WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:55.200 The following is a presentation of Playfly Sports Properties in Michigan State Sports Properties. 2 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:08.640 Welcome everybody, is Tuesday, April eighteen, twenty twenty three. I know. 3 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:15.319 It's Jason Strainhorn along with my co hosts Otis Wiley and jay U to 4 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:23.079 culcret. This is Sparta. Thank you for tuning in today. Thank you 5 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:29.200 for a lot of you for showing up this weekend despite to you being gone 6 00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:36.159 on assignment doing dot work. Thank everybody, but don't forget to click the 7 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:40.200 subscribe and like buttons. Don't forget that, and then to follow us on 8 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:47.439 all of our social media platforms. This is how thanks for tuning in to 9 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:51.680 This is Sparta. MSU. Interested in hearing more from us, be sure 10 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:56.519 to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and even TikTok. Click on 11 00:01:56.599 --> 00:01:59.760 the link in the bio to head to our link tree for more information. 12 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:02.879 Help us grow our following by hitting the like and subscribe buttons. Tell your 13 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:07.480 friends and family to do the same. Have an idea for a future episode, 14 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:10.639 let us know in the comments section below, And now back to the 15 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:19.680 show. Hey fellas, how do you guys doing today? Great tax Day? 16 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:23.400 Baby Tax Day. Oldus has been working all day on them taxes to 17 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:31.439 from Yeah, you said you were coming from the weekend. Yeah, how 18 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:36.439 was that trip? Man? To talk to us about that Sunday with the 19 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:39.360 Michigan Panthers out here, got dumb tell us about that? It was? 20 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:44.360 It was good man, you know, went out there to Memphis. Uh 21 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:47.400 played Houston Gamblers, you know, a couple of the few sparting dogs that 22 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:53.240 are playing in that game on both sides of the ball. But you know, 23 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:55.159 everything was good. But that trip home. Boy, We're supposed to 24 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:59.280 be home at seven point thirty on Sunday night. I didn't get home. 25 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:07.800 Tell four thirty yesterday what happened to? What happened? The final destination? 26 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:12.919 Right? So we go, we leave again, and again the game starts 27 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:16.000 at noon. We're done, you know, two thirty three, we're on 28 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:21.080 the bus waiting to go. Uh. The head coach comes on and he's 29 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:24.199 like, hey, guys, something's wrong with the plane. We're gonna wait 30 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:28.199 for it. And in the meantime, we're gonna take you guys to the 31 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:32.400 movies to see John Wick four. And in my head, I'm like John 32 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:36.599 Wick Force like a three hour movie. There's something really wrong with this. 33 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:42.960 But at this point, so we go to see John Wick. We get 34 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:46.599 there like four thirty or so. We watched a movie and then we're just 35 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:51.560 hanging out in a movie theater, hanging out on the bus. I'm running 36 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:54.039 to the Whole Foods, you know, grabbing a six packcause you know, 37 00:03:54.240 --> 00:04:01.639 just wait here now ten ten thirty. So we finally leave the movie theaters, 38 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:05.080 we go to the Turmac. We're sitting on the bus. I'm like, 39 00:04:05.080 --> 00:04:08.479 okay, we should be getting off, getting checked and stuff like that, 40 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:12.800 and go on the plane. Sitting there, it's like an hour and 41 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:15.920 a half go by. I see the lights shutting off on the plane. 42 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:20.879 I was like, oh man, what's happening. The pilots and the stewardess 43 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:26.040 coming out of there, walking carrying their bags and shut the door. Thirty 44 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:28.959 minutes later, they're like, hey, guys, we're looking to book hotels 45 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:32.839 right now because the pilot's timed out. They can't fly anymore. I'm like, 46 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:36.439 oh, here we go. So I was like, where they going 47 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:42.720 to find hotels for like two hundred people at one in the morning in Memphis, 48 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:47.480 Tennessee. So they found this house called Guesthouse by in Graceland's right across 49 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:54.639 the street from Elvis's houses, just resort and everything Elvis here. You watch 50 00:04:54.680 --> 00:05:03.040 Elvis very much. Yeah, So we go there and then you sit on 51 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:05.839 the bus because they have to make keys for all these people. They got 52 00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:10.040 to do all these things. By the time I get my keys, it's 53 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:13.879 three fifteen, and now I'm like, Okay, no one told us when 54 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:15.399 the bus and when the bus is going to the airport tomorrow. So I'm 55 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:18.759 sleeping with my ringer on, so I don't miss that damn bus, you 56 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:24.319 know. So finally get it and we get back and we get on the 57 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:28.720 plane yesterday at twelve thirty. We load up, we get back to Detroit, 58 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:33.319 and the turbulence for one and then we're we come to land. That 59 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:41.079 plane hits tooth and just bounces back in the air and she's like, takes 60 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:45.160 off. We're accelerating and we're flying up again. And then the pilot comes 61 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:46.839 on, Yeah, that land, it didn't work. Let's not go and 62 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:54.439 try that again. So we circle around for like fifteen minutes and then come 63 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:57.680 back in land. And he was like, I'm about to die off of 64 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:06.279 some us, right, Glad, you said, man, glad man, 65 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:13.600 glad very happy, very happy man. You look at you know, the 66 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:17.519 recap of last weekend. Do we have a video of the recap last weekend 67 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:24.959 with audio on the face of My City co signed by Diddy Hard Liger, 68 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:29.759 I'm hotel with some vidy got to doing my bidding? You changed, no 69 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:33.120 kidding. Wasn't always just pretty round with me. I'm fitting fourth quarter ninth 70 00:06:33.199 --> 00:06:35.959 inning. Ain't the way we ain't winning back home for a week. Ain't 71 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:40.120 the way we ain't sitting that she can't stay with me in a way shein 72 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:43.800 pretty got to ate away hitting some internet does want from face to face with 73 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:46.240 me. Y'all would hate to play with me? Tell me Tucky one time 74 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:47.920 she had paid state skinny, I would have been on that road out of 75 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:58.000 hate some great Jenny's man, I was. That's activity man, Like, 76 00:06:58.399 --> 00:07:02.759 it's always good to feel like the Spartan vibes when everybody in the springs competing. 77 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:06.759 You know, you don't really back when we were playing, like you 78 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:11.879 didn't really realize how much was happening during the day because you was like tied 79 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:14.839 in me and Jay. You kind of talked about it like, you know, 80 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:17.120 we had so much happening when we had that camp where you have a 81 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:20.120 little youth camp where you brought in. It was a community service thing and 82 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:24.160 you started in the morning. As soon as you got done, you had 83 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:28.600 to get dressed and walk over to the stadium and it was like all your 84 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:31.279 day was pretty much gone. But you know, almost a lot of guys 85 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:35.519 that were able to finish playing up, go support softball, go see some 86 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:40.759 baseball. It was a lot of vibes at the five K. I'm surprised 87 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:44.399 I didn't put that in there, with people running and finishing the race before 88 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:47.199 everything got opened up in Spartan Stadium. But it was the weather man. 89 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:51.600 The weather was great now that we experienced like that snow mixed we had on 90 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:56.040 Monday Tuesday, but the weather was like, thank goodness, man. I 91 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:59.680 was just appreciated that we had great weather because we've never had that best weather 92 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:03.360 at eight four degrees and since I've been to Spartan and loved Spartans, I've 93 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:07.279 never felt eighty four degrees on an April month. So it was good. 94 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:11.759 Good vibes everywhere. Yeah, it definitely was. It was the weekend was 95 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:16.480 it was buzzing't you know, just driving through campus, uh, seeing things, 96 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:18.720 seeing it was like a movie because you know we're driving through. There 97 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:24.759 were people in the quad, people playing lacrosse, people doing everything. It 98 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:28.360 was such a cool vibe to be in East Lanson. Uh, you know, 99 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:31.160 met a lot, met up with a lot of uh, you know, 100 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:35.000 different people. Some of the subscribers, you know, have had a 101 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:37.919 little you know, sit down, had a little bevy or two with a 102 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:41.440 couple of people. Uh. Shout out to the graduate again. You know, 103 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:43.879 took care of us up there, you know, hanging out with former 104 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:48.720 teammates and everything. It was just an overall great weekend. A lot of 105 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:52.200 question. I mean, we hung out with a lot of subscribers, a 106 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:56.720 lot of people who are in the chat right now. It was a great 107 00:08:56.799 --> 00:09:00.559 time to too, you know. Uh, you and I I think we 108 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:05.320 spent some time with Rolanda and Roselle. They were out and you know lamb 109 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:07.960 scene. You know, after you had to take me on a tour to 110 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:11.519 find clothes. I mean it took you know, like thirty six hours of 111 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:15.000 shopping, something that I haven't even done with my own wife. But you 112 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:18.960 know that doesn't matter. You were the one that got me to do that 113 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:20.320 stuff. And then we ended up, you know, hanging out with some 114 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:22.960 people. It was a good time, you know, and not to mention 115 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:26.879 like how ridiculous you are about trying to find the right fit for your body. 116 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:35.039 Hey all, here is burgerday. We lost you find out and we 117 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:37.879 lose the right on time, right dropped off it just some time. You 118 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:41.600 don't want to talk about it. That's exactly what happens with you, you 119 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:46.480 know. Just like, well, in the meantime, I gotta get shut 120 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:50.039 up, man, my niece is in the building. She's watching the show. 121 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:54.200 So I just saw high Uncle otis, Hey Dasia, good seeing you. 122 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:58.279 So yep, I had to go ahead and show some love there. 