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Power Two Podcast: 2025 Big Ten Conference Games + New NCAA Rules
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The NFL Draft is on Thursday! In this episode, we discuss the NFL Draft, the NCAA and College Football Playoff meetings, and we end our conference game series looking at Big Ten Conference games in 2025.
Recorded: 04/22/2025
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Transcript
Introduction and Holiday Reflections
00:00:02
Speaker
What's good everybody? Welcome in to another episode of Land Grant Podcast Network's Power 2 Podcast. As always, I'm your host Jordan. I'm here co-host DJ. Hey, happy Sunday. Monday, whatever.
00:00:19
Speaker
Whatever day you're listening to it. Happy holiday, past holiday to those who celebrate. And I won't name the holiday, just if you celebrated the holiday of sorts of the couple that were there, happy holidays to you and to yours.
00:00:35
Speaker
We are a day late because DJ decided to have family and I just, you know, who has family? Literally everyone. If you listen to research, our generation is the generation that just doesn't have family. We all just cut everybody off.
00:00:53
Speaker
That's what the people say. Well, and I am a strong proponent of cutting people off. But um yes, this is, I did spend time with the fam yesterday. i regret nothing.
00:01:07
Speaker
That's what we do on holidays. We spend time with the fam. We do. We spend time. We
Cultural Significance of Holiday Meals
00:01:12
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celebrate. We eat. When I stay, and this is one thing I love about being Black, when I say that we have more meats than sides at the meal, it was like, there were like several plates of ham. I was like, who how many hams did we cook?
00:01:25
Speaker
There were several plates of ham. There was a brisket. There was a turkey. There was... ribs, brisket, ribs, turkey, ham, chicken. there were chicken wings.
00:01:37
Speaker
And then it was just yams, green beans, and dressing. I was like, i love being Black. We were so protein heavy. real bestel i saw this thing where someone said ah meat doesn't go in the sides.
00:01:52
Speaker
And Kev on stage was like, what? Who said that? the Who said that? Absolutely. Trust and believe the green beans have sausage in them. good You're not going to have greens without with turkey?
00:02:04
Speaker
like but who Smoked turkey at that. like Yes, specifically smoked turkey. I'm so sorry. like There's not a whole lot of vegetables. where like like You wouldn't put meat in a mashed potatoes, obviously.
00:02:17
Speaker
But there should be some shredded up chicken in that dressing. There's going to be some bacon or some sausage or some type of pork in whatever green vegetable, whether it's the cabbage, the greens, the green beans.
00:02:31
Speaker
We're not going to put, you know, meat in the salad, but there might be a bacon bit. There was salad because my stepmother is big about salad. So every time we have these big meals, there is a salad available. And I just think that is so cute that she does that with us and people eat the salad.
00:02:48
Speaker
She put the toppings out. She like picks the big salad bowls and put the toppings out. So we have like a little salad bar. she She's like, we need to eat vegetables.
00:02:57
Speaker
Well, I do not celebrate this holiday. Oh, we're drinking wine. As is the case, ah my wife still made ah dinner.
Easter Dinner Experience
00:03:08
Speaker
and So we had Easter dinner. We had lamb Oh, mac and cheese oh, I had broccoli. She had Brussels sprouts and I love Brussels.
00:03:22
Speaker
And then in the in the nature of the holiday, she made carrot cake. So. Oh, that's cute. I wanted to bake, but then I didn't feel like it. So the crazy I just, you know, I've had a hard.
00:03:34
Speaker
OK, I'm recovering from a f freaking. um What is it? severe sinus infection, I was like, I'm barely cooking and for myself and like feeding myself. I'm not about to go make a cake.
00:03:47
Speaker
I heard you. way ah No, but yes. What was the desserts? I don't we had. oh we had cookies. we had chocolate chip cookies. I love a chocolate chip cookie. umm I want to be a chocolate chip cookie, especially a little salt on top.
00:04:08
Speaker
I'm obviously very hungry as well. i have not had dinner yet. We're going to speed through this because I made pulled pork today. and And I and i ah did a nice little nice nice sort dry rub.
00:04:20
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So it has a nice little crust on it. Got the little... Yeah, yeah. And it's it's just now ready. I just tasted it before I started recording. Just fall off
Thematic Focus: Food, Family, and Sports
00:04:32
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in your hand.
00:04:32
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so oh I love pulled meat. It doesn't matter. could be pork, lamb. It doesn't matter if it's barbecued, carnitas, whatever. I love pulled meat, brisket, like shredded brisket.
00:04:44
Speaker
All right. Okay. So anyways, welcome to a Power 2 Podcast, y'all, where we talk about the power of
Debate on Jersey Retirements
00:04:49
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good food. um And the power of family because i just, ah you know, I hope and I hope that I love my kids as much as Dion loves his because boy, he will do anything for his kids whether they don't whether it makes sense or not.
00:05:08
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um Dion decided to retire the jerseys of Shador, his son, and Travis Hunter, who he considers like a son to him.
00:05:19
Speaker
Correct. One of them maybe eventually would have earned his jersey being retired. The other one would not have ever earned it personally.
00:05:36
Speaker
um I'll let you all determine who is who in this scenario. And also, they haven't even gotten drafted yet.
00:05:48
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Like, yes, they are going to be drafted. Sure. One of them, potentially very high, potentially number two. um
00:06:00
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Retiring their jersey was a choice.
00:06:06
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It was. um I am going to get on my soapbox for a little bit.
NCAA Rule Changes and Athlete Compensation
00:06:13
Speaker
I am a certified hater of early jersey retirements. I hate it I hate it.
00:06:18
Speaker
I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. You'll never get me to like it. i hate it. Why are we retiring a Jersey for anybody when they haven't really done anything yet? Like to me, I feel like Jersey retirement is, a it's it marks that you have done something in your career that like warrants that and to me I'm going to agree with you and I'm going go ahead and say Travis Hunter being the school's second only second Heisman winner absolutely deserves to have his jersey retired because realistically is Colorado going to have another Heisman winner probably not like dead ass probably not
00:06:58
Speaker
But even this is even happening on the women's side of things. well Like, Caitlin Clark's jersey got retired this year. it Like, I'm confused. Like, why are we retiring her jersey? Like, she hasn't even won. First of all, she hasn't won a championship at all.
00:07:10
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At all. But also, she hasn't even, like, she's only had one year in the W. I would feel the same way if Angel's jersey got retired at LSU. Like, what do we do? Like, it's too early. I heard Angel's jersey didn't get retired.
00:07:21
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page I don't think so either, but I'm saying like in the general sense, because i don't want to to come off like I'm just hating on Kaitlyn. Like in a general sense, like Asia to me getting her jersey retired at this point because her jersey got retired the same day as Kaitlyn's.
00:07:33
Speaker
That makes sense to me. Yeah. Because she's been in the league for eight years. She's been, she kind of helped put South Carolina on the map. They already did build her a statue. So this is kind of like the logical next step. Like Candace Parker is getting her jersey retired for the LA Sparks.
00:07:45
Speaker
That makes sense. she took She's led that team to a championship, multiple championships. Like, why are we retiring jerseys of randoms? Like, no shade. Like, why are we just like, oh, you're full. Full shade over here.
