WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:16.359 Get some facts and come back and seebe. Get some facts and come back 2 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:20.640 and Seebee. Don't throw up salaries or other things. Get some facts and 3 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:24.960 come back and Seebee. You can't handle the true I told our players you 4 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:27.760 need a bit more like a dog. We don't need a bunch of cats 5 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:31.399 in here. Looking in the mirror, I look good. I got my 6 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:35.280 extra bands on, I got my other shoes. Be a doll. We 7 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:38.920 don't need no meals. We don't need no cats. We need more dolls. 8 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:42.840 Why not at the time, Oh you're not. At the time, 9 00:00:43.719 --> 00:00:46.200 we weren't good. There's no sense of asking me things about the game. 10 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:48.600 I'm telling you. We laid an egg. So I'm not gonna break it 11 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:52.920 down for you. He sucks. He sucked. He laid an egg. 12 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:55.600 That's all I have to say. Guys, I'm sorry. I'm not going 13 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:58.560 to break it down for you. Nothing went well for us. It's on 14 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:02.359 us. We have to figure it out emy way, Ah yo, Dad. 15 00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:04.719 We don't need no cats around here, no meum or to go, 16 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:12.159 need more dolls. Well out of a final hour of Exus and Bros. 17 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:17.599 Glad you're with us? Pot This Tuesday, May twenty first, Meyer hotline 18 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:19.599 eighty six six eight three eight forty eight forty three. You can text the 19 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:23.760 program Sports Radio to twenty one thousand. Tim Lester is going to join us 20 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:29.719 at the bottom of the hour. The challenge that he has ahead of him 21 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:34.599 with an Iowa offense that gained just one hundred and seventy three total yards in 22 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:41.760 its final game, failed to surpass two hundred yards in a game five times 23 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:49.719 this past season. How do you change that? The Hawkeyes averaged two hundred 24 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:53.480 and thirty five yards per game? Really two thirty four point six. I 25 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:57.079 was rounding up worse than the Big Ten. How do you change that? 26 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:06.120 How deep, how daunting is this task? So I'm looking forward to the 27 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:09.599 conversation with Tim Lester. He joins us at eight thirty five here on exus 28 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:15.159 m Bros. Hope you can join us Monday through Friday from six until nine. 29 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:19.879 Always good to get your input via the Meyer hotline eight six six eight 30 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:23.560 three eight forty eight forty three or on the text line as well. Ben 31 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:24.879 I know we got some texts. We're going to get to that here in 32 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:30.680 a moment. But I did tease this, I said, I said just 33 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:38.639 before the break that there are certain teams with that identity. I think. 34 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:43.560 I think there's a lot of teams with identities, especially in football, Like 35 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:49.759 you'll see a couple in hockey, like Florida is really tough to play against. 36 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:58.479 Dallas is very well balanced. Right, Edmonton's really fast basketball. Same 37 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:00.960 thing. Indiana loves to push the pace. They score a lot. Look 38 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:07.400 the numbers reflect that. Sure, you notice they didn't really they didn't beat 39 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:10.000 the Nicks until they really buckled down defensively. But in football, there seems 40 00:03:10.039 --> 00:03:20.280 to be a certain characteristic that is associated with certain teams. How are they 41 00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:30.639 built? Well, what's their identity? The identity of the Detroit Lions. 42 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:39.680 I think my opinion has been that they are built up front. They are 43 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:47.639 the team that wants to maulu. I love that. I think most people 44 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:52.680 do. I flip and love that stuff. Man. I love that. 45 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:57.560 That's who they are, That's who they've become. It's kick ass, it 46 00:03:57.639 --> 00:04:04.479 really is. It's they're going to come at you. Well. A recent 47 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:12.960 article CBS Sports seven teams revealed their identity. This is what they said the 48 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:16.399 seven teams. Chicago is one of them. This surprised me because they said 49 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:20.879 they're in win now mode. They traded a fourth round pick for Keenan Allen. 50 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:28.000 They traded a fifth round pick for Ryan Bates. They drafted Romadunze, 51 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:36.480 they drafted Caleb Williams. Is a Is that a win now mode? Their 52 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:41.120 definition? I guess it is. To me, it's not. I still 53 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:45.759 think they have plenty of holes. Washington, they said they're coveting playmakers in 54 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:57.759 their rebuild. Jaden Daniels, Johnny Newton, Ben Sennate, the Patriots valuing 55 00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:02.680 competition at wide receiver and offense line. Minnesota confident in their roster and their 56 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:11.279 depth. The Rams trying everything they can to replace Aaron Donald, but by 57 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:16.000 basically doing it by committee, the Steelers reshaping their offensive line. That makes 58 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:23.639 sense, after all, they did draft Troy Fatanau, Mason McCormick, and 59 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:30.920 Zach Fraser in one draft. Everybody expects those guys to be starters. And 60 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:33.959 then they said, based on what the Jets did, they're all in on 61 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:39.839 Aaron Rodgers. It also helps to have traded Zach Wilson. So that's kind 62 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:48.720 of the synopsis of what those teams revealed to this writer. For their identity, 63 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:57.839 What was the Lion's identity in their draft? You remember the draft, 64 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:01.720 right, you remember who they took. When you go out and you draft 65 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:09.439 a guy like Terry and Arnold some would argue the best cover corner in the 66 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:16.639 draft, it tells you what they're getting great balance on the defensive side of 67 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:18.959 the ball. When I say balance, I oftentimes think, oh, it's 68 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:21.319 got to be offense. You got a little run, little pass. No, 69 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:27.639 you have to be able to balance on defense too. And then they 70 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:38.360 addressed the same situation in the second round with the nus rakestraw and then they 71 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:42.199 go back to their identity with a lot of the big fellows up front. 