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I-80 Football Show: Where Big Ten Coaches Rank in The Athletics Top 25 Rankings
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In this episode, the boys break down which Big Ten coaches are ranked in the Athletics top 25 college football coaches. We also get into the first two days of NFL free agency!
Recorded: 03/13/2025
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Transcript
Introduction to Hosts and Podcast
00:00:01
Speaker
What's good everybody. Welcome in to another episode of Land Grant Podcast Network, IAE football show. As always, i'm your host Jordan. i'm here my co-host Dante. What's going on everybody and we are live on my twitch too so this is double recorded technically.
00:00:18
Speaker
Not out to twitch. Yeah. If it works. If it's working correct who knows. I don't even care. It is what it is. What
NFL Free Agency Begins
00:00:29
Speaker
can you do? mary Uh well football is happening sort of.
00:00:36
Speaker
Sort of. sort of um the NFL free agency is here. I do not really care about NFL free agency, largely because my team never does anything.
00:00:50
Speaker
And i also don't pocket watch. So I don't care who's making what money. It's like, there's nothing for me. um But, You know, for our traffic update, we'll talk a little bit about free agency because both our teams did a little something. A little something. Well, I mean, maybe not your team, but my team for once. You be doing stuff. I don't know about... Nah, not in free agency. But y'all be pulling trades, though. Like, y'all got Micah. Not Micah. What that dude's name? Micah.
00:01:13
Speaker
Patrick. Do you know how long ago that was? Yeah, but you did it. You know what the coach are doing? You're right. i saw i saw that.
00:01:24
Speaker
yeah So, but yeah, so I will start just, you know, because we're fans of teams, we'll
Colts' Spending Strategy
00:01:32
Speaker
start with that. And then just if there's anything else that we care about before we get into our road trip today, our road trip is going to be a review of some people's top 25 coaches in college football and where they have ranked certain Big Ten coaches.
00:01:50
Speaker
But before we get into that, the Colts are pretending to be a real team. It's crazy what happens. When you threaten a man's job. Yeah, yeah. When you tell him like, hey, bro, you're not doing good enough. I'm going to fire you. And he's like, all right, I guess I'll go spend some money.
00:02:07
Speaker
Bro was really, you can't be a GM and act like you spending your money, like you spending your paycheck. Like I understand salary cap. I understand how you build a team. I get that.
00:02:18
Speaker
But bro was acting like he was spending his personal paycheck. And by bro, I mean coach GM, Chris Ballard. Buddy wouldn't sign anybody.
00:02:30
Speaker
And then, of course, every single year, it's like we need DBs, we need wide receivers. And dude is like, I think DBs and wide receivers are overvalued and they get paid too much.
00:02:42
Speaker
So I'm going to draft a wide receiver in the fourth round, and then he's going to be a starter because we have no depth. all like Literally half of our corners last year were rookies, and like not first-round rookies, like third- and fourth-round
Valuing NFL Positions
00:02:54
Speaker
rookies.
00:02:55
Speaker
Wide receivers and cornerbacks are overvalued. the second Besides, because in my eyes, I think offensive linemen is the most important position. But it's talked about in the media, the most important position is quarterback.
00:03:12
Speaker
The second most would mean wide receiver, which is – You know, very important. I can't even say they overvalued is crazy. So if the second most important position wide receiver and these wide receivers are doing a thing, especially somebody like, i don't know, Jamar Chase, Stefan Diggs, people like that.
Colts' QB Controversy
00:03:34
Speaker
Third, fourth, most but probably most important position on the full field would be corner because somebody got to defend them.
00:03:43
Speaker
And guess who doesn't spend no quality picks on any of those positions and won't go get him in free agency? Bro is giving out an average of like two-year, $12 million dollars contract. That's what he would do in free agency. This is, I think maybe last year was the first year.
00:04:00
Speaker
that maybe that in his entire tenure that he signed someone on the first day of free agency, like, you know, first day of free agencies, when the big ticket people go, it was a running joke in the franchise that he never signed any players on the first day of free agency. He was always bargain shopping. And I don't, there's a lot of, I was about to say, there's a lot of teams like that too. Uh,
00:04:17
Speaker
But you're right. That is a running joke that I even know.
Steelers' Surprising Moves
00:04:20
Speaker
Yeah. So it's just... I pay attention to that. I'm like, Colts didn't do anything. yeah i do that all the time. Like, Colts and Cowboys didn't do anything. Nothing. Well, this year, after, you know, his his livelihood got threatened... Right. Uh...
00:04:34
Speaker
He actually decided to to to be a real team, to be a real GM. A little too long, if you ask me, um but he did it. Congrats to him, I guess. ah The coach signed Cam Bynum to, he's a safety, signed him to a big deal.
00:04:50
Speaker
They also signed corner. Coming from 16. I don't know. if i was an If I was an adult, I would have looked that up. He's coming the Vikings. okay Okay. Last year, he had 54. There's two NFC teams that are losing a lot on defense. And the Vikings are one of them. Yes, they are.
00:05:09
Speaker
yeah Super Bowl champions is the other one. Yep. Yep. And then the other person that they signed is um corner Traverius Ward.
00:05:21
Speaker
Who, again, if I was an adult, I would have wrote down what team he's coming from. I want to say the 49ers, but I'm pretty sure that's it. want say that Maybe he was previously on the 49ers, but he's not coming directly from the 49ers. I'm going to find out.
00:05:38
Speaker
But those are like, you know, surprise, surprise. Oh, no. Yeah. Wait.
00:05:44
Speaker
Yes, 49ers. Okay. forty nine 49ers. um Those are like real deal starting caliber players for once. He gave one a three-year $60 million dollars deal. It's like, oh, you can spend money.
00:05:58
Speaker
And then the other guy got a four-year $60 million dollars a year. He gave out $120 million dollars on day one of free agency. He ain't never done that before.
00:06:09
Speaker
Nah, nah. I ain't never heard of the Colts doing that. ain't gonna hold So i'm ah I'm a little impressed. I'm a little impressed. I will say the thing that i that they also did that I just think is stupid, but I... I sort of kind of understand the thought process. I just think, actually, you know what? I'm going to reframe this.
00:06:27
Speaker
The Colts gave Daniel Jones a one-year deal to compete with AR-13. And so Anthony Richardson, I'm going to reframe this and say, if Daniel Jones starts a game for the Colts this year,
00:06:46
Speaker
And it is not due to injury. But even maybe if it's due to injury, if Daniel Jones starts a game for the Colts this year, fire everybody, trade up, and draft the quarterback next year. That tells me everything that I need to know. If you were going to get somebody to compete for the position, and at least, again, I'd rather you go after Russell Wilson.