00:07:58
Speaker
Like, ah I think retiring jerseys are like, Yeah, I think jersey retirement should be like one of the most like special things that you can do. Like next to building a statue, there are Hall of Famers who don't have their jersey retired and shouldn't have it retired. You know what saying? So it's just like, like like for example, right? um I think Pau Gasol is in the Hall of Fame.
00:08:20
Speaker
Is he? You know? Pau Gasol? I think he got in like last year or a couple of ago. Okay. He's a Hall of Famer. I don't know that the Lakers are going to retire his jersey because it's hard to when you have Kobe, right? And you have Magic and you have Shaq. Like, though like like at you get to that level, it's like, pal, you legit, but you can't retire your jersey. You know what I mean? Like, jersey retirement should be special, right? Travis, again, wouldn't have done it this early.
00:08:47
Speaker
But again, as the school's second Heisman winner, the first player to play both sides of the ball, whatever, i get that. that was That should have happened eventually. but And even like, Paige Beckers got her jersey retired. And I was just like, but why?
00:09:03
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and and and i understand And my thing the one thing that I will give this is we always talk about giving people flowers while they're here. Paige is going to be here. But Gino is getting older. And they also don't know when he's going to retire. So you could convince me for genno We'll go ahead and do it. Pages now.
00:09:25
Speaker
Yeah. Made sense. But it's like Gina was 60. sixty Ain't no way. Yeah. Come on. Well, let me not speak too much. Cause like, if you kind of they kind of do have this weird culture of retiring Jersey rather early.
00:09:39
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Like, cause I feel like they did it with Stewie's Jersey too. Like they did it pretty soon after she left too. If I'm not mistaken, like they've done that with some people before. Yeah. but And if that's what you do, like if that's just what they do, if they just retire jerseys on senior night, like for obviously not everyone, but for like certain players.
00:09:57
Speaker
All right, cool. Got it. That's your culture. What can I say? You're the greatest coach of all time, like in in basketball. You know, I'm gonna let you have it. But yeah, yeah to be to be fair is fair. But then at the same time, right, we're talking about Pates Beckers.
00:10:10
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What has either of them done? to rival Paige. And again, I'm fine with Travis, but Shador is insane. And so I hope that those those of y'all who have kids, I hope y'all love y'all kids as much as Dion because.
00:10:28
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And that's the question. I mean, that's the conversation is if he's not the coach's kid, like what his jersey have been No, it was Dion's decision. The school didn't do that. Realistically, no. It was 100% Dion's decision.
00:10:38
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And that's, but but honestly, and this is going to sound inflammatory probably, but I don't care. I also am such a strong advocate for black nepotism because how many other situations, not there hasn't been a whole lot of situations where obviously coaches are coaching their own kid and retiring their jerseys. But if they were, they would, if that makes sense.
00:11:00
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So like
00:11:04
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he's, he's playing the game, just like people who are another shade play the game. Like, Yeah, I don't care. know butot to i'm like It is obvious that he's only returneding that the jersey is being retired because it's Deion Sanders' kid, but I'm also not about to like let my head blow up over it. I'm just more irritated that it happened so early. like At least let the kid play in the NFL for a little bit before we do it.
00:11:27
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If they did that, they wouldn't retire that jersey.
00:11:33
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Anyway, I'm not mad at Deion, which is why specifically I said love your kid. Cause that's why he did it. And you know what, if he wanted that Sanders name up there, Colorado, let them do it.
00:11:47
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That's between him and Colorado. But I just thought that was crazy. I do like what he said about it though. He was like, where he said, you know, Dion was like, we're talking about Shadour. We're not talking about anyone else. He said, if his name last name wasn't Sanders, we wouldn't be having this conversation. The only reason we're having this discussion is because his last name is Sanders. Yes, because he wouldn't have gotten it retired.
00:12:06
Speaker
So you recognize. You see what we see. Yeah, and you're also the only coach who, had like, I want people to understand, maybe Nick Saban, but, like, most coaches don't have the ability to determine when jerseys get retired.
00:12:24
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and In general, in most places, it's not even anyone who was on the campus when that person was there because it's 10, 15, 20 years in the future. It is another GA who's like, we're going to now is the time to do this for whatever reason.
00:12:38
Speaker
GM, not GA, GM i was like who or AD or whatever or or school president like. Like Ryan Day, I don't believe he has the ability to go to Ohio State and say, I want this jersey retired. This jersey right here.
00:12:53
Speaker
You know what I'm saying? Like, I'm not even sure. Kirby, maybe. Kirby, maybe. Kirby Smart at Georgia, maybe. Dabble at Clemson, probably. Probably has a goal, yeah.
00:13:05
Speaker
But, like like, the reason why i say maybe for Kirby is Kirby's the best coach, yes, but Georgia has a hit. a lot it Most schools that have a history, you got earn it in a way, right? Like, like Steve Sarkeesian can't be like, hey, we putting up arch.
00:13:20
Speaker
They're to be like, we got Vince Young, dog. Like, what do you think? Like, relax. We got to go back first and we're going to start with that. We're going to run down some names of people who have come through here. So, like, yeah, I'm pretty sure not only are you the only dad to ever do this, I'm pretty sure you're one of the only coaches to ever make that decision.
00:13:42
Speaker
Yeah. And also to then be able to do it. They ain't even graduated yet. And I think they're both seniors. I think they both did three, four years.
00:13:53
Speaker
i should I think Shadora be a year older. Shadora did four. i think Travis is three now. But like... I don't know. i The school year's not even over. Like, what are we talking about? The school's not even over.
00:14:05
Speaker
The season wasn't even a year ago. but Like... No, I understand. Like I said, I'm a, I'm a Supreme hater of early Jersey retirement. I do love obviously the, the nepotism that's playing into it because at the end of the day, if one of these Mannings was the coach down at Texas, I do think they do the same. going to keep it real.
00:14:23
Speaker
The Manning family, i I do think they would have the same level of audacity, maybe not retiring the Jersey, but there would be us a very similar level of audacity with something. I don't know.
00:14:36
Speaker
i disagree with that. yeah so So actually, okay, two things. One, I have heard that they've done this. But two, I don't think they would do it at the level that you're talking about.
00:14:52
Speaker
no. have levels of audacity is what I'm saying. I've heard that they got Arch into the Louisiana State Hall of Fame. Archie.
00:15:04
Speaker
And he wasn't that good. His high school career was ass. But like... It's the state of Louisiana and it's high school and that matters to nobody. that right I don't think they would because like it took a while for like Peyton and like especially like Peyton and Eli with like the Super Bowls and like how like like how competitive they are amongst each other.
00:15:26
Speaker
And literally Eli was on national TV like Peyton was like Archie doesn't Arch doesn't text me. because he knows I'm going to critique his game. He's like, he probably texts Eli because Eli's the nicer one.
00:15:39
Speaker
And Eli was like, yeah, he texts me. And I'd be, I'd be sending him clips of things he needs to work on. Like, I don't think like, high needsa work like um know I think that family in particular, it's a little too competitive to like attach their name to that.
00:15:57
Speaker
But only, again, the Jersey retirement. I'm not saying everything. The Mannings are pulling their weight. Do not get me wrong. They are very much pulling their weight. You see them in commercials and all the other things. that's I'm just speaking specifically to Jersey retirement's names on the stadiums.