123 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:09.440 Yeah. Well some days, well I know you guys gets back on the 124 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:11.120 summon spree though, like, oh man, it was ridiculous. Man, 125 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:16.120 Hey, this guy he wanted to ship. He wanted like shirts with prints 126 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:20.000 on him. He doesn't see anything if it doesn't have like a certain print 127 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:24.840 like that jungle print. He ain't good with it. And I'm like, 128 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:28.639 you know, the boy, which is he our sitting on hall Eddie Murphy 129 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:33.480 on coming to America. He's both I'm gonna tell you, like it ain't 130 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:37.240 right unless he sees that print, man. And I'm like, look, 131 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.879 man, hey, two, it's hard to walk into a normal store and 132 00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:43.559 buy off the rack. When you're you know, when you're, when you're 133 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:50.120 when you're plus when you're you're BIG's a big fellow since like I was twelve 134 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:54.120 years old too, still thinks he little felt like, you know, you 135 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:58.960 can go into a store and buy off the rack to to can't buy all 136 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:05.120 the rack, but only all of us, his wife, family, everything, 137 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:09.200 we're the only ones to know it. He doesn't know it. He 138 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:11.519 think he can just walk into Macy's and just pulled something and by it. 139 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:20.600 I'm like, bro, hey, it's a little young, right man. 140 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:22.759 I wish thee I wish he was around to do that. There here you 141 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:28.519 come here, it comes there, it go to we need to put it. 142 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:31.679 We need to put a jar. Who has technical difficulties, you gotta 143 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:37.879 put it five hours in the jar. So you gotta starting starting with you 144 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:41.320 too, because I've had some to straight. It's like straight, like the 145 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:50.559 starting right now, right now, starting now. Shoot. I was just 146 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:56.000 telling him how like easy it was to find your size everywhere and it wasn't 147 00:11:56.000 --> 00:12:00.440 a big deal. Yeah, all these people were staying at the oh, 148 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:03.399 go to Target. You can go just get everything there. We go to 149 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:07.559 Target, there's like this one little and I was like, where's the stuff 150 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:09.399 of the men. The ladies like, it's right here. You know, 151 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:13.720 these the two X came to my It was like a crap cop, you 152 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:22.480 know, and I wear two X and uh, well is probably because about 153 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:28.360 four five. They don't carry them big sizes, big and tall now right. 154 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:31.679 And then we went to the mall and nothing. It wasn't hitting right, 155 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:33.840 you know. And then we had to go to that secret stove, 156 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:50.559 the secret stove, that store, but the garments, the man Raymond and 157 00:12:50.639 --> 00:13:03.879 the garments and said the math ain't Matthew too is four X? What a 158 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:07.600 man? I know? Look, I'll be ju Let's get back to script. 159 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:13.159 Let's get back to script. Let's talk about the game. Guys. 160 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:20.279 He needs bigger and taller. And that's funny. They own you. You'll 161 00:13:20.320 --> 00:13:22.799 see, Yo'll see. You know what I actually talked to today. I'm 162 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:26.559 gonna get my summer body. I'll come on here with tank tops and stuff, 163 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:33.679 now, y'all, y'all, okay, okay, man, I mean 164 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:45.240 I mean I'm here with like what next time when I come to Cali in 165 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:50.399 June. You see you're gonna be like, what's happening. It's time for 166 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:56.240 the beach, It's time for the jaw with the taper, bring it back 167 00:13:56.399 --> 00:14:03.279 low ball. Maybe maybe in the fall, maybe for the season. I'll 168 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:05.879 cut the hair. I'll cut the hair for the season. This hair was 169 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:09.080 bad luck last season. Oh man, guys, let's talk a little bit 170 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:16.679 about the spring game. Talk about the offense. Starting with shoot you you 171 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:20.320 know, chooting. You were down there on the field, you're doing sideline 172 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:24.360 reporting. You had a lot of great interviews. What did you see out 173 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:28.559 of the running back group of skilled players on the offensive side of the Yeah, 174 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:31.519 I saw a bunch of guys that are gonna be vine for position and 175 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:35.759 for jockey for position in fall camp. I think the only person really on 176 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:41.720 that offense that really has to solidified spot, you know, in the skilled 177 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:46.600 position there is key On Coleman. He he's a true He's the guy in 178 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:50.799 the receiver course, he's that number one guy that ke On Coleman is the 179 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:54.840 one that has solidified his spot there. Trey Moseley is a great number two 180 00:14:54.919 --> 00:15:00.559 as well. But those those receivers, you know, there's gonna be some 181 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:03.279 guys. There's gonna be rotation in that for that third receiver. Fall Camp 182 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:07.840 is gonna be great to see, you know, it's Foster. He might 183 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:13.879 be that guy that really steps up and be there. He looks like right, 184 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:16.480 like exactly. He was a guy like that was He had some good 185 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:20.039 minutes last year too, So he's gonna be He's gonna he might be a 186 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:24.480 problem in the slot position there, So you know, he's a guy that's 187 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:28.000 looking to solidify that that third that slot position, you know for the spartans 188 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:31.519 there. And then if you go to the running back it's gonna be running 189 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:35.600 back by committee again. I think at the beginning of the season right now, 190 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:39.039 like you know this past Saturday at the spring game, Berger he's the 191 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:43.399 one that got He was like the starter so to speak, if you said 192 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:46.440 there was a starter. But I'm telling you, Nate Carter is gonna be 193 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:50.240 that guy that emerges and get those tough yards. Mangam I like him too. 194 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:54.720 He's the guy there that's gonna be a tough yard getter. Put your 195 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:58.120 nose in the in the in the fan and get those first downs, get 196 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:03.120 those touchdowns. So those three guys are gonna be, you know, rotating 197 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:06.639 through but it's gonna come down to whoever has to hot hand in the game. 198 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:08.759 And I think some different games there will be some other guys that have 199 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:12.639 a hot hand and you have to roll with that person. But overall, 200 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:18.399 I think by game two, by game three, actually the solidified starter will 201 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:25.480 be Nate Carter. Mm. I like that. I like it, man. 202 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:29.440 I mean, look great observation, but also too real, real quick, 203 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:32.039 straight. One thing I saw this year, and there's a big improvement 204 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:34.879 that I saw with the running backs is they're running north and south. We 205 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:38.840 don't wash it. We were frustrated. We're frustrated with them, you know, 206 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:42.960 those side cuts and everything like that. This year they're running north and 207 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:47.679 south. And you know, I talked to coach Reid a little bit and 208 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:48.720 it's like, hey, you're gonna get those boys. He's like, their 209 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:52.879 boys are gonna be right this year. And you saw a little glimpse of 210 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:56.320 that in the spring ball with them running north and south and some good cuts 211 00:16:56.320 --> 00:17:03.000 downfield as well. So I'm interested in, like we have mangum to two 212 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:07.359 esque trucking people without even like we don't even have full live tackle and he 213 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:11.279 truck he's trucking people. It looks the part, but you said something where 214 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:15.480 he does need to work on some things obviously from a body standpoint of getting 215 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:19.519 getting in tip top shape. But he's gonna be a bruiser if he gets 216 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:23.440 into that mix, which I think he will with a short, short, 217 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:27.119 short yardage in an offense. But yeah, you hit it on the head. 218 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:30.680 You know he's a big guy. He has the ability to truck people. 