72 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:51.079 I think the identity or what it tells you is that they admitted recognize their 73 00:06:51.079 --> 00:07:00.600 flaws, and felt like these guys were going to be good enough to come 74 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:03.519 in and compete. Now. It was more than just those draft picks, 75 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:06.959 because they've done some other things in the offseason that would make you say, 76 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:15.040 okay, yes they you talk about an all in team. The Lions have 77 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:19.360 among the best balance in all of football right now on the offensive and defensive 78 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:26.519 side of the ball. To say it's a complete team is a little dangerous, 79 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:33.199 but it's pretty flipping close. This might be going into twenty twenty four. 80 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:39.199 It's not based on last year. It's not based on your expectations super 81 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:43.920 Bowl or bust. It is based on what you see in comparing them to 82 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:46.759 other teams in the NFL, especially other good teams in the NFL. This 83 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:57.240 might be the best Lions football team you and I have ever seen. And 84 00:07:57.279 --> 00:08:01.879 that's interesting to say, considering you've seen some of the players in the history 85 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:09.920 of the game play for this franchise. Not many Sanders Johnson never on a 86 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:16.879 team like this. I said, balance, Remember that offensive line, defensive 87 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:24.199 line, wide receivers, corners, running back, safeties, slash linebackers. 88 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:30.199 I think Jack Campbell's gonna bust out having an unbelievable year. Let's get to 89 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:33.679 some texts. You can text US Sports Radio to twenty one thousand. Yes, 90 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:37.720 Sewell, Oh sorry, no, go right ahead. Sewell is a 91 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:43.200 modern day Anthony Munos and no wonder Cincinnati got to two Super Bowls in the 92 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:50.080 eighties. That's a good one. He was an absolute beast. I love 93 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:56.279 I think it's because it's such an important piece. Okay, it's just so 94 00:08:56.559 --> 00:09:03.399 underrated, it really is. I remember watching John dated. I'm dating myself 95 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:09.480 here, Okay, I remember watching John Hannah for the New England Patriots, 96 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:20.000 and he was so dominant. Joe Delomaler with the Buffalo Bills. Right, 97 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:28.639 well, there are guys now who many people could consider among the best ever. 98 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:35.080 There really are. I mean, there's guys who are just like when 99 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:39.039 when Kevin Zeitler, who's now a Lion, when he came out of Wisconsin 100 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:46.039 and he was playing up front for Baltimore and Cincinnati, people think he was 101 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:50.639 among the best ever at his position at the guard. Is he Bruce Matthews, 102 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:54.799 Is he Will Shields? Is he John Hannah? I don't know. 103 00:09:56.240 --> 00:10:01.919 He's pretty damn good though. 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The reason I say that is because I 127 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:28.159 wonder how he goes about I'm interested to ask him how he goes about finding 128 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:31.960 the offense, fixing an offense that was completely broken. And I know this 129 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:37.480 is a this might seem like a very strange comparison. Ben, have you 130 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:43.559 ever heard the song get Back by the Beatles? Possibly? Oh my god, 131 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:48.519 Okay, I want you to do me a favor when the show's over, 132 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:54.399 all right, I want you to listen to get Back by the Beatles. 133 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:58.440 All right? The greatest rock and roll band of all time. It 134 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:09.320 was It was designed written out of boredom. They were at a rehearsal waiting 135 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:15.879 for John Lennon. John Lennon was late. Paul McCartney picks up, picks 136 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:22.679 up his guitar, starts playing something forms, he starts just saying some words. 137 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:26.279 Suddenly, George Harrison picks up his guitar or you go, Star jumps 138 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:31.759 on the drums, they start playing and suddenly, in a matter of just 139 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:37.840 moments, they get the song get back and it's one of the greatest songs 140 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:41.720 of all time. Whether you like the Beatles or not's it's true. It's 141 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:48.399 one of the greatest songs of all time. A band like led Zeppelin Stairway 142 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:52.480 to Heaven really quick, right, How do you get something to come together 143 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:58.399 so quickly? Is the question? How will Tim Lester do that? So 144 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:03.200 I'm really looking forward to the conversation. He will join us about fifteen minutes 145 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:05.960 from now. All right, we've got another So Ben promised me you'll do 146 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:07.480 that, okay, and you'll let me know what you think the song. 147 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:11.559 You what you think of the song tomorrow? All right, let's let us 148 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:13.360 know. Let us know here on Exis and bros. All right, we 149 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:16.799 got another text. Hit me with it. Yeah, it says Gibbs was 150 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:20.559 incredible last year, but in fairness, we don't know how he comes back 151 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:26.799 after that terrible fumble in the NFC Championship game. Everyone went after Reynolds after 152 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:33.639 that game. Yeah, Gibbs could carry that into the year mentally, but 153 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:39.080 we hope he doesn't. Many examples of athletes who lost it Tiki Barber, 154 