WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:05.160 It's time for coffee and company. 2 00:00:05.400 --> 00:00:09.240 Fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:11.160 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:14.439 when we are get off our show. Idiots. 5 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:16.879 The kids are crying to turn off. The countries are 6 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:18.640 screwing it up. Gold Play Inner. 7 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:22.199 Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. They're supposed to be 8 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:25.760 mature adults, but they're really not. Who's the kid here? 9 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:27.640 Who's the kid here? 10 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:28.519 Are you kidding me? 11 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:29.480 Now? 12 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:30.199 Here's nick? 13 00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:51.880 Coffee? 14 00:00:57.439 --> 00:01:01.079 All right, good afternoon, welcome in another week here, coffee 15 00:01:01.119 --> 00:01:03.320 and company. It doesn't It feels like a Monday, but 16 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:06.040 it's not a week one of college football season in 17 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:08.400 the books. The NFL season set to start in just 18 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:10.400 a couple of days. That is all very very exciting. 19 00:01:10.439 --> 00:01:14.680 But I myself had had a great weekend, busy weekend 20 00:01:14.799 --> 00:01:20.079 to where for some reason, I mean, despite waiting impatiently 21 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:22.400 for many many months for this exact time of the 22 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:25.040 year to arrive, and here we are, it is upon us. 23 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:29.359 I'm dragging ass today, John. I don't know if it's 24 00:01:29.480 --> 00:01:31.799 if it's just fatigue from you know, maybe needing some 25 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:33.239 rest from the long weekend. 26 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:36.040 Long weekends will do that to you, especially when it's 27 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:38.319 been a while since we've had one, right. 28 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:41.200 Yeah, and I I mean I can't really. I mean 29 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:43.439 I was busy this weekend as far as you know, 30 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:45.120 just you know. I mean I didn't think I didn't 31 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:47.120 anything special. I mean, in fact, I just watched a 32 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:50.840 lot of football. In fact, watched football, had a fantasy 33 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:53.799 football draft. I mean I enjoyed. I mean, the weekend 34 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:55.959 was great. But as we get the show started here 35 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:57.840 on a Tuesday again, I kind of feel like I 36 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:01.920 need a weekkend from the weekend, if that makes any 37 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:03.879 sense at all. But we're ready to rock and roll 38 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:05.760 again at His Coffee and Company. We are fueled by 39 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:08.479 Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety nit Coffee. That 40 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:11.280 is me the company man, mister John all on alongside 41 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:13.639 today as we take you up until six o'clock. You 42 00:02:13.639 --> 00:02:15.599 can take us with you wherever you go. Listen live 43 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:18.560 on the iHeartRadio app. Also listen live at seven ninety 44 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:23.879 Louisville dot com. Probably one of the longest delays I've 45 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:26.199 I've had as far as actually, you know, turning the 46 00:02:26.240 --> 00:02:29.879 microphone on and just start yapping. I mean, I was here, 47 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:34.120 but I'm convinced Shannon the Dude has to be did 48 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:35.879 deaf or he's gonna be deaf soon. 49 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:36.719 It makes sense. 50 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:38.479 I mean, he is kind of the rock guy, even 51 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:41.199 though he's also a part of KSR. He's in that, 52 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:43.000 you know, the loud music as I am myself. 53 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:45.360 But it's not consistent though. That's what I don't understand 54 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:47.159 about Shannon the Dude, And the reason only, the only 55 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:49.560 reason I know it was him is because whoever's on 56 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:52.639 this studio computer prior to me, you know, I see 57 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:54.879 that when I log in, it shows who was previously 58 00:02:54.879 --> 00:02:57.439 logged in, and Shannon is here doing KSR and the 59 00:02:57.479 --> 00:03:00.400 pre show. And sometimes there are some folk that'll come 60 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:03.400 in and use this studio at any point between nude 61 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:05.280 and three, but more often than not, it's just Shannon, 62 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:08.479 And sometimes, you know, I don't really notice the levels 63 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:10.680 being that loud. I just know for me, I've got to, 64 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:12.560 you know, I've got to adjust them a little bit. 65 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:15.039 But then there's days like today where I mean, I'm 66 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:17.039 glad I didn't have my headphones in. I didn't need 67 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:19.560 to have the headphones in. There are headphones plugged in 68 00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:22.960 four different spots within this huge board. We have here 69 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:26.080 and like it scared the crap out of me. And 70 00:03:26.120 --> 00:03:28.680 it wasn't even it was from headphones that are plugged 71 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:31.360 in on the other side. It's like it's almost like 72 00:03:31.439 --> 00:03:33.360 the headphones are so loud even when they're not on 73 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:35.080 