WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.200 Here he is, will Vandervoord. Happy holidays, my friend, welcome back 2 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:06.519 to the show. Happy holidays you too. We can talk about everything, 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:09.640 but that last part. If you want to, you well, well say 4 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:12.759 that's the cherry on top. Of course, is you and Trey both being 5 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:16.000 the Yinzer Steeler fans you are? I might spare you that one. That's 6 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:19.920 been a tough watch. But hey, Rudolph's coming in more ways than one. 7 00:00:20.039 --> 00:00:23.359 Here he is, bright, shinny nose. Well, I hope he 8 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:28.760 comes. I hope he comes Saturday's I'll just take a win him since Nanny 9 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:31.559 and be happy right now, dude, that that cures all the als. 10 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:34.920 Let me tell you, hey, Will let's talk a little early signing day. 11 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:38.640 Of course, you and I haven't spoken much since the last time Clempson 12 00:00:38.679 --> 00:00:41.920 played a football game, and look they close the season out strong. I 13 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:44.039 think we will reflect on that at a minute. I'd like to talk to 14 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:48.679 you about that turning point which Tyler from Spartanburg whatever, But that Notre Dame 15 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:52.159 game was huge. What went down today? Give me some names, give 16 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:55.679 me some surprises, if any, and where do they kind of stand in 17 00:00:55.719 --> 00:00:59.479 the whole run of things? Right? Now say that again, I missed 18 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:02.880 the first part that just in terms of the signing day, the recruiting part 19 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:06.719 of the whole business side today, How did Clemson make out today? A 20 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:08.319 couple of names that come to mind, and how do they stack up to 21 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:11.760 some of the rankings out there? Yeah, they finished. You know, 22 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:15.400 it depends on what ranking you look at. I think two four seven has 23 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:19.920 them ranked twelve right now. I think they're fifteenth or fourteenth in ESPN, 24 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:25.599 So it's a top fifteen class. It was a good class, not a 25 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:29.040 I mean, there's a couple of stars. When you look at Sammy Brown, 26 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:34.200 the five star linebacker out of Jefferson, Georgia, Bryant Westco the five 27 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:38.719 star wide receiver out of Texas, Obviously those are the headliners of this class. 28 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:42.239 And but then you know, I think it was more of a class 29 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:48.680 where Clemson, you know, I think they signed eleven four star guys and 30 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:52.519 they you know, signed a couple offensive linemen here late to kind of close 31 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:57.799 the class off. So it was a solid class. I won't classify it 32 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:00.920 as a great and in the sense of, you know, a great class 33 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:06.719 is generally a top five class. But but we'll find out in a few 34 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:08.879 years how great they were not, because that's how those things are all based 35 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:13.319 on. Right, It's like the NFL draft, same thing. Yeah yeah, 36 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:15.080 but it's a but it's a solid class. I think, a good 37 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:21.000 class for Clemson, and it's one where they answered most of the questions they 38 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:24.800 have and concerns addressing for their roster. And and like the NFL, the 39 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:29.719 only difference is is like the NFL, because now the NFL is college football 40 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:32.159 has like its own free agency. However, the difference is you can leave 41 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:36.240 after one year in college football, where the NFL you at least know if 42 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:38.879 you sign a guy you got him for a couple of years before you have 43 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:43.080 to worry about the running off. So that's the thing about college football is 44 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:47.439 things can change. Like if you will listen, Clemson sign twenty two guys 45 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:51.479 today, Yep, if they want to all twenty two guys can leave next 46 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:54.560 year and go somewhere else. That's how ridiculous college football is. Right now, 47 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:58.599 Will Vanderboards, our guest Clemson insider, catch him out there, of 48 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:01.199 course, it's Steven Will on Twitter. You mentioned that in the context of 49 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:07.039 coach Swinny, and obviously he's evolved as much as one can with someone who 50 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:10.960 has traditional views on how the things should be done here in a game you're 51 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:15.599 reporting in your analysis just now again, I'm just kind of reading the tea 52 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:19.400 leaves here because I've been doing NFL stuff all day and I'm catching up on 53 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:23.879 some of these prospects. It sounds to me like it's not as robust as 54 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:28.360 it's been on this type of day. Would you agree with that at least 55 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:34.199 at first glance? And is there a lingering sense of frustration still from coach 56 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:37.759 Swinny about the way things are as you explained it, or is he pretty 57 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:40.680 much like most people accepted that, hey, it is free agency and be 58 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:46.000 