00:07:09
Speaker
Yes, but the thing with the thing is Daniel Jones has lost his job, so he's willing to come in to compete, where Russ, like, he wants a guarantee. Fair. And I think that the the thought is they still want Anthony Richardson to be the quarterback, which makes the most sense. He's like 23, young, still on a rookie deal, et cetera, but they need someone. He really gotten a full chance due to injuries to show. Right.
00:07:33
Speaker
And so, like, they need someone. And, like, he he is supposedly following the Josh Allen plan because they were very similar players ah with, like, some of their issues. So, like, he's working with some. And they bring in that coach?
00:07:47
Speaker
god That's what really, that's what saved Josh Allen. Right. The dude, like, the dude that chances throwing motion and everything. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. He's working with him and he's working with a couple other people, but specifically he's working with the guy who like changed Josh Allen's mechanics and made him more accurate.
00:08:05
Speaker
Okay, cool. about That makes sense. yeah But my thing is like three years in, You haven't done anything. You're on your second coach. You're on your like third defensive coordinator.
00:08:16
Speaker
You haven't developed any players at like key positions. All of the stars are getting old. you're letting some of the You're letting some of the older stars go in free agency because they've been there forever, but they've never won anything if Daniel Jones starts a game.
Steelers' Team Strategy
00:08:30
Speaker
It's time. Fire Ballard. i I would keep the coach. He hasn't been there that long. But maybe. It depends on how he coaches. But I'm definitely firing Ballard. Oh, Ballard got to go. And I'm drafting a quarterback next year.
00:08:42
Speaker
Because if that means – that means Anthony Richardson three years in is not the guy. And there is no way in hell you let Daniel Jones start for this team two years in a row. I will tell you – I know I joke and I laugh and I and i say I'm going to quit being a Colts fan and going to be a Texans fan.
00:08:57
Speaker
I will. Absolutely. If we miss the playoffs again and Daniel Jones is starting games and he's not fired, um you heard it here first. This will be my last year as a Colts fan.
00:09:08
Speaker
I will be rooting for the Texans and CJ Stroud and the Black Head Coach. like i'm I'm not, bro. I'm 30. I'm not too young to change my team. You're not. You're not wrong. You're not. And I'm still going to suffer a little bit with the Texans. I'm not going to a team that's immediately going to win Super Bowl, but at least they did some things that sort of make sense. They got the quarterback. Yeah, bro, I can't do it.
00:09:33
Speaker
not not Not if they're talking about, well, Daniel Jones, you know, he played a little well in his cities. They may give a chance to earn the job. Nope. Nope. Honestly, this is the last thing going say about this.
00:09:45
Speaker
I'll let you talk about the Steelers. I couldn't stomach it. Literally, I talked so much trash to my friend who's a Giants fan and Daniel Jones. hello And he saw that and he messaged me and he said, happy early birthday.
00:09:59
Speaker
Yeah. Almost slapped him, bro. He's lucky that we were not in person, bro. We'd have been scrapping, bro. I cannot. Daniel Jones cannot be the quarterback of my team.
00:10:10
Speaker
We cannot be quarterbacked by a quarterback that the Giants said no to. The Giants said no. He's good. Nah, like, bro, he's not a starting quality quarterback. He's just not. He's just not.
00:10:26
Speaker
And It is one of the craziest signs.
Financial Decisions in Free Agency
00:10:29
Speaker
Luckily, it's just one one year. he might, he gonna somehow mediocre his way into a long career just getting signed a bunch of places and sitting in the back.
00:10:39
Speaker
uh but um Steelers did some stuff to uh trade it for DK Metcalf which I didn't expect I didn't expect us to trade for a receiver the one thing is like we usually trade away receivers that act like DK Metcalf so trading for DK Metcalf was surprising I'm happy we did it we needed another weapon um I like the trade, but not that much because the thing about DK, he's kind of like George Pickens in where they're not that well of route runners.
00:11:14
Speaker
they They're just, sure let me just go down the field type of receivers, which is cool because you can't double team on both. But I mean, we need that intermediate route runner in the slot or whatever, but I'll take it.
00:11:29
Speaker
We also signed, oh, what you about to say? I was going to say i would trade George and draft Emeka Ibuka.
00:11:39
Speaker
I'm not saying they're going. If we can trade it up, yeah. Where you you are you at? 21 or 20, something like that. Listen, I don't think
College Football Coaches Ranking
00:11:48
Speaker
he should be there, but the way all the things that I'm seeing, he's going to be there at 20.
00:11:53
Speaker
I just saw a mock draft that had the Chiefs taking him at 31. So maybe he's going to, like maybe if something, maybe somebody smartens up. Cause I don't think he should be there, but like, I I've seen a bunch of things that had two or three wide receivers before him.
00:12:08
Speaker
I would be surprised, unfortunately, but I would be surprised if he's not there when the Steelers pick. I mean, if we, if he is there, I'd still drive to him and have all three. We need the weapons. I didn't think they would do that but after they traded. i didn't think they'd spend a first-round pick on a wide receiver.
00:12:24
Speaker
I would, but like I figured we'd got to do something else. You know what I'm saying? but I still would. um I would. I don't know. um George could stop throwing fits on the sidelines. That'd be a solid trio. George, DK, and Emeka. He would actually have no choice but to stop throwing fits because you're not going to get that many targets with both of them there with you as well.
00:12:44
Speaker
which is the point. like We're supposed to spread it out because everybody knows we were only going to you at that point. So i I don't know. We'll see what we do at receiver. i don't even know who who's throwing the ball to him right now. We still haven't made that decision whether it's going to be Russ or apparently Aaron God damn Rodgers. That's insane.
00:13:06
Speaker
Yeah, I have spent, well, he been in league, what, 20 years? yes I have spent 20 years calling that nigga overrated and he might be my quarterback. He might be my quarterback.
00:13:17
Speaker
That's crazy. But ah yeah, we signed Darius Slay, a veteran cornerback, Super Bowl champ. I'm okay with that. i'm im mad at the ah I'm not mad at the signing.
00:13:30
Speaker
I don't really remember what else we did. That might be it. We lost Najee Harris, which kind of sucks. Yeah. I ain't gonna lie. So here's the thing, right?
00:13:43
Speaker
I don't think we get Ibuka. We might go after ah Ashton. I don't know if he'll be there at 21. And that's why we will have to trade. Yes, he might. Running backs don't get drafted, remember?
00:13:54
Speaker
even though you Even though someone like Ashton Genji is definitely needed on most teams because he reminds me of Saquon Barkley, most teams are still idiots. And he probably will be there.
00:14:06
Speaker
Raiders are going to take them at seven. I mean, they probably should. They just got they just traded for Geno. Yeah, they traded for Geno.
