Locked On ACC - Daily College Football & Basketball Podcast - Way Too Early ACC Football Predictions, Fans Q&A and More

Episode Date: January 26, 2024

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We heard you loud and clear. We've been talking about ACC football all week, and the fans definitely had a lot to say in our YouTube section. So we're going to go over, do a little Q&A, talk about the best of the best, worse, the worst, and more. We know that Kenton will get fired up per usual, but maybe Candace be a little spicy as well.

You are Locked on ACC, your daily podcast on the Atlantic Coast Conference. Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. What's going on, everybody? Welcome to today's edition of Locked on ACC. I'm your host Candace Cooper, joined by Kenton Gibbs of Locked on Wolfpack. Each and every day, you find us wherever you list of podcast. Make sure you download, subscribe to the pod from anywhere in your audio world, as well as our YouTube page where not only you can subscribe,

but you can see our lovely faces and hear our voices and comment and do all the things. So, like, it's a one, two, three punch. And I feel like you should go ahead and get on in the action. Today's episode is all about our fans and our comments. We throughout the week have been talking about ACC football. So it's only right that we gave them an opportunity. to weigh in on some of our episodes. And, of course, it's even better because, you know,

we get an opportunity to talk to them. Kenton, how are you feeling? What's the mood like? I just need to know before we get into these. I'm feeling good. Listen, I'm going to tell you this much, okay? I want to hear what the fans have for us because I've been told that I am very unreceptive of criticism.

And so I want to be very receptive of the fans' criticism. It's not important. I just was told that. And I'm trying to be more receptive of criticism in this moment. Oh, heard you. I'm trying to get my wuss on. Hopefully I don't get too fired up today. Yes.

Well, we'll start with me, right? I'll start with some of these ones, two punches with me. Because, you know, we kicked off this week. If we have not checked out our episodes, we started out with the Thursday, Friday, some of the specialty games at the ACC was going to drop. And one of our friends here, Mr. Shallow Jalo said, did can it's just say pocket book? Thought we left that word in Granny's

house back in 1993. And I just need shallow, jallow to know I am a 65-year-old woman coming back. So I am perfectly content with my one strip of gray hair and my old lady, I was raised by old women, so yes, it's very much a pocketbook

to me. Thank you so much. If we could refrain from referencing pocketbooks on this show, please and thank you. Pocket books. I don't know what the word prockbook. Coin purse is all that. If we can refrain.

Purse. Oh, we're talking about two different things. We're talking about two different things. What the hell? My bad. My fault, OG. My fault, OG.

I'm just going to leave that right. I'm just, I don't need to be quiet. You already fits me off and I ain't even the fan. All right. The return of Manny Diaz and Rhett Lashley to the ACC gets me excited. Katie Almond says this. And Manny Diaz's return is going to be very interesting. As we mentioned,

he is going from Miami to Duke. He was at Penn State. And Big Ten Energy, of course, maybe he's bringing some of that and just an exciting keep the momentum going forward to Blue Devils. You know, I'm going to talk about the other coach for a second. Brett Lashley is a guy. I never saw the hype around. I never saw the hype. I never got it. Like, I know everybody's at home. He's the new great OC. And you know, If you got a couple good years old seeing in today's game, they're going, you know, in the words of Andre 3000, people tend to throw around words like friend and such a soul's a genius. And that's just what's happening here.

But I'll tell you this, Wrent, if you can dig in that play calling back this year against Power Files, Tyler, hmm, you opening up something different. And like I said, if there's any of the new three teams I've been for, You know I love me some Southern Methodist University, man. I love me some SMU ghost tags. I love it. Oh, my gosh.

Willie said NC State better be in the conference championship game with that week schedule next year. Virginia Tech also has a very weak schedule, but NC State easily has a better roster. Hang on hold. Just a little charm. It's giving Charmin. It's giving Charmin. You know, in the words of Cam Newton, don't give me no backhand compliment.

Don't give me no backhand compliment. Don't say my roster bad at Virginia Tech and your schedule, something you better be in. No, but very seriously, if, you know, the Sierra song, if that boy don't love you by now,

he never going to love you, that comes up with Dorn. If you can't get there with this roster and this schedule, you're never going to get it. You're never going to get there. It was never going to be you. And for NC State fans to be so delusional.

Now, granted, that's after this season. I'm not saying that coming in. I'm saying after this year, if you can't get it done, you know, and I want you to think about something. I want you to think about something. Think about what people think about the Detroit Lions, right? Mm-hmm.

