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I-80 Football Show: EA is bringing High School back to Road to Glory in NCAA '26
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EA Sports listened to the fans! After leaving it out of NCAA '25, High School is officially back in NCAA '26. From setting your top ten to signing day, how you play in key moments determines where you can play and how fast your player improves in college. In this episode, we break down the key upgrades in the new game and react to the highest-ranked Big Ten teams and players!
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Intro
Introduction and Setting the Stage
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What's good, everybody? Welcome in into a new episode of Get Defensive Sports Network's I-80 podcast. That is not the name of the show. I-80 football show. As always, I'm your host, Jordan. I'm here with co-host, Dante.
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Dante
It was good, y'all. I used
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Dante
to... Yep.
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Frazzle.
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Dante
Yeah, yeah.
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My internet keeps going out every time I want to record.
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Dante
Nah, it's all good. It's all good.
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Like, Jesus. All right. We're here.
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Dante
Take two. Yeah. Yeah.
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You know, second second time is the charm.
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Dante
yeah
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Hopefully hopefully my internet allows me to get through this. And then when I get back, I will be getting new equipment. Because this has never happened to me like this before. And nothing's changed. So something's going on.
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Anyways.
WNBA Expansion Discussion
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Traffic update as we get into the show a quick overview this show We're gonna be talking about the college football video game into the late 26 if you are not interested in the video game You should still listen But the whole show is basically gonna be about the video game except for the traffic update We yeah we have a couple things to talk about the traffic update first and foremost The WNBA adds three teams they add Cleveland
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Dante
Yeah, what's going on? Yep.
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Philly and Detroit. Cleveland and Detroit are returning cities. Philly is not a returning city, but it did have basketball, just not in the WNBA.
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Dante
yep
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Dawn Staley played in that other league in Philly. Cleveland is the Cleveland Rockers. Detroit is the Detroit Shock. No one is... um confirming if they're going to use those nicknames in that branding.
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But anyone in those cities is going to be livid if they don't. And honestly, I think the only way they don't is if whoever owns that branding um just won't give it up.
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Dante
Yeah, pretty much.
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like and i don't think it's like the and NBA because sometimes the and NBA owns it. But like and like other leagues, i don't know. It's weird. But like I think the only way they don't use the Cleveland Rockers and the Detroit Shock is either one, if they're stupid, and two, if they don't own the branding.
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I think the Rockers is almost solidified because the ownership group of the Cavs is the Rock group or Rock Foundation or something like that.
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Dante
Oh, then yeah.
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So it would be crazy if they don't use Rockers.
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Dante
Yeah.
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Like, come on. That doesn't even make sense. But very happy for this.
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Dante
It has
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Cleveland's coming in 2029, 2028. Detroit, 2029. Philly is in 2030. What are your thoughts on the WNBA adding three teams?
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Dante
to. 28, yeah.
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philly is in twenty thirty what are your thoughts on the w andba attic three team
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Dante
Excited, especially for Cleveland. Again, this is going to be it's something that's needed. it um say It's definitely, it's it's going to be good for these cities that are trying to become thriving cities like Cleveland and Detroit.
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Dante
That's the most positive way I can put a spin on that. But um um it's good. It's good for for women's basketball.
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Dante
it needs's It's good for college women's basketball as well.
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Yep.
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yep
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Dante
So more players can be can stay home and play in the United States, and which is something I've definitely heard them um talk about and have some... some some positive and negative thoughts about it. So, you know, it's great. It's going to great. And hopefully it works. These teams can stay. and um i'm definite Well, it's definitely going work.
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Dante
There's much more, like you said, but much more of interest for a women's basketball now. So it should, this should be sustainable.
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yeah and Yeah, and money's not going to be an issue because they just pay... All three teams paid a $250 million dollars expansion fee, so if you can pay that, you're not going to fold.
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there is a There's good and bad, in my opinion. of some of these being tied to NBA ownership groups, the good is that they have the money.
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The bad is are they going to invest the money? I think that comes from the CBA and that comes from leadership um because, like, if you don't make them spend the money, they won't.
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Dante
Mm-hmm.
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Like, we've seen that in Atlanta. We've seen that in Connecticut. But
Franchise Relocation Speculations
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now Connecticut is selling. So, like, I don't know if that is, like, the league pushing that they need to sell because they don't want to spend money or whatnot.
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Dante
Mm-hmm.
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Right. um But, yeah, like as long as they're – it's good because, do you know, they have the money, right? We know Dan Gilbert has the money. We know ah the owner of the Pistons has the money. We know Josh Harris, who's the owner of the 76ers, has the money.
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Dante
The money, yeah.
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So it's like, you know, but you do want that investment. And they're all talking a good game, of course. We'll see how it goes, but I think it's great. um The last piece with this – is there may be more expansion later.
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but We don't know if they're going to stick at 18 to 2030, do a couple of years, and then come back later. My thing is because it's so far away and the runway so long that I think they could they could think they're going to stay at 18, and then people could get in a year, year and in a year or two, they add one or two more teams because Houston really wants to come in here.
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And, like, the Valkyries didn't have five years. Like, Philly's going have four and a half years to prepare, right?
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Dante
Yeah.
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So, i no, it's five. Because the league starts in the summer, in the summer basically, it's summer. So they're going to five years of preparing.
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Dante
They have five years now.
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And so what I think could happen is a year or two from now, they're like, three years is still enough time we still have these cities beaten down our door we have people mad at us that Houston didn't get a bid, that we don't have teams in the South.
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Dante
On the clock.
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Here's Houston and Nashville, 2029, 2030, get to 20 by 2030, which is my goal. and like I've always wanted them to do 20 by 2030, and then I wanted them to sit for like four or five years.
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um So we'll see. Even if it's 18, that's good, but there's still a lot of interest in other cities. So essentially, it's basically whenever they want to. two um Whenever they want to add more teams, they will.
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Dante
Yeah. These should be able to, i think they're going to, like you said, probably in a year or two, say these other cities can definitely have a team because it's, they're,
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it's it's it's a demand for the product and that's the whole point.
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yeah
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That's the whole point.
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Hey, I want you to put the word on the streets.
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Dante
It's a business.
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We back up.
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Dante
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
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um The one thing that I did see was interesting, though. Like, if they do say they're not going to they're not going to do another expansion for a while, I saw this in an article today ah that there's a chance, and I don't know if this is a chance that it's really happening or someone was just giving ideas, that Tillman Fertitta, who's the guy that owns all the stuff in Houston, he could buy the Connecticut Sun and then move them to Houston.
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Because like, they're, they're looking for a principal owner, which means top dog, right?
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Dante
Yeah.
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Like a lot of times you sell and maybe you sell a part of it or whatever, but like they're trying, the ownership group is trying to get out of it. And so basically someone lofted the idea that if they're not going to do another round and they really want to franchise in Houston, that he could just buy the son and relocate them to Houston.
