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Speaker 2: A look at college football news, analysis and insight from

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Speaker 1: Welcome back year three of the Florida Football Insider's podcast

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as part of our College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast feed.

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Appreciate you finding us. I'm your host, Jason Powers. Down

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here in Tampa. We are going to talk all things

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stay to Florida college football. We'll even sprinkle in a

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little NFL with the Jaguars, Bucks and the doll Dolphins,

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but the primary focus of this podcast in twenty twenty

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Florida State Seminoles, USF Bulls, UCF Golden Knights, the FAU Owls,

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and the FIU Panther. So all things Division one college

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football here in the state of Florida. We're gonna recap games,

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We are gonna start off with three great previews this week.

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We're gonna talk to Jeff Colhayne, the play by play

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voice of the Florida State Seminoles, to preview the twenty

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twenty five Knowles. Obviously the Knoles coming off a disastrous

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to and ten season last year. We will be previewing

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the Seminole roster the season, their upcoming showdown next next

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weekend with the Alabama Crimson tie in Tallahassee. So lots

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of things to talk about with the Florida State Seminoles.

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Then we're gonna head down to the University of Miami

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play voice of the Canes one, Joe Zagaki, will give

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into year four of Mario Christobal. And then we'll conclude

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Tampa where I'm located. Joey Johnson is part of the

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Bulls broadcast team. He's their sideline reporter, a longtime media

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member here in Tampa he's well tied into the USF program,

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USF Bulls. So we got three great previews for you,

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three great guests, so enjoy the podcast. Again, we are

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the Big Ten football out West, we have a plethora

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weekly Service Academy podcast, So definitely check out the College

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Powers Sports Channel, So again appreciate you finding us. We'll

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be here every single week recapping and previewing the following

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week's action, all teams state of Florida, and again we'll

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even throw in a little Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Little Jacksonville Jaguars,

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and Little Miami Dolphins Talks. First up is Jeff Colhayne,

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voice of the Florida State Seminoles, followed by Joseihgaki talking

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all things Miami and Joey Johnston on the USF Bulls.

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Enjoy the podcast, All right, Welcome back Florida Football Insiders

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POT Podcast. Now we are going up to Tallahassee to

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talk about the Florida State Seminoles. Seminoles coming off a

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poor year last year, a treacherous two to ten run

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following the thirteen to no season twenty twenty three. No

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better person to talk about all things Florida State than

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the director of broadcasting, the guy you will hear on

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the microphone every Saturday, maybe some Thursday, maybe a Friday

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throughout the college football season, Mister Jeff Colhayne, entering his

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fourth year at the Helm in Tallahassee. Welcome in, mister Jeff.

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Speaker 3: Good talking, Jason, good to seeing my friend man. Four

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years time flies and was just out of practice today

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actually with the great Gene Deckerhaf watching the Knowles and

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guys putting in work, Mike Morvel and company coaching their

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twenty four. So it's been a fun start to Fall camp.

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And man, I think we're all ready for this thing

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to kick off right now. So let's get a rocking

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Speaker 1: We are already. I saw I saw Jean last week

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at the Buccaneers had their joint practice with the Titans.

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I was at practice, and I know he was there.

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Jean's still out and about in Tallahassee visit in practice.

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That's great to see. I know he's He's such a

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Hard to believe you've already's already been four years. I

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year one. Hard to believe you've already talk about you

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just your transition. How much have you enjoyed moving to

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the South and living in the South now for a

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couple of years in Tallahassee.

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Speaker 3: Well, I don't know if it makes me a bad

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person or not, but we have yet to return to

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the North, so I don't know if we'll ever go back.

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ages six and three right now, when they get a

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little bigger and can understand things a little bit better,

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we will go back to the North during the wintertime

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and they will be forced to shovel and Hoppa's driveway

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in December. So we're not there yet. I'm just I'm

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binding my time to where they can handle it, and

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I love the people. Seminal fans have just been so

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unbelievable to me and my family. And I know, Jason,

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you know all about that. I mean, never surprised, continually

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impressed by everybody in the Garnet and Gold. And I

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think we're all kind of sticking the same thing right now.

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What are we gonna find out? What we're gonna see?

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We're all gonna find out together here very soon.

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Speaker 1: All I want to talk about the mentality of the

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of the program. Obviously, two years ago you came off

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thirteen and zero, didn't make the playoff, and you had

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that chip on your shoulder kind of going into twenty

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twenty four. Twenty twenty four didn't go great, David. You know,

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for whatever a variety of reasons. Everybody has their opinion

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of what those reasons are. Didn't went to the complete

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opposite spectrum two and ten, didn't play well as a

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unit as a team, A bunch of coaching changes this officer.

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systems or processes that maybe the football program has gone

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Speaker 3: I don't think there's anything that really stands out when

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you watch practice, but you can feel the extra energy

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from the new coaching staff. And when you have so

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many newcomers forty nine newcomers, and you have you know,

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new coordinators, and you have you know, some new assistant

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coaches as well, and some veteran guys like a herb

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the highest level at many, many, many elite programs. How

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could you not have a different feel to it? And

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so I would say that's the biggest thing, Jason, that

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going on. There's a lot of communication, there's a lot

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of teaching going on, and everybody that is, you know,

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that is new to Florida Stay. They're really looking to

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embrace the opportunity, and nobody more so than than quarterback

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Tommy Castellanos. And you know, I know Tommy, you know,

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was in the news in June for what he said.

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quarterback in Florida State. He's got one shot, he's got

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one year to do it and won an opportunity for him.

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was probably not what you know, the coaches or the

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fans would have liked to have heard, a word for word,

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you know, listening to Tommy talk about it at acc

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kickoff last month, he put it in the context of, look,

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we need to get back to being Florida State and

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we could have been playing anybody. I would have said

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probably the same things. And that's that's me taking it

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out of you know, that's not what he said, but

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that's kind of that's kind of the vibe, iy God.

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the veterans that have been in this team that Darryl

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Jacks and others had his back immediately after it came

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out and said, look, hey, don't worry about we got you.

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a weird way there. There's a little bit of a

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culture change and shift needed coming off such a tough year.

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the messaging is really the same in a lot of respects,

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it is unique to the fact that hey, what happened

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a year ago in good enough, and we need to

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get some guys in here that are going to make

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some plays and and re establish that confidence, and we

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need we need some alphas. You know, Jameis Winston was

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in alpha. He let people know what was going to happen,

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and he exuded confidence. Not everybody leads and and has

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that kind of mentality where you're outspoken or brash, but

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at a place like Florida State, we've we've been used

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to that through the years, and I don't think there's

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anything wrong with having that kind of confidence, especially at

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the quarterback position. So he's really embraced his role and

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I know the coaching steph Gus Melson, Mike Norvel, Tony

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Tokar's they're really throwing a lot at him in camp

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to get a feel for what they can have ready

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for him on game day.

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Speaker 1: And you mentioned Gus Malzon comes over from UC have

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a proven head coach, made a conscious decision to want

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to just be the play caller. You know, He's got

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Mike Norvello who can kind of be the CEO of

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the program. He can focus on the things he's really

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good at, which is play calling. He's got a great

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history of having productive offenses, quarterbacks like Castellano's, little guys

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that can run around and throw the ball as well.

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really take shape there in Tallahassee.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm excited. I mean, I think one of the

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huge story lines for this first game with Alabama, You've

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got two offensive coordinators that return to just call and

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plays in Gus Melson and then also on the other

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side for Alabama, Ryan Grubb, right, who who goes as

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far back with Calen debor As being his offense line

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coach at the University of Sioux Falls. In my own

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stopping rounds up in South Dakota back in two thousand

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and seven, he was as OCA. Washington did not come

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with him to Alabama and was with a Seattle Seahawks

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calling plays a year ago. Now he's in Tuscaloosa, and

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so I think that storyline of these two new OC's

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calling plays in this game is going to be fascinating

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to watch how they have instilled their systems and how

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they put their guys in the right spots to have

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success and succeed. But I think it's I think it's

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just fascinating to follow because you know, when you're a

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coach and you've been a head coach like Us has

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for as long as he has, you get away from

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kind from being a coach, especially now. And that's why

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he left. He didn't want to do that stuff anymore.

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He didn't want to. You know, you are now a

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CEO more than you ever have been, and almost more

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of a fundraiser and roster management guy. You can't really

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get it much. Try to, he need to. But game planing,

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you have to rely on your coordinators. You're an assistance

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probably more now than he ever had before as a

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head coach. So to have a Kyle like Gus being

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I think that's a storyline that we need to continue

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to keep an eye on and see how that takes

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off through the year, because man, you go back and

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look at some of those great Auburn offenses that he

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had and obviously won a national championship with Cam Newton

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in twenty ten, took Auburn to the title game against

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Florida State in twenty thirteen. It was seconds away from

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winning that one. And you know, you asked Bama fans

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what they think of Gus, and they all of a

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sudden start to get a little tight when they think

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of Gus mels On because of how he was able

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to run the football in years past versus the great

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Crimson Tie defenses and Nick Saban. So this is going

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to be a great matchup in game number one, and

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I'm excited to see just the details, the intricacies, and

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to be able to have a guy like Tommy, who

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to help carry him to the title game in thirteen.

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I think it's going to be a fascinating, you know,

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formats to follow with this Florida State offense.

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Speaker 1: Talk about on the other side of the ball, Tony

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White comes in from Nebraska, New DC again, fresh approach

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on both sides of the ball. Give us a sense

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of is this is he going to be a more

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of a blitzing kind of guy his own defense a

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little hybrid kind of what is Tony's mo.

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Speaker 3: Well, he's holding people accountable. And if you follow this,

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I know all Florida State fans follow it closely. You're

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seeing the things he's saying, and he has got high

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levels of expectation and he's seen some bad habits and

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he doesn't like it, and he has really he's let

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everybody know, look, I don't care what you've done before

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or how you did it before a year ago wasn't

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good enough. And so we're going to do it the

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way I know how to do it, because that's why

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I'm here. And you're seeing some of I think the

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results of that, and you know, I think that's a

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great thing too. When you come off a season like

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twenty four, if you're a guy that hasn't played or

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you've been on the Cuspo plane, this is a great

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chance for you to get on the on the radar,

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the opportunities there and guys that think they are good

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and maybe aren't doing it like they've been taught to.

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which is fantastic. And so what's it gonna look like.

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the last you know, four or five years. It's gonna

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have a lot of moving pieces. You know, a three

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three five look where you're gonna have a lot of

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three down linemen. Well, also I think you'll see some'be

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some four lineman looks with a guy standing up on

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the edge. But you know, thinking back to his defense

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as Jason, I was lucky enough to be at the

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Nebraska Colorado game last September when he completely shut down

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Shador Sanders in the Colorado offense. I mean they were

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in the backfield all night long. Travis Hunter had a

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good game statistically, but you wouldn't have known he was

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even playing me. He caught eleven passes, but he didn't

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do anything to scare you. And so it's he is

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one of those guys that is going to be a

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head coach. I hope he's going to be here longer

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than shorter, but he's got head coaching material all over him.

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you're going to see this group do a little bit

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of everything. Yeah, they're gonna attack. The biggest thing is

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they're going to try and confuse and keep opposing offenses

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on their heels with the way they line up pre

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snap and how they move around and how they bring

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blitzes from different spots.

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Speaker 1: Give me a couple of first year knows, whether they're

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transfers or freshmen, that you really think the coaching staff

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thinks can play some significant snaps and be very productive

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at certain spots.

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Speaker 3: The offensive line is one that comes to mind right away.

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And you got four guys there that have all played

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a lot of football and have all played football at

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great programs and in big leagues at a high level.

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acc Center. He's a baller. I mean, he's a football

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player that comes from great background. As you know, his grandfather,

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Richie was the DC for the Redskins with Joe Gibbs

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for a dozen years. You know Micah Pettis from Ole

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miss as a pro at right tackle Gunner Hanson from

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Vanderbilt has been on the offensive line that beat Alabama

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a year ago. Adrian Medley is a veteran guy from

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UCF that comes with herb hand and and and Gus

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to Florida State. So those four guys as transfers upfront

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are going to play a lot, and they're continuing to

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mesh together, and I think they're going to provide a

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much better look than what we saw a year ago.

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And really, quite honestly, even in twenty three, Jason, we

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didn't run the football great. We were explosive with Trey Benson,

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but consistently we were not a great rushing football team

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on that twenty twenty three squad. So that's that's you know,

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that group is improved and much better. Deuce Robinson is

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six six two twenty and can run and high points

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the ball, and he's gonna have a chance to have

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a big year. Squirrel White is a tremendous talent speedster.

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Gotta keep him healthy. We'll see if he can continue

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the health trend he's on, which is good, you know,

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but but when he's healthy, he's as good as everyone's

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seventh most receptions in Tennessee history during his time for

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the Balls Man, I'm just on offense right now. Javin

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Box from Coco, you know, has records Florida High School

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receiving records. Even on top of Jeremiah Smith, right you

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know Randy Pittman from UCF at tight end at a

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Panama City beach. I haven't mentioned usman Croma yet, who's

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had a great fall camp, the true freshman back that

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we flipped from Georgia. And then on the defensive side,

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you know, shoot first year guys, James Williams off the

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edge from Nebraska, Te mccraige, Jason Jenkins, Elijah Herring at linebacker.

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lot about from Sarahcuse and Houston. He's gonna he's gonna

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be have a chance to start at corner and be

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a lockdown guy for us overall. And then you got

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two new specialists who have done a tremendous job and

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replacing great guys. Jake Weinberg a huge leg for a

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young kicker, and Max Shamento is sort of the you know,

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your non track guy in college sports. Now he's stuck

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around and hung around for a few years, and now

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it's his shot at the punter position after being behind

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Mastro for three four seasons. So forty nine newcomers, Jason.

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There's a lot of guys, a lot of answers in there,

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and I probably missed a few, but there's a lot

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of opportunity out there.

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Speaker 1: You got a lot of new names and new locations,

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the new weights and heights to remember the boss man.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Yeah, it's that's the new normal right now in

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college sports. We just kind of, you know, we we

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we go at the flow and get to know everybody.

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It's kind of like the first day of school all

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over again. Every season.

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Speaker 1: While we're talking about the broadcasting, everybody back from the

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broadcast team. Barno coming back, Barne.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, oh yeah, my guy, William Barnet Floyd. He's the

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best inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame last October.

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So well deserved, I believe. I want to say Tracy

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McGrady was in his induction class I think last year,

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and so yeah, just a special friend, love his family,

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his wife Benita, their kids. You know. Jaden started here

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at Florida State, wrapped up his college football career, that's

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a Carson Newman. His daughter tie is breaking barriers herself.

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She has become the first female play by play voice

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in the history of HBCUs at Alabama A and M

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this fall, and so she's following in Barnet's footsteps. And

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can't say enough about how proud I am of tie

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A Leie Floyd for what she is doing as a

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broadcaster right now. Then my guy Tom Block, he's been

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a part of Florida State football and athletics for three decades.

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We'll be with us in the pregame, sidelines, and postgame.

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He's awesome. And then we got great people behind the scenes.

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Chris Kulp, our engineer who now is in his twelfth season,

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and the legend we call him Andy Surrat. It's year

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forty two on the broadcast. Vers Serrat as our spot

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er and statistician. So we're getting the band back together again.

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We'd like to call ourselves the bad Boys of college

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football radio, so we have a lot of fun while

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we're on their own.

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Speaker 1: All right, Listen to Jeff Colhaynes voice in the Florida

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State Seminoles. We preview the Seminoles twenty twenty five Week

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one at home in Tallahassee against the Alabama Crinton Tide

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Labor Day weekend. Give us a quick update on the

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renovations of Dope Campbell. A lot of stuff going on there.

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Give us a fin update, beautiful.

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Speaker 3: You know, i know it was a hot button topic, right,

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but I've got a feeling after everybody sees what this

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looks like that where places have not been renovated yet,

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those people on most parts of the statedium are gonna go,

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what are we gonna do that? Over here? I mean

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it is Michael Alford, UH, Stephen Ponder, Peter Collins, doctor

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Richard McCullough, all of our our generous seminal boosters have

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been just absolutely amazing with all of this, and uh,

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you are going to notice the difference. I'm sure everyone's

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seen pictures, uh and and videos of sorts. We're getting close.