They made it to an NFC championship. Not once, but two times since the last time NC State has gone to the ACC Championship or won one. Eish, my brother's in Christ, what's happening? You know, got to get together. This got to be the year. I do agree that that schedule does provide a nice little cushion there. I don't believe they have Louisville or Florida State on that schedule.

You got to get it done, son. Got to get it done. So there's that. I'll let you have it. I personally feel like NC State has a Charmin season. But, you know, at the end of the day, as I think Carolina also has a Charmin schedule, NC State will see it through. North Carolina is going to drop some duds where you're like,

and this is just who we are. what is the point of me to getting excited. JMU might be that one. So I feel you knocking. Yep, there's that. I'm going to tell you this much. If they lose to JMU, I'm going to come on this show and act so outlandish.

I'm going to come on this show and act completely unruly. Listen, if you want to do a solo show, you will do a solo show because I promise you I won't be with me. Oh, listen. I can guarantee if you think I'm going to sit with a shenanigan show like that. I'm coming. with more purple and gold than the boys on the other side of 1911. You understand me?

You understand. James, go dukes. Go dukes. That's going to be me a thing with that game. Just let me know. So we talked about week one and all of the games that are firing off. We mentioned that Clemson and Georgia was probably the best one to start off the season in terms of just who Clemson and Georgia are as programs in the current landscape.

And, of course, friends were feeling away because they were talking about Syracuse, who you had mentioned. He's only going to win five games. And forever Orange Girls said five, Kenton, five? Where is our replacement on Locked on Orange Coast to help have our backs? We try and give us some names. Y'all got that J-School up there that goes crazy. Give us some names because we want somebody.

We want somebody to get in there. But more importantly than that, here's the thing. I don't have much faith in first year head coaches, but I also don't cast a ton of doubt on them. If somebody was to tell me, Kinson, how sure are you that they only win five? Not that sure. Do you think it's an anomaly when they do well?

I'll give, yes, and I'll give them the same thing that I gave Louisville last year. That's a team that added, when you talk about what travels in football, defense, and a run game, they address that defense thoroughly. They address the most important position in football and quarterback, and they're getting back one of the most dynamic weapons on the perimeter in all of college sports in Arronday Gaston. I wouldn't be surprised if they're the surprise team of the ACC next year coming out winning nine,

10 games or something like that. I wouldn't be surprised. You know, I'm very excited about Coach Tran. I'm with anybody who feels loyal to the soil in terms of where they are, an environment. That helps with recruiting. And we all know Syracuse can sometimes struggle with that. So I'm very interested to see. to me what we thought of Louisville last year, where the ceiling is the roof.

You just don't know what you're going to get. Well, William is loyal to the soil over there in Chapel Hill. Who? William. Oh, I'm sorry. MacRoy. If he was loyal to the soil, he wouldn't have left. But I, you know.

Oh, okay. Ms. Carla asked us, will you to do a what each ACCC team must do to have a wonderful 2024 football season? Carla, I'm just here to tell you, yes, ma'am. That's a lot of news. See, see, this is why I love Carla, and it's how you know she works in the entertainment thing, too, because she's already ahead of us.

We got those episodes planned out. They're coming. We got to pace this thing. Carla, do you know that we got to put our episodes during the summer before camp? Do you know we have to do shows every day? Before, yeah, before Kemp. Do you know how boring in it? The portal closed.

The coaches can't quit and go nowhere else. The most exciting story we're going to get is of a player doing something real foolish, which we don't like talking about on this show or a coach is doing something foolish because this 2024. Hell, yeah, I'm just saying, you know, these coaches be with the interns on the back of the motor side. That's neither here, there. The reality is we're going to get to this. Every single team will have an individual episode where we will have on a guest from their respective schools to talk about, hey, tell us about what this team has to do. Tell us, best case, worst case, everything I'm doing.

Sounds like I get the summer off. Amen. All right, we have more to discuss here on today's show. I know you're eager to see if your comment gets read so you want to tune in. But LaRoyal, my favorite, he has a question for us, and I want to make sure that we get to that one. So let's not waste any time, shall we? Remind you guys that today's episode is brought to you by our friends at Fandul. Make Every Moment more. Right now, new customers get 150 in bonus best guarantee when you place a $5 bet.

