Andy & Ari On3 - Crain & Cone CFB Program Draft | Who Picked The Best College?

Episode Date: June 17, 2026

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Some would say we commandeered the ship, and we're going to tour too, though, boys. Let's go, baby. That's the way I see it. We've got a fantastic show playing for you today. Again, thanks for joining us. And if you haven't, don't know who we are, go check out Crane and Cohn, YouTube channel, audio, Spotify, all that stuff. But as usual, before we get into the first ever, collegiate program draft extravagance,

David Cohn, former Michigan quarterback there. You see? Blaine Crane, former Western State, Colorado wide receiver. Again, no Andy and Ari, but we got you covered. Come on. I want to explain first what we're doing. I don't think this has ever been done before. No. I think this is the first in the history of college athletics and or on three sports media.

We are going to do a full program draft, which means we are drafting an athletic director, a head coach, a defensive coordinator, an offensive coordinator, a quarterback, a running back, a wide receiver, all one, one offensive line, line group, one whole defense, and a stadium to play at. And while we're doing this, we want to know in the comments, who do you think had the best draft? Who would you have drafted? And the order after we did, the old school pick a number through one in ten by the producer is me first, of course, Connie second, and Blanier's third. All right, that's what we're doing. Tony, how are you feeling about your pre-draft? I mean, have you been making some calls? Oh, yeah, we've been on the phone all morning, boys. We're about to put together.

a heck of a program here. Yeah, and Blaine, what about you, bud? Well, a lot of people call me the Kevin Costner of this. So, I mean, I'm not worried at all. It's going to be pretty easy for me. I just hope you two just don't make yourselves look that bad. All right. Well, okay, Kevin.

We're going to start the draft with me going first. And again, I want to know your overall number one pick. I went back and forth on this. Do I take a quarterback or do I just go best player? I'm going to go best player. Give me Jeremiah Smith at wide receiver. which automatically means I have the best wide receiver room out of anybody. And it can be a tight end if you want a tight end, but I'm going Jeremiah Smith first pick for the ultimate program of all time.

David, your thoughts? Nice pick. Great player. I have the next pick, so I'm going to go ahead and take Trinidad Chambliss off the board. Dang it. Okay. Understandable. That was Blaine's pick for sure.

Good for you. I'm so happy you're a part of this. Okay. So Trinidad is gone. Yep. So I'm going to make my pick and give me Darien Mintsa. Okay, okay, expected.

Two QBs off the board early. Got Jeremiah Smith off the board, which means I've got third. No. It means it's Blaine's back around. Yes. No, he doesn't get the pick. It's Blaine's turn.

Yeah. Yeah, Blaine's turn. Snake draft. Thank you. So now I will take I think I'm going to go head coach here. Give me Kirby Smart. Really?

Interesting. God, that's early for a head coach, Cohn. I mean, hell with the team. I'm going to draft. You could have a Humpty Dumpty out there and we'd win. Yeah, I get it. I might have to, who'd you take a head coach? I took Kirby Smart, Coney.

Okay, I might just have to take George's athletic director and fire you. But I'll get you that. I'm going to go ahead and get Kiwan Lacey at running back. So basically, I'm just Ole Miss at this point. The smart man. Look, it's not maybe the best backfield in the country. We literally did our Ole Miss preview on our channel the other day. All right, I'm going to go ahead, and since y'all both already taking quarterbacks,

you're not going to take another quarterback. I'm going to go ahead and I'm going to go offensive line. Give me Indiana. Give me Indiana's offensive line. God, I just, Carter Smith, I'm a huge fan. I love what they return. I love what they did in the portal. And they're efficient.

They're big and they're pissed. And they're smart. I'll take all three of those. So give me Indiana's offensive line. I like that. I'm going to go O-line as well. Go ahead and give me the Georgia Bulldogs there. I get to go, Connie.

I get to go, Connie. Oh, you got to go against us. Yeah, I'm going back to back. It's a Drake song out here. Then I'm going to go ahead and take a defense. Go ahead and give me Georgia's defense. So I'm going to have Indiana's offensive line, Jeremiah Smith and George's defense.

Good luck, losers. Got a lot of sacks. Go ahead, Connie. I'll take Georgia's offensive. offensive line and go ahead and get them off the board. Okay. Fine. I love it.

