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Definitely, and I'm gonna take I'm gonna take over. I'm gonna take
over right now. Friend. So, Jeff, which ACC team do you
think was the most disappointing team in week three? At which ACC team was
the most impressive week team in Week three? Certainly easy to bang Virginia Tech
for disappointing teams, but there are other candida, there are other candidates,
and I'm I'd like to have you talk about the the the entire ACC enterprise.
Jeff. Yeah. I think when you look at disappointing teams, and
I know you'll have comments on Virginia Tech, you know, really disappointing effort
there at Rutgers, but you know, right up there with him, you
have to look at Pittsburgh. They never really even look like they were in
the game against West Virginia. It was an eleven point loss and it felt
like it could have been, you know, thirty. They're they're Offensively,
they're an absolute disaster. Fill your COVID. He has struggled mightily, you
know, as quarterback of Pittsburgh. The offense is in shambles. They lost
to a Cincinnati team that got beat by Miami of Ohio the week you know,
this week, and that was a loss the week before in a game
they had to rally just to get it to twenty seven twenty one. Not
not only was Pittsburgh you know, I think, you know, one of
the most disappointing teams of the week. I think they're an easy call for
maybe the most disappointing team in the ACC. You know, when you look
at Virginia and Virginia Tech that they weren't expected a lot. And Clemson,
you know, had the very disappointing opening loss to Duke uh and it's played
better in the two games. But but Pittsburgh right now is completely flailing.
And that was a team a lot of us thought could be a dark horse
in the ACC. Now, I will say this, how much of the
Virginia Tech game did you watch? Jeff Annie bits and pieces? I saw
bits and pieces. That's why I'm gonna leave Virginia Tech to you. So
so no, no, But but did you watch did you watch drones?
Did you watch drones? Is the QB for for Virginia Tech? Jeff?
Did you watch him? A little bit? Very very I only caught bits
and pieces. So he is a far He gives Virginia Tech a far better
chance to win. He is mobile, he is more decisive, and I
would argue that if he would have got the same if he would have got
all the snaps that that that Wells did, that they probably would have be
perdue because he gives a different dimension to that office, that offense chiefs they
just said office. He gives a different dimension because I'm thinking about work tomorrow.
He gives that a different dimension to that offense that the Hokeys just don't
have, you know, and I you know sometimes I do you remember the
several years ago? Do you remember when they when they threw Tyrod Taylor in
for Sean Glennon when they were on the road at LSU. Do you remember
that, Jeff, several years ago? Yes, I do. That's a
that was an indication of where the offensive line was at at the time.
And I kind of feel the same way today that you've got to have somebody
in there who's mobile and can run for his life. I mean, at
times I thought that, oh my gosh, we're running the Logan Thomas offense
again, and coincidentally, we're playing ruckers again, just like we did the
Holiday Ball. That's what I started thinking in my mind. And but he
is. He is a faster Corbeck, he's more mobile, he's more you
know, more decisive. I believe he gives Virginia Tech a better chance to
win. And I hear the coaches saying like, oh, you know,
we really hope we can have Welles back. No, you don't, because
he can't run. He can't run to save his life. Do I want
him running the pitch? Do I run him? We're running the option?
Of course I don't. Not at all. This is a bad This is
not a good move for Virginia would not be a good move for Virginia Tech.
And if he ends up, and if Welles ends up starting next week,
Jeff, I honestly think that there's a very good chance that Virginia Tech
ends up at two and ten this year. And I'm actually dead serious about
this. I mean, I wrote about just a little bit. I've sent
you several tweets this week about how I think that they're probably four a sure
losses left on the schedule, three fifty fifty games and one, you know,
one game that I think Virginia or Virginia Tech will win for sure.