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LaRoyle has a good one for us. At the end of the season. If you don't stop butchering Leroy name, if you don't stop butchering that name. He likes it. At the end of the season, who do you guys feel will be in the conference top five? Is it too much of a stretch for me to be hopeful for Miami

to be in that top five? No. No, it's not a stretch at all. That's not the thing about Miami, their ceiling is always so high. It's just they never actualized the potential. But it's like the theory that if you slap a table a million times, one time your hand and the atoms in your hand,

the adams in the table perfectly aligned it'll go through, there has to be a one in a million season for Miami at some point in time. All of that talent has to put it together and end up top five, top three national contender. Eventually. It has to happen, right? Has to happen. More than that. I feel like with the schedule that we have laid out and the fact that we don't have divisions anymore is very much another year of anybody's game. And I think that Miami has the weapons to be a top five program. I can't think of too many others, you know, that are running in that race right now in terms of just who left, who's coming in and all that, you know, mishmash. But I really genuinely feel like Miami is going to be in that conversation.

Yeah, yeah, for sure. I wouldn't be, Leroy, you are not saying something insane to say that they could be top five. That is not an insane statement. Predicting Miami to finish top five in the ACC, that's a very safe bet.

I wouldn't bet on it personally, but it's a safe bet. Who would you put over then? Listen, I don't know. Florida State, Clemson, NC State. Candish, the thing is, with Miami, you never No. But you have, all right. All right.

So let me ask for this, Candace. Let me ask you this. Hold on, hold on. Seriously question. Going into last season, did you think that there were five teams in ACC better than them? No, because I thought Tyler Van Dyck was going to have a better season. Okay. And that's my point. That's my point. If somebody would have told you- Like Kim Ward and Tyler Van Dyke are not the same. Okay. If somebody would have told you at the beginning of the last season, Virginia Tech will finish ahead of Miami in the conference. What would you have said? Lapped you right out of the room.

And yet, lo and behold, that's because they didn't know who their quarterback was. All right. You know what? Hey, I'm just giving you my thoughts.

I think they're going to be top five. You like, you like to get custody of the comments. I don't. Top five, top five. That hat on your head says that you're a member of a Greek letter organization like me. Candace, what are excuses?

I'm not doing this on this show. I'm just asking. I'm not doing this show. That's all I'm asked. All right, Marshall. I'm not. doing that on this show. I'm just saying.

All right. Mega Frank Garcia, formerly known as Slamsana. Slamp Tanna. Wanted to let us know that, hey guys, Plummer has moved on. Kitten got that right. Tyler Shaw is there.

Shuck. Shuck. It's pronounced Shuck. It's Shuck. Yes. It's slated to vie for the starting job, but the spring transfer reporter has yet to open. Maybe they get someone else.

Winky Eye. Yeah. I hope you got the Winky Eye. I hope you got the N-I-L-I. I hope you got. got the heart emoji. I hope you got everything. Because if you believe that Tyler Shaw is your answer at quarterback, Shuck. If you believe Tyler Shuck and Job is your answer at quarterback? That's crazy. Brother, I got bad news for you. Do you have property in Detroit?

Oh, no, no, no. I got something even worse than that for you. Listen, if you believe that Tyler Shuck is the answer for you, I will guarantee you. Here is my guarantee to you. I will bet. I will, the rest of my life's earnings that Louisville does not make it to a national championship if Tyler Shoeff is their quarterback. I will bet the rest of my life's earnings. Every second I work will be for free in your service if you believe that. They got to go get somebody out of the corner. Got you got to.

Because Tyler, I'm sorry. Well, who in the spring portal is even the answer at this point? If you were going to grab up a quarterback, you know, the time was now. Here's my thing. Candice, I want you to guess the average amount of touchdowns that Tyler Shuck has thrown for in the season. Three. Okay. That was crazy.

But it's in the single digits. It's in the single digits. You know what I mean? Like, the reality is. What's the answer? You're doing too much. What's the answer? Okay.

Is it nine? I'm sorry. I'm going to get to that. I'm going to get to that. Give me just a second here. But the young. man has been in college football for five years and is averaging 5.2 touchdowns a year. So my three was crazy, but he only has five. Get out of here.

I mean, three, three is crazy. Three is crazy. But five is also crazy. You know what? You know what? You're right. I'm a little, I'm off there for saying that's crazy. But, but the reality is, again, Tyler don't scare me. Like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, never I'm not even going to say what I want to say. I'm going to shut it down. Go ahead and get it. Long story short, I'm not scared of Tybal. The rest of that team, they went in the portal and cooked.

