WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.080 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:23.320 Sports Talk seven nine day. Now here's Nick coffee. 3 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:27.239 All right, let's get hour number two started here on 4 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:30.320 a beautiful Wednesday afternoon. Coffee and company. That's us. We 5 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:32.560 are fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven to 6 00:00:32.679 --> 00:00:35.280 ninety two. More hours left here before we get out 7 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:36.799 of here and call it a day. I want to 8 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:39.479 remind you that coming up on Friday night, we will 9 00:00:39.479 --> 00:00:42.560 have you covered for the Louisville Football pregame show hosted 10 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:44.799 by yours truly. We'll get that started at six point 11 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:47.359 thirty presented by Pillow Windows and Doors of Central Kentucky 12 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:50.600 and Jefferson Animal Hospital, and then kickoffs at seven thirty, 13 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:51.880 so it'll be a late one. It'll be a late 14 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:54.280 night postgame show. But whatever it is that happens, we 15 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:56.159 will certainly react to it right here on the Louisville 16 00:00:56.159 --> 00:00:59.200 Football Postgame Show presented by Alex R. White Lawyer's Sue 17 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:02.600 Distracted Drive Friday show, not the postgame or pregame, but 18 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:05.719 the actual show. We'll be live at the offices of 19 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:09.519 Alex R. White Lawyers, and there I'm gonna get the 20 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:11.400 final details, but I know they've got some stuff they're 21 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:13.879 gonna be given away. So once I have those details, 22 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:16.560 I'll be sure to share that. Because people like free stuff, right, 23 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:19.280 I mean, the only thing people love more than free 24 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:21.560 stuff is when we get to talk college football with 25 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:24.079 the one and only Zach Barnetta FootballScoop dot Com. How 26 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:25.920 about that transition? How about that segue? 27 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:26.159 Zach? 28 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:27.640 Can I have myself on the back there. 29 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:30.159 It's a pro, you're a pros pro. 30 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:33.280 I try, I try and and I try to you know, 31 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:35.200 be good at this because I don't know what I 32 00:01:35.239 --> 00:01:36.719 would do if I had to get a real job, 33 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:38.120 you know, I don't. I mean, I don't like to 34 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:40.439 think about it. I'm just gonna keep you know, doing radio, 35 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:43.359 talking sports and you know, not having any you know, 36 00:01:43.400 --> 00:01:46.159 real responsibilities like other people have. It's it's a nice 37 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:48.400 life to live. And I know you work your tail off, 38 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:51.280 but doesn't it feel like it's you know, it's better 39 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:53.519 than a a you know, a regular job. Right, we 40 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:55.799 get to we get to talk football, cover football, and 41 00:01:55.840 --> 00:01:58.239 that doesn't really it's it's made me feel like I've 42 00:01:58.239 --> 00:01:59.519 never really had to grow up. Zach. 43 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:05.920 Oh, yeah, you're talking to me as I'm working from home. 44 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:09.919 The wife is working from home. She's been on conference 45 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:13.080 calls all day about real serious stuff that I'm not 46 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:15.560 allowed to not government stuff, but just you know, serious 47 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:17.240 big adult stuff. 48 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:18.599 Yeah, like big work stuff. 49 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:19.840 Talk to you about college football. 50 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:24.360 Yep, And we're very blessed. I think I can speak 51 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:26.439 for both of us when I say that. Right, So, 52 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:28.000 I'm just gonna do a little rapid fire here is 53 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:30.199 we're about midway through the season for just about everybody, 54 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:32.439 a little bit further than midway through of the college 55 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:36.439 football season as of now October twenty third. Who do 56 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:41.199 you think right now is the best team in college football? 57 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:43.439 Because I think it's quite clear who the elite tier is, 58 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:46.199 even though there's been some losses I mean along the way, 59 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:48.400 But I feel like it's kind of rare to be 60 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:50.080 this late in the year and kind of feel like 61 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:52.319 you don't really know exactly who the best team is. 62 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:54.000 Just curious who you think it is as of now. 63 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:57.680 I mean, i'd have to go Georgia. And I'm a 64 00:02:57.719 --> 00:02:59.759 guy who picked a hive state to win the National 65 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:03.120 Impy Chip and picked them to win handily in Oregon, 66 00:03:03.159 --> 00:03:06.960 and that obviously did not happen. But I mean, Georgia 67 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:09.520 has a level that no one else has, and Texas 68 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:13.719 saw that on Saturday night. I mean the Texas that Georgia, 69 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:16.400 excuse me, the Georgia that Texas saw was not the 70 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:19.800 same Georgia that that Kentucky played. And they can access 71 00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:23.719 a level of intensity and physicality that no one else can. 72 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:28.080 And then my second best, I feel, I think Ohio 73 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:30.599 State at their absolute best is still the second best 74 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:33.280 team in the country. And the weird thing about it is, 75 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:36.080 I mean, I guess you could throw Texas in there 76 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:39.759 as well. Is arguably the best teams of the country. 