219 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:36.559 But big backs have to learn to embrace being big backs because right now 220 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:38.759 it's sexy to make all those cuts and everything like that. He's got to 221 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:44.880 solidify himself out of there and say like, hey, my role is being 222 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:47.880 a big back, and I'm gonna take advantage of that. I'm gonna go 223 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:49.720 down and they know I'm gonna try to run you over every single time. 224 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:52.480 I'm going to lower my head and do that. And what happens when you 225 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:56.960 solidify yourself as a big back, you start getting those third and ones, 226 00:17:57.079 --> 00:18:00.519 You start being thrown in there, those goal you start being thrown in there. 227 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:03.599 You know that's how you solid fory yourself. But you have to learn 228 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:07.559 to embrace being a big back. You're not going to be a scat back. 229 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:11.079 You're not going to be a shifty guy. You know there's other guys 230 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:15.440 on the team that's gonna do that. And the way that college football is 231 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.720 now, you you know, it's running back by committee. That is the 232 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:22.599 problem. You look at you go all the way back to Wisconsin when they 233 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:26.599 had Ron Dayne. Ron Daye in college, what did he do? He 234 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:30.799 ran people over, he ran through their faces. He got to the NFL, 235 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:34.480 he became a dancing bear. He played out of himself and that's why 236 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:42.640 he got bounced from the league. M yeah, right, don't need to 237 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:48.920 dance. But I feel like has a bidy like the of his dad is 238 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:53.359 gonna give him a lecture. Oh boy, well I think about also, 239 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:57.880 uh, he has that like Connor Hayward. Like remember Connor Hayward had a 240 00:18:57.960 --> 00:19:03.359 little bit of struggle, like knowing his body, like his frame of like 241 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:07.759 being a bruiser. And you saw when he had that year where dude was 242 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:12.440 catching, he was fitting into the offense, like playing within himself his capabilities, 243 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:15.440 and it show where he then became a threat. And I feel like 244 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:21.160 that's an opportunity where I still didn't see our backs catching like balls outside, 245 00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:25.000 like you know, they weren't really showing that much to showcase of, Like, 246 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:26.920 hey, we got a little half back screens in there for you guys 247 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:30.799 with some swing passes. It's like we're just gonna keep it for vanilla, 248 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:33.799 uh, to keep people guessing. But I mean I was. I was 249 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:38.960 pleased with the tempo of the running backs mm hm oh. And also too 250 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:45.319 in that in that uh in that receiver cord Now Gates Junior, Gates Junior, 251 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:49.720 you know he could he could be a guy. They said that he 252 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:55.880 is. Yes, they said, Tonyo Gates Junior is he will be the 253 00:19:56.000 --> 00:20:00.319 rising star, like we talked about, who would be like that, that 254 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:03.359 player that's gonna like shock us. Well, they said he was doing work 255 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:07.480 when he was in his restuer year. It just was trying to get acclimated 256 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:11.480 to like the life of a college student athlete. But now he's saying he 257 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:14.799 is he's matured. He still got a little stuff to work on. But 258 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:19.039 they said his route running and he's he's saucy man. He obviously learned from 259 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:23.480 one of one of the best, right, So it's only inevitable that he 260 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:30.559 catch catches the last touchdown of the game. Last play. People said it's 261 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:34.920 on. It was on a second third string guy that matter. It was 262 00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:40.000 a QUB wide receiver connection, right, Yeah, a little boys on scholarship 263 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:48.839 too. So we're on this offense here straight. It's only as good as 264 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:53.000 this offensive line is gonna take us, without question, I mean the offensive 265 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:56.839 line. I mean that's something that we looked at. We got a good 266 00:20:56.920 --> 00:21:03.160 chance to see those guys who it was a deeper picture than we had a 267 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:07.000 year ago when there was like barely four or five guys. Guys couldn't even 268 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:12.759 get through a full spring practice. This year you have nineteen bodies. I 269 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:15.759 mean, you got a good chance to look at the offensive line. You 270 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:22.400 know, this past weekend with you know the front line. You know you 271 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:29.000 have Spencer Brown playing on the right side, right tackle. You have guys 272 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:33.079 like Jad the Plane, you have Nick Saymac those are all returning guys. 273 00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:41.039 You have on the left tackle though, there's there's guys like brand involvedmin. 274 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:48.319 You know that that just constantly. I have taken that next step to improve. 275 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:53.359 They're definitely larger, they're long, they're they're improved, but we need 276 00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:57.079 to take that next step and being able able to move people against their will. 277 00:21:57.400 --> 00:22:02.440 The mark up a good offensive line is to be able to move people 278 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:07.400 against their will, and that takes leverage, That takes the ability to get 279 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:11.720 low and use your hips to get your hands inside and fight. I mean 280 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:15.519 a lot of these defensive linemen now they practice. We've seen that with Brandon 281 00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:21.079 Jordan BT coach BT. That's now with the Seattle Seahawks over there with K 282 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:25.359 nine, like teaching all the hand movements and whatnot. You have to be 283 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:30.319 able to counter that with your own hand movements and have an independent hands, 284 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:36.839 not the same hands, independent hands in order to throw those guys off. 285 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:41.319 You didn't see a lot of defensive linemen that we would like to have seen 286 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:47.440 in this particular game. They sat out guys like Zion Young. You got 287 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:53.200 guys like Bye Job, Brandon Wright did play to me say the transfer from 288 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:59.200 Texas A and m played by Job like I said, But Sime and Barrow 289 00:22:59.319 --> 00:23:03.079 there are. That's a guy who just makes plays no matter who's in front 290 00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:07.119 of him on the defensive side of the ball. That's a guy that we 291 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:11.039 can count on make sure that we do whatever we can. I don't know 292 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:14.640 what missus Say's doing as far as you know, you know, coddling that 293 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:18.880 guy, but he is a guy that we absolutely need to have. You 294 00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:22.880 know, there's some comments that Mel Tucker talked about as far as attrition and 295 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:26.319 and moving up you know that that we'll talk about later on in this show. 296 00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:33.039 But my perspective looking at the offensive line, you know, you have 297 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:36.960 some depth there. We need to get a little stronger. The freshmen that 298 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:42.960 have come in, they're serviceable. Some of the transferst guys like Blackstock who 299 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:47.160 has come in, he did play on the left tackle spot and on the 300 00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:49.599 second line. He didn't play on the first team. But you want to 301 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:53.359 be able to get those guys some comfortableness, you know, like they got 302 00:23:53.359 --> 00:24:00.480 to get out there because you look, we need the offensive line. Michigan 303 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:04.559 State football will go as far as the offensive line will take them. If 304 00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:08.000 you can't protect, you can't open holes. You're not going to be able 305 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:11.200 to throw the ball down the field to get the guys like Kean Coleman and 306 00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:14.680 all those guys that you just talked about, and you're not gonna be able 307 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:19.279 to run the ball with guys like Nick Carter or Jake Jaron Mingham whomever is 308 00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:22.759 running the ball if you can't open hole. So I put a lot of 309 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:29.440 pressure on that offensive line because it does require them to be the best that 310 00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.880 they can be in order for miscon Stain to win the most games so they 311 00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:36.799 can possibly win. Oh, let's let's not forget. I mean, we 312 00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:41.559 talked about what having the lead carr on on Saturday show is. You know 313 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:47.640 how vital it is for the tight ends to be involved in the blocking game, 314 00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:49.559 because like, yeah, we we had Titans who're gonna stretch you and 315 00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:53.359 be a threat in the in the deep end, but you got to come 316 00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:56.519 down and be able to block, man Like, you got to be able 317 00:24:56.559 --> 00:25:00.319 to hold your own and almost a hybrid in j T. You know, 318 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:03.400 the hybrid of a h back where you got a little full back power, 319 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:07.279 but also you know, you utilize the two tight end set, like we 320 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:11.000 have some that tighty end room. We got some big dudes, man Like, 321 00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:14.799 it looks like a basketball squad where like you got a bunch of big 322 00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:18.160 power forwards that truly, if we use them the right way, can be 323 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:22.440 vital in this offense and the success for next season. Yeah, you're absolutely 324 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:26.440 right, Otis and those