00:16:13
Speaker
To be clear, I do not want people to think, I think the Mannings are good people who are not pulling their work, who are not using the Manning thing if they want. I was like, they're definitely the rich family of the football world. I'm just saying, I think that there would be a same level of audacity. But that's what I'm saying. You said that they had him inducted into the Hall of Fame for wherever.
00:16:34
Speaker
That's a level of audacity. That is not. But that's audacious. Only the Manning family is going to go to that effort because of who they are is what i'm saying. ah The freaking insert random family here is not going to go to that effort for a sucky-ass season in high school.
00:16:50
Speaker
But because they're the Mannings, they're going to take it there. That's what I'm saying. It's still that level of audacity. it's It don't make no sense regardless. and Again, Shadour's jersey getting retired any sense.
00:17:01
Speaker
But because they're the Sanders and he has if he's the head coach and dad and whatever, they have a certain level audacity that you can have. when you have that level of influence is what I'm saying.
Ethical Issues in Sports and Society
00:17:11
Speaker
i want i don't I don't want that level of influence, but I do want to get a certain level of influence where I can do stupid shit too.
00:17:17
Speaker
You know what I'm screaming also just to just a correction because I was wrong and I'm going to admit that I was wrong. UConn doesn't do a lot of Jersey retirements. They do a lot of induction into Huskies of honor, which is not the same thing as retiring Jersey's.
00:17:31
Speaker
So, a page experience was she got inducted into the Huskies of honor, which sometimes does not always happen right after they played or while they're playing. Sometimes they don't get inducted into that until a little bit later. So her jersey is not retired.
00:17:43
Speaker
it's not Her jersey is not retired. There's only two retired jerseys. Paige's jersey is not even retired, bro. That's what I'm saying. There's only two retired jerseys in UConn history, and that is. didn't think that sounded right, but like I also was the one that said her jersey was retired because that's what I thought they were doing.
00:17:58
Speaker
But they were just putting her in the Huskies about it. and my And my misconception was the same thing because i'm like, wait, hold on. i actually don't think they retired jerseys because only two have ever gotten their jerseys retired are Rebecca Lobo and Swim Cash.
00:18:09
Speaker
They're the only two. And Rebecca Lobo started – I don't know who Swim Cash is, to be honest with you, but Rebecca Lobo started the championship. She won their first championship. She was, yeah, ah part of their first, yeah. 92, whatever year was. She got drafted in 92.
00:18:22
Speaker
nice so i think she I think they won in 95, but I can't be sure. Either way, yeah. It's a very exclusive thing is the point. Yeah. Other news.
00:18:33
Speaker
ah Oh, it's actually, sorry. It's actually required that they get into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame before they even get their jersey retired in 95. See?
00:18:44
Speaker
Yeah. You know what? It's fine. It's okay. Shannon Sharp has been... um um is under a lawsuit for $50 million dollars claiming that he committed sexual assault and rape.
00:19:00
Speaker
He is arguing that he did not and is dropping some freaky ass text, one sided text messages to prove that he did not. i will not comment on this much because we don't know if he did or didn't do it.
00:19:18
Speaker
um I don't think the play of dropping them freaky ass text messages helps him. it that it meant It makes her arguably look a little less sympathetic, but like if he actually did it, it doesn't matter that she's awful as shit person.
00:19:38
Speaker
Potentially, like the text messages she was sending was wild, but then also, how did you respond? You were also participating with yeah like society her. Her allegations of her to her allegations of you aren't at the same level. Yeah.
00:19:55
Speaker
Don't know if you did it or not. I have one thing to say about this, but do you have anything? um The biggest thing that I'm irritated with with this whole situation is that she did file this lawsuit anonymously and then when he released the text messages, he released her full name.
00:20:11
Speaker
And I just think that's absolutely ridiculous and disrespectful. And if you're willing to violate her in that way, just with something as simple as not keeping her name anonymous, then I feel like you're willing to violate her in other ways. So, because I'm a very firm believer in like.
00:20:26
Speaker
to just come out and say that you've been assaulted when you haven't been, that doesn't happen as often as people like to make it out that it does. no So I'm always inclined to believe when someone says that, especially against someone who's such a large figure, because those are the hardest people to, to get you like, those the hardest ones for people to believe. You know what I mean So if you're going through the effort of filing a lawsuit and telling detailed situations in which you had been assaulted, I have,
00:20:55
Speaker
I, it's hard for me to sit there and be like, oh, but Shannon couldn't have done that because realistically that's a 50, 60, 80, however year old man, he probably could have.
00:21:05
Speaker
I'm not saying he did. All of this is allegedly, but I'm just saying like, don't put nothing past nobody. So and just thought that was very disrespectful that she, she filed that under Jane Doe and has been doing press under Jane Doe. And then you just posted on Twitter, her full government name.
00:21:21
Speaker
Yeah, and the the one thing that I was going to say is, as a man, cool i would just like to say this. When the news dropped, my response was, damn, can't say that would surprise me.
00:21:38
Speaker
he And so my only thing is this. As men, we need to do better and just like even thinking about certain things where it's just like,
00:21:50
Speaker
Me, myself, I would hope that if anyone ever came with allegations against me, people would be like, that doesn't sound right. I don't know. You know, and so my thing is just like, there's a lot of people where it makes it harder to fight if it's believable that you would do something like that.
00:22:09
Speaker
Exactly. We're of the age, me and you. where we were in college when everyone was doing the Twitter anonymous Me Too. Well, it was even before. Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:22:20
Speaker
They started again with the Me Too move, but this was really before that when college users were dropping anonymous pages in and and talking about people. Yes, I remember that. Where it's sexually assaulting and harassing them.
00:22:33
Speaker
And even at that point, there were names where it's like, oh, wow, I can't believe that. And then there were others like, OK. That probably happened. And so it's just like, I really think we need to, first of all, not rape and sex of assault people.
00:22:47
Speaker
Like that's. But then step two idea is like, we really need to like pay attention and, and, and reflect on our relationship with people and women and, and like how we're perceived.
00:23:01
Speaker
to where like there is of course a chance that he didn't do this but the way he treats women the way he talks about women the things that he says on his podcast the fact that he supposedly accidentally film that filmed that encounter an encounter on on instagram live and and then went on his show and was joking about it and like all merch yeah all of these things it's just like oh ah it's hard to believe that you wouldn't, even if you didn't in this time.
00:23:33
Speaker
Yeah. And so that's my only thought. We'll find out about this. But like, I really just think, first of all, we could we could just not rape and sexually assault people. Like, I think that would be ideal that would be my but then also like be mindful of how you interact with people how you talk about women how you do these things because like again there's a chance that he didn't do this there's a chance that she's just looking for money but it's very believable that he would because of how he acts and talks about women and some of the things that we know that he's done so that's it that is my soapbox
00:24:08
Speaker
Very, very awkward situation. Very,
College Football Playoff Expansion
00:24:11
Speaker
very annoying. I, yes, I very much also feel like I would really prefer to get to a point where raping and sexually assaulting, trigger warning y'all, but raping and sexually assaulting people is like an actual thing that's like a despicable act.
00:24:24
Speaker
Like, it's really like a like, I can't wait till we get to a point in society where we look down on those individuals and we're like, ew, you're gross, you're weird, but what's wrong with you? Like, I feel like we're still like, People are like, she could be lying.