77 00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:43.159 There's questions at quarterback play. That's the biggest question on 78 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:45.680 all of them right now. I mean you could even 79 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:47.319 put Tennessee in that group. 80 00:03:47.879 --> 00:03:48.039 Uh. 81 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:51.280 There's not one perfect team out there, which makes it 82 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:53.000 so tantilizing to watch. 83 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:56.240 Yeah, And one of the things that we talked about 84 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:58.199 a little bit yesterday when just kind of looking at 85 00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:01.919 the overall you know, the rankings, the college football playoff 86 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:04.680 predictions as far as where where teams are going to 87 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:06.439 be once we get our first look at the rankings, 88 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:08.039 and that was really stood out to me is that, yeah, 89 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:11.400 I still think the college football national champion is going 90 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:13.759 to come from one of the elite programs that has 91 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:16.399 won a championship, maybe you know, in the last few years, 92 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:18.600 or maybe you know, in the last couple of years. 93 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:21.600 But I mean, am I crazy to think that? Even 94 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:25.279 though the playoff has expanded and the portaland NIL has 95 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:29.160 certainly given some programs the ability to kind of close 96 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:31.279 the gap a little bit as far as you know, 97 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:33.839 the separation between the elite of the elite and then 98 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:35.720 the other programs that you know and any you know 99 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:38.279 that are pretty good. Despite all that, I still feel 100 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:40.720 like it's going to be a long, long, long time 101 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:43.399 before we see a team win a national championship for 102 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:44.120 the first time. 103 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:50.839 Well, I mean, I guess you're betting it's Oregon. They're 104 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:58.040 definitely the best team, and I mean they have to be, right, Yeah, 105 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:00.680 They're really the only one that I can even make 106 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:04.279 an argument, I think, unless I'm just completely whipping on 107 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:10.439 someone obvious Indiana, Sorry John, but I mean to do that. 108 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:13.360 To win the national championship, you're gonna have to win 109 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:18.519 your conference, which is not easy, especially in the divisionless 110 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:22.199 structure where you can't hide in a bad division and 111 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:26.079 I mean the SEC, every every league has had the 112 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:29.600 the JV and the varsity division. That's not gone. Or 113 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:31.519 you're gonna have to win three games against a really 114 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:33.879 good team or four games against really good teams. And 115 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:35.519 even if you do win your conference, there's really not have 116 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:37.920 to win three games against really good teams. So we've 117 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:43.879 expanded the the access of who can compete for national championship, 118 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:46.959 and I think shrunk who can actually win it. And 119 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:50.839 it's funny. It's funny how the portal and nil are 120 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:54.720 are going to play out because most people think that 121 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:57.519 the best teams are not as good as they were 122 00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:00.199 a few years ago. But just because uh it, just 123 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:04.439 in general, guys would rather go play at say, NC 124 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:07.720 State than sit at Georgia. So the best teams aren't 125 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:10.720 as deep as they were in the past, and the 126 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:12.920 team that wins the national championship is going to be 127 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:14.920 the healthiest, the freshest, the deepest. 128 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:19.199 Yeah. And whenever I talk about how it's been so long, 129 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:22.399 I think Florida with Spurrier was the last time a 130 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:25.120 team won a championship for the first time in college football. 