And of course I always say that Virginia Tech is going to be Virginia until
it doesn't happen at ninety eight percent of the time, I'm right, yeah,
but you know the deal, you know, the deal is that you
know, I don't think that they're they're already an underdog at Marshall. I
mean, I think the line is nine. Now, yeah, I was
shocked it was more than a touchdown. And that that, I mean,
we gotta be honest, that's a really bad look for Virginia Tech. It's
a bad look for a lot. I mean, it's happened to a lot
of teams. But I mean that that's but Marshal's legit. They're good,
They're probably gonna win their probably gonna win their conference. And you know,
so anyway, I mean, I don't see, you know, and when
when I say in the fifty fifty games, right, I mean I talk
about teams like Syracuse, but that's not so much a fifty fifty game anymore
after I sound, you know how they handled for do pretty well, right,
and then they're you know you and you think about BC, well,
they gave BC gaate forward to state all they could handle. But my thought
on the fifty fifty games is that if you, if the coaches are smart
and they keep playing drones, he's going to get better as this season goes
along. But I'll tell you if they if they don't play drones, if
they if they say, oh no, we're gonna play wells, I'll rewrite
every one of the predictions I had about the fifty fifty games. And you
go back to straight two and ten because I think, because I actually think
Virginia's worst, worst shaped than Virginia Tech. But you know, and like
I said, I'll pick Virginia, I'll pick the Hokies until until it doesn't
happen, okay, And I think Virginia they're just a top to bottom mess
right now. I mean, for like a moment against Maryland, you thought
like, oh, are they going to actually compete in this game? They
were up fourteen to zero, and then Maryland scored forty two straight unanswered points
and it was just like a comedy of errors watching Virginia play, I mean
they were they were dropping you know, they when they still had an outside
chance of competing in that game. I mean they were dropping passes, missing
tackles. I mean they just looked disorganized and poorly coached and not talented.
I mean that's that's a terrible combination to have. And I mean I don't
think it doesn't matter what happens this year. I think Tony Elliott is going
to be back at Virginia, but I mean you're not seeing almost anything that's
giving Virginia fans hope right now. I mean they really look like a very,
very bad football team. I mean there's still a lot of season left.
Things could change and they could start, you know, definitely playing better.
But I think if you go back to last year, they've lost nine
of their last ten games and been uncompetitive and most of them, a lot
of them, they're really they're in a really bad shape right now. So
you look at Ginia Tech, Virginia and Pittsburgh, I think that really makes
up you're you're disappointing teams of the week. Definitely, definitely. I'll tell
you, Jeff I was really impressed with Duke this week. I think that
Duke has a real opportunity to make some unexpected noise this year in the in
the in the acc and do and do quite well. No, I agree
with you, Matthew, Duke's not messing around. I mean, I know
Northwestern's not very good, but they already have the win over over Clemson.
I mean, and they're they're just mowing down opponents right now. And uh,
you know, we'll get into who looking ahead next week, but I
mean they could very well be four and oh when Notre Dame comes to Durham.
They're playing Connecticut. I mean, they have a really great shot at
at four and oh and taking on Notre Dame and Sam Hartman and man,
what a great quarterback matchup that would be. You know, they got to
get through Connecticut. But you know, Duke just took care of business,
and so did North Carolina. I think a lot of people expected them to
have a more competitive game with a decent Minnesota team, especially coming off the
app State game where you thought, oh, maybe their defense is not quite
as good as we thought what it showed against South Carolina. You know who,
by the way, really gave Georgia a tussle in Athens, and that
was a team North Carolina like plastered. I mean they plastered South Carolina.
So North North Carolina, you know, winning thirty one thirteen over Minnesota really
impressive. There were a lot of nice performances in the ACC. And this
is a little bit different than the last few years where sometimes we were kind
of you know, searching for okay, which team looks good. But I
mean this has been a really credible, respectable season for the ACC. Syracuse
goes on the road to Purdue and I mean their defense is just taking care
of business right now. Thirty five twenty at Purdue, and you know,
I think we can move from you know wondering is Syracuse, you know,
got something working there. After they you know, badly beat a couple of
overmatched opponents. I mean, you know, I'm not saying Perdue is some
great team or anything, but you still, you go on the road against
a decent Power five opponent and you come out with a you know, fifteen
point win, You're doing something right. And we have to pay attention to
Syracuse. So all Syracuse, Duke, North Carolina all took care of business.
