1 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to this week in the Atlantic Coast Conference, 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:13,640 the podcast for All Sportsdiscussion dot com. This is Jeff 3 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,519 and you can follow me on Twitter or x at 4 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,719 talkin' a c C Sports. That's at t A l 5 00:00:21,359 --> 00:00:24,760 k I N A c C S P O R 6 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:29,920 T S. The podcast moderator is Matthew and you can 7 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,560 follow him at All Sports d A c C. That's 8 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:38,000 at A L L S P O r T S d. 9 00:00:38,719 --> 00:00:39,399 Speaker 2: A c C. 10 00:00:42,039 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 1: All right, Matthew, I'm going to turn over to you 11 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,200 now as we wait for our guest to join us. 12 00:00:49,679 --> 00:00:53,679 Speaker 3: Welcome to the All Sports Discussion ACC podcast. This is 13 00:00:53,719 --> 00:01:00,159 the longest running independent ACC podcast in the United States. Jeff, 14 00:01:01,399 --> 00:01:03,920 are you seeing our guest online? 15 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:04,159 Speaker 4: Here? 16 00:01:04,239 --> 00:01:05,439 Speaker 5: Can our guest hear us? 17 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: I do not see him online at all yet, so 18 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,599 he definitely would not be able to hear it. 19 00:01:13,439 --> 00:01:18,359 Speaker 3: Okay, I'm thinking that this may be a it. It 20 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,959 could be a it could be that the podbeen app 21 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:26,319 beats to be reinstalled on his phone. It could be 22 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,560 that the phone needs to be turned on and off. 23 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 5: There's just so many issues. 24 00:01:31,359 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 3: I think you touched on it on the microphone and 25 00:01:34,239 --> 00:01:35,000 all that stuff. 26 00:01:35,519 --> 00:01:36,079 Speaker 5: That issue. 27 00:01:36,079 --> 00:01:38,519 Speaker 3: There's so many issues at play right, as we both know, 28 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,200 with technical issues and all that stuff. But what a 29 00:01:41,239 --> 00:01:44,920 gorgeous night here at Alexandria. I've said that before, but 30 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:46,959 I mean, I think we're hitting on the best, the 31 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,000 best week, honestly that you could ever dream of for football. 32 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:51,599 Do you know that you know what we're gonna do 33 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,719 this week? Jeff, me and my friends, We're gonna sit 34 00:01:53,799 --> 00:01:59,519 outside in Alexandria. My friends have got like an outdoor porch. 35 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,400 I We're gonna sit outside and cook out and watch 36 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:07,120 football all day on Saturday. Oh, that's what I'm talking about, 37 00:02:07,799 --> 00:02:11,639 like outside, like literally outside their backyard in there. 38 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 5: In there they have like what do you call it? 39 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:15,400 A gazebo? 40 00:02:16,479 --> 00:02:18,599 Speaker 3: I mean, can you think of a better way to 41 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,719 spend Saturday other than being at the game? 42 00:02:24,719 --> 00:02:24,879 Speaker 4: Yeah? 43 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 2: I don't. I don't think. 44 00:02:26,319 --> 00:02:28,039 Speaker 1: So that's about as good as it gets other than 45 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,319 maybe being at one of the games. 46 00:02:30,159 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 5: I said another being at the game. I mean, you're 47 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:33,039 you're there. 48 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:37,759 Speaker 3: I mean, but you're sitting outside. You're having some some 49 00:02:37,759 --> 00:02:42,159 some burgers or some chicken or whatever. Right, maybe you're 50 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,719 even grilling some pizza on the grill, which I have 51 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,360 never done before. But they say they might do. 52 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 5: I don't have you done that. 53 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,719 Speaker 1: Before, Jeff, I have not done it, but I have 54 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:56,560 heard about it, and that that sounds like that would 55 00:02:56,599 --> 00:02:59,479 really work out well myself. 56 00:03:00,199 --> 00:03:01,199 Speaker 2: You know, I won't be. 57 00:03:03,439 --> 00:03:08,039 Speaker 1: Outside in that way, but I will be at Clemson 58 00:03:08,319 --> 00:03:12,080 l s U. Yes, So I am looking forward to 59 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:15,159 that one big time. And I mean we can definitely 60 00:03:15,159 --> 00:03:17,919 get into you know how big of a game that 61 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,759 is for for both Clemson and l s U. But 62 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,960 I am really looking forward to getting back to Death 63 00:03:25,039 --> 00:03:30,719 Valley and seeing if Clemson really has a national UH 64 00:03:31,479 --> 00:03:33,639 championship caliber team this year. 65 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 5: Oh yes, oh yes. 66 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 3: So I'm thinking Jeff that we may just have to 67 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,479 pull the plug on this one tonight. 68 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 5: Because it isn't Oh Matt, are you. 69 00:03:52,199 --> 00:03:52,439 Speaker 6: God? 70 00:03:53,719 --> 00:03:54,159 Speaker 4: I mean. 71 00:03:56,439 --> 00:03:56,759 Speaker 1: I was. 72 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:01,639 Speaker 4: It worked? 73 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 5: Oh my god? 74 00:04:03,719 --> 00:04:04,039 Speaker 4: That was. 75 00:04:06,039 --> 00:04:09,599 Speaker 1: Like the game, it's we got there, we turn we're 76 00:04:09,599 --> 00:04:12,840 turning out the lights, the game, the ball games over 77 00:04:13,039 --> 00:04:15,280 and then Matt Zemik pops in. 78 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:19,439 Speaker 4: Georgiami. 79 00:04:20,319 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 1: It was it was we were, it was done. It 80 00:04:24,319 --> 00:04:28,600 was the game was over toast you know, Crystal Mario 81 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,480 crist Ball called the call, the final play, and then 82 00:04:32,079 --> 00:04:35,279 here's Mad. We're ready, Matt, We're so happy with us. 83 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 3: We are there, Matt, Matt, so let me give you 84 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,279 the introduction here. We've got a special guest here for 85 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:47,199 the previewing the Atlantic Coast Conference football and really a 86 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:51,199 look at national college football. Joining us tonight really is 87 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,240 a treasure for us, right a national college football blogger, 88 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,759 Matt Zemic. You can follow him on Twitter at Matt Zemic. 89 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,000 That's at m A T t z E M. He's 90 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,240 also a member of member of I mean, I consider 91 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:05,000 him a member of our team here at All Sports 92 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,279 Discussion dot com. He's been with us for so long, 93 00:05:07,959 --> 00:05:11,600 and he's the editor at Trojans Wire. That's at t 94 00:05:11,759 --> 00:05:15,000 r O j A n s w I r A, 95 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:19,319 which is the Gannet Corporation affiliated University of Southern California 96 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,439 Trojans Athletic website. It is not affiliated with the university. 97 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,240 Of course, they have independent. 98 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 5: They really have. They have independent independent journalism authority over there. 99 00:05:30,879 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 3: And he's written Matt Samak has written about college football 100 00:05:33,519 --> 00:05:37,680 since two thousand and one. So, Matt, before we plug, 101 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:45,439 would you like to I should say, before before we 102 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,800 before we head right into football, I mean, is there 103 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:50,319 anything background that you want to give about yourself? Anything 104 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,399 that you want to plug anything you want to tell 105 00:05:52,439 --> 00:05:53,920 about the writers at your site. 106 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 4: Well, you know, so, I'm still obviously editing Trojans WHI are. 107 00:05:59,319 --> 00:06:01,920 One new thing I'm doing is I'm writing for College 108 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:06,399 Sports Wire, also under the Gannet umbrella. So basically, when 109 00:06:06,439 --> 00:06:11,120 I'm not covering USC or UCLA, I'll be writing about 110 00:06:11,199 --> 00:06:13,920 national stories at College Sports Wire. So you want to 111 00:06:13,959 --> 00:06:18,600 follow that. For we have about thirty close to thirty 112 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:22,519 wire sides. It might be twenty eight scattered throughout the 113 00:06:22,639 --> 00:06:26,839 Power conferences. So if there's a major story not involving 114 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,720 one of those twenty eight teams, that's basically what College 115 00:06:29,759 --> 00:06:33,639 sports Wire does because like, if there's a big Iowa 116 00:06:33,759 --> 00:06:36,079 story Hawkeyes Wire, we'll write about it. If there's a 117 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,720 big Texas story Longhorns Wire, we'll write about it. But 118 00:06:39,759 --> 00:06:42,199 for all the other schools where we don't have a 119 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,639 wire side, because again it's just about like twenty eight 120 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,519 to thirty something like that, then we'll write about it 121 00:06:47,519 --> 00:06:49,199 at College Sports Wire. And of course what we do 122 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:53,120 for football, we're going to carry that into basketball and baseball. 