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:48.879 now Block and the Cardinals right fielder. The Cardinals right fielder. That one 155 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:58.320 confuses me. Cardinals right fielder, Hum, I need a little bit deeper 156 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:01.360 explanation on it. I guess you talking about it could be. I mean, 157 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:05.679 for no Block, it was kind of like the the the Yips. 158 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:13.279 Steve Sacks had him too. Remember there was a catcher who struggled throwing the 159 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:22.679 ball back to the pitcher at times golfers, it happens quite a bit, 160 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:28.360 right. I don't know if that they might be talking about rick A Keel. 161 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:33.200 Rick Ankiell is a center fielder and a pitcher. I don't know if 162 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:39.440 that's what they may be referring to. I don't. Based on what we've 163 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:46.720 recognized with Jamior Gibbs, okay, and considering he has the coaching staff that 164 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:58.720 he has, and he has just as much has the veteran leader in David 165 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:04.200 Montgomery in that same backfield, I think we'll help him fine, Okay. 166 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:08.240 I don't think it's going to affect him. I say that with wishful thinking 167 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:11.840 for sure, but I don't think it's going to affect him. Let's go 168 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:15.440 to the phone lines. It's the Meyer hotline. Eight sixty six eight three 169 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:19.000 eighty eight forty three. Who's up next? Beent We've got Scott and Grand 170 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:22.759 Rapids. Scott. Good to have you on board. I'll worry Bud. 171 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:26.679 I'm doing all right, Chef. How you doing? Brother him? Great? 172 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:30.679 Thanks for the call. Good. Yeah, I just want to chime 173 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:34.240 in. I called before. I'm the Giants fan. We're talking about the 174 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:38.559 draft and not having sexty picks and guess what they went with the premier wide 175 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:42.720 receiver right, Yeah. I love him. He's probably my probably my favorite 176 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:48.000 player in the draft. Yep, love him. Yeah. So I just 177 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:49.240 want to Chinye just to give you contact. Okay, you know, I'll 178 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:55.120 call in more regular towards the football season. But I was just listening to 179 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:56.720 yesterday. You know, Golf signs. You know, we're talking about the 180 00:16:56.759 --> 00:17:00.080 contract. Everyone seems fine with it. In New York. I think we're 181 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:04.359 all a bunch of just like jump on anything that we just like are twinged 182 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:08.119 about a little bit. I remember Daniel Jones got the contract in it and 183 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:12.200 felt like someone dropped the bomb on the city. Golf gets in the line 184 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:17.640 saens like, oh okay, there fifty billion, okay, okay, and 185 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:22.640 then you know we're talking about the five under twenty five, you know, 186 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:26.480 top twenty five under twenty five players. I mean he has a great supporting 187 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:29.920 cast. Now, gol, I want you to set me straight if you 188 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:36.759 think differently here. I think Daniel Jones is just like Jared Goff with mobility. 189 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:41.720 If you put Daniel Jones behind that offensive line with those weapons, with 190 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:45.559 that steam in that playbook, I think he outplays Jared Goff every day of 191 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:48.039 the week if they're on the same team. Jared Goff is on the bench, 192 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:52.200 I don't think he sees the game unless Jones gets injured and he's not 193 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:56.000 getting Zach Date five times behind that line. He's running for a third and 194 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:59.839 five, he's running for a third and six. He's moving to change for 195 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:06.119 I've watched all the games pretty Troyes AND's golf's been there, and obviously all 196 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:10.599 my Giants games. I mean, those two are are eerily similar. If 197 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:12.440 you give them time, they're going to execute. They can read the defense 198 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:17.880 to'll adjust a little bit. The only difference to me really is Jones can 199 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:22.640 move in golf camps and everyone's like, am I crazy to think that there's 200 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:27.599 a close parallel there and Jones would be successful and there'd be a lot less 201 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:32.400 drama around him in a different system where he's not getting blown up every two 202 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:36.599 seconds. Well, I think any look, I think any quarterback, every 203 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:40.759 quarterback is better when they have time. There's no doubt. And I think 204 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:44.200 Daniel Jones, I've said this for a long time. I think he's you 205 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:48.000 know, I love his mobility, I love his talent. I don't I 206 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:52.920 don't think you know. The accuracy is is another thing though. I mean, 207 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:55.720 I think in last year he was pretty damn accurate, but he only 208 00:18:55.720 --> 00:19:00.599 played what six games I think for the Giants. I wouldn't go that far, 209 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:04.880 Chef. If you look at his accuracy at twenty yard plus passes, 210 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:08.319 he was top five in the league the last two years on you have to 211 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:11.400 have a certain amount of temps. I think it's like one hundred and tenths 212 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:15.839 over twenty but he's averaged out top five on pepe brows. He's forty. 