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new college football season and the Heisman Trophy being in Ireland and overseas for the first time ever receiv who might claim trophy most recently won by LSU's Jaden Daniels time now for best in the game brought to you by Old Dominion Freight Line helping the world keep promises and the promise right now is that Oregon quarterback former Oklahoma quarterback former UCF quarterback Dylan Gabriel is the favorite you know he has the chance to become the alltime leing passer in college football history by the end Big 10 has a whole new book you know they have annexed the West Coast team Washington Oregon USC and UCLA which is in La that means long travel rord in USC a nearly 2500 mile trip in October five new head coaches in the Big 10 not counting David Braun Jerome Moore going into Michigan Jonathan Smith Michigan State Sean Foster taking over at UCLA among those changes preseason top 25 B at the top is dominated by b1g four in the top 10 six rank with USC and Iowa sneaking in USC is going to get tested early against LSU and in the 14 playoff era the Big 10 book ended with championships Ohio State winning first Michigan winning the most recent so now the Big 10 with Michigan having won a national championship in Ohio State emptying the Vault to bring in some star players for nil where does that leave Ryan Day and the Buckeyes coming into this season yeah and I think that's a great place to start obviously the number two team in the country behind Georgia but if you think about what has happened over the last few years in Columbus Ohio and obviously the state of Ohio is what it is it is a football place they are football people and they all love the Buckeyes all Michigan has done to them over the last few years is smack them smack them right in the mouth in Columbus in Ann Arbor then they go in the national championship and what's everybody in Ohio doing yeah Ryan Day won a bunch of games but he can't win the big one that one being the Michigan game so with Chip Kelly coming over to run the offense will Howard getting transferred in there Caleb Downs on a defense side of the ball Judkins running back who is untable in college football 25 for good reason if the Ohio State Buckeyes don't win this year I am worried that we will now be a country of 49 states because the state of Ohio will actually burn through the Earth cor coach S I do agree that Ohio state has a really good roster and I I think Ryan day probably likes his roster I think the the key to the drill is how is Will Howard going to play quarterback you know for them and can they manage the expectations you know the worst thing for a team is to have these kind of expectations have this kind of anxiety you know on your players that they've got to go accomplish something rather than just going compete in one play at a time and go out there and play you know Oregon Penn State Michigan they're all going to be good and I think USC is a dark horse nobody knows that better than you you live that how does Ryan Day deal with that that expectation and almost unrealistic if you gave him advice what would you say well the biggest thing that I always told our players was you got to play One play at a time like it has a history of Life of its own so go have fun compete be the best player you can be and the scoreboard means nothing all these external factors mean nothing until the game is over so prepare the way you prepare don't worry about losing focus on what you have to do to be the best player you can be and and just stay focused on that and and keep the team together forget about all these external factors yeah and there's so many of them especially you know it's hard it's hard invention of rat poison right there yeah ex I I I tell you this conference this year with with the four teams coming in from from out west it's it's got tremendous step we talked a lot about Dylan Gabriel the expectations on Oregon I'm fascinated with Michigan I can't remember a team winning a national championship and almost a forgotten team coming back the next year think about what they lost de you know this five offens lineman JJ McCarthy Blake corm all those incredible leaders on defense and now you look at these guys that are going to be playing in 2023 or 2024 a lot of these guys played a lot of ball last year I I might be crazy I think Michigan is in a I'm not saying going to win the Big 10 I'm much higher on Michigan than I think a lot of people because of I think they got to again this new chip on their shoulder for 2024 no one's talking about him no one cares about him no one respects him and these are the defending champ so I think they're interesting Oregon obviously Ohio State and and I and I really think Penn State if Drew Aller can come along and the receivers they're also a playoff potential caliber team seems to me Michigan has the best cornerback in the country in will John Lyman yeah and Mason Graham they also have a couple other guys up front the defense should be fine question quarterback no experience there the presumed guy the lead has thrown one pass in his career didn't throw any last year even though he had some time on the field Pete's with us Pete what is Chiron Moore looking at right now in terms of that quarterback race in an Harbor well chiron's playing a little koi publicly Reese but sources have told me that Michigan has given Alex orgy a majority of the first team reps in practice he's the expected starter right now within that program what will we see from Alex orgy we'll see some quarterback run game we'll see a different identity for Michigan's offense he's only played 25 snaps in his career re but remember he was in real snap against Ohio State against Iowa in the Big 10 title game against coach Sabin in the Rose bow last year so he comes with a rare amount of big game experience for a guy who's only thrown one pass so Dez as you look at this now you know this program well obviously how does this look to you yeah we were at dinner the other night and I was asked the same exact question and we talked about in the meeting yesterday coach Savin it's like they have so many unknowns you really can't give a strong opinion about this Michigan team but the flip side is you understand they have a culture there and a style of play that's sustainable so even with this big transition bunch of different coaches offensive line is new you have a tremendous amount of confidence in Coach Moore don't forget he coached an offensive line two years in a row that won the Joe moreart that has never happened in college football so if there's a person who you have the slight bit of confidence that he's going to be able to get it done especially up front then is chirome what we talk about the quarterback in the meeting I said listen they can run the ball all they want they're going to be stubborn running the