guys in that tight end room there. If you 325 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.960 want to play at the next level, you're gonna have to be a complete 326 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:30.319 player. You're gonna have to be, you know, one of those guys 327 00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:34.799 that can block and also sneak out there and catch some passes. And you 328 00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:37.799 know, if I'm a lae car, I'm object. I'm you know, 329 00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:42.599 getting in the trenches. I'm sticking to the old line. If when they 330 00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:47.359 go on Pig Island they're on special teams and I'm not on special teams, 331 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.960 I'm going there. You know, I'm learning how to you know, take 332 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:52.400 those steps, those choppy steps, you know, straight and out. We 333 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:55.960 were talking about linemen taking those you know, short choppy steps and getting to 334 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:59.160 where they got to go in the blocking game. I'm learning to do that. 335 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:02.319 I'm learning. I'm going to talk to coach Reid in the running backs 336 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:03.799 room and be like, hey, you know, how do we do a 337 00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:07.279 motion you on everything like that? Stay low, low pad level, run 338 00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:10.119 behind behind your shoulders. You know, how do you do those things so 339 00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:12.720 you can be the most complete player? And that way, you're on the 340 00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:15.720 field a lot and you put a lot of tape on there, because at 341 00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:18.160 the end of the day, if you're playing at a Division I level, 342 00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:22.200 if you're playing in a Power five, you're playing at the Michigan State your 343 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:26.160 goal is should play at the next level and do everything that you can possible 344 00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:30.480 to get yourself at the next level. Right You brought up a great point 345 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:33.720 there, Otis and Brandon you talked about first of all, you talked about 346 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:40.079 Malik Carr as a tight end, phenomenal player, phenomenal athlete. And you 347 00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:44.920 can see the difference in his body from not playing basketball. This is the 348 00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:48.680 first time feeling in his life that he hasn't gone to the basketball side in 349 00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:53.759 between football and football, you know. So you know, as football ends, 350 00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:59.680 he typically goes to basketball, which will then make you lose weight because 351 00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:02.519 you're up and down the court, and then he's got to put that weight 352 00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:06.519 back on through the summer to be able to play at a high level in 353 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:11.559 the fall. He's not doing the basketball right now. So Malik the freak, 354 00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:15.960 as Steve Smith affectionately calls him, is a freak right now. He's 355 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:22.240 looking like that. So is Keon Coleman. Those two were dual sport athletes. 356 00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:26.240 They're playing one sport now and you can see it visibly with your eyes 357 00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:30.960 looking at them. How they they look. I know Kean didn't play in 358 00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:33.759 the spring game, so to speak, but he's the guy that's going to 359 00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:38.720 be definitely healthy. Also tight end Brennan Paracheck the tight end, the freshman 360 00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:45.799 out of Dexter. I believe it is Michigan that sixty five and thirty. 361 00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:47.960 I mean he's like two thirty five. I think he's more than that right 362 00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:51.240 now. That's a freshman that doesn't look like a freshman. He looks like 363 00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:53.839 he belongs out there. You know, there's some transfers that are playing I 364 00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:59.400 think in the two and three spot somewhere in there. But Brendan is pushing 365 00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:04.359 for same time. He looks to me what an NFL tight end looks like, 366 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:08.400 just like Malie Carr does. Malie Carr is like ready for the NFL. 367 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:12.839 Brennan obviously has to have three to four more years before he is ready 368 00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:17.200 for that. So that room looks very good. Otis, I want to 369 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:22.799 ask you, looking at the defensive secondary and the linebackers on the defense side 370 00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:26.079 of the ball, what did you see? Well, I saw I saw 371 00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:30.559 for let's start with the linebacker crew. So the linebacker crew. You know, 372 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:36.160 it's good that we had two of the main guys leading guys on the 373 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:42.079 show on last Thursday and Saturday. Jacoby Winman Kyle Holliday are like the ying 374 00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:51.079 and the yang of the of the group right literally literally, I'm like ebony 375 00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:56.960 and ivory, like you keep going, how many let's And you have guys 376 00:28:57.039 --> 00:29:00.640 that like they're really humble, like that was one of the things I came 377 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:07.079 off of that last interaction Thursday frame humble guys, but will knock you out 378 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:11.720 right like they will relinquish pain when they put that helmet on it. I 379 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:15.400 like those guys that truly turn it all, turn it off. And uh 380 00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:19.519 that room when you look at the linebacker room that you got, you got 381 00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:22.559 what Cal Holiday? What was it? I missed the comment? What was 382 00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:30.680 the comment? Just having an earthquake going there? It was the heavy hands 383 00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:38.039 man, Yeah, come at me, come at me. No, you 384 00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:41.400 look at linebackers wise like, yeah, you have your leading for your front 385 00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:45.359 winners. Cal Holidays a couple of women. But we got a depth where 386 00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:52.000 those guys go down like we're not losing any any leverage of any depth chart 387 00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:56.359 dropping where usually you got guys coming out there like, oh man, I 388 00:29:56.440 --> 00:30:00.880 don't know this guy. You still got your boy and and who do we 389 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:06.039 have I'm sorry, Darius Snow, we like have forgot about Darius Snow, 390 00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:11.440 but he's he's gearing up for to come make a major comeback. So let's 391 00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:15.000 think about that. And when he gets put back into the pieces. Uh, 392 00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:18.119 you still got Aaron, which by far is you just consider him a 393 00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:22.279 starter because they kind of rotate from a standpoint of getting breathers. Uh. 394 00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:29.680 I also, you know, look at you know, I can't even pronounce 395 00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:37.759 his name, but my guy, he's like your little hybrid, Like I 396 00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:41.279 feel like he could be a little bit of a nickelback if he wanted to. 397 00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:44.640 He's not. He's not as big, but he is a guy that 398 00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:48.279 has a skill set that brings you speed. And I'm all about wanting to 399 00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:53.079 see our linebackers get proper depth when they hit the hook and curl in zone, 400 00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:57.160 and I want them to be able to say to the safeties, we 401 00:30:57.279 --> 00:31:00.720 cannot be beat in between the behind the line and in front of the safety. 402 00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:04.839 And that was the big Achilles hill for us is the third down and 403 00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:10.240 the loss is those deep drags that were just right behind the linebackers not getting 404 00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:15.039 proper depth eye control. I want to see that because I know we can 405 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:18.400 stop the run because we got some go getters and eating the football. But 406 00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:22.039 I saw that, I saw a little bit of just resolve of like that 407 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:26.200 might be that is our strongest group on our team is the linebacker crew. 408 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:30.960 Now let's go to secondary. No, you're looking at we're young, I 409 00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:37.079 mean even Chuck Brandley. But Chuck Brandley is your is your senior basically he's 410 00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:40.640 your your VET. And then you've got some transfers that came in. You 411 00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:42.400 know, we have a young crew, but we also have some guys that 412 00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:45.920 had some some time last year. And let's focus on the two safeties, 413 00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:49.680 which I'm very excited about because obviously I'm a safety. In that room, 414 00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:55.400 you got two young guys who are freshmen, like was a be a sophomore 415 00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:59.440 or what was a true freshman. Both of them have the height, they 416 00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:05.640 have the frame and the speed, and from what I'm hearing is they're smart. 