131 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:28.639 You know, I get some pushback because people think that's 132 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:31.240 not that crazy, But think about it, it's not because 133 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:34.079 there's countless programs that can claim they have won on 134 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:36.720 the trophy case. It's just because it's a pretty exclusive 135 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:40.279 elite tier at small group that you know is is 136 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:43.040 you know, for the most part period, you know, almost 137 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:44.959 every year sometimes I mean, I guess it just to 138 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:47.639 be like for example, like Michigan, they're nowhere near that 139 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:49.160 now and they were nowhere near for a little while, 140 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:51.560 but they had that run there with Harball. But outside 141 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:53.160 of them, like you look at the teams that have 142 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:56.959 been regulars, you know, as close as you can get 143 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:59.240 to being a regular in the four team playoff format, 144 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:01.319 like those are still the programs for the most part 145 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:03.560 that I think, year in and year out for the 146 00:07:03.600 --> 00:07:05.639 foreseeable future, will be viewed as the teams that have 147 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:07.680 the best chance to win it. But who knows, maybe 148 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:10.560 we get some unexpected results along the way here in 149 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:13.560 the in the fourteen team playoff. But you know, it's 150 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:16.079 just college football is a phenomenal sport. I love it. 151 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:18.399 You know, there's not much they could do to ever 152 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:21.040 make me not love the product that is college football. 153 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:23.519 It gives us so much content and what we do 154 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:25.839 and it's just awesome. But you know, every now and 155 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:27.319 then I do kind of think, man, you know what, 156 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:30.519 like the vast majority of fan bases out there, even 157 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:32.439 those that have had some success, that they would tell 158 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:36.480 you that their program is really good. Overall, very few 159 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:38.800 are in that elite tier that I'm speaking of. And 160 00:07:38.839 --> 00:07:40.439 you know, the more I think about it, the more 161 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:42.079 it makes me kind of sad because I'm a Louisville 162 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:45.199 fan myself. You're a Texas fans obviously, you know you've had, 163 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:47.519 you've had a national championship in any moment they could 164 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:49.160 get when they could win it this year. So I 165 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:51.759 don't know, I just I don't. As much as people 166 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:54.279 love the sport, I think that's one of those things 167 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:55.959 that you know, I think would would kind of draw 168 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:57.639 people away, that you would say, yeah, we could be good, 169 00:07:57.639 --> 00:07:59.360 but man, at the end of the day, we're really 170 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:02.079 in a second day tear and that elite tiers never changing. 171 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:06.680 Yeah, I mean, I guess if in the years past, 172 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:10.360 if you're an Indiana fan, you're in bl and all 173 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:13.040 was the Rose Bowl, And I mean Indiana got there 174 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:16.800 one time in the monitor in nineteen sixty seven and 175 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:20.360 that was really it. So I guess in theory that 176 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:25.120 was attainable. Now it's much more attainable to make the playoff. 177 00:08:25.160 --> 00:08:28.759 I mean, Indiana sold out their season tickets. Cal was 178 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:32.679 all in until their team lost their first four ACC 179 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:37.080 games by like three points piece. SMU is now all in. 180 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:43.360 I mean, I think I've cautioned everyone out there toes 181 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:46.960 not jump to conclusions about how this new playoff era 182 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:50.000 is going to be and how it's good effect recruiting 183 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:53.639 and the portal and everything, because no one knows yet. 184 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:55.399 We're watching it unfold before our eyes. 185 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:58.399 Yeah, and I think, you know, if Indiana is able 186 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:00.799 to make the playoff, thish. I mean, it's crazy to 187 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:02.279 say it out loud, but they're certainly in a great 188 00:09:02.279 --> 00:09:04.840 position to do it. I mean, that's why the expanded playoff, 189 00:09:04.840 --> 00:09:07.120 I think is good for all the other, you know, 190 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:11.799 secondary programs I suppose that aren't realistically in play for 191 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:14.879 a national title and any on any consistent level, because 192 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:17.000 I think you can you can look at an appearance. 193 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:18.000 And I've said this for a while, and I know 194 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:19.440 I'm not the only one that's put it out there, 195 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:21.320 but I think in appearance in the College Football Playoff 196 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:24.440 can be viewed as a final four in basketball, there's 197 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:26.080 a comparison there, and those have value, you know what 198 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:27.759 I mean. You know, even if if you're not winning 199 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:30.000 a title, but you're every now and then getting there 200 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:32.000 to the to the actual playoff, I mean, that still 201 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:34.080 is something that would be viewed as a really really 202 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:38.200 special run for most college football programs. Now, if you're Georgia, 203 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:40.440 if you're Alabama, if you're Ohio State, if you if 204 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:42.840 you're Texas, I mean, you're certainly not looking at the 205 00:09:42.840 --> 00:09:46.159 playoff as some humongous accomplishment. But again, that's a pretty 206 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:48.759 that's a pretty small group for the most part. I 207 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:52.440 mentioned Alabama. Obviously, they had a phenomenal run under Nick Saban. 