somebody's hedge on. It felt like there was a big 74 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:37.159 speaker in here, you know what I mean, Like what, 75 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:39.199 I can hear it plain as day, and I'm like, 76 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:41.759 it sounds like it's coming from far away and it's 77 00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:44.599 just because it's coming from a headphone. So anyways, I 78 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:47.319 had to run over there turn those off, and then 79 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:52.039 once I started unwrapping, I guess that's that's I guess 80 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:53.599 a sign of us not being here for a few 81 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:55.719 days is I got my headphones out, which I used 82 00:03:55.759 --> 00:04:01.280 the old white Apple headphones, not Airpop and not even 83 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:03.719 like the ones that they send you or that I'm 84 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:05.439 not even sure if they give you any headphones anymore 85 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:06.840 when you buy a new iPhone, but at one point 86 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:09.560 they did, and it went from that old school audio 87 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:11.879 jack to like now what as I guess the USBC 88 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:16.120 or even that old iPhone charger that I guess is 89 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:18.480 still technically used by a lot of people who haven't upgraded, 90 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:22.360 but like I use the old white audio jack ones, 91 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:24.639 you know, plug in like a typical headphone jack, and 92 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:27.079 they've been in my pocket for the last hour and 93 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:28.879 I tried to unroll them, and you know, it was 94 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:31.360 all processed. So anyways, we're here, We're ready to rock 95 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:33.680 and roll. Obviously, a lot to react to that is 96 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:36.240 typically what we do on Mondays. I mean, again, it's 97 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:37.560 not a Monday, but it kind of is, you know 98 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:39.519 what I mean, first day of the week, and that's 99 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:41.680 exactly where we are today. A lot to take from 100 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:44.920 the first weekend of college football where everybody played, and 101 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:48.399 I gotta be honest with you, I think the biggest 102 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:53.680 reaction overall is the same. It is about the same 103 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:56.160 team that it was about after week zero, and that's 104 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:59.560 Florida State. And I asked the question kind of feeling 105 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:02.240 like already knew the answer last week, but now I 106 00:05:02.279 --> 00:05:04.279 know for sure the answer, Like there's no doubt about it. 107 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:09.399 Everybody wins when Florida State loses. But what I still 108 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:11.720 don't quite understand is it because of the way they 109 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:16.600 behaved and acted after not getting into the playoff or 110 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:20.120 is it just a thing that's been around forever and 111 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:21.720 I just didn't realize it. And what I mean is 112 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:25.240 just people not liking Florida State and taking great satisfaction 113 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:28.319 in them being embarrassed. And they are absolutely embarrassed in 114 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:30.639 a major way. And we're all like, it felt like 115 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:33.560 everybody won last night, unless, of course, you are a 116 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:36.160 Florida State fan. And if you're a Florida State fan, 117 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:38.560 I mean, you gotta be in shock, Like you gotta 118 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:41.879 be beside yourself to kind of to see where you are. 119 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:43.959 I mean, there is a lot of football to be played. 120 00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:46.199 I'm sure you're gonna hear people say that over and over, 121 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:49.279 but like, why can't we just say it. They've ruined 122 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:53.680 their season. I mean, I guess technically they could still 123 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:56.399 win the ACC, but they're zero to two in the ACC, 124 00:05:56.720 --> 00:05:59.040 and they've played teams that nobody expected to be very 125 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:03.240 good in the ACC. So like, even if they won out, 126 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:05.920 if there is a team in this league the ACC 127 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:09.199 that is in cruise control to win the league, just 128 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:11.639 like they were last year, and also Louisville was as well, 129 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:14.360 I mean, let's be real, Louisville, they clinched their spot 130 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:16.160 in the a SEC Championship game with what a few 131 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:19.839 games left, so like people are afraid to say it, 132 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:23.439 at least, you know, those that are the polished talking heads, 133 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:27.120 the ones who you know always act like coaches, never 134 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:30.079 make a mistake, and that know like you, just the 135 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:33.680 very vanilla talking heads that are that are afraid to 136 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:37.120 share strong opinions and sometimes afraid to just acknowledge the obvious. 