ready for maybe a one year and ago guy. Yeah, I mean he's 59 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:50.800 I think he's accepted it like all coaches have. Coaches have accepted what the 60 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:53.400 reality is. They haven't accepted that it needs to stay this way. The 61 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:59.800 Obviously there's a lot of guys behind the scene pushing for change because now whether 62 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:02.159 they'll get it or not is the question, because the nc DOUAA didn't set 63 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:05.840 any guidelines and then make things hard when you don't set that guylines. And 64 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:12.520 but obviously roster management is the number one issue for every coach. And the 65 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:17.240 coaches aren't against players having opportunities to go, you know, experience things and 66 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:20.120 to you know, if they need a change to go do things. But 67 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:25.360 right now in the situation they are in college football rosters, I mean, 68 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:29.279 it's just ridiculous. How like, you know, you look at the transfer 69 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:32.160 portal for instance, tell me an NFL season, where a guy decides he 70 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:35.319 can just up and leave, you know, before a big playoff game. 71 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:40.120 Oh you know, yeah, And that's where we are in college football. 72 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:43.439 You know, guys can up and lead, they can turn pro. They 73 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:47.519 don't have to play. There's no I don't know. It's the roster that 74 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:54.079 like Clemson had, for instance, dramatically changed after the South Carolina game, 75 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:57.560 and you know you got guys on there that are that have opted out. 76 00:04:57.560 --> 00:05:00.879 They're not going to play in the bowl game, which you know, I've 77 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:02.519 never been a fan of because I'm like, if you're not going to play 78 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:06.000 in the bowl game, then why did you play the Ducotrolunta game. Yeah, 79 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:09.360 if you if you wanted to play, didn't want to play in the 80 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:12.399 bowl game, why did you play against Notre Dame? Because like, if 81 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:15.279 you know, because Clemson was out of the playoff picture of that Notre Dame 82 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:16.399 week, So why not just go ahead and opt out the rest of that 83 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:20.040 season if that's what you want to do, because that's what you just did 84 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:24.279 with the bowl game, because you had those players could have got hurt in 85 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:28.040 any one of those games prior to this bowl game. So to use the 86 00:05:28.040 --> 00:05:30.160 excuse, well, they we don't want to get hurt, I think is 87 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.839 bogus. And I just don't like that excuse because you could have done that 88 00:05:33.959 --> 00:05:36.920 if that was truly the case, You could have did that in week eight, 89 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:40.360 a week nine of the season. Yeah, and Will, it's not 90 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:44.399 an indictment like we sound like old fogies when we talk like this. Really 91 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:46.439 it's sort of and I don't want to be patronized. It's an indictment of 92 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:50.040 the game game. But I also want to say this that like guys like 93 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:54.399 Jeremiah Trotter Junior and Barreck Carter, these are grown ass men who know what 94 00:05:54.439 --> 00:05:58.920 they're doing. But there are some individuals that come from backgrounds and families where 95 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:01.240 the money is tied eight. They need something now, and there are a 96 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:04.639 lot of vultures out there waiting to take advantage in some of the ways these 97 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:10.000 nils are written up. Boy, you better just sign off your royalties for 98 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:14.199 the rest of your life. If you're not careful. It's a wild it's 99 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:17.279 a wild landscape. Will Yeah. But and that's my argument. It's like, 100 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:21.000 Okay, if money's the important thing and the reason why you're you're doing 101 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:24.800 it, then why not just break away in week eight, week nine. 102 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:28.480 That's my saying. It's like, go ahead, and that's a team. 103 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:30.600 Now, there's a fine. I think they still view a lot of what 104 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:34.319 they're doing right now as a well as kind of like an extended version of 105 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:38.680 the combine for the NFL some of these guys. But it's tough. I 106 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:41.879 think some of them truly love it. And there's a guy playing for Kentucky 107 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:45.319 right now, Devin Leary. We know that name pretty well. Uh, 108 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:48.279 he's gonna be facing off against Kate Klubnick and company. It's the Gator Bowl, 109 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:50.959 I know. Look, you go back about a year from now and 110 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:54.360 you look at it where Clemson was. You were hoping this team, if 111 00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:57.439 you're a Clemson fan, could elevate back to that top four, but it 112 00:06:57.480 --> 00:06:59.879 wasn't gonna happen. You could see it early on with Duke and some of 113 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:02.959 the other games, but that mid season sort of turning point. I don't 114 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:06.480 want to spend too much time on a sports caller who got under the coach's 115 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:11.600 skin. It's all ridiculous, but I think this team always had enough character 116 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:16.279 and certainly defensively, the talent level was exceptional. Wes Goodwin great job this 117 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:19.759 year. But now they made a few coaching changes. Walk us through what 118 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:24.279 they've done now in terms of adding Matt Luke, and they've also beefed up 119 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:27.160 a little bit on the defensive side of the ball with a new assistant. 