Tyler, stop it. You're putting raisins in the potato side. That's what you're cooking when you bring Tyler from Spartanburg, huh? I'm going to tell you what, Tyler got them boys from Clemson to turn around, didn't you? Well, speaking of that, Ms. Carla had another one said this is a make-or-break year for Davo. Clemson hasn't been in the playoffs since 2020. That's five years. I think Clemson loses badly to Georgia by at least three touchdown.

Oh, we. Oh, I think they also miss the 12th team playoff. Oh, my God. If they miss a 12 team playoff, Davo should consider why he's doing this. He needs to have some introspection. Here's the thing. I know y'all hate to hear this. I know y'all hate to hear this.

Kenton. No, no, no, no. Here's the thing. Carla is a thousand percent right. However, Dabo took that program to a play. that we forgot what Clemson was before he took it over, they're technically still above what they were before he took it over, even though his fool self refuses to jump in that portal.

Brother, you got to get up in that portal and Akadongy. All that money y'all got in Clemson, South Carolina? What are you doing with it? What are you doing? Go put some of that money into the port. And if DaVo thinks that we're crazy and we're wrong, look at your opponents. Look at the people that are laughing you.

What are they doing? Florida State, every year is a heavy hitter in that portal. What are you doing? A team that was basically same level as you for years until y'all took it to the next level. NC State is going in that portal for real. They ain't playing around in there. Friend, ain't playing around in there.

Okay, thank you. Andre Graham 6380 said, to be honest, I think that Clemson will rebound from last season with the recent hires, Cade getting better from last season, and our relievers getting better from last year and the new additions. So you got to look at the positives. They're growing from within. Barrett Carr is sticking around.

Cid's getting better. You know, you have a new O.C. They're trying to figure each other out. All of the synergies. Just got to relax. Too much. The only Kate I acknowledge is kind of him. I don't believe in no Klee clubbing it.

I don't believe in that, bro. All right. Well, you shouldn't acknowledge him either because he's hot. Hey, hey, worry about yourself. You worry about yourself. That's what you do. That's what you. But I'll tell you this much.

I'll tell you this much. I am deeply concerned about Kay Klebnik, very seriously. Because, again, it's not that he's playing poorly because of like some small mechanic things or anything like that. There are legitimately questions about his football IQ that are like, it's almost painful sometimes to watch the decisions that he makes in crucial moments. And the reality is, Clemson has lost, they're not the Monstars anymore. Like, you don't, I don't think we're ever going to see a game like what Travis ETN did to Georgia Tech a few years ago when Collins was the coach again.

I don't think we're going to see that again. So they need to have a quarterback that's ready to perform when there's money right in front of them in that clutch time. Kate ain't the guy for that. But Clemson did in the year very hot. and they did in a way that those young guys in the secondary stepped up, and Lord knows they're going to need it. Macuba gone. Wiggins gone.

Jeremiah Trotta Jr., gone. He's going, you know, Tyler Davis, gone. Xavier Thomas, gone. You're going to need some guys to step up and be big time. No doubt about it. Well, you know, it started the show I gave one of my sort of pings or people were getting on me. But, Kenton, it is, in fact, your turn. I'll be ready.

Mr. Terry Fox said Kenton. There is no Stanford, San Diego State. That game that you're complaining about is Stanford San Jose State. That San Jose State does not qualify as a quote-unquote rival. Two schools are a few miles apart, few miles apart, much closer than Stanford and Cal. So there's a bit of local, quote-unquote, rivalry to that game. So we welcome new fans who are now engaged with our stuff.

So I'm appreciative of people who would get us together because there are plenty of people who get us together rude. He got us together nicely. Yeah. Actually, he got you together. Let me get our partner. Let me get that pronounce great. You got you. I will take my lashings. I will take my lashings for missing here.

But also, I stand on what I said in terms of San Jose State is still not. Again, Terry, you sound like you know ball. You know what the band is on the field means. For those of you who don't know, that moment was an ESPN classic that was on the old college football games. By the way, praise the Lord for the new college football game coming out this summer. You know what I mean? That's why Candice is going to take the summer off. That's why she's going to take the summer off.