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Um, like like I get Connecticut because of UConn, but like outside of that, there's really no need for a team in Connecticut anyway.
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Dante
yeah
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There's hella teams on the East Coast.
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Dante
Oh.
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So like that's like the only franchise in today's time that I'd be okay with them moving. It would still suck. It would still be expensive because you expense it cause you're not getting the two more teams. i still think it would be better to add the two teams, right, ah get to 20.
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Dante
Yeah.
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But that that's an idea that I saw floated today that, i don't again, I don't think they were saying it's likely, but yeah.
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Dante
I'm not totally mad at it I'm not totally mad at it. Honestly.
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Dante
Honestly.
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I think it'll be interesting. I mean, like, if we had to choose, I'd prefer the team to be in Houston than Connecticut. The other thing, though, is just math-wise, there's now more teams in the East.
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Dante
Yeah.
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than the West. And they they don't really do much with divisions with conferences now, but when you add more teams, they may. If they move Connecticut to Houston, you now have nine and nine instead of 10 and eight. That's a simple, if you're not going add teams, that's a simple way to even the numbers.
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and get like you sort of make some people happy. So, again, I don't think they were saying that it's likely or even that it's being talked about. They're basically just saying he has enough money. If he really wanted a team that bad, he could do that.
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So, we'll see.
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Dante
He did.
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and And, like, i don't know if people follow hockey, but I'm pretty sure Arizona just folded their team and moved it to Utah, Denver, somewhere. So, like other like, we don't get franchises moved often, but hockey just moved the team, like, a year ago.
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Dante
Nope. I think the last team that moved was ah San Diego Chargers.
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So...
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Nope. It was, um... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. but No, no, no. Raiders. Raiders.
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Raiders moved to Las Vegas after the Chargers moved to l LA, right?
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Dante
I think they might have moved around the same time.
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Yeah, something that. But also, we have a baseball team moving. They're moving from Oakland. I mean, they're following the Raiders. Like, Oakland's losing both of their teams to Las Vegas. So this does happen.
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This does happen. So we'll see.
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Dante
That's right. The A's are leaving.
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Yeah, that like they haven't even they haven't even moved yet. Like they're still building the stadium. So like this does happen. That franchise is moved. So we'll see.
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Dante
Yeah.
Controversial Sports Headlines Discussion
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ah The next piece of news, which is just it's a mini rant because it pissed me off.
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Dante
Yeah.
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I just want these teams like ESPN and Yahoo and all these things to like do a better job of writing. their, uh, the leaps to their articles and actually focusing on the thing that matter.
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I was on my phone as I am. And I read an article and it was, I read, I didn't read the article because the title pissed me off the headline. The headline was basically BYU quarterback, Jake Rett left to transfer due to admitting to premarital sex.
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And I'm like, damn, that sucks for him. But like everybody be having sex in college, whatever. He just goes to a new school. Except the second sentence was after admitting the premarital sex due to a rape lawsuit.
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So he got sued for rape. And then BYU was like, you be having sex? And he was like, yeah, be having sex. Seemingly not consensual, which seems which is actually the problem. like And if you don't know, BYU is the Mormon school.
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Dante
yeah And just leaving the school.
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they No one in and Mormonism is allowed to have sex until marriage. At BYU, all students sign a contract saying that they won't have premarital sex. So that's why he's still having to transfer.
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But it's just like, that's not the important part. Why are you leading with that? A quarterback at a school is being accused of rape.
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Dante
what is The school hold no doesn't have any responsibility to either. i would What's going on here? We just get rid of them and be done with it.
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why Yeah, it's so so weird.
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Dante
Just.
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so like It's just like... and itll just like and was just That's awful. And then the headline is just dog shit. The important part of the story is not that he's transferring.
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Dante
Mm-hmm.
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Nor is it that he's having premarital sex. It's that he's having premarital sex that is also not consensual. Whatever.
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Dante
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
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Whatever. Last piece of news, which is the awkward transition, that there's nothing you can do about it.
EA Sports College Basketball Game Announcement
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Because of the success of the college football video game, which is what we're going to talk about today, as mentioned, this is going to be our whole show, um EA announced that they are releasing a college basketball game.
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The estimated timeline for drop is 2028, which makes sense. If you remember, NCAA 25, we knew about for a very long time. so like
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Dante
Yeah, we did.
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It sounds like they're going to build the game from scratch, which is needed.
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Dante
I hope so.
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It's going to be a standalone game, which is also needed.
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Dante
Yeah.
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And lastly, because i mean there's literally no choice, but they are going to have both men and women's programs. I think a part of this comes from the success of the college football video game. But I also think a part of it comes from NIL and name, image, and night likeness.
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And not in the way that the college football game came from.
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Dante
Mm-hmm.
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I think it comes in a way of like, we need more ways to pay athletes and more ways to get them exposure. So like the first one is like, this happens, we want the video game. I think this is like.
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Dante
You know what? I bet you the NBA also has something, probably said something about it because the problem they have is that, especially with the NBA, is that college bat men's basketball is isn't, and not entertaining, but and there's no storylines, there's nothing
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Yep.
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Dante
really with it to that have these players coming into the league. So, uh, they probably, they probably did it for, they're probably in their ear talking about that too.
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Cause it's like, we need the same thing that the women have had for the past three or four years or like even a few years ago.
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yep
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Dante
like Cause we have Zion and then a few years goes by and then we have Cooper. and yeah,
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But in between that, I mean, like, there are people who didn't know that Anthony Edwards was the number one pick or number two pick, whatever he was.
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Dante
yeah
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People didn't know that Anthony Edwards was good. They don't even know where he played college at. Like, that's how, like, under the radar.
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Dante
I don't, I really don't know. you
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Yeah. that's He played at Georgia. That's how under the radar, like, basketball players are.
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Dante
Georgia. Okay.
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And he was either the number one or number two pick. I don't remember exactly. Yeah. So yeah, so the game's coming back in 2028, so that'll be
Anticipation and Expectations for EA Sports Games
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cool. I'm definitely excited for that.
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Do
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Dante
Just worry that it's EA doing it, but if it's, it's has nothing to do with NBA live and okay.
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they even still make that game?
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Dante
No, they haven't made it since 18, I think.
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OK.
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Dante
and mr eighty says eighteen so This is going to be EA's first basketball game in 10 years. It'll be 10 years when the game's supposed to drop.
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And hopefully that means it is a 100% built from scratch new game and they fix some of all of the problems that we have.
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Dante
Just start from new cut copy 2K, honestly.
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Yeah.
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Dante
And then build upon that.
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I mean, you literally could because it's basketball. Like, I mean, it's college. Like, we not we're not really in your lane.
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Dante
and
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know what I mean?