120 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:31.800 Yeah, you know, Devo kind of they were already going to make the 121 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:35.240 change. He had already talked to Lemanski Hall prior to the season ending, 122 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:40.720 so they kind of knew they were making a change at defensive end, and 123 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:45.399 it was just a matter of, you know what he wanted to end his 124 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:48.079 new coach, and of course bringing Chris rump in, a guy who really 125 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:53.240 isn't new in the sense that he coached under Davo sweet before, back when 126 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:57.680 Davo was first to head coach and also under Tommy Bowden. But Chris has 127 00:07:57.720 --> 00:08:01.680 grown a lot as a coach since then. Really I saw it firsthand the 128 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:05.639 other day watching him in practice. He's really changed his style in a lot 129 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:07.759 of ways and what he does. So I think that was a great move 130 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:11.639 for Clemson on the defensive end front, on the defensive line to get a 131 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:15.439 guy with his experience, has coached, you know, a guy who's won 132 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:20.399 national championships at Alabama. He you know, he's coached a ton of NFL 133 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:24.000 players, So this guy knows and he's coached in the NFL, so this 134 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:26.759 guy knows how to recruit and how to recruit. And Chris also just wanted 135 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:31.720 to kind of come back home. He's from South Carolina. He you know, 136 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:33.600 he, as I mentioned earlier, he coached at Clemson, and him 137 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:37.120 and his wife, this is the place they loved the most of all the 138 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:39.840 places they've been. And so he always told Dabbo, if I got the 139 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:43.320 opportunity, you know, if thee ever came up, I would love to 140 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:46.440 come back. And so it came open and Dabo reached out to him, 141 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:52.639 and and he's back in the Upstate and and coaching at Clemson again. And 142 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:56.320 then you know, Dabo said that at the end of the year he didn't 143 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:00.440 go into that week thinking I'm gonna make a change on the into the line, 144 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:03.799 he said, he went started evaluating the team, and as he evaluated 145 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:07.759 the offensive line, he just saw more and more that they needed to make 146 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:13.840 a change. They needed more veteran coach there, someone who can you know, 147 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:18.039 bring his experience into the locker room, not only from a you know, 148 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:22.279 coaching standpoint from but also from that experience standpoint of being on other staffs 149 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:26.159 and bringing that knowledge to the table that they need on the coaching staff. 150 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:31.159 And that was a tough choice for Davia because Thomas Austin was one of his 151 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:35.159 first captains on his on his team back in nine on his first team, 152 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:39.360 and you know it was the guy who coached with the national championships, was 153 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:43.840 a you know, analyst coach for on those two national championship teams. So 154 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:48.399 that was a difficult decision. But bringing in a guy like Matt Luke, 155 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:50.799 the guy who won a national championship in Georgia, was a head coach at 156 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:54.320 Old Miss and will he wore the ring on a recruiting trip, right, 157 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:58.879 that's right, And he and he brings that experience on the offensive line that 158 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:05.159 that they desperately needed and also that experience in that and that coaching room that 159 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:09.720 they desperately needed because when you look at the most experienced coach you have this 160 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:15.279 past year was Garrett Riley, who's thirty four years old. Yeah, so 161 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:20.440 they needed to make a change somewhere to bring some experience into that offensive coaching 162 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:24.799 room. And this was a great pick up because also, besides all the 163 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:28.240 things I just mentioned, he's a heck of a recruiter and it's gonna pay 164 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:31.000 dividends for Clemson going forward. Was what Matt Luke can do. And and 165 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:33.399 by the way, I'm a big fan of Thomas Austen. He's a friend 166 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:37.960 of mine and I hate to see him go. Uh, but you know, 167 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:41.000 I understand what Dabo was thinking and why he had to go in this 168 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:43.639 direction. Yeah, between what we talked about last year, Brandon Streeter and 169 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:46.679 now Tom Austin, who's been there forever. I mean, it's it's a 170 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:50.960 tough business. But you know, you move on and you you'll be fine. 171 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:54.840 