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We're almost done.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 3: It is elite. It's elite. And we've had, you know,

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in talking with Michael Alford he said this publicly. We've

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had you know, other NFL UH organizations, other UH schools, programs,

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pro sports teams that have come to Dope to look

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at it to see how we have done it and

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how how it's being done the right way, and so uh,

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it's it's gonna be a great It's gonna be awesome

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for Alabama. What a showcase at three thirty Eastern time,

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the first Saturday of a full college football slay with

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Florida State and Alabama getting together in a newly renovated

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Del Campbell Stadium. Man, I'm I'm it's gonna be Goosebump

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City for sure.

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Speaker 1: It will be. Yeah, I be an awesome crowd, hot day.

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I'm sure the electricity will be through the air. Looking

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at the schedule again, do you have to beat Alabama? No,

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obviously you want to beat Alabama, but if you look

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at the rest of the schedule, it's fairly manageable. You

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got Miami at home, You're at home against pitt Virginia Tech.

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they do what they're supposed to do early, that game

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becomes obviously humongous later in the year, and you gotta

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go to Florida at the end. To me, if you

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can get through this first month at worst three and one,

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let's say you don't beat Alabama, but if you do

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your four and zero, potentially you gotta win the games

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you're supposed to win at home. Isn't that a theme there?

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Speaker 4: Exit it?

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Speaker 3: I break it down, five of our first six are

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at home. If you gotta find a way to win

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one of the two with Bama and Miami at home

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and both are so very challenging, will not you know,

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it goes on saying, but you have to win the

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games you're favored in. You have to go to Charlottesville

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and win pitt will not be easy. I'm telling you,

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the pit game is going to be a bear because

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they the way they are lined up and the way

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paton Ardoozi has made that put that roster together. It's

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how he likes his teams, and so the pit game

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will be a challenge. But you should you know, Stanford,

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wake Forest, you know, who knows how Virginia Tech will

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look by mid November. NC State on the road, I

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know has been a house of horrors for us. But

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you got to get over that hump at some point

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in time. But if you can, if you can start

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correctly and win one of the games versus Bama or Miami,

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I honestly would prefer Miami with it being an acc team, right,

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I certainly would take Bama. But you could potentially be

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seven and one own to Clemson November the eighth, and

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that would be a top ten matchup most likely. And

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so and if you lose that one and you take

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care of business, you're still gonna get to Charlotte right

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and have a chance in a one off to get

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yourself into the college football playoff. And so that's really

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how I break it down. I think you hit on

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a perfectly Jason, but it will not be easy. You know, Bama, Miami, Clemson,

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in Florida, all our elite rosters, especially along the lines

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of scrimmage, and that's where you'll get challenged the most.

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Speaker 1: Again, looking at the Alabama game again, I know new coordinators,

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a lot of change, new players everything. They don't have

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to beat Alabama, but you can't lose thirty eight to

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fourteen at home. That's to me, to instill confidence in

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the in the community, in the roster, you at least

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got to be you got to be very competitive in

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that game. For me, Labor Day weekend.

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Speaker 3: Hit on the hand of it, that's all everybody's feeling, right.

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I think obviously we'd all we want to win the game.

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We expect to win every game. That's Florida State fans.

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But with Alabama there there is always, you know, the challenge.

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I think the start to that game is gonna be very,

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very important. I mean early on in the first quarter,

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you're gonna have to play obviously a full sixty. But

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can you get the crowd into it? Can you get

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to Ty Simpson in his first career start right? And

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and now he's a great player. I mean, I know

472
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he hasn't played a lot, but he's a five star.

473
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,039
He's a coach's kid. His dad's the head coach at

474
00:25:28,079 --> 00:25:31,680
UT Martin, So he gets it right and so and

475
00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,720
with Ryan Grubb like that, that's a huge asset for

476
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Kaylin de Boor in Alabama. And they've got great talent

477
00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,880
every They're still Bama. They're receivers, there are lines of scrimmage,

478
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:46,319
their secondary they are they are loaded again. So but

479
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in the first quarter, can you get ahead, can you

480
00:25:49,839 --> 00:25:53,240
get Tommy confident? Can he make some plays with his legs?

481
00:25:53,279 --> 00:25:56,119
Can you force a turnover? Who knows? You get that

482
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,720
crowd into it and the war chance role and you

483
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get in the second half. Look out, That's all I'm saying.

484
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And I don't think we have to play perfect to

485
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win against Alabama. A lot of people would roll their

486
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,279
eyes and the sec at me on that. I think

487
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this staff has done a good enough job and roster

488
00:26:13,039 --> 00:26:18,039
management and retention to be able to play. You know,

489
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you gotta play very well. I don't think you have

490
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to play perfect. You're gonna have to play a tremendous game.

491
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But stay away from the things you know that are negative,

492
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the quick changes, the turnovers, all of those things. If

493
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,119
you cause a couple of yourself, look out, it could

494
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,119
be a rock and Saturday over three hours plus inside

495
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of Campbell Stadium.

496
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Speaker 1: All right, last two questions for him?

497
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Speaker 5: For you?

498
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Speaker 1: Last year, Obviously from an outside view, I wasn't there.

499
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,079
I watched a bunch of games on TV. It seemed

500
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like the spirit of the team was not where it

501
00:26:47,039 --> 00:26:49,799
needed to be. The chemistry that I like you, Jeff,

502
00:26:49,799 --> 00:26:52,039
and you like me, and I'm gonna bust my hump

503
00:26:52,079 --> 00:26:54,359
for you, and just those kind of things. Playing for

504
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,680
the name on the front not the name on the back.

505
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Have you noticed a discernible change in that MENTE.

506
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Speaker 3: Feels that way a practice, But I don't think we'll

507
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:08,119
really know the answer until we hit some adversity during

508
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,480
the year. Shoot right, a year ago at this time,

509
00:27:10,519 --> 00:27:12,559
we all thought this is a team that was gonna

510
00:27:12,599 --> 00:27:16,720
win the league, you know, and go to Charlotte. Even

511
00:27:16,799 --> 00:27:20,400
Nick Saban in Dublin said, Florida Skates State's got top

512
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,799
five talent. So that's why last year was so just

513
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,960
be fuddling across the board. It feels that way, Jason.

514
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It feels like, you know, especially with a guy like

515
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:35,920
Tommy Castellanos, who has really done everything he can do

516
00:27:36,039 --> 00:27:39,559
to get ingrained with his teammates and lead and get

517
00:27:39,599 --> 00:27:42,359
everyone on the same page, and you're gonna have people,

518
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,119
you know that are are not going to get on

519
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:48,039
board with some of the changes. And we're seeing actually

520
00:27:48,039 --> 00:27:50,680
some of that happen, you know, during camp right now,

521
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,160
and you're you're seeing the results of that. And so

522
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I would like to say the answer is, yes, I

523
00:27:57,319 --> 00:28:00,480
feel like it is, but we truly will not until

524
00:28:00,519 --> 00:28:03,400
this team hits adversity, and we'll hit some adversity right

525
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,039
away in game number one of the year for sure.

526
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,200
Speaker 1: All right, last one, give me a quick thought on

527
00:28:08,279 --> 00:28:11,960
you got a new basketball coach. A tremendous run at

528
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,640
Florida State. They bring back Luke Lous who is a

529
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,720
former player. Just talk about how how Luke has been

530
00:28:17,759 --> 00:28:19,960
embraced and do we think that the direction of the

531
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Florida State basketball program back to the back North.

532
00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's the he's the perfect I've sind him many times.

533
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,400
He's the perfect fit for what Florida State needs in

534
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:34,359
college basketball in this era because he understands Florida State.

535
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:38,079
He's a Florida State fan. He's from Clearwater, played here obviously,

536
00:28:38,119 --> 00:28:41,200
played for Leonard One at a SEC tournament All acc

537
00:28:41,359 --> 00:28:44,599
Tournament team, has played in the Big Dance, right, and

538
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,400
but it's also been in the NBA. Now that's where

539
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:51,839
his coaching experience is. And he's played overseas. He gets

540
00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:58,359
the roster turnover and management and retention and understands, you know, egos,

541
00:28:58,359 --> 00:29:02,680
who's making more money, who's getting on. And one of

542
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,880
his big things is, I know what it takes to

543
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:06,720
win in the NBA. You want to get to the NBA,

544
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,680
I know how to get you there. He's won multiple

545
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,359
world titles with the Golden State Warriors and Steph Curry

546
00:29:12,359 --> 00:29:16,519
and that crew, and so he gets it. And you know,

547
00:29:16,839 --> 00:29:19,519
he has been so active in connecting with all of

548
00:29:19,519 --> 00:29:23,319
our fans, our alumni, our boosters, our donors. It's really

549
00:29:23,359 --> 00:29:28,559
been just very refreshing to have that and and not

550
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,160
that Leonard didn't do it, but by the end of

551
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,640
his time, obviously when you're Leonard Hamilton, you don't really

552
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,799
have to do it quite honestly, as much as as

553
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:40,039
as Luke does as a first year coach. So he's

554
00:29:40,079 --> 00:29:43,319
been great. How was that a practice a few weeks back?

555
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:47,559
And it was July, and these guys are just I mean,

556
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,880
they are going at each other like they're getting ready

557
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,880
for the ACC tournament. I mean, I couldn't believe it

558
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,960
how hard they practice for an hour, hour and five minutes.

559
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,160
They just didn't stop. It was It was impressive. So

560
00:29:59,759 --> 00:30:03,200
I I think this group is going to beat teams

561
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:06,640
in the ACC based upon their effort. They're gonna outwork

562
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:09,920
teams and play harder than teams. Are they the most

563
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:13,319
talented team in the league. No, But man, I'll tell

564
00:30:13,319 --> 00:30:17,000
you what, they play hard. They the offensive system is

565
00:30:17,119 --> 00:30:19,720
NBA like, you're gonna see a lot of shots, You're

566
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,039
gonna see high tempo, You're gonna see a lot of threes,

567
00:30:22,079 --> 00:30:25,720
and we got some three point shooters. Robert McCrae, lej Jones,

568
00:30:25,799 --> 00:30:29,279
Martin Somerville, Chauncey Wiggins. We're gonna get to know all

569
00:30:29,319 --> 00:30:32,240
these guys. I think together, only two returners off of

570
00:30:32,319 --> 00:30:35,359
last year's team that saw any time, But this is

571
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:38,119
a group that likes each other as well, and they

572
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,559
understand what the mission is here in year one of

573
00:30:40,599 --> 00:30:41,440
the Luke Lacks era.

574
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Speaker 1: Well, Jeff, great job man. Look forward to the broadcast.

575
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,519
You can find Florida State football anywhere that's all throughout

576
00:30:47,519 --> 00:30:50,440
the state of Florida and your local radio Serious Exam.

577
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,119
You'll hear Jeff all over the place this football season.

578
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,599
You and barn now have a great call. Week one,

579
00:30:55,799 --> 00:30:59,880
Alabama comes a call in to newly renovated dope Campbell Stadium.

580
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We're looking forward to a great year up in Tallahassee.

581
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To me, could be one of those undervalue teams in

582
00:31:05,319 --> 00:31:07,839
the country because everybody thinks they're in the dumps, and

583
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:09,799
I think this is then with the schedule with who

584
00:31:09,799 --> 00:31:11,680
they have leading them, I think this could be the

585
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,680
one of the teams that comes out of nowhere, like

586
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,720
an SMU last year that maybe came out of nowhere

587
00:31:16,759 --> 00:31:19,279
to make a serious run here in the agency, all

588
00:31:19,279 --> 00:31:22,039
the best, appreciate the time, don't sit in that school

589
00:31:22,039 --> 00:31:24,640
line dropping off the kiddos too long in the morning

590
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:25,440
in the afternoon.

591
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,480
Speaker 3: Thanks for the time, Jeff Jason. Always good to see you,

592
00:31:28,599 --> 00:31:30,839
my friend, and can't wait to kick this thing off

593
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,200
August thirtieth and as always, go almost.

594
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Speaker 1: Are you in the market to potentially move, relocate, buy

595
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,359
a second home, buy an investment property, maybe a condo,

596
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,079
whatever it is. Or are you in the mode of

597
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selling your current home to relocate somewhere else. If so,

598
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Drew Felios is your Florida realtor. If you're anywhere in

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the central part of the state of Florida, Orlando, Lakeland, Tampa,

600
00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:01,240
Plant City, Sarasota, even the East Coast, Drew Fellios is

601
00:32:01,279 --> 00:32:03,880
your guy to help you make your purchase or to

602
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,400
help you sell your home at maximum value. Drew is

603
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,519
an advocate for you, works for you, and he will

604
00:32:10,559 --> 00:32:14,559
be a fine, fine addition to your team to relocate,

605
00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:17,000
to buy your home, or to sell your existing home.

606
00:32:17,359 --> 00:32:20,759
So reach out to my guy, Drew Fellios eight one, three, three,

607
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eight two, nine to nine three four and tell them

608
00:32:24,119 --> 00:32:29,599
the powers on sports podcast cent you all right, welcome back,

609
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:33,839
Florida Football Insiders podcast nowadays. Time to head down to

610
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:37,599
Coral Gables in the University of Miami twenty twenty five

611
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:41,880
Miami Hurricanes Year four Mario Cristobal. Hard to believe he's

612
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:45,279
already been there going into year four. The Canes back

613
00:32:45,279 --> 00:32:48,519
in twenty twenty four ten and three finish on the

614
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:52,200
verge of an ACC title game appearance, but they lose

615
00:32:52,279 --> 00:32:55,039
at Syracuse in the last game of the regular season

616
00:32:55,359 --> 00:33:00,319
to thwart their ACC Championship game hopes and a very

617
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,519
viable opportunity to go to the College Football Playoff. No

618
00:33:03,599 --> 00:33:06,200
better person to preview the twenty twenty five Hurricanes than

619
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,680
the guy who will be on the call next weekend

620
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:13,200
against Notre Dame in hard Rock Stadium, Jose Zagaki, the

621
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,680
longtime played by play voice of the Miami Hurricanes, been

622
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:18,680
the play by play voice of the Hurricanes for going

623
00:33:18,759 --> 00:33:21,279
on twenty two years now and been with the University

624
00:33:21,319 --> 00:33:24,880
of Miami broadcast team for thirty five years. Welcome in,

625
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:26,039
mister Jose Zagaki.

626
00:33:27,039 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 4: Thanks Chase, I appreciate it, looking forward to it. Kickoff

627
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,200
right around the corner. What a great way to start

628
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,720
the season. Miami and Notre Dame it's ah. You begin

629
00:33:35,799 --> 00:33:37,400
the year with the Super Bowl game.

630
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Speaker 1: No doubt, classic rivalry. This rivalry is gone back all

631
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,000
the way to the eighties. We all know the legendary

632
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:48,200
ESPN thirty for thirty, the Catholics versus the Convicts and

633
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,359
all that stuff, and the Jimmy Johnson stuff. Great rivalry

634
00:33:51,359 --> 00:33:53,400
over the years. I'm glad they're back playing each other

635
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,319
here on a regular basis and again a huge game

636
00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:01,519
potentially for both programs as they kickoff twenty twenty. Let's

637
00:34:01,519 --> 00:34:04,119
go back to twenty twenty four. You know, the Canes

638
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,680
had a wild schedule. They had a bunch of wild games,

639
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,400
the Virginia Tech game, the game out West that you

640
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:11,960
had with cal Just give me a little overview. And

641
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,559
then you had the kind of the like they're saying tennis,

642
00:34:14,559 --> 00:34:17,599
the balls on your racket. You win at Syracuse, you're

643
00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:20,599
in the championship game, you're probably going to the playoff potentially.

644
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:22,679
Just give me a little overview of last year and

645
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,199
kind of the ups and downs in the wild nature

646
00:34:25,199 --> 00:34:25,800
of that season.

647
00:34:26,559 --> 00:34:29,760
Speaker 4: Well, it was a great season in terms of excitement

648
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:34,440
level and watching cam Ward be the dazzling quarterback that

649
00:34:34,519 --> 00:34:38,199
he was. So that was fun seeing mine to get

650
00:34:38,199 --> 00:34:43,079
back to the national stage. That was entertaining being the

651
00:34:43,119 --> 00:34:47,440
centerpiece and having Miami you know back, That was great.