208 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:54.200 I think he's the best coach who've ever seen in 209 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:57.480 college football. Replacing him is no easy task, but Bama 210 00:09:57.519 --> 00:09:59.279 having two losses at this point, it's sort of a 211 00:09:59.279 --> 00:10:01.279 head scratcher for me, just because you know, even though 212 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:03.200 they don't have Nick Saban, they're still Alabama. I think 213 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:05.159 they hired a really good coach. What do you make 214 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:06.919 of their season up to this point? Do you think 215 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:08.879 they have any I mean, I guess it's kind of 216 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:11.080 a silly question, because you know, if they were expecting 217 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:12.879 to get Nick Saban and Kaylin and Bowler. I mean 218 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:16.080 that's just not realistic. But you know, they clearly are 219 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:18.279 not accustomed to being in this position seven games in, 220 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:20.080 especially with one of those losses being Vandy. 221 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:26.879 Yeah, they're they're struggling to run the football. I I 222 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:29.840 saw that today. They spent more time in third and 223 00:10:29.879 --> 00:10:34.840 long by considerable margin than they do in third and shorter, 224 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:38.480 third medium, and that's just not not where. I mean, 225 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:40.600 obviously that's not where any quarterbacks scoring to thrive, and 226 00:10:40.639 --> 00:10:44.000 certainly not Jalen Milroe. I mean they had an off 227 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:46.759 true to go win the game late in mil Roe 228 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:50.039 are a pretty simple dig round just threw well behind 229 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:55.600 his receiver. That was Paul Games. So they've got problems offensively. 230 00:10:56.279 --> 00:11:00.279 They're not good in the secondary. I think they're they're 231 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:02.480 younger than they would have been. A Savor was there 232 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:05.960 still there. They're not as deep as they would have 233 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:09.480 been a Saber is still there, and they're still I 234 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:11.919 mean the seventeen new coaching regime. 235 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:17.639 So as good as they looked in the Fantastic Georgia 236 00:11:19.519 --> 00:11:24.320 at this point against mad the playoffs, Yeah, Cleming, it's 237 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:27.279 not gonna happen, but if you meet me, I would 238 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:30.440 take to lose another game in this playoffs? 239 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:35.360 Are we on bluetooth? Can you hear me? It kind 240 00:11:35.360 --> 00:11:36.919 of sounded like you were eating your shirt there for 241 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:38.360 a second. It was kind of odd. I don't know, 242 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:39.759 can you hear me? 243 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:40.799 Oh? 244 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:42.879 I'm here, Okay, there we go. We're good. I don't know, 245 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:44.720 but the end of that answer there, you were kind 246 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:46.200 of like fading away as if like you were. I 247 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:47.399 don't know. I don't know if it was bluetooth, is 248 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:48.759 ye or what it is, But I think we are. 249 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:50.960 I think we're we're in good shape now, all right, 250 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:54.360 So who who's the first power for coach to get canned? 251 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:57.039 Maybe it doesn't happen mid season because we're we're you know, 252 00:11:57.080 --> 00:12:00.440 we're actually past mid season. But who do you think 253 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:03.240 ends up being the first to get axxed? Or maybe 254 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:05.279 maybe it's I mean, maybe you don't feel like there 255 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:08.039 are going to be guys that lose their gig because hey, uh, 256 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:10.240 there's a there's you know, there's a lot of money 257 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:11.799 that that that that it costs to get rid of 258 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:16.039 some of these guys when it comes to their contracts. 259 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:19.519 I to be honest, I don't have a burning hot, red, 260 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:22.080 burning red hot name that's going to be the first 261 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:26.919 to get asked. Seth excuse me, h. Brent Vittables at 262 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:29.639 Oklahoma is interesting. He just got an extension. I think 263 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:32.879 I think he's buy us in the forty millions. But 264 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:36.399 I mean that that programs in an absolute free fall, right. 265 00:12:36.440 --> 00:12:37.240 And they pay for it. 266 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:39.919 Stop the free fall. If he could stop the free 267 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:42.240 fall and they can find a way to get to 268 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:44.759 a bowl game, he'll get another season. But if they 269 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:47.759 finish five and seven and look as bad, I mean 270 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:49.759 they're giving up in the thirties and scoring in the 271 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:54.399 single digits, Oklahoma might get desperate. 