazy because you talk
about all that northern I mean, you know you've been out there. They
don't have no guys that they sit in the school. So when I was
there, when me and my brother was there, man like it was new
dog. It was new Man definitely. Man, it was new because they
didn't have I wouldn't say they wouldn't have no kids like us. Definitely.
It's not a lot of blacks and school. It might have been like two
other dudes besides me, I got short. But other than that, man,
it was new. They wasn't really used to that I was playing JV.
But I know I was supposed to be on varsity like I was.
I was just getting played around with out there. Like especially as far as
recruitment too, it was kind of ain't really didn't believe in it because they
never seen it. And a lot of the kids, I mean, it
was nobody that went to be one. So I took a chance for myself,
went to Walleck Western. They had a lot of a lot of talent
that was coming out there, Cody, a lot of a lot of a
lot of good coaches and mentors, and I'm cool with to this day.
I took that risk and went out there, and then the rest is history
for real. But when you talk about like my career, I barely been
playing alignment like a lot of guys, I think that I played line in
my whole life. I never really played like I didn't want to play line,
you know what I mean. I'm the type of guy we wanted to
man. I want to celebrate touchdown or make the tackles, celebrate do something.
I didn't really find no pleasure in being the alignment. I ain't played
alignment until like my junior year high school. But like my first two years,
I was playing like wide receiver tighted in NBN. But I was warning
like two forty my freshman year, you know what I mean. I hooped
my whole life in high school, playing all the circus to be the circuit,
Nike the circuit. A lot of my guys NBA guys, or playing
D one, hooping two dog. So it was blessing to do that all
of the quarter, like, but there was somebody just told me, like,
man, you can make a lot of money playing a line I didn't
want to. I don't want to play it though. Man, I definitely
didn't want to play it, just because I ain't find no joy in it.
But like I just took the risk and listen to my mentors and my
coaches and everything. The rest is history. Man. So you're you're you
know, you didn't want to play it. Now you're playing, You're having
a success playing at Like what is that joy that you find in it now?
Uh? Winning team first? Just just just winning games and buyding with
my brothers after the games. Really and just really when you say an accomplishment,
because like where I'm from, like it's not a lot of people still
still playing or still playing at this level. So sometimes we always want more,
Like like I remember sitting on the bench and I wanted to travel,
then I wanted to play. Then I want to play more than I want
to start, So just to scene where I come from, and then why
I meant, nah, it's crazy, but we're still working, man.
So I don't really know how to feel. Really, I can't really look
at the scoreboard because I mean, it's still a lot more to be done,
but man, really just winning Doug winning, there's nothing like playing as
far as stadium back to even going to high school and I was at Wall
like Northern, like them goods. Probably they thought it was crazy about say
I was going to go D one, But I remember I went up when
I was all ignored. My mom we was driving up to school to Okay.
It was like for the Michigan game, and She's like, man,
I wish you you can go up to school, go up to states,
Like don't wait. That kind of always been my goal. Like I had
like thirty offers, but I always I wanted to go in and shoe just
because like I want to be in state. Hero got a tag on me.
But I just set the goal. That's why I want to go.
When I did it, so to me, it's priceless, you know what
I mean. Yeah, Spence, talk about you had the pleasure of because
D recruiting you right on. You know, I'm talking about your first coach
D encounter. You know, we always want to tell ask our guys when
they come on if they were coaching guy, what is your first encounter and
like, what did you feel about him when you first met him, Slash
starting to play for me and then I know COVID happened. But talk about
coach d he a smooth operator, man, a smooth operator. Man.
That's my guy. Man Hall of Famer. He was a legend. But
Doug, I mean, especially as the kid is different. Now you see
what I'm saying, Like when you were a kid and you get recruited,
you've seen this dudes like man, like this is dude. They be seeing
on TV this dude. And we said at the games, he's famous in
Michigan. He's famous in the country him and is doing that thing. And
at that time it was winning. I mean, he had that stretch,
Rose Bowl, Big Ten Championship Bowl games. They had a good stretch.