652
00:34:48,599 --> 00:34:52,320
The downside was as the season went on, the defense

653
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:58,000
really never got better. It came down almost every game

654
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:03,079
you knew the defen defense really was like basketball. Can

655
00:35:03,119 --> 00:35:06,159
they get one stop and they get multiple stops, They're

656
00:35:06,159 --> 00:35:08,840
not going to be able to hold the opponent the

657
00:35:09,079 --> 00:35:13,599
entire game. But in a basketball game in the final,

658
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:17,280
you know, five minutes or so, the team that wins

659
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:21,719
is the team that defensively gets two or three stops.

660
00:35:22,199 --> 00:35:25,639
So Miami did against Cal they got the stops against

661
00:35:25,679 --> 00:35:29,360
Virginia Tech. They got the stops against Duke. They've got

662
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,719
multiple stops. Right with Fors, they got multiple stops all

663
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:36,800
the games that were close. But Georgia Tech they couldn't

664
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:39,960
do it, Sarahcus, they couldn't do it. I always say

665
00:35:40,079 --> 00:35:44,239
they failed, also failed miserably, and in the end. In

666
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:48,519
the end, Miami had a ten win season. And I

667
00:35:48,559 --> 00:35:53,519
always say, if you win ten, you're probably playing for something.

668
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:56,840
And Miami's only one ten I think twice now in

669
00:35:56,840 --> 00:36:01,000
the last twenty years. So on one hand, great achievement.

670
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:04,239
They won ten they were in the thick of it,

671
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:06,320
could make the argument that they were a playoff team.

672
00:36:07,119 --> 00:36:13,159
On the other hand, the finished was Georgia Tech, Wake Force,

673
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:18,840
Syracuse win two out of three. They failed could not

674
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:23,159
do it. In particular the Syracuse game, a twenty one

675
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:28,280
nothing lead turned into a thirty five to seven run

676
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,639
by Syracuse. There's no way to look at that other

677
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:37,400
than that was disappointing. So great season sort of didn't

678
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,119
get to where they wanted to be. Great that they

679
00:36:40,159 --> 00:36:43,880
were back on the national stage for the entire year,

680
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:45,679
but didn't finish the job.

681
00:36:46,559 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 1: Hard to believe. I looked at this. I looked this

682
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,880
up this morning. They were plus like they're right around

683
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:54,039
plus two point thirty one point differential. It didn't make

684
00:36:54,039 --> 00:36:55,920
the playoff I mean they were. I mean they had

685
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,280
such a prolific offense with cam Ward as good as

686
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,880
they were in the defense. You made situational defense. You

687
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,039
hold a couple of those possessions of field goals as

688
00:37:04,079 --> 00:37:08,000
that its touchdowns. The season's completely different. Potentially, let's start

689
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,519
on the defensive side. You mentioned defense. They go out

690
00:37:10,559 --> 00:37:14,000
and bring in Corey Heatherman, new DC from Minnesota, who

691
00:37:14,079 --> 00:37:17,039
led a top five defense with the Golden Gophers. Give

692
00:37:17,039 --> 00:37:19,440
me a couple of traits about his defense that may

693
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,360
be a little different than what Miami was running in

694
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,239
the past, And philosophically, what is he trying.

695
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:28,760
Speaker 4: To do well. Philosophically, he's trying to fit the Miami

696
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:33,800
talents and the Miami mentality into his defense. So I

697
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:39,000
think his defense fits better with the Miami mentality. He'll

698
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:42,599
have a four man front, he'll switch to play a

699
00:37:42,639 --> 00:37:45,519
lot of nickel and dime. He's gonna take advantage of

700
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:47,920
the talent that Miami has.

701
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:48,239
Speaker 3: Now.

702
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:52,599
Speaker 4: You know, if you want to try to line up

703
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:55,800
in a three three five, that's probably not gonna be Miami.

704
00:37:56,199 --> 00:38:00,280
You want to line up with edge rushers, that's more

705
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:02,599
like Miami. You want to line up with a true

706
00:38:02,599 --> 00:38:06,800
nose tackle, probably not gonna fit Miami. Four man front

707
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:10,159
on first down, that's more of the University of Miami.

708
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:13,800
Man and man in the secondary with a good disguise,

709
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:19,679
that's more Miami. So philosophically, he's gonna look and be

710
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:23,920
in line with what the University of Miami was at

711
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,800
the top of their game yea, and where they should

712
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:31,280
be today college football has changed. Throwing into his secondary,

713
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,840
I think the difference between this year and last year

714
00:38:35,079 --> 00:38:40,840
hopefully crossed my fingers. Number one, more talent, more players.

715
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:43,599
Now they got to be healthy. Tomori Brown could be

716
00:38:43,639 --> 00:38:46,199
a great shutdown corner, but he's got to be healthy.

717
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:49,440
Hasn't been healthy since last year. Is Florida again, He's

718
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:53,320
been in and out of training camp. They brought in

719
00:38:53,519 --> 00:38:58,039
Xavier Lucas, brought in Ethan O'Connor, brought in Charles Brantley.

720
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:01,800
OJ Frederick was a freshman All American a year ago,

721
00:39:02,079 --> 00:39:05,679
but he's recovering from injury that he's suffered in the

722
00:39:05,679 --> 00:39:10,159
Syracuse game. Two new safety, three new safeties Kiante Scott,

723
00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:13,719
Jakoba b Thomas, Zachariah Poyser. I think they will be

724
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:18,199
better there in training camp when the secondary has been

725
00:39:18,199 --> 00:39:21,239
on point. I think for the offense it's been like

726
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:26,760
throwing into one of those house of mirror you know

727
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:30,639
Carnival rides. You walk into the House of mirrors and

728
00:39:30,679 --> 00:39:34,079
everything is distorted, so they get a lot of deflections

729
00:39:34,079 --> 00:39:37,079
and interceptions. I think they'll be bigger and stronger a

730
00:39:37,159 --> 00:39:42,960
linebacker with Wesley but Saint and Mohammed Motore coming in

731
00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:45,519
from Wreckers. But the guys that got to carry the

732
00:39:45,559 --> 00:39:49,199
defense are a King, Messidor and Ruben Bain. They got

733
00:39:49,199 --> 00:39:52,880
to play like five star players. Mesidor is a sixth

734
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:57,440
year senior, it's a sixth year of college football. He's

735
00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:00,960
got to play like that. Ruben Bain was a freshman

736
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,559
All American. He's got to play like that. You can

737
00:40:03,679 --> 00:40:07,480
have all the plays that you want, but this is

738
00:40:07,519 --> 00:40:11,800
coming down the players overplays, and the players like Bain

739
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:16,960
and Mesidor and thea Saint and Frederic and Brown Poiser,

740
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:17,960
they've got to make plays.

741
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,440
Speaker 1: And and you again, you know this better than anybody

742
00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:24,320
and anybody that's followed Miami over the years. And when

743
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:27,559
Miami's been great, their defense has been really good. Again,

744
00:40:27,639 --> 00:40:29,480
does Miami have to be a top ten defense in

745
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:31,639
the country this year? No, I don't think so. But

746
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,440
you can't be seventy five eighty in the country in

747
00:40:34,559 --> 00:40:38,239
defense with as many athletes and you know, pedigree that

748
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:40,519
they have access to down there at Miami. And when

749
00:40:40,559 --> 00:40:43,679
Miami's been really good defensive line, they've always had a

750
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:46,400
really good four man pass rush where you don't have

751
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,119
to blit so much, you can disguise more things in

752
00:40:49,159 --> 00:40:53,079
the secondary and red zone defense, holding some teams to

753
00:40:53,119 --> 00:40:55,679
field goals and creating some turnovers in the red zone

754
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,480
is critical because in this age of college football with

755
00:40:58,599 --> 00:41:00,880
so much offense, to be able to be good in

756
00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:03,480
the red zone, at least keep them out of the

757
00:41:03,519 --> 00:41:06,760
end zone, you know, forty to fifty of the time,

758
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,719
make them kick field goals to some degree. But to me,

759
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,400
that's where Miami has really labored the last several years,

760
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:15,719
just their inability in the red zone and no impact,

761
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:17,840
super impactful players on defense.

762
00:41:18,559 --> 00:41:21,960
Speaker 4: The big player was a killer. They gave up so

763
00:41:22,039 --> 00:41:25,079
many big plays last year, one of the worst in

764
00:41:25,119 --> 00:41:29,320
the country, allowing plays of twenty yards or more. Back

765
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,800
to your point on those other metrics, Corey Heatherman was

766
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:39,239
top twenty five in Minnesota in past defense, takeaways, red

767
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:44,840
zone defense, total defense, so his metrics at Minnesota were

768
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:48,599
really good. Only one team scored more than thirty points

769
00:41:48,599 --> 00:41:52,360
on them, that was Iowa. Miami had six teams scored

770
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:55,719
more than thirty points on them. So if any of

771
00:41:55,719 --> 00:42:00,320
those metrics transferred to Miami defensively, they'll be in much

772
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:04,119
much better shape. The defensive line. To go back to

773
00:42:04,159 --> 00:42:07,880
that again, it's got to be Bain and mesidor. Those

774
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:11,199
guys have to be on the field a lot. They've

775
00:42:11,199 --> 00:42:13,440
got to be healthy, be on the field a lot.

776
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:18,079
Justin Scott is a sophomore, former five star player. He's

777
00:42:18,079 --> 00:42:19,800
got to get it. He's got to be a five

778
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:26,239
star guy. Marquis Lightfoot sophomore five star players had a

779
00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:29,599
great camp. Now when the season starts, play like a

780
00:42:29,639 --> 00:42:33,039
five star player. He's in there to rush the passer.

781
00:42:33,519 --> 00:42:35,599
It's the first time in a long time where I

782
00:42:35,639 --> 00:42:39,760
can look at Miami and go Justin Scott five star,

783
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:47,719
Armando Blunt five star, Hayden Lowe five star, Marquise Lightfoot

784
00:42:48,079 --> 00:42:53,000
five star, Booker Pickett four star. Well, all these stars

785
00:42:53,199 --> 00:42:54,559
gotta start shining brightly.

786
00:42:55,679 --> 00:42:58,320
Speaker 1: And one thing Mario's done is coach crystaballs done in

787
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:01,079
his four years, he's recruit I mean, he's been an

788
00:43:01,159 --> 00:43:03,599
elite recruiter when it comes to the high school, the

789
00:43:03,639 --> 00:43:05,679
high school ranks, getting guys out of the portal and

790
00:43:05,679 --> 00:43:08,159
all that stuff. So the recruiting has never really been

791
00:43:08,159 --> 00:43:10,880
the issue. It's been the camaraderie and the chemistry of

792
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:13,599
the of the scheme and under everybody playing to there,

793
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:16,159
like you said, playing to their star level. That they've

794
00:43:16,199 --> 00:43:18,400
been brought into. All right, let's jump over to the

795
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:22,840
offense a little bit. Obviously, cam Ward was a tremendous edition.

796
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,920
Last year they bring in Carson Beck from Georgia. Are

797
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:28,239
we gonna get Carson Beck from twenty twenty three or

798
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:30,719
we're gonna get Carson Beck from twenty twenty four? Just

799
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,440
being around him the last six months or so, what

800
00:43:33,519 --> 00:43:35,760
have you noticed about him from a leadership perspective? I

801
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:40,519
know cam Ward was plowed, was allotted for. How seamlessly

802
00:43:40,559 --> 00:43:43,199
he transitioned into being the leader of that team? How

803
00:43:43,199 --> 00:43:44,800
has Carson Beck jumped into that role?

804
00:43:45,559 --> 00:43:48,840
Speaker 4: Yo, Jason. It's funny all the questions you get about

805
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:54,840
Carson Beck, and there's always this a little bit of

806
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:58,880
a negative tones. So it and like you said, well,

807
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,679
is it gonna be twenty twenty three or twenty twenty four?

808
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:05,119
Carson Carson Beck? And here's how I would answer that,

809
00:44:07,559 --> 00:44:10,760
Miney's gonna go into the Notre Dame game with a

810
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:14,719
quarterback that is twenty four and three as a starter.

811
00:44:15,599 --> 00:44:17,800
And I listened to some people at Georgia say, yeah,

812
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,800
you know, Carson, the guys didn't play hard for him

813
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:25,480
when he got knocked out the players were saying how

814
00:44:25,519 --> 00:44:27,800
hard they were going to play for the backup quarterback,

815
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:33,239
and that intangible just seemed to be missing from Carson Beck.

816
00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:38,199
And I think to myself, twenty four and three right

817
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:43,280
in the sec really down thirty five nothing or whatever

818
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:46,039
it was Alabama and brought him all the way back

819
00:44:46,079 --> 00:44:49,920
and had the lead in that game at Alabama. Throw

820
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:54,320
the ball fifty times against Alabama, sotod and there threw

821
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:58,159
it fifty times against Alabama, and people are going, I

822
00:44:58,159 --> 00:45:00,800
don't know, se is that good. He might not be

823
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,199
cam Ward, he might not be the first pick of

824
00:45:03,239 --> 00:45:07,639
the draft, but he's thrown for almost eight thousand yards

825
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:14,760
right and fifty eight touchdowns in his career. Now you'll

826
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:18,920
take it, You'll tell yeah, I'm gonna cuss. I want.

827
00:45:19,039 --> 00:45:21,760
I feel a hell of a lot better with a

828
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:25,760
guy that has thrown for almost eight thousand yards over

829
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:30,400
at somebody that hasn't played a game or you know.

830
00:45:30,559 --> 00:45:33,599
The next best choice for Miami is Emery Williams, who

831
00:45:33,679 --> 00:45:37,079
is you know, in his career has thrown seventy seven

832
00:45:37,119 --> 00:45:41,320
passes right fershan back to almost seventy seven in one

833
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:46,480
game he lined up at Georgia when he was a

834
00:45:46,559 --> 00:45:49,320
freshman on the scout team and looked across at the

835
00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:52,400
Georgia defense that won the national championship, that had like

836
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:55,880
eight first round picks, and the guys at Georgia, and

837
00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:59,880
people nationally are questioning the guy's heart and character. Why

838
00:46:00,159 --> 00:46:04,239
because he's at Miami, right? Because Miami brings glitz and

839
00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:07,920
glamour and women and stuff like that. Is that why

840
00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:13,400
they're questioning Carson Beck If he was at Indiana or Michigan,

841
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:17,559
would they say the same thing. Probably not. He's coming

842
00:46:17,599 --> 00:46:21,199
off to arm surgery. Okay, I understand that. I have

843
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:23,840
watched him throw. There's been a lot of zip on

844
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:27,679
his passes. Has he been consistent every day? No? Is

845
00:46:27,719 --> 00:46:30,679
some of that The Miami defense probably is some of that.

846
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:35,039
Him getting accustomed to a new team. Probably. Does he

847
00:46:35,119 --> 00:46:37,880
know how to play quarterback? Your damn Rady does?

848
00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:40,639
Speaker 1: That's right? Talk about the guys around him. They lost

849
00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:43,639
a ton of their production last year. A lot of

850
00:46:43,679 --> 00:46:48,239
guys you know, have graduated and left receivers, running backs,

851
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:50,559
tight ends. Give me a couple of names to keep

852
00:46:50,599 --> 00:46:52,880
an eye on. As far as skill, guys that Bec's

853
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:54,280
gonna need to lean on.

854
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:57,840
Speaker 4: You know, it's interesting because they did lose a lot

855
00:46:57,840 --> 00:47:01,559
of a lot of guys, you know, had good years

856
00:47:02,039 --> 00:47:04,920
or royos in the NFL. So that's a big one.

857
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:10,039
But then I looked at the receivers and Xavier Ristrepo,

858
00:47:10,559 --> 00:47:15,559
great receiver at the college level, NFL free agent, Sam Brown,

859
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:23,079
NFL free agent, Jakobe George, NFL free agent Isaiah Horton transferred.

860
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:27,719
It's not like Miami lost Michael Irvin and Andre Johnson

861
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:33,239
and Brett Perriman, Dale Dawkins and guys like that. So

862
00:47:34,639 --> 00:47:37,480
they've got plenty of talent, got a lot of names

863
00:47:37,519 --> 00:47:40,079
and numbers and all that. The question is going to

864
00:47:40,119 --> 00:47:46,239
be the chemistry and how fast do they come together. CJ.