00:24:36
Speaker
She wants money. It's like, but bro, everybody who says that they've been assaulted ain't lying. Like, I don't know what y'all want. Like, this happens all the time. You talk to enough women and you will find out how much women in general, we get sexually harassed in passing all the time.
00:24:56
Speaker
We get assaulted all the time. Existing in this world as a woman. is ridiculous at times. And I just can't wait till we get to a point where it's like people don't feel entitled to our bodies in that way to even treat us this way for us even go into all of this.
00:25:12
Speaker
But anyways, am so happy that you put this next piece of news on here because i actually went to a summit recently with the Black Sports Professionals in North Texas.
00:25:26
Speaker
And I have the pleasure of meeting the executive director of the college of all players, Mr. Rich Grant, black man, 36 years in the air force. Now he is the executive director director of CFP. And I got to ask him about what upcoming changes are going to be happening that he could share.
00:25:43
Speaker
For the college football playoffs, because, of course, as you guys know, me and Jordan have been talking about our thoughts about it and what we think could potentially happen. And so he ah did share and discuss that course those meetings are happening this week.
00:25:54
Speaker
Tuesday, i believe is when they start where they bring all the commissioners in and they start discussing and workshopping what's really going to happen and what can be changed for the next season. And the 2 biggest things on the docket.
00:26:05
Speaker
First of all, is the seating. That's like probably the biggest point of contention and the biggest point of conversation is how we're going to do the seating. Is it going to be more based on how they did for the entire season? Is it going to be based on bowl game things? Is it going to be like, what is it really going to be based on?
00:26:21
Speaker
How is it going to be determined? Are we still going to do auto bids? Are we not still going to do auto bids? Like all of that fun stuff. um And then of course, whether or not the playoff will be extend expanded to,
00:26:32
Speaker
to 14 or 16 teams. Those are like the two main hot topics. But of course, I'm discussing a lot of other things um with that. But yes, that is happening this week.
00:26:43
Speaker
Yep. And so, I mean, that's basically it. They are considering the 2025 seeding. ah which is obviously, and for those of you who do not remember, that the contract ends after this year.
00:26:54
Speaker
So for 2025, they need full um agreement from everyone. But for 2026, it is argued that they do not.
00:27:06
Speaker
and And so... um Yeah, basically that is one thing. And then the other thing is what is it going to look like in the future? um Which of course is 2026 and beyond. i don't remember how long the next deal is, but they're considering 14 versus 16 teams doing buys, not doing buys, how you get buys, and then also auto bids.
00:27:29
Speaker
And if you remember, With the auto bids, one thing that was discussed is if they get auto bids, meaning four for the Big Ten, four for the SEC, and then two for the Big 12, two for the the ACC, and then everyone else gets one.
00:27:45
Speaker
If they were to do that, they were considering the Big Ten and SEC was considering doing a scheduling arrangement. And... the sec will go to nine games which they need to do anyway and they're probably going to do anyway this that part's not directly tied to this and then lastly um the big time sec considering doing a sort of play-in type situation for the seeds because that's guaranteed the seeds so we will make our teams earn it by adding extra games on championship weekend for those spots uh first and second seed will go to both teams who make it to the conference championship, but then three through seven, three, three, four, five, three, through six, if I could count, would play each other in a one game play in sort of thing for that third and fourth spot.
00:28:38
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So, lots of leg and granted, the college football playoff is not determining the auto the is not determining if the playoff will happen and all these other sort of things, but what comes out of that could then also lead to massive changes in the sport.
00:28:56
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So, something to pay attention to because eventually they have to you know make a decision because right now they've kind of just been putting it off. But like eventually... someone's got to decide something and y'all got to vote and we need to know what is going on because obviously that affects a lot of things because the college football season is already peeling into the NFL season a little bit.
00:29:16
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So there already is like, if we're going to expand it, we have to figure out scheduling. We got to figure out when these games are going to happen, where we're going to slot them, all those sorts of things, TV time, all that, you know, um there's a lot that goes into just making these decisions and then like all the logistics that comes after that. So yeah,
00:29:33
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um We shall see. Yep. And then the other thing that's happening is the NCAA. It's changing everything. is So essentially, like this is a big deal, but it's also not a big deal because it's like they have to do this.
00:29:51
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and For those of you who know, there is a lawsuit sort of thing on the books that will allow, essentially, once it's passed, there will be major back pay to former athletes, and then current athletes will be able to get paid directly from the school.
00:30:07
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In order to do that, they have to get rid of a bunch of rules because there are a bunch of rules that say it is illegal for you to pay players.
00:30:18
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And so then with that, they are also making other recommendation changes. These are all things that are sort of agreed upon with the new settlement thing and some other things that they talked about.
00:30:31
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And so as a reminder, if and when the house settlement passes, these are the rule changes that they've agreed to. They just can't adopt until this happens. number one, athletes eligibility, ah schools. Oh,
00:30:50
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So athlete eligibility, this one will allow institutions to provide direct financial benefits to students. As a reminder, this is up to 20.5 million. The second one, it eliminates team scholarship limits for institutions and allow institutions to that provide student athletes with settlement related benefits to provide any amount of the athletic scholarship up to the cost of attendance to any student included on the team roster.
00:31:14
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This is huge for women's sports, basketball, track and field, baseball. For those of you who do not know the inner workings of the NCAA, best Men's basketball, partially women's basketball, no, sorry, basketball does not count either.
00:31:28
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Any sport that's not basketball or football is allowed to get partial scholarships at the Division I level, meaning you can be on a half scholarship for baseball. You can be on a quarter scholarship for track.
00:31:41
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Because they give them like, it's like baseball has a roster of like 30 or 40, but you only get 15 scholarships. So your best players get full ride. Everyone else gets broken up. yes part What this means is they're ridding the limits.
00:31:54
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So baseball is no longer only going to have 15 and, and, and, and soccer is no longer going to have nine. but Essentially anyone that is on the roster can get a scholarship up to the cost of attendance.
00:32:05
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How they're going to cap that goes to another rule that I will bring up, but everyone can get a scholarship now. There's no more scholarship limits. The second one is that the third one's a continuation, which is basically just saying for 25 and 26, they can pay up to million.
00:32:21
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um
00:32:25
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i don know what that means. Establishes requirement for student athletes to receive settlement related benefits, including benefits that may be received during the student's athlete's a period of eligibility provided the student athlete satisfies.
00:32:36
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I think this one is basically just saying that as long yeah as soon as a student athlete is eligible to like be in school, then they can receive benefits. Yeah. ah The fifth one establishes sports specific roster limits.
00:32:51
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So basically what they said, ah of course, is like you cannot you everyone on your team can get a scholarship. But now you can only have so many people on your team. All the team. yeah Football, right, had 85 scholarships, but certain teams had 150 players because they have had a bunch of walk ons and things like that.
00:33:08
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the the The thing is now you can't have a bunch of extra players. but they can all get scholarships. So now with football, this is the only one that I know. I believe the roster limit is going to be 105.