Thomas will be and obviously Brandon will be fine, and will Vandovert's always 172 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:58.279 fine except when his damn Steelers just break break his heart. Now, I 173 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:01.080 had asked trade before the show. I said, should I bring this up 174 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:03.919 to him? And he said probably not, And I said, well, 175 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:09.399 if I do, I'm anticipating a very level headed will Vandervoort saying to me 176 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:11.159 something along the lines of, well, this is kind of what I expected 177 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:16.960 around Week one, You're Steelers. Go No, I did not expect this. 178 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:22.559 No. I wish I could say I expected them to be seven and 179 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:26.279 four and then totally fall on their face. Now, granted, they've had 180 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:30.360 guys. Listen, a lot of people don't know who don't follow the Steelers 181 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:33.039 like we like we do. But you know, Pittsburgh lost both of their 182 00:11:33.080 --> 00:11:37.519 middle linebackers, yes here in the middle of the season out for the year. 183 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:41.919 They lost their third best middle linebacker out for the season. So all 184 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:46.159 three of those guys are gone. And then they you know, Minka Fitzpatrick, 185 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:48.320 now he's gonna miss I think his fifth or sixth game this season now 186 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:52.919 at safety. And oh, by the way, you just suspended the other 187 00:11:52.960 --> 00:11:56.919 guy for the rest of the year, thank you NFL. So you know, 188 00:11:56.960 --> 00:12:01.159 so they're gonna be without their starting two safeties and the starting middle linebackers 189 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:05.559 when they play Cincinnati this week. It's crazy. They're a different team from 190 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:09.000 that, and then of course they're probably they're not going to have Kenny Pickett 191 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:13.799 more likely too at quarterback. And it's no coincidence they've lost all three of 192 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:18.360 these games after Kenny Pickett got hurt. It's been a huge drop off. 193 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:20.559 And then we I think and I both agreed, and we still do to 194 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:24.480 a degree that Pickett and I think Trey agrees that. You know, Pickett 195 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:28.799 is not quite a Prussia line, but he is cut above what they have. 196 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:31.480 He's a glue that holds this offense together. Oh well, I mean 197 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:37.240 I thought Canada was the glue remover. He took him to the He started 198 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:41.399 playing well before this injury, and he had that good game the week before 199 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:43.799 he gets Cincinnati, right, he finally threw for over two hundred and fifty 200 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:48.879 yards and then and then was playing well against Arizona before he hurt his ankle. 201 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:52.399 There that play, when that happened, I was thinking about you, 202 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:56.759 because I think of this game, it had some type of James Connor voodoo 203 00:12:56.759 --> 00:13:00.360 written all over it. And they certainly came in and played flat. But 204 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:03.519 the minute pick It went down, it's like, damn. And you know 205 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:05.200 I told you this earlier before we went on the air, and I think 206 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:09.039 you hit the nail on the head with the linebacker issue train I've been talking 207 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:13.759 about. It was it thirteen straight runs that Shane Stiken called with Trey Sermon 208 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.240 of all people and they Mike Tomlin team. Look, there's a lot of 209 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:18.720 smoke right now. There's a lot of fans that wont him out. Where 210 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:20.759 are you at with Tomlin? I mean, as just as a fan, 211 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:24.159 do you feel like it's time to make a change or do you appreciate the 212 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:28.720 fact that, hey, be careful what you wish for. If you ask 213 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:31.039 when the games are over, I'm like, was he a change that I'm 214 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:35.919 fired up? I'm read in the face, I'm angry, So yes, 215 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:39.200 I would definitely tell you then we need a change. But then when you 216 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:41.600 cool off and you realize, you know, you got a Hall of Fame 217 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:45.360 head coach. Look at the Panthers. You got a guy that's one before 218 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:48.279 and found ways to be successful. You kind of to me, you know, 219 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:52.120 I kind of tend back and say, no, Mike Tomlin's still our 220 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:56.559 guy, and which he can get this turned around. He deserves that opportunity. 221 00:13:56.840 --> 00:13:58.360 So the journalist comes out in me, then there you go, right, 222 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:03.559 But prior to that, I'm more like the fan, and I'm ready 223 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:07.320 to burn everybody's house down and throw them out. Hopefully it didn't start with 224 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:11.200 the Canada residents, but that problem no longer exists. Now it's the Sullivan 225 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:15.840 issue, so we'll see what happens there. It's tough when you can't run 226 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:18.080 the ball and you can't stop the running this league. I don't care how 227 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:20.600 much hero did you have. It's tough. But you got three games left, 228 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:22.240 and coming up later in the show, we're gonna try to do some 229 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:26.320 like Senderella stories, possibly some wild card teams. You guys have done that 230 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:30.159 before. Two thousand and five, you win in I think he's the sixth 231 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:33.120 seed and you ran the table. Do you see it? Do you see 232 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:35.159 a team right now will that could do that? Because I do. I 233 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:37.200 see a couple of teams. I do. I do see a team. 234 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:39.840 And I was telling my brother who that team was today where we were watching 235 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:43.279 them play and beat up on the Dallas Cowboys, and that's the Buffalo Bills. 