So man, it was kind of like me, Jordan, for me,
you know what I mean, Like because I mean, dog man straight,
you've been out there. Tell me what you can tell the fans, and
you can tell them what's it like out there, because like, man,
it's really rare to have somebody like that walk through your school and then they
shut the whole school down. Everybody got to go to class like Jim,
like with the coaches, like it was crazy, man child coach Z too
man schools. Yeah, Man, it's crazy, but it was rare out
there for for for somebody like him to just walk into the school just regular,
like Hey, what's going on? Man? So it was a crazy
experience. Like it was crazy. But when I see him, I don't
know, Man, he's a like. I would say that he's afe.
Man, he's a like I feel like he feel I feel like he's a
people person. He's for the people. Oh he mean well, Smence man,
you know you just brought up coach Z. So that was your coach
at Wall Lake Western, So you know, you look at you're a guy
obviously Wildlake Northern. First of all, master this question. Did you did
you play an instrument or something? Were you into performing arts like instruments or
something like that, band orchestra, singing, none of that? How did
you get to Northern in the first place? And that's all I mean.
I stayed right around the corner from uh from Northern, I stayed right the
corner. But this was this is really what it was. I'm gonn tell
you the full story. The people, the real people who know me.
I was enrolled at Brother Rice first, so we moved out. I'm originally
from Camp and we moved out the commerce and the intentions of I was going
to go to Brother Rights. So I was enrolling Brother Rights for like the
whole summer and then going into the Camp. I reclassified and then I did
that. So we was already out there. So we was just like,
you know, we just this school, awesome facilities right around the corner.
And that was that's what it was, you know what I mean, Oh
so you reclass reclass man, That's what it was the beginning of this.
See see this is something that you don't hear a lot of that in Michigan.
But but it's worked out for you, right, you know, you're
able to get another year you know of experience on your belt. Right.
I see you that La Shane is your mom. Yeah, I see it
in the chat shout out to the Brown. I mean I already know she
tuned in for absolute Yeah of course, you know. So I'm just so
you have a degree already. You already have your degree and that was it
advertising marketing, and you're getting going for your second degree and communication. I
mean, so you pound up degrees. You already walked and got I seen
you the captain goal. I mean, congratulations on all that, all your
success off the field as well. Brother, that's great, sure you know,
seeing what you have been able to accomplish, right, like you've been
able to see this high school transition for yourself looking at today's guys that I'm
sure you host that you got to take out when they come in town on
their official visits and all this, Like how has recruited in your mind going
just back to twenty nineteen changed in it? Do you like it or do
you think it's too much? I mean, I mean it's the many in
the NFL to me now, it is when we when I first got here,
we was just off the stipends, stipeing checks. Man, I remember
coach D. Coach D. I mean, they wasn't playing too Like you
talked about unlimited visiness for college coach he was stripping, dude, scholarships if
they taking unofficial visits just one time and just anything though, Like it's different,
Man, wasn't no hopping teams and hitting the portal and doing all that.
Like it's way different. Like you went to the school, You're there,
you know what I mean for four years? Nice, it's one year
cycle. Everybody want to get their one year in the team up for one
year in the cycle. Being in Wars Portal. I don't know. I
feel like it's more business now and more me, me me instead of h
we we we're in the team. I don't really, I really don't know
what it is now because I mean every day it's new rules, every day
it's changing. But it's definitely different, man, definitely different for you,
right right, So, like I mean, just you know this question.
They used to try cooking me earlier. You can't say nothing that can't heard
it heard the whole thing. Do you accept the guy back that said,
you know, like I'm gonna put you guys a second fiddle. I'm gonna
go test the waters and if nothing's there, then I'll come back saying like
Strek too, It does depend on who he is and the player. Now,
like if you talking smack about us and then the whole time and then
I'm gonna leave, leave leaving and go ahead lead. But like if you're
a guy you trying to look what's best for you and then you want to
come back, you know what I mean? I mean Ben Ben Sumer did
it. I mean, look where he is Now, that was my guy,
that's my roommate, you know what I mean, And my guys hated
it even but I give you a pass to because it was a different coaching
staff too, I don't you know what I mean. So that was cool,
Chucker, But I mean he could a good John Tucker. Don't want
to lose no time, man, And that's really what it is. I
mean, if you can help the team, you could come and stay,
you know what I mean. But if you were cancer and you a problem
and the guys don't want you, I feel like it's the guys, if
the guys don't accept you, you know what I mean. Yes, that
very eloquently because clearly it's two sides of that. Like he also stumped you
because then, I mean he did it was low key though. I mean
I would say what I would do. I mean, I mean, I
mean, but that's not here, that's everywhere, man, it's the it's
the mini NFL or I get it. I get it. I get it.