123 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:54,920 So you want to catch me and also the other 124 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:59,519 people who write at College sports Wire. The other plug 125 00:06:59,519 --> 00:07:02,120 I want to get It's not for me, it's for 126 00:07:02,519 --> 00:07:05,319 you guys. You know, you do the All Sports Discussion 127 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:10,199 podcast as part of the College GRIDIRN Coast to Coast 128 00:07:10,319 --> 00:07:12,959 podcast network, so you know, everybody, you need to be 129 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,839 following the various podcasts that are part of College Grid 130 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,240 around Coast to Coast. So All Sports Discussion has the 131 00:07:19,279 --> 00:07:23,399 ACC lockdown for that. But there's a Service Academy podcast 132 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:27,040 called Yards and Stripes. There's a Big ten podcast, there's 133 00:07:27,079 --> 00:07:30,480 a Big twelve podcast, and yeah there's my podcast, Get 134 00:07:30,519 --> 00:07:36,480 Off My Pylon, focusing on West Coast college football. So 135 00:07:36,959 --> 00:07:40,079 you know, hey, All Sports Discussion is part of the 136 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,040 College Grid on Coast to Coast family, so you definitely 137 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,360 want to be sure you get in on all those 138 00:07:45,399 --> 00:07:48,240 great College Grid around Coast to Coast podcasts featuring All 139 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:49,079 Sports Discussion. 140 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 3: Thank you for the plug. Reappreciated. So let's right get 141 00:07:52,079 --> 00:07:54,480 right to it. Man, a topic dear near and dear 142 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:55,199 to my heart. 143 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 6: And I'm kind of stealing a line from one of 144 00:07:58,399 --> 00:08:01,319 my friends, Will Ogin, and you can follow him on 145 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,319 Twitter at Will's World m N and he's over at 146 00:08:04,319 --> 00:08:08,160 ACC Nation, and he brought up the prospect about how 147 00:08:08,519 --> 00:08:12,399 the Commonwealth Cup game actually could be a game that 148 00:08:12,519 --> 00:08:16,800 features interim football coaches, and he said that early this summer, 149 00:08:16,839 --> 00:08:19,319 and it kind of I kind of have stuck to 150 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:23,439 it because I think it's a very real possibility. Matt 151 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:27,079 Football is and he probably in the Commonwealth and the ACC. 152 00:08:27,319 --> 00:08:29,399 What are your thoughts on What are your thoughts on 153 00:08:29,439 --> 00:08:31,680 this problem? 154 00:08:31,879 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 4: It's a legitimate possibility. I wouldn't call it a likelihood. 155 00:08:36,039 --> 00:08:39,080 I would say that if things unravel in Charlottesville, Tony 156 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:43,440 Elliott could be a mid season firing. I think Brent 157 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,919 Prye probably makes it through the season. I mean, but 158 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,279 I mean if things are awful, sure he could be 159 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,759 a mid season firing too. But if things are kind 160 00:08:52,759 --> 00:08:55,559 of okay and you know, the Hokies can at least 161 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,559 get to a bowl game, I don't think the hammer 162 00:08:58,639 --> 00:09:03,600 drops for Brent Prye before the end of the season. Obviously, 163 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:05,519 you know this a lot better than I do, and 164 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,840 a lot of ACC fans know this even better than 165 00:09:07,879 --> 00:09:10,600 I do. But you know, with Babcock's talking about getting 166 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,440 out gunned in terms of money, I'm sure that has 167 00:09:13,519 --> 00:09:18,360 everyone in Blacksburg talking, So you know, I do think 168 00:09:18,399 --> 00:09:21,320 that means Brent Pride maybe has a little bit longer 169 00:09:21,879 --> 00:09:26,399 leash than Tony Elliott does. So if you had to 170 00:09:26,519 --> 00:09:29,159 choose between the two, I think Elliott has the shorter 171 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,639 leash and the hotter seat. But obviously they both have 172 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,639 to do something notable this season to be coaching in 173 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:37,399 twenty twenty six. That's for damn sure. 174 00:09:37,639 --> 00:09:39,279 Speaker 5: Very good, Jeff, your up friend. 175 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,759 Speaker 1: All right, thank you, Matthew. Matt Now here's one that's 176 00:09:46,799 --> 00:09:49,600 near and dear to my heart. Is this the year 177 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:54,360 Georgia Tech gets to double digit wins. 178 00:09:54,399 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 4: You know, I could just be accused of being a 179 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,159 homer or you know, sucking up to the to the 180 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,200 hosts here at All Sports, D A, c C. But 181 00:10:02,279 --> 00:10:04,639 you know what, Jeff, I really do think this is 182 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:06,759 going to be a big year for Georgia Tech. And 183 00:10:06,799 --> 00:10:09,759 you know, I thought I thought about this, like, you know, 184 00:10:09,879 --> 00:10:13,559 do I put SMU, you know back in the ACC 185 00:10:13,759 --> 00:10:17,360 Championship game? Do I do I trust Miami? And obviously 186 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,840 those are teams we're going to be talking about as 187 00:10:19,879 --> 00:10:22,240 we continue with the show. But you know what, I 188 00:10:22,279 --> 00:10:25,120 couldn't really just get there with with those two teams, 189 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,000 and I thought, you know, Georgia Tech's been knocking on 190 00:10:28,039 --> 00:10:30,879 the door in recent seasons. And of course we all 191 00:10:30,919 --> 00:10:33,960 know Brent Key gets this team up for the biggest 192 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,679 games on the schedule. Just as long as they avoid 193 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,559 tripping on the landmine, you know, they can put together 194 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,720 a really solid year, right Like Georgia Tech's problem is 195 00:10:42,759 --> 00:10:46,120 not how it does against the big boys. Georgia Tech 196 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,200 gets up for those teams, and so in an ACC 197 00:10:49,399 --> 00:10:52,080 which I think that, you know, Clemson's the favorite, but 198 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:56,200 after that, I think it's very fluid. I'm gonna go 199 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:00,360 for it. It's fourth and two at the fifty yard line, 200 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,559 I'm trailing by seven points. I'm gonna go for it. 201 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,320 I'm going to go for the first down, gonna go big. 202 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,879 And yes, Georgia Tech wins ten games this season. 203 00:11:12,039 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 2: All right, I like it. I like that. 204 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: All right, Matt, let's get into the rest of the 205 00:11:19,639 --> 00:11:25,039 ACCCEN Now, starting out, which ACC team do you think 206 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,919 is going to take a dive that might be unexpected? 207 00:11:30,279 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I wouldn't call this a dive, but 208 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,440 for the people who follow this program, it was certainly 209 00:11:36,519 --> 00:11:39,480 rated the disappointment. So I don't have Miami making the 210 00:11:39,519 --> 00:11:42,639 a SEC Championship game. I don't think Miami will do 211 00:11:42,799 --> 00:11:46,080 as well this year as it did last year. And 212 00:11:46,399 --> 00:11:49,240 it really is a very simple thing. Not only that 213 00:11:49,399 --> 00:11:53,360 Mario Cristobal has trouble getting his teams to get across 214 00:11:53,399 --> 00:11:57,200 the line, but also you know, I'm not sold on 215 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,519 Carson Beck. I know a lot of people are excited 216 00:11:59,519 --> 00:12:02,759 about him, and moreover, like I know where the excitement 217 00:12:02,799 --> 00:12:05,960 comes from. Like he's played at Georgia. He's not going 218 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,960 to be intimidated by big time football under the lights. 