137 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:39.279 And that's what irritates me is that it's pretty obvious 138 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:42.240 Florida State's season is over. I mean, nobody will say it, 139 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:45.439 but it's over. Even if they get better, they're still 140 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:48.240 gonna lose to teams that are better than Georgia Tech 141 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:53.319 in Boston College. So I mean, I can't think of 142 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:57.360 anything quite like the first two weeks of the season 143 00:06:57.399 --> 00:07:01.680 for Florida State, just given the act that they did 144 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:03.680 the unthinkable by not making I mean they didn't do 145 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:05.600 it wasn't their fault, it's just how it played out. 146 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:08.040 They did not make the playoff last year because of 147 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:11.240 a of a rare situation to where it just made 148 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:13.480 no sense to put him in. Even though they were undefeated, 149 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:15.439 nobody felt as if they were going to be close 150 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:17.399 to being one of the four best teams. And yes, 151 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:20.079 I know it's not supposed to be about you know, 152 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:22.279 your potential. It's supposed to be about you know what 153 00:07:22.399 --> 00:07:24.839 you've accomplished. Well, hey, the guy who helped them accomplish 154 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:28.279 that special season, he wasn't available anymore, and that matters. 155 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:30.680 Like people can act like it doesn't, but it does. 156 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:33.040 If you're on the committee and you put Florida State 157 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:35.720 in there, you would know that you wasted a spot 158 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:38.600 and that sucks for them, but that's just the way 159 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:41.000 it is. So you go back to that. Then they 160 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:45.160 sue the league, they play victim. I mean they I mean, 161 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:47.360 they had a legitimate argument, but then again, like it 162 00:07:47.399 --> 00:07:49.199 was more more than anything, it was just, man, that's 163 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:51.560 tough for you guys, Like I get it. I'd be frustrated, 164 00:07:51.560 --> 00:07:54.079 but like, what is your lawsuit gonna do? And then 165 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:57.000 now we know, you know, we then learned that they 166 00:07:57.040 --> 00:07:59.800 were suing the ACC so they can get out of 167 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:03.399 the league and preseason top ten I think is what 168 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:04.800 just about everybody had them at. I think they were 169 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:06.920 number ten in the eight peop pole before you know 170 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:09.000 it came out today and now they're not ranked at all. 171 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:14.120 But to I mean, just them suing the league alone 172 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:17.120 is it's just something you never thought you'd see in 173 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:21.560 high level college athletics, and it's because they feel superior. 174 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:24.199 They feel that the rest of the league is beneath 175 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:26.120 them and the league is holding them back. They won 176 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:29.199 out of their grant of rights deal because they just 177 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:31.000 you know, again, they don't have a legal case. They're 178 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:32.960 not gonna win their lawsuit. But I guess their claim 179 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:35.200 is that you know, they're being held back even though 180 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:37.039 they agreed to it, and now here they are zero 181 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:40.559 to two an embarrassing fashion. I mean, obviously, when they 182 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:42.240 played Georgia last year, that was one of the most 183 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:46.440 embarrassing football games you'll ever see. But if you count 184 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:49.960 that as well as what happened in Ireland a week ago, 185 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:53.960 what happened last night up or I guess down in Tallahassee, 186 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:58.000 they've just been dominated physically. They've been out rushed in 187 00:08:58.039 --> 00:09:00.399 their last three games eight hundred and twenty five to 188 00:09:00.399 --> 00:09:03.120 one hundred and eighty two. They've given up eight hundred 189 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:04.799 and twenty five yards on the ground in their last 190 00:09:04.840 --> 00:09:06.440 three games, and they've only rushed for one hundred and 191 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:10.240 eighty two yards. They've been outscored one hundred and fifteen 192 00:09:10.279 --> 00:09:13.000 to thirty seven in their last three games. I mean, 193 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:18.159 it's and what's crazy is that last year they were good. 194 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:20.320 I mean, they did not lose a game when healthy, 195 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:24.279 and you know, they were good. But all this does 196 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:26.360 is actually make people think that they weren't any good 197 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:30.759 at all last year. And you know, as much as 198 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:32.720 that may seem unfair to them, like when you come 199 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:35.879 out and start the season this way and just you know, 200 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:41.360 have this I guess sense of worth that really isn't legit, meaning, 201 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:43.840 you know, how could you claim you're being held back 202 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:47.799 by this league whenever you know you aren't even competitive 203 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:49.440 in it right now? It's just wild. I mean, I 204 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:53.759 can't think of any any comparable situation in college football 205 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:57.840 where you've had, you know, since January of last year. Well, 206 00:09:57.840 --> 00:10:00.000 I guess probably I guess December more than anything, because 207 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:03.200 that's when the playoff was announced. But from December to now, 208 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:06.279 like what a wild ride it has been for Florida State. 