But if I you know, if I'm a business owner and an employee
wants to leave, I'm not going to take him back. I know that
is not a fair. But he's saying off street code, loyalty definitely,
Yeah, you on a different thing street, so your your boss can be
on a different street call than you know, I'm saying he can leave like
we're going back into the We're not. If you want to transfer and make
what's best for I respect that right. Well, Look, I think everyone
wants to know, like this spring, what did you what was the positives
coming out of spring ball for for the offensive line and specifically before the squad,
and what do you you know, what do you need to think you
need to work on an off season to get us back to that that peachbol
squad, like you got the talent, but getting us to like winning those
games we know we should win, but also competing the ones that we need
to compete with. Man, it's a lot, Man, we got a
lot of young dudes out there flying around, and I think I think,
I think our team is gonna be special. Uh defensively, defensive line,
it's a lot of activity up front. I can't wait to get some guys
back. Linebacker room like one of strongest rooms on the program. It's not
the conference for real. In my opinion, running backs, we're gonna be
ready to running back. I love the running back room. I think,
stop he run running backroom pops to you. I mean, you know,
you know I'm not gonna put I'm not gonna put you on the spot.
But tell us about like that. What like Nate Carter? What what does
he bring to to you know, the team? I mean, what yeah
with him is? I mean you got to just get him a crease and
he ready. And that's the thing with all our backs, Jared Jared smooth.
You know what you're getting out of him every time you run the ball.
Physical, gonna put his head down. They ain't gonna really want to
tackle h Burger Smooth, they prem smooth, Nate Carter, all of them.
But I say it's really on this, you know what I mean,
if we blocking, we do what we're supposed to do, they gonna eat
because they're talented enough. You know what I mean? That wrong? Very
talented, oh tight end wrong, talented, elite excited excited for him for
this year too. But O line, we got a lot. I feel
like we jail Jail a lot more better. The coheestonfits is a lot better.
We got we got JD coming back, Nick come back, Sire and
road with them guys, too. Brendon Baldwin, he played a lot of
games last year for us. He's only getting better. He's getting better too,
Key Shine, He's doing his thing. He coming in balling. And
then even the young guysan Ethan doing Ethan got a lot better too, let
Bow Stainton Romeo, he's a he's a he's a good guy too. I
mean, and it's a lot more damn. I think it's like nineteen guys
in that room, so Dallas Spencer, we I mean, we need everybody.
We were as good as our week as link. That's why I'm learning
wide receivers, Key Trey, I like Tom Tom, tell your Gates,
Ryan Glovery, Tyrie, all them dudes. My toy fits had a huge
scring. But to get back today, it's just gonna be just hard work,
dedication. We just gotta stay focused, make the most out of each
day and just really jail just always just just either it's hanging out, practicing,
studying, doing more film together, just hanging around the dudes more,
just building more bonds. And I think that's what we're doing. I think
the coaches did a good job that implement a lot of that stuff too.
With a team activities. But man, you know and y'all playing, man,
you don't really know to the first game. And uh so we're still
working right now. We're going into summer workouts, so we're just trying to
win, trying to win some workouts, trying to win for a camp,
try to win each game. Man, just take it one day at a
time. People are asking questions, what do you think about the secondary?
And then that's the sixty four million dollar question? Or does oldest have to
suit up to get I mean our secondary are our second our second day nights,
our secondary. Nice man. We got a lot of young dudes and
they all can play, and they all can fit in. I like my
guys, Ja Ja Maine, Malise Spence, he gonna come up and hit
DT his confidence on a million. Oh Marquee, I love Marquee. Marque
coming for y'all, Marque coming for youll chess chas chat. We're gonna do
his thing. I like our back end man in up front. I mean,
they're gonna be throwing lots of bread because we've got guys coming on front.