00:14:18
Speaker
Do they still have Josh Jacobs, though? No, Josh Jacobs. They got the other guy. They got another running back. No, they do have Josh. jacob No, isn't Josh Jacobs on the Packers now?
00:14:30
Speaker
They have another guy. at At running back for them, I think. i don't I don't remember. I don't remember. But if they go after Aston, that's smart. But we would have to trade up to go get him, yeah of course. like We really would have to go trade up to go get him.
00:14:44
Speaker
But we lost him. um I don't don't think we did anything else besides those two things. Which, im ah you know, I'm trading for a receiver that we definitely needed and getting more DB help that we definitely needed.
00:15:02
Speaker
i I'm not mad at it. We need to figure out the quarterback. We need to figure out quarterback and offensive line. we those yeah Those are the two that are left that we really have address. It's looking like it's going to be Aaron Rodgers. I'm so upset about that because like legit 20 years, I've been calling him overrated and he's going to be our quarterback because I'm looking now at my notifications to make sure That was it.
00:15:31
Speaker
I do think i do find it hilarious that the Titans gave way too much money to our offensive tackle, who was one of the worst offensive tackles in the league last season.
00:15:45
Speaker
They gave him a lot of money. Yeah. the Dan Moore. they said They signed Dan Moore. he was He really was not good for us last season. At all. And that's why I don't be paying attention to free agency because they just be throwing money around. But, hey, I don't pocket watch. Get your money. Oh, we we ah we also re-signed Malik Harrison for two years, $10 million. Is that the defensive tackle?
00:16:07
Speaker
a Linebacker. He's a linebacker. And he's only getting $5 million a year, which ain't mad at it. So we still have, we still have think, maybe $15 million in cap space.
00:16:18
Speaker
to pick up somebody. But yeah, he's a linebacker. I just, I just looked at the notification. I'm going to keep looking because I feel like we did something else as well. I don't fully remember because I was just, uh, after we lost Nazi, I was like, Oh damn, he's been solid for us.
00:16:35
Speaker
Oh yeah. He, Malik Harrison's a Buckeye. Yeah. Yeah. um while While you're looking at that, I only have a couple other things to say. Speaking of Buckeyes, Justin Fields got paid a two-year $40 million dollar deal. were never going to do that.
00:16:51
Speaker
We were going to do that. $40 million to him. But the thing is, that's still cheap. That's very cheap for what quarterbacks doing right now. It is. It is cheap. That's barely above backup money.
00:17:02
Speaker
It doesn't sound cheap, but like for what other quarterbacks are getting, like you know. yeah We still probably weren't. Especially because i Again, I'd rather suck and just get a quarterback from next year's draft, but we know that's not going happen. We got too good of a coach and too good of a team technically for that to happen. yeah Chase Young also, but ah Justin Fields gets to um reunite with Garrett Wilson. so yeah well that was like One of my friends was like, yeah, we have to go to a Jets game.
00:17:29
Speaker
like I know yeah not and know it's the Jets, but we're both in New York. You ain't wrong. They pretty cheap. They pretty cheap. And then ah ah Chase Young signed a a solid deal for with the Saints.
00:17:45
Speaker
Okay, he's not signed with the Saints. Okay. Yeah, it's not what you know you thought he'd be making right now because you thought he was going to be something better than he is. But the thing with Chase Young and certain players, it is hard to be a superstar.
00:17:56
Speaker
And while Chase Young is not the number two overall pick that they thought he was going to be, he's going to end up having a career like – like ah like ah former Ravens. He was also on the Cleveland news.
00:18:12
Speaker
The dude that knocked off the helmet. Oh, Jadavion Clowney. We did this funny. It's all the time. we say Literally all the time. And i it's flavor for uss like, i what was that? Two episodes ago where I couldn't figure out his name.
00:18:24
Speaker
Yeah. I'm like, I'm about to list his old career. Yeah. Eight and a half sacks in 2022. No. be it So he's going to end up having a career like Jadavian Clowney, which is like he's going to play for 12, 13 years. can't stay on the field.
00:18:39
Speaker
Chase hasn't been injured the last two years. he Oh, really? oh It's just, okay. He's just not producing what I thought he would. Right, he's just not doing the 10 sack plus that you sort of thought, that you hoped for.
00:18:50
Speaker
yeah Honestly, though, what I think happened, and I really think the injury that he had really messed with his...
Debate on Coaches' Accomplishments
00:18:59
Speaker
ability like it's one of those things like it was like a core or something like i really think it just kind of like sapped some athleticism and then there were also some reports about like work ethic and things like that that's what i that's what i heard i had never heard that before but then you started to hear it it's like well four years in the league maybe it's true i don't know but i mean the saints liked him they gave him a three-year 50 51 million dollar deal that could actually this is 13 correct
00:19:25
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. I know he's been with the Saints for the past two seasons, I believe. It was a year. Okay, it was a year. But like he was on the 49ers for half a year. Oh, okay. So like he was with the he was with the Washington football team.
00:19:38
Speaker
They traded him midseason. He finished the season with the 49ers. Then in last year's free game. Did he finish that season? Yes. Okay. So he finished the season with the 49ers, and then then they didn't re-sign him.
00:19:52
Speaker
Last year, he signed a one-year deal with the Saints for $13 million. And clearly, they liked him enough. I mean, he's not a superstar, but they liked him enough to give him three years, 51. What's the nation in the league? Uh...
00:20:06
Speaker
So he went from like 13, one year 13 to like 16-ish a year was a chance for it to be 17 a year.
00:20:16
Speaker
So ah who's the Saints? It's 17 a year, so we got 4 million. Who's been there for a while now? what's that What's that guy's name? Cam Jordan. Yeah, yeah, He's still in the league? He's still there?
00:20:28
Speaker
Yeah, he's going retire when y'all do retires. Who? and No, the other Buckeye that's been there for a million Oh, Cameron Hayward. Yeah. They don't retire together at the age of 50. You're right, because Cam's been in the league a minute now. He's going on, what, 15, I think? Something crazy. Yeah.
00:20:51
Speaker
i think he I think he's older than Cam Jordan. and um But yeah, he got i mean he went from 13 a year to 17, so he got a little pay bump.
00:21:01
Speaker
It has a chance to S8 to 57, so you know shout out. um Some other things that I noticed, 49ers are releasing Kyle Juszczyk, which is crazy. forty night Like you said, 49ers lost a lot. of players, dog. I think they're going to be bad next year. They weren't great this year, but that was largely due to injury. I think they're going to be bad next year, just straight up.
00:21:22
Speaker
ah He's been in the league.
00:21:27
Speaker
Cam Jordan's been in the league 2011. He is 35 years old. Cameron Hayward. Cameron Hayward's been in before 2011.