219 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:12,279 He's played in so many big games, and there are 220 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,440 moments when he looks great, There's no question about that. 221 00:12:15,919 --> 00:12:19,080 But like he has a ball security problem, he has 222 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:25,399 an interception problem. And you also you put him up 223 00:12:25,399 --> 00:12:29,919 against cam Ward cam Ward, what he did last season, 224 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,559 It's going to be hard for Carson Beck to even 225 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:36,519 come particularly close in my mind, to what cam Ward did. 226 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:40,960 Cam Ward was special, and cam Ward rescued Crystal Ball's 227 00:12:41,279 --> 00:12:45,559 rear end on several occasions last season. Like so Miami 228 00:12:45,799 --> 00:12:47,960 did almost make the playoff, and it had that big 229 00:12:48,039 --> 00:12:51,240 lead over Syracuse, Like Miami was that close to making 230 00:12:51,279 --> 00:12:55,600 the playoff, but cam Ward is the reason Miami got 231 00:12:55,639 --> 00:12:59,399 that close. I see a significant drop off from cam 232 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,600 Ward to Carson Beck. Now, Miami fans are gonna say, 233 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,840 but wait, we have a really good offensive line, fair point, 234 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,799 we have some really good running backs, fair point receivers. 235 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:11,879 I think that could be an issue, But you know, 236 00:13:11,919 --> 00:13:15,279 the offensive line and running game, they could be really 237 00:13:15,279 --> 00:13:18,480 good and that could be enough to give Carson Beck 238 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,279 all he needs. Maybe he just has a clean pocket 239 00:13:21,639 --> 00:13:23,440 all the time, in which case, you know what, it 240 00:13:23,519 --> 00:13:26,600 might not matter that he's a downgrade from cam Ward. 241 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:31,679 But last year it was cam Ward rescuing this team, 242 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:36,919 rescuing this offense on several occasions. So in my mind, 243 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:40,519 Miami has to be significantly better on offense in terms 244 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:45,960 of all eleven to get basically to where last year's 245 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,200 team did. And I don't see Miami being significantly better 246 00:13:50,279 --> 00:13:53,960 to offset the drop off from cam Ward to Carson Beck. 247 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:57,320 So count me as a Miami skeptic, and the people 248 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,879 in Coral Gables can say, this is a freezing cold 249 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,120 take what the heck are you talking about? But I 250 00:14:02,159 --> 00:14:04,679 think that Miami is going to be the disappointment in 251 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:05,960 the ACC this season. 252 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:11,759 Speaker 1: All ri, let's go to the other side of that, 253 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,399 Matt which ACC team do you think will be better 254 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:16,759 than everyone expects. 255 00:14:18,279 --> 00:14:20,399 Speaker 4: Well, you know, so I've already gone on record as 256 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,559 saying Georgia Tech's gonna win ten. So I think Georgia 257 00:14:23,559 --> 00:14:26,080 Tech in many ways is the answer to that question. 258 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,600 But I also think if giving a non Georgia Tech example, 259 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,799 of course, the listeners to your podcast want to get 260 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,200 more takes on more acc teams. I think the other 261 00:14:36,279 --> 00:14:39,639 team you have to look at is Syracuse because fran 262 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,519 Brown is a wizard. You know, whatever he's doing, it's working. 263 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:47,799 He's really turned that ship around from Dino Babers. He's 264 00:14:47,919 --> 00:14:51,600 recruiting amazingly well. What he's doing in the portal has 265 00:14:51,679 --> 00:14:57,080 been remarkable. So you know, you lose Kyle McCord. But 266 00:14:57,759 --> 00:15:00,600 like Fran Brown knows how to build a roster. I 267 00:15:00,639 --> 00:15:03,320 am very impressed with him. I see so many good 268 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:07,679 things about him. I just think he's really sharp and 269 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:12,720 he's gonna get Syracuse to overachieve relative to preseason expectations. 270 00:15:12,759 --> 00:15:16,279 Like I find it hard to not trust Fran Brown, 271 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,679 I find it hard to not think that Syracuse is 272 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:20,919 going to be better than the experts. Thing. 273 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:29,519 Speaker 1: All right, man, our next segment, we're gonna call this 274 00:15:29,559 --> 00:15:34,200 our lightning Round got a series of questions for you 275 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,799 and get your take on these. So I'm gonna start 276 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,879 with I'm gonna do two at a time here, who's 277 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,799 the ACC coaches do you have on the hot seat? 278 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,080 Which two ACC teams do you see in the title game? 279 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,399 And I think you might have mentioned a little bit 280 00:15:49,399 --> 00:15:50,919 of these earlier, but we'll go ahead. 281 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, we'll just retrace our ground. So obviously the two 282 00:15:54,879 --> 00:15:58,399 coaches in the Commonwealth, Tony Elliott at Tony Elliott has 283 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:00,480 the hottest seat in the ACC. I think just about 284 00:16:00,519 --> 00:16:04,240 everyone would agree on that, with Brent pry close behind. 285 00:16:04,639 --> 00:16:07,200 And we also have to say, if this season goes 286 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:11,480 sideways in Chapel Hill, like North Carolina could say, you 287 00:16:11,519 --> 00:16:14,480 know what, the circus is not worth it. So Bill 288 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:19,120 Belichick is going to be a fascinating story for so 289 00:16:19,279 --> 00:16:22,360 many different reasons. But just you know, the soap opera 290 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,039 of the offseason means, you know what, he actually has 291 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:29,000 less of a grace period in my mind than if 292 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,720 the Jordan Hudson thing never existed. If that never existed, 293 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,559 we wouldn't be having this conversation. But he has to 294 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:41,720 be at least somewhat decent, somewhat competent this season, and 295 00:16:41,799 --> 00:16:43,879 if not, we could see a one year firing and 296 00:16:43,919 --> 00:16:46,480 we can just say, you know what, we experimented with this, 297 00:16:46,759 --> 00:16:50,440 but no, let's go back to hiring a coach that's 298 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,799 not going to give us any distractions. So that's kind 299 00:16:52,799 --> 00:16:55,480 of the hot seat picture in the ACC. The two 300 00:16:55,519 --> 00:16:57,960 teams in the ACA title game, well, you know, Clemson 301 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:00,440 I think is the clear cut favorite in the league. 302 00:17:00,559 --> 00:17:05,079 And I think Georgia Tech plays Clemson in the ACC 303 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:07,599 towle game because I just can't get there with Miami 304 00:17:08,279 --> 00:17:11,440 and obviously the team that's going to feel left out, 305 00:17:11,559 --> 00:17:15,039 snubbed and will be Uh. You know, I might be 306 00:17:15,079 --> 00:17:17,640 eating crow on this one. But you know, SMU, I 307 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:21,319 think snuck up on people last season and that that 308 00:17:21,319 --> 00:17:23,680 that's not meant to cheapen what the Mustangs did. Like 309 00:17:23,759 --> 00:17:27,960 they overachieved dramatically. Rhet Lashley, you know, it looks like 310 00:17:28,039 --> 00:17:32,880 the real deal as a head coach. Uh. And you 311 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,000 know Kevin Jennings, you know, terrific. 