213 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:18.400 To give him time. That man w electioncute for you, but go ahead, 214 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:19.440 I'm sorry to cut you off, but he get your thoughts. Sorry, 215 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:25.359 No, no. Look, he's there's a reason he was. I 216 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:30.440 think he was an early favorite in twenty twenty two for Player of the Year. 217 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:33.680 That's how good he was. And it helps when you win, right 218 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:37.599 every Like I said, every quarterback is going to be bet. Every good 219 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:40.920 quarterback, I should say, is going to be good when they have time 220 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:45.559 to throw the football. Everybody. It's the ultimate team sport. You know 221 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:49.640 that everybody needs somebody on that team. The question is are you a difference 222 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:53.640 maker? Are you making the plays when your team needs them the most? 223 00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:59.400 I can't say, and I do like Daniel jones athleticism. I can't say 224 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:03.839 he would be as good or better than Jared Goff if he had this offensive 225 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:07.400 line. I can't say that he would be the starter and Jared Goff would 226 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:11.640 be on the sidelines. Because Jared Goff has proven it in Los Angeles as 227 00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:15.440 well. I don't think Jared Goff gets nearly the credit now. Daniel Jones 228 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:21.039 may get more blamed than he deserves in New York And a lot of that 229 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:25.039 stems back from, you know, a guy who was drafted in the first 230 00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:27.440 round and I think, what is the sixth or eighth overall, and and 231 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:33.079 people probably that year. Yeah, yeah, so so he was six overall. 232 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:34.680 Yeah, and I think a lot of people thought it was a reach. 233 00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:38.000 Who was the next QB off that at list? I don't have what 234 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:41.799 wasn't it like Dwayne Haskins. I mean, look, that's why yeah, 235 00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:48.079 yeah, yeah, the commander look at him. I wanted him right, 236 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:52.960 And that's that's why. That's why you don't. I'm sorry to cut you 237 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:55.799 off there, I got I gotta get go into a break and then we're 238 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:59.680 going to be joined by Tim Lester. That's why you don't reach. That's 239 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:03.359 why you don't draft for need because you miss out on opportunities. You miss 240 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:07.119 out on guys that you wish you would have had who would have made a 241 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:11.200 difference for you in a different way, whether it be Rashawn Gary, whether 242 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:15.880 it be TJ. Hockinson or at Oliver or Noah fen or somebody like that 243 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:18.759 who you felt could have been a more contributor to your team for an extended 244 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:22.720 period of time. When we come back an extended period of time with Tim 245 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:26.400 Lister, he's going to join us the new Iowa offensive coinner coordinator. Coming 246 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:33.960 up next on Exus and bro stay with us, step up to the play 247 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:37.440 with the Eagle Casino in Sports, the mobile sports book app that you can 248 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:40.720 bet on all your favorites all year round, including, of course, are 249 00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:44.799 National pass Time. So download the app and start winning today at Eagle Casino 250 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:48.559 in Sports Made in Michigan, Made for Michigan. Must be twenty one years 251 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:51.759 or older and in Michigan to play. This is Matt Sheppard. 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We're on in Flint 270 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:22.319 and Cadillac, Grand Rapids, Grayling and Gaylord, Midland, Saginaw, Bay 271 00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:26.640 City, Pataski, Charlet Boy, Traverse City, wherever it is you may 272 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:30.920 be driving around. Honored you're part of the program here today. Honored to 273 00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:33.680 bring in Tim Lester, I wanted to talk to him for a long time. 274 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:41.079 Left Western Michigan, setting seventeen school records as their quarterback. There was 275 00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:45.079 then the head coach of his alma Maters. Soon thereafter and when thirty seven 276 00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:49.640 and thirty two went to three Bowl games and is now the new offensive coordinator 277 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:52.680 at the University of Iowa. He joins us here on exis and Bros. 278 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:56.039 Tim, Thanks for the time very much. Hope you and your family are 279 00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:59.039 well. How's things? We are doing great? How are you, man? 280 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:02.319 I'm doing great. Man. It's an honor to talk to you. 281 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:08.119 It's a heck of a challenge that you await. How does a coach begin 282 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:15.599 the process of taking over a new team, a new offense with new personnel. 283 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:21.440 Yeah, I think that's the you said it perfectly. The new personnel 284 00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:25.880 part is the biggest piece, right, is just trying to get out there 285 00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:29.599 and figure out what your guys do well, and you have to put them 286 00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:33.160 in situations. Every team's been different. I think back to the Western teams 287 00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:38.119 and you know, sky Moore was different than Jayden Reed and d Eskers. 288 00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:41.079 They're all different. They all run routes different, they're running backs, hit 289 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:45.640 different plays better, they see things better, and you're just trying to figure 290 00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:48.599 out who's good at what. So by the time we hit the ball when 291 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:52.039 it really matters, we're putting each guy in the best position possible to have 292 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:55.920 success, and that takes time. I don't think we've learned a ton, 293 00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:59.759 But we've had one spring ball to learn and so I've got a lot of 294 00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:03.160 good information, but there's a lot more that needs to be collected before we 295 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:07.799 put a plan together. So you have a belief in what you think is 296 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:11.839 the best offense, then you have to get to know the personnel. At 297 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:18.079 what stage do you mesh the two together where you have to adjust comparable to 298 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:22.720 they're adjusting to you. It's tough because there's in every offense. I believe 299 00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:26.599 there's a couple, you know, non negotiables. You know, every offense 300 00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:29.880 is different. I could tell you that the air raid is going to be 301 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:33.599 different than what we're doing. And so there's certain plays that we're running. 