272 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:57.039 Yeah, what about Billy Napier. I mean, I think it's 273 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:59.480 just always been a given that he would be out 274 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:02.080 after this year. Maybe they can in midway through the season, 275 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:03.960 but right now they're four and three, two and two 276 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:07.440 in SEC play. Obviously, Florida has really really high standards, 277 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:10.679 but they've got it. They've got a challenging schedule. I mean, 278 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:12.960 I feel like, you know, a few weeks ago would 279 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:14.600 have been crazy to say that he could be back 280 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:16.799 for another year, but maybe now not as much. 281 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:21.279 Yeah, and you have a situation there where the AD 282 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:25.399 is looking to swing and myths on both of his 283 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:28.519 two hires and he had to be brought Mulling in 284 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:33.759 from Mississippi State that failed and now Napier. So I 285 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:38.000 know they've got issues at that university above the AD's head, 286 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:42.919 but I don't I think Scott Strickland is praying. I 287 00:13:42.919 --> 00:13:49.000 think Scott Strickland's Billionnapier's biggest stand if anything. So generally 288 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:53.320 it's only a good especially nowadays with the portal and everything. 289 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:56.200 It's generally it's only a good move to fire a 290 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:59.279 coach mid season if things are going to get absolutely worse. 291 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:03.879 And Flora's playing respectable football right now, so I see 292 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:06.559 no reason to make a move on Billion Eightpier as 293 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:07.919 long as that remains the case. 294 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:11.039 I mean, they've got Georgia, Texas and LSU in their 295 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:14.639 next three games. I mean, that is that's a nightmare 296 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:18.000 for any coach. But yeah, yeah, if they're competitive and 297 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:20.039 then they find I mean Africa, I mean Ole miss Ole, 298 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:21.679 miss is not now what they were maybe a few 299 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:23.600 weeks ago, but still that's that's not a walk in 300 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:26.080 the park. So their next four games Georgia, Texas, LSU, 301 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:30.240 ole Miss and a Florida State team that everybody thought 302 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:32.679 would be a real challenge, but they're I mean, that 303 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:34.399 gives me a good chance to transition here before we 304 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:37.360 let you go. Has the team ever been as underwhelming 305 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:39.759 and as disappointing as Florida State in twenty twenty four, 306 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:43.600 I mean, it's it's really insane to think that they're 307 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:44.240 this bad. 308 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:48.799 Yeah, I find them one of the most fascinating teams 309 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:49.240 to watch. 310 00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:50.159 Same here we can. 311 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:52.600 I was walked into that Duke game on Friday just 312 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:55.759 because I can't believe what I'm seeing and just how 313 00:14:56.120 --> 00:15:01.320 pedestrian they are across the board and and I know 314 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:04.639 obviously what brought Glenn turned the ball over on three 315 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:06.679 straight plays or something like that, but they couldn't find 316 00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:08.919 a way to be the duke team that was hardly 317 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:11.759 even interested in playing offense. Duke average like three point 318 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:16.799 two yards per play and won that game. And you know, 319 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:19.200 to tie my last two answers together, I think if 320 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:21.759 if Florida is going to move on from Billion Apier, 321 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:25.240 it'll be before that Florida State game. Because at this point, 322 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:28.120 I mean, if you're Florida, you're thinking, well, we're gonna 323 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:31.159 beat these guys by twenty even though that games at 324 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:34.639 at dope Campbell Stadium, that that Florida might have more 325 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:36.480 favor I mean that that place might be empty. With 326 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:39.519 how fairweather both of those two fan bases are. So 327 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:45.200 I mean, I'm it's fascinating. Obviously, when you're so dependent 328 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:47.600 on I mean, football is such a culture sport, and 329 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:52.399 when you're so dependent on transfers, it's really hard to 330 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:57.080 recreate that. That's why I've been a a pessimist on 331 00:15:57.159 --> 00:16:01.120 Ole Miss and I've I'm just fascinated by how bad 332 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:01.919 Florest State is. 333 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:07.480 All Right, last question, I think as insanely surprising as 334 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:09.320 it is to see how big of a mess Florida 335 00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:12.840 State is, it's also equally or maybe