312 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 1: Uh. 313 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 4: You know, dual threat quarterback, A lot of ingredients there 314 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,599 for SMU to succeed. But now that SMU has a 315 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,960 target on its back, right, I think that this follow 316 00:17:45,039 --> 00:17:47,720 up season, it's gonna once again, it's gonna be hard 317 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:51,759 for SMU to measure up to the same standard that 318 00:17:51,839 --> 00:17:53,920 it's set last season. You know now that SMU is 319 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,079 going to have a target on its back. I just 320 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,359 don't see the Mustangs making their way through the ACC 321 00:17:59,559 --> 00:18:02,599 the same way they did last season. So I think 322 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,799 that opens the door for Georgia Tech to get in. 323 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,480 People might also say, what about Louisville, what about Jeff Brom. Well, 324 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:14,240 you know, I'm a blogger and the editor at Trojans Wire, 325 00:18:14,319 --> 00:18:18,720 so obviously I followed Miller Moss very closely at USC 326 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,759 last season. I am pulling for Miller Moss and for 327 00:18:21,799 --> 00:18:26,000 that reason, like I hope Louisville does well. But you know, 328 00:18:26,039 --> 00:18:29,839 if you watched USC football last season, if Miller Moss 329 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,400 did not get a clean pocket, there was any pressure 330 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:35,759 at all, he would flinch at some point, he'd commit 331 00:18:35,839 --> 00:18:39,720 a big interception. And I know that Jeff Brom, you know, 332 00:18:39,839 --> 00:18:42,759 did wonders with Jack Plummer, who was not a particularly 333 00:18:42,839 --> 00:18:46,240 good quarterback two years ago, and so if he can 334 00:18:46,319 --> 00:18:48,480 do well with Jack Plummer, you can certainly do well 335 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,440 with Milra Moss. But I think Miller Moss is at 336 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,400 a point where he has to prove it before I 337 00:18:54,839 --> 00:18:59,039 give him that higher level of status and respect. Miller 338 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:01,400 Moss just has to he can be the big dog 339 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,079 throughout a whole season. He had moments at USC, but 340 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,920 moments aren't the same as a full season, so I 341 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,119 can't get there with Losoll. It's Clemson versus Georgia Tech 342 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:12,480 in the ACC title game. 343 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: Oh I would I would like that. That would be 344 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,400 an interesting weekend at my house. Since I'm in a 345 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,240 Clemson family. I love I love the Tigers, but on 346 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:25,640 that day if they meet, I mean and we can 347 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,839 say who we're root for on this podcast. 348 00:19:28,079 --> 00:19:29,799 Speaker 2: I mean, I've been rooting for Georgia. 349 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:34,440 Speaker 1: Tech that day. But that'll be interesting weekend in our household. 350 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:35,960 If I were to go to the game, we'd be 351 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,440 some split colors between myself and some of the some 352 00:19:39,599 --> 00:19:44,119 of the family here, But I would love it, all Right, Matt, 353 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:48,200 who wins the ACC out of Georgia Tech and Clemson 354 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:48,880 that you have there? 355 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:50,759 Speaker 2: And who's your ACC coach of the year. 356 00:19:51,839 --> 00:19:55,119 Speaker 4: Yeah, so this is Clemson's year, right, And you know 357 00:19:55,559 --> 00:19:59,119 one of the superpowers that Dabosweny has and you guys 358 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,720 are very familiar with this following Clemson and the ACC 359 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,559 as you do, and as you have over the past 360 00:20:04,559 --> 00:20:08,680 several years. Dabo gets the big fish to stick around 361 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,599 for an extra season. You know, whether it's Trevor Lawrence 362 00:20:12,519 --> 00:20:17,319 at TN whoever's like the big time player, if he's 363 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,359 on the fence on the NFL draft or coming back 364 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:24,319 for another year, that that key player usually stays that 365 00:20:24,319 --> 00:20:27,920 that extra final year. And so like kay Klubnick, like 366 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,799 been there, done that, he has all the experience in 367 00:20:30,839 --> 00:20:34,440 the world. This is the year for him to put 368 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:39,000 together the monster season. And like he was good last season, 369 00:20:39,079 --> 00:20:43,799 but you know, was humiliated by Georgia, didn't play well 370 00:20:43,839 --> 00:20:47,440 against South Carolina, like there's still room for growth. So 371 00:20:47,599 --> 00:20:51,440 now like they fully know Garrett Riley's offense, like this 372 00:20:51,519 --> 00:20:56,160 is the year to absolutely go nuclear. So it all 373 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,839 lines up for Clemson. Clemson has the elite quarterback that 374 00:21:00,319 --> 00:21:02,119 you know, I'm not there, I'm not quite there with 375 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:04,720 Carson back as an elite quarterback, as I've already said. 376 00:21:05,039 --> 00:21:07,279 You could say Kevin Jennings is. But again, I think 377 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:11,000 SMU is just going to get everyone's best punch in 378 00:21:11,039 --> 00:21:14,759 a way that it didn't last season. And and you 379 00:21:14,839 --> 00:21:18,160 put Clemson against Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship game, 380 00:21:18,319 --> 00:21:20,960 you know Clemson's the better team. That's that's no insult 381 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:24,440 to Georgia Tech. I mean, obviously Georgia Tech fans would 382 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,480 sign on the dotted line right now for ten wins 383 00:21:28,079 --> 00:21:30,599 and an appearance in Charlotte. So I don't think they'll 384 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:34,079 be insulted by me saying that Clemson's the better team 385 00:21:34,519 --> 00:21:38,640 in an ACC Championship matchup. So it's Clemson's year in 386 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,039 terms of ACC Coach of the Year, while if Georgia 387 00:21:41,079 --> 00:21:43,559 Tech does win ten games and if Georgia Tech does 388 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:46,960 get to Charlotte, Brent Key is going to be the 389 00:21:47,039 --> 00:21:49,160 ACC Coach of the Year. So that has to be 390 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,880 my call on that one. 391 00:21:55,440 --> 00:22:00,759 Speaker 1: All right, superstuff, matt Our, last two questions in thisightening round. 392 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:05,119 Who do you have is the twelve college football playoff teams? 393 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:10,079 And who do you have here in August as your 394 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:10,960 national champion? 395 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,839 Speaker 4: Yeah? So, you know, one of the things as I 396 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,880 get older, and I've been covering college football for about 397 00:22:20,079 --> 00:22:23,839 you know, almost twenty five years now, I've been watching 398 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:27,000 college football for about forty five years, so that I'm 399 00:22:27,079 --> 00:22:30,720 kind of giving away my age. Here as I get older, 400 00:22:31,079 --> 00:22:39,119 preseason predictions lose their bite, their juiciness with each passing year, 401 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:43,519 because you know, preseason polls, to me, we shouldn't have them, 402 00:22:43,839 --> 00:22:47,519 like they just poison the well. They bake in certain presumptions, 403 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:51,680 and of course those presumptions usually favor not the ACC 404 00:22:52,039 --> 00:22:56,400 but the SEC and also the Big Ten. So I 405 00:22:56,599 --> 00:22:59,400 just like to watch football and then you know, in 406 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,960 the middle to latter portions of the season formulate my opinion. 407 00:23:03,039 --> 00:23:06,039 So I just want to get that down about preseason predictions, 408 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:09,519 like I don't invest nearly the energy in that that 409 00:23:09,599 --> 00:23:12,960 I did maybe ten fifteen years ago. I think that, 410 00:23:13,039 --> 00:23:16,240 you know, going through this college football playoff era after 411 00:23:16,319 --> 00:23:19,279 the BCS, it's really soured me on preseason stuff. So 412 00:23:19,279 --> 00:23:21,680 I want to just let everyone know listening on this 413 00:23:21,799 --> 00:23:25,000 podcast that I'm not putting a lot of stock in 414 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,240 all my preseason forecasts. But if you give me the 415 00:23:28,279 --> 00:23:30,839 twelve teams in the playoff, I think the SEC is 416 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,759 going to get four, because if only because I can't 417 00:23:33,799 --> 00:23:38,160 imagine the SEC getting only three two straight years like 418 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:39,839 that would just be such a shock, and you had 419 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,640 so many teams landing at nine and three, I would 420 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,319 have to think that at least one or two of 421 00:23:44,319 --> 00:23:47,079 those teams that were at nine and three will go 422 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:50,880 up to ten and two. The most likely candidate probably Alabama, 423 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,319 like Kaylin de Boer. I saw him in Washington, you know, 424 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,720 following the PAC twelve and the Big Ten as I did. 425 00:23:57,799 --> 00:24:01,000 And you know, Kaylen Dubor I think is a heck 426 00:24:01,039 --> 00:24:03,839 of a coach. I think he and Jalen Milroe just 427 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,720 had an oil and water kind of relationship. So I 428 00:24:06,759 --> 00:24:13,839 would certainly think that Alabama joins Georgia and Texas in 429 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,359 the SEC, and then there's gonna be there's gonna be 430 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:18,960 a fourth team that arises from the chaos. I'm not 431 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:23,599 sure which one in the Big Ten. Ohio State and 432 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,079 Penn State definitely are going to make the playoff. And 433 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:29,400 you know what, I think Indiana gets back. I think 434 00:24:29,519 --> 00:24:32,480 people are riding off Indiana. And I know that a 435 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,119 lot of people who've listened to this podcast, you know, 436 00:24:35,519 --> 00:24:38,319 like SMU is gonna get everyone's best punch. SMU is 437 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:41,359 not going to sneak up on anybody. So why don't 438 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:45,599 you think that's gonna happen with Indiana? Fair point? Fair point? 