00:33:18
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So they're getting 20 more scholarships, but for certain schools, you're going to lose 20 to 40 players because again, they may have housed 120, 130 players with walk-ons, gray shirts, things like that. So there's a give and take with that, but all of ah because everyone can have a scholarship, there are now roster limits um for all sports,
00:33:41
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ah Basically, there's another thing basically where they're trying to track NIL. So any NIL payment over $600 has to be reported. With that, they're going to create a website and some other things, and there's going to be some guidelines.
00:33:55
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But essentially, this is to stop, insert quarterback, Nico. potentially, right, who was offered $8 million. dollars And basically, they're like, the contracts have to one be realistic, they have to be, um what do they call them?
00:34:11
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They have to, I can't think of the exact word right now. But essentially, they have to be like, in market, right? Like, it has to be around like a determined value. Oh, yeah, like it has to, yeah, yeah, yeah. Market value. It has to be a market value. So you can't be, I know Ohio State doesn't do this, but like you can't be Ohio State and play a player $10 million just because you want them. They're going to be like, that player is not worth $10 million. dollars Like we're trying to make this as fair and equitable as possible.
00:34:39
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I'm
00:34:42
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i'm reading this other rule too, and I'm like, wait, what? Da, da, da, da.
00:34:52
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Oh, basically, there's ah another one that continues with this that basically says um deals can be reviewed and denied. Yes. There is an enforcement entity that ah they're adding to make sure that schools are following the settlement, that they're in compliance with roster limits, that the direct financial benefits to student athletes are consistent with the benefits pool, and that third-party NIL agreements are being essentially... Being entered Yeah, they did all of these rules. They're establishing a task force for this, basically. Because they did all these rules. They need a way to enforce these rules. yeah And then the last one... They're changing some bylaws.
00:35:31
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Yes. They're changing some bylaws within the NCAA regulations just to make sure that the language is consistent with um the change that players will be able to be played.
00:35:44
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Players will be able to be paid directly by the university because the biggest... um like pedestal that the NCAA always kind of sat on was that these were amateur athletes.
00:35:54
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So a lot of the language within the bylaws is going to have to be changed um because they are no longer protecting amateurism. Now, they're not professional athletes still, but they're also not amateurs by the by the NCAA's definition of amateur so they're gonna yeah but the the NCAA's definition of amateur was slave so well and that's well and I see I wasn't gonna do that I wasn't gonna it is that is true and I and it is not okay sorry and is that better is that better
00:36:27
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indentured servitude these people were working for free yeah these people were working for free and earning profit for individuals that were not themselves yes what i'm getting at is the biggest the reason why the ncaa has been able to get as far as they have without allowing the pay of players is because they had kind of hung their hat on this concept of amateurism and protecting amateurism right and so a lot slavery lasted so long as they convinced people that black people weren't human Okay, so now we're gonna go to the comments because we've been talking for a long time and Jordan is getting slantory. I'm not wrong. No, you're not. I just wasn't gonna do that. I just wasn't going to do that. I'm just mentioning that there's a lot of shit in the NCAA bylaws that is gonna have to be just just literally just off like semantics is gonna have to be rewritten is all I'm saying because of the concept of amateurism that is now null and void because of NIL.
00:37:23
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And the fact that the team, excuse me, if the schools are paying the players directly. Now, does that make them professional athletes? No, it just makes them. And this is something that we even talked about in my sports law class, because it also does not make the student athletes employees of the university. They're not employees.
00:37:38
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Like, there's still there's still students that are athletes. They're just getting compensated. based on the compensation that the university is receiving for their efforts, if that makes sense.
00:37:50
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So it's like, well, that's an employee, right? No. um It's basically just revenue sharing. It's revenue sharing, yeah. They are still amateurs. They just, you know. Yeah, they're not professional athletes is the point though, but it's there's a lot of like language around it that is gonna have to be adjusted in the bylaws.
00:38:07
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So they just run rule to say we're changing a bunch of rules. Yes. And with that, we are going to go to our ad break. We'll be right back.
NFL Draft Insights and Fashion Trends
00:38:19
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Welcome back to the PowerTube Podcast, where we discuss the power of treating student athletes like they're human. Oh.
00:38:32
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I. My two minute warning. Excuse me, two minute drill. I'm screaming. Yes. Two minute drill. Yes. The NFL draft is this week. and that It's on Thursday.
00:38:43
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That may be the only thing that we say. The NFL draft is this week. first round is on Thursday. Second and third round are Friday. It's too long. Four through seven are all day Saturday. it' ae would like to remind you, and I do hate to do free advertising here,
00:39:04
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But if you are like me and you want to know who got picked, but you don't want to hear about how... Their dog died when they were free. Their mother lost a friend. Homelessness. Food insecurity.
00:39:19
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ah ran over by a bus. Impoverished. Rode the every day. But not the front of the bus. like the back. It changed the bus's tire. They were actually the bus driver. Actually...
00:39:34
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they actually didn't They actually had school on the bus. There was no building for the school. They ran with the wolves for a couple of years. If you don't want to hear about that, there are two podcasts that I listen to.
00:39:49
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they're They're actually a split because it used to be one podcast and then the host with the co-host got well-known and so he created his own podcast. There are two podcasts I listen to.
00:40:01
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One, yeah, you better not do that to me. One of them is the Athletic NFL show. They will be doing a live stream. and And that one is really good. That's the one I watch every year.
00:40:11
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The other one is Football 301. That is the new one. But that is also a really good podcast. They're also doing a live stream. I hate to do free promo. But if you want to watch the draft and you do not want to hear insert all the things that we already said,
00:40:27
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They just talk about, they just talk like they don't. And they actually talk about football and the draft is muted. Like it's, it's, if you, if you are a ball knower and like to know ball and actually want to know if the player is good or not,
00:40:42
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That is the only free promo that I will get. I will give, but I do want to save you all from watching the draft on ESPN. That is the only reason I'm doing this. If I could save you from watching, if I can save anyone from watching the draft on ESPN, I will do that. That is a free service that I will provide to you for listening to this podcast.
00:41:01
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Period. um This is a college football podcast. So like realistically, I should watch the draft. I'm not. Only because like,
00:41:15
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This draft class, like I will be very, very genuinely surprised if this draft class produces one or two gold jackets. Like, it just doesn't feel like this is like a draft class that's about to be like, oh my gosh, everybody here is amazing. And this is like the next generation of NFL players and everybody's, just don't, I just don't feel like that. Like, happy for Ashton Gentry wherever he ends up, happy for Travis Hunter wherever he ends up.
00:41:47
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Beautiful gowns, beautiful gowns. Beautiful gowns. I'm not trying to be funny. I watch the draft for the fashion. I will watch the first day of the draft because I want to see what the guys are wearing. like That's one of my favorite things is i want to see like if they're going to wear a full suit. Who's going to pop on an Easter pink? Is someone going to wear a chain? Who's going to cry? like I watch for that. like I don't really watch it for...
00:42:08
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all the other stuff shout out to reveal suits it's a black owned suit company based here in dallas they do a lot of licensed suits and they are now the official suit carrier for the naismith hall of fame to provide the jackets for that so shout out to them there will be couple of guys never mind you said black owned suits i said i need me a new suit and then you kept talking and i said not in my price range not in my price range not in my price range why did you look it up are you just like no as soon as i said that there's no way i can afford it if they're talking about no they're affordable well i don't know i don't know how expensive a custom suit in general the nay they do do the nay smith jackets they do no there's no way they just they just got that deal like that just happened they've been they do have the nature what is what's the name of it reveal suits
00:43:01
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Look at me. um This is ah this is the unpaid ad. um But it's okay because I met the i met the the founder and he's a really cool guy. Yeah. Yeah. yeah for I will bet money that I cannot pay for these.