417 00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:07.519 They're smart as a whip, and they know that playbook and they're leading 418 00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:13.200 by example. But they're also being vocal leaders. And it's hard to assess 419 00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:15.839 when you're looking at the spring because you know what's coming in as well. 420 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:20.440 People forget our class that we got coming in. We got a few dbs 421 00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:24.000 and the safety coming in that's gonna fit hopefully well with this this safety room. 422 00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:28.720 We really truly only have like three safeties right now in the depth chart, 423 00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:31.799 and some with Dylanatum can go both ways. But I also heard Dylan 424 00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:37.279 Tatum was a solid guy at the corner spot from our guy dark Wes Gnard 425 00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:40.920 that he has it. He's got it and it's really just putting everything together 426 00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:45.440 and he's going to be nasty. And we all know Dylan Tatum and his 427 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:49.880 family had his dad on. He comes from some good stock, and you 428 00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:52.680 know when he goes out there, he's he's prepared for it and he's he's 429 00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:55.400 going to ask an element to us. And now I gotta sut of twenty 430 00:32:55.440 --> 00:33:00.079 one. Twenty one is like my Nate Carter with ju like like I can't, 431 00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:02.640 I can't. I'm gonna put all my my my eggs in that basket 432 00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:09.400 for him man and my my my stock. But I saw just more I 433 00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:14.839 say, more improvement in like the excitement of being on the field, like 434 00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:19.079 if you just didn't know if we wanted to be there last year, right 435 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:22.119 like that was just one of those things like people showed up and just wore 436 00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:24.440 the jersey and we go play, which I know that's not the case, 437 00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:29.119 but just overall, I just felt that vibe. But this one it was 438 00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:32.599 like just fresh new energy, get rid of the old season. We got 439 00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:36.759 a new season, and I'm just excited to be here. So it was 440 00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:38.319 a good, good, good, good assessment for what we're going to see 441 00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:42.839 in the fall. You know, I'm good. Oh. I was gonna 442 00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:45.680 say, you know, go ahead and tell you I have a question for 443 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:47.319 both of you guys with you know, talking about the defense and round and 444 00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:58.640 off here with the linebackers and the secondary here. I know, coach that 445 00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:02.119 four to two. Now we got guys, and the goal of the game 446 00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:06.960 is put your best players on the field. You know, we know what 447 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:09.599 Darius Snow can do. We know what he can do as a as a 448 00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:15.280 vocal leader, as a as the quarterback of the defense. There, Like, 449 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:17.079 what are your thoughts now, because there's two guys that I see that 450 00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:21.239 can fit this if you want to run that for it. But like you 451 00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:25.639 can have like either Snow or Tatum as that third linebacker because I feel both 452 00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:29.920 those guys can play that safety role as well. You know, so if 453 00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:31.440 you need to drop that safety back, you drop one of them. Back 454 00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:36.320 if you want that two linebacker coverage there, but putting you know, your 455 00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:40.119 best players on the field. I think both those Snow and Tatum on the 456 00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:45.840 field with Cal and Jacoby, I think that's putting your best players on the 457 00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:50.639 field. But right now only eleven guys can play, you know, so 458 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:52.400 like if you if you do that highbred there, you can you know, 459 00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:57.480 figure out a way. Ye for me, I look at that. That's 460 00:34:57.519 --> 00:35:01.639 a good point. When you look at the best athletes on the field, 461 00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:06.760 you know, you you know. It's to be determined as to what Darius 462 00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:09.800 Snow's healing process will be. I know the kind of player he is, 463 00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:14.639 he's got to get healthy. I don't mind if he if he takes another 464 00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.960 year, I don't care, Like I want him to be as healthy as 465 00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:21.239 he can to play on this team. When I look at that linebacker room, 466 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:29.480 I see a guy in Jordan Hall from IMG, three time captain and 467 00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:34.719 IMG which is unheard of to be the way that he looks on that field, 468 00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:38.119 the practice that all of us saw on Thursday before the spring game, 469 00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:42.800 and the way that he looked on the field. I mean, the guy's 470 00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:46.800 huge as a linebacker out there. He looks like a guy a throwback lineback, 471 00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:51.159 like a hybrid. It looks like he is big enough to play back 472 00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:58.360 in the day where it was all power ice, so yeah, but then 473 00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:04.559 also fast than athletic enough to cover guys and then run sideline the sideline because 474 00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:07.079 it's a different game today than it was back then. I mean, Jordan 475 00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:10.679 Hall is a guy that, for me, as a truth freshman, is 476 00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:15.280 going to put a lot of minutes on the board. He's going to contribute 477 00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:21.320 in a room, in a position group that is the best on the whole 478 00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:24.599 team. So that's why I look at myself, I think that him, 479 00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:28.480 you know my go say, I think he got a He had an injury 480 00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:31.039 and we don't know what happened there. I saw an injury during the spring 481 00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:36.440 game, something on an arm, hand, something like that, after a 482 00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:39.039 tackle. But as we all know how it is with injuries, especially, 483 00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:42.719 they don't talk about him. They keep moving the drill, then we move 484 00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:45.039 on. I don't think it's a serious injury as what Darius Snow had to 485 00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:50.599 deal with, but definitely a serious injury. But then you look at guys, 486 00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:54.960 what happened in the transfer portal today? The transfer portal is now open 487 00:36:55.039 --> 00:37:04.000 and it was open on Saturday after the scrimmage or practice and have faith former 488 00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:10.440 quarterback now turning tight end has entered the transfer portal. It's like you, 489 00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:19.960 I mean it is what like you haven't really been talked about in the competition 490 00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:24.639 and so for you, for anyone who's been if you're competing with someone no 491 00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:30.400 matter what industry, what sport, whatever, and you're not being even talked 492 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:34.159 about, uh out there in the public, and uh, you know, 493 00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:37.440 it's one of those things like you have to turn that page quickly, man 494 00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:42.480 and get out there because you know everyone is who's the first one basically like 495 00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:45.960 everyone is hitting the portal, So like you got to be attractive and you 496 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:49.039 got to have that thing ready to go. And I'm hoping, like we 497 00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:52.599 had this conversation, is that people, you can't quit a job before you 498 00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:57.880 get the next job, and so you just hope you quickly gets that landing 499 00:37:58.000 --> 00:38:02.519 spot in the new school or he might be sitting in there longer than what 500 00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:07.599 he anticipated. But one, you can't really fault anyone who's trying to make 501 00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:13.039 the decision to better their future in football. And he has a sit. 502 00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:15.920 I mean, he's a six y five to forty quarterback, Like I feel 503 00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:20.960 like he looks. Remember we had Rocky Bombardi, which was like real thick, 504 00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:22.679 and you know, just you got to be mobile now man, like 505 00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:27.239 you don't. I haven't seen him run and I really really haven't had eyes 506 00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:30.760 with him to give a full assessment on you know, the reasoning. But 507 00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:32.199 it's just Opert, like, you got to go, man, you got 508 00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:37.239 to go and get something when you got three guys who clearly have separated themselves 509 00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:40.840 to be a group of three to then become selecting who would be the starter. 510 00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:44.599 And we didn't even touch base on the group. I think we've left 511 00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:49.119 the elephant in the room on the quarterback break down break down from the spring 512 00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:52.159 game. So well, let's talk about it right now, Jois. I 513 00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:57.639 mean we're talking about it like you and Fay was a quarterback before. Everybody 514 00:38:57.719 --> 00:39:01.599 talks about a three man race right now because it's an open quarterback competition. 515 00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:08.000 You see Peyton Thorn, you see Noah Kim, obviously kyten Houser, those 516 00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:13.000 three or are in a competition for the starting role. But what do you 517 00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:19.519 see I see shaking your head to to tell me your assessment. Yeah, 518 00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:22.440 well, first of all, good luck to him, Fay, it would 519 00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:24.760 be interesting to see if he enters the trade porter as a quarterback or a 520 00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:29.760 tight end. Now, but I think it's you know, at the end 521 00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:31.400 of the day, after watching that, seeing you know, the full thing, 522 00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:35.400 I think it's a two man race. I don't think it's a it's 523 00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:37.639 a three man race right now. I think it's really a two men race. 524 00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:40.320 And then with that two man race, it's gonna come down to this. 525 00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:47.159 Do you want a car that's gonna get you to the office every day. 526 00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:51.960 It's not gonna be a sexy car it's gonna get you from point A 527 00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:57.719 to point B. Or do you want a real sexy car that's gonna get 528 00:39:57.760 --> 00:40:00.760 you to the office, but you know you might get a beating ticket because 529 00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:02.559 you're driving too fast, or you know, you might do a little something. 