439 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:51,119 I think with Francisco Mendoza at quarterback. I actually think 440 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:56,880 that Indiana has upgraded at quarterback from Rourke last season. 441 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,559 So yeah, Indiana will get everyone's best punch. But I'm 442 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:05,559 totally sold on Signetti. I'm totally sold on Mendoza. So 443 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,079 I think Indiana gets back to the playoff and then 444 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,359 once again like the SEC. I'm not sure which is 445 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:14,200 going to be the fourth team into the playoff, but 446 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:16,480 I think there will be a fourth team, just because 447 00:25:16,599 --> 00:25:21,480 I don't know if the ACC can get to I 448 00:25:21,519 --> 00:25:24,039 don't know if the Big Twelve is going to get 449 00:25:24,039 --> 00:25:26,880 to like the Big Twelve looks like another parody festival. 450 00:25:27,799 --> 00:25:30,039 And I don't think Arizona State's going to make it 451 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:34,240 just because everything went right for Arizona State last season 452 00:25:34,279 --> 00:25:37,759 and you don't have Cam Skataboo back. I think that's 453 00:25:37,799 --> 00:25:40,559 going to influence the offense in a negative way enough 454 00:25:40,559 --> 00:25:42,920 for Arizona State to not make it. The fact that 455 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:47,759 I've already been able to see Iowa State beat Kansas 456 00:25:47,759 --> 00:25:50,720 State in what's really a huge game. Give me Iowa 457 00:25:50,759 --> 00:25:54,720 State as the Big Twelve champion and a representative in 458 00:25:54,759 --> 00:26:00,440 the playoff. I think Notre Dame gets in as independent. 459 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:02,720 I mean Marcus Freeman just has such a good defense. 460 00:26:03,039 --> 00:26:05,759 You know Riley Leonard obviously you guys follow him at 461 00:26:05,799 --> 00:26:09,279 Duke in the ACC before he transferred to Notre Dame. 462 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,559 Riley Leonard was not a spectacular quarterback, but like he 463 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,519 was a good enough quarterback, and he was a good 464 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:18,680 enough quarterback because you know, Notre Dame had this elite 465 00:26:18,759 --> 00:26:22,559 defense and Notre Dame didn't have to put up big 466 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,440 point totals to win games. I think the Irish are 467 00:26:25,839 --> 00:26:28,720 similarly constructed this year. And just as long as the 468 00:26:28,759 --> 00:26:31,240 quarterback takes care of the ball and can you know, 469 00:26:31,319 --> 00:26:35,160 convert enough third and fives, Notre Dame should get in. 470 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:39,839 And then you know, UNLV, that game against Idaho State 471 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:44,359 over the weekend, UNLV looked very shaky. Yes it's only 472 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:48,079 week one, but gosh, that's an FCS team at home. 473 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:50,720 You should not be going down to the wire with 474 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:54,480 Idaho State. So I think it's pretty clear Boise State 475 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,079 is the favorite in the Mountain West and is probably 476 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,920 the favorite to get the group of five berth in 477 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:09,079 the playoff. So Clemson, Iowa State, Notre Dame, Boise State, 478 00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:13,319 and then four from the four from the SEC and 479 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,640 the big ten, and that's going to be your playoff field. 480 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 2: And who do you have, Lennon at all? 481 00:27:25,759 --> 00:27:27,920 Speaker 4: Okay, I'm not going to give you a national champion 482 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,200 because and this is not this is not a cop 483 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,200 out so much as how are they going to see 484 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:39,359 the playoff? Right? Because you know, Oregon was the number 485 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:43,039 one seed, but it got a brutal draw, you know, 486 00:27:43,079 --> 00:27:46,759 getting Ohio State, which was the most talented team and 487 00:27:46,839 --> 00:27:51,319 ultimately the best team in the quarterfinals. So and to 488 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:56,519 my mind, picking the national champion it's a fool's Errand 489 00:27:58,079 --> 00:28:01,039 because I need to see the bracket. I'm really like 490 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,920 it's it's a lot like the NCAA tournament, right, show 491 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,720 me the bracket. If you just ask me in a 492 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,680 in a vacuum, you know, who's the best college basketball 493 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:13,680 team in mid March on selection Sunday, I might have 494 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:15,720 one answer, But then when I look at the bracket, 495 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,640 I might have a different answer. So, you know, the bracket, 496 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,279 how these teams are arranged is going to be really 497 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,319 not only interesting, but I think important because you know, 498 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,359 when you when you reflect on the twelve team bracket 499 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:36,960 last season, you know, Notre Dame, you know, was a 500 00:28:37,039 --> 00:28:40,519 number seven seed, but it had a better bracket than 501 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,839 Oregon the number one seed, you know, and and so 502 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:51,720 you know, also the Penn State number six seat in 503 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,680 Penn State and Order Dame both played in the Orange 504 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,279 Bowl in the semi finals. Penn State as a number 505 00:28:56,319 --> 00:29:00,160 six seed, had a better draw than Oregon at the 506 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,960 number one seed, you know, because of Penn State drew 507 00:29:04,039 --> 00:29:08,960 Boise State in the quarterfinals and Notre Dame drew Indiana, 508 00:29:09,359 --> 00:29:12,440 and then it played Georgia. Now, Georgia was the SEC champion, 509 00:29:12,519 --> 00:29:14,400 but you know, no one would say that Georgia was 510 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:18,640 the was really consistently the best team in the SEC. Now, 511 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:21,799 Georgia beat Texas twice, but Georgia really had an up 512 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:27,400 and down season. Notre Dame's path Indiana, Georgia was a 513 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:30,240 lot more favorable than the teams on the other side 514 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,640 of that bracket. Just imagine for a moment if Texas 515 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:38,920 had been in either Notre Dames or Penn State's half 516 00:29:39,119 --> 00:29:42,720 of the bracket. That probably has a very different impact 517 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:45,960 on how the playoff would have been folded. So, you know, 518 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,599 they made the change right as the conference champions do 519 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:52,079 not get the top four seed. That's just going to 520 00:29:52,119 --> 00:29:55,039 be the top four teams for best teams. I think 521 00:29:55,039 --> 00:30:00,240 that's a really good and necessary change, But nevertheless, I 522 00:30:00,279 --> 00:30:04,160 need to see a bracket in December before I really 523 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:07,079 get a sense of who's going to win the national championship. 