00:21:37
Speaker
35 years old. Oh, shit. Me and Cam Hayward got birthdays, like, real close. Really? He is. No, Cameron Hayward got dropped in in 2011 as well. Same year.
00:21:48
Speaker
Yeah. All right. Cool. Cool. Blood brothers. They came in together. They're going to leave together. Cameron Hayward is May 6th on May 8th. That's crazy.
00:21:58
Speaker
Yep. Yeah. what Do you have any final thoughts on free agency?
00:22:04
Speaker
No. ah Because I know we're going sign. We're going to sign a... Aaron Rodgers. And that's just going to... It's weird. It's a weird dynamic because Aaron Rodgers... Don't yourself into it.
00:22:18
Speaker
I know, but it says we all know that Aaron Rodgers is like a culture... he he he's yeah Yeah, he's toxic to to to good cultures.
00:22:29
Speaker
And then you got George Pickens and the ah ah DK Metcalf. It's
00:22:36
Speaker
DK hasn't been that toxic since he got with Armani. Yeah. He's happy at home. yeah i know you might You know, he might be able to find a way to calm. He might be able to find a way to... yeah he He could help probably calm.
00:22:48
Speaker
George Pick is
Big Ten Coaches Focus
00:22:49
Speaker
down. I don't know about that. I don't know about that. I hate to talk to your problems. Having Aaron Rodgers there, is i don't I don't think that's the solution. Again, I'd rather just suck.
00:23:02
Speaker
Aaron Rodgers going to on Pat McAfee's show calling Picket the N-word. Oh my God. oh my god it is
00:23:13
Speaker
I'm just kidding. and Yeah. All right. So we did at least we did something because most of the time i ah have the time where I'm looking at free agency. We really don't do much. We might resign players, but we don't go get names or players that we need to get.
00:23:29
Speaker
And ah ah at least we traded for someone. We traded for someone that's legit. Good. He's good. any strong. so The memes have been hilarious that George Pickens and DK are going to be beating up on DBs every week.
00:23:46
Speaker
It's like, am I getting jumped? What was the Kevin Hart joke? but Are they jumping me? Are they jumping me? Is that an octopus?
00:23:56
Speaker
got be yeah
00:24:01
Speaker
That's a lot. Yeah, that's going to foul. That's going to be foul. It's going to be interesting to you, too. What's the blue sisters on Proud Family? The gross sisters? They're going to be out there like the gross sisters.
00:24:18
Speaker
Just bullying. Both them 6'4", 230. Yeah, like... as like you It's a run play. DK and George Pickett's down the field.
00:24:29
Speaker
And you can't even rotate. You can't even be like, switch. Nope. Somebody got to be on one of them. you got bad And that's why you got to draft Emeka. Because then you're also screwed in the slot. And Emeka is not like you know as big
Final Thoughts on Rankings
00:24:42
Speaker
and as tough. But he's tough, though. like Especially he's a hell of a blocker. And he's a sure hand catcher. Yeah, route runner. That would be nice. He's a great route runner. So like i'd I'd be glad to draft him.
00:24:53
Speaker
I don't think he'll be there for us unless we move up, which would we won't know until what? What's the draft? in May? a April. Oh, late April. Late April now? Okay.
00:25:04
Speaker
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00:25:43
Speaker
What's good, everybody? Welcome back. We are talking top 25 coaches. At some point this offseason, we will rank our yearly Big Ten coaches ranking.
00:25:55
Speaker
But The Athletic had two of their writers, Stuart Mandel and Bruce Feldman, rank the top 25 coaches in the sport. And so we are going to run down their list. But of course, on a Big Ten pocket on a big ten podcast, we are going to focus on where they rank the Big Ten coaches.
00:26:17
Speaker
So I'll run down the list really quickly just because, you know, and like you can tell me if you think anything that's crazy. Yeah, no, I'm just looking at what Mandel had Kirk front as last year. That's interesting to me.
00:26:29
Speaker
yes Because, I mean, they so will and made a bowl game last year. Mm-hmm. In 2024. Interesting. That's just interesting to me. Okay. um So, yeah, i' I'm going to read all of them.
00:26:42
Speaker
So if there's anything non-Big Ten that you have a quick thought on, you can say that. And then once I'm done, we'll just, you know, we'll spend the time on the Big Ten because this is a Big Ten podcast. It's not an SEC podcast. It's not an ACC podcast. This is the Big Ten. So ah this is – who is this?
00:26:57
Speaker
This is Stuart. Big Stu. He has Kirby Smart 1, Ryan Day 2, Steve Sarkeesian 3. I'm sorry, what? Let me not. um I'm sorry, what? That's a good place to stop. Let me know who these coaches are. Kirby Smart, Georgia 1, Ryan Day, Ohio State 2, Steve Sarkeesian 3. Why? Why? Why is Kirby Smart 1?
00:27:19
Speaker
because he has two national championships and won the SEC three times. Are we not going off of what happened this past season? Oh, oh, oh, okay. That's a good point. Okay, okay. Let me introduce this. Okay.
00:27:30
Speaker
This is what he says. This is not a career achievement ranking. I heavily weigh the past three to five seasons. This year, so yeah, three to five seasons. It's not just like we do based off of last year.
00:27:42
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That is a good point. Thank you for catching that. Yeah, this is three to five seasons. Okay, okay. I was like, what? okay Yeah. What are we talking about? Yeah.
00:27:53
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Okay, so Kirby Smart, Georgia 1, Ryan Day, Ohio State 2, Steve Sarkis, Keeson, Texas 3. Do you still have a problem with Sark or was your what Kirby Smart? My what was Kirby Smart, but Steve Sarkis is who?
00:28:05
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Texas' is coach. Right. No, no, no, no. Yeah, three. oh Yeah. He jumped from 13 to three. um In the past five three five seasons? Got it. Yeah, from last year, he was 13.
00:28:18
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Right. No, but my thing is, it's like if he's going over the past three to five seasons, yeah and we're going over last year, it's it's it obvious, like just off of that alone, just off of number three alone, it's obvious that you're not consistent.
00:28:31
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With your own criteria. Yeah. Kalen DeBoer from Alabama is four. What? it Yeah.
00:28:41
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Dan Lanning from Oregon is five. He got one season and we and he you lost his boat.
00:28:49
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Got it.
00:28:52
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Davos Sweeney from Clemson is six. Lance Lipo from Kansas is... I can't do none of these. I'll shut up. No, you're good. No, bro, you're good because had the same reaction. This list is so bad. That's why wanted to talk about it.
00:29:09
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Lance Leipold from Kansas is seven. James Franklin from Penn State is eight. And if you're keeping track, that means he has Kaitlin DeBoer over James Franklin, by the way.