865
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:50,519
Daniels played for Liberty, played for LSU, but he's caught

866
00:47:50,519 --> 00:47:52,800
a lot of passes, one hundred and forty eight catches

867
00:47:53,079 --> 00:47:56,599
in his career. That's to me, the number one job

868
00:47:56,639 --> 00:47:59,159
of a receiver is catch the ball. He's got one

869
00:47:59,199 --> 00:48:04,239
hundred forty eight career catches. Kill and Marion in four

870
00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:08,000
years at BYU seventy six catches, so those are good numbers.

871
00:48:08,039 --> 00:48:11,519
They can catch the football. Daniels and Marion have had

872
00:48:12,519 --> 00:48:14,719
very good and have both had a very good training camp,

873
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:19,800
very mature, very professional, and I think that's really good

874
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:24,639
for younger players like Jojo Trader and Dalan Upshaw and

875
00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:28,000
Josh Moore. Other guys have to evolve. I think you

876
00:48:28,079 --> 00:48:32,199
when you hear the name Malachi Tony, a lot really

877
00:48:32,199 --> 00:48:36,159
good player, freshman from American Heritage High School down here

878
00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:42,000
last year. You know, mister football in the state of Florida. Dynamic,

879
00:48:42,159 --> 00:48:44,880
explosive player. So I think at the beginning of the

880
00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:51,360
year you'll hear CJ. Daniels, Kiln Marion, Malachi Tony, then

881
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:55,559
tight end Elijah Lofton, and of course the running backs

882
00:48:56,320 --> 00:48:59,800
Mark Fletcher and Jordan Lyle and out of the transfer

883
00:49:00,039 --> 00:49:04,360
Wortle Samar Brown from North Dakota State. Very mature, really

884
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:06,760
nice running back, so I think he's got plenty of weapons.

885
00:49:07,039 --> 00:49:10,480
Speaker 1: And the line again come back into pretty good od line.

886
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:12,480
They've always had a really good, for the most part,

887
00:49:12,519 --> 00:49:15,599
good offensive lines down there. Protect a little bit of

888
00:49:15,599 --> 00:49:18,599
a different scheme because Ward was more of a scrambler,

889
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:20,800
could run around a little bit. Beck's not that guy,

890
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:23,639
so even more vital that the offensive line hold up

891
00:49:23,679 --> 00:49:24,440
in pass protection.

892
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:29,320
Speaker 4: Right, Yeah, I like the offensive line Mauioen and s

893
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:32,960
Cooper on the right side have started twenty seven straight

894
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:37,320
games together, so I think that's important. They brought in Brockermeyer.

895
00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:39,960
He's the only guy that came in through the portal

896
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:44,000
on the offensive line. Then McCoy and Rodriguez, a left guard,

897
00:49:44,519 --> 00:49:47,880
have worked a lot with Markel Bell. Bell's probably the

898
00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:51,800
most interesting of all of them, six point nine, three

899
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,760
hundred and forty pounds. They like him a lot. They

900
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:58,000
played a lot when Jalen Rivers was injured last season.

901
00:49:58,639 --> 00:50:01,719
My only question with l is he's so tall.

902
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:02,159
Speaker 1: He's six'.

903
00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:06,159
Speaker 4: Nine you. KNOW i think the disadvantage of that is

904
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:09,840
he plays way up. Here sometimes you gotta get down here,

905
00:50:10,199 --> 00:50:13,320
rightly speed, guy SO i think that's gonna be his.

906
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:18,559
Challenge but he has taken every snap and left. Tackle

907
00:50:18,639 --> 00:50:21,400
was the first team left tackle since day one of spring,

908
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:24,599
Football so you know they know more THAN i.

909
00:50:24,679 --> 00:50:24,960
Speaker 5: Do they.

910
00:50:25,039 --> 00:50:27,320
Speaker 4: Must if they didn't like, him he wouldn't be. There

911
00:50:28,599 --> 00:50:33,559
barackameyer played FOR, tcu a former four star, player AND

912
00:50:33,639 --> 00:50:36,119
i think kind of the glue to that offensive. Line

913
00:50:36,119 --> 00:50:39,639
they're counting on, him so they've got to be good last.

914
00:50:39,719 --> 00:50:44,719
Year they're they're good in past protection and they gave

915
00:50:44,840 --> 00:50:48,400
up twenty three sacks all, year SO i would expect

916
00:50:48,440 --> 00:50:50,679
him to be very good this season as. Well i'm

917
00:50:50,719 --> 00:50:53,239
gonna know right, away gonna go. Again you're gonna know

918
00:50:54,079 --> 00:50:56,840
Against Notre, Dame it's probably not gonna take long to

919
00:50:56,880 --> 00:51:01,199
find that. Out Notre dames got twenty defense lineman on,

920
00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:04,239
scholarship and you, know damn, well they're coming in here to.

921
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:07,599
Go all, right we know what the task. Is we're

922
00:51:07,599 --> 00:51:10,679
playing in your, environment in a line of scrimmage, game

923
00:51:11,159 --> 00:51:13,920
in the, heats in front of your, crowd and the

924
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:16,519
best way to silence all of that is for our

925
00:51:16,559 --> 00:51:20,920
defensive line to be more physical than your offensive. Line

926
00:51:21,079 --> 00:51:23,360
it won't be long in that game to figure it,

927
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:24,400
out no.

928
00:51:24,280 --> 00:51:27,280
Speaker 1: Doubt no. Doubt kicking, wise you got The Boor gallas

929
00:51:27,719 --> 00:51:30,039
brothers are. Gone now you got Burd auburn coming in From.

930
00:51:30,079 --> 00:51:33,119
Texas experienced kicker has been in a lot of big. Moments,

931
00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:35,840
again when it comes to these close, games you gotta

932
00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:37,440
be able to make a kick a forty yard field,

933
00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:38,679
goal things like. That you got to be able to

934
00:51:38,719 --> 00:51:43,519
pump the ball well, again the hidden yards in the,

935
00:51:43,559 --> 00:51:45,760
game the return, game things like. That give me a

936
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:46,760
thought or two about special.

937
00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:50,679
Speaker 4: Teams, Well minu was great in the kicking. Game Bori

938
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:54,840
gallas was tremendous with the field. GOALS i think you

939
00:51:55,159 --> 00:51:57,000
finished the season with like eighteen in a row or

940
00:51:57,039 --> 00:51:59,599
whatever it. Was it just seemed like you never. Missed

941
00:52:00,119 --> 00:52:05,119
And Dylan joyce was solid and consistent as a. Punter

942
00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:07,719
they really didn't need him that much last, year but

943
00:52:07,840 --> 00:52:10,280
when they, did he delivered and he's by the, way

944
00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:13,400
he's the holder and did a great job holding now

945
00:52:14,719 --> 00:52:17,800
kicking field goals this. Year they haven't decided If Bert

946
00:52:17,840 --> 00:52:24,320
auburn From texas has.

947
00:52:23,639 --> 00:52:24,320
Speaker 1: He missed a lot of.

948
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:27,840
Speaker 4: Kicks, yeah eighty six field goal. Attempts he's sixty six

949
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:32,000
for eighty six in his career At. Texas Carter davis

950
00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:36,000
FROM fau was foored for, eleven But davis has had

951
00:52:36,039 --> 00:52:38,480
a great. CAMP i don't know which way it's gonna,

952
00:52:38,519 --> 00:52:42,239
go But davis And auburn have both BEEN i think

953
00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:46,320
good in. Camp the bigger issue would be mine didn't

954
00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:49,800
get anything in their return, game either on kickoffs or,

955
00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:53,599
punts and they weren't great on covering. Kickoffs they had

956
00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:56,840
two return for. Touchdowns they had to get better. There

957
00:52:57,079 --> 00:52:59,400
they worked really hard at. IT i think they're really

958
00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:02,880
well coached to that, area but they got to elevate their.

959
00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:08,320
Game Keelan merion was An All american kickoff return specialist FOR,

960
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:12,000
byu so they shouldn't be better in that. Area had

961
00:53:12,039 --> 00:53:17,280
two touchdowns FOR. Byu the average twenty six yards of

962
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:20,559
returning on, kickoff so you got a threat there on

963
00:53:20,639 --> 00:53:23,559
the punt. Returns they've got to find somebody that can

964
00:53:23,599 --> 00:53:26,840
do something other than fair. Catch, Right all, right.

965
00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:28,079
Speaker 1: Last couple of. Questions i'll get you out of. Here

966
00:53:28,119 --> 00:53:31,119
let's look at the schedule. Again challenging schedule, obvious you

967
00:53:31,119 --> 00:53:32,920
Got Notre dame out the, gate you Got. FLORIDA a

968
00:53:32,920 --> 00:53:36,360
couple of weeks, later you're home To, louisville you're AT,

969
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:39,960
fsu you're AT. SMU a couple things you Avoid clemson

970
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:42,079
And Georgia tech on the, schedule which is a great.

971
00:53:42,119 --> 00:53:45,559
Thing and your big games, tip you know the perceived

972
00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:48,960
big conference Games. Louisville you know you Got Notre Dame

973
00:53:49,039 --> 00:53:51,519
florida out of conference or in your. Building so you

974
00:53:51,519 --> 00:53:54,599
have a great opportunity from a schedule perspective where the

975
00:53:54,639 --> 00:53:57,480
games are, played to get To, november to get to

976
00:53:57,519 --> 00:54:00,920
THAT smu game where you can be no losses or

977
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:04,159
one loss maximum because of the home. Games the experience

978
00:54:04,159 --> 00:54:06,400
Of Carson beck give me a thought or two about

979
00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:09,480
the environment of playing in hard rock and the opportunity

980
00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:10,159
that's right in front of.

981
00:54:10,199 --> 00:54:14,199
Speaker 4: THEM i can't you, KNOW i can't whine about the

982
00:54:14,239 --> 00:54:17,880
schedule that much or complain about. It they're home Until

983
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:22,360
november for the most, part in the state Of. Florida

984
00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:25,280
go To Florida State october, Fourth we'll find out a

985
00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:28,159
lot about the, team as you, Mentioned Notre Dame Florida

986
00:54:28,199 --> 00:54:31,480
Florida state at the top of the. Schedule my only

987
00:54:31,559 --> 00:54:36,199
complaint would be they don't leave the state Until. November

988
00:54:36,760 --> 00:54:41,000
but they finished the season At Virginia tech and At,

989
00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:48,199
pittsburgh and you, know it's not really that big a deal, degrees,

990
00:54:48,519 --> 00:54:54,039
Correct other THAN i look at it this. Way If

991
00:54:54,039 --> 00:54:59,920
i'm THE acc and my best chance at the playoff

992
00:55:00,760 --> 00:55:04,360
Is clemson In, miami if that's what they the people,

993
00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:08,159
said right and going back To, february that's what most

994
00:55:08,159 --> 00:55:12,599
people would have. Said If i'm THE acc And i'm

995
00:55:12,679 --> 00:55:19,480
battling THE sec and The Big ten for teams to

996
00:55:19,519 --> 00:55:23,639
get into the, playoffs, right AM i not trying to

997
00:55:23,679 --> 00:55:29,920
help my own. Teams why WOULD i send one of

998
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:34,639
my teams as a threat to finish the season with

999
00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:39,280
back to back road. GAMES i now. Care it's But

1000
00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:43,440
i'm just, saying you're in a fight for your, life

1001
00:55:43,519 --> 00:55:47,440
your conference, life and you Need. Miami it's the price

1002
00:55:47,480 --> 00:55:51,840
of doing. Business flip the. Game i'll go To. Pittsburgh

1003
00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:55,599
it doesn't matter when go To pittsburgh In. OCTOBER i

1004
00:55:55,599 --> 00:55:58,000
don't care if you're on the. Schedule go To Virginia

1005
00:55:58,039 --> 00:56:02,159
tech In, november ship home. WHATEVER i just think it's.

1006
00:56:02,239 --> 00:56:06,000
Speaker 1: Dumb, Yeah i'm the AC. C it's a that's a

1007
00:56:06,079 --> 00:56:08,719
very valid, point because you're, right because they they want

1008
00:56:09,239 --> 00:56:11,920
the second, opera a second bid out of that. Conference and,

1009
00:56:11,960 --> 00:56:13,599
again if you Got, miami brook.

1010
00:56:14,079 --> 00:56:18,480
Speaker 4: In all the discussion about the, playoff, right it's big

1011
00:56:18,519 --> 00:56:21,480
ten IN. Sec, right we want more. Teams, oh we're

1012
00:56:21,480 --> 00:56:26,159
gonna go to four TEAM. Sec guess what five? Four

1013
00:56:26,239 --> 00:56:28,760
and they get four whatever it. Is but they're always

1014
00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:33,719
they basically have SAID, acc you are a mid. Major

1015
00:56:34,679 --> 00:56:37,079
we're gonna put your right in the. Face you're a mid.

1016
00:56:37,079 --> 00:56:42,000
Major if you're THE, acc then fight. Back how AM

1017
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:44,079
i gonna get my teams in. There i'm gonna how

1018
00:56:44,079 --> 00:56:45,920
AM i gonna do? It i'm gonna take care of my.

1019
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:49,079
Speaker 1: Teams, Right, no you're, right you're you make. It you

1020
00:56:49,119 --> 00:56:51,679
make a great. Point and to, me If miami at,

1021
00:56:51,719 --> 00:56:54,000
worst if they can Split Notre dame In florida and

1022
00:56:54,079 --> 00:56:56,599
maybe one conference, LOSS i think they're gonna be in

1023
00:56:56,639 --> 00:56:58,719
great shape to get in the. Playoff but you can't

1024
00:56:58,760 --> 00:57:01,519
lose both and the other people don't. REALIZE. Cj carr

1025
00:57:01,559 --> 00:57:04,000
just got named the starter At Notre dame red shirt,

1026
00:57:04,039 --> 00:57:06,840
freshmen you're gonna have an advantage at. Quarterback you're gonna

1027
00:57:06,840 --> 00:57:10,199
have an advantage offensively you should Against Notre. Dame but

1028
00:57:10,519 --> 00:57:13,119
you make the great comment About Notre dame's. Defense now

1029
00:57:13,199 --> 00:57:16,000
that's gonna balance itself. Out so if you, can if

1030
00:57:16,039 --> 00:57:18,280
you can get off the season with that first Win

1031
00:57:19,079 --> 00:57:21,800
Notre dame, GAME i think the momentum in the national

1032
00:57:21,840 --> 00:57:24,719
opinion Of miami might change. It if you can follow

1033
00:57:24,719 --> 00:57:27,599
it up with a win Against FLORIDA usf And florida

1034
00:57:27,639 --> 00:57:30,280
coming up In, september you got a great opportunity to

1035
00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:33,480
go In october with a ton of, momentum top five

1036
00:57:33,519 --> 00:57:37,239
team in the country potentially where you could potentially still

1037
00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:40,320
slip up at the end once if it happened at the,

1038
00:57:40,440 --> 00:57:41,840
end and still be in pretty good.

1039
00:57:41,840 --> 00:57:44,519
Speaker 4: SHAPE i THINK i think they have. To actually two.

1040
00:57:44,639 --> 00:57:48,800
Pats one is, well you just mentioned you Beating Notre,

1041
00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:52,480
dame you Beat. Florida you've got two great wins in

1042
00:57:52,519 --> 00:57:55,840
your back. Pocket, yep you mess up in conference play

1043
00:57:56,400 --> 00:58:01,480
and don't reach THE acc championship. Game you have a

1044
00:58:01,559 --> 00:58:05,920
loss or to in. Conference you have two great non conference,

1045
00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:08,480
wins right that could push you in as an at.

1046
00:58:08,599 --> 00:58:12,920
Large you mess up against Not name In, florida go

1047
00:58:13,079 --> 00:58:16,320
run the table right in THE acc and get to

1048
00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:19,280
the championship, game and Then Notre dame In florida don't

1049
00:58:19,320 --> 00:58:24,800
matter other than a huge blow to our ego And

1050
00:58:25,039 --> 00:58:28,400
graggy're dealing with people in this state all year long

1051
00:58:28,719 --> 00:58:31,280
and dealing with The golden domeors.