524 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,839 The other point to make on the heels of that 525 00:30:10,079 --> 00:30:12,799 is that I don't think the sport of college football 526 00:30:12,839 --> 00:30:17,079 has really adjusted to this new twelve team playoff, right, 527 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,799 because in a twelve team playoff, you have to win 528 00:30:20,839 --> 00:30:24,759 at least three, if not four games to win the 529 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,960 national title. That's on top of your twelve game regular 530 00:30:28,039 --> 00:30:32,240 season and maybe also a conference championship game. So the 531 00:30:32,319 --> 00:30:36,920 teams might have to play as many as seventeen games 532 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:43,039 to win the national title. So injuries, freshness, you know 533 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:48,039 where teams are after twelve or thirteen games, and then 534 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:52,400 how the bracket sets up. I just think it is 535 00:30:52,559 --> 00:30:55,599 absolutely pointless to predict a national champion now the twelve 536 00:30:55,599 --> 00:30:58,799 playoff teams. Yeah like that, getting the sense of that, 537 00:30:59,279 --> 00:31:02,799 I think there's some value in that, but like I don't. 538 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,920 I don't even see a purpose in predicting the national 539 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,559 champion given that, you know, Ohio State did not have 540 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,400 the best regular season. In fact, Ohio State's regular season 541 00:31:12,559 --> 00:31:15,720 just the twelve games Ohio State played, not the four 542 00:31:15,759 --> 00:31:19,200 playoff wins, but just the twelve games Ohio State played. 543 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,039 The buck Guys were a major disappointment, you know, losing 544 00:31:22,119 --> 00:31:25,160 twice with all that talent, losing that game to Michigan 545 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,480 at home. The buck Guys were a major disappointment. But 546 00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:33,240 of course that large twelve team playoff field gives like 547 00:31:33,279 --> 00:31:37,160 a quote unquote disappointing ten and two team a chance 548 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,599 to still make the field and hit the reset button. 549 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,440 That's exactly what Ohio State did. So see, that's another 550 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,519 reason why I'm just gonna wait to predict the national 551 00:31:46,599 --> 00:31:51,279 championship in December. Right now, it's really just about the 552 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,279 chase for the playoff and teams getting the most out 553 00:31:54,319 --> 00:31:58,559 of their potential. You know, it's a lot like baseball 554 00:31:58,599 --> 00:32:01,759 in the sense that you know, in the nineteen sixties, 555 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,880 you know, through nineteen sixty eight, had the regular season 556 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,440 and then you go right to the World Series. Now 557 00:32:08,519 --> 00:32:11,160 you have all these playoff rounds and like there really 558 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:14,559 is a there's a big brick wall, a big barrier 559 00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:17,119 between how you play in the regular season and how 560 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:21,039 you play in the postseason. In baseball, didn't used to exist, right, 561 00:32:21,119 --> 00:32:25,279 but now it's really two different sports. There's April through 562 00:32:25,279 --> 00:32:30,160 September and then there's October. College football has become like 563 00:32:30,279 --> 00:32:34,160 that with the twelve team playoff. It's how there's on 564 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:39,119 one hand, how you play September through Thanksgiving and the 565 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:42,680 first weekend of December, and then there's how you play 566 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:47,519 in December and January. Two different situations, two different dynamics. 567 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:52,160 So let's just get through the first part, the first act, 568 00:32:52,559 --> 00:32:54,839 through the regular season, and then when we get a 569 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:59,279 bracket on the College Football Playoff selection day, then we 570 00:32:59,319 --> 00:33:03,279 can make a real informed guests at who will be 571 00:33:03,319 --> 00:33:04,200 the national champion? 572 00:33:05,519 --> 00:33:09,519 Speaker 1: All right, very good, matt Matthew, I'm gonna turned over 573 00:33:09,559 --> 00:33:12,640 to you, Knew over to you for our last segment 574 00:33:12,839 --> 00:33:14,359 in the podcast. 575 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,720 Speaker 3: Open microphone, Mattie, what do you got for us? 576 00:33:18,519 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 4: Okay? Two things. One is, you know, you know, there's uh. 577 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,559 There have been some rulings on you know, players seeking 578 00:33:27,799 --> 00:33:31,559 an extra year of eligibility, and one of them was 579 00:33:31,559 --> 00:33:37,000 at USC alignment named DJ Wingfield. He entered the transfer portal, 580 00:33:37,039 --> 00:33:40,480 he was at Purdue. He entered the transfer portal, so 581 00:33:40,559 --> 00:33:45,319 he commits to USC, but then he's ruled ineligible by 582 00:33:45,359 --> 00:33:48,000 a judge you know, you don't get this extra year 583 00:33:48,519 --> 00:33:50,920 of eligibility. And the word on the street is that 584 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:56,519 the NCAA House settlement was so vague and unspecific that 585 00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:02,240 judges across the country are rendering different rulings on players 586 00:34:02,279 --> 00:34:06,519 getting an extra year of eligibility from JUCO or other 587 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:12,719 specific situations. Like there's no consistency from one jurisdiction to another, 588 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,480 from one state to another on whether players you know 589 00:34:16,559 --> 00:34:20,360 from the JUCO ranks or in other specific situations can 590 00:34:20,519 --> 00:34:24,639 or can't get an extra year of eligibility. So one 591 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:29,400 obvious problem with this is why do we have the inconsistency? 592 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,159 But here's the thing that's I don't think getting talked 593 00:34:32,199 --> 00:34:35,119 about nearly enough in all of this. Like people are 594 00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:37,880 aware that you know, okay, you live in West Virginia, 595 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,840 the judge might give a favorable ruling there, but then 596 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:44,719 you go to California, the judge won't give a favorable 597 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:49,199 ruling on eligibility. Everyone sees, everyone knows about that, Like 598 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:53,039 that's very clear cut. But the thing that people aren't 599 00:34:53,039 --> 00:34:56,920 talking about nearly as much is this, why was DJ 600 00:34:57,079 --> 00:35:01,000 Wingfield and why would any other player be allowed to 601 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:06,159 enter the transfer portal if there were questions about his 602 00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:09,480 eligibility for that coming year, right, it just only makes 603 00:35:09,519 --> 00:35:14,519 sense if the courts haven't cleared a player for eligibility, 604 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:18,639 that player shouldn't be allowed to enter the transfer portal. 605 00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:23,039 Not in the sense that player's movement or freedom should 606 00:35:23,079 --> 00:35:26,119 be restricted. That's not the point of emphasis. This is 607 00:35:26,199 --> 00:35:29,360 very precise here. I'm in favor of players having the 608 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,480 freedom of movement and freedom to do what they want. 609 00:35:32,679 --> 00:35:36,880 But it's just that the court's ruling for eligibility should 610 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:41,679 come first, and then once the player is cleared, then 611 00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:44,639 he can enter the portal. Because just stop and consider this. 612 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,840 If a player is in the transfer portal like that 613 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:56,199 is basically a national global communication. I am available to 614 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:59,719 be acquired by my new school. I am a free 615 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:03,960 ads all right. That's the transfer portal. It's the it's 616 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:08,199 the open marketplace for college athletes to move to other programs. 617 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:10,360 So if a player is allowed to go to the 618 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:14,280 transfer portal, the underlying message being sent is this player 619 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:19,320 is available for another school to acquire. So to have 620 00:36:19,559 --> 00:36:23,559 that happened first, and then for a for a judge 621 00:36:23,559 --> 00:36:27,920 a court to rule on that player's eligibility it's backwards. 622 00:36:28,559 --> 00:36:32,360 So like that is definitely a procedural thing that college 623 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,320 sports and the NCAA need to get squared away. You 624 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:40,000 have to get the eligibility ruling first. Because USC thought 625 00:36:40,079 --> 00:36:43,519 DJ Winfield was going to add to this year's team, 626 00:36:43,559 --> 00:36:45,519 he would be able to play for this season and 627 00:36:45,559 --> 00:36:48,239 be an important part of the USC offensive line. People 628 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,760 might say, oh, you work at Troden's wire. Of course 629 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:52,760 you're going to be upset about this. But this would 630 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:56,519 apply to anyone Like a UCLA receiver had the same thing. 