209 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:09.759 So again we'll talk about what happened with Louisville and 210 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:12.360 Austin p maybe like I might have just lied to 211 00:10:12.399 --> 00:10:14.240 you for the first time within the first ten minutes 212 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:15.720 of the show, like I've probably lied to you before, 213 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:17.559 but you know what I mean, Like ten minutes in, 214 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:19.120 like I think I just lied to you, because why 215 00:10:19.159 --> 00:10:20.879 would we talk about Austin p I mean, we could 216 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:23.480 talk about, you know, some of the things that stood 217 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:26.679 out in that game, but like that, unfortunately, that game 218 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:29.960 is exactly what you're supposed to do, and I mean 219 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:33.879 exactly what you're supposed to do in those situations like 220 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:37.279 that's all you can do is just completely demolish your 221 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.919 opponents sixty two to nothing. You could have made it 222 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.320 even worse if you wanted to. A bunch of guys 223 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:45.679 got to play like that is quite literally exactly what 224 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:47.960 you need to do when are supposed to do in 225 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:50.559 those kind of games. But you know what, because it 226 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:53.480 played out the exact way that it did, it also 227 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:56.360 made me, you know, it also made me realize, like 228 00:10:56.480 --> 00:10:59.000 we don't need to be playing these games like that 229 00:10:59.159 --> 00:11:01.200 was I mean, I hate to say it because it 230 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:03.320 sounds like I'm trying to rain on the parade and 231 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:05.120 I'm like being a fun sucker, because I'm sure a 232 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:08.399 lot of people love being out there at Cardinals Stadium 233 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:10.600 tailgating for the first time you got to see your 234 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:13.720 team wins sixty two to nothing despite people wanting us 235 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:16.000 to worry about the weather. The weather actually wasn't bad, 236 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:18.279 Like it was great. I'm sure everybody had fun, but 237 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:20.759 like it's a waste of time, that's what that's what 238 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:24.360 it is. Luckily, it sounds like nobody got hurt. And 239 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:27.320 now you move on to another game that is kind 240 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:30.159 of similar to this game you just played against Austin Pea. 241 00:11:30.200 --> 00:11:33.279 Because Jacksonville State they're not any good. They are G five, 242 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:35.360 so it's not as if they're an FCS team. This 243 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:37.720 is a team that is in the same you know, 244 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:42.080 FBS classification that you are, but they're not very good. 245 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:47.480 They got demolished by Coastal Carolina last week, and Louisville 246 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:50.000 big time favorites once again. In fact, I'll have to 247 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:52.240 double check the spread. I know it opened it Louisville 248 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:54.440 minus twenty one, and I think at last I checked, 249 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:57.399 it got up to Louisville minus like twenty seven and 250 00:11:57.399 --> 00:11:59.720 a half or something like that. I feel like maybe 251 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:01.559 that I don't know, but I know there was a 252 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:04.440 lot that wrong. Is it up to twenty seven twenty eight? Yeah, 253 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:07.159 so that makes a little more sense. But so again, 254 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:11.679 I'll probably just be honest. We probably won't do a 255 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:15.080 ton of Jacksonville State conversation just like we did in 256 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:17.679 Austin P. However, I do think it's interesting that Rich 257 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:21.000 Rodriguez as their coach. Like obviously Louisville fans remember Rich 258 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:23.320 rod from West Virginia, and if you follow college football, 259 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:25.639 I'm sure you're well aware of his resume, his story 260 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:28.720 a guy who left Michigan, I'm sorry, left West Virginia 261 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:31.360 to go to Michigan, didn't work out there, then ended 262 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:34.919 up getting an opportunity at Arizona, and then he had 263 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:38.399 a mistress situation going on where he had staffers that 264 00:12:38.440 --> 00:12:41.120 were quite literally their job was to make sure that 265 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:43.080 the wife and the mistress were never in the same 266 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:46.639 place together. That was like the job duties of one staffer. 