236 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:46.600 Yeah, the Buffalo Bills. This Buffalo Bills team reminds me a lot 237 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:52.039 of that Steelers team because and maybe it's because Josh Allen is a faster version 238 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:56.039 of Ben Roethlisberger, but nonetheless still a version of Ben Roethlisberger. And maybe 239 00:14:56.080 --> 00:15:00.480 that's where. But they got the superstar receiver, they got the good running 240 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:03.679 game, they got a good offensive line, they have a very good defense 241 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:09.960 with the defensive minded football coach. So yes, that's a team that I 242 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:13.399 think should go on that type of run and win the Super Bowl they get 243 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:18.120 in. If Buffalo gets in to the playoffs, I think they're my team 244 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:20.279 to win Super Bowl. I really believe that. I'm gonna be pulling for 245 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:22.679 them because I know my Steelers aren't getting in because if my Steelers get in, 246 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:28.360 they are not the two thousand and five Steelers. That No, there's 247 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:33.600 no jokey over pretty fast, there will be no Joey Porter at at Cincinnati 248 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:37.360 Stadium saying we're tired of whooping your ass with the oxygen mask and what do 249 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:41.799 you call it? The escalator of shame where right down No, that's called 250 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:48.919 no, it's the loser the locators go down there. Yeah, well, 251 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:52.200 we're gonna see what happens here. Jake Browning's played well. Trevor Lawrence, 252 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:54.879 by the way, former Clemson Great. Look, I know they lost a 253 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:58.039 couple of games here, but I don't know how he got out of that 254 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:02.720 injury. That's a tough s he because I was for sure that he was 255 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:06.519 gonna miss more time. But damn get him a golf cart. I mean, 256 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:10.639 my guy Trevor up there out there in duvau making him walk all the 257 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:14.000 way to the hospital. Yeah, well, that's another team that I think 258 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:15.639 could make some noise in the playoff. I don't know if there's Super Bowl 259 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:21.679 team because I don't know if they have the offensive line to be able to 260 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:26.799 run the ball on a consistent manner in the playoffs. But but you know, 261 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:30.759 look, excuse me, Jacksonville's gonna win these next three games. They're 262 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:36.399 better than these three teams, and they're gonna they're gonna win these next three. 263 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:38.240 The Panthers, right, you know, to play the Carolina Panthers, 264 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:41.879 and you know, the Panthers just beat the Falcons nine to seven, so 265 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:45.080 watch out boy. Yeah, well, you know, and I know they're 266 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:48.559 gonna win that game. So the question would be how many fans are going 267 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:55.360 to be in the stay. That's more of the question. If the Panthers 268 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:57.840 ever needed the Cowboys as Steelers to come to Charlotte. This would have been 269 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:00.879 the year. Let me let me, let me leave you with this. 270 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:03.919 I covered the team this year, of course for iHeartRadio, and I was 271 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:07.279 in the press box for that said game. Dallas actually came to town to 272 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:11.160 visit the Panthers back in October. Guess right, guess what happened? You 273 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:15.279 wanna tell you what happened. Jerry Jones decides on that day to come to 274 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:18.880 the game with Jimmy Johnson, and he announced his pregame in an interview or 275 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:25.039 bizarre interview with I believe Aaron Andrews that we're gonna induct Jimmy Johnson into the 276 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:26.680 Ring of Honor. I know we're here in Charlotte, but I wanted to 277 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:33.000 announce it here. I guess just detroll David Tipper. It's been it's been 278 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:36.440 a hard one, Will Yeah, I know, man, I know it's 279 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:38.720 been hard for you guys. They'll be fine. I still see your analysts 280 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:42.039 up there though. You're still doing your job, and I gotta do it, 281 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:45.160 man, Will Vanderbot Clemson Insider dot com. People have my fani. 282 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:48.599 We'll talk to Clemson. Who's with you soon? And we'll get you on 283 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:51.240 the Tailgate show next week, my friend. All right, man, we'll 284 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:52.119 talk to you next week then. Oh, let's good to hear your voice.