1052
00:58:30,599 --> 00:58:33,719
Speaker 1: Correct the national. Attention so but, yeah, AGAIN i THINK

1053
00:58:33,719 --> 00:58:35,800
i think they got a great. Opportunity all. Right last,

1054
00:58:35,800 --> 00:58:37,239
thing give me give me a thought or two about

1055
00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:40,480
the new basketball coach you brought, In Gie lucas from

1056
00:58:40,519 --> 00:58:44,159
From duke replaced Coach. Larenega just give me give me

1057
00:58:44,159 --> 00:58:47,000
a thought about Coach larenega's legacy At miami and what

1058
00:58:47,039 --> 00:58:49,039
the excitement level is with Coach lucas coming.

1059
00:58:49,039 --> 00:58:54,159
Speaker 4: In Coach laraenniga made basketball matter In. Miami he Made

1060
00:58:54,199 --> 00:58:57,559
miami a winner in. Basketball he made them a winner

1061
00:58:57,599 --> 00:59:00,320
in a sport that people said you couldn't, win and he,

1062
00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:03,639
did made them a, threat made them a national, name

1063
00:59:04,320 --> 00:59:09,039
brought them recognition and, respect and brought them a. Program

1064
00:59:09,519 --> 00:59:16,280
Jay lucas is the new look of college. Basketball miami

1065
00:59:16,320 --> 00:59:19,679
needed an entirely new, TEAM i mean every, player and

1066
00:59:19,719 --> 00:59:24,880
they have an entirely new. Team thirteen new players to

1067
00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:28,800
fourteen new. Players every single guy is a new. Player

1068
00:59:29,360 --> 00:59:35,000
so a new, player new, vision same. Expectations now expectations

1069
00:59:35,039 --> 00:59:38,360
are A we went to the final. Four Jim lairnegga did,

1070
00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:43,840
that laid the, path built a. Foundation we know we can,

1071
00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:47,519
win but it's going to require something. Else so the

1072
00:59:47,559 --> 00:59:51,559
administration has stepped. Up they're giving him the necessary. Resources

1073
00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:56,480
he's got the, energy the, vision the know. How he's

1074
00:59:56,559 --> 01:00:00,159
only thirty four to thirty five years, old AND i

1075
01:00:00,199 --> 01:00:04,199
think he's beyond his, years got a great, vision really

1076
01:00:04,239 --> 01:00:06,880
knows how to get along with people and the players up,

1077
01:00:06,960 --> 01:00:11,000
today AND i think he knows the path to Get

1078
01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:15,400
miami to The final, four different than Coach. Larronegau BUT

1079
01:00:15,440 --> 01:00:17,800
i can take that baton and finish the.

1080
01:00:17,880 --> 01:00:20,800
Speaker 1: Race, alight all, Right, joe tell. It tell the audience

1081
01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:22,880
that are in the miamirea where they can listen to

1082
01:00:22,880 --> 01:00:24,800
the game in The, miamirea and the people that are

1083
01:00:24,840 --> 01:00:27,119
outside of The miami area where they can listen to

1084
01:00:27,159 --> 01:00:27,920
the to the local.

1085
01:00:27,960 --> 01:00:33,000
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1086
01:00:33,239 --> 01:00:36,920
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1087
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1090
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1091
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1093
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1095
01:01:11,239 --> 01:01:13,960
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1096
01:01:14,320 --> 01:01:18,119
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1097
01:01:18,320 --> 01:01:20,880
Speaker 1: Channels, Well, joe you got you got a great start

1098
01:01:20,920 --> 01:01:22,400
to your. Year next weekend is going to be an

1099
01:01:22,400 --> 01:01:25,000
electric atmosphere With Notre dame coming to, call and you

1100
01:01:25,039 --> 01:01:26,599
have a lot Of Notre dame fans in the, building

1101
01:01:26,599 --> 01:01:29,480
a lot Of miami, fans a lot of rivalry and

1102
01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:33,159
just nostalgia from the from all the years that they've

1103
01:01:33,159 --> 01:01:35,280
played each other in all the great games and rivalry

1104
01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:38,119
that they've had over the. Years enjoy the. Season we

1105
01:01:38,199 --> 01:01:40,199
will check in later on the, year and good luck

1106
01:01:40,519 --> 01:01:42,920
and look forward to Seeing miami in the mix here

1107
01:01:43,159 --> 01:01:43,920
Come October.

1108
01:01:43,960 --> 01:01:46,559
Speaker 4: November Thanks, jason appreciate. It take.

1109
01:01:46,599 --> 01:01:51,400
Speaker 1: Care as the college AND nfl seasons finally heat up

1110
01:01:51,400 --> 01:01:54,280
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1123
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Four all, right welcome back to the. Podcast all, right

1124
01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:48,960
you've heard From, tallahassee you've heard From Coral. Gables now

1125
01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:52,320
we are heading To West Central. Florida university Of South

1126
01:02:52,360 --> 01:02:57,480
FLORIDA Usf Bulls Alex goldish year, three coming off of

1127
01:02:57,519 --> 01:03:02,880
a Wild bowl game win And hawaii and back in

1128
01:03:03,039 --> 01:03:05,960
back In, december one of the more entertaining bowl games

1129
01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:09,360
of the. Year Coach golish against seven and six for The.

1130
01:03:09,400 --> 01:03:12,559
Bulls they finished four and four in The american last

1131
01:03:12,639 --> 01:03:17,000
year and head into twenty twenty five a. Resurgence their,

1132
01:03:17,079 --> 01:03:20,039
Quarterback Byron, brown seems to be. Healthy he missed the

1133
01:03:20,039 --> 01:03:22,840
majority of last year with a leg. Injury no better

1134
01:03:22,840 --> 01:03:26,039
person to talk all THINGS Usf bulls than part of

1135
01:03:26,039 --> 01:03:29,760
the radio broadcast team for both basketball and. Football good

1136
01:03:29,800 --> 01:03:32,960
friend legendary writer here in The Tampa bay, Area Joey,

1137
01:03:33,039 --> 01:03:38,480
johnston who COVERS usf and works for The athletic department

1138
01:03:38,559 --> 01:03:40,239
in part of the broadcasting welcome, Back.

1139
01:03:40,320 --> 01:03:43,800
Speaker 5: Joey Thanks. Jason glad to be. Back glad to talk

1140
01:03:43,840 --> 01:03:45,519
to some. FOOTBALL i think we're all ready for.

1141
01:03:45,559 --> 01:03:46,119
Speaker 4: It we.

1142
01:03:46,159 --> 01:03:48,400
Speaker 1: Are we are before we get to the on the field.

1143
01:03:48,440 --> 01:03:51,599
Stuff give The we had a couple of things in

1144
01:03:52,000 --> 01:03:54,960
the last several. Months THE Ad Michael kelly left to

1145
01:03:55,000 --> 01:03:58,800
go to The Naval. Academy any update on the athletic director.

1146
01:03:58,559 --> 01:04:03,639
Speaker 5: Search it's. UNDERWAY i don't have any good concrete updates for.

1147
01:04:03,679 --> 01:04:06,599
You people might have seen a few weeks, Ago Will,

1148
01:04:06,639 --> 01:04:10,400
weatherford chairman of The board Of, trustees made a statement

1149
01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:15,280
essentially that that said the NEW ad will actually be

1150
01:04:15,360 --> 01:04:19,159
called THE. Ceo and if you read between the, lines

1151
01:04:19,159 --> 01:04:21,519
it certainly looks like they're after somebody with a very

1152
01:04:21,559 --> 01:04:26,480
strong business, background maybe even maybe even from a non traditional,

1153
01:04:27,079 --> 01:04:32,239
setting maybe from a business that type of. Thing, obviously with,

1154
01:04:32,360 --> 01:04:37,960
yeah with with modern college, football raising revenue is job, one, two,

1155
01:04:38,079 --> 01:04:42,039
three four and, Five so you have to do that

1156
01:04:43,159 --> 01:04:46,800
first and. Foremost so it'll be interesting to see who

1157
01:04:46,880 --> 01:04:49,400
they come up come up with. It it may be

1158
01:04:49,559 --> 01:04:53,440
somebody that's not on anybody's. List in, FACT i wouldn't

1159
01:04:53,440 --> 01:04:55,760
be surprised if it's somebody that comes out of left

1160
01:04:55,760 --> 01:05:00,960
field that we're not that familiar with, initially so we'll

1161
01:05:00,960 --> 01:05:03,159
have to have to wait and see what it looks

1162
01:05:03,239 --> 01:05:06,360
like They're in addition to all the other THINGS usf

1163
01:05:06,360 --> 01:05:09,719
and other schools are doing to adjust to the modern college,

1164
01:05:09,800 --> 01:05:14,280
landscape here's another example of maybe the traditional ad will

1165
01:05:14,280 --> 01:05:16,519
be tweaked just a little bit to have more of

1166
01:05:16,599 --> 01:05:18,199
a business. Background all.

1167
01:05:18,280 --> 01:05:20,639
Speaker 1: Right, also give a comment about THE. Usf The bulls

1168
01:05:20,679 --> 01:05:23,199
hired a new basketball coach in the, offseason obviously the

1169
01:05:23,239 --> 01:05:29,440
tragic circumstances around coach raw passing. Away give us a

1170
01:05:29,519 --> 01:05:33,000
quick thought On Brian hotchon and what's his background and

1171
01:05:33,039 --> 01:05:35,320
his kind of philosophy as we go into hoops season

1172
01:05:35,320 --> 01:05:36,079
coming up here in a couple of.

1173
01:05:36,079 --> 01:05:40,519
Speaker 5: Months, yeah, Well Brian hodson is has got an interesting.

1174
01:05:40,559 --> 01:05:46,039
Resume he was an assistant In alabama With Nate, oates

1175
01:05:46,199 --> 01:05:49,559
very successful there on really high scoring up and down

1176
01:05:49,639 --> 01:05:52,079
teams for The Crimson. Tide and then he went on

1177
01:05:52,159 --> 01:05:55,360
to be the head coach At Arkansas state and led

1178
01:05:55,400 --> 01:05:59,840
them to their best season. Ever they Beat memphis handily last.

1179
01:06:00,079 --> 01:06:04,480
Season they played a very crowd pleasing style of, play

1180
01:06:04,639 --> 01:06:07,079
up and, down a lot of, threes a lot of pressure,

1181
01:06:07,159 --> 01:06:10,559
defense so he's going to bring that TO. Usf and,

1182
01:06:10,639 --> 01:06:14,639
again similarly to what we're going to see almost in every.

1183
01:06:14,639 --> 01:06:17,880
Sport we have a pretty much a new look, roster

1184
01:06:18,320 --> 01:06:22,800
a revamped. ROSTER C. J, brown the high flying freshman

1185
01:06:22,880 --> 01:06:26,199
from last, year did stick with The. Bulls he's a

1186
01:06:26,239 --> 01:06:28,559
face that people will, know but other than, that it's

1187
01:06:28,599 --> 01:06:30,639
going to be a lot of people that are new

1188
01:06:31,320 --> 01:06:35,360
to this. Program so how it all comes together means

1189
01:06:35,360 --> 01:06:38,599
to be. Seen they're playing an extremely ambitious. Schedule one

1190
01:06:38,639 --> 01:06:41,840
of the games is At. Alabama he's going to go

1191
01:06:41,920 --> 01:06:46,039
up against his old head, coaches old. Boss they're Playing George.

1192
01:06:46,119 --> 01:06:49,039
Washington they're going to a tournament in The, bahamas and

1193
01:06:49,280 --> 01:06:53,039
a very, difficult you, know conference season ahead as, well

1194
01:06:53,199 --> 01:06:56,199
so they will not be able to tiptoe into this.

1195
01:06:56,280 --> 01:06:59,039
Season but you, know we'll see how it. Goes it

1196
01:06:59,079 --> 01:07:01,840
certainly looks like the style of play is going to

1197
01:07:01,880 --> 01:07:04,800
be one that fans will. Enjoy and he has brought

1198
01:07:04,840 --> 01:07:08,400
in a great recruiting. Class so by all, accounts this

1199
01:07:08,519 --> 01:07:10,679
is a guy that was going to be somebody's next head.

1200
01:07:10,679 --> 01:07:14,679
Coach he happens to be USF's next head coach and

1201
01:07:14,920 --> 01:07:19,400
he is embracing the challenge and believes THAT usf can

1202
01:07:19,480 --> 01:07:24,400
be an annual tournament, team which you, know his music

1203
01:07:24,440 --> 01:07:27,679
to everyone's. Ears if that's what's going to, occur all.

1204
01:07:27,719 --> 01:07:29,280
Speaker 1: RIGHT a couple more things off the, field give it

1205
01:07:29,320 --> 01:07:32,440
a stadium. Updates obviously the stadium stuff have all been

1206
01:07:32,440 --> 01:07:35,840
approved a while, back but any any construction, Updates.

1207
01:07:36,119 --> 01:07:40,159
Speaker 5: Well it looks, like you, know things are they've cleared

1208
01:07:40,199 --> 01:07:44,360
the ground and now things are going. Vertical you see

1209
01:07:44,360 --> 01:07:47,480
things coming out of the ground, now which is small.

1210
01:07:47,559 --> 01:07:50,639
Progress but you, know every time we're out there at

1211
01:07:50,679 --> 01:07:54,119
practice or at, interviews you have the sound of trucks

1212
01:07:54,480 --> 01:07:59,159
in the background, constantly and so there's certainly an indication

1213
01:07:59,320 --> 01:08:01,639
that it's not just the theory, anywhere it's a. Reality

1214
01:08:02,239 --> 01:08:05,320
AND i think in the coming months we're going to

1215
01:08:05,360 --> 01:08:09,159
really start to, see you, know some some things take

1216
01:08:09,239 --> 01:08:12,719
shape literally and that's when everybody will get really. Excited

1217
01:08:12,760 --> 01:08:15,239
but if you're out on the practice field and you

1218
01:08:15,280 --> 01:08:18,720
look beyond that, fence you see. Activity so this thing

1219
01:08:18,800 --> 01:08:21,479
is going to, happen and you, Know god willing and

1220
01:08:21,520 --> 01:08:24,399
everything stays on the. Schedule twenty twenty, seven the bulls

1221
01:08:24,439 --> 01:08:27,119
will run out of the tunnel on campus for the

1222
01:08:27,159 --> 01:08:29,359
first time ever in. Football that's, right all.

1223
01:08:29,439 --> 01:08:33,600
Speaker 1: Right last, thing USF's got a new radio, home moving

1224
01:08:33,680 --> 01:08:37,439
radio ventures stations here in the. Tampare give an update

1225
01:08:37,439 --> 01:08:39,880
for the people that are in the Central florida where

1226
01:08:39,920 --> 01:08:43,279
about what we're USF's going to be radio, wise.

1227
01:08:43,439 --> 01:08:48,039
Speaker 5: WELL usf football and basketball will will now be heard

1228
01:08:48,079 --> 01:08:51,760
ON q ONE o, five which for somebody of of

1229
01:08:51,960 --> 01:08:55,279
my era has a magic sound to. IT q and

1230
01:08:55,479 --> 01:08:59,640
five eighties was one of the great, stations AND i

1231
01:08:59,640 --> 01:09:02,760
think in our country in terms of a, brand a

1232
01:09:02,800 --> 01:09:05,960
familiar rock and roll brand that everybody in town knew.

1233
01:09:05,960 --> 01:09:09,319
About so you, KNOW i think you, know certainly on

1234
01:09:09,359 --> 01:09:11,920
the short list of radio stations that people In tampa can,

1235
01:09:12,039 --> 01:09:15,039
name and it still has that magic brand OF q

1236
01:09:15,079 --> 01:09:17,399
ONE o. Five it has a very clear. Signal so

1237
01:09:18,359 --> 01:09:20,640
it's a great new home for our radio. Broadcast we're

1238
01:09:20,640 --> 01:09:23,039
looking forward to getting back out. There have the team.

1239
01:09:23,119 --> 01:09:27,279
Intact i'll be working the, Sidelines Jim louch And Sam

1240
01:09:27,319 --> 01:09:30,800
barrington he'll be in the. Booth so we're looking forward

1241
01:09:30,840 --> 01:09:32,960
to getting back at. It we always have a great.

1242
01:09:33,000 --> 01:09:35,039
Time it's a great group and we really look forward

1243
01:09:35,079 --> 01:09:37,880
to bring in the games to all of our. Listeners all, right.

1244
01:09:37,840 --> 01:09:40,520
Speaker 1: Let's get on the. Field so again you mentioned the

1245
01:09:41,760 --> 01:09:45,319
new radio station obviously. Mentioned let's go to the first.