267 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:49.279 So he gets fired there and then he now he's 268 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:52.480 landed here at Jacksonville State, so he'll bring his team 269 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:55.759 into town and they'll probably get their ass kicked, just 270 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:57.879 like Austin P did. And then Louisville can you know, 271 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:02.759 shift focus to games where there's actually something on the line. 272 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:05.399 And by the way, Louisville is up to number twenty 273 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:07.799 two in the AP pole. I think number twenty three 274 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:10.320 in the coaches poll. So Louisville is a ranked team 275 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:14.279 right now that I mean, I assume they would jump up. 276 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:16.720 But you really never know, right because when it comes 277 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:18.360 to some of the teams that, like you knew Florida 278 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:21.240 State was going to drop off, but hey, Boston College 279 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:24.360 and Georgia Tech, maybe they jump ahead of you when 280 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:26.360 it comes to the rankings because you know they actually 281 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:27.840 beat a team that at the time they well, I 282 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:31.200 don't know, Boston College. They did take a significant jump. 283 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:33.159 They're just right outside the top twenty five, but like 284 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:36.039 those wins against Florida State don't look as good now. 285 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:38.960 But nonetheless, Louisville is up to number twenty two in 286 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:44.080 the AP pole. And now you've got Notre Dame number five, 287 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:47.919 Miami number twelve, Georgia Tech's twenty three, Clemson State in 288 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:50.519 the top twenty five. At twenty five, I mean, you've 289 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:53.200 got four games coming up in the next month and 290 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:55.000 a half against ranked teams. Now, will they still be 291 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:57.320 ranked at that point? Tough to say. I mean, Notre 292 00:13:57.399 --> 00:13:58.919 Dame in Miami are going to be a ranked when 293 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:01.039 you play them. Miami really really good, by the way 294 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:04.279 against Florida, which, by the way, that's something we can 295 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:08.039 get to a little bit later on. We'll only know whenever. 296 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:11.679 You know, weeks go by and you see these teams 297 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:14.679 after just one more than just one game, but like 298 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:19.039 Miami looked good. But was it more to do with 299 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:21.840 Miami or was it Florida and Billy Napier, like clearly 300 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:28.600 being in a situation where that thing's not salvageable. I mean, 301 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:36.279 you've got Clemson getting destroyed by Georgia and Davos Sweeney. 302 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:38.360 I mean, I think he was probably one of the 303 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:41.600 most talked about people within college football after Week one, 304 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:44.600 just because you know, he didn't add a transfer. The 305 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:47.159 only other schools that didn't add transfers of the service 306 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:50.360 academies who can't add transfers, And he tritted a team 307 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:53.519 out there that just a few years ago would have 308 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:55.519 been expected to compete and would have been expected to 309 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:58.159 win because they were on top of the sport. It 310 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:02.279 was one A one B yam on Clemson saving and Sweeney. 311 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:05.759 And now you know, things have changed drastically in just 312 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:09.440 a few years time. So it's almost as if Devo's 313 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:12.919 not really doing his job by just refusing to realize 314 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:16.360 that the game has changed and the job requirement has changed. 315 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:20.720 If you are not competing in the portal to go 316 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:24.440 get good players that are available and you know, try 317 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:26.320 to keep the guys that you want around so they 318 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:29.799 don't like if you're not doing that, you're quite literally 319 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:32.360 not doing a huge part of your job. Like, I mean, 320 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:35.159 at what point does Clemson realize they may have they 321 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:36.960 may be able to fire this guy for cause because 322 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:38.960 he's simply just is not doing a huge part of 323 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:41.440 the job. Like they'd never do that. He brought up 324 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:44.039 two national championships, so he'll probably never get fired there. 325 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:46.559 But it's going to get weird and awkward if this 326 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:48.879 thing continues to play out the way where because they're 327 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:50.639 going to be all right, they're not going to be terrible, 328 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:57.080 but they're going to be probably a borderline top twenty 329 00:15:57.120 --> 00:16:00.480 five ish team for the foreseeable future if they don't 330 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:05.080 make any if Dabo doesn't adjust and start utilizing the 331 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:09.360 portal and for his pride and his ego in him 332 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:12.200 just being a weird ass dude, Like he'd be fine 333 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:14.240 with that because he's doing it his way, but like 334 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:17.000 Clemson fans can't be cool with that. Who would look 335 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:19.960 that that'd be terrible, especially knowing that you could be 336 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:23.639 a lot better. So anyways, long