00:29:19
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Just saying. Matt Campbell, Iowa State, nine. Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame, 10. Kirk Signetti, Indiana, 11. Brian Kelly, LSU, 12. Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss, 13.
00:29:31
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Kyle Whittingham, Utah, 14. Josh Heupel, Tennessee, 15. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa, 16. Jamie Chadwell, okay. ah Yeah, Jamie Chadwell from Liberty is 17.
00:29:43
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Chris Kleiman from Kansas State is 18. Jeff Brom from Louisville is 19. Jeff Munkin from Army is 20. Kalani Satake from BYU is 21. It's inconsistent because Army was only good last year.
00:30:00
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um I'll read that one. He said, i once had Munkin fairly high in these rankings, but dropped him out last year after Army missed a bowl game for the second consecutive season. So, of course, his Black Knights came roaring back with a 12-win season and AAC champion in their first year.
00:30:17
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But it's like, if you're doing the last three, that means he missed the bowl game twice. Twice. And then, I mean, last year they did win 12 games, yeah but he was good in one out of three seasons. Three seasons. You're inconsistent with your own criteria.
00:30:31
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Kalani Satake, BYU, is 21. Rhett Lashley, SMU, is 22. That is... That's okay. Okay. No. ah Okay. but I guess they had back-to-back 11-win seasons. I didn't know they won 11 games in 2024.
00:30:46
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Yes. I liked them on the list. That's this happened. the ah They added... Yeah, you're right. Because Ole Miss, Penn State, all of them ah got left out.
00:30:59
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Yeah. Yep. ah Willie Fritz Houston is 23. Ooh. What? What? No, okay, this is off of his two lane. This is off of two lane. All right. Jonathan Smith, Michigan, because he went 4-8 last year. Jonathan Smith, Michigan State is 24. I'm
00:31:20
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I'm confused. so um John Summerall, two lane is 25.
00:31:27
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that Tulane coach should be much higher because he's been – all right. I just – okay. Okay. was – already lost my mind when he had Alabama's coach in the top five. like yeah This one – okay. So, Bruce Feldman is a little better.
00:31:47
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a little better. Not significantly, but a little better, in my opinion. Got you. Okay. So Kirby Smart, Georgia 1. Ryan Day, Ohio State 2. Dabble Sweeney, Clemson 3.
00:31:59
Speaker
No. Hold on. Hold on. Wait, wait, wait, wait, hold on. Hold on. Hold on. ah i do have to say this hold no
00:32:11
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me see where's it right. So this is what he says. How much does recency bias factor in? For me, not as much as it does for Stuart Mandel. I've always given coaches more credit for what they did at their previous stops than he does, but I'm more a creature of the moment than I used to be.
00:32:27
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So his is more of a career achievement award. We do have to look at it that way. Where the Stuart's is more of the three to five years, even though he's not consistent. But it's still, in my opinion, still no, but...
00:32:39
Speaker
Because I about to say, what you you after you lost um whatever his name is, Jacksonville, after he left. Trevor Lawrence. Yeah, nothing. And then before Deshaun Watson, and really nothing.
00:32:55
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I don't, I just, okay. okay All right. I'll give you the answer. He has two national championships. They're counting rings. Okay, so again, Kirby Smart Georgia 1. Dude, Ryan Daly has 1.
00:33:07
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ah What are we doing?
00:33:13
Speaker
Okay. Yep. Ryan Daly, Ohio State 2. That was Sweeney Clemson 3. three Steve Sarkeesian, Texas 4. Kalen DeBoer, Alabama 5. What are we doing?
00:33:26
Speaker
He's had 1 season! And he lost his bowl game to Michigan who had absolutely no one. They're ranking this off of his one good year at Washington.
00:33:37
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But, like, come on. Even then, that makes no sense. Again, James Franklin has had more consistent success than him.
00:33:49
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So, what are we? Okay. Yep. Yep.
00:33:56
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Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame, six. Which, again, if this is I don't mind that. ah But it's not consistent with what he's doing. He can set the Career Achievement Award. And Marcus Freeman's been a coach for three years.
00:34:08
Speaker
Three years. Three years. dabos Dan Lanning, Oregon is seven. James Franklin, Penn State is eight. Also, again, if it's a career achievement, James Franklin should be higher.
00:34:20
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Matt Campbell, Iowa State is nine. Brian Kelly, LSU is 10. Chris Kleiman, Kansas State is 11. Kyle Whittingham, Utah is 12. twelve I see it.
00:34:31
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I see it. Lincoln Riley, USC is 13.
00:34:38
Speaker
He's absolutely achieved nothing. He's absolutely achieved nothing. You mean going 7-5 with Caleb Williams isn't a positive? Achieved absolutely nothing. They lost that bowl game.
00:34:53
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know.
00:34:58
Speaker
Hold on, I have to read this one. Oh, my gosh. The The 41-year-old seems to be following the opposite arc of Sarkeesian.
00:35:08
Speaker
One has been excellent the past two seasons and enters 2025 with a ton of momentum. The other has been reeling the past two years and is trying to dig out of a hole. There are still reasons for optimism here.
00:35:19
Speaker
Riley has an amazing record of eighty one and twenty four at Oklahoma and USC, but of those losses have... have come in the last two years. That's insane. With a nine and nine mark in conference play as he struggled mightily since a fast start with the Trojans.
00:35:33
Speaker
He's a sharp offensive mind who made some good hires, especially getting and keeping. No, he didn't. Right. But recruiting has been a mess. And you wonder who, if anyone he listens to, because there are so many scratch your head moments when he tries to explain what's going on there.
00:35:48
Speaker
He struggled to find a positive thing to write, but he put him at 13. Okay.
00:35:54
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ok mr this I'm sorry. That's Dick Eaton. Yeah. Lance Leipold, Kansas is 14. Jeff Brown, Louisville is 15. Josh Heupel, Tennessee is 16.
00:36:05
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Rich Rod, West Virginia is 17. Deion Sanders, Colorado is and wow
00:36:21
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ah okay
00:36:26
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Mm-hmm. Kurt Cignetti, Indiana, is 19. Also, career achievement award, you got to put kirk oh you got to put kirk over d on Kurt and in but ah hundred and thirty and thirty seven and he has championships Like, yeah. Okay. All right. What?
00:36:45
Speaker
Dion's coach, what? Five years at the most? Two at Colorado. Was it four? or five It's four or five. Yeah. I can't remember if he was at, ah if he was at Jackson State for. I swear it was only two years. I think it was only years. He went 27 and six.
00:37:00
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That is 33 games. Right? 33 games. So it had to be three years. Three years. Okay. So five years.
00:37:11
Speaker
Jackson State, you while you were good there, that isn't that isn't that isn't like big football play.