631 00:36:56,639 --> 00:36:59,880 He transferred, but he and then and only after he 632 00:37:00,079 --> 00:37:04,119 transferred to UCLA was he not allowed to play for 633 00:37:04,199 --> 00:37:06,840 an extra season. So this would apply to any athlete 634 00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:10,039 who enters the portal, goes to his new school, and 635 00:37:10,079 --> 00:37:14,960 then gets an unfavorable eligibility ruling. For any of these athletes, 636 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:19,920 the eligibility ruling needs to come first, because then a 637 00:37:20,039 --> 00:37:24,039 prospective new school doesn't have to get that player only 638 00:37:24,079 --> 00:37:27,679 then to you know, not get him eligible. You know, 639 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,719 USC thought it had this player and then the court 640 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,039 step in and they say no. So we should at 641 00:37:33,159 --> 00:37:36,840 least have a situation where the courts are making rulings. 642 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:40,519 Then the player gets cleared and then the player is 643 00:37:40,599 --> 00:37:44,000 allowed to enter the transfer portal. So that's one thing 644 00:37:44,199 --> 00:37:47,920 in this open microphone session. Here's the other thing I 645 00:37:48,039 --> 00:37:51,360 mentioned a short while ago. You know, college football, I 646 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,239 don't think structurally in terms of leadership, in terms of 647 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:59,760 the organization of its season has adjusted to the realities 648 00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:03,679 of the twelve team playoff. The biggest problem just in 649 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:07,000 terms of scheduling, not anything else, just scheduling. I'm not 650 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:12,280 talking about nil, not talking about television, really just scheduling. 651 00:38:13,199 --> 00:38:17,960 The conference championship game is not nearly as important or 652 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,599 as useful now in the twelve team playoff era. And 653 00:38:21,679 --> 00:38:24,159 we really need to stop and realize this. You know, 654 00:38:25,159 --> 00:38:29,440 Penn State and Oregon played in the Big Ten championship 655 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:33,920 game last season, so Oregon played an extra game that 656 00:38:34,079 --> 00:38:37,599 really did not have a whole lot of value, you know, 657 00:38:37,639 --> 00:38:40,119 because Oregon won that game, and as a reward for 658 00:38:40,159 --> 00:38:43,480 winning that game, Oregon got Ohio State in the quarterfinals, 659 00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:47,960 the absolute worst possible draw it could have hoped for. So, 660 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,400 you know, and meanwhile, while Oregon was playing that Big 661 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:54,320 Ten championship game, Ohio State got a week to rest 662 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:58,440 and prepare for its playoff, you know, so getting the 663 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:03,199 week of rest is something that Oregon should have benefited from, 664 00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:06,039 not Ohio State. And it should have been Ohio State 665 00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:08,960 as the team which failed to make the Big Ten 666 00:39:09,039 --> 00:39:12,239 championship game, it failed to win its conference. You know, 667 00:39:12,519 --> 00:39:16,159 Ohio State should have been penalized in some extra way. 668 00:39:16,199 --> 00:39:21,239 Ohio State should have had a harder tougher road than 669 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,239 Oregon did. But no, Ohio State was sitting back on 670 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:28,320 its recliner getting the extra week of rest, you know, 671 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:31,480 to be able to regroup. So like that is just 672 00:39:31,599 --> 00:39:34,400 backwards and so what the conferences need to do, especially 673 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:36,800 the Power Forward, but really any other conference as well. 674 00:39:37,679 --> 00:39:40,360 If a team is clearly the best team in its conference, 675 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:43,920 Like if a team like Oregon last season finishes all 676 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:47,880 alone in first place in that conference, that team should 677 00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,920 not play a conference championship game, right, it doesn't have 678 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:54,000 to play that extra game. It goes straight into the playoff. 679 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:58,360 There's no injury risk because it's not playing that thirteenth game. 680 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,559 And you know, we talk about you know, a team 681 00:40:00,639 --> 00:40:03,079 might have to win or a team might have to 682 00:40:03,079 --> 00:40:06,400 play as many as seventeen games to win the national title. 683 00:40:06,679 --> 00:40:10,519 So if you're number one Oregon last season, you don't 684 00:40:10,519 --> 00:40:13,079 want to play that extra game, and frankly, you don't 685 00:40:13,119 --> 00:40:17,000 deserve to have to play a conference championship game. You're 686 00:40:17,119 --> 00:40:21,599 safely in the playoff, you're safely one of the higher seeds. 687 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:25,239 You should not be forced to play that game. Let's 688 00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:29,079 translate this to this season and the ACC. Let's say 689 00:40:29,119 --> 00:40:32,639 Clemson is a dominant team, number two, number three in 690 00:40:32,679 --> 00:40:35,920 the country, finishes all alone in first in the AC seed. 691 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:40,559 Clemson shouldn't be made to play the ACC championship game. 692 00:40:40,599 --> 00:40:43,880 Clemson should just be able to go right to the quarterfinals, 693 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:47,280 get rest, get that advantage, not have to play a 694 00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:51,599 thirteenth game right after game number twelve against South Carolina. 695 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:55,000 The thirteenth game for Clemson should be the playoff quarterfinal. 696 00:40:56,559 --> 00:41:00,079 I think people need to stop and realize that the 697 00:41:00,119 --> 00:41:05,360 scheduling structure has not really adjusted to the twelve team playoff. 698 00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:09,000 In the conference championship game is the foremost embodiment of 699 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:09,719 that reality. 700 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:18,079 Speaker 3: Guys very Well said Matt very Well said, Jeff, you're up. 701 00:41:18,159 --> 00:41:21,320 Do you still have thoughts in seven and five Iowa 702 00:41:21,559 --> 00:41:29,880 taking on Clebson and Death Valley. 703 00:41:32,119 --> 00:41:34,440 Speaker 1: I do have a thought on the one ACC team 704 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:38,280 we saw this weekend, Stanford I know Matt's a West 705 00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:43,000 Coast guy. I think michaeh Ford has already taken calls 706 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,039 for which school is he's going to transfer at the 707 00:41:45,119 --> 00:41:50,800 end of the season. If if you're looking at Stanford 708 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:56,480 this weekend, the quarterback, I hope it pronounces pl Ranson. 709 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:57,320 Speaker 4: Wow. 710 00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:01,039 Speaker 1: He was the second best quarterback and in the two 711 00:42:01,039 --> 00:42:07,360 team the two teams with Hawaii, and Hawaii's quarterback was injured, yes, 712 00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:08,239 and he was limping. 713 00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:08,719 Speaker 4: Uh. 714 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, Stanford's gonna have a new quarter starting quarterback by 715 00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:12,480 game three. 716 00:42:13,079 --> 00:42:13,239 Speaker 4: Uh. 717 00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:16,480 Speaker 1: He literally cost them the game as Stanford was basically 718 00:42:16,559 --> 00:42:19,960 about to put Hawaii out, you know, put the game 719 00:42:20,039 --> 00:42:24,440 out of reach. He makes an absolutely unbelievably poor decision 720 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:29,960 with a pickoff while Stanford is inside the Hawaii thirty. 721 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:31,239 Speaker 2: They end up losing the game. 722 00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:36,159 Speaker 1: And yeah, that that looks like if I'm if I 723 00:42:36,199 --> 00:42:38,639 had to say right now, who I thought was gonna 724 00:42:38,639 --> 00:42:40,239 be the worst team in the a c C. 725 00:42:40,519 --> 00:42:42,760 Speaker 2: It's it's it's Stanford right now. 726 00:42:43,039 --> 00:42:43,840 Speaker 3: Uh uh. 727 00:42:44,039 --> 00:42:49,760 Speaker 1: And Saturday, they looked they looked. They didn't look poorly coached. 