So I ain't even really tripping on the back end, but we can
cover dudes. Oh, I'm excited, man, because everybody's gonna be able
to play. We need everybody for twelve plus games. It's a long season.
But we're gonna be straight. We're gonna ask a question. Yeah way
second, I was gonna ask because I forgot J D N and Nick say
Mak all three of y'all came in together. Yeah, okay, so you
got some You got a lot of experience on that offensive line. That's That's
what I'm saying. Man to play start in some games too. Oh yeah,
I just I just think that you guys definitely just got to take that
step in that extra film preparation. Man. I think you guys know kind
of what to do and what it's going to be like. You just got
to do extra film preparation to make that game a lot easier for you because
I mean, they all them defensive guys, otis close year. They always
give you down. They give it to yeah, man, job, they
don't know how to they don't know how to disguise it can look at I
know it's passed Spence. You in that huddle, man, You in the
huddle. So everybody want to know what you think as a player, like
which quarterback is the one that's gonna like this play safe, Spence, we
ain't gonna put you in the dollar you answered, how you answered like a
politician? He answered direct, however you want, that's up to you,
man, I want to I want the best one who's gonna win this games
and put put in the best position to be successful. So tell me the
strengths of the top. You know the couple of guys, like, what
do you what do you like? You know about each one? Uh?
Pt my guy. The thing with him is, you know the playbook front
and back. He know it like a oc you know what I mean.
He's been there before, you know what to take, and he getting better
man after his confidence and his confidence straight. He be in there before,
you know what I mean. So really it's just making the right choices,
making the right decisions, and keeping your confidence at a million. Noel kimm
I like his swag. I like his charisma, you know what I mean.
And that's the same thing with Howser too. Howser got that Kelly swag.
Howser got that swag like like like he like he mean for this,
you know what I mean. But but but he's coming to a lot,
man, it's different flavors. Man, they all three different quarterbacks to me.
But but and they all got to bring something special to the table.
Competition is still going, but uh they I mean, competition definitely still going.
But that's that's every position, even even if the first game, first
three games, whatever games. Man, you always compete in y'all know that.
But I definitely I like all of them. Man, I like all
of them. I love all of them. So what's what's you just said?
It's like you're gonna block regardless for all three of them, no question,
because I know sometimes it's the drop was like, I don't mess with
my man's man. They man, they all can play, I think,
but I mean front runs for me, uh pt and uh and Cam no
question, but I mean no compete. I mean house the compete too.
But they are. We don't know. We don't know what can happen.
But y'all y'all know we know somebody. So Steve's answer that you have a
nickname. Who who asked? No? That is right there, Steve swid
three one three maybe s B expense. I mean I don't really whatever whatever,
somebody try to track a joke say something to me. I don't know
whenever they see me. I don't really got no nigga name. I know
you just got swagged all the way around you. Was about to ask questionn
Yeah, ready, yeah, before we wrap it up, here a couple
of rapid fires for you here when I played, when I played running Back,
I used to after winds. I used to give handwritten thank you notes.
Put it in all the linemans, lockers. What do what do the
boys do for you now? Oh? Man, man, they shut love
Man, we hang out, we pop out, we do a lot of
stuff. J Jerry, Jerry, Jaron Show. I love to the line.
Oh. He always tried to get this hype. Let's go, let's
go activities fence. So he he hypees up a lot Berger Berger get is
going. But man, they not really. I won't say give me those
goodie bags and brighton he said. I know he was somewhere else written by
that, but I mean to know with those notes, because man, all
right, game day. What's in the headphones everything? I don't know,
Man, I'll be I don't know what's in the headphones. Uh it depends,
man. I might turn on the interview. I might turn on highlights.
I watch interviews highlights, smooth songs, rap anything. Uh sometimes we're
in no headphones. But if I was to my artist, it depends gun
the future. A lot of Detroit artists okay, okay, smooth say anything
though, anything though, I jay Z too, I'm tripping jay Z.
A lot of jay Z, a lot of Maybak, a lot of Rick
Ross, a lot of Maybak music, a lot of jay Z. Yeah,
I would say that. I would say that a lot of that,
A lot of that going on after after the game, after when what's the
spot? What's the spot like church? I don't know, I mean,
I don't know. It depends, It depends on the game, depends on
the day, depends on all that just depends on what what what? What?