even more crazy 336 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:16.200 to see how good Indiana is in year one of 337 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:18.759 Kurt Signetti. We've talked about him each and every week, 338 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:21.399 and not only have they let have they have they 339 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:23.559 yet to have a letdown. I mean, they put up 340 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:26.200 their best performance against the best team they've played. Obviously, 341 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:28.159 that speaks to the schedule because it's not been that 342 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:31.399 challenging so far. But I mean, I'm I'm kind of 343 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:33.639 thinking this isn't just because of the schedule. In fact, 344 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:36.399 I know it's not, but like I'm now to the 345 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:39.200 point where Indiana beating anybody is not really gonna be 346 00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:42.559 considered a shocker here. I mean, I can't again just 347 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:45.519 to say I think this is just as unexpected and 348 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:48.600 crazy and almost unbelievable as Florida State being this bad, 349 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:50.000 as Indiana being this legit. 350 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:53.960 Yeah, I mean, I wrote on for our said on 351 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:57.000 Monday that if they wore Michigan uniforms, they would be 352 00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:58.559 the number two team in the country right. 353 00:16:58.480 --> 00:17:01.120 Now, and well said. 354 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:04.720 I firmly believe that, And I mean, they are winning 355 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:09.279 the by a lot. They're following twenty twenty three Michigan's 356 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:14.519 path of just absolutely smothering an inferior slate of teams 357 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:17.519 to start the season. And is this team as good 358 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:19.440 as you know? I would take twenty twenty three Michigan 359 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:22.319 to beat twenty twenty four years sure, But if. 360 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:24.279 They if they had that binion equity, they. 361 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:26.200 Would be number two in the country and be a 362 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:30.680 thirty two percent chance to go win the national Championship 363 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.440 or something like that. 364 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:34.079 It's wild to see. I never thought I would live 365 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:36.720 to see Indiana have this kind of momentum, and I 366 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:38.799 don't I don't think it's fluky. I don't think they're 367 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:42.000 gonna be slowing down anytime soon. Obviously, anything can happen 368 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:46.400 in college football. But I'm a believer, and I think 369 00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:48.279 it's just crazy, not only to see them in the 370 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:50.240 in the position that they're in as we just discussed, 371 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:52.759 but like they're worried about are they gonna lose Signetti Zach. 372 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:56.839 Yeah, I mean you're gonna have to pay up the key. 373 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:59.799 You can't let that guy go. You're I think he's 374 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:01.759 made in the forest. You got to get him into 375 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:04.880 the sixes or seven I keep that guy. You cannot 376 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:08.119 you cannot awaken your program for the first time in 377 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:10.319 decades and then lose your coach after one year. 378 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:12.519 Yeah, whatever it takes. They they could, they could implement 379 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:15.640 a state tax in the Hoosier State that'll go towards 380 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:18.440 paying this guy whatever it needs, because I mean, it's 381 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:20.799 just I mean, Indiana is one of the programs that 382 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:23.640 just is is as far as power conferences, They've just 383 00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:27.079 always been one of the least relevant and they've never 384 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:29.200 really had any sign of you know, I know Tom 385 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:30.720 Allen had a little bit of a run there, but 386 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:32.640 that was kind of forgettable, mostly just because of what 387 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:35.480 had happened. It was during the COVID era. But the Hoosiers, man, 388 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:37.880 they've they've got it rolling and it's been it's been 389 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:40.640 pretty fun to see. Nobody happier to see it than 390 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:43.319 than our own the company man, mister John Alden, who's 391 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:45.039 who's a big Hoosier. I thought, you know, it would 392 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:47.400 be nice to see Indiana maybe get to a bowl game. 393 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:50.559 But I think Signette's saying six and six is bs 394 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:52.880 like he meant it, like he wasn't joking that he's 395 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:55.720 he's offended by people throwing out six and six when 396 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:58.279 this guy is won at the at the level that 397 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:00.000 that he has. But Zach, I appreciate you making time 398 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:02.480 for us. As always, we continue to just you know, 399 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:04.839 live in our world where we don't have to grow 400 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:06.519 up and get like real jobs. We can just talk 401 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:08.440