ball but at some point the quarterback's going to have to make a throw Y and you got to have a guy back there who's going to make a throw so whoever is going to be he can't just be a you know a guy who's going to run the rpos or run the ball a lot Pat he's going to have to make some throws in those big games and I assume he's going to get coached very well on the offensive side but on the defensive side the new coaching Town link marale he is a man who is one of the greatest defensive mindes to ever come through the NFL now he's going to college I can't wait to see what he does with that defense yeah remember there are no more divisions in the Big 10 now so it's going to be the teams with the two best records and if you look at schedules and I am a firm believer if you're not good enough a loss will find you even if your schedule's easy but there's a team that misses Ohio State Michigan Oregon Penn State and Iowa rer Scarlet Knight ruter would you put them among your sleepers there because of that I think ruter and Maryland getting out of the East are going to benefit the most I think both of those because of schedules I think have a shot and I think it a flyer on Nebraska that's putting a lot on D as a true freshman but I got a lot of confidence in Matt Ru building that program back kind of a sleeping giant I think I think Nebraska could be they could be seven and0 by the time they go to Columbus I'm with you because I saw Matt rule on your show and he really sold the program to me I like what he was saying I like their schedule I think that they can be a dark hor I don't think they're going to win the Big 10 but I think they can uh Make some noise and upset some teams look out for Iowa ESP year especially with the suspension here of Kirk Fence One game that can kind of rally that can kind of rally a team not that they needed over there I was always going to be tight but look out for the Hawkeyes yeah you know I I I really think USC who people are kind of disrespecting now Lincoln Riley's always going to have a good offense I don't care who the quarterback is he'll make it work and now that they have this new defensive coordinator Anon Lynn who really turned UCLA around a year ago if they could play better defense they're going to be they're going to challenge some of these teams in the Big 10 and they play LSU week one out Las Vegas Rec I be court side watching that one that'll be fun looking forward to that by the way you mentioned Danton Lynn congratulations to Danton and his wife I was talking to him the other day said hey what you doing he goes oh my wife just had a baby I said well get off the phone with me he was like okay no we have taken care of that just in a quick break so you know shyon mo is going be the coach of the year if he solves all the problems that he has in Michigan yeah based on what he has to replace and what he has to do but I think he's very capable and I think he's done a great job there and playing against these guys now they can run run the ball now and I'm I'm just telling you that running back they got Edwards is a and they got a guy behind nobody I think has done a better job in the nil portal era than Michigan making the Block M most important the individual they've done a heck of a job those kids play for Michigan they don't play for I agree love sh more love big 10 Penn State's got a monster week one so everything can changein in the Big 10 conversation after one day in Morgan Town West Virginia they've got a new offensive coordinator too coming over from Kansas and Andy CI we'll see if he can get Drew all to get some more big plays for them no fridge to reach into but still an affle trivia question yes we do have an affle trivia question Reese which FBS teams besides Hawaii will travel the most miles this year oh I I saw that we got time Cal Stanford nope no well one of them one of them is in LA but they won't stay in La you'll know more about them you see La yeah yeah yep you see a they got a trip on top of the Big 10 goway good but they got to go to the LSU out of conference that's right 22,000 22,000 miles how many miles is it here Ireland it's like 4,000 for each of these we're about to test it post show right we're going to test that out we're going to watch game we're going to hang out with some Florida State fans and a pub do the whole thing sounds awesome see a p that sounds like a see a Jr Mah you know and if you don't like it po Mah you know I mean that is uh I believe that's kiss my ass in Irish I believe I'm not sure I've been saying a lot of things over the last 24 hours they just tell you to tell you to say it you go with it right no they said it to me about a thousand times so so I just kind of caught it I didn't think it was a hello was that band yesterday oh the triod bond you're talking about the traditional Bond yeah they were great LS great LS and then we had some dancers to we you dancing with Miss Terry Miss Terry has great Rhythm Miss Terry's going to do that later on game day Miss Terry is awesome coach Sabin was in the pub he wasn't dancing was no he wouldn't get up even I've seen I've seen them dance before in the living room you ever season previe story for group of this is clearly not a group of five time this is power five Elite perhaps NFL well last night was a power five you powered through Power got Go season preview remember in the new playoff structure the highest ranked conference champion from the group of five will get a spot in the playoff here are some things new teams added via realignment Army is going to the American the Army Navy game will not be a conference game tenen ofas State just outside of Atlanta in the Conference USA the best chance to reach the college football playoff right now Spencer Danielson and boyy stayed Al with upsa right there Liberty who got a new year six bid last year but has a dreadfully weak schedule is among those so who is the best team in the group of five I'm going with Jamie Chadwell and Liberty I think they're looking at their second straight undefeated regular season I'm going Liberty I'm going with Boise State madx Maddox Madson wins a starting quarterback job over Malachi and it's a big story GT the running back and move give me the Boise State I think Memphis state has a chance to move in there I mean nobody knows who this team is going to be there's always somebody that nobody talks about that moves up in the top 25 there's always somebody in the top 10 that falls out of so I mean it's hard to pick who this is you know I spent my entire coaching career ACC costing people to speculate make predictions and ask hypothetical questions what now you're in this world so now I'm in this world this is my gig and it's hard you got be right you better be right yeah you better be right too better be right I think I think Boise State you know I I think they're primed they got some good skill