00:37:23
Speaker
And then when you got to Colorado, you won your what you won your first two games, and then no one cared about you for the rest of the season. And then this season, you were mediocre.
00:37:35
Speaker
What are we doing? I mean, they went 9-4 if you want to be positive, but 18? Okay. ah Yeah. Kirk Signetti, India 19.
00:37:47
Speaker
Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss, and Mario. I'd still put i put Lane Kiffin over Deion, and I don't like Lane Kiffin. I know. Mario Cristobal is in his top 25.
00:37:59
Speaker
Mario who? the From who? The coach that couldn't win anything at Oregon and then went to Miami and still can't win anything. They couldn't win anything. Yeah, these's he's... what it Maybe this is bad, too.
00:38:15
Speaker
Like, I said it was bad, but maybe this is... No, this is still a little better. Lane Kiffin, Mario Cristobal is tied at 20. Rhett Lassley, SMU is 22. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa is 23. But again, if we're talking about career, how is Deion ahead of Kirk Frentis?
00:38:34
Speaker
How? Ferentz... Yeah, you're right. Ferentz. Yeah, what are we...
00:38:41
Speaker
Including last year. and did Alabama. Iowa, Illinois won 10 games last year. So he's bettered his career and he was better last year, but he's eight, six spots lower.
00:38:56
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Dickie. yeah And then Jeff Munkin Army is 25.
00:39:03
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yeah
00:39:09
Speaker
Oh, okay. So that was a lot of names that we obviously won't talk about all of them outside of just the... the the My favorite part of reading that is just all your reactions. because it just Yeah, they were pretty bad. They were pretty bad.
00:39:24
Speaker
but we are gonna I might have to say Feltman's might be worse because he added Deion Sanders. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Okay. Okay. All right. And he has Lincoln Riley.
00:39:36
Speaker
And he has Mario Cristobal. ah like Yeah! You might be right. You might be right. Yeah, you might be right. The fact that he had Lincoln at Riley 9 last year is outrageous.
00:39:51
Speaker
People like Lincoln Riley. You know you didn't know he was a quarterback whisperer?
00:39:56
Speaker
he He need to whisper to the rest of the team. They only win in seven games. like i don't And I don't think they're going be good this year. so ah No!
00:40:07
Speaker
You were barely good in the Pac-12. You come to a better conference and you're just as bad, maybe even worse.
00:40:19
Speaker
Yeah. all Okay, Minnesota of California. but Minnesota, California. It's insane. That's funny.
00:40:30
Speaker
um Okay. So let's, let's, let's, we won't, we won't focus too much on all the rankings, but I think some of the coaches are similar. So let's just talk about the really quickly, what you think about where the big 10 coaches are.
00:40:43
Speaker
So we have Ryan dad too, right? That's fine. You have any problems with that? No. All right. We have Dan Lanning at five and seven.
00:40:54
Speaker
I'm confused on that because if we're going... Okay, so for both, for both people's criteria, Mandel said the past three to five years. Oregon's only been good with the past two?
00:41:07
Speaker
Really? Two to three? but Like nationally relevant relevant, yeah. I mean, he won some games his first year, but like nationally relevant, it's the last two. Two to three years, right? Okay. And I think he's only been there three years.
00:41:19
Speaker
So that doesn't make any sense unless I listen. am And you know what? I might be like, I might not fully understand. I don't know ah Dan's full career of coaching.
00:41:31
Speaker
Oregon's his first head coaching job. OK, fuck off. like and then So again, it both of them don't make any sense. And again, good coach.
00:41:44
Speaker
Don't get me wrong. Good coach. But number five, if we're going off for the past three years and he's only been a head coach for the past three years. ah And and then you're going a full career achievement.
00:41:59
Speaker
He only has three years. And his his awards are one Big Ten championship. That's it. That's it. I don't understand how he's seven or five.
00:42:10
Speaker
Yeah, one one Big Ten championship and one playoff appearance, but it happened in the 12-team playoff because he lost to his rival, who is now your coach, two back-to-back games in 2023 and didn't make the playoffs.
00:42:26
Speaker
Okay.
00:42:28
Speaker
Matter of fact, if we're going to go with that, because if we're doing that and he's lost to Alabama's coach twice, at least the Alabama's coach with Washington's made the playoff two years in a row. He did that, right?
00:42:39
Speaker
Or at least... I think he has two playoff appearances. Does he? No, I think it's just one. You sure? No, but I think it's just one.
00:42:50
Speaker
Because I know he lost to Michigan. So, no, it is just one. It's just one, but he made it to the national championship. Oh, yeah, he should be ahead of Dan Lanning. i He's ahead of Dan Lanning, and he's they they're both too far up. like They're both.
00:43:07
Speaker
They're both too far up. I'm putting James Franklin over both. By far. like like i far Who do you want to hire tomorrow for the next 10 years? Maybe I'll take Dan. Maybe.
00:43:18
Speaker
maybe like We're talking about three to five years. and also i mean Three to five years, James Franklin just made it to the semis. Three to five years, James Franklin has only lost one to two games a season.
00:43:30
Speaker
Yeah, he's been like he's won 11 games in three straight years, I think. I can double check that, but I think he's won 11 plus games in three straight years.
00:43:41
Speaker
So I would like, and I love to talk trash about James Franklin. i do because I like him, but he doesn't win the big games, but he still, he's a, still a good coach. And at this point, Dan Lanning also hasn't proven that he can win the big games. So it's like,
00:44:02
Speaker
so that's tough. I think, yeah, James Franklin is underrated in these lists. Like, realistically, like, again, maybe again maybe you you pick, right? Maybe you pick Dan Lanning if you're trying to hire someone for the next five, ten years or something like that. But for me, it's at least a conversation, especially if you're taking James Franklin out of Penn State.
00:44:30
Speaker
Okay, so it's been 10. In 2023, he went 10-3. So he's won 10-plus games for three straight years. He won 11-2, 10-3, and two ten and three and thirteen and three
00:44:42
Speaker
With a semifinals appearance, and he was one bad throw from his quarterback away from being in the national championship. And I still contend. And was in that Big and in that big Ten championship Yeah, and gave Oregon a run for the money. And I still contend Penn State was in the national championship game, they would have beat Ohio State. Not because they were back there. Just because that's how the freaking world works.
00:45:05
Speaker
I told you that. I didn't want to play Penn State because we always struggled to beat them. And I felt like Ryan Day was going to have a bad coaching job because it was Penn State. And Penn State hasn't beat Ohio State in like six years. And they were going to beat us in the national championship game. I knew that was what was going to happen. I see what you mean. I see what you mean. I was so happy we didn't have to deal with them.
00:45:23
Speaker
I was like, yeah, well he's going to get there. And we're going to freaking lose to Penn State for the first time in six years in the national championship game. And I'm going to lose my mind.