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Dante
and just build upon that make it better
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Yeah. I would also steal some people from 2K. the the one hope that i have The one hope that I have is EA has not bought into microtransactions yet.
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Dante
they ah they probably do they probably do
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There's always one game mode with microtransactions, but you can still play that game mode without it. It's the... What is it called? Uh...
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Ultimate team. The ultimate team, you can you can do microtransactions, but you can play that, you can still play it without it. Like, you don't need it. So I do hope that they can make a basketball game where you don't have to spend $100 to have a good player.
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Dante
Well, if they don't do like a if they're not going to do, if they're not going to do what 2K has done with their online gameplay, then it shouldn't take real micro transactions.
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That would be cool.
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Dante
Cause again, we can all do a dynasty online together.
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Yes.
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Dante
We can all do all that stuff. So if they follow the same formula like that, it'll just be ultimate team, which whatever, You play that if you want to.
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Yeah, just don't play it.
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Dante
Yeah.
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Like, yeah, it's cool.
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Dante
Yeah.
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So I really hope, I really hope that is one of my hopes for the game as well. But we will see in 2028. And if it's bad, we're going talk shit about it. But at least I'm excited that the college basketball players, men and women, get this opportunity.
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And who knows, in 10 years, we may have a college baseball game again. Like, this could just keep going, you know, if it keeps going well. College baseball probably be the next one in, like, 2035. Like, I don't think they're going to rush to do it, but...
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Dante
yeah
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If it's working, is not going say no to a bag.
00:16:20
Dante
We might be in that era again. where Are we doing circling back in that era where we had like a bunch of different sports titles? Like, what if we get softball?
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I think baseball and softball would be the same game. Because I don't think it'd be too hard to do.
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Dante
Probably. But that's what I'm saying. like Like, I think we...
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i Maybe it's a little hard because the rules are different, but...
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Dante
Because they used to have...
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They used to have like ah games you wouldn't expect. So I'm just thinking, we are we going to circle back to that era? That'd be hilarious.
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Yeah, and maybe not all of them, but I could definitely see we get to a point where we have football, basketball, or baseball. And the baseball game including also includes soccer.
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Dante
Yeah, I see that.
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i'm Sorry. Also includes softball.
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Dante
Softball. Mm-hmm.
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So, okay. Speaking of video games, we are here to talk about the college football video game that we are all excited about.
Deep Dive into College Football Game Features
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I'm really excited about this game because 25 is amazing. Awesome, great.
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But supposedly from the people who played it, they took a lot of fan feedback. So some of the things that we wanted in the game or some of the things that were like brand new that you just have to tweak and things like that, supposedly they fixed. So supposedly this is a really good game.
00:17:33
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And here's my thing, knock on wood, that the game is always gonna be good But it's hard to make a good game every year. So like in five years, we're probably going to get a recopy of a game, we're going to be mad about it, but whatever.
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But it's still so new that it's like, come on, bro, don't do that. And it seems like they didn't just give us a BS game. ah that Supposedly. We haven't played it yet, but that's what I'm hearing from a lot of people.
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And last year, the hype was met. So many people talked good about the game, and then the game was good. So I'm going to believe that the game going to be good until proven otherwise. um So i want there's a lot of things to talk about. We won't talk about everything because we don't want to be.
00:18:12
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I do want to start, because this is a Big Ten podcast, we want to talk about Big Ten teams. I want to talk about rankings.
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Dante
Okay.
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I want to start with the rankings, top overall, top 25, top 25 offenses, top 25 defenses. We'll talk about all of them, but we'll highlight the Big Ten teams that are there. And then we can go into some game plan, some other things like that.
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um So I know it sucks when we list things, but we're going to actually hold on. Can I share my screen on this one? I don't think I can. That's the other one.
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Oh, well. um
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Dante
ah
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Yeah, that was another software that we were using. All right, so whatever. 25
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Dante
but What? 926. I didn't.
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teams. Off rip, what the fuck? Alabama's number one.
00:19:02
Dante
In the game?
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Yes.
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Dante
Cool. but It's so silly.
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But, like, unrealistic. Unrealistic. So one thing to note, for one, outside the fact that Alabama shouldn't be number one, there is not a single team in the 90s.
00:19:18
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There are seven teams with 88s. Not all of them should have 88s. Seven teams with 88s. And I think they realized that last year the game was too nerfed.
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So, like, none of the teams are in the 90. They're 89 and lower. But the rankings are bad because they don't make sense. Like, Alabama's 89, number one overall. That makes absolutely no sense. Nobody thinks Alabama's coming in as the best team in the country.
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But then Texas A&M is 88, tied with Ohio State, Penn State, and Texas. How does that make sense?
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Dante
right
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So...
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Dante
They're a penalty. They're projected to do something.
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I don't believe it. They say that every year. So let's go through the top 25 and then we'll talk about the Big Ten teams that are on the list. So Alabama's one, Texas is two, Ohio State's three, Penn State's four, Notre Dame is five, Georgia's six, Clemson's seven, Texas A&M is eight, but two through eight all have the same ranking.
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Oregon is nine, LSU is 10. Miami is 11. Florida Gators are 12. Texas Tech is 13. 10, sorry, 9 through 13 all have the same rating. They're all 86.
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see So Alabama is LSU, Miami, Florida, Texas Tech is 86. Arizona 14 at 85. Michigan is Indiana is 18. arizona is fourteen at eighty five michigan is fifteen o miss is sixteen oklahoma is seventeen indiana is 18, all of them are 85.
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SMU is Tennessee is
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Dante
Michigan and Indiana got the same. Okay.
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Right? ah Where am I? SMU is 19. Tennessee is 20. Missouri 21. Auburn 22. Duke is 23. All of them are 84.
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Dante
Oh.
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And then South Carolina and Illinois are 24 and 25, and they are 82.
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Dante
Oh.
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I don't want to get stuck on this because this is bad, but South Carolina should be higher than lot these teams, but specifically Ole Miss.
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Whatever.
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Dante
I think Illinois is a better team than Michigan.
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That's the topic.
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Agreed. I think South Carolina a better team than Michigan. South Carolina is also a better team than Duke and Auburn and Missouri and Tennessee and SMU. So I don't know. I don't know what they're doing.
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But let's look briefly at the Big Ten teams that are here. Ohio State, Penn State, Oregon. Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois. There are six Big Ten teams in the top 25.
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Outside of the fact that we disagree with where some of them the numbers are, any thoughts? Do you agree with these teams? Do you think someone else should have been in here? where are we at with this?
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um
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i think the teams aren't too bad. It's just their placements. I can't think of any.
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Agreed.
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Yeah, I can't think of off the top of my head. But um
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Maybe you could have slid Iowa at 25.
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Dante
probably somewhere in there.
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Like, maybe, like, Iowa's probably better.