She's trying to get into that new college football 24. You ain't slick. You ain't slick. But in all fairness, you know, it's still disappointing to see that this is not only your, like, rival in many other regards, y'all jump conferences together. That freaking frack. Thing one and thing two. Y'all got to see each other.

on rivalry week. And that's all there is to it. What are we doing here? Well, let's call up Jimmy P and let him know how we really wanted to get down. Now, didn't hear you Carolina grads talk about legislative deal to tie the two schools together if they want to leave the ACC,

i.e. protect less desired NC state. So let's just feel we're clear. Hinton is an NC state grad because we don't want to ruffle no feathers around here. I am Carolina grad. And yes, the new bedding thing that they just came out with for the state of North Carolina, and how there are a lot of ties to the UNCC school system

about whether or not teens want to leave. They pretty much letting you know, think you want to go if you want to. Think you're going to try to do this little jumpy thing and a realignment thing if you want to based around sports. UNC school system has another thing coming. You think Carolina's going without NC State? I hate to break it to you.

It ain't going to happen. Well, you know, I keep hearing people liking this to like when your mom says, oh, you can't go unless you take your little brother with you whatnot. And I'm going to say this. I ain't never seen the little brother whoop up on Big Brother so crazy. Like it's been happening these past few years. Yeesh, protect yourself. But in all fair- financial thing. I was just about to say North Carolina is a much bigger brain. There is no

NC State fans cannot argue that it's not. And that can be for a multitude of reasons, right? We know that UNC merch is sold in Walparks everywhere and whatnot all over the country. Who's your biggest alumnus, alumni? Who do you say, NTC, who's the first person that comes to mind? I mean, either Zach Galdifanakis or Scottie McGurry, probably one of those two. Michael Jordan. Come on. What we do?

Woo. Yeah, all right. You can lie here on the show here because we're recording, but all right. All right. Michael Jordan. All right. I'm not even going to do that to you. day. I don't embarrass you in front of this place. Go ahead. Continue.

You mean like he embarrassed yourself on the Charlotte Hornets or Bobcats or whatever? That's neither here. No, that. We ain't got got it. We don't have to get it. You can just call what it is and what a day. And North Carolina is. I'm saying that they got the bigger brand. I said that. What are we doing here? I acknowledge. I said that there. Name three Scottie McCree. I don't listen to country music. Okay. I can name three Zach Gallupinakis jokes or shows that he's in or movies that he's done. he been it. Lord Jesus. One little hangover and now everybody.

Somebody doesn't watch between two ferns and it shows. No, what is that on Apple TV? You got to have subscription to participate in that one, Boogie, and I just don't feel like that. You got to have a ballet sports subscription to see Michael Jordan, terrible team get served up. You got to have a billion dollars over. I know he sold the team.

I know he sold the team. I know. I know. I know. You're not even going to talk about the propaganda that was the last dance. We ain't going to go there. The reality is I said that the brand is bigger and better for them, and y'all still got to, oh, look it up. Yo. And your little brother, continue.

So either way it goes, it's a one-two punch. Same with Virginia and Virginia Tech. However these realignment shake, ACC has some staples going to ride it out to the sunset, I fear. Mm-hmm. Oh, absolutely. If we're still standing. But there's that. Now let's get to the fun ones because we're almost wrapped up here.

Mr. R. Breland said. 41 said. Candace got getting stressed out with these restaurants, but he can't hate on the McNuggets with some hot mustard sauce. Thank you. People hate on McDonald's, but when it comes in the clutch, baby, don't

McDonald's don't come in the clutch no more. They don't have a dollar menu no more. That is not a place to be at. If you go a brokey, I'm a brokey. I'm a brokey. I'm a brokey. But you over here, you over here getting upset at McDonald's, you won't even take a girl to

Don't do that Don't do that. Don't do that. Don't do that. Don't do that. Don't do that. It's okay because I don't like Cheesecake Factory. Hinton is the male version of these women who don't want their day to stay in the Cheesecake Factory. Look, the vanilla bean cheesecake slap savings dollars. McDonald's fries are superb. Wait a minute. Did he just say the Yellow Bean cheesecake from McDonald's? Let me listen. Let me finish. That wasn't him.

But I'm not going to tell you who it was because I feel your judgment. McDonald's fries are superb and Olive Gardens' shrimp pasta. South Prado with Parmesan cheese still hits. You were missing out. And I agree. And I'm going to touch you all shoulders. Because if you hungry, you're going to eat it. I ain't never seen you pass up no plate.

I'm going to touch your shoulders when I say this. I need all locked on ACC fans to love yourself more than to be going to McDonald's and Olive Garden in the year of our Lord and Savior 2024. Need you to love yourself more. A man gets a couple of them. Clean eats meals and decides that he's just too good for McDonald's and Olive Garden. But boy, I ain't never seen you pass up a meal. You've never seen anybody offer me Olive Garden either, haven't you?

