1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - January 4th, 10am - LSU has a problem

Episode Date: January 4, 2022

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What's up, Rico? And we will get to your text, your questions. and your comments and thoughts. Rico and I were just figuring out a couple of things at the top of the break. So LSU is playing in a bowl game tonight, and they have, man, this is bananas. LSU has 39 available scholarship players to play in this game. They have zero scholarship quarterbacks.

Zero. It's secondary has just one real starter available. The two best defensive players, Des Moines Clark and Neal Farrow opted out to pair for the draft. Quarterback situation is as such. Max Johnson transferred, Miles Brennan returned but isn't playing in the bowl. They hope to get a waiver on Garrett Nussmeyer. He did not receive the waiver. So LSU will have to turn to a combination of walk-on quarterbacks.

Tavion Falk. Matt O'Dowd and receiver John Trey Kirkland. Sources tell they expect to see Kirkland used in some wildcat formations. It's almost been a running joke for five years that LSU could use Kirkland and a quarterback, considering the Rural Athlete was a Louisiana legend after leading Lutcher High School to a three-eight state title, Kampani Mour and 75,000 yards passing and 3,000 yards rushing. Why was he not your quarterback in the first place? What?

What? You had that guy on the roster? Look, and he wasn't your quarterback. This is when people talk about the difference between the elite talent programs in college football and everybody else and everybody else. Like a dude who could never play quarterback for you or should not play quarterback for you is one of the most accomplished quarterbacks in high school history across the country. Legend. Right. and and he's just sitting there chilling on the LSU roster. Hey guys.

Like, hey, I got 75 and 3 if you want him. I'm over here. Not bad stuff. That's whatever. Yeah. So. My goodness. Yeah.

So. Oh, I'm watching this game. So Tarihan Davis Price was their leading rusher, a thousand art rusher also opted out. A freshman Corey Kiner and Josh Williams were the only ones lifted on the depth chart indicating Armani Goodwin and Trey. Bradford are unavailable. This is bananas. LSU is in good shape at receivers,

but with Dion Smith and Trey Palmer in the portal, plus Keishon Boutte out for the season. The Tigers are a little thin there. Brian Thomas, Malik Neighbors, and Juree Jenkins, plus Jack Beck at Tight-in. It's a really good group. Now, again, you talk about the depth of all this insanity. My God.

That they've got these folks sitting at the bottom of the depth chart. All dudes who can play all of. over the country. When people talk about transfer portal, like, please consider that. That is wild. Like, if you're going to Beverly Hills and somebody is going to set out clothes, you know how every neighborhood

people have like yard sales. Beverly and yard sales are not the same. No. As, as Englewood. It's just. You're like, oh, it's a twist. Like, yeah, you know, how much you want for this dress? I had 20 bucks and you look at the they left the tag on it because, of course, they did. Leave the tag on. Be like, uh, I

think you need to add a couple more zero. Yeah. Like I don't want it anymore. Like this is the Tracer Portal. Like people missed this part of it. I got the newest edition. That's the summer. That's the summer collection.

I got the winter collection. Mark, if you can hear this, I would like to add. We need to borrow your, we need to borrow your brain for a second. If you could, kind sir.

We're trying to find out how many. Exactly how many players are in the transfer portal from Power 5 conference team. if you could see. Because what I would, what I would imagine is this. We talk about the transfer portal as though. It's a magical place.

Right. But we also have to figure how many players, RICO, while Mark's looking up who's in the transfer portal, I need for you to look up how many people opted out of their bowl games to prepare for the NFL. That's going to be a little bit harder, but I can see what I can do. Right. Let's see how we can find that out. So back to LSU, the back says.

It is in big trouble. To be fair, in the entire season, the secondary has been losing one star after another, and still ranking in the SEC's top five in the final half of the year. Somehow got better losing Derek Stingley, Eli Ricks, and other major pieces, guys like Cordell Flott, Dwight, Dwight McLaughlin, and Cam Lewis going up a level.

Well, none of those three listed on the debt chart this week. None of them. The secretaries crushed this time. Safety J. Ward is his only established player. The listed starters are at the three cornerback spots are two Nicole, Nicole's transfers, Pig Cage and Darren Evans. In addition to true freshman, backup to Marius McGee, five-star Sage Ryan is on the depth chart at Nickel, but the fact that he's behind Cage indicates he might not be fully available.