they've settled on the quarterback which is a bit of a surprise yeah I think the team can really rally around that I think that this is one of those years that blue Turf uh they could be in that playoff this year yeah you you mentioned madx Matson wasn't expected to win it they had Malachi Nelson who was a highly touted recruit transfer from USC hasn't won the job yet watch out for GJ Kenny and Texas St GE coming over from James Madison that's quarterback we got the MX swack challenge tonight 7:30 Eastern Time on ABC that's Florida A&M against noruk State you know FAMU has a new head coach it's James kohy the 30 outstanding seminal those great Bobby Balon teams in the 90s part National Championship team takes over for Willie Simmons who left an assistance gig at Duke after going 12 in one last year HBCU national champions had a great defense a year ago that picked up 17 passes Daniel Richardson FAU transfers to take over at quarterback Spartans on the other hand return their top two rushers they'll try to get things going a coming off a tough season and Sam you after that 12-1 campaign will try to follow it up tonight and the FCS kickoff a little bit of a double header 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was awesome Addison having a good time Brent key the head coach of the yellow jackets hoping that he has a great time today as they open against Florida State Brent thanks for being with us uh you guys have played so well since you've been the head coach there against ranked conference opponents what do you expect from your team in terms of mindset and preparation for this game today yeah well I mean there uh the mindset should be right I mean we we work a lot on that uh with preparation and when you get to these these types of games and first especially the first game of the season you got to go back you got to trust your preparation uh Play One play at a time and you know we we try to be the type of team that that is not going to look at the scoreboard and play for 60 minutes and it took us a while last year to get to that point but hopefully we can continue Bren I think that you guys have done a fantastic job on offense uh you're one of the best teams in the ACC last year offensively how much has your defense improved do you feel this year that's going to help you be more competitive yeah coach I mean that was the number one thing we had to address at the end of the season uh and it started with uh bringing Tyler sanui and and the rest of the staff in uh and and getting the guys to work we made some Acquisitions in the uh the portal and had some freshman come in that'll be able to help us and you know well and I feel like they're in a good place but you know it's relative to our own team though right now so that's why we play the first game and see where we're at and uh I think we're going have a uh really good afternoon hey brt Kirk what you were with Coach Sav 16 17 and 18 if I remember right what what did you take away from that and how youve tried to build your culture and what you're trying to do there at Tech you know the biggest thing you know inside the building the biggest thing is the is the work ethic but the efficiency within the work ethic uh but for the team it's the it's the constant coaching of the mindset and in the mentality of playing the next play not worrying about the last play you know all the things you hear all the time you know there's no scoreboard be where your feet are and that's a mentality that takes a long time to develop it really does and we've worked since day one to instill that into our kids and it's not just the kids and steal it into the uh coaches and the staff and have everyone believe the same way so coach uh we can't thank you enough for spending time with us here as you walk around and you talk about culture and building the mindset and everything that every building is trying to do God bless you there um at the end of last year it feels like you guys were playing fantastic football Hayes King came flying in and started dominating how did you continue to ride that momentum from the end of last year did you feel as if your culture did finally click then yeah we did uh you know we were playing the the way we want to play and we try to make things really black and white for these kids and there's so much gray and everything that they that they have to deal with externally so to make things as black and white and really comes down to building our toughness building our discipline all right being committed to yourself number one individually uh before you can even think about collectively so to focus on the individual first and then the position the unit the team second uh and then the the to be able to have a team put all those things together though you know to have them one at a time I think it's you know not as hard but to put all those things together uh and have the team live it every single day and really believe those things and with success comes more belief in uh in what you're building coach thanks again for doing this and good luck today I want to ask you about Zeke vigers what does he bring to your defense and what type of uh player is he inside and outside the locker room yeah you know Zeke's a young guy to be a senior he's only 20 years old uh he's he's one of those guys that was a naturally really big kid growing up so he's really you know starting to mature so it's the matur that he's really had from January to now uh a lot of that's a credit to him but a lot of that's a credit to Jess Simpson his position coach who come in and really done a really good job of of teaching him uh teaching him the fundamentals of the position building relationship with him off the field and and in a trust that I mean Zeke's you know he's not the only one the other D lineman as well but Zeke will run through a wall uh for Jess and uh I'm excited to watch him play tonight I really am you got that Dan Campbell look going on down there I got to tell you let let me ask you this what decides the outcome of the game today line of scrimmage uh you know I think the line of scrimmage is going to be big uh it starts there and it ends there but we got to be able to control the football uh field position is going to be big in this game especially with the unknowns that going into a first game we got to possess the football we got to tackle well in space uh you we've got to play efficient ball we we we can't be we have to have you know when we take our chances they have to be calculated uh we we can't be risky and I think in first games everybody's trying to figure out uh figure out each other you know figure out their own team figure out the other team figure out the flow of the game so you know what might start off slow uh you know then it'll pick up it's the second third and fourth quarter but we got to play full 60 minutes we really do and then you know