Louisville taking on Indiana, They came out of the gate so fast on
that one twenty one zero in Indiana. I thought they were going to blow
out the Hoosiers. Got got a little bit tighter there, but they had
a tremendous goal line stand against the Hoosiers. You know, to you know,
get another win over the Big ten for an ACC team, And I
think Louisville is a team that, you know, shows flashes of being really
good. We're still waiting for them to put a sixty minute game together,
but they've shown flashes. So another strong week for the ACC out of conference
definitely, definitely, Jeff, Which ACC football football game are you looking forward
to next in week four? Right? Right? Well there, you know,
there's a little game going on at Clemson, uh next week at high
noon. That's definitely the highlight of the weekend in the ACC. Florida State
coming off a game that they survived against Boston College, and you mentioned it,
Matthew, Florida State. They were on the ropes. Quarterback for Boston
College castin Llanos. He shredded up the Florida State secondary and I think,
if we're being honest, Florida State is a fantastic football team with a great
quarterback, Jordan Travis Coleman at wide receiver. They got some individually really talented
players on defense, but that secondary is a glaring hole on the Seminoles defense.
They got torched up pretty good by LSU in the opening game. Boston
College did the same through the air, and Clemson, you know, looked
looked pretty good against Florida Atlantic. But I mean, we're gonna get a
big step up in competition obviously. For Clemson, you know, they've had
basically two weeks to kind of clean up a lot of the mess that they
had going on in the do game, and they can really get their season
back on track if they could take care of the Knowles. But I don't
know if Clay Club and the Clemson offense and those wide receivers can take advantage
of where Florida State is weak at in the secondary. I'm not sure if
Clemson has enough of a passing offense. We're going to find out. But
you know, a loss for Florida State doesn't It doesn't take them out of
anything. All it does is give them a loss. They already have the
non conference win over LSU. They're going to have other opportunities. Uh,
this year to pick up you know, ranked ranked, ranked wins. They
obviously are going to still play Miami for example, they got to play Duke.
They'll they'll play Florida, who just beat Tennessee. So you know,
for for Florida State, it's not a must win situation. For Clemson,
it's it's must win. They have to win this game if they want any
chance to to get into the playoffs. I think they have to win it
to get into the ACC Championship, to the ACC you know, get to
Charlotte. I mean, with two losses, they still have a slim chance,
but I mean, really they're they're going to be behind the eight ball.
So I think Clemson's in a in a must win situation and you know,
we'll see how that one goes. But huge game there at Clemson.
As far as other games that caught my eye, I'm really curious to see
North Carolina in Pittsburgh. Earlier in the year, I thought this was going
to be a huge game, but now this is pretty much looking like,
you know, can North Carolina, you know, take the take the show
on the road against a Pittsburgh team that's that is absolutely reeling. You know,
North Carolina, their last two games have been at home, and they
played a neutral shy game against South Carolina that was in Charlotte. So I'll
be curious to see how North Carolina can can take the game on the on
the road. Now, probably not high as high as stakes going on,
but I think Georgia Tech and Wake Forest could turn out to be a really
entertaining shootout. Neither one of them are that impressive defensive teams, but those
are We've known Wake Forest to be pretty good on offense, and Georgia Tech
is surprisingly has one of the best offenses in the ACC. Haynes King has
been really good at quarterback. You know, they moved the ball on Old
Miss in that game. It was twenty four seventeen with about seven or eight
minutes left in that game before the defense gave out. And I don't think
Georgia Tech has much of a defense, so that one could be a lot
of fireworks in that one going back and forth. That could be a very
entertaining game. You covered that all well, So we're going to go to
the next question, Jeff, and I think I'll start out this team this
with this question. Here, which ACC team could be upset in Week four?