00:43:15
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Love that. Anyways, the point is I'm watching in the draft for the fashion. Speaking of which, shameless plug, I did post on TikTok D-E-E underscore J-A-A-Y-Y.
00:43:25
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um I did post on TikTok my review of the WMEA fashion because my goodness, those draft looks were everything. So if you want to hear me yap about fashion, please follow me on TikTok. Okay. Hold on.
00:43:37
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They're affordable, aren't they? well
00:43:42
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Don't do that. i don't know how much a custom suit is in general, though. Don't do that. But they are cheaper than I expected. Their regular suit is $6.95. That's not bad.
00:43:57
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don't know how much. It's not awful. Yeah. It's solid. The problem that I have, so it goes $6.95 to $9.95, which is ah roughly around a good price for their suit.
00:44:11
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The problem that I have where I get my suits from, which is also good, they offer deals. He does more like wholesale to teams and stuff too.
00:44:23
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They'll go to LSU and they'll buy 120 jackets for the LSU. I get it. because because because because That suit would be like $5.50, which is not that much cheaper. but Then they'd be like, you get the vest free and you get 20% off your shirt.
00:44:39
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i so You know? Yeah. and i' gonna They throw a tie-in. but know I might get a pair of socks. But I will buy something from here eventually.
00:44:53
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They also have officially licensed linings. And the school that I go to will never be big enough for this. But if in three years they did, I would potentially buy my graduation from suit from there and get the school in the lining.
00:45:09
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And that is what they specialize in, is the the branding and of the lining. Yeah. If I had money when I was in grad school, I would have got done this for West Virginia.
00:45:19
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No, I wouldn't have. I don't like i don't like blue and gold. I would not have done that. Although the school i go to now is purple. um but It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. doesn't It's expensive. help See how we're not talking about the draft? I told you. We we really weren't going to talk about it, were we?
00:45:33
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I did look at a couple of mock drafts. um Just for shits and gigs, um just to see who they thought that the Cowboys were going pick. ah Because we have the 12th pick. And it says that so far, I've seen a few mock drafts saying that we may potentially pick up Matthew Bolden from Texas.
00:45:51
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Don't hate that. Don't hate that at all. So let's just hope. Hand up. Also, lied. That $6.95 is for regular suits.
00:46:04
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It's for like, love the i wear, no, no, no. but I think you can pay extra for a line. and What I mean by regular suit is like, I went to Macy's, better quality. not Like I went, I went to Macy's and I got my, my jacket's a 40 regular. My pants are 38.
00:46:18
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And I know that those sizes don't go together. I'm just naming sizes. If you wear 38 pants, you definitely don't wear a 40 regular jacket. You don't. You might be shaking. You don't.
00:46:33
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their custom suits are $9.95, which again is still not awful, but I won't be doing that. Not anytime soon. It's a small business. They gotta make to money. I'm not mad at them. I love to support of Black home business. Eventually...
00:46:49
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I will come down to Dallas and I will have a thousand dollars to spend on a suit. And it'll be a suit that I'll wear forever. I love that. We will both be rich because our show will be huge because we'll be sponsored and we'll be like needing to buy nice clothes because we're going to be on somebody's, you know, carpet asking people questions or whatever it is that we do. Well, I'm that because you apparently are going to shape the young minds of America. But I will be somewhere on ah carpet asking people questions.
00:47:15
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know about shaping the young minds of America. Well, you're an advisor, though. I know, but that's not necessarily my job. You're an advisor? Yeah. That is shaping young Chai, anyways, what do have to say about the draft? yeah It's happening.
00:47:35
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And the Colts better not draft a tight end in and the first round. Crying. Who do you want or what position would you prefer? Anything else? Okay, cool.
00:47:46
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Like anything besides quarterback. I mean, like I could go down the list. Give me Derek Harmon, please. Give me Kenneth Grant if he's still there, please. These are defensive tackles, by the way. Give me the edge rusher from Marshall, ah please and thank you.
00:48:00
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Give me a Mecca Ibuka. Give me Donovan YGC, Ohio State. Give me, ah there's like three good guards, one of them being Donovan Jackson. You just let our guard go to Minnesota. Give me a guard, please. How about that? I will take that.
00:48:14
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um You can give me a tackle, right? I will take a tackle. Our right tackle is always hurt. So you could give me a tackle. You could, get any, they're a Anybody but tight end.
00:48:26
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No way in hell. Tight end, absolutely not. So linebacker, as the linebacker in me doesn't like to say this, but I just don't think we need that in the first round. I don't i don't love the linebacker, but like anything else, best player available, please, for the love of everything holy, do not draft the tight end.
00:48:49
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wow Thanks so everything. holy i have no faith whatsoever in the Cowboys to make good decisions. So I'm just going to prepare myself for every bad decision that could be made to be made.
00:49:00
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um And that's just where I met. him That is just where I'm at on it. I'm hoping for the worst and seeing the best is usually how I like to go with things. This is like a nice little surprise and delight, but. um Yeah, the draft is happening. um Young men will be joining the the ranks of other young men and um the Chiefs
Big Ten Football Analysis
00:49:21
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are going to the Super Bowl again. All right, so let's move on to the next topic.
00:49:25
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Yeah. Yeah. All next topic. Power sweep. We are again talking about our final 10 games.
00:49:43
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in conference games specifically, that you should talk to, that you should watch, that you could pay attention to, that you could care about. and um Yes.
00:49:54
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And so this is the Big Ten. This is the best conference in football. This is what we're talking about. um Do you want to go first or should I go first? oh It doesn't really matter. They're not. Mine aren't any in any particular order.
00:50:11
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Okay. Well, name one then. Gosh, I have forgotten my logic for all of these. um I chose Indiana-Oregon because don't know. I mean, I think everybody's watching Indiana this upcoming season because of the season that they had last year, and I feel like playing Oregon is really going to show, like, are y'all like that or no? Now, granted, Oregon lost a lot of people to the NFL, so who knows where Oregon's even going to be, but I chose Indiana-Oregon.
00:50:42
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Fair enough. um I chose, I won't start at the top. I'm going to start at the bottom. I have an honorable mention, Ohio State, Illinois. almost put that one down too. Illibut.
00:50:53
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We love that game. Mine is Penn State, Iowa. And here's the thing. Penn State is supposed to be the top dog. They're supposed to be the best team the country. And I will not let revisionist history say otherwise.
00:51:07
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They did the thing that Michigan did. And they said Michigan was best team in the country. Michigan won the national championship. They did what Ohio State did. They said Ohio State was the best team the country. Ohio State won a national championship. You do not get to little brother Penn State and just be like, oh, I hope they have a good season. Shut up.
00:51:23
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They want to win a national championship. They want to be Ohio State. They want to be Alabama. They want to be Georgia. They don't want to be little old Penn State no more. They are expected to be the best team in the country and win a national championship.
00:51:35
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They're the weights for the championship. They did. i I will not let you revisionist history of this later when it doesn't happen because James Franklin loses games. Point taken.