I'm going to take Malachi Tony. Okay. Understandable. From Miami. Understandable. As my second pick and give me, you took Georgia's offensive line, correct, David? So give me Notre Dame's. Okay.

That was my second. Offensive line. That was second on my board. That was second on my board. All right. So both of you have taken wide receivers. Yeah. Yep.

Yep. That is correct. deep dive here. You're really getting into the numbers. Whatever you feel right, David. Or a tight-in, Cohn. Or a tight-in, if you like a tight-in instead of a receiver. Are you picking again, though, right, Blaine?

It is. I picked twice, so I took Malachi, Tony, and the Notre Dame offensive line. Okay, then I'll go ahead and take Kirk Signetti off the board for head coach. It's a great pick. All right, I knew that was coming. I'm trying to stick with the players first. All right.

So I've got offensive line, wide receiver, defense. I'm going to go ahead and go running back. Give me Mark Fletcher from Miami. It's a good one. God, we're freaking stacked, dude. I already think I've won.

And I get to pick again, right, Samuel? It's a snake draft. Oh, God, Anacom. Don't put your hands up. Don't patronize me. All right, let's see. I'm going to go quarterback last because you already have a quarterback.

I've taken a defense. I'm going to go ahead and go, offensive coordinator, give me Charlie Weiss, Jr. calling the plays. Give me Charlie Weiss Jr. calling the plays for the Avengers that I've stacked on offense. You like that? All right, so my pick, correct? Yes. Correct.

I'm going to take Texas's defense off the board. I like that. I like that. Okay. It's a sneaky defense. So what defense do we have off the boards? Are we have Georgia's? And Texas.

We have Georgia's and Texas. Texas, okay. This feels pretty easy to me. Give me a defense. I'm going to take the Ohio State Buckeyes. Oh, wow. I thought you might go Oregon there. No. That defensive lines, hell from Oregon, you can't pronounce half their names. I like programs who know how to win a national championship. So any concerns there with losing half that defense to the first round of the NFL draft? I don't know. I don't know. Didn't they do the same thing the year before? They did. Basically. So it's going to be pretty good. What's our thoughts? Do we have an update on a mod hardy i mean yeah he

yeah he's been shot he's femurs to me to me he's worth a flyer yeah he's worth a flyer i hope you're ready to go in 1600 rushing yard 6.4 average yeah well i hope you're ready to go empty for the first 10 weeks of the season yeah i guess give me a mod hard his last two weeks though those last two weeks gonna be hell give me a mod hardy 50 cent made it out

you know give me a mod All right. So it goes, yeah, it goes back to David. That was one of the reasons I jumped on Kiwan Lacey early because I knew it's like, Ahmad Hardy is so great, but I don't know if he's going to play. Goes back to me. Yep. I'm going to take, now, here's my question for offensive and defensive coordinators. They can't be head coaches who call play.

No, correct, no, correct. You were going to go sark at OC, wouldn't you? You know what? Give me Tim Beck at OC. Oh, we'll take Tim Beck at Bandi off of the board. I like that call, Tony. That's a sneaky one. I'll tell you, I love the way he game plans.

Sure. I love his sequencing. We talked about him with Dan Casey on our top five play callers episode. Man, I think that's a great pick there at OC. Sammy, is it me? All right. I already picked my O.C. again. I'm going to make quarterback last pick. Not worried right now. I've got a dude dialed up. I'm going to go ahead and go D.C. Give me Will MushChamp from Texas. I want Weiss Jr. on offense. Muchchamp on. I need somebody that'll punch the damn board at halftime. I need somebody that's as insane as we need to be on defense as the defensive coordinator so they can take on that identity. You know what I'm saying? Freaking out, but also organized. Kind of like my wife a little bit. All right, I get another pick. So really, I'm just missing quarterback, head coach, and athletic director.

I'm going to go ahead and go head coach. Give me Marcus Freeman. I want Marcus Freeman as the headman. The moms love him in recruiting. We're going to get the guys. All right, I like his energy, made it to the natty as a young coach, proven guy. And lost. And lost, but he made it to the natty.

Okay. So we know he can get there. Tickets are fun. Yeah, they are. They are. Go ahead, Dave. All right, Tony. Go ahead and give me Matt Patricia.