we've prepared well uh we practiced well uh expect our guys to go out and play hard today and we'll see what happens at the end roots of alignment saying the game will be one on the line of SCM a challenge for the tech defense last year Brent we certainly wish you the best thank you for spending time with us appreciate you guys go Jack ke starter on the offensive line alumnus leading the jackets you know starting back in 1988 was when American football first came over here and there were high school games that were played over the last few days for American team couple of teams from Europe playing here in Ireland but you know today Ireland always seems to call people back home and his Jen L joined us Jen it seems that you know you look at a special teamer for the yellow jackets and it'll be a really unique afternoon and opportunity for him certainly will be reys you know this is pretty identifiable back in the States and easy to find but about a decade ago when punter from Georgia Tech David Shanahan went looking for one of these here in Ireland he couldn't find one anywhere and that was just the initial hurdle in a Journey that has spanned three continents and today brings him back to where it all began I grew up in a place called Castle Island like 3 and a half hours from Dublin pretty small town about 2,000 people sport was definitely kind of a focal point of my childhood I pretty much played everything growing up two main sports are probably gay like football and rugby G football is like soccer makes it RI and bit of basketball thrown in probably the biggest sport in Ireland growing up in Ireland Georgia Tech punter David Shanahan would watch American football on his computer even at a young age he says he noticed that a number of the Specialists were International like him which inspired David to use that same computer to buy a $30 plastic football and a chance first time I pled American football I'd say I was about 16 in my backyard I had no idea that it wasn't like a real football or what a real football looked like at the start I didn't really want anyone to know I was kicking American footballs so I'd get up at like 500 a.m. before anyone woke up and I just cycle to our local football field you watch guys on TV they make it look so easy they're so effortless but it's actually really hard in 2019 when David was 18 he continued his punting educ a at Pro kick Australia a well-known kicking Academy that transitions International athletes to the American game but then covid shut down competition worldwide and David found himself back in Ireland punting to the cows on his uncle's dairy farm football fields are all closed so we just go up there with three or four footballs and I'd kick him and my brother Rob would chase him and cows were looking at us neighbors were looking at us but I didn't have any concept of saving my leg back then so I'd probably rip 200 my leg fell off in 2021 he became the first Irish born college football player to earn a full scholarship when he began his career at Georgia Tech and four weeks into that season against a ranked UNC Squad he had his welcome to the league moment I kick the ball I'm looking up and this dude just cleans me shoulder straight to the chest Shanahan was just blistered on the punt that looked pretty rough right there it looked pretty rough trainers are ask me if I'm all right I was like I think I'm okay I remember my Mom calling me after the game and she's like I thought they weren't supposed to hit you I was like me too M and now as he opens his senior season in Ireland back where it all began he knows the next generation of Irish punters is watching him you can see there's a lot more International guys coming over now it's something that I'm proud of looking back it was definitely a lot harder than I thought it would be but I mean I'd do it 10 times over if I had to still pretty surreal the way it all kind of worked out can't even imagine the emotions that David Shanahan is going to field today as he takes the field here in Ireland his home country and when we asked him who are some of the American punters whose videos you would pull up on the Internet who you studied well there was only one and he had Irish blood pumping through his veins as well guys Patrick mcafe have you heard of him Lads yeah Jen incredible peace and uh shout out to DAV Shanahan obviously he is going to demolish footballs all over this Stadium today and all year for Georgia Tech and I think if you look at the ball kicking countries like mentioned GIC football and you mentioned Australia Aussie Rules Football in Scotland there's rugby Jamie Gillan made it it has been a great way to expand our game internationally is through these kickers and uh obviously Shanahan and Charlie Smith who's currently kicking for the Saints is a big Irish success story as well you know what you look at uh Shanahan here he's got about a hundred people who are going to be here to watch him and hannes King told him the other day he said no what a shame all your countrymen coming to see and all they're going to see you do is hold on P yeah hey that's a dream come true punters don't want to punt they want to have pints afterwards but if we got to bomb the ball a little bit Shanahan will do that I can't wait to watch him 91 minutes away from the kickoff of the ACC and the ACC will get started today we're closing in on the start of the Big 12 season which has a whole new look who two Cornerstone programs are gone Texas and Oklahoma you know sooner won 14 Big 12 titles or half of the crowd in the big 12's existence 10 more than any else including Texas but now when you add the four former Pack 12 teams to go in add it all up for the American teams that came in last year half of the conference has been in two years or less got a couple of new head coaches Jed fish off to Washington Brett brenon a former GA for dick toy at Arizona now the head coach and Willie Fritz taking over at Houston now as you look at the preseason top 25 in the AP you don't get to a big 12 team until you get to Utah you'll hear people say the Big 12 is deep I don't think it's deep I think the Big 12 is wide because you look at the championship ter though You' had four Champions different champions in a row and seven of the eight teams in the conference Championship Game the last four years have been different teams so you don't have a deep conference you have a wide conference where everybody's going to play close games everybody's going to be in contention for a while I it really comes down to who's going to stay healthy who who can take advantage of health and in a better schedule on paper Utah looks to to be the team to be we all love cam Rising we miss cam Rising it's great to see him back and let's be honest what Cy winningham's done they're coming off a disappointing year eight and five last year you got a veteran defense