00:51:48
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Record that recording secretary who is my microphone. Thank you.
00:51:56
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penn state iowa because but Penn State, Iowa, because Iowa is a team that loves to ruin seasons. And Penn State has a tough season. They play Ohio State. They play Oregon. And I think they play another team, but it doesn't matter. They play Ohio State and Oregon. That alone is going to be tough. we're not We're not doing the whole schedules right now. We'll do that later. But then they also have to play Iowa. And Iowa it always has a good defense and may have the best quarterback that they've had in like a decade plus.
00:52:22
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So Iowa could upset them. It's a game I'm looking forward to. Period. um Where was I? Oh, okay. So i i so speaking of Penn State, I also had Penn State game, but I chose the Indiana-Penn State game because kind of the same logic, like a mixture of both of our logics. Again, I want to see how Indiana stands up against the best of the best because everybody kept talking about Indiana last year about how, well, they of course they got this because this kept it so easy, blah, blah, blah, blah.
00:52:50
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Okay, well, they're playing the... um What's the word? They're playing the projected best team in the in the in college football. So let's see. but work One of the best. So let's see. i gotta do It's kind of the same logic as Oregon, but Penn State is a little bit more reliable in that sense because they haven't lost as many people as Oregon has.
00:53:08
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For sure. Oh. my oh Yes. Sorry. We're going different directions on our list. My next one USC Michigan.
00:53:19
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I needed to find the game, but also that game was Loki a banger last year. um And so I think one of these teams is not going to make a bowl game.
00:53:30
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or they're both going to be fighting for a bowl game. I don't think both of them can be good. There's a chance that they're both bad. So I think that this game is going to have some stakes because whoever wins this game, this may be the one that puts them to six. oh And also it was just a good game last year.
00:53:45
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Period. um ah Apparently, i give I really care about Penn State. I chose this game because well i chose this game because i had to pick at least one Ohio State game, and I felt like, why not pick the Penn State-Ohio State game?
00:53:58
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Very highly anticipated matchup every single year. Always a fun game. so you know It feels rivalry-ish, even though know it's not a rivalry, but it feels like it.
00:54:09
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so Here's the thing. As an Ohio State fan...
00:54:16
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We don't have to be rivalry snobs. Everyone else has two rivals. i i think you should just consider I just think you should consider them a rival. I do too.
00:54:27
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I understand why they don't. But Michigan got two rivals, right? You know what saying? Like, it's just, you you could do it, but we're, you know, but it's not even just us. It's also Penn State. Penn State doesn't want a rival. Their whole thing is unrivaled. Like, they didn't even...
00:54:41
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They didn't even lock in a game. like Everyone else was like, I'm going play one to three teams every year. Penn State was like, we don't want to play every one of year. Just give us a random schedule because they they want to be unrivaled. They're dumb.
00:54:52
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This is a rivalry game to people who are not rivalry snobs. if feel Like I said, the vibes always give rivalry short of calling it a rivalry.
00:55:03
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so you know And it always is a pretty good game. so Always might be a strong word, but from what I've gathered from how you speak about the matchup and obviously what I saw last year, it's going be pretty fun game.
00:55:15
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Yes. My third one is Oregon Penn state, which I was surprised that you did not do, but I guess already had two more Penn state games. I switched it out for Penn state, Oregon. I switched it out for Penn state, Ohio state.
00:55:27
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but Makes sense. This is a rematch of the big 10 championship game. This is a game between two of the three teams who should be there. This is also just the reverse of Ohio state schedule last year where they had to play Oregon and Penn state to get to the big 10 championship game. And it is going to be hard to beat both.
00:55:41
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Ohio State did not do that last year. Maybe Penn State will do it this year. But these are the three best teams in the conference until otherwise stated. It is also, again, a rematch of the Big Ten Championship game.
00:55:51
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So the stakes are high. correct Speaking of USC, I chose USC-Oregon because just feel like it's going to be fun. I just feel like if there's going to be a team that's going to quote-unquote upset Oregon, it could be USC.
00:56:09
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And i would love to watch it. I disagree with you. And I wish that I could agree with you. But I just think what's go actually going to happen and is USC is going to push Oregon to the brink. And then they're going to make a stupid ass decision because their cup sucks.
00:56:24
Speaker
And there's always the added element of the coach being asked. But in general, USC, I don't know. USC had a couple of moments where was like, Yeah, for sure. um And again, Oregon is not as strong, quote unquote.
00:56:38
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Facts. My next one is Illinois, Indiana, because I am going to project that the Big Ten gets a fourth team into the playoffs again. And it is going to be Indiana or Illinois in my projection, which means the winner of this game, this game may decide the fourth playoff spot.
00:56:59
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I think Illinois is the Indiana of last year. They're the team that people aren't fully but recognizing. They're bringing back a lot of players. They were young. The quarterback came back. like This is the team that can win nine to 10 games, and they also have a pretty easy schedule to do it.
00:57:16
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Indiana did that last year, and they're hoping to bo to to stay at that level and not fall off. They're hoping to prove that last year was not a one-year wonder. Well, only one of them can get in.
00:57:28
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So I think that this, I think, I think the fourth best team is going to be, of course, there's a chance that it's always Iowa and this is mute, but, but I'm going to say it's going to be between Illinois and Indiana. So that gives this game a lot of importance.
00:57:42
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Period. um I chose the same because of Nebraska, not because of Michigan. um It would just bring me, and this is just a purely personal choice. I know this is not based on a analysis at all. I'm just going to it real.
00:57:54
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I would really would love to see Nebraska beat Michigan. That's all. They probably won't, but I really would like to see it. would it It would be amazing. it'd be so It would be in my live stream.
00:58:07
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Yeah, for sure. And then my last one, which, come on Duh. I didn't pick because I knew you were going to pick it. I appreciate you for not picking it.
00:58:18
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I was like, why why why did you not pick it? And I was like, you did that for me. I did. You did that for me. Thank you. one can describe this game and the weight of it better than you.
00:58:31
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so No, thank you. I appreciate that. and and and And I would just like to say, I won't get on a high horse about this game today. i will just say For those of you who think Ohio State fans are crazy, yeer I will answer the question that people are asking.
00:58:50
Speaker
Ryan Day will not get a pass if he loses to Michigan. Now, Will people ask for him to be fired? Yes. yeah Will it be as many people as previous?
00:59:02
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Absolutely not. oh The national championship does still matter. oh yeah But it won't matter in November. You know what I'm saying? like like yeah It's not going to be this thing where we're ever okay with losing to Michigan.
00:59:16
Speaker
Again, will the fervor be as bad? no The national championship does buy you some things. But he still has to win this game. To answer the question, no, he does not get a pass. And and and people are going to like, no one's asking that question. They are, because I just read the article. Well, I just didn't read the article because I didn't want to hear that person's opinion on it.
00:59:37
Speaker
But like people are doing mailbags, and they are asking the question. And the answer is no. Now, will he get death threats? Hopefully not. He should have never gotten it. Yeah, that's a lot. Will his address get posted online? Hopefully not. That should have never happened either.
00:59:52
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Yeah, we're doing too I don't think it will reach that level of anger because he did win a national championship. But I will tell you that he does need to win this game. This game does still have stakes, especially considering that again, Michigan is going to be bad.