1246
01:09:45,319 --> 01:09:47,159
Three let's go right to the. Schedule let's start with the.

1247
01:09:47,159 --> 01:09:49,840
Schedule one of the most probably not if not the

1248
01:09:49,840 --> 01:09:52,319
most difficult schedule In. America the first three weeks of

1249
01:09:52,359 --> 01:09:56,880
the year home To boise At, florida At. Miami give

1250
01:09:56,880 --> 01:09:59,760
me a sense, of you, know the excitement level of

1251
01:09:59,800 --> 01:10:01,920
the the team knowing that's in front of, them and

1252
01:10:01,920 --> 01:10:04,439
then obviously the challenges of that being in front of.

1253
01:10:04,479 --> 01:10:04,680
Speaker 2: Them.

1254
01:10:04,920 --> 01:10:07,159
Speaker 5: Yeah, well first of, all we did do some research

1255
01:10:07,199 --> 01:10:10,600
and it absolutely is the toughest schedule In. America nobody

1256
01:10:10,680 --> 01:10:15,119
else plays three ranked non conference, teams, Nobody so that

1257
01:10:15,279 --> 01:10:17,560
is a, fact that is the toughest a non conference

1258
01:10:17,560 --> 01:10:21,960
schedule In. America you, Know Boise state is really one

1259
01:10:21,960 --> 01:10:24,119
of the more interesting openers The bulls have ever. Had

1260
01:10:24,520 --> 01:10:26,560
bois coming down here in The bulls will go back

1261
01:10:26,600 --> 01:10:28,279
up To boise on the blue turf in a few

1262
01:10:28,359 --> 01:10:31,479
years to complete the home and. Home But Boise state

1263
01:10:31,600 --> 01:10:36,000
was a college football playoff team last. Year they Lost Ashton,

1264
01:10:36,079 --> 01:10:39,039
genty who was The heisman runner. Up everybody knows him

1265
01:10:39,039 --> 01:10:43,039
they're running back to THE, nfl but make no, mistake

1266
01:10:43,119 --> 01:10:45,560
this is a very veteran team with a lot of returning,

1267
01:10:45,600 --> 01:10:49,199
starters a good, quarterback a good offensive, line good tight.

1268
01:10:49,319 --> 01:10:53,079
Ends they're going to still have an incredible challenge they're

1269
01:10:53,079 --> 01:10:56,319
going to bring TO. Usf even with gent gone and

1270
01:10:56,399 --> 01:11:00,479
let's face At Boise, state FOR i think two, decades

1271
01:11:00,520 --> 01:11:05,479
has been consistent, winner almost double digits every single. Year

1272
01:11:05,920 --> 01:11:09,439
so this is not some fluky thing that just. Happens

1273
01:11:09,720 --> 01:11:12,680
this is a power program all the way and has

1274
01:11:12,760 --> 01:11:16,119
been for. Years so it's a great challenge right off the.

1275
01:11:16,800 --> 01:11:19,800
JUMP i think the question will, be you, know obviously

1276
01:11:19,800 --> 01:11:22,319
in the opening, game nobody's really sure how it's going

1277
01:11:22,399 --> 01:11:25,199
to go on either. Side got, boys you coming down.

1278
01:11:25,199 --> 01:11:27,119
Here we expect it to be very.

1279
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:29,399
Speaker 1: Hot thursday, Night thursday night.

1280
01:11:29,359 --> 01:11:32,119
Speaker 5: Or thursday, night or it begins at the unusual time

1281
01:11:32,159 --> 01:11:36,279
of five. Thirty we're hoping the weather will. Hold we've

1282
01:11:36,279 --> 01:11:39,479
had our share of delays AND usf openers many times

1283
01:11:39,520 --> 01:11:43,520
over the. Years but if it's a if it's A

1284
01:11:43,520 --> 01:11:47,640
august twenty, eighth Typical tampa late afternoon or, evening it's

1285
01:11:47,640 --> 01:11:50,000
going to be very. Warm so we'll see how our

1286
01:11:50,039 --> 01:11:53,239
friends from The northwest to react to, that but The

1287
01:11:53,239 --> 01:11:57,039
bulls hope to make that into their home field. Advantage

1288
01:11:57,039 --> 01:12:00,399
they're going to wear all black back in black, theme

1289
01:12:01,640 --> 01:12:04,760
so the players are excited about, that and you know

1290
01:12:04,920 --> 01:12:07,880
right off the, bat what a great challenge after that.

1291
01:12:08,079 --> 01:12:11,399
Game of, course as you, mentioned At florida At, miami

1292
01:12:11,520 --> 01:12:16,159
those games really need no. Introduction ANYTIME usf plays a

1293
01:12:16,199 --> 01:12:21,199
major team from the state Of, florida it's automatic. HYPE

1294
01:12:21,560 --> 01:12:25,159
usf went To florida in twenty twenty, two almost won the,

1295
01:12:25,159 --> 01:12:26,079
game should have won.

1296
01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:28,319
Speaker 1: The won the. Game no at.

1297
01:12:28,199 --> 01:12:32,600
Speaker 5: The, end Had miami here last year played a very

1298
01:12:32,600 --> 01:12:35,479
competitive first, half it was not competitive in the second

1299
01:12:35,520 --> 01:12:39,359
half as Cam ward just put up monster. Numbers so

1300
01:12:39,760 --> 01:12:42,000
a chance to go down To, miami, where believe it or,

1301
01:12:42,039 --> 01:12:44,279
not The bulls have won back in twenty. Ten it's

1302
01:12:44,319 --> 01:12:46,800
been some, time but The bulls have a win At,

1303
01:12:46,880 --> 01:12:51,760
miami so you know it can be. Done this is a,

1304
01:12:51,800 --> 01:12:55,960
massive massive challenge to the start of the. Season three

1305
01:12:57,800 --> 01:13:03,560
very very difficult, Opponents but regardless of what happens in these,

1306
01:13:03,600 --> 01:13:08,399
games it doesn't affect their ability to win the conference,

1307
01:13:08,479 --> 01:13:13,279
championship WHICH i maintain is the number one goal for

1308
01:13:13,319 --> 01:13:17,000
this program moving, forward of, course get a splash victory or,

1309
01:13:17,000 --> 01:13:19,319
two and these first three games will be incredible and

1310
01:13:19,399 --> 01:13:22,119
give The bulls a lot of, attention maybe even a national.

1311
01:13:22,199 --> 01:13:25,640
Ranking but you, know got to get to business In

1312
01:13:25,680 --> 01:13:28,920
october And november and win some conference. Games that's really

1313
01:13:28,960 --> 01:13:30,760
the biggest priority for this program right.

1314
01:13:30,760 --> 01:13:33,439
Speaker 1: Now and you avoid two, lane you Avoid. Army so

1315
01:13:33,520 --> 01:13:35,920
that's a little bit of a sm a scheduling. Perspective

1316
01:13:35,960 --> 01:13:37,680
you get a break. There you do have to go

1317
01:13:38,000 --> 01:13:41,520
a couple of road games At, memphis At, navy At North,

1318
01:13:41,560 --> 01:13:44,560
texas but it's a situation where if you can get,

1319
01:13:44,560 --> 01:13:47,199
to like you, said healthy through the month Of, september

1320
01:13:47,479 --> 01:13:49,239
you got a chance to do some damage in this

1321
01:13:49,239 --> 01:13:50,359
conference that's going to be wide.

1322
01:13:50,359 --> 01:13:55,079
Speaker 5: Open, yeah it's not an easy, schedule but it's a favorable,

1323
01:13:55,079 --> 01:13:58,479
schedule as you, Said so if The bulls can navigate

1324
01:13:58,520 --> 01:14:03,039
it and get into particularly you know that That navy

1325
01:14:03,119 --> 01:14:06,760
game could really loom large At navy in terms of deciding.

1326
01:14:06,800 --> 01:14:10,880
It At, memphis of, course is another. Challenge USF's had

1327
01:14:10,920 --> 01:14:14,520
some issues there up At. Memphis but you know the

1328
01:14:14,560 --> 01:14:17,239
other part of the schedule is you don't leave the

1329
01:14:17,239 --> 01:14:20,960
state Of florida UNTIL i believe It's october. Tenth, right

1330
01:14:21,319 --> 01:14:23,960
you have the games At florida And miami the home,

1331
01:14:24,079 --> 01:14:27,119
games and then At North texas is the first time

1332
01:14:27,159 --> 01:14:30,079
that they will actually have to leave The Sunshine. State

1333
01:14:30,199 --> 01:14:33,800
so it certainly seems to line up well schedule, Wise

1334
01:14:33,920 --> 01:14:35,600
but The bulls just have to do it now and

1335
01:14:35,920 --> 01:14:36,319
win these.

1336
01:14:36,359 --> 01:14:38,600
Speaker 1: Games all, right let's get down on the. Field let's

1337
01:14:38,840 --> 01:14:42,560
coach goal is year. Three have you noticed any philosophical

1338
01:14:42,680 --> 01:14:45,199
changes maybe kind of in how he's handled going from

1339
01:14:45,279 --> 01:14:47,399
year one to year, two now to year. Three he's

1340
01:14:47,399 --> 01:14:49,640
won fourteen games in two, years which is which is,

1341
01:14:49,720 --> 01:14:52,960
excellent but if you look deeper into the, numbers only

1342
01:14:52,960 --> 01:14:54,479
one of those games that kind of been against a

1343
01:14:54,520 --> 01:14:57,760
winning team with a winning. Record so great progress from

1344
01:14:57,800 --> 01:15:00,239
where they were three years. Ago but now it's time

1345
01:15:00,279 --> 01:15:02,439
to take that next. Step and not that you have

1346
01:15:02,479 --> 01:15:04,119
to win a conference, style but you definitely want to

1347
01:15:04,159 --> 01:15:06,439
be in the mix Come. November and he noticed any

1348
01:15:06,479 --> 01:15:10,800
philosophical or just coaching kind of you, know things that

1349
01:15:11,159 --> 01:15:14,359
maybe his ease matured as a head coach going into your.

1350
01:15:14,399 --> 01:15:17,079
Speaker 5: Three, YEAH i don't think there's going to be a

1351
01:15:17,119 --> 01:15:19,039
big change in the way they approach, It they're still

1352
01:15:19,039 --> 01:15:21,600
going to go really fast and put a lot of

1353
01:15:21,640 --> 01:15:26,800
pressure on the defense with a fast moving. Offense you.

1354
01:15:26,840 --> 01:15:30,199
Know the coaching, wise they brought In Cody, burns who

1355
01:15:30,560 --> 01:15:33,399
who is now the assistant head, coach and he'll he'll

1356
01:15:33,439 --> 01:15:36,000
work with the receivers and to some degree with. Quarterbacks

1357
01:15:36,000 --> 01:15:38,680
he if you recognize the, name he played At. Auburn

1358
01:15:39,279 --> 01:15:41,720
he was a quarterback At, auburn and then when they

1359
01:15:41,800 --> 01:15:46,399
Discovered Cam, newton he switched switched positions and became a.

1360
01:15:46,439 --> 01:15:49,680
Receiver and actually When auburn won the national title Beating,

1361
01:15:49,720 --> 01:15:53,039
oregon he could scored a touchdown in that. Game and

1362
01:15:53,720 --> 01:15:56,760
if you look at their trip to The White, house

1363
01:15:57,000 --> 01:16:00,439
you will See Cody burns handing The auburn j To

1364
01:16:00,560 --> 01:16:05,119
President Barack. Obama so, yes he's had some interesting. Sidelights

1365
01:16:05,119 --> 01:16:07,960
he's been a college, coach who coached in THE nfl

1366
01:16:08,039 --> 01:16:10,359
with the with The saints for a bit and now

1367
01:16:10,359 --> 01:16:14,560
he's back in. College so that's really the only significant coaching.

1368
01:16:14,720 --> 01:16:17,840
Change their coordinators are still the Samee Old gordon on,

1369
01:16:17,920 --> 01:16:24,439
Offense Todd orlando on. DEFENSE i believe they philosophies all

1370
01:16:24,439 --> 01:16:29,520
Around will will remain the way they. ALIGN i think

1371
01:16:29,520 --> 01:16:31,439
the biggest difference is on both sides of the. Ball

1372
01:16:31,479 --> 01:16:34,119
there's a ton of, talent a ton more. Talent it's

1373
01:16:34,199 --> 01:16:37,119
particularly on the lines that's the biggest difference THAT i

1374
01:16:37,159 --> 01:16:40,520
see that there's a lot more depth offensive line and defensive,

1375
01:16:40,520 --> 01:16:44,359
line which is sorely, needed has been sorely, needed and

1376
01:16:44,439 --> 01:16:47,039
they've tried to address. That AND i also think they've

1377
01:16:47,039 --> 01:16:49,399
got a ton of good skill players on a ton

1378
01:16:49,439 --> 01:16:54,640
of good secondary so and also a very veteran team

1379
01:16:54,680 --> 01:16:58,279
with a lot of. Seniors so again with that and

1380
01:16:58,560 --> 01:17:02,439
what looks to be a favorable conference, schedule you certainly

1381
01:17:02,479 --> 01:17:04,119
could make the argument that the time is.

1382
01:17:04,159 --> 01:17:08,119
Speaker 1: Now you let's talk About biral brownald. It Obviously byron

1383
01:17:08,159 --> 01:17:10,039
missed a lot of last year with a leg. Injury

1384
01:17:10,600 --> 01:17:13,720
do you anticipate, potentially, obviously he is a really good

1385
01:17:13,720 --> 01:17:16,439
player when he's, healthy can run and. Throw you do

1386
01:17:16,439 --> 01:17:18,359
you get the sense that maybe a little bit less

1387
01:17:18,399 --> 01:17:21,680
quarterback runs this year to keep him. Healthy you got

1388
01:17:21,680 --> 01:17:24,039
a better, line you gotta you, know you got more

1389
01:17:24,079 --> 01:17:27,239
pieces to let him not have to be the one man.

1390
01:17:27,319 --> 01:17:29,800
Band how do you anticipate kind of some of the

1391
01:17:30,000 --> 01:17:32,640
offensive play calling going to maybe take the load off

1392
01:17:32,640 --> 01:17:33,159
of him a little.

1393
01:17:33,199 --> 01:17:35,600
Speaker 5: Bit, yeah well he will he will. Run they're not

1394
01:17:35,640 --> 01:17:38,079
gonna take the run. Away the, difference AND i think

1395
01:17:38,079 --> 01:17:41,000
he was getting better at this is knowing when to

1396
01:17:41,399 --> 01:17:44,319
when to run and when when did not run his

1397
01:17:44,520 --> 01:17:47,960
first few games in twenty twenty, Three at the first

1398
01:17:47,960 --> 01:17:50,920
sign of, trouble he took. Off he was not good

1399
01:17:50,960 --> 01:17:55,239
at throwing the ball away or or you, know surrendering a.

1400
01:17:55,319 --> 01:17:59,560
Down he, would you, know make some maybe poor, judgments

1401
01:17:59,560 --> 01:18:01,720
but he he did get better at, that AND i

1402
01:18:01,720 --> 01:18:04,680
think he's turned the quarter in that. Way but certainly

1403
01:18:05,000 --> 01:18:09,039
his running ability gives a great. Dimension he is the

1404
01:18:09,119 --> 01:18:10,279
kind of guy that can run and run for one

1405
01:18:10,319 --> 01:18:13,840
hundred yards and pass for three hundred if he's playing

1406
01:18:13,840 --> 01:18:16,640
his a. Game he's a big. Guy he's gotten even.

1407
01:18:16,640 --> 01:18:19,399
Bigger he's somewhere in the two hundred and thirty pound range.

1408
01:18:19,439 --> 01:18:22,239
NOW i believe he certainly looks like a pro. BODY

1409
01:18:22,720 --> 01:18:24,640
i think he'll have a chance to play in the league.

1410
01:18:24,840 --> 01:18:27,920
Ultimately you, know he did not get off to a

1411
01:18:27,920 --> 01:18:31,399
good start last year before the. INJURY i think he

1412
01:18:31,439 --> 01:18:34,439
would he would tell you that he wasn't playing particularly.