530 00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:07.719 Right now, that's what we have right now. Peyton Thorn is that 531 00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:10.000 car that's gonna get you from point A to point B. He's that guy 532 00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:14.880 that he's been two years in the program, going in his third year in 533 00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:19.480 the program. Noah Kim is that sexy splash, that new car that's gonna 534 00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:22.079 be there, that that's gonna get you. He's gonna make play. He's 535 00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:24.039 gonna wow you with that, with that shiny car It's gonna be like, 536 00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:27.880 oh wow, look at that. But he's gonna throw those things too. 537 00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:31.039 That's gonna make you scratch your head a little bit. But there's nothing wrong 538 00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:35.679 with that, you know, It's what do you want. I love the 539 00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:39.519 way Noah Kim plays the game. I love his escapability. I love the 540 00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:43.360 way that he you know, he can step up in the pocket and and 541 00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:45.440 go and I like he can throw on the run. You know, he 542 00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:51.639 can sling that ball downfield. Peyton Thorn has a command for you know, 543 00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:54.880 of the offense. He understands, He's been studying, you know, what 544 00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:59.519 to do, you know, against this coverage and that he just has that. 545 00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:05.440 He's not a guy that's gonna, you know, wow you with you 546 00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:07.880 know, with a throw or with a play or anything like that. He 547 00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:12.400 has that capability. But you know, I just think at the end of 548 00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:15.480 the day, you know, Noah Kim can make plays. I would love 549 00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:21.920 to see him connect more with his UH receivers off the field and everything like 550 00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:27.199 that. So they continue to build chemistry and you know they can so when 551 00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:30.039 he's scrambling around, they have that they can make that adjustment without talking, 552 00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:42.159 so to speak. Otis. I was following that analogy because I was like, 553 00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:46.880 how'd I do? How do I do? I was thinking like mainly 554 00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:51.360 you Ryan like with some music turnos and you know, the sound systems and 555 00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:55.159 some stoofers or something, but like you just, I don't even think it's 556 00:41:55.760 --> 00:42:01.480 skill is obviously one thing. It's the confidence factor for me, like you 557 00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:07.639 just you just feel like he is going to go out there and this is 558 00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:09.920 nough to go out there and like and compete, like it's going to go 559 00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:14.400 out there and do what he can. Jew Stanton did that where you knew 560 00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:16.679 jew was gonna run out there, ain't even care if he had one leg 561 00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:21.480 or three limp whatever. He was getting the first down right like, And 562 00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:25.199 that's from a defensive standpoint of I'm on the sideline, I'm getting water, 563 00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:30.119 I'm getting rejuvenated, getting my meter up to make sure we go back out. 564 00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:34.039 You know that that kool aiding and gatorade, you know, trying to 565 00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:37.199 get that right. And I want to be able to look at the screen 566 00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:42.440 and be like first down, first down, here's sideline saying one, two 567 00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:46.079 three, first down. You know, I want to hear that more consistently 568 00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:50.960 before I'm like, oh man, another three and all you hear punt ready 569 00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:57.360 every seconde of the That's what especially when the skilled guys are are specialty is 570 00:42:57.400 --> 00:43:00.559 like bro, that's more knowledge man, like you, you know what I'm 571 00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:06.360 talking about, like right, and so I just I just want us to 572 00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:12.400 be consistent and like and I'd rather have confidence and like you being forceable down 573 00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:15.480 the you know, throwing the ball, deep, running doing whatever before you 574 00:43:15.639 --> 00:43:19.800 just sit back there and like tuck and run. We don't. I don't 575 00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:22.920 want you to touch it wrong like the first two options in your progression, 576 00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:28.039 like we gotta go man and be everything I want. I want to be 577 00:43:28.119 --> 00:43:30.079 in a huddle in here with how they're commanding. That's really what it is. 578 00:43:30.239 --> 00:43:32.719 I wanted you to teat you to go in there in the huddle and 579 00:43:34.280 --> 00:43:37.000 take that mic in there and just see what the call was. I just 580 00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:37.880 want to feel that. I want to I want to know, like I 581 00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:44.039 think you're you're you're really just putting your your skirting around. What are you 582 00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:47.000 all? I'm not? I told you I Knowah, Kim is a guy 583 00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:52.480 that I said is going to go out there and and give us our defense 584 00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:55.480 rest like it's gonna be able to keep us off the field and score. 585 00:43:57.159 --> 00:44:02.519 Now it really how quickly and straight had a good point Saturday is that it's 586 00:44:02.559 --> 00:44:07.440 gonna be first game, second game. We don't have a dual battle still. 587 00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:12.159 But then Washington will name a starter. I'm like, name a starter 588 00:44:12.840 --> 00:44:15.519 now, like not now, but like name it first week, second week 589 00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:19.840 of fall camp. Don't let us sit in there guessing on who it is. 590 00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:27.280 But I do believe Noah has taken that step and from spring game and 591 00:44:27.400 --> 00:44:30.719 it was really not that much to assess because it really wasn't a game. 592 00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:36.800 But he just looked crisp like he had more crisp. It was very buttoned 593 00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:39.519 up and was like and knew it, like he had that swag of a 594 00:44:39.599 --> 00:44:45.119 guy you need to have at the quarterback spot. M h, guys, 595 00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:49.480 you know, I agree with you both in your assessment of what's going on. 596 00:44:49.800 --> 00:44:52.719 I just I feel, for whatever reason, I don't know what it 597 00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:59.159 is, that the coaching staff isn't that high on Kimp. If he if 598 00:44:59.199 --> 00:45:02.440 they were, if they were a push from the coaching staff to have Noah 599 00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:07.280 Kim in there, I think he would already be the starting quarterback based off 600 00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:12.559 of what how he's performed in my eyes, in your eyes, and what 601 00:45:12.719 --> 00:45:16.880 we've seen. But there's certain practices that we're not at that we get reports 602 00:45:17.079 --> 00:45:22.320 back that you know doesn't take the proper drops. You know he's not you 603 00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:27.199 knows mechanics aren't correct. I think that you know, Noah Kim may suffer 604 00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:30.960 a little bit from the gamer syndrome. And that's something that you know myself. 605 00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:34.519 I had that right in high school. I was a gamer. Like 606 00:45:34.639 --> 00:45:37.599 I didn't I didn't really think practice was all that big. But as you 607 00:45:37.719 --> 00:45:42.440 guys know, when you play powerfied football, NFL football, all that stuff, 608 00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:47.519 practices everything because those coaches aren't going to trust you if you don't do 609 00:45:47.719 --> 00:45:52.440 everything right all the time. But Noah Kim, I don't know what he 610 00:45:52.599 --> 00:45:54.599 was in high school, like sixty four and one or something crazy like that. 611 00:45:55.199 --> 00:46:00.239 His record as a starting quarterback he lost one game out sixty something games, 612 00:46:00.880 --> 00:46:06.880 which is incredible. I think that he's a guy that when the lights 613 00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:10.760 come on, he gets calm. When the stage is bigger, he's more 614 00:46:10.840 --> 00:46:17.639 focused, which is great, but he has to break through when you're battling 615 00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:24.079 an incumbent who is a two year returning starter to be able to break through 616 00:46:24.159 --> 00:46:28.440 and be able to play, because that gives the coaches comfort. You know, 617 00:46:28.559 --> 00:46:30.719 these guys make a lot of money. There's a lot of things on 618 00:46:30.800 --> 00:46:34.320 the line, and they're not going to trust you if you don't do things 619 00:46:34.400 --> 00:46:37.599 right all the time, if you're not following their progressions when they ask you 620 00:46:37.760 --> 00:46:44.599 questions after each play, if you can't diagnose exactly what you saw, then 621 00:46:45.119 --> 00:46:49.480 that's going to give them pause. But for our eyes looking at it from 622 00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:52.360 you know, the sidelines and from the booth or the TV wherever it is, 623 00:46:53.280 --> 00:47:00.280 Noah Kim just makes plays after play after play. So what you do 624 00:47:00.400 --> 00:47:04.559 here, you have a you have a conundrum which is kind of a Rock 625 00:47:04.599 --> 00:47:07.880 and Harple. You're gonna this thing is gonna continue on through the summer. 626 00:47:08.760 --> 00:47:14.360 It's gonna be I believe, in my opinion, there's gonna be two quarterbacks 627 00:47:14.639 --> 00:47:22.159 playing against Central Michigan and Richmond, and then we'll see based off of the 628 00:47:22.280 --> 00:47:28.159 results, the facts, the the the the final statistics, if you will, 629 00:47:29.400 --> 00:47:31.480 before we get to the Washington game, because you got Michael Pennix Junior 630 00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:36.760 coming in town. Who's beating that you can say in uh, Spartan stay 631 00:47:36.840 --> 00:47:39.920 Hum as an Indiana quarterback, and he also beating miss can Say at Washington 632 00:47:40.119 --> 00:47:45.159 as a Washington quarterback. So you gotta have your Ducks center row right there, 633 00:47:45.199 --> 00:47:49.679 because that game is a pivotal game. Not the other two aren't a 634 00:47:49.760 --> 00:47:52.599 pivotal game because you gotta win those now, you better win those games. 