If they're looking ahead to a game on their schedule, or if there
are otherwise just sleeping on the field. Jeff, I can tell you I
have my candidate and I don't care if it's at Syracuse. I think Army
can possibly go up there and pull a stunner at Syracuse. Jeff. These
folks at Army, they're good football players. They're disciplined. These people are
in the military. They're not going to be intimidated by any of the noise,
noise in the in the in the in Syracuse is Dome up there.
They're going to play discipline football. They're not going to beat themselves, and
that game's going to the fourth quarter. Jeff, can you hear me?
Yeah, yeah, definitely. Matthew No, I agree with you. You
know, Syracuse we talked about them having their good performance at Purdue. You
come back the next week, you have if you have a little bit of
a letdown and you're playing one of the academies, you better be ready because
they're not likely to be the team that's going to make a ton of mistakes.
So yeah, I agree, Syracuse needs needs to pay attention to that.
Now, what about Miami at Temple? What do you think about that,
Jeff, what do you think is going to happen there? I mean,
each each time we think Miami's ready and that they're back, something happens.
Temple's not. Not not exactly a roll over either. Yeah, this
Miami team feels different. I mean they I feel like the level that that
Van Dyke is playing at quarterback and the way that offense is humming right now.
You know, you never want to look look past for other opponents,
but I feel like, you know, Miami, that that's a game that
they shouldn't over look if they are who they I think that they are,
and I think this Miami team, you know, I'm not saying they're back
or anything, but I think they're good enough to handle a team like Temple
and lose. If they were to lose to them, that would be a
real setback for where I think they're at. You know, obviously we talked
about Florida State and Clemson plenty. Florida State's going into that game favored,
and certainly it's not out of the question to see Clemson. You know,
Clemson win that game, and you know already talked about North Carolina going on
the road and seeing if they can take care of business at Pittsburgh. Definitely,
definitely, said Jeff. Step out of the acc here for me.
I mean, we're gonna go to a national college football scene. You can
pick any game you want, schedule other schedule next week. You've getting Power
five, you could go with it with a non power five. You can
even have an FCS matchup here. I'm curious what games on the national scene
are you looking at next week, Jeff and college football the four US years.
I may have a few. I may have a few of my own,
but we'll give you first shot here at this question. Jeff. Yeah,
next next week is going to be a fantastic week of college football with
some just tremendous matchups. So I know you've got your eye on on a
few of a Matthew, So I'm just going to hit on a couple that
caught my eye. I'm I'm looking at Ohio State in Notre Dame. I
feel this is a Notre Dame team at home. I think they can beat
Ohio State. Sam Hartman, you know, he's given them a dimension that
they just haven't had the last few years through the air, and I think
Ohio State is still kind of searching a little bit offensively, and that that's
a huge, huge game. You know, Notre Dame could you know,
really thrust themselves into the middle of the playoff chase if they were to win
that game. I'm just looking here at this, you know, tremendous schedule.
You've got Oregon and Colorado. I'm namely kind of interested in that because
I think that's gonna be the first truly strong opponent. I know, Colorado
beat TCU in a shootout, but I mean that's not the team. They
weren't the team they were last year. And you know, I want to
see what Oregon can do with Colorado, who can put up a lot of
points, but they're you know, not very good defensively. And and see
if that that primetime you know hype train keeps going, it just even gets
bigger, or if Oregon puts a puts a hold to it. And then
the other game, the last one I'm going to hit on before you get
into yours. Matthew is is all miss and Alabama? Oh okay, all
right, I'll stop. I'm gonna stop right there. I'm gonna stop right
there. You go ahead. Well, I'm with with this game. This
one's intriguing because because this is probably the worst Alabama team since Nix Haban's inaugural
first season at Alabama. Their ranked thirteenth, but they probably should be ranked
like twenty third or unranked. If anyone saw the South Florida game with Alabama,
they looked every bit of a mess on offense at quarterback as Pittsburgh does.