keithy that's back the tight end I think Utah is the team to beat in that wide conference that you're talking about I I definitely agree with that uh Kirk uh with the quarterback coming back and the culture of toughness they have at Utah I think it's going to be you know the their their conference to win but I think Oklahoma state with all the experience they have coming back Kansas state with Avery Johnson very impressive quarterback and they always play good defense Candace has Jaylen Daniels and some really good players so but I think Utah because of their physical style of play and cam Rising coming back is going to be the difference I agree with you Kirk I like Utah style of play but you said can they stay healthy right teams in this conference can cam Rising stay healthy that's a big question mark guys don't sleep on UCL they got KJ Jefferson quarter from arkans be like in that Cam Newton mode he's not going to be cam cam was a monster but you get Gus Ms on KJ I think he can bring out the potential so make sure you watch out for UCF BR here it comes okay go ahead go the big 12 runs through Morgantown westre hey and gar green is going to run wild and they got a big run against Penn State they win that game okay now we're talking but Oklahoma State what Oli Gordon was able to do after after week three last year they kind of dropped him in offensive Line's back OE Gordon's back Gundy cut his mullet but he said it's going to be back in like six weeks or so defense is ready to go the big 12 is going to be electrifying per usual but West Virginia Oki State obviously the two at the top and all these team well seems like we've hit every team isn't it a perfect year for Iowa State isn't it a perfect year for them to just kind of have a chance to get up there and get to that conference Championship they one of the two or three most experienced teams that's what I'm saying be just like Matt Campbell this year I'm I'm rooting for Pat and the West Virginia MERS I didn't pick him but I'm rooting hell yeah he's a West guy the end of the day yeah he's a hillbilly from way back Kirk likes to bust my chops you know when I'll sneak in a production and go oh look at him he thinks he has the the answer key yeah is Kansas San FR they're going to the playoff man love it a home stadium wow yeah that's right they'll be playing to play games all over the place Jaylen d i I agree with Utah I I like the idea of Utah with the portal what they've done they' brought in a bunch of wide receivers and now with Cam be able to throw the football coach touch on the toughness that Utah brings to the table that that's that's an odd on favorite I will keep an eye on buf and Arizona I was no one brought up no one brought them up Brett Bren is a great coach and if they could stay healthy I think depth in this league talked about the injuries you got to keep your quarterback healthy that's huge in this league because when you look at other rosters there's a lot of teams that took guys from this guys it's another League we're sitting here talking about getting to eight nine teams it's it's I think that's where college football is this year is you're not two or three teams in each league you're talking about seven eight nine teams that could be competitive bun of Davis no Goliath and you know what I know you love the wide receivers I think 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you can kind of feel it in the air it's crazy you know everybody's on the enter the seat waiting to kick it off tell people it's like modern day Gladiators you know so feeling like no other got those good nerves and butterfli stomach they're at the point where they want to pop they want to go get it Florida state Georgia Tech coming up at noon eastern time and then look at this Labor Day weekend on ESPN and ABC the entire weekend start Thursday night Deion Sanders in Colorado against the Bison of North Dakota State Temple OU on Friday night the triple header we have referenced on Saturday and Sunday night USC and LSU in Vegas but it all starts with buz jacket and Georgia Tech taking on the seal today a little Irish dancing going on as we are taking college game day and have taking college game day International road trip for the first time as you look at the protest presented by Good Year and new semin old quarterback DJ ouanga started his career at Clemson believed to be the heir of parent to Trevor and then you look at how it went last year playing for Jonathan Smith at Oregon State he started 12 games and many around the fora State program will tell you showed great growth playing in that Pro style system for Smith in corala so before the trip to Ireland DJ UA gifted every player on the simol team a pair of Beats headphones earlier this season before they went to ACC media days logical Choice was to take their veteran quarterback they had acquired in the portal and let him talk about the team DJ suggested that maybe a member of the ACC Championship Squad from last year would be a better F selfless Alex Atkins her offensive coordinator saying that's how he's established himself by being humble being a leader but make no mistake about it if the seminol are going to reach their potential and their goals to make the college football playoff DJ IAL is going to have to be front and center spend time with DJ Manel djal is back in the ACC DJ officially has decided to transfer from Oregon State to new Florida state he's also going to get the opportunity to play Clemson so nothing like flaing your new relationship in front of that old X we got dju in the building first off looking good and guarding of gold my friend man appreciate that bro yeah absolutely what went into the decision of coming to Florida State just trying to find a place where I feel I can get better at place where it's going to best fit me a coaching staff a coach the offense that's going to be able to fit me in my skill set and I mean I found it here with coach norel and everybody else here my thing was hey how can I make this program better and how can you make make me better those honest conversations I'm be able to have a COR and you know I haven't had that a lot of some of the places I've been like that's that's something I value and I enjoy young rifles one complete and there's the arm Talent that's what dju brings to a football team that ability of standing there and unleash a rocket as far as his offense you know under coach nll how does it fit your game he bases his offense Around The Playmakers he has on his team so the quarterbacks the receivers to the running backs like his offense changes each and every year he's able to adapt to guys on his team I think for him it's going to be a challenge we have a lot of Playmakers but that's a good thing going back to your time at Clemson you were Anointed The Chosen One after Trevor Lawrence five star recruit coming out of high school