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I just think some of
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Iowa's probably better than Duke and Auburn, potentially, but, like, I'm not going to fight over Iowa, you know what mean?
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Dante
the – It seems this game, the thing is, is like what the game is, is that it's built off of a it. It's off the players, all the players overalls, and then it just makes an overall of that. So.
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I guess.
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I guess it that's how they do it, but I feel like I would look at this and be like, oh, something's wrong here. But whatever. um Top 25 offenses. Texas is one. Penn State's two. Ohio State's three. Arizona State is four. Clemson is five. Arizona State's four it is interesting.
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LSU is six. Alabama's seven. Notre Dame is eight. Florida's nine. Miami's ten. Indiana's eleven. Indiana going to be fun to play with. First of all, i think we have to say it.
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Last year, you could start your dynasty with Indiana. You cannot start your dynasty with Indiana this year. like like Like, they're too good.
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Dante
What?
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i mean, technically technically, you can do whatever you want to do.
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Dante
What?
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But, like, I just feel like you should never be able to start a dynasty with a top 25 team. Indiana had a cute little run. You can no longer play with Indiana.
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Wow. All right.
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Like, if you do it personally, fine. But if if you play with Indiana in an online dynasty, you're cheating. dog You can't play with a top 25 team.
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Whaaaaa.
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Texas A&M is 12. Georgia is 13. That's interesting. Oklahoma is 14. SMU is 15. BYU is 16. Baylor is 17. Texas Tech is 18. Oregon is 19. Ole Miss is 20.
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USC is 21. Boise is 22. Iowa State is 23. Nebraska is 24. South Carolina is 25. So there are less teams, but also different Big Ten teams in the top 25.
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um the Penn State, Ohio State are top three. And then Indiana, Oregon, USC, Iowa, and Nebraska.
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USC, I heard Oregon.
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Sorry, no Nebraska. So there's, damn, I can't count.
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Dante
Nebraska is right.
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One, two, three, four, five. Six. So it's six again. Six teams in the top 25 of offenses. I think offense interesting.
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um I think that they're probably on to some things with who some of the offenses are. Like, I'm surprised that they put Baylor in there. But Baylor's probably going good offense. Same with Texas Tech. BYU is not going to have a good offense because their quarterback, you know, don't be asking for consent.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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So that's interesting.
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yeah they
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But beforehand, I could see you thinking that was a positive. USC is probably, oof.
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don't know about the quarterback, but they probably have some playmakers. Iowa State. Iowa State's also interesting. like You can't look too hard in the video game about real life, but Iowa State did lose two really good wide receivers.
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Nebraska, top 25, that makes sense. I like that. so um Top 25 defenses. Alabama's number one. That's a lie.
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Dante
Yeah, that makes sense.
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Straight up, straight down. That's a lie.
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That has to make sense why they're eating that overall.
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But like there's no there's no way how they have the best defense in the country.
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to let them have it, but I want to know.
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so
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um I need to know. like Who the hell did you rank on here? Especially because I'm not high on Clemson, but Clemson at 10, six points lower. Clemson's going to better defense than Alabama. That's crazy, but whatever. you know they They just did some stuff.
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Alabama won. Texas 2, Penn State 3, Georgia 4, Ohio State 5, Michigan 6, Oregon 7, LSU 8, Texas Tech 9, Clemson 10, Notre Dame 11, A&M 12, Tennessee 13, Indiana 14.
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hmm
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You can't play with Indiana, dog. They have a top 25 offense and defense. I'm stating it here. If I find out you're playing with Indiana and you are not an Indiana fan, cheating.
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Miami is 15. Duke is 16. Oklahoma is 17. Illinois is 18. Kansas State is 19. Ole Miss is 20. Pittsburgh is 21. South Carolina is 22. Arizona State is 23.
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Iowa is 24. Okay. Florida is 25. This is bad because there's not enough Big Ten teams, but it's fine. Big Ten teams always have better defenses. But there is one, two, three, four.
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Four Big Ten teams in the top seven. I think that's probably realistic.
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Pittsburgh was ah surprising here.
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Five, six. There's seven seven. Seven Big Ten teams in ah in the top 25. Yeah, honestly, I thought wouldn't think I think of and I'm not going pretend to know a lot about Pittsburgh Russia right now, but I think I would have put Pittsburgh on the top 25 offense before I put them on defense because as you all know, I'm a big fan of their quarterback.
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Yeah, me neither, but it's still surprising.
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That conversation will be saved for another podcast because this is a Big Ten show, but I really like Eli Holstein. So I would have thought offense, would have been higher.
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Interesting. Didn't expect that defense one. But, all right. Okay, Pittsburgh.
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Michigan being at six is crazy, but whatever.
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Yeah, that one.
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We're going to pretend that they didn't lose anybody.
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Dante
That was, that was, hmm. Hmm.
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We're going to pretend that they didn't lose anybody.
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Dante
That's interesting.
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um
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Yeah. I don't know what they know.
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Yeah, I don't know, man.
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Maybe we don't know nothing.
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So um just quick, I won't do many of these, but the number one and two player in the game
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Dante
Mm-hmm.
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It's Jeremiah Smith and Caleb Downs. Jeremiah Smith is a 98. Caleb Downs is a 96. Jeremiah Smith has 95 speed, 95 agility, 93 change of direction, 96 injury, and 91 awareness. He's going to be disgusting.
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Let's see if there's any other Big Ten players in the top.
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Oh, these are not all ranked. They're not numbered, but they're in order. Oh, man. There's Wow. Wow. They did not put any of the Big Ten players.
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We get Dylan Thienemann in here as well. Elijah Sherratt is a wide receiver at Indiana. He's high. Jonah Coleman, running back Washington, is high in the game. Jonah Coleman's a 93.
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um Nicholas Singleton's 93, running back Penn State. I'm only going to go through the 90s. This is too many. D'Angelo Pons, don't know him. He's a corner from – Indiana, den he's a 92. Deny Dennis Sutton is 92 defensive end from Penn State.
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Dante
Wow.
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Drew Allers, a 92 quarterback from Penn State. That's a lie, but okay, we'll let him have it.
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Dante
wow
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Gabe Lucas, outside linebacker from Illinois, is a 92. Keitron Allen and Micah Hughes, who are both running backs, ah Penn State and Oregon.
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Penn State, that means both Penn State's running backs are 90s overall. Good luck playing them in the game.
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Dante
the
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Indiana has a left ender at 92, Mikel Kamara.
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I have never heard of this guy's name before. There's a, and I can't pronounce it. There's a Penn State offensive lineman.
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Dante
Oh, La Vega. Wow, that's a name.
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Yeah, I'd be trying. That's a name I'm not even going to try.
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Dante
Mm-hmm.
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ah Penn State left guard.
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Dante
That's a good one.