What people got going on? Because everybody, Hey, where you're going
with? What's talking about? What your favorite watering hole? Like, where's
the spot? Like a bar restaurant that you want to go? Yeah,
shout out Field House most definitely shout out to the house. Definitely have a
good time the mother bars. I mean, I ain't really been, you
know, since like my freshman years for real, Like I mean, but
all this uff, we'll delete this part. No, what I'm saying,
like for dinner. I'm gonna tell you why they changed, though, I
mean after COVID they changed. I mean the lines way. I mean,
the line's always been long, but they way longer than you're paying fifty sixty
get in, like get hold on, hold on, I'm talking about what
people. I'm talking about like general population. Yeah, I'm talking about I'm
yeah, I'm just saying like that in general. Look like I do to
to don't you don't pay you don't pay man, never never, never,
But listen, you're gonna get a kicked out of this. We're gonna we
go to ricks. I forgot what night that was. My man is trying
to say, Hey, hold on, man, it's it's ten days.
No, we're good. I know the walk straight down recently. Yeah yeah
yeah, oh yeah, yeah, that's what I'm saying. They shouldn't even
like, That's what I'm saying, like, I don't know not man,
well all of them really, all of them really, man, just depends.
Man, y'all know what time it is. Spen's a throw back for
real, Yeah, man, you could have been like yeah, no,
I came out in the early nineties. He can't be your shot, your
era straight. You boys are different, then he's different. Man, That's
all I'm saying. Hey smith Man, thanks man for coming on the show.
Brother. We really appreciate your time and it was a great conversation,
enlightening to a lot of people, I'm sure, like just not only today
but in the future too. Man, Like, congratulations on your success and
we look forward to more for you. Man, if we can help you,
just holler Man, We'll do whatever we can do for you. Appreciate
you boys, thanks man, appreciate you get the baby, yes, sir,
Yeah, another one another another degree. Congratulate some degree and your success.
Man, We'll see you soon, guys. Old Lyneman, Man,
I mean you see how they do. That was a great conversation. Great
dude, I think so real. Good good luck this year, big expense.
I mean there's a lot of people talking about him and you know old
Soul right shout out which you listened to which? Because you say I listened
to that, you got to be like which with songs in her get into
the detail exactly what that's for the next show we have. Yeah, Man,
I like to talk to him again, man, absolutely so you guys,
any findal thoughts for uh before we take this and put a bow on
it. No, it was that was good to uh to bring him on,
and you know that was our one of our first that was our first
off linement. Yes, yeah, that was that's that's good. We're spreading
the love like we're not just going office wide receivers the playmaker. We get
some love around each position. Big fellas need love too, yeah, man,
Yeah, so it was a good, good show to like to get
to know him. I think the best part of when people come on,
we're not just talking exs and those we're getting to know them in real time
like us as well, but also our followers and people that support him on
a you know, day to day basis. But man, every guy,
we got to do some character guys. Man, just real dudes that you
can go kick it with, and then that gives you more uh motivation to
go support them on the field. Because this guy is a complete guy.
Two degree working, you know, a degree working on another one. This
is what it's all about. He's utilized this place for his good right,
and I think that's his testament to what the guys were going on the squad.
So looking forward to big things, big spans appreciating spending time with us
two. Yeah, definitely. You know, I just love this platform giving
Uh. You know, everyone did the opportunity to come on and you know,
showcase them themselves as a person. So UH love talking to Spence.
He's a good dude, good character guy and uh wishing nothing but the best
for him. Uh. Come Saturday, Friday, September Friday, correction move
game time for Central Michigan's We moved from Saturday the second of that ain't happening.
That ain't happening. It's always let me know when y'all have kickers song
we bring bearing man. Let's go and get him, ye Jesus, that's
right. Next, what is it Thursday, We're gonna have a draft special.
It's gonna be crazy and they're gonna have shoot you breaking down all the
positions like mel typer Junior otis coming in hot headed down I sixty nine.
But don't worry, he'll be around. We will all be around. Thank
you guys for joining the show. For ODIs Wiley, j u Cochrik,
I'm Jason Stringland. This is Sparta. Have a good night, God bless
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