play well your freshman year uh really showed the country who you could be now you're here at Florida State on your third stop how do you focus on what's ahead of you versus what's in the past yeah I think you got to be able to still look into the past understand like hey what did you do wrong and learn from that cuz in the end of the day like the past is the past you don't want to think about too much but you want to be able to learn from that feel like I have a lot of experience on my belt but there a lot of stuff yeah I want to show on camera I want to show on the field and just go out there and just ball for my teammates all right DJ we got the film here man we got a couple plays last year Oregon State at home versus Washington National Champion runner up pre snap explain what this route concept you going to have here we need to get some points we to get a drive rolling we have double post right here we have like a drag SL bounce like a climb so he's going to drag pass the wheel depending on how he plays and he's going to bounce right over this mik backer and I love love this play man because your ball protection here in this pocket I mean there's a lot of chaos going on this is a pretty good Saucy defensive line you do an excellent job here just two hands on the football when you break the pocket just flipping your hips nice and easy man I mean this is a 25 yard ball to your left and throwing this on a dime when you protect your receiver I mean these are the types of Concepts that you like too right no definitely yeah deep yeah kind of like that grid game again you do an excellent job of climbing the pocket getting out buying time dang first down good guys all right spring game love this throw got press man on the corners we got good speed with Malik out there God look at that made a hell of a catch right here it's a hell of a throw look at your feet bro no indecision you already see it pre-nap oh you down okay cool cool I'm put my guy on your guy see who wins man I don't care if this is Champ Bailey I don't care if this Deion Sanders it don't matter I mean DBS they can't cover this stuff man set hips flip bang beautiful your fifth year senior looking at the situation you come into a 13- 0 team from last year the Orange Bowl was what it was but now you're the god you feel like you have something to prove now uh I want to say I have something to prove like outside noise whatever people say they have opinions about me whatever that doesn't really bother me or anything like that in my heart I know what kind of player I am I belong here on the stage and I just want to go out there and show the rest of the world that I believe in myself oh no EJ said it didn't matter if it was Deion Sanders he's not going to be able to ask any more questions I'm just kidding there's DJ the veteran he's been a guy you know might nor B has been renowned for tailoring his offense to what his quarterback strengths are you ask those around the program they go arm strength man dju has been showing out as Pete THL rejoins us now Pete 58% of the starts for fora State last year came from transfers had 10 guys drafted nine of those were transfers they've done a great job in the portal who are the guys who are aspiring to be the next Jared verse well Reese I've had multiple NFL Scouts who've gone through Tallahassee this summer tell me they expect Florida State to have the best starting defensive line in all of college football how they built that dline is instructive to how Mike norell has built the program hey some cheers from the seminal that's nice there's two transfers on the defensive line three tackle Daryl Jackson and then an edge named Marvin Jones Jr you remember may remember his dad with the big shoulder pads Marvin Jones he's a seminal Hall of Famer and then there's two returners Joshua farmer and Patrick pton they red shirted were how do you how do you assess how it's being used now well you know the portal has evolved in the beginning the portal was just an instrument for a player to show everybody that he wanted to transfer there was no name image and likeness so he was just looking for a different opportunity to play you had name image and likeness to it and you got free agency when you have free agency you got agents all right so you got people out there that you can actually evaluate that are in the portal but you also have people that you can just call and say hey I need a right end I need a left tackle I need a tail back and those people know who's going to get in the portal and can help you bring them to your program and you know in a lot of cases there are Financial ramifications now which is a part of college football but the portal has really evolved through the years over the last three or four years that you can really build your roster and help your team tremendously through the portal and the resources to know who's in the portal and how good they are okay so I brought this up earlier about Iowa and Kirk fence being uh suspended for a game because of tampering for Kade m two years ago seems Petty seems dumb I think the future of the NCAA is good though so I just would like to go on the record of that Charlie Baker Char he's going to figure it out but whenever you talk about being able to talk to people and saying hey I need a tackle I need an end those agents obviously so they know who is potentially going to go in do they potentially tell people if you go in there's three teams that are looking is it just like NFL free agency right now basically absolutely so you don't really have to tamper with a guy because there's always a third party that you can be involved with know the one thing I like to say is when I retired there were people camped out in Tuscaloosa to get players to go in the portal so if they wanted to look at somebody tampering they should have done a little investigation right there you see it staying you think it's going to stay the same or do you think it's going to change in the future of the sport no I I think it'll change in the future I think the the court case will bring a new era and a new way to distribute money and share with players which which I think they should have the opportunity and still have name image and likeness opportunity yeah I think name image and likeness is important I really do but I think it's being used in the wrong way and when you combine it with the portal then obviously you do have free agency I guess what is the answer moving forward it's not going to change right this train has left the station and there's no bringing it back so allegedly I I I think it is coming back I think this lawsuit's going to create some parameters yes there'll be some people hate to use the term Revenue sharing but there will be some of that okay and name image and likeness will there'll be some system where you you can't just pay players right their market value has to