302 00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:37.359 It fits the offense and it makes this offense go or that offense cod it 303 00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:42.400 doesn't matter which offense. So there's there's probably one run play and a couple 304 00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:45.079 of pass plays that are happening, and we got to get good at them. 305 00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:49.240 And it's it's muscle memory, it's reps. We started on that from 306 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:52.960 springball day one. Let's get good at these things. We have to be 307 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:56.960 good at these things. And then then there's all then there's everything else, 308 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:59.559 which is we have a lot of different run teams and a lot of different 309 00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:03.759 path combinations. We can call them, however our guys can execute them. 310 00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:07.400 But there's certain things that make everything else go and those are the things that 311 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:11.880 we started and selling and we're getting better at running already, because like you 312 00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:14.440 said, there's a couple of things in every offense that you have to have 313 00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:17.960 as part of it, and they're going to have to work themselves into being 314 00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:22.200 good at executing it. Former Western Michigan Great quarterback and former Western Michigan head 315 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:26.400 coach now Iowa offensive coordinator Tim Lester, joining us here on Exus and bros 316 00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:30.720 I said, just before the break, the song get Back by the Beatles 317 00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:34.839 was drawn up by mistake. John Lennon was late for a recording session. 318 00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:38.920 Paul McCartney just started playing around with the guitar and then boom, it appears. 319 00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:44.960 Okay. When an offensive coordinator takes hold of a playbook and then has 320 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:49.440 ideas and starts drawing them up before they become a reality, how often does 321 00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:56.359 that happen for you when you are thinking about the plays that you want to 322 00:26:56.400 --> 00:27:00.319 see in corporated? I think more often, and then I think every offense 323 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:03.920 is different, you know, every every offense depending on which you've been in. 324 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:07.160 I've been out a lot of different kinds, and I have one that 325 00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:11.759 I really enjoy being a part of because I think they they lend to more 326 00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:18.799 creativity on the offensive side from the from the play design standpoint, and so 327 00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:22.720 I think when you're in the right offense, it's fun because you try to 328 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:25.119 figure out what you want to put on the front side and what you want 329 00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:26.920 to pull on the backside. This is the offense that we will run. 330 00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:30.799 It's very flexible in the passing game, so it is a lot of fun 331 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:36.559 to pair different concepts together and kind of you go to the lab in the 332 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:38.960 spring and you try all different kinds of combinations, figure out what your quarterbacks 333 00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:44.359 are comfortable with and uh, and then you know you're always been printing a 334 00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:47.960 new way. You're always trying to find a new way, especially going against 335 00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:51.200 the defense that we get to go against every single day. Not nothing comes 336 00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:56.200 easy against Shill Parker and his crew over there. So it was it was 337 00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:59.440 a baddle of always changing different looks because you can never really get in the 338 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:02.759 same look, so they'll shut it down. So it's that part of it 339 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:04.960 is what gets you up in the morning. That's one. You're taking over 340 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:07.799 an offense now. Granted some of the personnel is different now, but you're 341 00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:11.640 taking over an offense that's surpassed two hundred yards in the game only five times 342 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:17.079 and only twice put up more than three hundred yards. In fourteen games, 343 00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:21.519 they averaged two hundred and thirty four point six yards per game, worst in 344 00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:25.720 the Big Ten and worst under your head coach since he became head coach in 345 00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:30.519 nineteen ninety nine. What's the biggest challenge. Yeah, that's a good question. 346 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:36.319 I'd say the biggest thing is just you know, I'm battling. You 347 00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:38.559 know, I'm very fortunate to be with coach parents and obviously our defense and 348 00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:44.680 our SPOS teams are two of the you know, most high ranking units in 349 00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:48.440 a country. So offensively, you know, it's it's for me, it's 350 00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:52.480 figuring out, you know, what we can do well, like I said 351 00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:56.359 earlier, but installing something new. I mean, this offense has been run 352 00:28:56.400 --> 00:29:00.359 here for twenty some years. This is the first time they've done something different 353 00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:03.920 in a very long time. So a lot of people are excited about it. 354 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:08.160 But there's a lot of new not just some new I'm talking everything from 355 00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:11.480 the name of the formation that cadence. I mean, they've done things a 356 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:17.000 certain way for a very, very very long time, and so really it's 357 00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:22.759 just teaching. It is literally a teaching situation because everyone there has run the 358 00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:25.279 same and I'm the only new coach here, so I did not bring it 359 00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:29.799 down with me, So I got to coach the coaches. Coach is really 360 00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:34.160 enjoying learning, you know, this offense and then getting it to the player. 