Look, I'm watching this game now. 100%. I'm watching this game. Okay, Rico. Oh, my goodness, this is impossible. There's so many, like, things that have trackers, but then they don't have all of them, and then they have each individual person's post, and I'm not counting those. But I know, so just for, just for this next game, LSU has one, two, three, three that are for the NFL draft,

four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve that are just opting out. And that's just an LSU. That's just LSU. That's just LSU. Kansas State has none. So at least none that have been announced and that are on this, this tracker. Are folks not doing the numbers?

Like, do these college students, college football players not understand math? Like, if everybody's opting out to do better. Somebody's got to play. Like, somebody's got to play. And if everybody's already in that space, the likelihood of you being one of the top 60 players chosen, maybe you're not trying to be top 60 anymore. Maybe you're trying to be, you know, top.

you know, if I get to the first six rounds. But that's kind of insane. That's kind of insane. And that's just the number of people who are opting out. Wow, good heavens, man. This thing is going to be fantastic. It's going to be fantastic. So I got 29, but this is just 29 big names that were that opted out for the NFL

draft. Right. But that's 29. And that's just people that are, you know, looking at this. first three, first two rounds. And this, right. So we're not saying that. And even then, there's people that are playing that will be drafted in the first round.

That are playing. It'll be drafted ahead of those people. Yeah. Well, like the number one, Kvon Tibado, the Oregon defensive end, if, you know, everything goes planned. He's supposed to go number one. He opted out. So there's him, but then there's a bunch of other people. Goodness gracious. Man, this is.

The smallest school on here that has opt-outs is between Nevis. Nevada. Oh, no, actually. Oh, no, found it. Smallest school. UTSA. Running back. Sincere McCormick.

That's when you don't have good people around you to tell you. If you're, look, I don't want to take anything away from this, from this guy. He's probably an amazing running back. Maybe I'll look up his stats and see, you know, where his draft projection is and everything. But if you are opting out of a bowl game and you are at UTSA, somebody didn't give you the right information. They really didn't. They didn't. I'm going to look up

sincere McCormick, though. Yeah, because, I mean, if he's not in the top 150 players, right? Goodness gracious. So then we'll, at some point, so maybe the next segment, we'll pull up the top 100 people in the draft. He is 5.9, 205 pounds. Did he have like 2,000 yards rushing? Um, he, whatever Brees Hall had, he was 22 yards behind him. And I think Brees Hall led the nation, or didn't leave the nation.

He was like second or third behind Kenneth Walker and Isaiah Spiller. So he's a top five in yards running back. But that doesn't mean he's a top five in play. No, it does not. Like it doesn't mean that he's going to be in the top five running back being drafted. Because people don't know. He runs a four, five, four. or at least in high school he did.

Wow, we don't know what he's running now. 657 carries in college. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. That's running back abuse. Jonathan Taylor had 900. Really? In three years.

That's what it says. With over 900 carries. Okay. Sincere, maybe you deserve it. Maybe sincere knows something. I don't know, man. He had... The opt-outs are fairs.

Fantastic. Okay, here we go. Here's his, here's his. Well, this was in high school, his senior year, he had 1,489 rushing yards, 10.3 yards per carry, and 22 touchdowns. That's good. And he went to UTSA? My goodness. Well, that's probably a grades thing out of talent, then.

Yeah. I'm going to look up his college stats. Look, man, if you're, I, I just, I'm just saying, man, you. UTSA opting out? I appreciate the the moxie and the thought, but okay, he had 299 rush attempts, 1,479 yards, and 15 touchdowns.

His junior year, this year at UTSA. 22 receptions for 184 yards, no touchdowns. So through the numbers, so through the numbers, But again, we understand per round the number of people being taken. And that if you're going to go seven rounds at 30 to a pipe, plus some supplemental picks, right? We're not talking about a large pool. We're talking about 225 players.

Yeah. And if LSU has whatever their number is, we're still not talking Alabama. We're not talking Georgia. We can look at what Clemson's doing. And so when I hear that Nebraska players are opting out of bowl games and they're opting into early draft situations, it just doesn't make sense.

Now, there is a thing that's happening this year that is also another exponent, another factor, another peripheral factor. And that is the fact that Fox, has put together its own league. Fox Sports has put together its own league. The USFL. Oh, yeah.

So you're going to have eight teams, eight additional jobs, eight additional employers. That will all go, I believe they'll carry 50, 50 players each, maybe with some developmental stuff. Right? So another 400. This is a lot.

Well, here's the thing. They've done that, like, their budget was, put in, they've got 350 million. Okay. You can make, you can 50 players each roster, eight teams. Right. To set this up.