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And then there's a Michigan safety. 92. Rodmore is not that good. That's a lie. But whatever. He's been in college forever. AJ Harris, cornerback. Penn State is 91.
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Aaron Graves, defensive tackle. Iowa is a 91. He's a dog. I do like him. Who else is in the 90s? Caleb Tarnin?
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Dante
Caleb.
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He's a left tackle. Northwestern having a good left tackle makes sense. Carnell Tate, wide receiver Ohio State, is a 91. So good luck playing Ohio State and Penn State because Ohio State has two 90-plus wide receivers. Penn State has two 90-plus running backs. That's going to be hell.
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um Darius Taylor is still in college football?
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What?
00:30:48
Dante
okay
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Hey, hold on. That's Loki Hart. I like him, but bro, what are you doing? How are you still here?
00:30:55
Dante
Still in college football?
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How are you still here?
00:30:59
Dante
the The utter confusion. like, well you know.
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but Darius Taylor running back Minnesota's 91. Denzel Boston wide receiver. I didn't expect there to be this many Big Ten players in the 90s as I keep listing them.
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Dante
Yeah, bruh. There's so many players. What are you doing?
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that's and that i Now and I keep going. like
00:31:23
Dante
No, you don't.
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I do. I do.
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Dante
Wait, why did they put Iowa State Big Ten?
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Okay, I do have to keep – I have – man, what? Just – okay, so I'm not – I can't go any further. I can't go any further. There's too many. i didn't think there was going to be –
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Yeah, they have Iowa State and Big Ten conference in the next to it. I'm lost.
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Interesting. Well, they messed that up.
00:31:44
Dante
Yeah.
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Okay, so much more than I expected. I shouldn't have done that.
00:31:49
Dante
Yeah, I'm still scrolling. We still in 91, sir. We didn't even get it.
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Yeah, well, suppose... So, the top 100...
00:31:54
Dante
This ends at 91.
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I didn't expect that. The top 100 players are all in the ninety
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Dante
Oh, see. Yeah.
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I don't think that makes sense to me, but...
00:32:02
Dante
Yeah.
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Dante
They're still fouls.
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this funny because none of the teams are in the 90s, but then they put 100 players between 91 and 98, which means there are players outside of the top 100 who have a 90 overall?
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ah Okay.
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I guess.
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Dante
Yep. It still doesn't add up when you start to add everybody else on the team that are 70s, 60s, and shit like that.
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Mm-mm.
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Hey, man, say, man. i don't know. So those the ratings.
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Dante
Teams, do these bigger these teams got a lot of players on them.
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This is true. um Those are the ratings. Those are the things. We know the teams that you
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cannot play with. You cannot play with a top 25 team, okay?
00:32:43
Dante
one Let's go.
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I don't care we know what nobody said. You can't do it. um Any thoughts on any of the rankings, or do you want to move on?
00:32:51
Dante
Nah, that's fine. Let's do Dynasty.
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Yeah, yeah. Dynasty, Road to Glory, or Gameplay?
00:33:08
Dante
howoo dynasty
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Dynasty. Perfect, that works. so hard So, what is new for Dynasty? where We are not going to go into all of this. There's a lot of everything. Just the things that we think are interesting or that I think are interesting and Dynasty can let me know if I missed something.
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One thing that is very important, there's more than three outfits.
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Dante
Oh, thank God.
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So so um that that is that's good. ah there There's more than three outfits. We do like that. The other really big thing is that coaches are in the game and not just head coaches.
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I don't know how deep it goes, but at least coordinators. I know it at least goes coordinators. So like when you play with Ohio State, it's going to be Ryan Day. It's going to be Brian Hartline. It's going to be Matt Patricia.
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Obviously, individual coaches could say no ah Like Bill Belichick's not in the game. so and But like if they all agreed, you at least will have the coordinators of real coordinators, which also means you could make Brian Hartline your head coach if you wanted to.
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um So there's more outfits. There are real coaches. um Another thing that I think is interesting is the maximum coach level has jumped from 50 to 100.
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Dante
um
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They were basically like for people like me who played the game for a week straight, you upgraded your coach pretty fast and then you could just never upgrade him again. So basically, not only is it double, they're also going to make it a little slower to upgrade your coach because they want you to have a ah better experience. Like, again, Ryan Day didn't win a national championship until year eight.
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So like Ryan Day couldn't have been a 95 ranked coach or whatever. Right. That long. Like you got to you got to work for it.
00:34:48
Dante
Right, right.
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So they've increased the maximum and they've changed how you how you do XP. I'm not going to break this down, but they did change coach archetypes. One of the things that I think is interesting, though, and I want to know your thoughts on this, they made it they made it harder to jump archetypes.
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So like... if you Basically, the one you start with is most important because as you progress, it becomes cheaper. So, for example, if you pick recruiter and you want to stay recruiter, it's cheaper to upgrade recruiter than it is to open motivator.
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Dante
that makes sense I think that was always a thing though that's I think that was
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So, like, I don't know the exact numbers. No, it wasn't. i mean, it wasn't last year. I can't remember other games, but it wasn't last year. specifically, yeah, I listened to a podcast from the guy who created the game.
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you sure
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yeah like he yeah It was not in there last year. So, like, as you go through... oh It makes it harder. And then the third one is even more expensive.
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So like basically, you really work with one, you can sort of work with two. The third one's really more expensive, and it really makes you think about where you're putting um your things. The ones that don't count for this are the really, really big ones. like Once you can open CEO and like those and Program Builder, those are saved from it. But as you remember, it takes a lot to open those.
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But basically, you're not going to be able to fill a tree.
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Dante
Mm-hmm.
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And so then with that, they make it more yeah they make your coordinators more important because you can choose to have a coordinator who backs up what you do and you can get a bonus for that.
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Or you get a coordinator who fills your who fills gaps of things that you don't have. So they made the coordinator ah more important. Another thing that they improved was the coach carousel where you know when your coach leaves, they tell you.
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But not only that, you can see what job they got and what job they came from. Like, I remember looking like, ooh, like, who got hired? And all it said is, like, Dante got hired. But it didn't say where they came from. It didn't say what his position was. they just So, like, they added that.
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So now when you can go in there, you can see, like, the actual staff moves and say, like, this was an offensive coordinator who became a head coach.
00:36:55
Dante
Okay.
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This was a – I don't know if they put running backs coach in there, but this was a position coach who became an OC whatever.
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I wonder if they updated things like creating when you created ah ah when you put a team in team building and you create it, if you can update ah things like stadium and stuff like that.
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If you start to become built better, you can build build a better stadium and things like that.
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I'm sorry.
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This is totally off base. This is have to stop looking at my phone, but I always look at my phone in case there's news. um feet and where's hopeton where going to go
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Fever. Indiana Fever. Indiana Fever. Sophie Cunningham isn't sure that players will be eager to visit Detroit and Cleveland.