1413
01:18:34,520 --> 01:18:37,359
Well people remember perhaps The alabama game he had a

1414
01:18:37,359 --> 01:18:40,600
couple of deep shots that he missed on so and

1415
01:18:40,640 --> 01:18:43,800
then he gets. Hurt so sour tastes all around in

1416
01:18:43,880 --> 01:18:46,279
terms of last. Year AND i know he's extra determined

1417
01:18:46,560 --> 01:18:49,800
to get out there and get back to playing the

1418
01:18:49,840 --> 01:18:51,359
way he was at the end of twenty twenty.

1419
01:18:51,359 --> 01:18:53,920
Speaker 1: Three and to your point of, depth it sounds like

1420
01:18:54,000 --> 01:18:57,439
they have more confidence now in the backup quarterback. Position

1421
01:18:57,520 --> 01:18:59,359
the events something were to happen to buy or another

1422
01:18:59,439 --> 01:19:02,159
kid from Ten. See Gaston moore has been getting some,

1423
01:19:02,760 --> 01:19:04,880
good good reviews out of. Practice give me a thought

1424
01:19:04,960 --> 01:19:07,239
or two if the Event byron has to miss a

1425
01:19:07,279 --> 01:19:09,119
game for some. Reason the confidence in.

1426
01:19:09,119 --> 01:19:11,920
Speaker 5: The, backup, YEAH i, MEAN i REALLY i really Like

1427
01:19:12,039 --> 01:19:15,239
Gaston moore from What i've seen again just in practice

1428
01:19:15,359 --> 01:19:19,399
for what that's. Worth but he he, certainly you, know

1429
01:19:19,399 --> 01:19:21,680
knows where to go with the, ball, looks looks the.

1430
01:19:21,720 --> 01:19:24,600
Part everybody you talk to has great things to say about.

1431
01:19:24,640 --> 01:19:28,640
Him he's fit right. In he's working really well With.

1432
01:19:28,720 --> 01:19:32,399
Byrom he, was he's been a career. Backup he actually

1433
01:19:32,399 --> 01:19:36,479
started AT, ucf or began AT ucf his freshman year

1434
01:19:36,479 --> 01:19:39,359
and then transferred To tennessee and, was you, know the

1435
01:19:39,399 --> 01:19:41,960
most popular guy on the team the backup, quarterback, right

1436
01:19:42,039 --> 01:19:44,640
and he did get into some games last year At

1437
01:19:44,680 --> 01:19:49,279
tennessee When nico went down and. Produced he's very popular At.

1438
01:19:49,279 --> 01:19:51,800
Tennessee The tennessee fans still love him and they're rooting

1439
01:19:51,800 --> 01:19:53,840
for him to get a good shot. Here BUT i

1440
01:19:53,840 --> 01:19:57,079
guess the upshot here, is you, know a couple of months,

1441
01:19:57,079 --> 01:20:00,800
ago you, Know Bryce archie went with drafted by The

1442
01:20:00,840 --> 01:20:04,479
Cincinnati reds and he signed and he was the starting

1443
01:20:04,520 --> 01:20:06,960
quarterback for eat games last. Year so all those, reps

1444
01:20:07,000 --> 01:20:10,560
all that experience goes out the, door and that puts

1445
01:20:10,600 --> 01:20:13,560
you in a precurious situation because after that you've got

1446
01:20:13,600 --> 01:20:17,560
freshmen and guys you haven't really. Played now you wind

1447
01:20:17,680 --> 01:20:21,239
up With Gaston. Moore SO i THINK i even Asked

1448
01:20:21,319 --> 01:20:25,000
Alex scholish this in a press, conference AND i reading

1449
01:20:25,039 --> 01:20:28,760
between the, LINES i, think you, know whatever security and

1450
01:20:28,920 --> 01:20:32,000
confidence that he had With Bryce archie back, THERE i

1451
01:20:32,000 --> 01:20:36,520
think he has it similar With Gaston. Moore SO i

1452
01:20:36,560 --> 01:20:38,880
Believe Gaston moore can come in and play if, needed

1453
01:20:39,399 --> 01:20:42,399
and if, not he's certainly a valuable guy in practice

1454
01:20:42,439 --> 01:20:47,520
of valuable. Backup and you, know, again most popular guy

1455
01:20:47,600 --> 01:20:49,359
on the team is always a backup. Playeric, Right so

1456
01:20:49,920 --> 01:20:52,079
we you Know Gaston. Moore we haven't actually seen him

1457
01:20:52,119 --> 01:20:55,159
in a, game BUT i think people people at least

1458
01:20:55,279 --> 01:20:58,319
are feeling a little better that if anything was to

1459
01:20:58,319 --> 01:21:00,760
happen to buy, him that they do have somebody capable

1460
01:21:00,760 --> 01:21:01,000
to come.

1461
01:21:01,039 --> 01:21:03,600
Speaker 1: In give me a name or. Two on, offense whether

1462
01:21:03,600 --> 01:21:05,520
the newcomers are returning guys that you think are going

1463
01:21:05,560 --> 01:21:07,640
to make some major impact on the offensive.

1464
01:21:07,680 --> 01:21:11,880
Speaker 5: Side, YEAH i really Like Sam, franklin running back transfer From,

1465
01:21:11,920 --> 01:21:15,039
oklahoma only spent one year with The. Sooners he's probably

1466
01:21:15,039 --> 01:21:18,000
better known during his time At Tennessee martin at THE

1467
01:21:18,079 --> 01:21:21,720
fcs level where he was a finalist for The Alter Payton.

1468
01:21:21,800 --> 01:21:24,760
Award he was a dynamic running back and a kickoff,

1469
01:21:24,800 --> 01:21:28,800
returner you, know. Playmaker i've seen him really flash and.

1470
01:21:28,880 --> 01:21:31,560
Practice guy that can get to the second and third

1471
01:21:31,680 --> 01:21:36,640
level pretty, quick pretty pretty, stocky guy that can break.

1472
01:21:36,680 --> 01:21:39,039
It almost like A Doug martin kind of. Runner if

1473
01:21:39,079 --> 01:21:41,840
you remember him from The. Bucks you, know very very you, know,

1474
01:21:43,239 --> 01:21:47,920
thick thick, body but also with some, speed AND i

1475
01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:50,520
figure he's going to be getting a lot of, carries

1476
01:21:50,560 --> 01:21:53,279
as Is Cartavius, norton who's been banged, up but apparently

1477
01:21:53,279 --> 01:21:56,479
he's healthy now to transfer From. Charlotte he's more of a,

1478
01:21:56,720 --> 01:21:59,920
conventional bigger, back a guy that can run through the. Tackles,

1479
01:22:00,960 --> 01:22:04,039
so you, KNOW i think between those two, guys and

1480
01:22:04,039 --> 01:22:07,159
then they have some other, young younger people that could

1481
01:22:07,159 --> 01:22:09,920
flash a little bit. Too but With norton And, Franklin

1482
01:22:09,960 --> 01:22:14,039
i'm feeling much better about the backfield THAN i was

1483
01:22:14,079 --> 01:22:16,399
in the. SPRING i think they've got adequate depth and

1484
01:22:16,520 --> 01:22:18,640
a couple of guys THAT i think could, be you,

1485
01:22:18,680 --> 01:22:23,640
know really really capable. PLAYERS i would mention too. Offensively you,

1486
01:22:23,640 --> 01:22:26,960
know this isn't a secret. Anymore Keshan singleton as the

1487
01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:28,680
look of a guy that could be a. STAR i

1488
01:22:28,760 --> 01:22:31,680
think he's certainly going to be their first option on

1489
01:22:33,399 --> 01:22:36,359
the passing. Game but also two other guys to keep

1490
01:22:36,359 --> 01:22:40,840
an eye on Transfers Chas, nimrod a transfer From. Tennessee

1491
01:22:41,359 --> 01:22:43,720
he's gonna be a big part of their offense, again

1492
01:22:43,880 --> 01:22:47,600
a really capable receiver who can make big. Plays and

1493
01:22:47,640 --> 01:22:50,520
the other guy might not see much of him, early

1494
01:22:50,640 --> 01:22:52,800
BUT i think by mid season he's going to hit his.

1495
01:22:52,840 --> 01:22:58,920
Stride Moodia rubin transfer From, stanford a big slot receiver

1496
01:23:00,199 --> 01:23:01,960
who is coming, along but he's going to need a

1497
01:23:01,960 --> 01:23:03,960
little bit more, TIME i think to get. Adjusted but

1498
01:23:04,039 --> 01:23:06,600
a guy that played a lot At, stanford AND i

1499
01:23:06,600 --> 01:23:09,039
think he's going to play a lot for The. Bulls

1500
01:23:09,039 --> 01:23:11,479
And i'll sneak one in the offensive. Line they've got

1501
01:23:11,560 --> 01:23:16,159
tons of veteran presence, there but a guy to maybe look.

1502
01:23:16,199 --> 01:23:20,560
At their another new player From Jesuit High. School Another

1503
01:23:20,640 --> 01:23:24,680
stanford trance For connor, McLoughlin who started fourteen games At

1504
01:23:24,720 --> 01:23:28,319
stanford now has returned To tampa for his final freshman.

1505
01:23:28,399 --> 01:23:31,199
Year he's a BIG i think he goes about sixty

1506
01:23:31,239 --> 01:23:34,600
six sixty, seven three hundred plus. Pounds probably will play

1507
01:23:34,640 --> 01:23:38,680
at right. Tackle looks like another great addition for the offensive.

1508
01:23:38,720 --> 01:23:41,680
Speaker 1: Line all, right listen To Joey johnston part of THE

1509
01:23:41,800 --> 01:23:46,079
usf radio. Broadcast we're previewing the twenty twenty FIVE Usf

1510
01:23:46,119 --> 01:23:49,199
bulls seven and six and twenty twenty. FOUR a daunting

1511
01:23:49,279 --> 01:23:51,439
schedule as we get into twenty twenty, five the first

1512
01:23:51,479 --> 01:23:54,239
three weeks of the. Year home To, boise At, florida At.

1513
01:23:54,279 --> 01:23:57,720
Miami let's go to the defense a little bit. Here

1514
01:23:58,000 --> 01:24:01,680
obviously allowed right at thirty points a game last. Year

1515
01:24:01,960 --> 01:24:04,760
you know you AND i remember that was a number

1516
01:24:04,800 --> 01:24:07,720
that was, outrageous but now that's not AS i, mean

1517
01:24:07,800 --> 01:24:10,439
it's not a great, number but it's not as bad

1518
01:24:10,479 --> 01:24:12,680
as it once was because of so much of the

1519
01:24:12,720 --> 01:24:16,880
offense and so much of the offensive wizardry that's going

1520
01:24:16,920 --> 01:24:18,600
on in college football with a number of players being

1521
01:24:18,680 --> 01:24:22,159
run bottom half of the bottom quarter in total. Defense

1522
01:24:22,399 --> 01:24:25,399
what what's the one position group for you that, if,

1523
01:24:25,439 --> 01:24:27,319
boy if they could be better on, Defense if this

1524
01:24:27,319 --> 01:24:30,319
position group can be, better This bulls defense will elevate.

1525
01:24:30,359 --> 01:24:33,960
Speaker 5: Significantly, yeah it's the eternal search for a great defensive.

1526
01:24:33,960 --> 01:24:35,800
LINE i, mean been looking for it for a long.

1527
01:24:35,840 --> 01:24:37,920
TIME i, mean The bulls have a great history there

1528
01:24:37,960 --> 01:24:41,479
with the likes Of George selby And Jason Pierre paul

1529
01:24:41,560 --> 01:24:45,239
And terrell. McLain i, mean they have really great pedigree

1530
01:24:45,279 --> 01:24:48,199
through this, program but not too. Much the last few

1531
01:24:48,279 --> 01:24:52,560
seasons they have, tried like heck to add depth to this.

1532
01:24:52,680 --> 01:24:56,279
Position if nothing, else they've got a great rotation of.

1533
01:24:56,359 --> 01:25:00,520
Bodies whether or not there's a true star or a

1534
01:25:00,560 --> 01:25:03,600
pass rushing, star it remains to be. Seen but they

1535
01:25:03,600 --> 01:25:06,520
do HAVE i think better depth than they've had in

1536
01:25:06,520 --> 01:25:10,159
at least five. Years one a couple of guys to

1537
01:25:10,199 --> 01:25:14,119
look at on THE d Line Josh, selliscar who transferred

1538
01:25:14,119 --> 01:25:16,119
From TEXAS a AND, m better known as as a

1539
01:25:16,119 --> 01:25:18,279
player AT, ucf where he played a lot as a team,

1540
01:25:18,319 --> 01:25:22,159
captain and people might have seen in the news of

1541
01:25:22,319 --> 01:25:26,079
Late josh was wearing number. Eight he's now wearing number sixty,

1542
01:25:26,119 --> 01:25:29,439
three which is the number of the Late Leroy, selman

1543
01:25:29,800 --> 01:25:35,640
who the Former buck and THE usf program. PATRIARCH usf

1544
01:25:36,399 --> 01:25:39,159
in a really cool, MOVE i think is bringing back

1545
01:25:39,319 --> 01:25:41,039
sixty three and got to give it to a player

1546
01:25:41,079 --> 01:25:46,720
each year who they feel can Honor Leroy selmon's spirit and.

1547
01:25:49,399 --> 01:25:52,760
Personality it's got to be a special, player not only

1548
01:25:52,800 --> 01:25:55,079
on the field but off the, field and they Feel

1549
01:25:55,159 --> 01:25:59,399
Josh seliscar is that. Guy he's extremely, mature he's married

1550
01:25:59,439 --> 01:26:04,119
with a young. Daughter when you talk to the, teammates they,

1551
01:26:04,159 --> 01:26:07,399
say this guy just has a NonStop motor in practice

1552
01:26:07,600 --> 01:26:10,199
as the first to do every, drill has a great.

1553
01:26:10,199 --> 01:26:13,000
Attitude So Josh, SELLISCAR i, think is going to bring

1554
01:26:13,720 --> 01:26:17,640
a lot to The. Bulls and another transfer you might

1555
01:26:17,680 --> 01:26:20,399
want to look at Is Devin. Lee he comes From

1556
01:26:21,000 --> 01:26:26,600
vanderbilt and another guy that has sec experience that they're

1557
01:26:26,800 --> 01:26:29,680
counting on to really give a good push on that,

1558
01:26:29,800 --> 01:26:35,239
line you, know TFLs and. Sacks is they want to

1559
01:26:35,359 --> 01:26:38,760
increase those they have steadily, Increased they're not quite where

1560
01:26:38,800 --> 01:26:42,399
they need to. Be they showed they weren't. Consistent they

1561
01:26:42,439 --> 01:26:44,960
had some great games where they put tons of. Pressure

1562
01:26:45,319 --> 01:26:47,800
The Florida atlantic game comes to, mind where they just

1563
01:26:47,880 --> 01:26:51,199
made that quarterback's life. Miserable but then there were other

1564
01:26:51,239 --> 01:26:53,880
games where they didn't do nearly. That what they've got

1565
01:26:53,920 --> 01:26:57,239
to do is show that consistent pressure and that could

1566
01:26:57,239 --> 01:27:00,600
come from THE d line or the. Linebackers but and you,

1567
01:27:00,640 --> 01:27:04,600
know we'll see if there's somebody that can emerge with.

1568
01:27:04,760 --> 01:27:08,520
That BUT i do think you know they're going to

1569
01:27:08,600 --> 01:27:12,760
have you, know seven eight players along THAT d line

1570
01:27:12,800 --> 01:27:13,800
that are they're gonna be able to.

1571
01:27:13,800 --> 01:27:15,960
Speaker 1: Play and as you, know you're not gonna be able

1572
01:27:15,960 --> 01:27:18,560
to hold teams nowadays to fourteen seventeen. Points you're gonna

1573
01:27:18,560 --> 01:27:20,640
have To you're gonna you're every team's pretty much gonna

1574
01:27:20,640 --> 01:27:23,159
give up mid early to low to mid. Twenties at.

1575
01:27:23,239 --> 01:27:27,560
Least it's the situational ability to make make them kick

1576
01:27:27,600 --> 01:27:30,640
field goals more, often more. Prevalent get that red zone

1577
01:27:30,680 --> 01:27:33,399
turnover now and, again get that big tackle for loss

1578
01:27:33,479 --> 01:27:34,880
or a sack that gets them out of a field goal.