Okay. Give me Matt Patricia. Defensive coordinator, Buckyes, former NFL head coach. I think we're going to be pretty good on D here at Cone University. I love. I love. Is that the name of it, Dave, Cone University? Are y'all, would you be the fighting Cones?

Your mascot just writes itself. Well, yeah, I'm just throwing out ideas to see what is responded well to at this point. I like that. Okay. I like that. So I'm going to go OCDC here. I'm going to take Mike Shanahan, Indiana's O.C. Nice. It's probably you can go Buster.

And give me Glenn Schumann. Okay. As my D.C. I mean, good God. Little Kirby. And Kirby is my H.C. The chemistry never stops. No, the chem's there.

The chem's there on defense, for sure. Back to you, Dave. Man, I got a really tough choice here. really tough choice I want to go I'm going to go ahead and go stadium okay okay matters

I'm gonna go LSU at night yeah yeah matters there's a big part of me that wanted to go big house I wanted to go with the big house I'm gonna go LHU there's gonna be some upset people I've always wondered what it's like to be a traitor today

yeah it's gonna be some upset people at north alright so it's me and I get two so I need a A.D. A. A.D., a stadium, and a quarterback. So I'm about to binge your minds here. Athletic Director, give me Greg Byrne from Alabama. All right, because I want a guy,

softball team makes a college world series. We know the football team is always uber competitive. Basketball team with Nate Oates, just making runs left and right. Baseball team just made it to Omaha. Hell, they're probably great in hopscotch. So I'm going to get Greg Byrne is my AD, and we're going to play

in Jurdon Hare. Wow. Alabama's A.D. in Auburn Stadium. You're a sick individual. We're my mouthing. So yeah, give me Greg Byrne, the AD, which would basically be Auburn playing in Jordan Hare. How you like them?

You like apples? Yeah, we'd find a way to lose. Oh, I don't know. Greg would say, not with these guys. They know Jackson and Arnold walking out in this one. All right, Coe. All right. I still need a wide receiver,

but both of you guys have picked that, and I need an athletic director. I'm going outside the box. here, boys. I'm going with Kyle Georgia, AD, from Troy. Troy is on a generational run right now. Yeah. College World Series football team made a

bowl game. Just cleaning up right now at Troy. Imagine what he could do with LSU at night. Well, we're going to find out. Okay. All right. So let me just make this right. You did not pick Josh Brooks as your athletic director come.

Okay. Well, guess who I'm picking? Josh Brooks Whoa, what a shocker As my AD I mean, really hitting a pedal to the medal

if you know what I mean don't care we just want to win in football and look we'll be good in baseball too we might as well win it there

So what do you have left So give me Jive Stadium and I will be taking why would I just take grown men who bark at people Yeah

Give me Athens So you've got Wait a minute So you're basically building Georgia You've got Kirby You've got Schumann You've got

You're playing between the hedges and Josh Brooks is your AD. But I have their O-line. You have their O-Line. And I've got their deep-defense. Yeah, I have Notre Dame's a line. So you're ass in Georgia. That's the truth. All right, Connie, what are you, you have, what's the only thing you have left?

Wide receiver, and I'm going to go ahead and take Cam Coleman. Smart, man. It's the only thing that's left, in my opinion. Yeah. Well, having said that, I just need a quarterback. And, man, I've been going back and forth on this. I was going to go Sorbsby, but that didn't work out. It's a tough bet.

Yeah. I bet on myself. Do I go Arch, David? Do I go Arch? Sure. I don't think I can be wrong with Art. Really, you don't think you can be wrong with Art? In my mind, it's between Arch, C.J. Carr, and Gunner.

So, okay, so nowhere in your mind, Dante Moore's there. I just, I like Dante. This isn't a, he's a bad player situation. I just want a guy that's got a little more wiggle than Dante. Arch kind of got that, you know, that white boy wiggle. little bit. Look, you can snag up Soresby right now. Yeah. For cheap. I wonder what the odds on that are. All right, here's what I'm going to. I'm going to take Archmanning. I'm going to take Archmanning.