00:37:57
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Oh yeah, no, saw that.
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You play in Indianapolis!
00:37:59
Dante
Yeah.
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What are you talking about? First of all no one should say that.
00:38:02
Dante
Yeah, I saw that.
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That's dumb. There's those professional sports in all those cities. You're just speaking. You're clearly just not. You're clearly just talking about things. Stop talking. But you play in Indianapolis. You.
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What room do you have to talk about Cleveland and Detroit?
00:38:19
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Yeah, I saw that. I saw that earlier today.
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Stupid. Just stupid.
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And I was like, I just i was just like, okay, play for in you play in Indiana.
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Like.
00:38:29
Dante
Indiana.
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Stop. Stop.
00:38:32
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Just is boring if that's the thing you're talking about.
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Okay. Yeah. And more so if you ask me, but whatever.
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oh easily.
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Um, What else is in here? So they expanded the transfer portal and they made some changes. I'm not going to go through the transfer portal stuff. It's way to um it's way too much. But I guess what I would say is the overarching thing of the transfer portal, there's more players.
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They change the ratings. So, like, for example, a player who goes in as a freshman is probably going to have a higher rating than a senior. because you get them longer.
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Okay.
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So it's not just about skill. It's also about like length. And they also like tuned the system.
00:39:11
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Right. That makes sense.
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So you can't keep your roster as long. So like right now I have Ohio state and I have like four five star quarterbacks. that Like, they're making it so that's a little bit harder. Where, like, players who want – like, even if they're deal breakers not playing time, if they're five-star, they're going to want playing time.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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So, if you have three five-star quarterbacks, one them is going to transfer. So –
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There's also evolving expectations, which I don't know how this is going to work. This is going to be cool. It's going be really annoying. But I guess basically, like if you get like a three-star quarterback and then he wins a Heisman, he's going to care more about his brand.
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So I guess what they're doing is they're doing the thing right now where if like Kent State ever gets a good player, that player transfers. They basically tried to put that into ah into the game, where it's like, and yeah, if you're at a lower school, the brand doesn't matter.
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Oh, la
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But then if he rushes for 2,500 yards and wins a Heisman, now his brand matters. He's probably going to transfer to Ohio State. we're like that like Lower level players, even if you played really well with them, didn't really transfer.
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You could keep them because they you got the stats and things. So like they put that in there.
00:40:22
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ah they're making it a lot more realistic. Yeah, that'll suck.
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Yeah. Oh, it's definitely going to suck. Yeah.
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Because it's like, how do I get better if all my players keep transferring?
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Yeah. Well, that's the problem that they have in real life. And then they also, but if you don't like that, you can adjust the transfer portal.
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whoop. OK.
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There are settings. So they're basically like, we might think that this is too nerfed up.
00:40:42
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ah that
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So let's figure this out. The last thing that I'm going to talk about, because there's a lot of things that i don't really care about the other things. You should all look at it. Oh, I'm sorry. i have two more things. One, location-based visits.
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So if you're Ohio State and the ah the kid is in Ohio, his visit is going to cost $10, 10 recruiting points. If you're Ohio State and the kid is in California, it's going to cost $40.
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forty And then there's 20 and 30.
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Mm-hmm.
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So it's just realistic, right? Like if you if you're in Columbus and the kid is in Columbus, you got to pay no money for him to visit. But if you're in Columbus and the kid's in Cali, you have to pay thousands of dollars. So they're just trying to simulate that.
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And it's also a big thing for small – which I think this makes recruiting better and harder for smaller schools. Because like when I'm at Kent State, I'm not recruiting anyone that's out of best's not in Ohio. So like spending the 40 points really hurts your recruiting.
00:41:39
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And then basically when you're Ohio State, you can spend whatever you want to. And then the last thing that I wanted to say um is there's now recruiting battles.
00:41:42
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Yep. Yeah, it's going be.
00:41:47
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You remember when you got close? And I think recruiting battles wasn't the old one. ah Like not last year, but before that.
00:41:51
Dante
but I think so, too. and Yeah.
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Basically, when you get close, if there's another team that's close, instead of them just committing, there's going to be a battle. And so basically what will happen is they'll extend. So they'll add more.
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You need to do more, basically. Like it won't be...
00:42:09
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That makes it sense.
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the meter will go further. So you have a little bit more time, but it locks everyone else out and you're just with those two. So I thought that was cool.
00:42:20
Dante
That actually is going to be pretty cool.
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Yeah. any Any thoughts or anything that I missed that you saw?
00:42:27
Dante
um No, I actually saw a player progression. You can make players better, which is going to be cool. But it's just it a tricky subject because then your player might legit leave because he's better and you play better with him if you're doing like those lower schools.
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Oh, yeah.
00:42:48
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It's going to be
00:42:49
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you like You mean when you could create a five-star and put him in Canton and your Ohio State and then he plays for someone else? Yeah, I remember those days.
00:42:58
Dante
Yeah. So it's going to be it's gonna make literally moving up tough. ah It's going to make that difficult and keeping players difficult. If you want to start a school that's like kid state or something like that, or Bowling Green and try to make them premier school. It's just, it just made that much tougher.
00:43:19
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it
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Yeah.
00:43:20
Dante
It's good that they have settings so you can fix that. Cause I think if you're going to do something like that, you're going to lower those settings and get at least to a different conference, like maybe the ACC or something like that. And then you can turn it up.
00:43:35
Dante
When you're doing something like that. Mm-hmm.
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Yeah, yeah, for sure. um
00:43:39
Dante
Mm-hmm.
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There's one last thing that I did want to say. i'd say I know i said this, but whatever. There's like custom settings, of course. There's auto subs. All of that stuff is in there. One thing that i thought was interesting, right, they brought the wear and tear system, and then it basically didn't mean anything.
00:43:54
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So what they're doing this year is there is season and career health. So basically, You have a bar, and if your toughness meter determines how much of this you get.
00:44:08
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And you do have to actually manage their health through the season because if you play them too much and it gets depleted, they're out for the year. If they get injured too many times, basically, I guess there's a career health.
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If they get injured too many times, then theyre they retire. They medically retire. which is just realistic.
00:44:24
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Wow, that's pretty cool.
00:44:26
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So, like, I don't know how, you know, like, I don't know how good it's going to work, but I just thought that was interesting that basically they're fixing it because the wear and tear system was weird. It was like, if you sit him, does he come back?
00:44:38
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When does, like, how long do you have to sit him? So, basically, there's going to be a meter, ah career meter. So, for players who, like, really want to get in depth, you can really go through your roster and be like, we're about to play nobody. his His meter is low. And it and when it but gets down to the bottom, it doesn't really play. He's out for the season.
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So, like, if your running back is really injured and you keep playing him, he's not going to be able to play no more.