361 00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:37.640 So I think that's the biggest challenge is getting them to understand what we 362 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:41.200 want to get done and then figuring out a way to be efficient. The 363 00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:44.680 key to everything is running the ball, all right, the same thing at 364 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:48.480 Western, the same thing when I played. Passing records and all that stuff 365 00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:51.839 come off running the ball. And it's something that I believe the Iowa offense 366 00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:53.559 has done a pretty decent job of being able to run the ball. Now. 367 00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:56.680 Normally, when you can run the ball, you have to create explosive 368 00:29:56.720 --> 00:30:02.079 passes off of that, and that's normally one comes with the other and uh, 369 00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:03.359 and that's why we have to make sure we tie those two things together. 370 00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:07.680 Iowa offensive corner Tim Lester with us here on exits and bros. I'm 371 00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:12.839 fascinated by the process. What was the inn what's an interview process like for 372 00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:18.000 someone going into a new situation as the offensive coordinator like you are with Iowa. 373 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:22.079 How did that? How did that go? Yeah? It was. 374 00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:26.279 It's a long process and you meet with everybody at different times. I got 375 00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:30.680 to go in the room with the defense, with the offense, you know, 376 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:33.240 with the staff, with a bunch of different committees, and just talk 377 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:37.319 about what your beliefs are, you know, because your beliefs have to align 378 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:41.119 with the head coach right as far of how I believe offense should be run 379 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:45.079 and how to win games. And this is this is how we go about 380 00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:47.400 it. And here's some clips, and then you get on the whiteboard and 381 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:52.880 you know, and then they really then they start grilling with questions about how 382 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:56.319 would you handle this or this pressure or that pressure and display how do you 383 00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:59.359 do this? And and then at the end I get to ask questions about, 384 00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:02.079 okay, in the past, like what have you done in these situations? 385 00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:07.400 So it is a awesome. It's long and exhausting, but it is 386 00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:10.079 so much farn just sitting there talking ball. I don't put a white board 387 00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:14.519 and you obviously bring cut ups. You have no clue which cutups you are 388 00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.920 going to use because you don't know which way the conversation is going to go, 389 00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:19.440 and you just kind of have them all loaded up and ready to go. 390 00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:22.480 So if we started talking about our pos and we started talking about the 391 00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:26.400 wide zone, we started talking about cap skiing whatever, we end up going 392 00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:30.599 to vertical routes, trying to routes where you have something to show them to 393 00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:33.079 back up what you're putting on the board. So it's it's a lot of 394 00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:37.000 fun and it was a great process to go through. Yeah, it's a 395 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:41.319 daunting task and I was the only team that I believe had more punting yards 396 00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:45.920 than offensive yards in college football a year ago. What did Kirk Farnes tell 397 00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:51.640 you he wanted and needed from you? Well, I think the biggest thing 398 00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:53.759 is just to be to be efficient. I mean, we did not do 399 00:31:53.799 --> 00:32:00.279 a good job of taking care of the ball last year offensively, and that's 400 00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:02.960 number one. And they did a great job getting the ball back on defense. 401 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:07.240 They did a great jobs scoring on defense. The field position game obviously 402 00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:10.400 with our special teams was pretty special. So you know, we have it's 403 00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:14.519 number one to take care of the ball. And then obviously we're all like, 404 00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.880 we have to be aggressive and we have to find a way to create 405 00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:22.400 matchups and create consternation for defense, and that's that's really what we have to 406 00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:27.720 focus on, you know. And we really haven't worried a ton. There's 407 00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:30.720 so much new going on that I haven't really even talked about what they've done 408 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:32.400 in the past, so their numbers were on the past. It's really just 409 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:37.759 start from scratch. This is what we do, and let's go to work. 410 00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:40.920 And the guys have responded and we had a great spring, a lot 411 00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:44.960 of a lot of mistakes, guys learning on the sly, which has been 412 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:47.480 fun. We did not start slowly either. I went trying to get through 413 00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:52.200 a fire hose install. I mean we went and I I'd rather just throw 414 00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:54.559 it all out there and see who can handle it then to you know, 415 00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:59.279 spoon feed these guys, you know, because we we had six months to 416 00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:01.519 our first game, so we got to get hired till February. So we 417 00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:05.599 went all in, put a lot of pressure on the guys and they responded, 418 00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:08.200 which was great. You had to be a tough physically and mentally, 419 00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:14.200 a tough dude to play Division one football period. I don't care what position 420 00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:16.039 you're playing. You've got to be tough to be able to handle it and 421 00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:21.759 balance it as a student athlete. What of the characteristics you look for for 422 00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:25.920 a player in your offense, You know what number one is that you want 423 00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:29.880 them to love football. You know, I mean you want them to just 424 00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:34.200 eat and breathe it, because it is it's a whole new level. It's 425 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:37.759 so much fun to watch a freshman come out high school. When in high 426 00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:39.799 school they on