I mean they were a complete train wreck trying to move on the ball
on South Florida. I mean they got bailed out by a defense that made
a few plays and you know that game was ten three deep into the second
half. Alabama, they're not a good football team. We had to be
honest. They have not looked like a good football team. They haven't played
like a good football team and an Old Miss. If that game was in
Mississippi, I would almost be calling that one a lock for Old Miss to
win. Maybe Alabama gets inspired playing back in Tuscaloosa, but I mean Ole
Miss. I saw them play some play them in Georgia Tech this weekend.
And Okay, obviously Alabama's gonna be tougher on defense, but Ole Miss has
some offensive weapons that can stretch that Alabama defense, and they obviously are gonna
have a huge advantage at quarterback. A loss for Alabama basically, you know,
ends any chance of them to make the playoffs. So I'm I'm intrigued
by that game. I mean, it's interesting because I was looking at ole
miss As schedule, Like if they were to get past to Alabama, which
I actually think they can, then they've got LSU right that's at home,
and then they got then they've got Arkansas at home, they go to go
to Auburn, They've got Vanderbilt at home, they got Texas A and m
hut home, and then on Veterans Day weekend they have they go to Georgia.
So I mean, they've got a tough road, you know, to
get to get to the to get there, but you know it would I
mean, we're early, lots of things can happen, Jeff, Mississippi has
a chance to get to the College Football Playoff if they play their cards right.
But it's way early, you know, and I don't necessarily think they
can be Georgia. You know, that would take a miracle probably for them
to go in there and going there and beat Georgia. But it would be
nice to see somebody like that upset Georgia because I actually think like somebody like
a Florida State, we could go in there, would go in there and
knock off Mississippi. Jeff, Yeah, And I think if there's a year
for a deep dark horse in the SEC to make a run like on Old
Miss, this would be the year. Uh. You know, we saw
Georgia this weekend against South Carolina did not look good. They didn't. They
had struggle moving the ball. They were down fourteen to three and a half.
We know Alabama's down, Tennessee's down, LSU's down. I mean,
the entire conferences is pretty lack luster. There's an opportunity for an Old Miss
to take advantage of that and and maybe you know, win the SEC.
It's definitely not out of the question. I'm with you. I'm with you,
so, Jeff. The only thing I wanted to add here on the
games how many PAC twelve teams are in the rankings. I mean, this
is basically this is a conference that is dead after this year and maybe having
one of the best football seasons that the conference has had in quite some time.
Would you would you agree with that? Jeff? Yeah, I definitely
agree with you. Matthew I think the PAC twelve is the best conference in
the country this year, and it's it's a real shame that they work towards
this season and it's coming to fruition as being, you know, the best
top to bottom league, very entertaining, great players, great quarterback play teams
in playoff contention. You know, they've already picked up some noteworthy out of
conference wins, and then this will be the end of it. You know,
if that's like a mini rant for me, it's a shame that it
came to this, because the PAC twelve is a lot of fun to watch.
I have in twenty twenty three. I have my highstmand favorite right now
and he's playing quarterback for the University of Washington. Jeff, I like it.
I thought you were gonna say Caleb Williams a USC, but no,
no, I'm going with I'm going with the hust I'm going with the Huskies
quarter I'm going with the Huskies quarterback. I I it will be must watch
TV when we see USC and Washington play, Jeff, I will be making
time to watch that game. That will be fun and I look forward and
I look I very much look forward to that because it's good. That's that's
you know, that's gonna be a matchup, like like a matchup like we
saw several you know, several years several years ago when both of those teams,
when when Washington used to go in and steal all the talent from from
California and then they tried and then the Californians were getting upset that Washington was
going in Washington was going in there and taking all taking all the players when
they play in the when they play in the PAC twelve title game, Jeff,
everybody's going to be watching that because I'm called I'm calling you. Hear
me calling it today, Jeff, that's the one I'm calling today. USC
and Washington will be playing in the PAC twelve title game and I can't wait
for it. So Jeff, let's get into it. Man. I mean,
have you been, Jeff, have you been to a football tailgate yet
this year? I actually I've been to a couple of games this year,
but I have not actually tailgated this year. I've been doing my eating like
before the games, like somewhere around the stadiums or are on site, so
you don't go. You haven't made any tailgates this year. I have not.