635 00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:58.440 But that Washington game in week three is pivotal, and and I think that 636 00:47:58.599 --> 00:48:02.159 game you're gonna have onequarterback that runs rider all the way through unless there's something 637 00:48:02.199 --> 00:48:07.000 that disastrous happens early in that ball game. So to me, I think 638 00:48:07.039 --> 00:48:12.159 that Noah Kim has to continue to work and continue to ignore the noise and 639 00:48:12.239 --> 00:48:15.920 continue to focus on what he needs to focus on. The same thing goes 640 00:48:15.039 --> 00:48:21.239 for Peyton Thorn. He's got to focus on being the best leader that he 641 00:48:21.360 --> 00:48:24.239 can be for guys to follow him in order to be the best player because 642 00:48:24.280 --> 00:48:29.559 ultimately, all we want to do is win as a program, and we 643 00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:32.480 need to find that best leader. That's just my two cents, guys, 644 00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:37.559 right, you know, moving on, when you see the Spring as a 645 00:48:37.599 --> 00:48:43.039 whole, guys, what did you think that you saw as as a whole 646 00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:46.559 When you look at the Spring as it wrapped up on Saturday to choo. 647 00:48:47.360 --> 00:48:51.679 Yeah, I think I think this should be excitement for spartanation. I think 648 00:48:51.719 --> 00:48:54.000 there's gonna be a different team that takes the field, you know, come 649 00:48:54.519 --> 00:49:00.559 August September second when we play Central. I think it's gonna be a different 650 00:49:00.639 --> 00:49:05.360 team that that you know's out there on the field. And one thing that 651 00:49:05.480 --> 00:49:08.440 I loved about this spring game and one guy that really impressed me, and 652 00:49:08.559 --> 00:49:15.760 it wasn't really about his play. His play was good. This guy was 653 00:49:15.880 --> 00:49:19.119 like from a standard like and I looked and I was like, I've never 654 00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:23.480 seen a freshman carry himself like this, And that was Jordan Hall. He 655 00:49:23.639 --> 00:49:28.320 came in. He wasn't shell shocked. He wasn't you know, like, 656 00:49:28.440 --> 00:49:30.440 oh my god, I'm playing that spart and say, you know, yes, 657 00:49:30.559 --> 00:49:32.760 I know. He had those feelings of excitement and everything, but it 658 00:49:32.880 --> 00:49:39.599 was business for him. And I think going to IMG that prepared him for 659 00:49:39.760 --> 00:49:44.800 a level like this that other kids don't have that opportunity to get prepared for 660 00:49:44.880 --> 00:49:46.719 a level like this. You can play at a big high school, you 661 00:49:46.800 --> 00:49:51.239 know, whatever it is, but when you come when you go to the 662 00:49:51.239 --> 00:49:54.599 school like IMG, where they prepare you like you're in college. You come 663 00:49:54.679 --> 00:49:58.840 in and you position yourself to get on the field right away. And I 664 00:49:58.920 --> 00:50:02.320 think from what I I saw from the spring and the spring game, Jordan 665 00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:08.400 Hall positioned himself to be on the field in fall this season. Mm hmm. 666 00:50:09.360 --> 00:50:13.639 That was huge right there. I mean I saw people talk about they 667 00:50:13.719 --> 00:50:20.159 think he needs to be a captain as a Frenchman man. It was a 668 00:50:20.239 --> 00:50:23.960 big statements right there. You know, I was waiting on Nate Carter's named 669 00:50:24.000 --> 00:50:29.920 n pop out. No. I think this spring straight it gives us. 670 00:50:30.400 --> 00:50:34.440 I love what Tug did. I love the staff did. It was it 671 00:50:34.559 --> 00:50:39.079 was strategic and to like we're not going to give anybody everything and like do 672 00:50:39.559 --> 00:50:44.199 the most in spring game, like it wasn't even spring game. Let's show 673 00:50:44.239 --> 00:50:47.039 he practice, let's show you what we did. But really the battles are 674 00:50:47.119 --> 00:50:53.360 won and the scrimmages on the past Saturdays previously in March, in April wood. 675 00:50:53.400 --> 00:50:59.320 So I think it's given us a little bit of motivating factor of like, 676 00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:02.239 all right, we got some dudes. Now we have some we have 677 00:51:02.440 --> 00:51:07.559 the talent. It's now where we talked about multiple guys coming on our show 678 00:51:07.639 --> 00:51:12.039 saying culture, culture, culture. I think we got to fully focus on 679 00:51:12.199 --> 00:51:15.039 them, guys jeling to where they come out there. You don't have to 680 00:51:15.320 --> 00:51:21.199 given reports like no one's supporting nobody like I think it's the details of the 681 00:51:21.639 --> 00:51:25.639 that where we just lost last season, and to the point of we've got 682 00:51:25.719 --> 00:51:30.599 guys steal from that twenty twenty three class that's going to join in the summer. 683 00:51:30.840 --> 00:51:36.440 Let's see from that group that didn't come in earlier league to see how 684 00:51:36.480 --> 00:51:40.599 they fit in there and and in the in the in the team scheme. 685 00:51:43.000 --> 00:51:45.400 I want to coach, I want to coach tunder truly, just take that 686 00:51:45.559 --> 00:51:50.440 stance, bro like, just it is what it is, man like not 687 00:51:50.559 --> 00:51:53.960 saying your job was on the line. It's like we got to win and 688 00:51:54.079 --> 00:51:59.719 we got to bring in a quarterback and have that decision making a sap. 689 00:52:00.119 --> 00:52:02.840 That's just my feeling. But I think all in all, it was a 690 00:52:02.920 --> 00:52:07.360 good position, almost like an inner squash screamage just to say, hey, 691 00:52:07.400 --> 00:52:09.639 it was like an all star game where no one wants to get hurt. 692 00:52:09.719 --> 00:52:14.000 And he went to a spartanation that we did something in the spring, but 693 00:52:14.199 --> 00:52:17.840 we're gonna put some things together to stack up in summer. A good point, 694 00:52:17.920 --> 00:52:22.639 guys, you know, when you look at what Mel Tucker's posts spring 695 00:52:22.840 --> 00:52:29.800 game comments where he talked about he's happy, he's happy with the commitment of 696 00:52:29.920 --> 00:52:32.280 the players on this team. Right now, it doesn't feel like there's guys 697 00:52:32.360 --> 00:52:36.039 that you know, I'm buying in and what he's talking about, I'm not 698 00:52:36.079 --> 00:52:39.480 sure how much attrition will have uh final spring press. We'll see how things 699 00:52:39.559 --> 00:52:43.880 go. We may be able to add a couple of players. These next 700 00:52:43.920 --> 00:52:49.039 couple of weeks will be critical, critically important for that. The portal can 701 00:52:49.119 --> 00:52:52.239 be somewhat unpredictable, so we'll keep a close eye on it. Now, 702 00:52:52.599 --> 00:52:58.239 what I hear there is you know, I'm happy with where we are, 703 00:52:58.519 --> 00:53:04.280 but I don't know if we'll have movement ex exodus wise guys leaving which will 704 00:53:04.360 --> 00:53:07.840 trigger us to go get guys. But it doesn't sound like a coach who's 705 00:53:07.920 --> 00:53:14.000 trying to go find guys to replace the crap that he has on his team 706 00:53:14.039 --> 00:53:17.079 anymore. He doesn't feel like that right now. But straight we'll prime say 707 00:53:19.039 --> 00:53:29.079 what's is cool? What's called prime? Colin hard to find? I I 708 00:53:29.119 --> 00:53:32.199 don't know. I look at that quote a little different, like there was 709 00:53:32.280 --> 00:53:37.599 no there was no commit there was no commitment and also was like you said, 710 00:53:37.840 --> 00:53:39.199 yeah, you said, you don't you don't think that he's saying to 711 00:53:39.440 --> 00:53:45.920 look to find I'm thinking he's saying also too with the transfer portal, that 712 00:53:47.199 --> 00:53:52.119 you know, other schools are going to be losing guys to transfer port Hey, 713 00:53:52.280 --> 00:53:54.440 we'll take a peek and see, Hey, is this the right fit 714 00:53:54.599 --> 00:53:57.840 for us here? You know, I don't think, you know, I 715 00:53:57.960 --> 00:54:01.159 think I still think this are gonna be aggressive in a transfer portal in the 716 00:54:01.239 --> 00:54:05.039 off season here. You know, we already had one person leave. You 717 00:54:05.119 --> 00:54:07.440 know, Hey, that's another room. That's another for someone else. So 718 00:54:08.000 --> 00:54:12.840 I don't know, I don't know. I think they're gonna be aggressive in 719 00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:19.599 a transfer portal this summer. I think the aggressing comes from if a guy 720 00:54:19.719 --> 00:54:22.199 makes a move like cam Faith, so there's one guy that they're gonna go 721 00:54:22.320 --> 00:54:27.000 get. I don't think they're gonna be asking guys to leave. That's my 722 00:54:27.119 --> 00:54:31.719 point. We've talked about that before. Under you know, said there was 723 00:54:31.800 --> 00:54:36.400 a lot of that. You know, hey, got it, it's the 724 00:54:36.519 --> 00:54:38.639 end of the road. I don't think that you're gonna see that. In 725 00:54:38.760 --> 00:54:44.360 my opinion, that's aggressiveness getting guys out of there. And then going to 726 00:54:44.440 --> 00:54:47.480 the portal to see what's there. I don't see that, but we'll see 727 00:54:47.519 --> 00:54:51.159 what happens. You know, maybe you're right. I don't. I don't 728 00:54:51.199 --> 00:54:57.599 know. I mean, look, look the port there's always rumors and chatter 729 00:54:57.840 --> 00:55:01.679 out there about who may or may not go into the portal. I mean, 730 00:55:01.800 --> 00:55:06.880 Georgia had a guy, a freshman that played with Jordan Hall a couple 731 00:55:06.920 --> 00:55:10.119 of years ago, that was the true freshman last year, had two sacks 732 00:55:10.199 --> 00:55:15.199 in the National Championship game. How can the guy not be happy? He's 733 00:55:15.239 --> 00:55:19.119 in the portal right now? A guy named Bear. I mean, so 734 00:55:19.480 --> 00:55:28.039 these are these are things that got his number. Maybe he can replace camp 735 00:55:28.079 --> 00:55:30.079 Faye. I don't know, but you know, the world on the street 736 00:55:30.239 --> 00:55:36.000 is like it's it's it's a Texas slash USC game for him, which means 737 00:55:36.639 --> 00:55:42.039 one thing, guys money, right, So look, look, look, 738 00:55:42.159 --> 00:55:46.000 I'm all for whatever it is that will make Michigan State a winner. That's 739 00:55:46.079 --> 00:55:50.000 what we want. That's what all three of us want. I'm sure that's 740 00:55:50.039 --> 00:55:52.400 what everybody that's listening to this podcast wants. Most of you, if you 741 00:55:52.519 --> 00:55:55.840 less your you know, one of those fans from down the road. But 742 00:55:57.880 --> 00:56:00.840 look, Guys, we're going to continue to talk about what we saw, 743 00:56:01.320 --> 00:56:06.800 and then what what's transpired in East Lambs and then beyond after this message from 744 00:56:06.800 --> 00:56:16.519 our friends over at ihop introducing i Hops New Eggs Benedicts. 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Okay, going back to what 754 00:57:07.559 --> 00:57:12.960 I was probably seven years old, man, Mama bestie God bless you. 755 00:57:13.079 --> 00:57:15.960 So she got me ready for that hot stuff. But guys, talking about 756 00:57:15.480 --> 00:57:22.760 iye Hop. Charles Brandley will be signing in eye hop in Brighton this coming 757 00:57:22.840 --> 00:57:28.719 weekend. We gotta have everybody show up for that. Yeah, listen, 758 00:57:28.880 --> 00:57:31.159 this story is my favorite story because it's easy to get off. The exit 759 00:57:31.400 --> 00:57:37.199 is right there. You can't miss it. But uh, Chuck, Chuck's 760 00:57:37.239 --> 00:57:42.360 a guy that uh is just just a good dude man, very very appreciative 761 00:57:42.440 --> 00:57:47.599 of the partnership with Kyle and with I HOP and it's really show up. 762 00:57:47.920 --> 00:57:52.440 Let's show up and get this man some support, show up some love. 763 00:57:52.840 --> 00:57:55.119 Obviously this season in the spring, he wasn't able to compete and he obviously 764 00:57:55.239 --> 00:57:59.480 wanted to be out there. So it's an opportunity to show some love, 765 00:57:59.559 --> 00:58:01.679 like I'm not forgotten him because he is one of our best guys on the 766 00:58:01.800 --> 00:58:07.079 team defensively, and to show up, show up and show up. But 767 00:58:07.920 --> 00:58:12.360 I know everyone's waiting for her, for for Chuck Mkyle man, I'm gonna 768 00:58:12.360 --> 00:58:15.920 be there to get some some craps and so no, not craps, it's 769 00:58:16.079 --> 00:58:24.280 uh Bennedictt. I mean they fired now Raven talking about she wants some grapes 770 00:58:24.320 --> 00:58:28.960 and that's her baby number two, that's that's mother. So she's gonna be 771 00:58:29.039 --> 00:58:31.400 there. I know you're gonna be there. Two. What's up man, 772 00:58:32.119 --> 00:58:38.320 Well, we all do something. I gotta be killed that man, I 773 00:58:38.400 --> 00:58:47.199 gotta being can trust me, I'd rather be knocking down some stacks. Yeah, 774 00:58:49.679 --> 00:58:52.159 oh that that Cale Fair. I love supporting great man like him. 775 00:58:52.199 --> 00:58:54.159 M Camp. You know, I saw our duwers talking about he loved to 776 00:58:54.199 --> 00:58:58.559 pick going back to the Michigan game, which is awesome. Guys. You 777 00:58:58.679 --> 00:59:01.679 know, so I hope that more people can can come out and support Charles 778 00:59:01.760 --> 00:59:06.840 Browdley, who's one of the Keys spart I mean, you talk about st 779 00:59:07.480 --> 00:59:10.239 spartan off for life. That is a guy right there. He embodies everything 780 00:59:10.280 --> 00:59:14.400 that we stand for. I mean, we love Charles key on everybody, 781 00:59:14.440 --> 00:59:17.440 but Charles is a guy that we got to support when we have the opportunity 782 00:59:17.480 --> 00:59:24.320 to do so. Looking at other topics, gentlemen, NBA basketball, we 783 00:59:24.440 --> 00:59:32.199 have a defensive player of the Year in Jaron Jackson. Yeah, man, 784 00:59:32.280 --> 00:59:36.840 this is look. You got Draymonds winning this and you know you got Jared 785 00:59:36.960 --> 00:59:42.760 Jackson. This huge testament to coach isel Man. Like we talk about defense, 786 00:59:43.039 --> 00:59:47.000 defense also pays well too in the league. Man, Like Kawhi Leonard 787 00:59:47.000 --> 00:59:52.519 will always say boord Man get paid too. So Jared Jackson is also a 788 00:59:52.599 --> 00:59:59.000 bucket and he's he had an outstanding game, you know last it was yesterday, 789 00:59:59.159 --> 01:00:02.440 two days ago, and it's just good to see Jared has when he 790 01:00:02.559 --> 01:00:07.400 came in as a young pup out of out of Indiana, Carla, Indiana, 791 01:00:07.480 --> 01:00:12.400 and it's just good to see him. Unless Xavier Tillman is also a 792 01:00:12.519 --> 01:00:16.760 solid defensive uh specialist on that team too, so good, good kudos. 793 01:00:17.400 --> 01:00:23.400 That's my signature work. Kudos jameson forgetting that ward man, because there's a 794 01:00:23.480 --> 01:00:27.360 lot of defensive guys that played some great defense in the league, and for 795 01:00:27.480 --> 01:00:30.320 him to be the player of the year, it is a huge, huge, 796 01:00:30.440 --> 01:00:36.000 huge feet Yeah, I think it was maybe looking back at it now, 797 01:00:36.079 --> 01:00:37.559 it was selfish of me when he was leaving early. I was like, 798 01:00:37.639 --> 01:00:42.239 man, it's that the best decision for him. But obviously it was 799 01:00:42.360 --> 01:00:45.000 the best decision for him. He's out there, he's doing his thing. 