training camp was showing up at eight in the morning and being 427 00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:43.519 done at noon, and now it's showing up at six in the morning and 428 00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:46.680 leaving when it's dark outside at ten at night. You know, it's just 429 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:51.119 a different commitment level. And there's a little bit shock and all value when 430 00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:54.599 the young kids come in and some absolutely love it, but it is it's 431 00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:58.559 a big change. So finding people that just love ball, they love to 432 00:33:58.559 --> 00:34:02.599 compete, huge premium on multiple sport athletes. I love people that like to 433 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:07.359 compete, period the end, even if they're not the best player on their 434 00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:12.599 basketball team or baseball the matter. Just people that love to compete. Because 435 00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:15.159 once you have that, you know, if it's deep down inside. If 436 00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:19.880 they're a gym rat and they love it, they will do that love you 437 00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:22.920 know. And obviously away is a long tradition of developing guys that when they 438 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:25.760 get there, you look at him and think, what's this going to be? 439 00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:30.760 In four years later is George Kittle and he turned into an all pro, 440 00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:32.880 an unlogle player. But they do a great job with developing. But 441 00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:37.239 the key is that people you watch him play. I think that's why they 442 00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:39.079 make him a ball time. He's just fun to listen to it. Yeah, 443 00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:43.320 play like he loves it. And the more guys like that you can 444 00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:45.599 get, the better you're going to be. Yeah. Well, three of 445 00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:47.679 the best tight ends in football are Iowah Hawk guys. When you look at 446 00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:52.760 TJ. Hockinson and Sam Laporto as well, give me an example. It 447 00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:57.079 can give our audience an example of calling a play, because I don't think 448 00:34:57.119 --> 00:35:00.679 people truly appreciate that. They think. There are so many misnomers about football. 449 00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:04.800 I say this all the time, Tim, I say, people think 450 00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:07.719 they know football, and it's the one sport that they think they know that 451 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:09.840 they really don't. It's really hard. I'm not going to say that I 452 00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:14.239 know it either. But you know, being dropped as a drop back passer, 453 00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:16.280 you're sitting there trying to scan look at all your different reads, people, 454 00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:19.760 people up in the stands sort to this guy, he's wide open. 455 00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:22.920 Yeah, well that's because the safety left that you know, all those different 456 00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:25.920 things. Can you give me an example of what a place sounds like when 457 00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:30.119 you call it into the huddle and how long it takes to say it? 458 00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:34.280 Well, it really Yeah, it depends on the offense, you know, 459 00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:38.679 because there are certain there are certain offenses that are you know, more simplified 460 00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:43.000 that are you know, that have one word place, And we have a 461 00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:45.039 couple of those two I mean, not not many, but most of ours. 462 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:51.400 I mean it's more of a the lengthy, the lengthy offense, you 463 00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:53.599 know. And and so you know with the new community, I mean, 464 00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:58.039 you couldn't have timed up better for me to come in come back from the 465 00:35:58.039 --> 00:36:04.400 green ray packers to the Eyewall archives and have them pass helmet communications, which 466 00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:09.480 was which just lucky. That's all I can explain it. But you know, 467 00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:14.440 here's I just looked at id GET on my computer here at Moto west 468 00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:20.800 Ride Ace eighteen boss Aler blast Rotation Slash look and so you know, you 469 00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:23.800 always start with the shift, the motion, the formation. Then you have 470 00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:27.400 the play call, and then you have all your adjustments, your alerts, 471 00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:30.719 your autos, your cans, which is all on the quarterback to make adjustments 472 00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:36.599 to the play at the Lion scrimmagine and every word in there means something different 473 00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:39.840 to a different player. You know. The reason why I think words are 474 00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:45.119 powerful is because if you take an extra second in the huddle to have a 475 00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:50.199 longer play call, it helps the people in the huddle be able to play 476 00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:53.000 sooner. You know, they don't have to memorize this play means these thirty 477 00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:55.639 things. You literally say those thirty things so everybody can hear it in the 478 00:36:55.719 --> 00:37:00.519 huddle and you can get you know, we're one of the youngest you it's 479 00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:02.480 in the history of the NFL. Last year at Green Bay, in the 480 00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:07.000 wide receiver room, I mean, we had every tight end was a rookie. 481 00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:09.559 We had two receivers that were in their second year in the NFL. 482 00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:15.400 Everybody else was a rookie in the wide receiver room and uh and so those 483 00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:17.599 guys were able to play and have some success early on, just because you 484 00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:21.400 do have to handle a little bit longer, a little bit more verbiage. 