00:45:02
Dante
Yeah, it was also it was um the wearing tag stuff also. It just, don't know if they tweaked it in that way because it happened too quickly. ah you were You wore it out really fast.
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I do agree with that. That was really tough. Like, i was like had like cause I was like, I never run the ball too, too much.
00:45:24
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So, like, I would have guys who average 15 carries a game but would be injured. And it's like, this is not a bell cow. He's not getting 25 carries. Like, why is he injured week three?
00:45:35
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He's averaged 10, 15 carries.
00:45:36
Dante
Yeah. I was in road to glory. I was getting injured in week two. I'm like, I'm barely getting the ball. Like, they hitting that hard for real?
00:45:47
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Like, damn.
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Yeah, they're definitely not. why i know
00:45:53
Dante
So, I hope they took that at least for both.
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I don't know. Any final thoughts on the Dynasty?
00:46:00
Dante
No, I, yeah, it's just, you know, it's going to be fun to take, uh, um I might have two different ones. There's going to be an Alabama one, and then there's going to be one create.
00:46:12
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Yeah, for sure. So the last thing want to talk about on here is Road to Glory. I haven't looked too much in Road to Glory. I will say, first of all, high school is coming back.
00:46:27
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It's not fully there, but I think you get to pick like a top five. um What are some of the... They've added some things... Hold
00:46:37
Dante
Now, so with with high school,
00:46:38
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What is the...
00:46:47
Dante
your high school selected, yeah.
00:46:49
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So they did add archetypes for one, which is interesting. They've added more archetypes. um Oh, if you I've never really done Team Builder, but you can do Team Builder and add your high school, which is interesting.
00:46:58
Dante
You could do a team, yeah. ah did team builder last year.
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Actually, that's a lot. I did Team Builder to add my high school I did add my high school. But I didn't do like the stadium. I just added like the color, the location, and the name. So like mine was pretty boring. So that it does still start with the interview.
00:47:17
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But the interview doesn't determine your star status, but it does determine like your what matters to you, right?
00:47:17
Dante
Yep.
00:47:24
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Locations, close to home, education, like that stuff. It does do that. um And then
00:47:33
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you basically, the goal is to build your tape. So um you set a recruiting board so you can manage your top schools, which is new. And basically, there's an ad.
00:47:44
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So basically, you Pick your top schools. So if you pick Ohio State, Texas, like big schools, and then based on how you play, there's an assessed Tate score, which basically shows you if you're going to get an offer from the school.
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Like if you're playing really bad, you're not going to get offer from Ohio State. So how you play does still matter.
00:48:03
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Right. That makes sense.
00:48:07
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um And then where is the last piece that was interesting? You start with 10 and then you move down. Okay, building your tape. So I think, and let me see if I was right about this.
00:48:19
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You'll play five. Okay, over the course of high school schedule, you'll play five games, each made up of four key moments to designed to showcase your skill set. These moments drop you into a wide variety of football scenarios and challenge you with specific drive goals, like leading a go-ahead scoring drive or flipping field position after being pen deep.
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Most drives include two goals, a basic goal that's more achievable and a harder goal that rewards more tapes where it's completed. Some drives may only feature a singular high stakes goal offering a significant tape boost score if you rise to see the occasion.
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These goals are your chance to prove you can execute in a pressure packed situation. Your performance in these moments directly shapes your tape score. Each drive is an opportunity to demonstrate your execution, decision-making, and ability to rise to the moment.
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The more goals you complete, the better your tape and more schools will take notice. um And the moment is built around themes tied to your archetype. For example, as a pocket passer, you might be tested against a shutdown corner one week or a blitz-heavy defense next.
00:49:14
Dante
yep wow
00:49:19
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Across all archetypes, there are more than 700 unique moments in the game, each one crafted to reflect the real variety and demands of college-bound talent. So... They didn't do the full, you play like eight full games or or whatever it is.
00:49:33
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It sort of sounds like to me, it's like when you play in Madden and you do key moments, it's basically going to be that.
00:49:34
Dante
yeah yeah
00:49:40
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But you get to do it through five games. So you are going to get to play.
00:49:43
Dante
And they're tailor-made key moments.
00:49:44
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And and yes, i think I think that's interesting.
00:49:46
Dante
That's pretty cool. Okay.
00:49:49
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i think
00:49:50
Dante
Yeah.
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I think that's good. I mean, it's great. ah Well, it's not great, but it's better than nothing. um all interesting.
00:50:02
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After every game, you'll see updates to your star rating along with your national state and position rankings. These rankings rise and fall based on your performance, and if you want to finish as a five-star prospect, near perfection is required.
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But the path goes both ways. Just because you start as a five-star doesn't mean you'll stay there, and just because you begin as a two-star doesn't mean you can't climb the rankings.
00:50:18
Dante
Oh,
00:50:21
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Your final star rating has major consequences. It directly affects the strength of scholarship offers you receive, and determines your starting attributes and abilities once you reach college Players who finish as a four- or five-star recruit will also unlock the ability to select an additional mental ability before leaving high school.
00:50:37
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A final edge earned through performance and consistency. So it is very much how you play.
00:50:47
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Which I think is very interesting. Like...
00:50:53
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Like, the high school thing really does matter. It's not... I think they just... they they read They updated it, right? It's not the same as what it was, but they really put a lot into how you get your stars, who you choose, these moments.
00:51:00
Dante
Yeah. Yeah.
00:51:07
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So hopefully they're fun. And hopefully with 700 moments, if even if you pick a quarterback, you don't constantly play the same moment. Like, even if you always do quarterback, you should get some variety.
00:51:18
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But it definitely sounds like you should... like do other things. Like, it definitely sounds like you should try multiple positions even just to play high school.
00:51:28
Dante
yeah
00:51:30
Dante
And different target in different archetypes for each for each position.
00:51:34
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Yep.
00:51:37
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Oh, wow. Your offer tier. So hold on. Let me read this whole thing very quickly. Once you receive an offer, your next was to improve it. Start writing. Start writing. We read basically the same thing. OK. Your offer tier can also change if a school signs another player at your position.
00:51:52
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Not only will the required assessed tape score to keep your offer increased, but the quality of the scholarship package itself may drop. Likewise, your interactions with coaches, your performance and highlight moments and your choices and off-field scenarios all affect how schools see you and whether they're ready to commit premium resources to you, which means someone can steal your offer.
00:52:10
Dante
Oh, wow. that's That's hilarious.
00:52:13
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and they disment it yeah And they just mentioned better scholarships, okay? So what comes with a better scholarship? Higher tier offers aren't just for bragging rights. They come with bonuses that impact your college career.
00:52:25
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Stronger starting values in your academics, brand, leadership, and training meters. Additional XP, extra skill points, and higher starting coach trust. These perks won't apply until you arrive on campus, but they can make a big difference early in your career.