01:00:08
Speaker
I know people don't think it. I know people don't think it. And I will save it to the summer when we go through their roster and you won't recognize a single name on that roster.
01:00:19
Speaker
oh I'll wait, but they're going to be bad again. So he does indeed have to win this game. That is just crazy.
01:00:30
Speaker
Anyways. And honestly, if he went, listen, if he wins a national championship and then in the same year beats Michigan and then goes to the final four, which we're not calling it in football yet, but we should go to the final four and don't like, he doesn't have to win.
01:00:49
Speaker
Don't let him go to the championship game. they All is forgiven. Maybe not for me, but for most people, like in the same year, national championship, you beat Michigan, you write that wrong. And then you go back to the national championship, whether you win or not, Ryan Day, don't mess it up.
01:01:09
Speaker
Don't like, there's there's a chance that you get to erase your history. And in 10 years, all that will say, is Michigan cheated. True or not, it is true that they cheated, but that's not that's not the only reason they beat us. But the revisionist history is going to be Michigan cheated, Ohio State won a national championship, and then they went on Saban-like run, even though it won't be a Saban-like run, but we're talking revisionist history. If you have this year, that is how you will be remembered in five.
01:01:36
Speaker
I'm telling you now, beat Michigan, get to the final four, preferably the national championship game, and you'll be loved forever. And that is why I didn't put this game on my list, because I would not have had that much sentiment um for that.
01:01:51
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But, I mean, yes, it's going be one of the biggest games of the year. It always always is.
01:01:57
Speaker
That's why they call it The Game. Period.
Conclusion and Media Excitement
01:02:01
Speaker
All right, let's wrap it Two-minute warning. I'm going to let you go first, because i'm I don't even know which. Oh, actually, do.
01:02:09
Speaker
I do have my two-minute warnings. My two minute warning as has been a trend and will probably be a thing for a while. It is about a TV show. and It is about X-Men 97. If you spoil this movie for me,
01:02:22
Speaker
It is about X-Men 97. I feel like you know me for five seconds. It is about X-Men 97. I watched it. I should not have watched it. It pissed me off that I watched it.
01:02:32
Speaker
I will tell you a quick thing about myself. I typically do not watch shows until there are at least two seasons because I'm impatient, especially when the show is good. I watched this show. It was excellent.
01:02:43
Speaker
I watched 10 episodes straight. I was up until 2.30 in the morning. I've talked about it on this podcast. I'd be asleep by midnight. it would I got to episode five and I said, I have to finish. It was like 9.30. I was at episode eight.
01:02:58
Speaker
It was one o'clock in the morning and I said, I can't go to sleep. There's only two episodes left. I was up until 2.30 in the morning watching this show. I watched 10 episodes straight. It was almost perfect. And it's just like...
01:03:10
Speaker
Now you gotta wait. Now you gotta wait. if you haven't seen it and you also don't mind waiting, it is a very good show. i love the DC adult cartoons um because the people who run their live action stuff, horrible. The only live action DC thing that has ever been good is the CW and they went too far.
01:03:31
Speaker
all of the universes go too far. When the Arrowverse was Arrow and Flash and like one other show, it was cool. And then they started doing all the other stuff and it was just, my and then they started doing like series where like it was four episodes and you had to watch four different shows to get to the, that was cute when it was two shows.
01:03:49
Speaker
It was cute when it was, you know, sinners one on arrow and then sinners two was on the flash and that was it when it was sinners one on arrow sinners two on flash sinners three on dc insert bullshit sinners four on insert bullshit sinners five that's fucking insane i'm sorry what yeah i'm missing the shows but they expanded the arrowverse like five shows and i don't know if you remember this but there was a time where they would do combo episodes where was like yeah yeah know what you're talking about just feel like they did that and it started with them in flash and that was cute it was nice and those were the two best shows so most people who watched arrow was also watching flash it didn't matter that you know it was fine and then they added another show and the dc legends or something was like oh
01:04:34
Speaker
3's a little much, but like maybe. Maybe. then it added another spinoff, and i was like, alright, please stop for the love of God. Everybody take a deep breath. So, 97, very good.
01:04:48
Speaker
i mean i mean, I watched 10 episodes straight. It was up at 2.30 in the morning. I don't think I can give you a better... that was a great review. I don't think can give you a better review. i But I will say, if you are an emotional person, you may not want to watch it.
01:05:04
Speaker
You should still watch it, but if you're an emotional person, you will probably won be crying. You be crying. um I was crying actually watching Harlem on Prime because it was the last season of Harlem and I cried for like the last three episodes because it was just like, not even because it was like ending, but because like, it was just so relatable. Like it was just like,
01:05:21
Speaker
like what anyways um my two-minute warning is that there is a movie that came out about 15 minutes ago and I feel like I'm behind already like I have not gone to see this film yet but everybody is talking about it so much that I feel like in some weird way I have seen it but also in some other weird way I have the strongest FOMO I've ever had in my life and it's only been out since like Friday it's only been out since Friday It is only been out since Friday and I feel like if I do not go see this movie in the next couple days if I will get a spoiler and I'm gonna be his so um
01:05:53
Speaker
Sinners is out. It's a Ryan Coogler film. It's with Michael B. Jordan. Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan have been working together since they were literal infants um in the entertainment industry. Think every movie that you know Michael B. Jordan for, Ryan Coogler was behind it. Let's just go with that.
01:06:07
Speaker
The whole series, the what is it? Something about rain. um Like their first movie they did together. Something about rain. Anyways, the point is... For oh, there we go. That was totally wrong thing for Bell station, the whole creative series, black Panther, all of that. That's all Ryan Coogler. Michael can be Jordan. So that is a new film that is out. It is a horror film. It's a vampire film is from what I understand.
01:06:31
Speaker
um And the enemy is white people. So I have to go watch this. um but I mean, I do. i have to go watch this. I live for the Jordan Peele, Ryan Coogler era. Speaking of Jordan Peele, I just saw the trailer for his newest film coming out. I cannot wait to watch it. It's called Him. And it is about the terrors the terrors and the extremes that athletes go to to perform at a high level.
01:06:54
Speaker
I'm thoroughly excited about it. But it is about football athletes. And y'all know how the NFL feels about movies. That makes it seem like they're that the concussions be too much. But they do. These niggas be crazy. um Anyway.
01:07:06
Speaker
The point I'm getting at is the internet is making me feel ah very strong sense of FOMO. And so the next thing that I will be doing is I will be buying that ticket and I will be going to see Sinners because I've got to see it.
01:07:18
Speaker
And I want to see in theaters with other people. Yeah, I'll be watching it this week. So, yeah. And my best friend wants to go see it too. She's more into horror movies than I am. I'm not a horror movie person, but like black people do everything better. gonna go see a black horror film.
01:07:30
Speaker
I also heard it's not very scary. I heard that too. Like it's a couple jump scares, it's not like crazy. Cause it's really, the horror is more like the story you kind of like get out. Like, yeah, there's some moments where there were some jump scares, but the real horror of the film was the fact that they were using black bodies as commodities. Like that was the scary part of it. Oh, like the NCAA.
01:07:53
Speaker
Well, as always, we thank you for listening to this episode and we will be back next week where we will have a recap of the NFL draft. See you later. Oh,