485 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:23.519 But once you break the huddle, you got everybody on the same page, 486 00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:28.000 which is really what matters. How good do you think Jordan Love can be? 487 00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:31.920 You know? I love that that guy. His demeanor is I think 488 00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:36.320 special. His arm tail and obviously is as well, but he just he 489 00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:39.039 just never never gets too high, never gets too low. Tom comments, 490 00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:45.199 the quarterback coacher doesn't believe he's the same demeanor, very palm. You know, 491 00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:47.679 when we we didn't have a great start early on, we were close 492 00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:51.400 in a lot of games, and it just kept showing up. You would 493 00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:53.360 not have known it. I mean the outside world and they were all over 494 00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:58.000 the Packers only were two and five. Yeah, and in the building you 495 00:37:58.039 --> 00:38:00.519 would have never known. I mean, we showed up when we tried to 496 00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.800 get better every single day, and all of a sudden we found a way 497 00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:05.559 to win one game and we want to I don't know what our run was 498 00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:07.239 at the end, but I think it was eight at ten or eight and 499 00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:10.000 nine, whatever it was. But it was the same in the building all 500 00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:13.159 the time. And then and a lot of that ghost SARTs the quarterback and 501 00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:16.159 kind of the boat he sets the practice every day and guys like Rashaun Gary 502 00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:22.480 on defense and Prestonence Smith and so we had been great leaders. But you 503 00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:25.639 kind of saw him paining confidence and experience. And he did have experience in 504 00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:30.559 the NFL because it was his fourth piece, I believe, but the experience 505 00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:32.760 playing is another thing. And as he got it, man, he really 506 00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:35.920 turned it out at the end of the season, had one egg of a 507 00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:38.440 year. Yeah, we went a great success there at Iowa, tim Lester, 508 00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:43.320 we appreciate it. What did you think of the Lions last year when 509 00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:45.800 you watched them on tape and how good they were? Oh? Man, 510 00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:50.199 they were good. I think they do a heck of a job, you 511 00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:53.960 know, building formations and obviously Samilport, I mean, I just think they've 512 00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:59.000 done a great job in the draft. They dranted the right type of players 513 00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:02.440 that love playing. You know, David Blough played for me at Purdue and 514 00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:06.039 he's one of my favorite feed in the world, and so I talked to 515 00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:08.119 him all the time, and they got after us the first time we played 516 00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:13.920 him at Lambeau and then obviously Thanksgiving Day we're able to play fairly well and 517 00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:16.039 get after him the second time. But I mean, what an I mean 518 00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:21.519 the whole division is exciting, you know, to have to have you know, 519 00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:24.840 I arguably the best division right here in the Midwest. And seeing where 520 00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:30.360 the Lions are right now with the players I have and the youth and how 521 00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:32.480 well they're playing, and then you have the Packers are young, and then 522 00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:36.199 now the Bears, and I mean it's gonna it's gonna be a lot of 523 00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:37.599 it's gonna be a lot of fun to be in the Midwest and watch them 524 00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:40.880 professional football for the next couple of years. Yeah. Hey, speaking of 525 00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:45.000 that, the Big Ten does without divisions now, so it's all just one 526 00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:49.239 conference. How much do you think that affects teams as you get ready for 527 00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:51.719 the year. Oh, it's gonna be exciting. It's just we knew, 528 00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:54.199 right, you know. I'm a big believer having been in Collegetable for a 529 00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:58.840 long time and been on the board of trustees for the AFCA. I mean, 530 00:39:58.880 --> 00:40:02.079 we were very for a good fifteen twenty years of not changing much and 531 00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:07.320 watched the basketball coaches kind of stay up with the times. Has times changed 532 00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:10.280 and we were behind, behind, behind, and now in the last five 533 00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:15.480 years, it's like we're full court at you know, full court press. 534 00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:17.519 I'm trying to figure out, well, what's the future of college football and 535 00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:21.840 so so it's exciting, you know, to have to have teams in our 536 00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:23.519 league that we've never had before. We're going to travel west. I think 537 00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:29.960 we go to UCLA, Washington comes to us USC, and Oregon going to 538 00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:31.239 be in the Big Ten. So it's it's going to be a change. 539 00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:34.559 It's still changing. It's going to continue to change, I think for the 540 00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:37.639 next couple of years until we've figured it out. But it is fun to, 541 00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:40.440 uh, to just to see newness, you know in the league. 542 00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:45.639 That's the same with the SEC and a lot of the leagues are getting a 543 00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:47.519 facelift a little bit, and uh, it's gonna be fun to see. 544 00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:51.159 At least we're trying it. You got to you gotta get moving and you've 545 00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:52.880 got to start making changes. And if we have it worked, great, 546 00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:57.440 if they know we can make changes. But at least we're moving towards a 547 00:40:57.519 --> 00:41:00.760 destination and not just sitting on our hands and waiting. You know. Yeah, 548 00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:05.199 Tim respected you a great deal, even though I'm a Chippewa, respected 549 00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:07.519 you a great deal as the Broncos signal caller and as their head coach. 550 00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:12.159 You represented that university in the state very well. I know you do the 551 00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:15.000 same at IOWA. Thanks for the time today and congratulations, good luck to 552 00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:17.199 you. I appreciate you. Thank you man, all right you bet Tim 553 00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:21.800 Luster joining us here on ex'es and bros. Great stuff. We appreciate that 554 00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:24.039 bank. Nice job getting Tim Lester on with us. Thanks to all your 555 00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:27.880 phone calls and your text folks. 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