800 01:00:45.400 --> 01:00:49.679 Congratulations to that young man. You know, that's you know what he said, 801 01:00:49.679 --> 01:00:53.119 the young he's the youngest defensive player of the year ever. Crews have 802 01:00:53.800 --> 01:01:00.079 two defensive Players of the years. That's that's oh all right, shit, 803 01:01:00.679 --> 01:01:06.119 it's good, legendary, legendary. With our question, I mean don't come 804 01:01:06.159 --> 01:01:07.360 here if you can't play no defense. That's what it is. Don't come 805 01:01:07.400 --> 01:01:12.960 to State if you don't want to play no defense. Max. What about 806 01:01:13.039 --> 01:01:15.360 this other defense we're gonna talk about. Yeah, let's look at this other 807 01:01:15.440 --> 01:01:19.480 defense. You know, Draymond Green. Last night we got to talk about 808 01:01:19.519 --> 01:01:25.039 it. Draymond. This is this thing. So he's defending the guy he 809 01:01:25.159 --> 01:01:34.239 goes somebody's on his feet and listen. I watched this live and I was 810 01:01:34.320 --> 01:01:40.320 like, man, like the the extra extra theatrical, Like, I don't 811 01:01:42.360 --> 01:01:44.920 wasn't him trying to get his foot out, which I think it was, 812 01:01:45.400 --> 01:01:51.599 but that one it was used it as a launch pad like ain't get off 813 01:01:51.639 --> 01:01:55.440 of But he didn't really he didn't really really did Man, that was a 814 01:01:55.679 --> 01:02:00.840 w w E stop you know, right? Yah? But you know also, 815 01:02:00.199 --> 01:02:02.920 you know grabbed his ankle. You know at that time too, you 816 01:02:04.119 --> 01:02:07.360 you heat of the moment someone grabbed your ankle, You're trying to get out 817 01:02:07.400 --> 01:02:09.840 of there. And so, I mean, you know, it's gonna at 818 01:02:09.880 --> 01:02:13.559 the end of the day, they're gonna say, oh, Draymond, Draymond 819 01:02:13.679 --> 01:02:15.280 this, this, that, and the other. His reputation is gonna precede 820 01:02:15.320 --> 01:02:19.519 him. So I think he might end up getting a suspension or something like 821 01:02:19.599 --> 01:02:22.039 that. But I think you know, he got ejected from the game. 822 01:02:22.519 --> 01:02:28.280 Let it to to to too? Did you see the antics after though? 823 01:02:28.519 --> 01:02:31.639 That's what really, that's what really, that's what really was like all right, 824 01:02:31.719 --> 01:02:36.119 man, like it's so good, it's good good, he's straight. 825 01:02:36.679 --> 01:02:45.679 I mean he talking to the crowd like go ahead, like you love it. 826 01:02:45.920 --> 01:02:50.519 He loves the fire, you love the fire in him as always. 827 01:02:50.960 --> 01:02:52.760 But it was like, man, you got the playoffs and y'all down to 828 01:02:53.440 --> 01:02:59.079 y'all down two games, bro, Like people still believe that they're gonna win, 829 01:02:59.280 --> 01:03:01.519 especially when you you know what the thing is, you got to look 830 01:03:01.599 --> 01:03:07.480 back like all those crucial moments like the time you got Yeah, you gotta 831 01:03:07.559 --> 01:03:12.840 think though, like well, Golden State and I don't want to you know, 832 01:03:12.920 --> 01:03:16.639 I'm just throwing this out there being putting my media hat on. Well 833 01:03:16.719 --> 01:03:22.840 Golden State said, okay, that's enough, like they questionably that when they 834 01:03:22.920 --> 01:03:28.119 played the Calves and Lebron when he got ejected, that turned everything. And 835 01:03:28.559 --> 01:03:31.280 you know he missed that game and they came back and won a championship and 836 01:03:31.400 --> 01:03:37.480 now now you know they're down two games and he had an antique and might 837 01:03:37.519 --> 01:03:40.039 be suspended and stuff. Does Golden State say, hey, we love you 838 01:03:40.159 --> 01:03:45.079 as a player, but you know we won't. Let's move on or not 839 01:03:45.199 --> 01:03:52.239 a chance four championships And I'm just like, I'm just being devil's advocate. 840 01:03:52.760 --> 01:04:00.639 I don't want him to go anywhere. I like him. He ain't going 841 01:04:00.679 --> 01:04:02.880 nowhere. He didn't lose on a championship. We just well, listen, 842 01:04:03.199 --> 01:04:08.559 I get it, go to State saying that's enough. But the King's balling, 843 01:04:08.679 --> 01:04:11.639 dog. I don't care what they are balling. So it ain't like 844 01:04:12.280 --> 01:04:15.880 we know god State is always balling and Stephan is gonna get his play. 845 01:04:16.119 --> 01:04:20.079 It's the Kings are playing great ball. And it's been a long time since 846 01:04:20.199 --> 01:04:24.360 the Sacramento Kings has played great ball. So it's gonna be a good, 847 01:04:24.719 --> 01:04:28.119 good next game when they go. All ready to play Golden State at home. 848 01:04:28.239 --> 01:04:30.760 So now I'm ready, I ready to ready highlight our next guy, 849 01:04:30.880 --> 01:04:35.440 like we call him lepricaun. You know who else is playing well? Is 850 01:04:35.880 --> 01:04:43.599 the keeper Matt Coughland. There he is us FL Special Teams Player of the 851 01:04:43.719 --> 01:04:51.760 Week. To two, talk about it, talk about it then your favorite 852 01:04:51.840 --> 01:04:55.760 subject. Man. Look, hey, look, this is the best. 853 01:04:58.079 --> 01:05:01.320 We're on the sideline. We're on the side. Uh, kickers not welcome. 854 01:05:01.920 --> 01:05:05.400 Come straight. The kickers are kicking. I don't even know what drill 855 01:05:05.679 --> 01:05:11.159 was. They were kicking. Shane, who comes from the other opposite in 856 01:05:11.360 --> 01:05:14.440 the south of the field, comes to get me. He's like, look 857 01:05:14.480 --> 01:05:21.039 at those kickers. He's like missing wide open, like no pressure. It's 858 01:05:21.119 --> 01:05:24.719 like, look at those kickers. They were out there giving souvenirs. People 859 01:05:24.719 --> 01:05:29.400 are staying for catching them outside the uprights, catching the balls. You know. 860 01:05:30.079 --> 01:05:35.920 Oh no, well you're not excited about it. But gra flowers. 861 01:05:35.960 --> 01:05:40.079 I'm giving him his flowers. He's just he's a spartan. I'm gonna support 862 01:05:40.159 --> 01:05:42.679 him, you know, at the next level. I'm giving him his flowers. 863 01:05:45.400 --> 01:05:49.760 What else do you want me to do next? Off the mat hey 864 01:05:49.840 --> 01:05:55.440 man, congratulations. Yeah. I think his father flew us one time as 865 01:05:55.480 --> 01:05:59.079 father as a pilot airline pilot. Oh yeah, yeah, you know, 866 01:05:59.599 --> 01:06:04.000 look, it ain't easy kicking and for him in his first game, correct, 867 01:06:05.239 --> 01:06:10.320 his first game being the player of the week specialty. That's great, 868 01:06:10.639 --> 01:06:14.880 that's that's great. Hopefully he gets an opportunity at the at the NFL at 869 01:06:15.119 --> 01:06:16.119 the end of the season, he can go to a camp and make some 870 01:06:16.239 --> 01:06:19.199 money. Here we go. Yeah, I'm happy for that. Shoot. 871 01:06:19.519 --> 01:06:26.079 I don't want to want to not make get your paper boo boo, and 872 01:06:26.199 --> 01:06:29.519 you may give something to them boys King Green and White, and that's what 873 01:06:29.599 --> 01:06:31.719 we wanted to do. Make his money and then give a little n I 874 01:06:31.920 --> 01:06:34.719 L deal for kickers. I don't know, maybe maybe that can help us 875 01:06:34.800 --> 01:06:40.920 right that we're searching for something. But like, thank you, good congratulations 876 01:06:41.039 --> 01:06:45.599 Max Cogman, this one. I'm excited about this next shout out here, 877 01:06:45.880 --> 01:06:51.599 like it's all about player of the week, you know, but without further 878 01:06:51.639 --> 01:06:55.679 ado, we we'll we'll in the show and we'll talk about this. The 879 01:06:55.840 --> 01:07:03.800 dodge ball National champions We have a national champ champs here champions. Yeah. 880 01:07:04.159 --> 01:07:09.480 Look, this is part of we just don't highlight Michigan State Athletics in all 881 01:07:09.519 --> 01:07:12.960 our sports, like it's university as you've seen if you watched our show. 882 01:07:13.519 --> 01:07:19.000 Uh when when you found this, like who's who found this? And we 883 01:07:19.159 --> 01:07:23.199 talked about did we have the bracket because you talk about the schools in the 884 01:07:23.280 --> 01:07:27.519 bracket, it was a one seed first of all, let's go in here 885 01:07:27.679 --> 01:07:31.360 like one seed final four, you got Cincinnati got James Madison, you had 886 01:07:31.440 --> 01:07:34.719 Grand Valley and like I know, was like, man, why how's the 887 01:07:35.079 --> 01:07:39.239 Division two schools in there? It was like it's kind of like hockey where 888 01:07:39.280 --> 01:07:42.840 you got hockey like fair State's and Division one hockey program. Right, But 889 01:07:43.400 --> 01:07:46.079 this is a this is an opportunity where next time I'm about to go watch 890 01:07:46.159 --> 01:07:48.519 them. Man, I bet you is in tens. You know. I'm 891 01:07:48.599 --> 01:07:54.079 guarantees I want to know too. And if anybody on this podcast that's listening 892 01:07:54.360 --> 01:07:58.119 can get us one of the players to have us a guest on the show, 893 01:07:58.840 --> 01:08:01.079 let us know because we have them as a guest on the show here, 894 01:08:01.360 --> 01:08:04.480 I want to know where they play, you know what I mean? 895 01:08:04.559 --> 01:08:10.280 I am it's gotta be I'm West for sure season like how the travel and 896 01:08:10.360 --> 01:08:13.159 everything like that, So I don't I think Harriet, if anyone can find 897 01:08:13.199 --> 01:08:21.279 them dodgeball player first signed the bus or something, dodge dip dive Duckett, 898 01:08:21.600 --> 01:08:33.159 what is that's off the movie that was like Plin the ring ceremony. We 899 01:08:33.279 --> 01:08:38.319 gotta do it. We gotta have them on the show and congratulate him or 900 01:08:38.960 --> 01:08:44.239 and and not not or and to shoe. You gotta get in there and 901 01:08:44.279 --> 01:08:46.199 play a little game. But I'll be happy to play a game with him. 902 01:08:46.439 --> 01:08:51.840 I don't do dodgeball. Why not? It's too barbaric. Oh my 903 01:08:54.159 --> 01:08:59.640 boy, I was always an in dodgeball and gym class too. It's more 904 01:08:59.680 --> 01:09:03.359 bar erg than what you you've you've been through tougher times in this. Yeah, 905 01:09:03.439 --> 01:09:14.800 I'm doing dodgeball. Skip. Where's the parade? We're working on it. 906 01:09:15.159 --> 01:09:16.680 Yeah, we gotta hang a banner in the Breslin or something. I 907 01:09:16.880 --> 01:09:25.199 don't know, dodgeball nasal Champs. I can see it before we take off, 908 01:09:26.760 --> 01:09:29.239 before we take off here, I know we gotta go. But uh, 909 01:09:29.600 --> 01:09:30.800 shout out to Mama Hall. She's like that. She's gonna be the 910 01:09:30.840 --> 01:09:39.439 grand Marshal of the homecoming parade here soon for four years, leading the troops, 911 01:09:39.520 --> 01:09:43.920 talking to recruits, talking to families, doing it all. It's a 912 01:09:44.039 --> 01:09:48.279 national treasurer. We love Mama. Great environment that like you know, you 913 01:09:48.359 --> 01:09:56.479 know parents, doctor Peggy, you know over at the parent tail game. 914 01:09:56.520 --> 01:09:59.720 We had a great time there. And you know Matt Kufta, you know, 915 01:09:59.800 --> 01:10:02.119 you off them wings and we'll talk about them wings when we talk about 916 01:10:02.199 --> 01:10:09.720 what we got to talk about. But great job and Mama Carlie Carr's mom. 917 01:10:10.279 --> 01:10:13.319 You know that's what I said. That's what he said, Doctor Pegan. 918 01:10:13.479 --> 01:10:18.560 Okay, fotball like one little no fact, Mama, Mama, Carl's 919 01:10:18.680 --> 01:10:24.239 Michigan Basketball and she's going in the Hall of Familytroit Country Day now like okay, 920 01:10:24.920 --> 01:10:29.239 oh yeah, she she a faller now like yeah, he was trying 921 01:10:29.279 --> 01:10:30.960 to get her on the on the on the show on Saturday, but not 922 01:10:31.359 --> 01:10:34.560 great with her. Is look great? Well she only brought one little thing. 923 01:10:39.319 --> 01:10:43.039 Hey, but I'm guarantee you she'd be like but she showed up empty 924 01:10:43.159 --> 01:10:49.000 handed, don't you. Nobody knows what he's saying, but you rewinded later 925 01:10:49.119 --> 01:10:54.520 on a thank you guys for tuning into the show for Otis Wiley, say 926 01:10:54.560 --> 01:10:58.319 you to to Coch. I'm Jason stra This is Sparta. Have a good 927 01:10:58.439 --> 01:11:13.239 night, God blessed, and go go life. This is Sparta MSU as 928 01:11:13.239 --> 01:11:17.000 a combined presentation of Playfly Sports properties in Michigan State Sports Properties. The show 929 01:11:17.119 --> 01:11:23.680 is produced by Pete Manez with additional support from Tony Costella. Operations and social 930 01:11:23.760 --> 01:11:29.439 media support is provided by Alicia Strayhorn with support from Cecily Max Brown. On 931 01:11:29.680 --> 01:11:33.520 location. Technical support is provided by Good Fruit video. Be sure to follow 932 01:11:33.560 --> 01:11:40.159 our hosts Jason Strayhorn, Jay Ukulchrik and Otis Wiley on social media to stay 933 01:11:40.239 --> 01:11:44.000 up to date with all the latest This is Smarta news. Please like a 934 01:11:44.039 --> 01:11:46.840 subscribe by visiting our link tree and tell a friend to do the same. 935 01:11:47.600 --> 01:11:50.399 Thank you for your support and as always, go green.