story short, Clemson, they're 337 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:25.879 I mean, they didn't look good. They got demolished in 338 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:28.440 the second half, but like most teams would get demolished 339 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:31.960 by Georgia. But again, what was that more about Georgia 340 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:34.919 being just stupid good compared to everybody else? Or is 341 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:37.639 that you know more about Clemson just showing us that, Hey, 342 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:40.639 because Dabo won't go to the portal, this Clemson team 343 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:44.879 is not. This program no longer has the ability to 344 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:46.919 get as high as they once were. Right, their ceiling 345 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:49.279 is so much lower now because the game is changed 346 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:52.240 in other programs are utilizing the portal in a major way. 347 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:56.720 The richer getting richer, right, Like, let's be real, put 348 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:59.879 your poral rankings aside. The best of the best still 349 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:03.840 who they want in recruiting and in the transfer portal, Right, Like, 350 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:05.880 go look at I mean, who was it? Was it 351 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:09.039 Georgia or Alabama this weekend where every touchdown that was 352 00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:11.680 caught was by somebody who transferred in I think it 353 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:13.160 might have been George And I feel like I might 354 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:16.799 have heard that stat because of the obvious portal component 355 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:19.920 within that matchup where George is gonna utilize the portal. 356 00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:21.880 They're gonna get better in it like most teams, and 357 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:24.559 Clemson's just decided not to do it because of Dabosweeney. 358 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:29.119 So anyways, I'm ready to get these games over with. 359 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:31.680 We got one out of the way, we got another 360 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:34.200 one coming up this week. I hate to sound like that, 361 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:36.440 but I'm just being honest with you. I think that's 362 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:39.319 what I'm supposed to do, right, share my honest opinions. 363 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:43.279 And I hate these kind of games. It's good to 364 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:45.119 get them out of the way early to where you 365 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:47.240 don't have to play, you know, Austin p in week 366 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:50.839 eleven like some teams do. But I just as a 367 00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:54.279 selfish fan, I want my team each week in, week 368 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:57.839 out to have a chance to go pick up a 369 00:17:57.839 --> 00:18:01.960 win that has some currency attached to it. There's value there. 370 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:05.839 You did something and it mattered. You've now changed how 371 00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:09.039 people see you because like Boston College last night you 372 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:12.640 beat Florida State, like USC the other night they beat LSU. 373 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:15.799 So you don't want that every week where you're playing 374 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:19.440 you know, legitimate top ten teams. But I mean, it's 375 00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:22.319 nice to see the new offense that Jeff Brohm has. 376 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:24.160 When I say new offense, I just mean the new pieces. 377 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:26.759 He's still doing the same thing offensively, but you know, 378 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:28.880 obviously he's got a lot of new players via the portal. 379 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:31.200 It was good to see Tyler Shuck look like I 380 00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:33.359 mean a very you know look, he look good. I mean, 381 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:35.200 he could have had eight touchdowns if they kept him 382 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:38.400 in the game. You saw Isaac Brown show why he's 383 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:41.000 got an electric He showed the electrifying speed we've been 384 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:43.000 hearing about the true freshman. I mean, I know he 385 00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:44.960 still listed at four string on the depth chart today, 386 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:46.359 but I wouldn't be shocked if by the time we 387 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:48.079 get to midway through the season he's the guy they 388 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:50.400 lean on more than anybody when it comes to carrying 389 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:53.960 the ball the tight ends. I mean Mark Redmond, that 390 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:57.799 perfect touchdown, I mean that connection from Shuck to Redman 391 00:18:57.920 --> 00:19:00.440 was beautiful. Ja Corey Brooks looks like a guy who 392 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:02.519 oh yeah, that guy's pretty good. Makes sense. He was 393 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:05.359 catching touchdowns for Alabama just a couple of years ago. 394 00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:08.519 So I loved it. But like I know, it doesn't 395 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:10.839 really tell me anything, and that's not a bad thing. 396 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:13.200 It's just selfishly as a fan, like I would love 397 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:15.599 to know that you beat an ACC team or look, 398 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:17.279 you can't control it. You're gonna have these games on 399 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:19.519 your schedule every year. And if I'm mad at anybody 400 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:21.640 this WEEKU, you've med at Indiana because they should be 401 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:23.759