728 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:52,239 I'll say I think Reich as a head coach, you know, 729 00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:54,559 the schemes looked Okay, it was it that they were 730 00:42:54,559 --> 00:43:00,639 poorly coached, but there is no athleticism almost anywhere on 731 00:43:00,679 --> 00:43:03,519 that team, very few positions, the running back forward. I 732 00:43:03,559 --> 00:43:06,400 think there's a little bit of a running game that 733 00:43:06,599 --> 00:43:10,960 might keep them in some games. But who, you know, 734 00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:16,000 it's tough to say, like, you know, it's a bad 735 00:43:16,079 --> 00:43:18,519 loss for the conference when it's probably the worst team 736 00:43:18,519 --> 00:43:21,519 in the league. But with the strength of scheduled component 737 00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:26,000 going to be so heavyly. 738 00:43:26,079 --> 00:43:26,800 Speaker 2: Used now this. 739 00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:30,880 Speaker 1: Year in the playoff, you know, playing Stanford might almost 740 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,440 hurt your schedule. You're gonna have to like really completely 741 00:43:33,519 --> 00:43:34,119 blow them out. 742 00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:34,599 Speaker 2: Especially. 743 00:43:34,679 --> 00:43:36,719 Speaker 1: I think this is a team that could very well 744 00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:40,039 go one in ten or two and or one and eleven, 745 00:43:40,119 --> 00:43:46,400 two and ten. Yeah, Stanford, I think it's be a 746 00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:47,000 long season. 747 00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:52,480 Speaker 4: Yeah. So I wrote about this at College Sports Wire 748 00:43:52,519 --> 00:43:56,079 that Stanford just might be the worst Power for Conference 749 00:43:56,119 --> 00:43:58,639 team in twenty twenty five. And you think about Purdue. 750 00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:01,639 Purdue might be bad that year, but Barry Odom is 751 00:44:01,679 --> 00:44:03,960 the new coach there, Barry Odom, who did a terrific 752 00:44:04,039 --> 00:44:07,719 job at UNLV. I think that, you know, early in 753 00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:09,239 the season, Purdue is going to be awful. But I 754 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:13,639 think by November. Purdue actually might be better. Mississippi State's 755 00:44:13,639 --> 00:44:15,960 probably gonna be the worst team in the SEC. But 756 00:44:16,519 --> 00:44:18,360 it's going to be hard for Mississippi State to have 757 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:23,480 a worse quarterback than what Stanford had. You consider other 758 00:44:23,599 --> 00:44:26,280 teams that might be really bad this year, like Northwestern 759 00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:28,960 go down the list. It's just going to be hard 760 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:33,400 to have lower the bar below where Stanford put it. 761 00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,119 You know, I know you guys followed national college football 762 00:44:36,159 --> 00:44:40,679 as well as the ACC including football in the Pacific Northwest, 763 00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:44,239 and you might remember that Ben Gobranson used to quarterback 764 00:44:44,239 --> 00:44:47,719 at Oregon State and like when he put the ball 765 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:50,239 in the air, it was a disaster for the Beavers. 766 00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:54,920 He just needed to hand the ball off. And so, 767 00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:58,440 you know, he was awful when I saw him at 768 00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:01,440 Oregon State a couple of years years ago. It's clear 769 00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:04,000 that he hasn't improved. And I just got to ask 770 00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:08,440 Andrew Luck, the you know, the general manager at Stanford, 771 00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:10,320 and he's the guy in charge of the program. You know, 772 00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:13,360 in a lot of places, the head coach is in charge 773 00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:17,039 and the general manager or athletic director or you know 774 00:45:17,079 --> 00:45:19,360 are kind of you know serving the head coach, like 775 00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:22,840 Nick Saban was the guy running Alabama football, not the 776 00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:28,440 athletic director. But at Stanford it's Andrew Luck running that program. 777 00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:33,480 It's not Frank Reich. And so Andrew Luck allowed Ben 778 00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:37,360 Golbranson to transfer into Stanford, Like what was he thinking? 779 00:45:37,679 --> 00:45:41,440 How could Andrew Luck think that Ben Golbranson was anything 780 00:45:41,519 --> 00:45:44,599 close to an answer at quarterback? Like if I think 781 00:45:44,639 --> 00:45:47,320 a bad quarterback wants to transfer to my school, I'm 782 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:50,639 gonna say, we thank you for your interest. But like 783 00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:55,199 our quarterback room is good, Like we're okay, or at least, 784 00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:58,199 you know, we think we have our own answers within 785 00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:02,079 the program, like you know, like there's nothing saying that 786 00:46:02,159 --> 00:46:06,079 Andrew Luck had to say yes to Ben Gobranson. So 787 00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:09,840 that that's something that Stanford fans should be upset about 788 00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:13,840 because that was just horrible quarterbacking. And Frank Reich, you know, 789 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:18,719 he made Nick Foles or you know, and Carson Wentz 790 00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:22,239 into quality NFL quarterbacks, like he did a great job 791 00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:25,880 with the Eagles, you know, winning the Super Bowl under 792 00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:29,480 head coach Doug Peterson several years ago. Frank Wright and 793 00:46:29,519 --> 00:46:31,719 you know, Frank Wright did really well with the Colts 794 00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:35,760 before that tenure lost team like Frank Reich is a 795 00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:40,360 really smart offensive coach X and O guy. But you know, 796 00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:46,039 there's only so much a gifted play caller can do. 797 00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:48,920 You know, if the quarterback's terrible, the coach is not 798 00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:51,840 going to be able to rescue that. So yeah, I 799 00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:55,199 think I do think that a quarterback changed as in 800 00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:59,039 the cards for the cardinal, But one wonders how much 801 00:46:59,559 --> 00:47:02,119 good that will be able to do. That was certainly 802 00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:05,639 very discouraging to lose, not just against Hawaii, but to 803 00:47:05,719 --> 00:47:09,079 lose against Hawaii with an injured quarterback. That was a 804 00:47:09,159 --> 00:47:10,960 very bad look for Stanford, no question. 805 00:47:11,079 --> 00:47:13,119 Speaker 3: I mean it kind of reminds me of the moves 806 00:47:13,199 --> 00:47:18,440 that Virginia Tech made when Pente was coached, you know, 807 00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:19,400 with the qv room. 808 00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:26,320 Speaker 7: Matt, Well, hey, you don't need to be sorry about 809 00:47:27,119 --> 00:47:29,719 it's more pain than it is for me. 810 00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:38,079 Speaker 4: Yeah, yep. They had Hendon Hooker and what happened with that? Yep? 811 00:47:38,719 --> 00:47:39,559 Speaker 5: Oh my gosh. 812 00:47:39,679 --> 00:47:44,119 Speaker 3: Okay, Okay, So here we go, mad by open microphone. 813 00:47:44,159 --> 00:47:47,719 Who's winning the FCS title? This is a softball, I guess. 814 00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:49,960 Speaker 4: North Dakota State. 815 00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:53,239 Speaker 5: This is a good pick. This is a good pick. 816 00:47:54,039 --> 00:47:57,199 Speaker 4: Matt. Thank you, like like you know you're going to 817 00:47:57,239 --> 00:47:59,039 be close to the target if you're not going to 818 00:47:59,119 --> 00:48:00,000 actually hit the targe. 819 00:48:01,599 --> 00:48:03,719 Speaker 5: That's right, that's right, Matt. 820 00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:06,000 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for joining us this Sunday evening 821 00:48:06,079 --> 00:48:09,480 on the All Sports Discussion ACC podcast. We really appreciate 822 00:48:09,559 --> 00:48:11,039 you coming on the show and we look forward to 823 00:48:11,119 --> 00:48:12,280 you coming on in December. 824 00:48:13,519 --> 00:48:15,440 Speaker 4: Thank you. And I just want to say before I go, 825 00:48:16,199 --> 00:48:19,199 you want to follow the All Sports Discussion Podcast as 826 00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:23,679 part of the College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast network. 827 00:48:23,719 --> 00:48:28,239 You can catch that at Apple, you can go to Spreaker, Spotify, 828 00:48:28,519 --> 00:48:32,079 the other places where you listen for your podcast. Follow 829 00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:36,159 All Sports Discussion throughout the season for the best in 830 00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:38,400 ACC football coverage. 831 00:48:39,119 --> 00:48:42,760 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for the plug, Matt. We appreciate it. It's 832 00:48:42,639 --> 00:48:45,079 we've made it, guys. This is the way football begins. 833 00:48:45,239 --> 00:48:46,440 Take care every great week. 834 00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:47,159 Speaker 4: Thank you.