00:45:34
Speaker
Okay, Kirk Signetti is 11 and 19. He got Lincoln Riley in front of him. Yes. ah Talking about career achievements. I just don't get it, dog.
00:45:47
Speaker
I will never understand. But, hey. um Yeah. Lincoln Riley is 13 and one he's unranked in the other. i would not have him in the top 25. I wouldn't either.
00:45:59
Speaker
i wouldn't either. I wouldn't either. You're supposed to be this quarterback whisperer and y'all can't really win games. Your quarterback sometimes loses you games. Yeah, especially because we're talking about, we're crediting his success at Oklahoma, but everyone says the Big 12 sucked. So like, yeah it's just like, you're going to credit a conference that you yourself don't respect.
00:46:28
Speaker
Yeah, it makes no sense. And then he wasn't, he didn't just run through the Pac-12. He won it once, did bad the did bad his second year, and then was off on the Big Ten. Yep.
00:46:39
Speaker
Okay. All right. Kurt Ferentz, 16 and 23. Disrespectful to have William Kim Riley in front of Kurt Ferentz. You know what? And the thing is, Kurt being in front of... Kurt and Kirk.
00:46:53
Speaker
That's hilarious. Kurt being in front of Kirk, I wouldn't... I wouldn't have that either. Especially if you said so. If you're especially at least with Feldman, you're talking about full career.
00:47:06
Speaker
Right. Three to five. I could. well um Again, i was been in the Big Ten championship past besides last year that what past three years.
00:47:21
Speaker
Hmm.
00:47:23
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It wasn't three straight, but I think it was two of three or was it three straight? It might have been three straight.
00:47:31
Speaker
No, one year was Purdue. it was it I think it was Iowa, Purdue, Iowa. Yep. Yeah. um But even then, if you go behind that, it might be Iowa, Iowa, Purdue, Iowa.
00:47:43
Speaker
I mean, they have been there a lot, for sure. i Yeah, so like, what are we... that Yeah, I mean, you do have a good point. And then and and honestly, with Mandel's the past three three to five years,
00:47:55
Speaker
Again, he's been in the Big Ten Championship yeah the past, besides last year, the past three of three now of the past five years, he's been in the Big Championship three probably three times Big Ten Championship. think that might be right.
00:48:08
Speaker
Because 20 was Northwestern, the pandemic. And then 23 was Purdue. So they may have been...
00:48:21
Speaker
21 and 22. and yeah And then 24 and then not last year. Last year was 24. No, I mean this past season is what I mean when I say last year.
00:48:33
Speaker
But yeah, this past season. But 24, they were definitely in it. They weren't in it this year.
00:48:40
Speaker
Okay, so you're right. You're right. My my math is... a little off, but it has it's it its it has only been twice though. Okay. So 20, I was right about 20.
00:48:52
Speaker
So 20 was Northwestern and then it was Iowa, Purdue, Iowa. So they were in it in 21 and 23 and they, they were second. They were second to Purdue and 22.
00:49:04
Speaker
Like they've been there the whole time. Right. it It just slipped away to Purdue at the end of the season. Yeah. Yeah. yeah I think maybe like the last game. Yeah. Cause every, cause it was, it was between them, and them two and Minnesota um and then Minnesota lost it two weeks beforehand.
00:49:22
Speaker
Yes. Something like that. Yeah. yeah Yeah. I mean, yeah, that is, that that is exactly what happened. Yeah. Um, okay. where Where are we wrapping up with this? Uh, jonathan smith well ah yeah yeah Jonathan Smith and Brett Bielema are 24, just on separate lists.
00:49:39
Speaker
Brett Bielema should be on both lists and should be higher. that's the yeah Especially with Feldman, again, if you're talking about full career. That's what I was about to say! That's what I was about to say!
00:49:53
Speaker
What are you talking about? ah And then I don't understand. Jonathan Smith has ah has been at Michigan State this this one year, right? It was one year. So they're counting him for Oregon State. But he had one or two good years at Oregon State.
00:50:06
Speaker
But again, how is he about Brett Bielema?
00:50:12
Speaker
He shouldn't be.
00:50:15
Speaker
I don't understand it. I don't get it. I don't get it. They had Alabama's coach at four for both. so like it disco I guess they saw Alabama and was like, that's Nick Saban.
00:50:30
Speaker
like It had to be because I don't want to understand it. I don't get it. I don't get it. ay Honestly, I couldn't tell you. i I could not tell you.
00:50:41
Speaker
Okay, so that is that. Insane. um and insane That's bad. That's bad. Okay. So I was glad you read those out cause i was like, what?
00:50:52
Speaker
Yeah. Outside of Brett Bielema not being on both lists and like where we disagree with placement. o And I know you don't remember, like you're not great with all of the coaches, but is there any coach that you think should be on this list? That's not, I have one.
00:51:09
Speaker
Who would it be? Minnesota's coach. Okay. i would have been on there over Jonathan Smith. Yes. Especially on Mandel's list where you're talking about three to five years. Yeah.
00:51:21
Speaker
Yeah. They've been... In the last three to five years, they won 11 games in the Big Ten. Like, if you're talking about 10 games in the Pac-12, how do you not talk about 11 games in the Ten? Games in the Big Ten. Yeah.
00:51:32
Speaker
So, that i would I would do that. I would put him in there. I'm trying to think. Uh... That'll be it. that ah That'll be it for me. If that'll be it for me
00:51:45
Speaker
Yeah, because almost everybody else has been fired. Almost everybody else been. half the coaches on this list are new coaches. they They're getting credit from other jobs. But got it we're talking about, like, and I'm not saying high, but like 25? Yeah, 24?
00:51:59
Speaker
yeah twenty four I think he's one of the better coaches, yeah. I would put... would put the 22-25 range. Yeah, PJ Fleck, I'd have 22-25. And Brett Bielema, I would have much higher.
00:52:12
Speaker
Much higher. i Especially compared to how they're ranking him. Like, if I was ranking him, maybe he would end up in the teens. But in the coaches that they have ranked, he's he's like he needs to be, like, top 10. And their criteria and the coaches that they have in front of them, Brett Bielema should be no lower than, like, 12.
00:52:28
Speaker
Yeah. well yeah based on their criteria. And if you really wanted, if you if you just so, felt and if you really just really want to have Lincoln Riley in there for some odd reason, because you just have to. He's 25. 24, 25.
00:52:42
Speaker
hu twenty four twenty five And you can pick which one between... Because, again, if you really want Deion Sanders on the list so bad, you pick between those two. Yeah. You pick.
00:52:54
Speaker
Because there's no way. There's no way I would have Deion Sanders on my top 25 list. Insane. and because if it's like because like Because if you're going off of career accomplishments, now if you're going off of like how he can motivate his team and his players, even then, i don't know because you don't he doesn't do it for every player he has.