I have not actually had like a tailgate. I've met people there,
we've we've talked before the game, but like actually sitting down and like tailgating
outside, I have not done that yet. Okay, so wouldn't you do?
Jeff? What is your what is your your snack of choice, your
food of joyce, your meal of joyce? At a tip, it was
always like two things that we would we would pick up or if we were
with some friends that they would pick up. It was either like the Chick
fil A nugget platter or a bunch of the chicken from Bojangles. Those those
were like the two choices that would come up when we were if we were
to tailgate, it was either one or the I would say, the Chick
fil A or the boat Angles. Outstanding choices. Outstanding choices. Now,
I'll tell you the tailgating at Virginia Attack is pretty it is pretty ridiculous because
they're pretty friendly. They will invite opposing fans to their tailgates. In fact,
I had some friends from NC state, actually some you know, some
folks that have some folks from some folks from NC state. Twitter went to
some of the tailgates in Blacksburg, and they came away full. And the
people there are so friendly that if you actually bring your if you actually bring
your meat, your meat that you want cooked, somebody will cook it for
you. And I usually bring I'm probably gonna sound like a snob when i
say this, but I actually bring like bison or something like that from one
of the local one of the local distributors that are farms that's actually close by
there, and I'll have it at my uncle's and then somebody will cook it
for me at one of the tailgates. And I'm telling you, man,
I don't Jeff, have you had bison before? I have not. I'm
well, no, I may have tried it at a restaurant before. If
I have, it's only been like maybe one. I don't eat Hamburger anymore,
Jeff. I quit eating Hamburger. And I have like bison or something,
you know, or I'll have like deer, or I'll have like elk,
you know, something that's really lean right, that goes through your system
really quickly, and it's just incredible. And that is my that really is
my choice a choice of of of what I have, either a burger or
I'll throw that into chili or something like that at a tailgate because I know
it's good. I know it's gonna be good. I know it's going to
be consistent, I know it's gonna be lean, I know it's gonna be
healthy, and I know I'll get full from it, you know, and
so you know, I I mean, that's those are some of the things
that I have. I know, I've had friends who actually make these pizza
buns which are kind of kind of fun. Like whenever I go to a
tailgate and Blacksburg, I think I come back like three pounds heavier after the
week after the weekend because I've been eating so much and the food is so
good and people are so friendly there and anyway, it's but you have given
some good choices too. I mean, I know people who have brought like
the bowch Angles or they bring the bowch Angles tailgate package, or they bring
the Chick fil A nugget package or that sort that sort of thing, and
it just those are excellent choices for tailgate. For tailgates is what for tailgates
as well. So I look forward. I look forward to heading down this
year to have fun. Jeff Open microphone time, what do you got for
us. Well, it's it's amazing to see we're already three weeks into the
season and you know, we talked about the back Pack twelve being as deep
as they are, but also the ACC you know, has to be considered
one of the better football conferences this year. And that that's I mean,
that's good for the league. It builds, it's good for the narrative,
you know, to have you know, the league deeper than just Clemson or
you know, Justice Florida. Stay. This league is nine or ten teams
of quality teams deep. By any poll that's out there, there's four five
ranked teams. Half the league is undefeated. It's it's a very respectable eight
and seven against the rest of the Power five and eight and five against the
SEC and Big Ten, who you know, we keep hearing are the best
football conferences in all the land. But you know, results speak for themselves
and and right now the AEC has a winning record against those two leagues.
You know, the other two losses too, are coming from Pittsburgh against the
Big twelve, and you know, that's one of the bottom teams in the
in the league this year. But when you look at it across the whole.
And we know Florida State extremely good potential playoff team. Clemson it's not
going to fall off the you know, they're not falling off the map.