equal what they're getting for whatever they do from a marketability standpoint I am no lawyer I've been sued by Brett Favre before so I've been through the entirety of the situation but what Charlie Baker laid out was this injunction which is going to get approved by a judge q1 next year will give 10 years pretty much what everybody's heard is just 20 million bucks from the school that will operate like a salary cap seemingly for these schools and for these teams and they're allowed the ones to be negotiating with the players as opposed to a third- party entity like a collective or something else it'll be more so driven by the school and they think it'll be regulated a lot better when that comes to you got sued by Brett Fab I got sued by the photographer who took the picture of my POS in the Ohio State gang that one off aze hey shout out to all the lawyers out there you guys are great absolutely and and the other thing too to wrap that up something that might function somewhat similar to a contract a little bit more there might be a little there might be Financial skin in the game for the players if they want to enter the transfer portal leave after it's going to get figured out but right now it is chaos right now it's a little bit different we look at Florida State Alex Atkins her offensive coordinator serving the suspension allegedly according for report because he drove a recruit somewhere dropped him off for an nil meeting seems ridiculous anyway here are the Home D Depot doers of the week came all the way from the United States to be part of this special show the first International edition of college game day here in Du today we thank them for being happy birthday to Mom there celebrating are the Bulldogs headed back on top we'll talk about the they a milro Quinn you Jackson Dart I'd have a little something to say about that and traditional GIC games Desmond the hi winner yes this extraordinary old stand for in working to show if he can use that paddle to B it don't go anywhere got more to come on college game now a quick word from Buffalo Wild [Applause] we just pick up Buffalo Wild the what Jimmy already got BDubs go yeah Jimmy already got BDubs go Jimmy already got bebs go Jimmy already got okay Jimmy already got BDubs go delivered but did he get 10 free boneless wings yeah no your wall is completely undefended okay you need bear Dynasty here here and here but it's almost game time it goes on in one coat it really has it all I sure do love that color you would [Music] Arby's is full of 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is full of choices quick you can get your favorite stuff three for $5 incredible value for limited time reach in and eat whatever you grab arb's we have the meats what a stri it's so on [Applause] we zero through CH Forge game day inin we knew the Irish knew how to party he didn't have anything to do with them not getting in playoffs and I didn't either we have real football happening today don't know too big of a [Music] ning the top of the hour College Green Downtown Dublin Ireland steps away from Trinity University about a mile and a half away from AA Stadium where that goldish perhaps will be making the over toek earlier before the show it down took a picture with them celebrating an Ann here Great Signs in the crowd in keeping without tredition good to see that been able to carry that on over here oh they're here to come to game day and get married we T we showed you a s old couple that got married earlier Desmond says play Warren Davis Warren yeah is that right is that what you're saying is that your guy or or could be guy negative negative the committee stole my other side that's right it wasn't Kirk it was the committee dad homage to Bobby B with the dad G garnet and gold to find that opening of gold here oh Pat getting a little love over here we miss you Coro he'll be here next week leg be back next we look at this from looking for football trust fun 56 blue eyes Nikki hey I love it sorry lady he's Tak it by Miss right there what a wonderful L touch it also say 62 it's all lot all L she got on me because she says I never asked her to dance after you answer the dance so you got me in trouble me and Miss tering Irish hey Nick it won't be the last time trouble you know football is something is being learned here it has a history dating back to 1988 with American college football but there are some games J Sims that are a little more ingrained in the Irish culture so ree picture this Steve Dez and I walk onto a field to play a game right but it's not baseball it's not football it's not lacrosse it's not soccer it's not rugby it's all of those Sports Plus hockey minus the pads it's called hurling and Ireland has been playing the sport for over 3,000 years welcome to Parnell Park home of the dobes we're with our guy Nisha Nisha what are we doing today today we're going to learn all about Ireland's national sport which is harling but to get started we have a few Superstars to help so you need to get dressed we not dressed no I need properly dressed all righty where's the rest of the kit oh you're going to find out all right [Music] this is a h this is a slitter we're going to practice ryen the jab lift all right so Ashling doblin kogi Captain is going to show us how to do a jab lift all right go Ash okay so dominant hand at the Top non-dominant Hand at the bottom HL flat with the ground going to use the skinny part under it and flick it up do you want to do a competition oh yeah okay come on somebody count 10 second you have to use two hands 10 no no no you can do one hand if you want okay keep always the crowd always three two one just hit mine one two Jess is hammering you by the way four five let's go how many did you get seven let's go wow now that we've got the slit on our hand you want to run with it okay so we're going to do what's called a solar where you put the slitter on your H my man Nigel here from Tipper area is going to show you exactly what I'm talking about up all right guys most importantly grip in the middle protect us on the H and off you go speeded speed rehearsal now we're on to the most important part scoring one point between the uprights three points into the net we have our man here eight time all Ireland Champion Aiden F going to show you how to strike and we have two time all Ireland champion and Dublin goalkeeper Shawn Brennan he's going to try stop your shots one shot each guys right ball in the hand throw it up like baseball just strike it through okay [Applause] [Applause] crew this is so much fun clearly we're going to keep our day jobs guys hurling good way better you don't want to record that one do you Jeff it's only week zero and my team is already doing me dirty let me set the record straight okay once I had the proper size hurl I was cracking that thing okay and as Stephen does this I went 3 and0 in that jab