You can make a decent chunk of change. It's going to be in one, it'll be in a dome type situation, one location. So you'll have eight teams that represent eight different regions, eight different cities, but they will all be located in the same space. That makes sense. Right.

this sits on minor league development of a G league type situation That's what I was about to ask is it like a G league for the NFL Right People have been asking for it Well they've been saying college football is pretty much the NFL G league

But actually having one Well this one's a little This one again I think each version of it Of these peripheral leagues Get smarter about how they're doing business. And the mission for this one is to develop players and then not go broke. That is very good.

It is to keep your money. Right. I mean, people are going to watch it. People love football. People are going to watch this. Well, I mean, you got the TV contract. The XFL is coming back. The Rock bought it.

I don't know when it's going to. The NFL is also supposed to be 2022, right? I think so. I don't remember the year. I just remember he bought it and he said he was bringing it back. So they say it will run the USFL regular season will begin in mid-April and run through mid-June. So another opportunity for jobs. That's like a training camp.

Right, right, for all of that. Well, you're going to play, man, you're going to play 16 games. You're going to play 14 games. 14. 14 games. All games, Fox will carry 22 of the 43 games. and with 12 broadcast on Fox itself, 10 on FS1,

and then NBC Sports will be the home for the other 21 games with 8 on NBC, 9 on USA Network, and 4 on Peacock. Who are they going to have calling these games? They haven't announced that yet, but I would imagine the Fox broadcast teams. I think it would be cooler if they had Snoop andcomers and some celebrities in there.

Snoop. and yeah well what celebrities do you want broadcasting you know i mean snoop obviously um can't have the rock because he's xFL tied you could you could get some other wrestler in there though i don't know any of the goldberg knows football oh right he knows football that would be well we can't do a full on what they were going to do with the with the no no you can't do that no you can't do

you can't do i would like to have i want i want i want like a celebrity that doesn't no football. So they're learning on the job. I don't know what celebrities don't know football, though. The XFL returns in 2023. Oh, get me some like, give me like Hugh Jackman. He's Australian. He knows Australian rolls football. No, what I want, oh, like I need any of the British actors who do comedy. Let's change the way they're being broadcast. Do they go with their American accent? What's the John Mulaney joke about that? Who's the actor from Star Trek that did Saturday Night Live? And he had to introduce Salt and Pepper.

And he, with his acts, salt and pepper. Like, we need. Give me Daniel Craig. Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend. The weekend. Yeah, so the XFL is in 2023. The USFL will be April to December. June this year.

The budget seems to be in play. That's the thing, right? In this league, all of their housing, all of their meals will be paid for. So they're taking care of that. The players, there's an elite max for salary. So it's going to be a thing. And I talked to several players who have that also on their radar. that if you, that you, yeah, Sir Patrick

St. Thank you. Thank you. Salt and pepper. He just sounds so regal. All the time. I think all Brits do. Not all of them. Well, who doesn't? Well, the celebrities all do.

Yeah. But not all Brits sound regal. Well, the ones we're talking about. That's why we were talking about celebrities who would do things. Somebody says Pete Davidson. Tater says Pete Davidson. Does Kim come along with him? Do you have Kanye at an alternate-a-broadcasting?

You have Kanye on the sideline. That's what I want. We're going down to our sideline reporter. Kanye West. Kanye, what's going on down there? Give me back my wife. And we're back. That would be exceptional.

I think talking to players, the idea that you're going to have more jobs, or at least that concept that there's more jobs, when there's not really, because that's still going to be a place where people go to build resume. I have a question for you regarding this. as, let's say, an undrafted free agent, do you go the USFL route, or if a team is offering you a spot as an undrafted free agent to possibly make the roster,

do you go that route, spend that time that some of those players spend, you know, at the USFL playing and playing in games and doing all that, or in the training camps, learning the playbooks and learning everything for a team that you might not make. So what it says here about salaries,

is that the average, hold on, let me make sure we get to it. Get the right numbers. Okay. So the USFL has not issued its salary situation. But imagine like with the previous leagues, $70,000 in their first year, three-year minimums on all the deals. XFL is talking about playing payers, $55,000 a year, with quarterbacks making more.

So I think some of that would be in play. It'll be interesting to see whether they have to. Let's say the number's 100,000 and you're drafted by the USFL. Remember, that's slightly before the NFL draft? Ooh. Right? How would that work out if you draft who you draft and if you can get them signed, they're yours.