I've got to. I've got to, which absolutely completes the team. I just don't know how you could build a better road. All right, so let's go through our teams individually. Jay, we'll go in the same order as the draft, so it'll be Jake than David. All right. Start with athletic direct. The fighting cranesiums, or cranesium tech, as we like to say it. Athletic Greg Byrne, stadium, Jordan Hare, head coach, Marcus Freeman, defensive coordinator, Will Mustchamp, offensive coordinator, Charlie Weiss Jr., quarterback, Arch Manning. We're going to have the headlines. Running back, Mark Fletcher Jr., wide receiver, Jeremiah Smith, offensive line, Indiana, defense,

Georgia. It's perfect. It is the perfect program. This is what we would fight the aliens with. With that, that line up right there. B minus. B minus. At best.

You tried hard, though. Yeah, he did. You tried real hard. All right, David, let's go. Let's go ahead and roll out your squad. The A plus here, the Cone University A pluses. Yeah, in the resource class. I'm going to close my mascot now.

Yeah. Quarterback, Trinidad, Lacey, wide receiver, Cam Coleman, O-line, Georgia, defense, Texas, head coach, Kirk Signetti, defending national champ, O-C-Tembeck, DC, Matt, Patricia, A.D. Kyle, George, and we're playing in LSU Stadium. Death Valley, baby. That's pretty solid. I'm going to be honest. That's pretty solid. I'd say B. I'd get my B plus. If mine's a B minus, then that one's a D plus. So mine, the team that would be winning the Dodgeball tournament. Athletic director Josh Brooks, I mean, easy money.

Head coach, national champion. Kirby Smart, offensive coordinator, Mike Shanahan. Defense coordinator, Glenn Schumann, keep it in-house. And Kirby's Spine. Stadium, we might as well go between the hedges. Why not? At night, blackout. Quarterback, Darien Mincea. Running back, many men.

Wish death upon me. Ahmad Hardy, receiver, also known as Baby Jesus, Malachi Tony. Offensive line, probably the best in the country right now. Notre Dame, shout out Driscoll. Defense, Ohio State. Patricia, you can come home if you want to. Stadium? I already said that.

Beautiful. It's a team. Squad. I mean, it doesn't get any better than that. Sam, let's get a neutral observer here. Producer Sam, who are you liking the most right now? Thank you. It's blatantly obvious. That's why rule number one, don't trust people from Kentucky.

In the comments, in the comments, let us know who you think has the best team. Who would you have taken first? All right, because that's probably the most interesting argument of this, just like it is in any fan. You take Jeremiah. Do you take quarterback first? I thought about Coney taking Trinidad Chamblis. That's how much I believe in Trinidad Chamblis first.

Well, I'm not trading him, okay? I'm just surprised you didn't take Julian San over Arch Manning. I mean, you've been saying how much better Julian San is, and then at the last minute you pick Arch. Well, look, yeah, like at the end of the day, I want a guy that's, like I said, that's got a little wiggle, and I've surrounded you with an army of perfection. I mean, if you screw up Jeremiah Smith, Indiana's offensive line,

Mark Fletcher Jr., Charlie Weiss Jr. calling the plays, then I can't help you, okay? That's not on me, but with Arch, we're going to get the headlines, right? We're going to be hot, all over. I don't know. I just felt like it's perfect. They say perfection doesn't exist. And then, Blaine, I look at this list.

I do like the George's thing, though. I just think Archmanning. I think Archmandy could be the downfall for your team. I mean, what is he, well, I mean, what does he prove? Who's your quarterback? Dary and Mintsa. Okay, well, we'll see. Okay, yeah, well, we'll see what.

I mean, we'll see what. Who do you think is better, Archvany or Daringza? Man, I think it depends. Okay. I think it depends. Smells like a bet in the making to me. I think you can, that's fine. You ready for change your hair color again?

We're not doing that. We're not. It's because I bet on Arch. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that's what I'm saying. Now I'm going to take the other side of it. Oh, okay, good.

I'll beat you with the stick you lost with it. Yeah. Go getting that boat. Yeah. Plenty of holes in it. Yeah. Okay, Shia LeBuff. Anyways. Great actor.

Connie, anything else you want to add here about your skeleton program? No, I just want Sam to get the graphic made as quick as possible so we can get these out there in front of the people so they can have the ultimate say and I can go ahead and see the bar by my name in blue. Okay, good. Yeah. It's like my dad said, this is a democracy. At least you think it is. All right. We appreciate you guys.

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