They might not be, you know, as good as they were during that
dynastic run from twenty fifteen to twenty twenty, but there's still a good football
program. But then you look at the rest of the league of teams that
have improved, Duke North, Carolina, Louisville, Miami, Syracuse all have
taken care of business, you know, out of conference and have looked good,
look good doing it. And let me just make sure if I let
me take a quick look at the standings, make sure I didn't leave you
know, one of those teams out. Okay, yeah, I did Wake
Forrest three and zero, and you know they went on and played a really
tricky game this weekend at Old Dominion, got down and made a comeback,
and they also have a win over Vanderbilt. You know, I'm not sure
if I really would have Wake Forest in the class of you know, the
top three or four teams in the ACC. But you know, they're taking
care of they're taking care of business. And we've seen Old Dominion knockoff plenty
of ACC teams in the recent past. So I mean, you know,
you go past that, NC State only has one loss to Notre Dame,
and you know we see Boston College, who many thought might have been one
of the two worst teams. You know, take Florida State to the final
minute of that game. You know, Georgia Tech, considered probably one of
the bottom teams in the ACC. You know, gets to the fourth quarter,
just one don't score down at Old Miss. This is as deep as
the league has been since twenty sixteen, and in my opinion, and the
best that it's that it's been since at least that time. So you know,
they've gotten through most of the non conference. They're still going to be
you know, opportunities against Notre Dame and then the end of the year games
with some of the SEC rivals, but most of the out of conference games
have been played already. And the ACC, you know, as opposed,
we saw the signs trending in the right direction last year, but previous too
that you know, we've seen in the ACC continue moving in the right direction
with their football. So really positive start to this year. It's going to
be a really fun season with a lot of great matchups. Okay, so
yeah, from my open microphone, I'm going to read you a tweet from
our friend Andrew Alex, who was once the co host of Paul Van Wagner
the ESPN Radio. You know that I've been on for the show that I've
been on his show for before. Is is you know, representing our site
and he's been on this podcast before. Andrew Alex said in a in a
tweets yesterday around four thirty, he said, some of you I can't some
of you, oh justin foote and apology. And he put this out in
the tweet, and I mentioned that I was going to read some of the
responses to his tweet, and I'm gonna try and keep it cleaning, Jeff,
I'm gonna read some of the responses to his tweet during this segment because
I wanted to make sure that you had the full the full response from Hokey
Nation. From that, I'm kind of chuckling a little bit. Our friend
Mark Hokey, right, you know, Hockey Mark, he's been out here
before. We work with him all the time. He says for running off
all the talented players. That was one of his responses to the tweet,
Natalie says, in what world? Rich Aroorra says, that's cute. I'm
not going to read Polly's response because that was kind of that was okay.
He started cussing him out. And then somebody says, you know, I
have a feeling he was checking his bank account and smiling the last two weeks.
I greet he's a much better coach than he's given for at I'm like
what? And then somebody said that. Then it says the talent deplation is
Flente's fault. He had he recruited right, we wouldn't have to depend on
all transfers. And then Patrick Crow says, wtf Cardlson two? And then
let's see who else here. Here's another one for what. Somebody says he's
a large part of the reason where the position we are today. Somebody says
no. Somebody says no, just no. Somebody says, for what exactly
the give you guys so utterly devoid of talent that we can't even beat Rutgers.
Then somebody says, huh, what if we let Korn go after the
Steen or twentieth season? And then somebody says, no, no, we
don't Flente point us in this in this mess. Then somebody says he's the
reason where we are. And I could go through and read these and They've
got gifts and things like that, and I'm like, oh my gosh.
I just kept going through the through the responses Jeff, and I'm like,
I've got to read some of these things. I got to read some of
these things on air. So I enjoyed it and it was fun to read
through that and I did chuckle rating through all the gifts and things like that.
Jeff. Thanks, thank you for having a good time this week during
our four hundred and seventieth podcast of the All Sports Discussion ACC podcast. We
are the longest running independent ACC podcasts in the United States. Jeff, And
it's been fun. Yeah, definitely a little throwback episode that it was really
enjoyable. All Right, I have a great week. All right. Bye, Matthew.