00:53:15
Speaker
Yes, and you also need to see, like, you don't know how Deion can coach. Until this coming season. Right. He don't have his son and he don't have Travis Hunter. What is that going to like? Like, that's what you don't say. Like, i you need to be.
00:53:28
Speaker
Now, if he. How's it? Are we talking about recruitment? Like, are we putting every. other crew That's the thing. You don't recruit. That's what i'm saying. Are we putting everything into this? what transfer How do you handle the transfer portal? Things like that. Okay.
00:53:41
Speaker
All right.
00:53:48
Speaker
Dabo being that hot. It's crazy. Yeah. Sick. Sick. All right. All right. We're going to wrap this show up as we always do with our pit stop. Dante does not have one this week and mine will be very quick.
00:54:00
Speaker
um After almost a year, game came out in July. It's March. So almost a year. I finally decided to test my hand at a dynasty with Kent State.
00:54:13
Speaker
And honestly, the reason why I didn't do it. No. So here's the thing. The reason why I didn't do it is it. So first of all, they were like, oh, it's going to be hard. and Whatever. I'm fine with that.
00:54:24
Speaker
But then I did Road to Glory with Kent State. And I like, uh-uh. Because I just thought the game wasn't going to be fun because of like, so like when you're playing, so the problem is road to glory is much worse than the other areas.
00:54:40
Speaker
So like Kent State's O-line is not good, but it's not a freak. It's not freaking Swiss cheese. Yeah. So like when I play good teams, I still have to get the ball off quick, but like I'm not getting sacked fumbled every time I touch the ball. you know what mean? Like, and I can like run out the, like, if you're good at the game,
00:54:58
Speaker
Like I, ah like, i so I, Kent State played Texas A&M, Pittsburgh, and Penn State. I beat Pittsburgh and I lost to Texas A&M and I lost to Penn State both by one score.
00:55:09
Speaker
Like I was in the games, but then as sort of real life happens, I've made a couple of mistakes. They came back and won like real life. But I was, a because I was good at the game, i was able to sort of keep it close and I had leads in both games.
00:55:21
Speaker
I didn't think I was going to be able to do that off of playing Road to Glory at camp. So it took me a while to do it because I just thought it wasn't going to be fun. Recruiting is God awful. Like recruiting is, Lord, it is so hard.
00:55:34
Speaker
like But that's it. That's all. I'm i'm finally. noticed a lot of people, if they do those type of schools, other all their skill points go into the recruitment tree. No, seriously. you I mean, you you basically have to.
00:55:47
Speaker
um'm I'm 8-2, though. nice Nice. it's youre So the road to glory thing with Kent, you're absolutely correct. It is not fun. It's difficult.
00:55:58
Speaker
The thing is, is' like it depends. Because I did running back when I did my road to glory and I tried to do Kent. I transferred to Alabama after like season two. But this boy the thing is that I've noticed with, I don't know, maybe it's just the AI, the quarterback just They don't know how to throw different type of passes. But you can throw different type of passes not in Road to Glory.
00:56:20
Speaker
Yeah, but the if the AI quarterback, it's all the time, every single time, yeah I'm going throw a dart that's going to be picked off. Yes. Every single time. And when it was happening with Kent State, I couldn't take it because it was like we were already not that good yeah and we're doing dumb stuff.
00:56:39
Speaker
And then there was one time my coach made one of the dumbest decisions. And that's what made me solidify my choice of I'm transferring because he will he went for it on fourth and goal when he could have just kicked a field goal and we would have won game.
00:56:53
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At the end of the game, he went for it and we lost the game. And i was like, that'll do it. That right there. And even like even our friend Sammy was like, that's can't take that sounds like a Kent State thing to do. And I was like, that's too realistic.
00:57:05
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I'm sorry. like it's Hi, Sonny. How you doing? but That was too realistic for me. i Yeah, it's it's hard to derog the glory at Kent State. I want to give it another try, but it's difficult. I was i was ah i was like a high-ranked quarterback at Auburn, and I was getting sacked five, six times game.
00:57:26
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like Like, that is the biggest, that's the biggest fix they need. And it's just like, but the offensive line is only bad in Road to Glory. like Like, you still be getting sacked. and other Like, even at Ohio State, sometimes if I play certain teams, i got like, I get sacked four or five times. Like, that it does happen, right?
00:57:40
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And I get it, offensive line is the hardest thing to, like, code or whatever. But in Road to Glory, it's just, a see it's it's just, it's an open window. It's an open door. It's just like,
00:57:52
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So, but yeah, that's what took me to do with that camp. But I'm going see where I get. I'm eight and two first year. Cause it's just like, you know, if you, you upset one team or whatever, and then if you're decent and, and um I haven't been rage quitting. So like, it's a real eight and two. Like i said, I took the two losses to Penn state and Texas A&M took those losses. Like I haven't been rage quitting. So it's a real eight and two recruiting awful, but yeah, you know, we'll see, we'll see if I can, if I can get Kent state into the playoffs at least once before the new game comes out.
00:58:21
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Yeah. I might have to give it a try with Kent State. heard it was going to be. um might cheat. I don't know. ah like that I might cheat. I might cheat eventually. I just wanted to see how good I was the first year.
00:58:39
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like i just wanted to see if I was actually good at the game or not. and not all I almost beat Penn State and Texas A&M, and it was my fault, bro. I threw a pick in both games, and i was like, I'm not going to race quit. DBs, those d it reminds me. I don't think Texas A&M, I threw a pick six.
00:58:55
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I don't know what year was of Madden where like linebackers were just jumping at everything. and years Yeah, like, bruh, that's what it kind of reminds me of with these DBs. They just undercut everything. Even though you know that receiver beat them, I'm throwing it to the outside, just just pick up speed and kicks. And I'm like, bruh, I know I threw it right. And you're still telling me I threw the thing. You got it.
00:59:19
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So, yeah, it's – they got to – there's some stuff they got to fix, but we've been saying that about Madden for years, and they don't care. And it's it's a much better game than Madden. Yep. Even with the problems.
00:59:30
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Yep. Yep. Yeah. But right. You know what it is. we will – ooh.
00:59:39
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We will maybe catch you next week. Oh. I'll be at a conference. Oh, yeah, yeah. And then I'll be – we might take a couple weeks off.
00:59:50
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We will maybe catch you next week. Maybe. We'll most definitely not catch you the week after that because my birthday's at Sunday and I'll be out so I won't be able to record. But, you know, we may we may try to record something early for next week.
01:00:04
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But we'll either see you next week or we'll see you in three weeks. We'll figure something out. But as always, thanks for listening and we'll catch you next time. peace