1579
01:27:35,000 --> 01:27:39,239
Range just opportunistic. Defense going back To Todd, orlandos he

1580
01:27:39,439 --> 01:27:41,119
is he more of a blitz give give the audience

1581
01:27:41,119 --> 01:27:43,000
a little. Perspective is he more of a blitzing? Guy

1582
01:27:43,079 --> 01:27:46,079
his own defense? Guy what does he like to do? Defensively,

1583
01:27:46,359 --> 01:27:47,479
yeah he likes to bring the.

1584
01:27:47,479 --> 01:27:51,079
Speaker 5: Blitz he likes to do some exotic stuff and bring the,

1585
01:27:51,119 --> 01:27:55,159
pressure you, know whether it's personnel or situations or they've

1586
01:27:55,159 --> 01:27:59,239
been burned sometimes on. That but you, know you like

1587
01:27:59,359 --> 01:28:03,600
to think that he's got more capable personnel on hand

1588
01:28:04,399 --> 01:28:06,000
to do some of the things that he likes to.

1589
01:28:06,039 --> 01:28:10,199
DO i would, say you know the position that he

1590
01:28:10,319 --> 01:28:14,880
specialized specializes in. Linebacker they are in good hands there

1591
01:28:14,920 --> 01:28:19,520
with two Veterans Matt Harris Jalen, schuler both of whom

1592
01:28:19,560 --> 01:28:22,199
have led the team in tackles on two different. Seasons,

1593
01:28:22,680 --> 01:28:24,760
so and these guys are Like batman And robin on the.

1594
01:28:24,800 --> 01:28:28,960
Defense they're they're fire and ice the, sidekicks and they're

1595
01:28:28,960 --> 01:28:31,960
going to be the leaders for. Sure so and don't

1596
01:28:31,960 --> 01:28:34,359
be surprised if if one of those guys leads the

1597
01:28:34,359 --> 01:28:37,680
team in sacks they like to bring those, linebackers and

1598
01:28:37,920 --> 01:28:41,119
both of those guys are capable but getting after the.

1599
01:28:41,239 --> 01:28:45,600
Quarterback and also we might see the occasional corner safety

1600
01:28:45,640 --> 01:28:49,000
blitz too to get after the. Quarterback so you, know

1601
01:28:49,439 --> 01:28:52,920
it's all about pressure and. Disruption that's what he likes

1602
01:28:53,000 --> 01:28:54,800
to do and they've done it at. Times they just

1603
01:28:54,840 --> 01:28:57,880
need to do it more, consistently and you'd like to

1604
01:28:57,960 --> 01:29:01,319
think that they have maybe some some more weapons to

1605
01:29:01,319 --> 01:29:01,880
do it with this.

1606
01:29:01,960 --> 01:29:04,439
Speaker 1: Year, LASTLY i want to hit on his little special.

1607
01:29:04,439 --> 01:29:07,760
Teams obviously have Another grammatica in the fold AT. Usfd

1608
01:29:08,039 --> 01:29:09,880
he had some very good moments last. Year he had

1609
01:29:09,880 --> 01:29:11,920
a long field goal in The miami, game a couple

1610
01:29:11,920 --> 01:29:14,199
of fifty yard field. Goals give me a sense of

1611
01:29:14,239 --> 01:29:16,520
how they anticipate using him more as a weapon this.

1612
01:29:16,600 --> 01:29:20,039
Speaker 5: Year, yeah you, know he was great from long. RANGE

1613
01:29:20,079 --> 01:29:23,920
i think they wanted to see more consistent seat from.

1614
01:29:24,000 --> 01:29:27,439
Him that's Why John cannon sort of split time with

1615
01:29:27,439 --> 01:29:30,880
With Nico grammatica last. Year but Now John cannon has moved,

1616
01:29:30,920 --> 01:29:34,920
on so it's it's Essentially nico's job to. LOSE i

1617
01:29:34,960 --> 01:29:36,920
think if he is, consistent he's going to be the

1618
01:29:36,920 --> 01:29:40,159
primary field goal. Guy in all points of the of

1619
01:29:40,199 --> 01:29:43,880
the field and also perhaps handle all the kickoffs as.

1620
01:29:43,920 --> 01:29:47,680
WELL i, mean you, know he's certainly got the pedigree

1621
01:29:47,720 --> 01:29:52,319
from his. Family he had a, game the game Against,

1622
01:29:52,399 --> 01:29:55,359
miami he had a fifty eight yarder and a fifty

1623
01:29:55,359 --> 01:29:57,439
one yarder in the same. Game and he had another

1624
01:29:57,479 --> 01:30:01,000
fifty fifty yarder plus in another. Game three fifty yarders

1625
01:30:01,439 --> 01:30:04,439
as a. Freshman so that's that's the start of what

1626
01:30:04,520 --> 01:30:08,680
could be a, really really remarkable. Career SO i don't

1627
01:30:08,720 --> 01:30:12,880
anticipate many problems at all in that place. KICKING i

1628
01:30:12,920 --> 01:30:14,800
have a lot of trust In Nico, grammatic AND i

1629
01:30:14,840 --> 01:30:18,960
Know Alex golis does as. Well the punting will be

1630
01:30:19,039 --> 01:30:23,239
different in a. Way Andrew stokes has. Left he had

1631
01:30:23,239 --> 01:30:27,800
a great. Career the last punt of HIS usf career

1632
01:30:27,840 --> 01:30:30,920
was seventy two yards to tie a program. Record that

1633
01:30:31,000 --> 01:30:33,479
really was a big moment in That Hawaii bowl that

1634
01:30:33,520 --> 01:30:36,079
flipped the field and ALLOWED usf to get the tying field.

1635
01:30:36,079 --> 01:30:40,760
Goal so we'll Miss Andrew, stokes The, aussie but wouldn't

1636
01:30:40,800 --> 01:30:42,960
you know, it we got two More aussi's competing for the.

1637
01:30:43,039 --> 01:30:46,439
Job so for the eighth straight, YEAR usf will have

1638
01:30:46,479 --> 01:30:48,760
An australian. Punter we don't know who it's going to be,

1639
01:30:48,840 --> 01:30:51,079
Yet Chase leon Or Luke, goder but it will be

1640
01:30:51,119 --> 01:30:54,399
one of those. Guys so CLEARLY usf has become one

1641
01:30:54,439 --> 01:30:59,319
of those programs that likes That australian feeder system.

1642
01:30:59,239 --> 01:31:02,680
Speaker 1: For, punting shining close to the. Beach my, man that's.

1643
01:31:02,680 --> 01:31:06,399
Speaker 5: It that's. It, returning a lot of, returning a lot

1644
01:31:06,399 --> 01:31:08,680
of candidates on, kickoffs some. Punts not quite sure who's

1645
01:31:08,720 --> 01:31:11,159
going to handle. It Sam franklin could be back. There

1646
01:31:11,159 --> 01:31:14,720
he's got some, experience you. Know Tavin ward could be

1647
01:31:14,760 --> 01:31:17,039
the punt, returner you, know the you, know we'll just

1648
01:31:17,039 --> 01:31:20,560
have to see how that. Goes, again not something that

1649
01:31:20,600 --> 01:31:24,159
anybody's gonna focus. On but The bulls do have one

1650
01:31:24,159 --> 01:31:26,399
of the best long snappers in the country And Garrett.

1651
01:31:26,479 --> 01:31:30,560
Kates and the best thing you can say About Garrett

1652
01:31:30,600 --> 01:31:32,720
kates is if you don't hear his name at all this,

1653
01:31:32,880 --> 01:31:35,920
year and that's how you know you've got a good

1654
01:31:36,000 --> 01:31:37,520
long snapper if you don't know who he, is.

1655
01:31:38,239 --> 01:31:40,560
Speaker 1: No, doubt no. Doubt all, Right joey, again a lot

1656
01:31:40,560 --> 01:31:42,840
of promise over it AT usf, again a lot of,

1657
01:31:42,840 --> 01:31:45,319
new new new stuff going on you got THE i.

1658
01:31:45,359 --> 01:31:47,520
LOVE i loved WHEN i read the story about the

1659
01:31:47,560 --> 01:31:50,399
settlement about giving the number sixty. THREE i think that's

1660
01:31:50,399 --> 01:31:53,760
a great that's a great program thing for the future and.

1661
01:31:54,079 --> 01:31:56,079
ONGOING i think that's a that's a great. TRIBUTE i

1662
01:31:56,119 --> 01:31:58,640
think that'll be something kind of like The Twelfth man

1663
01:31:58,680 --> 01:32:00,600
At TEXAS a and M i me, know those kind

1664
01:32:00,600 --> 01:32:02,760
of things and those you didn't Know leroy.

1665
01:32:02,520 --> 01:32:02,960
Speaker 4: Some and he.

1666
01:32:03,000 --> 01:32:05,239
Speaker 1: Was he was A hall of fame player on the,

1667
01:32:05,239 --> 01:32:06,640
field but even more of a hall of fame or

1668
01:32:06,680 --> 01:32:08,600
off the field with all the stuff that he, did

1669
01:32:08,640 --> 01:32:13,079
and obviously his his influence on usf athletics is why

1670
01:32:13,439 --> 01:32:15,920
in many respects this program is even is even here

1671
01:32:15,960 --> 01:32:18,359
because of the of the efforts Of Leroy salmon and.

1672
01:32:18,399 --> 01:32:23,520
Others so one more, Thing Coach levitt got put in

1673
01:32:23,600 --> 01:32:25,159
The hall Of. Fame give me a word or two

1674
01:32:25,199 --> 01:32:25,600
about Coach.

1675
01:32:25,680 --> 01:32:29,880
Speaker 5: Levitt, Well Coach levitt obviously got this program off the

1676
01:32:29,880 --> 01:32:35,680
ground and coached it to the status where it reached

1677
01:32:35,680 --> 01:32:38,319
the number two ranking in the country in two thousand

1678
01:32:38,359 --> 01:32:42,960
and seven and was a Perennial bowl. Team he certainly

1679
01:32:43,640 --> 01:32:47,479
did did some things that maybe few, others maybe none

1680
01:32:47,520 --> 01:32:50,039
other could. Do in terms of starting this thing from.

1681
01:32:50,039 --> 01:32:53,760
SCRATCH i, mean it's a it's a bit of a polarizing.

1682
01:32:54,359 --> 01:32:58,000
Choice you're gonna have, Detractors you're gonna have people behind,

1683
01:32:58,039 --> 01:33:02,239
him AND i understand stand, that BUT i also would

1684
01:33:02,239 --> 01:33:05,720
say THAT i don't think you can have a Usf

1685
01:33:05,920 --> 01:33:08,920
Athletics hall Of fame Without Jim, levitt or a stadium

1686
01:33:08,960 --> 01:33:11,600
coming or. Stadium you, know you have to recognize what he.

1687
01:33:11,680 --> 01:33:17,079
DID i feel, SIMILARLY i vote for The Baseball hall Of,

1688
01:33:17,119 --> 01:33:22,000
fame AND i, believe you, know in the case of

1689
01:33:22,000 --> 01:33:25,199
of Of Pete rose or in the case of maybe some,

1690
01:33:25,239 --> 01:33:28,720
OTHERS i think you put them in with their their,

1691
01:33:28,720 --> 01:33:31,560
accomplishments and if you need to explain other, things then

1692
01:33:31,560 --> 01:33:35,159
you explain. THEM i don't want to be the moral

1693
01:33:35,239 --> 01:33:39,600
judge and jury of, anything but, certainly you, know What

1694
01:33:39,760 --> 01:33:44,199
Jim levitt did on the, FIELD i think deserves, recognition

1695
01:33:44,920 --> 01:33:47,840
and he will get that, recognition AND i think a

1696
01:33:47,920 --> 01:33:50,960
large part of THE usfn base will be very pleased by, that.

1697
01:33:51,600 --> 01:33:53,479
Speaker 1: No, doubt no. Doubt All, Right, JOE i appreciate, it

1698
01:33:53,640 --> 01:33:57,079
enjoy the, time enjoy the new radio BROADCAST q one oh. Five,

1699
01:33:57,359 --> 01:33:59,720
unfortunately we won't get to hear the sports updates From Dick.

1700
01:33:59,760 --> 01:34:04,000
Speaker 5: Cripps remember THOSE i.

1701
01:34:04,479 --> 01:34:06,840
Speaker 1: Would listen to him driving to school at seven o'clock

1702
01:34:06,920 --> 01:34:09,760
in the, morning Five Sports Dick.

1703
01:34:09,840 --> 01:34:13,760
Speaker 5: Crippen so, yeah so no, ONE i don't EVEN i

1704
01:34:13,760 --> 01:34:15,520
don't know if you would even remember, this but in the,

1705
01:34:15,560 --> 01:34:18,399
eighties UH q and five had A dj Named Scott

1706
01:34:18,479 --> 01:34:22,960
Shannon ye who was you, know one of the coolest

1707
01:34:23,039 --> 01:34:25,359
DJs ever and he ended up being like the number

1708
01:34:25,399 --> 01:34:29,760
ONE dj In New. York you, know this name was

1709
01:34:29,840 --> 01:34:33,960
his launching pad to The Big. Apple so, uh you, know,

1710
01:34:34,319 --> 01:34:37,840
hey if you were a kid in the, eighties you

1711
01:34:37,960 --> 01:34:41,560
listening to simple as. That so you, know, glad, glad

1712
01:34:41,560 --> 01:34:43,600
we're part of a brand like, That no.

1713
01:34:43,640 --> 01:34:46,680
Speaker 1: Doubt enjoyed the, Sidelines. Joey we'll catch up as we

1714
01:34:46,720 --> 01:34:49,000
get closer to the basketball, season and we will definitely

1715
01:34:49,039 --> 01:34:50,920
check in as we get through the college football. SEASON

1716
01:34:51,319 --> 01:34:55,399
Usf bulls twenty twenty five preview heading into year, three

1717
01:34:55,399 --> 01:34:59,279
Coach Alex golis check it out? Tickets where can we? Find?

1718
01:34:59,399 --> 01:35:02,239
Uh are you guys the? Verse what online is? It?

1719
01:35:02,279 --> 01:35:04,479
Does US? F what is the online? Version if people

1720
01:35:04,479 --> 01:35:04,920
want to listen?

1721
01:35:04,960 --> 01:35:08,640
Speaker 5: Online, uh you could go to go US F bulls

1722
01:35:08,720 --> 01:35:11,640
dot com and there will be a link. There there

1723
01:35:11,640 --> 01:35:13,079
will probably be a link on THE q AND o

1724
01:35:13,159 --> 01:35:16,279
five site as, well but go US F bulls dot

1725
01:35:16,319 --> 01:35:19,159
com is kind of your one stop shop place to.

1726
01:35:19,239 --> 01:35:23,840
Go you, know should have it for Some for a

1727
01:35:24,319 --> 01:35:27,760
struggling technology person such as, MYSELF i always like the

1728
01:35:27,840 --> 01:35:31,920
link that says click here to. Listen that spells it

1729
01:35:31,960 --> 01:35:35,159
out very you, KNOW i can understand. That so so

1730
01:35:35,359 --> 01:35:37,520
just look for that click here to listen link and

1731
01:35:37,560 --> 01:35:39,279
you should be able to get right into it and.

1732
01:35:39,239 --> 01:35:42,840
Speaker 1: You'll See Joey's joey have some written written documentation throughout

1733
01:35:42,880 --> 01:35:45,279
the year as well covering The bulls and obviously you'll

1734
01:35:45,279 --> 01:35:47,800
be part of the broadcasting giving your good reports from

1735
01:35:47,840 --> 01:35:50,960
the sideline game game day as. Well so Joe johnson

1736
01:35:50,960 --> 01:35:53,880
appreciate the, time have a great. Season we'll check in real.

1737
01:35:53,960 --> 01:35:57,960
Speaker 6: Soon, okay Thanks, Jason thanks for listening to The Florida

1738
01:35:58,039 --> 01:36:02,079
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1739
01:36:02,079 --> 01:36:06,920
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1740
01:36:06,960 --> 01:36:09,359
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1741
01:36:09,359 --> 01:36:12,800
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1742
01:36:12,840 --> 01:36:16,199
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01:36:16,279 --> 01:36:17,279
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1744
01:36:17,359 --> 01:36:21,239
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1745
01:36:21,319 --> 01:36:25,720
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1746
01:36:25,840 --> 01:36:29,159
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