Do they have a certain time period? They have to sign it? Well, if you're going to play, I mean, the season, the first game is in mid-April. But what if there's a chance you get drafted in the NFL? It's just like the old days. You had to make a decision. Herschel Walker was, you had to make a decision. I don't like that.

You had to make a decision on where do you want to play and which one's going to be better for you? What if the NFL just decides we have, we can offer more money? I don't care if you signed with them. Well, the NFL is always going to offer more money. Like that's been the thing. If you signed it them, you get out of your contract. But you're talking about the difference between a star player who simply wants to go to UFSL and play for whatever amount they're going to play. I think you're talking about the guys who are fourth round and below who would have to consider, okay, the NFL is still going to be there.

But I could go and build my name and my brand and social media engagement and all that stuff by being in the U.S.FL. I'm not sure. Because you got to remember, social media didn't exist back in the previous days as it does now. Yeah. So all of that branding stuff was at a different level. I mean, you remember Doug Flutty left over to USFL, Kelvin Bryant, Herschel Walker, Steve Young. Steve Young left Tampa in a bad situation to go to the LA Express to play in the USFL, and then from there went back and bounced back into the league and got with San Francisco.

Doug Williams did the same thing. He went through Jim Kelly. Jim Kelly left Buffalo and actually went to Houston with the gamblers first and then went to Buffalo. It'll be interesting to see what the salary numbers are because that's going to determine what the operations are. Like how people are going to approach it. That's going to be wild if you get an act.

If you get one of those big name college football players decides to go to the U.S. FL first. You could put together a $10 million roster at paying everybody $200,000. And remember, you don't have travel expenses because you're going to play all in the same place. You're all going to live in the same place. Your housing and your food taking care of it. You're not spending that money on food.

All of that stuff's in play. Stadium upkeep is simple because it'll be in the same three stadiums. I want to say it was in Ohio that they're going to play in. I don't hate this at all. Right? So it's going to create some different. Mike Rozier was another one that went through. Yeah.

That's a good question from Tater. Can go straight to the USFL from high school? Probably not for liability's sake. What I would imagine is that. I can't imagine many high school seniors being ready to go against, you know, college juniors and seniors. Well, that's the football physicality part. Yeah. Like basketball is different.

is a little bit different. Baseball is different. But football requires a different level of physicality. I would say this. Once they release, and again, if they're going to target April, their promotional work will start to take off pretty quickly here soon. Close to the end of this month beginning of February. Well, as the NFL goes to playoffs,

there are guys who are going to be released from teams. They're guys who are going to prepare for the draft. Right? I forget. It's not just college kids. Right. So you're talking about pro players who need a place to play. Pro players at the end of it, end of their career.

You might have some guys who, so imagine if you're Ben Rothersberger and they can pay you $2 million a year. I mean, you're taking Ben Rothsberger if you can get him. Well, and then the other thing was when the other leagues took place, there was always the little backstory of the NFL of NFL teams drafting that player. to retain their rights so that if they ever decided to come back. Like the NBA. Right.

So if they ever decide to come back from the USFL, they would own the rights. So imagine somebody that's drafted. If I'm later in the supplemental end of this thing, a six and seventh round or a free agent, well, the free agent, you can't sign them to the agreements because you can't. But for drafted players, you would hold the rights to them, which also changes the way NFL teams draft because there are players that you didn't actually draft that you would want the rights to if you could maintain them and to get them on your practice squad.

So then it becomes practice squad versus USFEL start. Start. You're going to have a lot of drafts and stash like the NBA has. You draft a guy and you're just like, yeah, you can stay overseas for two more years, three more years. That's what the Timberwolves did with Ricky Rubio. They drafted him and left him overseas for two years. They drafted Johnny Flynn right after him.

and then, you know, a couple picks later. It's going to be nuts when they release the salaries, that's when business will start to pick up. This will be fun. This will be fun. And more chaotic because you're going to have people leaving for, I mean, think about it. Think about it.

If you're, I mean, think about it. If you're a player at Nebraska and you don't get drafted about who you want, but the USFL actually drafts you, do you go to training camp or do you go play? you'll play and make for sure money. Yeah, it's going to be. And with the financial backing that they have, these players are actually going to get paid.

Like, checks aren't going to bounce. You're going to have that unintended going on, which was a big part of all the downfall of the other leagues. Yeah. So we'll put a pin there. More one-on-one on 93-7 the ticket. Download our app by searching 93.7 the ticket in your app store. You're listening to One-on-One with DP on 93-7.

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