LIF competition my PR is 10 I was bragging on her when an athlete she was absolutely until she took a swing I am she is the guy who was teaching us Nisha yeah he's actually a huge Green Bay Packers Fan oh okay it's because he saw Desmond Howard play with the Green Bay Packers Andor no and tomorrow's his birthday that's what he told me Happy Birthday Happy Birthday Happy Birthday Nish what a sport this is the slitter here yes what the name of the ball slitter slitter slitter slitter it doesn't bounce until Stanford Steve throws in a meeting yesterday and it bounces and destroys a mock yep good thing you didn't throw it near that Crystal helmet you hey man that thing be moving though for real I was not list they had incredible skills it is they bounce the ball around the set here there might be a lot of bouncing around in the SEC with Texas in Oklahoma officially becoming members of the 16 team conference boy what a rude welcome Oklahoma gets they play six teams ranked in the preseason pole four of them away from Norman four in the top 11 too at least they miss Georgia Mike Elco one of three new head coaches in the SEC is Big sa leaves Alabama kayin de board there Jeff Bevy takes over at Mississippi State Elco coming from duke to Texas A&M and in the preseason top 25 Georgia number one 4662 votes Bama Old Miss Missouri LSU Tennessee in the top 15 and Oklahoma also ranked the last 20 years two decades only twice has the SEC G consecutive years without winning a national championship so if you believe that history they're due and with the expanded field uh used to be the argument Nick about whether the SEC would get two teams in it might be a much higher number this time around well and I think this is my big thing about the way we set up the playoffs I'm glad we have the playoffs and I guess politically we had to do it the way we did it to get it where it is but you have conferences that have the first team ranked number 14 we have four or five teams ranked before 14 so to get the best teams in and they're all going to play each other we cannot put so much emphasis on record you you you have to go by quality of opponent quality wins you know strength of schedule because Georgia Texas Alabama om Miss LSU Missouri I mean all these teams Oklahoma they all have a chance to have a good enough season to be in the playoffs but they're all going to play each other so somebody's got to lose so anyway that's just my pet peeve about getting the best teams in the playoff yeah he he he needs to join you guys on Tuesday nights when you guys do that thing well next week will be a a good discussion to kind of talk about the new playoff and what they're mandating you know they want the best teams and regardless of their well you look at the additions right Texas is I think built to play in thec the big thing about Texas is they understood like we can beat Oklahoma but we need to beat the SEC teams and they built their roster to be able to sustain that level of play in the SEC so I think that Texas is going to have a measure of success I still think Georgia is the top dog be aware of Missouri you mentioned Missouri they had 11 wins a year ago they bring back Luther Burg who may be the best receiver in college football and Brady cook and don't forget when they played Georgia a year ago Kirby Smart was very complimentary of the way Missouri play and they they beat Ohio State in the bowl game so this is a team to keep an eye on Missouri Tiger yeah I agree with you I Brady cook has a chance to really lead that team some great things but they're loaded we've been bracing for this and now it's here Texas and Oklahoma we've been debating who's built for it who's ready for it and now we're going to find out but if you look at the schedules between Oklahoma and Texas boy Oklahoma has a grind uh Texas has a trip to an arbor on top of going into the SEC but I think we're all anxious to see how Texas and Oklahoma their styles of play I heard you talking yesterday about Oklahoma's very skilled but they build in the trenches for the week in and week out pounding that they'll take in that conference and I think Sark because of his experience with you probably ahead of time has built the trenches on both sides to be prepared for this but time will tell but I can't wait to see those brands in that conference competing I mean somebody on this table had Texas and Georgia in the SEC Championship it I didn't say did you say that I didn't say did you say that did you say that I that was this guy this guy knows more about the SEC than anybody in the history of the SEC and has Texas making it to the championship which would be obviously an insane run to come into the Southeastern Conference with how great it always is from top to bottom and be able to make it the whole way I think the big question for me is obviously Georgia's going to be Georgia but like kayin dbor coming in to the SEC with the Alabama team I'm very fascinated they're still ranked very very high milro is back yet again there's some leaders that have stuck around there with his absence I'll be excited to see if Alabama Remains the team in the SEC well I think we all I want to come to you on this I think we all think kayin dbor is a great coach a great coach absolutely but stepping into that that the shadow of Nick sa I'm just curious what you think they have great players they're going to have a great team but what is he going to experience being the coach after you there in tuscal well all I could tell you is I went and watched last week scrimmage on Saturday and that team still has the same culture you know they had when I was coach they play with toughness they play with great effort they execute well they've got good discipline so klin has done a really good job he's had to replace some players because so many guys transferred but I really think Alabama with Jaylen milro uh the two running backs that they have uh I was worried about the defense but I think the defense really impressed me you know in this scrimmage that they have come along so if they can play the kind of Defense especially in the secondary because they lost so many players in the secondary they're going to be right up there challenging people but I'm going to say something about the SEC and the scheduling if you look at everybody's schedule Missouri has the easiest path to get in the championship game Georgia has one of the toughest paths to get in the championship game they got to go to miss they got to go to Texas they got to go to Alabama so it's not all equal in the way these schedules are kind of set up as hard as people tried to make them that way it was just difficult with all the changes so that's going to have something to say about who gets in the championship game and then is it going to be an advantage to get in the SEC Championship game or a disadvantage we talked about that before too but I