00:52:39
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So basically, if you get become a five-star and you get a high offer, your player is going to develop better. which is what Which is, again, what happens in real life, but they put it into the game where your player, based on high school, gets certain things.
00:52:48
Dante
Yeah.
00:52:52
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You get higher coach trust, which makes it easier for you to start. You get extra skill points. You get extra XP. And also, like, the starting values in academics and stuff is big because if you remember, if you did it last year, you had to, like, pay for these things. And if it went too low, you failed classes.
00:53:08
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So it also makes it easier for you to not, like, fail classes and and that sort of stuff. um You can verbally commit, but...
00:53:18
Dante
Oh, you could be a 92 overall starting in college?
00:53:22
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ah Interesting. I guess so. You can verbally commit, but you can also decommit.
00:53:25
Dante
Oh.
00:53:28
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And then there's a senior night. At the end of your high school season, you'll get one last chance to leave it on the field. Senior night, this is your capstone moment, a final opportunity to showcase your growth, your tape, and everything you built through the season. You'll be honored on a special run out, flowers in hand as you celebrate your final home game under the lights.
00:53:43
Dante
that's pretty cool.
00:53:44
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But this night isn't just symbolic. It's also your last chance to manage your top schools. Once the game wraps up, you'll need to officially announce your top three. This decision is critical. These are the three schools you'll take with you on the signing day and hats you'll see on the table when it's time to make your college choice.
00:53:58
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Choose carefully because signing day is just around the corner. And then they also have like a legit signing day. Honestly, don't even want to talk about college. Like the high school state was cool. Whatever happens in college happens. Like, you like,
00:54:14
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But yeah, like they as far as college, they still have coach trust. They still have the weekly agenda. There's still going to be moments. They added the season career health in this as well, so that makes sense.
00:54:23
Dante
Season and career have. Yeah.
00:54:29
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um There's NIL deals. Let's see. This year, we've expanded the system with over 35 new NIL deals, giving you a wider range of partnerships to pursue.
00:54:34
Dante
Once again.
00:54:40
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We've also compared making deals more meaningful, more rewarding than ever before. Most notably, NIL deals can now pay out skill points. Interesting. Giving you another powerful path to progression, not beyond just on-field performance.
00:54:57
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They've updated scenarios and dilemmas. They've updated position battles. um
00:55:08
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Yeah, so some of this is some of this is is like Coach Happiness is there, game day, all that sort of stuff.
00:55:14
Dante
Get into the set of places, please.
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my My big question, my real big question.
00:55:17
Dante
Increased number of plays. Start with one play to choose during play calling and work up to two, then plays in three, six, nine, 15, all the way to a full playbook access when you achieve max coach stress.
00:55:31
Dante
Oh, so something you should have did last year?
00:55:31
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Oh.
00:55:33
Dante
Okay, that's nice.
00:55:34
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So you can access the full playbook? So when your coach runs 17 running plays in a row, you can actually change it?
00:55:36
Dante
Yeah.
00:55:41
Dante
Yeah.
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Okay. That's dope.
00:55:43
Dante
Audibles change the play at the line of scrimmage.
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I can't believe I missed that.
00:55:45
Dante
Nice. We have audibles. Hot route to just receiver. OK. QB detections. OK. So they brought it. That's a nice change.
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Oh, you can you can make you can make defense adjustments too.
00:55:53
Dante
See, that's a gameplay change.
00:55:57
Dante
Yes, yes, yes.
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That's good. That's good. There's coach happiness.
00:55:59
Dante
Make line and linebacker adjustments. No DB adjustments?
00:56:02
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Ah, no, no, no.
00:56:03
Dante
Oh, my fucking god. That's stupid. That's dumb. That's dumb. Give me the full defense adjustments.
00:56:10
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Yeah. Oh, is practice actually going to matter?
00:56:11
Dante
OK.
00:56:13
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Coach happiness also changes based on how you perform in weekly practices. So you do have to practice. Because for a while, I just stopped practicing.
00:56:19
Dante
Oh, thank God, because I had stopped going. Yeah.
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Yeah.
00:56:24
Dante
it wasn it it wasn't It wasn't upgrading me either, OK.
00:56:24
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Yeah.
00:56:27
Dante
Yeah,
00:56:27
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Yeah.
00:56:31
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No, that's that's that that makes me excited because I'm not going to hold you. I stopped playing Road to Glory. Like, it just wasn't fun anymore. Especially because, like, the offensive line was so bad and the lack of, like, control in what plays you could pick made me mad.
00:56:46
Dante
yeah it was bad. It was bad.
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so Okay. i don't i I don't have any other thoughts on the game. I think it sounds dope. I think we did as thorough of ah of a breakdown as we should do in this audio platform.
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Do you have any final thoughts? Are you excited? Have you already bought the game?
00:57:04
Dante
I haven't bought the game yet. Oh, there's play grading. There's a play grading system. Oh.
00:57:16
Dante
Okay.
00:57:18
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Yeah. Yeah.
00:57:20
Dante
So if you get a strong grade, so it's a grading system.
00:57:20
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Gonna be fun.
00:57:23
Dante
If you get a strong grade, you can upgrade your player more quickly. Gain and lose trust. Okay. All right. Cool. Yeah, no, I haven't bought the game yet, but I just might after this.
00:57:36
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Yeah. Which is why we did it, because this is making me feel like I need to take my PlayStation with me, because i'll be mad when everybody's talking about the game haven't played it yet.
00:57:37
Dante
Yeah.
00:57:44
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But all right. That's... that's um That's the show. I have a pit stop, but my pit stop is super depressing and I'm happy, so I'm not going to do it.
00:57:50
Dante
Yeah.
00:57:54
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We just won't have a pit stop this week.
00:57:56
Dante
That's fine, because I ain't got one either.
00:57:58
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my My pit stop is so ah Sophie Cunningham should stop talking when you play in Indianapolis. Don't talk about Cleveland and Detroit when you play in Indianapolis.
00:58:09
Dante
hu
00:58:09
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Also... It's sports. You played in college. Did you want to go to Iowa? Did you want to go to, like, that's just such a dumb opinion. Like, that just doesn't even make any sense to me.
00:58:19
Dante
It's so silly because, again, people, the Cavs, Browns, we have Guardians.
00:58:21
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Just, like, what?
00:58:25
Dante
like We have people that go.
00:58:27
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Pistons, Lions.
00:58:27
Dante
Tigers.
00:58:28
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Lions are one of the best teams in the NFL right now. Like, just just talking the talk.
00:58:31
Dante
Come on. tigers
00:58:33
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I don't know. I don't know. But as always, thank you for listening. We'll catch you next week. As a quick reminder, next week's episode will be prerecorded. So if there's any big news, it won't be in that episode.
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