Because I promise you, you would, you would learn that day. You wouldn't eat it? You would learn that day. You would lie and a half. You were lying to half. You would not eat free olive garden. You would not eat free Olive Garden. Get that pigeon food away from me.

You wouldn't eat free Olive Garden. Yes. I'm not a pet person, but I'm not a pet person, but I'm not. I wouldn't even serve that to a dog. Hey, listen, what is this shock value shock jog radio? It's giving that because you're lying. You're lying on the show and I can't stand it. I'm actually over it.

You have known me, we have known each other for years. Have you ever seen me eat Olive Garden? I have never seen you eat Olive Garden, but I've also seen you eat some pretty heinous things as well. You eat baconators. Wait, what are we doing? Oh, you're comparing a baconator to Olive Garden? You're acting as if a baconator is above olive garden. It's wet.

Fresh, never frozen, patties. Fresh never frozen. Who told you that lie? You see, you believe in the windies propaganda. That girl, that red-headed girl got you. That red-headed girl got you. Never frozen. Just because they have square meat.

It makes you I just This is why the church is struggling now, Lord. Help us, Father. Okay, let's end the show on this. We got a lot to go over this season, right? We haven't even gone over the full schedule. Who's the best in conference?

Who knows that in January? We sure don't. Can we let the Spring Portal get together first before we actually know who's on the team? Can we let Spring Ball go out so Tyler Shuck is officially announced to the backup at Louisville? She had his name right this time. Lord, I hate it, but Tyler,

because I only do nothing to you. I hope he balls that. He ain't do nothing to no defenses. That's the problem. I'm worried for Tyler. That's the problem. Tyler ain't do nothing to nobody at Oregon. He didn't do nothing to nobody at Texas Tech.

And people think you're going to do something to somebody at Louisville. Coach Brom is going to get him together and he's going to have the season of his life. I'll promise you this. If Coach Brown takes that young man to New Heights, Louisville needs to lock him down with ball and chain. You have to wear a Carolina shirt for a whole week. If he averages eight or more touchdowns. for the season.

Ho, ho, ho. You have to eat Olive Garden on air. What do you want? So here's what I will do. What is it?

Here's what I give me. If Tyler Shaw throws for over three months, if Tyler Shuck and Jive throws for over over 3,000 yards and over 35 touchdowns, I promise you,

I will do my best Keith Lee impression. You said what now? Let me make sure I write this now. How many? 3,000 yards, 35 touchdown. That's not crazy.

That's not crazy at all. That's really not crazy. In today's NCAA, Candice, 35 touchdowns on the season and he was averaging five? Well, okay. Five a year or five? Five a year or five a game? I'll make it.

No, he was averaging it. He put up five per year. I'll make it even fair for you. 3,000 yards and 30 touchdowns. Is that fair? Does that? Ken, all right, hold on. You can't go from five to 30.

That's ridiculous. See, but here's the deal. Here's the deal, Candace. If we look at the ACC's leading passers from last year, we had two players over 3,000 yards. Do you want to know who one of them was? Drake May. Well, yes, he was one of them.

Guess the other? Are we talking about quarterbacks? Mm-hmm. Give me a hint. Is the Atlantic or coastal team? He's very important to the conversation we're having right now. Tyler Van Dyke. Nope.

Plummer. Yes. Now, if Jack Plummer, who I called mid all offseason, could show up and show out, I'll challenge him to repeat or do better than Jack's stat line. Jack had 3,200 and 21, so I'll tell you this much. If Tyler can produce 3,000 passing yards and I'll leave it, I'll leave it go jibble. I ain't going to do 30. 25 touchdowns. I will try. write it and rated 1 through 10. What? You're going to eat Olive Garden. I don't care about your rating.

I'm going to eat Olive Garden and rated 1 through 10. You want to eat the shrimp Alfredo pasta. I'll eat the shrimp Alfredo pasta. All right. Here it is, folks. Here. All right. On there.

Can't wait. On there. That's how we end the show. We love a good gamble around here. We love to keep it spicy. Make sure you come back tomorrow. We're getting to set up for some basketball. Make sure you're locked in for some really good weekend matchups.

You don't want to miss that one. We got to talk about some of these women's upsets before we end on the end of tomorrow's show because listen, listen, Carol Lawson might just be that girl. And I'm going to tell you all about why. Candace Cooper and Kenton Gives, we'll talk to you next time.